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Calendar No. 412 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2438 

[Report No. 113–182] 

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. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 5, 2014 

Mrs. MURRAY, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 

original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar 

A BILL 

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, 

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban 
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1 Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year end2 ing September 30, 2015, and for other purposes, namely: 

3 TITLE I 

4 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

5 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 

8 $108,000,000, of which not to exceed $2,696,000 shall be 

9 available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not 

10 to exceed $1,011,000 shall be available for the immediate 

11 Office of the Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $19,980,000 

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

13 not to exceed $10,300,000 shall be available for the Office 

14 of the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy; not 

15 to exceed $12,676,000 shall be available for the Office of 

16 the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to 

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

18 Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs; not to ex19 ceed $27,131,000 shall be available for the Office of the 

20 Assistant Secretary for Administration; not to exceed 

21 $2,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Public Af22 fairs; not to exceed $1,714,000 shall be available for the 

23 Office of the Executive Secretariat; not to exceed 

24 $1,414,000 shall be available for the Office of Small and 

25 Disadvantaged Business Utilization; not to exceed 
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1 $10,778,000 shall be available for the Office of Intel2 ligence, Security, and Emergency Response; and not to ex3 ceed $15,800,000 shall be available for the Office of the 

4 Chief Information Officer: Provided, That the Secretary 

5 of Transportation is authorized to transfer funds appro6 priated for any office of the Office of the Secretary to any 

7 other office of the Office of the Secretary: Provided fur8 ther, That no appropriation for any office shall be in9 creased or decreased by more than 5 percent by all such 

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

11 funding greater than 5 percent shall be submitted for ap12 proval to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria13 tions: Provided further, That not to exceed $60,000 shall 

14 be for allocation within the Department for official recep15 tion and representation expenses as the Secretary may de16 termine: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 

17 provision of law, excluding fees authorized in Public Law 

18 107–71, there may be credited to this appropriation up 

19 to $2,500,000 in funds received in user fees: Provided fur20 ther, That none of the funds provided in this Act shall 

21 be available for the position of Assistant Secretary for 

22 Public Affairs. 

23 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

24 For necessary expenses related to the Office of the 

25 Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, 
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1 $13,500,000, of which $8,218,000 shall remain available 

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

3 credited to this appropriation, to be available until ex4 pended, funds received from States, counties, municipali5 ties, other public authorities, and private sources for ex6 penses incurred for training: Provided further, That any 

7 reference in law, regulation, judicial proceedings, or else8 where to the Research and Innovative Technology Admin9 istration shall be deemed to be a reference to the Office 

10 of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology 

11 of the Department of Transportation. 

12 NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS

13 For capital investments in surface transportation in14 frastructure, $550,000,000, to remain available through 

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

16 Transportation shall distribute funds provided under this 

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

18 local government, transit agency, or a collaboration among 

19 such entities on a competitive basis for projects that will 

20 have a significant impact on the Nation, a metropolitan 

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

22 for funding provided under this heading shall include, but 

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

24 title 23, United States Code; public transportation 

25 projects eligible under chapter 53 of title 49, United 
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1 States Code; passenger and freight rail transportation 

2 projects; and port infrastructure investments (including 

3 inland port infrastructure): Provided further, That the 

4 Secretary may use up to 35 percent of the funds made 

5 available under this heading for the purpose of paying the 

6 subsidy and administrative costs of projects eligible for 

7 Federal credit assistance under chapter 6 of title 23, 

8 United States Code, if the Secretary finds that such use 

9 of the funds would advance the purposes of this para10 graph: Provided further, That in distributing funds pro11 vided under this heading, the Secretary shall take such 

12 measures so as to ensure an equitable geographic distribu13 tion of funds, an appropriate balance in addressing the 

14 needs of urban and rural areas, and the investment in a 

15 variety of transportation modes: Provided further, That a 

16 grant funded under this heading shall be not less than 

17 $10,000,000 and not greater than $200,000,000: Pro18 vided further, That not more than 25 percent of the funds 

19 made available under this heading may be awarded to 

20 projects in a single State: Provided further, That the Fed21 eral share of the costs for which an expenditure is made 

22 under this heading shall be, at the option of the recipient, 

23 up to 80 percent: Provided further, That the Secretary 

24 shall give priority to projects that require a contribution 

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

2 of the funds provided under this heading shall be for 

3 projects located in rural areas: Provided further, That for 

4 projects located in rural areas, the minimum grant size 

5 shall be $1,000,000 and the Secretary may increase the 

6 Federal share of costs above 80 percent: Provided further, 

7 That of the amount made available under this heading, 

8 the Secretary may use an amount not to exceed 

9 $35,000,000 for the planning, preparation or design of 

10 projects eligible for funding under this heading: Provided 

11 further, That grants awarded under the previous proviso 

12 shall not be subject to a minimum grant size: Provided 

13 further, That projects conducted using funds provided 

14 under this heading must comply with the requirements of 

15 subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States 

16 Code: Provided further, That the Secretary shall conduct 

17 a new competition to select the grants and credit assist18 ance awarded under this heading: Provided further, That 

19 the Secretary may retain up to $20,000,000 of the funds 

20 provided under this heading, and may transfer portions 

21 of those funds to the Administrators of the Federal High22 way Administration, the Federal Transit Administration, 

23 the Federal Railroad Administration and the Federal Mar24 itime Administration, to fund the award and oversight of 
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1 grants and credit assistance made under the National In2 frastructure Investments program. 

3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPITAL

4 For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing 

5 the Department of Transportation’s financial systems and 

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

7 available through September 30, 2016. 

8 CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES

9 For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, 

10 including necessary upgrades to wide area network and 

11 information technology infrastructure, improvement of 

12 network perimeter controls and identity management, 

13 testing and assessment of information technology against 

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

16 infrastructure enhancements, implementation of enhanced 

17 security controls on network devices, and enhancement of 

18 cyber security workforce training tools, $5,000,000, to re19 main available through September 30, 2016. 

20 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

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

2 DEVELOPMENT

3 For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 

4 planning, research, systems development, development ac5 tivities, and making grants, to remain available until ex6 pended, $6,000,000. 

7 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

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

10 $182,000,000 shall be paid from appropriations made 

11 available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, 

12 That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis 

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

17 of the Department shall be transferred to the Working 

18 Capital Fund without majority approval of the Working 

19 Capital Fund Steering Committee and approval of the 

20 Secretary: Provided further, That no assessments may be 

21 levied against any program, budget activity, subactivity or 

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

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

2 For the cost of guaranteed loans, $333,000, as au3 thorized by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, in4 cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de5 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

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

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

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

9 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

10 the guaranteed loan program, $592,000. 

11 MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH

12 For necessary expenses of Minority Business Re13 source Center outreach activities, $3,099,000, to remain 

14 available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That not15 withstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for 

16 business opportunities related to any mode of transpor17 tation. 

18 PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS

19 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

20 In addition to funds made available from any other 

21 source to carry out the essential air service program under 

22 49 U.S.C. 41731 through 41742, $155,000,000, to be de23 rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to remain 

24 available until expended: Provided, That in determining 

25 between or among carriers competing to provide service 
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1 to a community, the Secretary may consider the relative 

2 subsidy requirements of the carriers: Provided further, 

3 That basic essential air service minimum requirements 

4 shall not include the 15-passenger capacity requirement 

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

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

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

8 with a community located less than 40 miles from the 

9 nearest small hub airport before the Secretary has nego10 tiated with the community over a local cost share. 

11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE

12 SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION

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

14 Act to the Department of Transportation may be obligated 

15 for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to ap16 prove assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining 

17 to funds appropriated to the modal administrations in this 

18 Act, except for activities underway on the date of enact19 ment of this Act, unless such assessments or agreements 

20 have completed the normal reprogramming process for 

21 Congressional notification. 

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

23 in activities with States and State legislators to consider 

24 proposals related to the reduction of motorcycle fatalities. 
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1 SEC. 103. Notwithstanding section 3324 of title 31, 

2 United States Code, in addition to authority provided by 

3 section 327 of title 49, United States Code, the Depart4 ment’s Working Capital Fund is hereby authorized to pro5 vide payments in advance to vendors that are necessary 

6 to carry out the Federal transit pass transportation fringe 

7 benefit program under Executive Order 13150 and section 

8 3049 of Public Law 109–59: Provided, That the Depart9 ment shall include adequate safeguards in the contract 

10 with the vendors to ensure timely and high-quality per11 formance under the contract. 

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

13 of the Department of Transportation a schedule of all 

14 meetings of the Credit Council, including the agenda for 

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

16 decisions and actions of each meeting. 

17 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

18 OPERATIONS

19 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

20 For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Ad21 ministration, not otherwise provided for, including oper22 ations and research activities related to commercial space 

23 transportation, administrative expenses for research and 

24 development, establishment of air navigation facilities, the 

25 operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, 
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1 subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold 

2 to the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehi3 cles for replacement only, in addition to amounts made 

4 available by Public Law 108–176, $9,750,000,000, of 

5 which $8,595,000,000 shall be derived from the Airport 

6 and Airway Trust Fund, of which not to exceed 

7 $7,396,654,000 shall be available for air traffic organiza8 tion activities; not to exceed $1,215,458,000 shall be avail9 able for aviation safety activities; not to exceed 

10 $16,605,000 shall be available for commercial space trans11 portation activities; not to exceed $765,047,000 shall be 

12 available for finance and management activities; not to ex13 ceed $60,089,000 shall be available for NextGen and oper14 ations planning activities; and not to exceed $296,147,000 

15 shall be available for staff offices: Provided, That not to 

16 exceed 2 percent of any budget activity, except for aviation 

17 safety budget activity, may be transferred to any budget 

18 activity under this heading: Provided further, That no 

19 transfer may increase or decrease any appropriation by 

20 more than 2 percent: Provided further, That any transfer 

21 in excess of 2 percent shall be treated as a reprogramming 

22 of funds under section 405 of this Act and shall not be 

23 available for obligation or expenditure except in compli24 ance with the procedures set forth in that section: Pro25 vided further, That not later than March 31 of each fiscal 
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1 year hereafter, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 

2 Administration shall transmit to Congress an annual up3 date to the report submitted to Congress in December 

4 2004 pursuant to section 221 of Public Law 108–176: 

5 Provided further, That the amount herein appropriated 

6 shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day after March 

7 31 that such report has not been submitted to the Con8 gress: Provided further, That not later than March 31 of 

9 each fiscal year hereafter, the Administrator shall trans10 mit to Congress a companion report that describes a com11 prehensive strategy for staffing, hiring, and training flight 

12 standards and aircraft certification staff in a format simi13 lar to the one utilized for the controller staffing plan, in14 cluding stated attrition estimates and numerical hiring 

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

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

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

18 submitted to Congress: Provided further, That funds may 

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

20 standard-setting organization to assist in the development 

21 of aviation safety standards: Provided further, That none 

22 of the funds in this Act shall be available for new appli23 cants for the second career training program: Provided 

24 further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be avail25 able for the Federal Aviation Administration to finalize 
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1 or implement any regulation that would promulgate new 

2 aviation user fees not specifically authorized by law after 

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

4 That there may be credited to this appropriation as offset5 ting collections funds received from States, counties, mu6 nicipalities, foreign authorities, other public authorities, 

7 and private sources for expenses incurred in the provision 

8 of agency services, including receipts for the maintenance 

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

10 renewal or modification of certificates, including airman, 

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

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

13 Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 

14 this heading, not less than $149,000,000 shall be for the 

15 contract tower program, of which $10,350,000 is for the 

16 contract tower cost share program: Provided further, That 

17 none of the funds in this Act for aeronautical charting 

18 and cartography are available for activities conducted by, 

19 or coordinated through, the Working Capital Fund: Pro20 vided further, That none of the funds provided in this Act 

21 may be used for the Federal Aviation Administration to 

22 issue a job announcement for air traffic control specialists 

23 that renders ineligible any applicant who had been in24 cluded in the air traffic control specialist applicant inven-
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1 tory as of January 15, 2014, and who was born between 

2 February 9, 1983 and October 1, 1984. 

3 FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

4 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

5 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

6 for acquisition, establishment, technical support services, 

7 improvement by contract or purchase, and hire of national 

8 airspace systems and experimental facilities and equip9 ment, as authorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 

10 49, United States Code, including initial acquisition of 

11 necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service 

12 testing, including construction of test facilities and acqui13 sition of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction 

14 and furnishing of quarters and related accommodations 

15 for officers and employees of the Federal Aviation Admin16 istration stationed at remote localities where such accom17 modations are not available; and the purchase, lease, or 

18 transfer of aircraft from funds available under this head19 ing, including aircraft for aviation regulation and certifi20 cation; to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust 

21 Fund, $2,473,700,000, of which $458,000,000 shall re22 main available until September 30, 2015, and 

23 $2,015,700,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

24 2017: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro25 priation funds received from States, counties, municipali-
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1 ties, other public authorities, and private sources, for ex2 penses incurred in the establishment, improvement, and 

3 modernization of national airspace systems: Provided fur4 ther, That upon initial submission to the Congress of the 

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

6 Transportation shall transmit to the Congress a com7 prehensive capital investment plan for the Federal Avia8 tion Administration which includes funding for each budg9 et line item for fiscal years 2016 through 2020, with total 

10 funding for each year of the plan constrained to the fund11 ing targets for those years as estimated and approved by 

12 the Office of Management and Budget: Provided further, 

13 That the amount herein appropriated shall be reduced by 

14 $100,000 per day for each day after the initial submission 

15 of the fiscal year 2016 President’s budget that such report 

16 has not been submitted to Congress. 

17 RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT

18 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

19 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

20 for research, engineering, and development, as authorized 

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

22 Code, including construction of experimental facilities and 

23 acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, 

24 $156,750,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 

25 Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30, 
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1 2017: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro2 priation as offsetting collections, funds received from 

3 States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 

4 and private sources, which shall be available for expenses 

5 incurred for research, engineering, and development. 

6 GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

7 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

8 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

9 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

12 For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in13 aid for airport planning and development, and noise com14 patibility planning and programs as authorized under sub15 chapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 

16 of title 49, United States Code, and under other law au17 thorizing such obligations; for procurement, installation, 

18 and commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices 

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

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

21 for inspection activities and administration of airport safe22 ty programs, including those related to airport operating 

23 certificates under section 44706 of title 49, United States 

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

25 Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until ex-
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1 pended: Provided, That none of the funds under this head2 ing shall be available for the planning or execution of pro3 grams the obligations for which are in excess of 

4 $3,480,000,000 in fiscal year 2015, notwithstanding sec5 tion 47117(g) of title 49, United States Code: Provided 

6 further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

7 of funds made available in the fiscal year ending on Sep8 tember 30, 2014, under section 48112 of title 49, United 

9 States Code, and limited under this heading, 

10 $130,000,000 shall be obligated for facilities and equip11 ment of the Federal Aviation Administration that are lo12 cated on airport property, including runway safety areas, 

13 runway status lights, landing and navigational lighting 

14 systems, and air traffic control tower improvements and 

15 replacements: Provided further, That the funds limited 

16 under this heading shall be deemed reduced by 

17 $130,000,000 for purposes of 47102(6) of Title 49, 

18 United States Code: Provided further, That none of the 

19 funds under this heading shall be available for the replace20 ment of baggage conveyor systems, reconfiguration of ter21 minal baggage areas, or other airport improvements that 

22 are necessary to install bulk explosive detection systems: 

23 Provided further, That notwithstanding section 47109(a) 

24 of title 49, United States Code, the Government’s share 

25 of allowable project costs under paragraph (2) for sub-
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1 grants or paragraph (3) of that section shall be 95 percent 

2 for a project at other than a large or medium hub airport 

3 that is a successive phase of a multi-phased construction 

4 project for which the project sponsor received a grant in 

5 fiscal year 2011 for the construction project: Provided fur6 ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, of 

7 funds limited under this heading, not more than 

8 $107,100,000 shall be obligated for administration, not 

9 less than $15,000,000 shall be available for the Airport 

10 Cooperative Research Program, not less than $29,750,000 

11 shall be available for Airport Technology Research, and 

12 $8,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

13 available and transferred to ‘‘Office of the Secretary, Sala14 ries and Expenses’’ to carry out the Small Community Air 

15 Service Development Program. 

16 (RESCISSION)

17 Any amounts made available for the fiscal year end18 ing September 30, 2015, under section 48112 of title 49, 

19 United States Code, are rescinded. 

20 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION

21 ADMINISTRATION

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

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

24 the federally funded research and development center con25 tract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the 
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1 Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development dur2 ing fiscal year 2014. 

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

4 to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring air5 port sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Adminis6 tration without cost building construction, maintenance, 

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

8 buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air 

9 navigation, or weather reporting: Provided, That the pro10 hibition of funds in this section does not apply to negotia11 tions between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve 

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

13 grant assurances that require airport sponsors to provide 

14 land without cost to the FAA for air traffic control facili15 ties. 

16 SEC. 112. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 

17 Administration may reimburse amounts made available to 

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

19 49 U.S.C. 45303 and any amount remaining in such ac20 count at the close of that fiscal year may be made available 

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

22 year. 

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

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

25 appropriation current at the time of collection, to be 
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1 merged with and available for the same purposes of such 

2 appropriation. 

3 SEC. 114. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail4 able for paying premium pay under subsection 5546(a) of 

5 title 5, United States Code, to any Federal Aviation Ad6 ministration employee unless such employee actually per7 formed work during the time corresponding to such pre8 mium pay. 

9 SEC. 115. None of the funds in this Act may be obli10 gated or expended for an employee of the Federal Aviation 

11 Administration to purchase a store gift card or gift certifi12 cate through use of a Government-issued credit card. 

13 SEC. 116. The Secretary shall apportion to the spon14 sor of an airport that received scheduled or unscheduled 

15 air service from a large certified air carrier (as defined 

16 in part 241 of title 14 Code of Federal Regulations, or 

17 such other regulations as may be issued by the Secretary 

18 under the authority of section 41709) an amount equal 

19 to the minimum apportionment specified in 49 U.S.C. 

20 47114(c), if the Secretary determines that airport had 

21 more than 10,000 passenger boardings in the preceding 

22 calendar year, based on data submitted to the Secretary 

23 under part 241 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations. 

24 SEC. 117. None of the funds in this Act may be obli25 gated or expended for retention bonuses for an employee 
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1 of the Federal Aviation Administration without the prior 

2 written approval of the Assistant Secretary for Adminis3 tration of the Department of Transportation. 

4 SEC. 118. Subparagraph (D) of section 47124(b)(3) 

5 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking 

6 ‘‘benefit.’’ and inserting ‘‘benefit, with the maximum al7 lowable local cost share capped at 20 percent.’’. 

8 SEC. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

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

11 to implement any limitation on the ability of any owner 

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

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

16 Administration’s Aircraft Situational Display to Industry 

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

18 available to a Government agency, for the noncommercial 

19 flights of that owner or operator. 

20 SEC. 119A. None of the funds in this Act shall be 

21 available for salaries and expenses of more than 9 political 

22 and Presidential appointees in the Federal Aviation Ad23 ministration. 

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

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

4 navigation products and explains how such fees are con5 sistent with Executive Order 13642. 

6 SEC. 119C. None of the funds appropriated or limited 

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

8 prior permission rules at Teterboro airport in Teterboro, 

9 New Jersey. 

10 SEC. 119D. None of the funds in this Act may be 

11 used to close a regional operations center of the Federal 

12 Aviation Administration or reduce its services unless the 

13 Administrator notifies the House and Senate Committees 

14 on Appropriations not less than 90 full business days in 

15 advance. 

16 SEC. 119E. Section 916 of Public Law 112–95 is 

17 amended by striking ‘‘Advanced Materials in Transport 

18 Aircraft’’ and inserting ‘‘Joint Advanced Materials and 

19 Structures’’. 

20 SEC. 119F. Subsection 47109(c)(2) of title 49, 

21 United States Code, is amended by adding before the pe22 riod ‘‘, except that at a non-hub airport located in a State 

23 as set forth in paragraph (1) of this subsection that is 

24 within 15 miles of another State as set forth in paragraph 

25 (1) of this subsection, the Government’s share shall be an 
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1 average of the Government share applicable to any project 

2 in each of the States’’. 

3 FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

4 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

5 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 Not to exceed $426,100,000, together with advances 

8 and reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Ad9 ministration, shall be obligated for necessary expenses for 

10 administration and operation of the Federal Highway Ad11 ministration. In addition, not to exceed $3,248,000 shall 

12 be transferred to the Appalachian Regional Commission 

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

14 Code. 

15 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

16 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

17 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

18 Funds available for the implementation or execution 

19 of programs of Federal-aid Highways and highway safety 

20 construction programs authorized under titles 23 and 49, 

21 United States Code, and the provisions of Public Law 

22 112–141 shall not exceed total obligations of 

23 $40,256,000,000 for fiscal year 2015: Provided, That the 

24 Secretary may collect and spend fees, as authorized by 

25 title 23, United States Code, to cover the costs of services 
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1 of expert firms, including counsel, in the field of municipal 

2 and project finance to assist in the underwriting and serv3 icing of Federal credit instruments and all or a portion 

4 of the costs to the Federal Government of servicing such 

5 credit instruments: Provided further, That such fees are 

6 available until expended to pay for such costs: Provided 

7 further, That such amounts are in addition to administra8 tive expenses that are also available for such purpose, and 

9 are not subject to any obligation limitation or the limita10 tion on administrative expenses under section 608 of title 

11 23, United States Code. 

12 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

13 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

14 For the payment of obligations incurred in carrying 

15 out Federal-aid Highways and highway safety construc16 tion programs authorized under title 23, United States 

17 Code, $40,995,000,000 derived from the Highway Trust 

18 Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), to remain 

19 available until expended. 

20 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY

21 ADMINISTRATION

22 SEC. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2015, the Secretary of 

23 Transportation shall— 

24 (1) not distribute from the obligation limitation 

25 for Federal-aid Highways— 
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1 (A) amounts authorized for administrative 

2 expenses and programs by section 104(a) of 

3 title 23, United States Code; and 

4 (B) amounts authorized for the Bureau of 

5 Transportation Statistics; 

6 (2) not distribute an amount from the obliga7 tion limitation for Federal-aid Highways that is 

8 equal to the unobligated balance of amounts— 

9 (A) made available from the Highway 

10 Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac11 count) for Federal-aid Highways and highway 

12 safety construction programs for previous fiscal 

13 years the funds for which are allocated by the 

14 Secretary (or apportioned by the Secretary 

15 under sections 202 or 204 of title 23, United 

16 States Code); and 

17 (B) for which obligation limitation was 

18 provided in a previous fiscal year; 

19 (3) determine the proportion that— 

20 (A) the obligation limitation for Federal21 aid Highways, less the aggregate of amounts 

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

23 this subsection; bears to 

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

25 appropriated for the Federal-aid Highways and 
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1 highway safety construction programs (other 

2 than sums authorized to be appropriated for 

3 provisions of law described in paragraphs (1) 

4 through (12) of subsection (b) and sums au5 thorized to be appropriated for section 119 of 

6 title 23, United States Code, equal to the 

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

8 such fiscal year), less the aggregate of the 

9 amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) 

10 and (2) of this subsection; 

11 (4) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed12 eral-aid Highways, less the aggregate amounts not 

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

14 of the programs (other than programs to which 

15 paragraph (1) applies) that are allocated by the Sec16 retary under the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 

17 21st Century Act and title 23, United States Code, 

18 or apportioned by the Secretary under sections 202 

19 or 204 of that title, by multiplying— 

20 (A) the proportion determined under para21 graph (3); by 

22 (B) the amounts authorized to be appro23 priated for each such program for such fiscal 

24 year; and 
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1 (5) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed2 eral-aid Highways, less the aggregate amounts not 

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

4 amounts distributed under paragraph (4), for Fed5 eral-aid Highways and highway safety construction 

6 programs that are apportioned by the Secretary 

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

8 amounts apportioned for the National Highway Per9 formance Program in section 119 of title 23, United 

10 States Code, that are exempt from the limitation 

11 under subsection (b)(13) and the amounts appor12 tioned under sections 202 and 204 of that title) in 

13 the proportion that— 

14 (A) amounts authorized to be appropriated 

15 for the programs that are apportioned under 

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

17 such fiscal year; bears to 

18 (B) the total of the amounts authorized to 

19 be appropriated for the programs that are ap20 portioned under title 23, United States Code, to 

21 all States for such fiscal year. 

22 (b) EXCEPTIONS FROM OBLIGATION LIMITATION.— 

23 The obligation limitation for Federal-aid Highways shall 

24 not apply to obligations under or for— 

25 (1) section 125 of title 23, United States Code; 
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1 (2) section 147 of the Surface Transportation 

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

3 Stat. 2714); 

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

5 of 1981 (95 Stat. 1701); 

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

7 Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (96 

8 Stat. 2119); 

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

10 Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation As11 sistance Act of 1987 (101 Stat. 198); 

12 (6) sections 1103 through 1108 of the Inter13 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 

14 1991 (105 Stat. 2027); 

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

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

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

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

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

20 of those fiscal years); 

21 (9) Federal-aid Highways programs for which 

22 obligation authority was made available under the 

23 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century 

24 (112 Stat. 107) or subsequent Acts for multiple 

25 years or to remain available until expended, but only 
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1 to the extent that the obligation authority has not 

2 lapsed or been used; 

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

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

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

6 of those fiscal years); 

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

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

9 funds obligated in accordance with that section were 

10 not subject to a limitation on obligations at the time 

11 at which the funds were initially made available for 

12 obligation; and 

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

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

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

16 those fiscal years); and 

17 (13) section 119 of title 12, United States Code 

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

19 to $639,000,000). 

20 (c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AU21 THORITY.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 

22 shall, after August 1 of such fiscal year— 

23 (1) revise a distribution of the obligation limita24 tion made available under subsection (a) if an 
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1 amount distributed cannot be obligated during that 

2 fiscal year; and 

3 (2) redistribute sufficient amounts to those 

4 States able to obligate amounts in addition to those 

5 previously distributed during that fiscal year, giving 

6 priority to those States having large unobligated bal7 ances of funds apportioned under sections 144 (as in 

8 effect on the day before the date of enactment of 

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

10 States Code. 

11 (d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO

12 TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para14 graph (2), the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 

15 Highways shall apply to contract authority for trans16 portation research programs carried out under— 

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

18 Code; and 

19 (B) division E of the Moving Ahead for 

20 Progress in the 21st Century Act. 

21 (2) EXCEPTION.—Obligation authority made 

22 available under paragraph (1) shall— 

23 (A) remain available for a period of 4 fis24 cal years; and 
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1 (B) be in addition to the amount of any 

2 limitation imposed on obligations for Federal3 aid Highways and highway safety construction 

4 programs for future fiscal years. 

5 (e) REDISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN AUTHORIZED

6 FUNDS.— 

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

8 the date of distribution of obligation limitation 

9 under subsection (a), the Secretary shall distribute 

10 to the States any funds (excluding funds authorized 

11 for the program under section 202 of title 23, 

12 United States Code) that— 

13 (A) are authorized to be appropriated for 

14 such fiscal year for Federal-aid Highways pro15 grams; and 

16 (B) the Secretary determines will not be 

17 allocated to the States (or will not be appor18 tioned to the States under section 204 of title 

19 23, United States Code), and will not be avail20 able for obligation, for such fiscal year because 

21 of the imposition of any obligation limitation for 

22 such fiscal year. 

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

24 paragraph (1) in the same proportion as the dis-
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1 tribution of obligation authority under subsection 

2 (a)(5). 

3 (3) AVAILABILITY.—Funds distributed to each 

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

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

6 United States Code. 

7 SEC. 121. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re8 ceived by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the 

9 sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pur10 suant to chapter 63 of title 49, United States Code, may 

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

12 purpose of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses: 

13 Provided, That such funds shall be subject to the obliga14 tion limitation for Federal-aid Highways and highway 

15 safety construction programs. 

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

17 under his statutory authority, any Buy America require18 ment for Federal-aid Highways projects, the Secretary of 

19 Transportation shall make an informal public notice and 

20 comment opportunity on the intent to issue such waiver 

21 and the reasons therefor: Provided, That the Secretary 

22 shall provide an annual report to the House and Senate 

23 Committees on Appropriations on any waivers granted 

24 under the Buy America requirements. 
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1 SEC. 123. None of the funds in this Act to the De2 partment of Transportation may be used to provide credit 

3 assistance unless not less than 3 days before any applica4 tion approval to provide credit assistance under sections 

5 603 and 604 of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary 

6 of Transportation provides notification in writing to the 

7 following committees: the House and Senate Committees 

8 on Appropriations; the Committee on Environment and 

9 Public Works and the Committee on Banking, Housing 

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

11 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep12 resentatives: Provided, That such notification shall in13 clude, but not be limited to, the name of the project spon14 sor; a description of the project; whether credit assistance 

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

16 of credit; and the amount of credit assistance. 

17 SEC. 124. From the unobligated balances of funds 

18 apportioned among the States prior to October 1, 2012, 

19 under sections 104(b) of title 23, United States Code (as 

20 in effect on the day before the date of enactment of Public 

21 Law 112–141), the amount of $22,100,000 shall be made 

22 available in fiscal year 2015 for the administrative ex23 penses of the Federal Highway Administration: Provided, 

24 That this provision shall not apply to funds distributed 

25 in accordance with section 104(b)(5) of title 23, United 
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1 States Code (as in effect on the day before the date of 

2 enactment of Public Law 112–141); section 133(d)(1) of 

3 such title (as in effect on the day before the date of enact4 ment of Public Law 109–59); and the first sentence of 

5 section 133(d)(3)(A) of such title (as in effect on the day 

6 before the date of enactment of Public Law 112–141): 

7 Provided further, That such amount shall be derived on 

8 a proportional basis from the unobligated balances of ap9 portioned funds to which this provision applies: Provided 

10 further, That the amount made available by this provision 

11 in fiscal year 2015 for the administrative expenses of the 

12 Federal Highway Administration shall be in addition to 

13 the amount made available in fiscal year 2015 for such 

14 purposes under section 104(a) of title 23, United States 

15 Code. 

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 For payment of obligations incurred in the implemen22 tation, execution and administration of motor carrier safe23 ty operations and programs pursuant to section 31104(i) 

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

25 4134 of Public Law 109–59, as amended by Public Law 
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1 112–141, $271,000,000, to be derived from the Highway 

2 Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), to3 gether with advances and reimbursements received by the 

4 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the sum of 

5 which shall remain available until expended: Provided, 

6 That funds available for implementation, execution or ad7 ministration of motor carrier safety operations and pro8 grams authorized under title 49, United States Code, shall 

9 not exceed total obligations of $271,000,000 for ‘‘Motor 

10 Carrier Safety Operations and Programs’’ for fiscal year 

11 2015, of which $9,000,000, to remain available for obliga12 tion until September 30, 2017, is for the research and 

13 technology program, and of which $34,545,000, to remain 

14 available for obligation until September 30, 2017, is for 

15 information management: Provided further, That 

16 $2,300,000 shall be made available for commercial motor 

17 vehicle operator’s grants to carry out section 4134 of Pub18 lic Law 109–59, as amended by Public Law 112–141, of 

19 which $1,300,000 is to be made available from prior year 

20 unobligated contract authority provided in Public Law 

21 112–141, or other appropriations or authorization acts: 

22 Provided further, That of unobligated contract authority 

23 provided in Public Law 112–141, or other appropriations 

24 or authorization acts for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Oper25 ations and Programs’’, $1,500,000 shall be made available 
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1 for enforcement and investigation activities related to the 

2 safe transportation of energy products, $5,200,000 shall 

3 be made available to augment funding to address informa4 tion management and technology needs related to the 

5 monitoring of high-risk carriers and carriers operating 

6 under consent agreements, and $4,000,000 shall be made 

7 available to administer the study required under section 

8 133 of this Act, to remain available for obligation until 

9 September 30, 2017: Provided further, That the Federal 

10 Motor Carrier Safety Administration shall transmit to 

11 Congress a report by March 27, 2015, on the agency’s 

12 ability to meet its requirement to conduct compliance re13 views on mandatory carriers: Provided further, That the 

14 Secretary shall complete final regulatory action on the im15 plementation of 49 United States Code 31137 no later 

16 than January 30, 2015: Provided further, That the Sec17 retary shall initiate action on the Safety Fitness Deter18 mination rule no later than December, 31, 2013. 

19 NATIONAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY

20 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

21 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

22 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

23 Of the unobligated contract authority provided in the 

24 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public 

25 Law 105–178) or other appropriation or authorization 
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1 acts for the national motor carrier safety program, 

2 $8,300,000 shall be made available to augment funding 

3 to execute the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administra4 tion’s Capital Improvement Plan for border facilities and 

5 field offices, including physical information technology in6 frastructure: Provided, That such funds as necessary for 

7 payment of obligations incurred in carrying out this sec8 tion shall be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other 

9 than the Mass Transit Account) and total limitations of 

10 these obligations shall not exceed $8,300,000. 

11 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS

12 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

13 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

14 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

15 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

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

17 31313 of title 49, United States Code, and sections 4126 

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

19 Law 112–141, $313,000,000, to be derived from the 

20 Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac21 count) and to remain available until expended: Provided, 

22 That funds available for the implementation or execution 

23 of motor carrier safety programs shall not exceed total ob24 ligations of $313,000,000 in fiscal year 2015 for ‘‘Motor 

25 Carrier Safety Grants’’; of which $218,000,000 shall be 
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1 available for the motor carrier safety assistance program, 

2 $30,000,000 shall be available for commercial driver’s li3 cense program improvement grants, $32,000,000 shall be 

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

5 be available for performance and registration information 

6 system management grants, $25,000,000 shall be avail7 able for the commercial vehicle information systems and 

8 networks deployment program, and $1,000,000 shall be 

9 available for safety data improvement grants: Provided 

10 further, That, of the funds made available herein for the 

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

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

13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER

14 SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

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

16 shall be subject to the terms and conditions stipulated in 

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

18 Public Law 110–28. 

19 SEC. 131. None of the funds limited or otherwise 

20 made available under the heading ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety 

21 Operations and Programs’’ may be used to deny an appli22 cation to renew a Hazardous Materials Safety Program 

23 permit for a motor carrier based solely on that carrier’s 

24 Hazardous Materials Out-of-Service rate, unless the car25 rier has the opportunity to submit a written description 
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1 of corrective actions taken, and other documentation the 

2 carrier wishes the Secretary to consider, including submit3 ting a corrective action plan, and the Secretary determines 

4 the actions or plan is insufficient to address the safety 

5 concerns that resulted in that Hazardous Materials Out6 of-Service rate. 

7 SEC. 132. None of the funds limited or otherwise 

8 made available under this Act shall be used by the Sec9 retary to enforce any regulation prohibiting a State from 

10 issuing a commercial learner’s permit to individuals under 

11 the age of eighteen if the State had a law authorizing the 

12 issuance of commercial learners permits to individuals 

13 under eighteen years of age as of May 9, 2011. 

14 SEC. 133. (a) TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF EN15 FORCEMENT.—None of the funds appropriated or other16 wise made available by this Act or any other Act shall 

17 be used to enforce sections 395.3(c) and 395.3(d) of title 

18 49, Code of Federal Regulations, and such sections shall 

19 have no force or effect from the date of enactment of this 

20 Act until the later of September 30, 2015, or upon submis21 sion of the final report issued by the Secretary under this 

22 section. The restart provisions in effect on June 30, 2013, 

23 shall be in effect during this period. 

24 (b) PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.—As soon as possible 

25 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
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1 of Transportation shall publish a Notice in the Federal 

2 Register and on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Admin3 istration website announcing that the provisions in the 

4 rule referred to in subsection (a) shall have no force or 

5 effect from the date of enactment of this Act through Sep6 tember 30, 2015, and the restart rule in effect on June 

7 30, 2013, shall immediately be in effect. 

8 (c) COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE (CMV) DRIVER

9 RESTART STUDY.—Within 90 days of enactment of this 

10 Act, the Secretary shall initiate a naturalistic study of the 

11 operational, safety, health and fatigue impacts of the re12 start provisions in sections 395.3(c) and 395.3(d) of title 

13 49, Code of Federal Regulations, on commercial motor ve14 hicle drivers. The study required under this subsection 

15 shall— 

16 (1) compare the work schedules and assess op17 erator fatigue between the following two groups of 

18 commercial motor vehicle drivers, each large enough 

19 to produce statistically significant results: 

20 (A) commercial motor vehicle drivers who 

21 operate under such provisions, in effect between 

22 July 1, 2013, and the day before the date of 

23 enactment of this Act, and 
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1 (B) commercial motor vehicle drivers who 

2 operate under the provisions as in effect on 

3 June 30, 2013. 

4 (2) compare, at a minimum, the 5-month work 

5 schedules and assess safety critical events (crashes, 

6 near crashes and crash-relevant conflicts) and oper7 ator fatigue between the following two groups of 

8 commercial motor vehicle drivers, from a statistically 

9 significant sample of drivers comprised of fleets of 

10 all sizes, including long-haul, regional and short-haul 

11 operations in various sectors of the industry, includ12 ing flat-bed, refrigerated, tank, and dry-van, to the 

13 extent practicable; 

14 (3) assess drivers’ safety critical events, fatigue 

15 and levels of alertness and driver health outcomes by 

16 using both electronic and captured record of duty 

17 status, including the Psychomotor Vigilance Test 

18 (PVT), e-logging data, actigraph watches and cam19 eras or other on-board monitoring systems that 

20 record or measure safety critical events and driver 

21 alertness; 

22 (4) utilize data from electronic logging devices, 

23 consistent to the extent practicable, with the antici24 pated requirements for such devices in section 

25 31137(b) of title 49, United States Code, from 
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1 motor carriers and drivers of commercial motor vehi2 cles, notwithstanding any limitation on the use of 

3 such data under section 31137(e) of title 49, United 

4 States Code; and 

5 (5) include the development of an initial study 

6 plan and final report, each of which shall be subject 

7 to an independent peer review panel of individuals 

8 with relevant medical and scientific expertise. 

9 (d) DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF

10 INSPECTOR GENERAL REVIEW.—Prior to the study re11 quired under this subsection commencing, the Secretary 

12 shall submit a plan outlining the scope and methodology 

13 for the study to the Department of Transportation Inspec14 tor General within 60 days of enactment of this Act. 

15 (1) Within 30 days of receiving the plan, the 

16 Office of Inspector General shall review and com17 ment on the plan, including whether it includes— 

18 (A) a sufficient number of drivers partici19 pating to produce statistically significant results 

20 and consistent with subsection (c)(2); 

21 (B) an assessment of whether the tech22 nologies being used to assess the operational, 

23 safety and fatigue components of the study are 

24 reliable and will produce consistent and valid 

25 results; 
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1 (C) appropriate performance measures to 

2 properly evaluate the study outcomes; and 

3 (D) assess the selection of the independent 

4 review panel under subsection (c)(5). 

5 (2) The Office of Inspector General shall report 

6 its findings, conclusions and recommendations to the 

7 Secretary and to the House and Senate Committees 

8 on Appropriations within 30 days of receipt of the 

9 plan. 

10 (e) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary 

11 shall submit a final report on the findings and conclusions 

12 of the study and the Department’s recommendations on 

13 whether the provisions in effect on July 1, 2013, provide 

14 a greater net benefit for the operational, safety, health and 

15 fatigue impacts of the restart provisions to the Inspector 

16 General within 210 days of receiving the Office of the In17 spector General report required in subsection (d)(2). 

18 (1) Within 60 days of receipt of the Secretary’s 

19 findings and recommendations in subsection (e), the 

20 Inspector General shall report to the Secretary and 

21 the House and Senate Committees on Appropria22 tions on the study’s compliance with the require23 ments outlined under subsection (c). 

24 (2) Upon submission of the Office of the In25 spector General report in paragraph (1), the Sec-
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1 retary shall submit its report to the House and Sen2 ate Committees on Appropriations and make the re3 port publically available on its website. 

4 (f) CERTIFICATION.—The Secretary of Transpor5 tation shall certify in writing in a manner addressing the 

6 Inspector General’s findings and recommendations in sub7 section (d)(1) and (e)(1) of this section that the Secretary 

8 has met the requirements as described in section (c) and 

9 (d). 

10 (g) PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT EXCEPTION.—The 

11 study and the Office of the Inspector General reviews shall 

12 not be subject to section 3506 or 3507 of title 44, United 

13 States Code. 

14 NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

15 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

16 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of 

17 the Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety 

18 authorized under chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI 

19 of title 49, United States Code, $134,500,000, of which 

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

21 30, 2016. 
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1 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

2 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

3 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

4 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

5 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

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

7 49, United States Code, $138,500,000, to be derived from 

8 the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 

9 Account) and to remain available until expended: Pro10 vided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available 

11 for the planning or execution of programs the total obliga12 tions for which, in fiscal year 2015, are in excess of 

13 $138,500,000, of which $133,500,000 shall be for pro14 grams authorized under 23 U.S.C. 403 and $5,000,000 

15 shall be for the National Driver Register authorized under 

16 chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code: Provided fur17 ther, That within the $133,500,000 obligation limitation 

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

19 available until September 30, 2016, and shall be in addi20 tion to the amount of any limitation imposed on obliga21 tions for future years: Provided further, That $20,000,000 

22 of the total obligation limitation for operations and re23 search in fiscal year 2015 shall be applied toward unobli24 gated balances of contract authority provided in prior Acts 
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1 for carrying out the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, and 

2 chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code. 

3 HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS

4 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

5 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

6 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

7 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

8 provisions of 23 U.S.C. 402 and 405, section 2009 of Pub9 lic Law 109–59, as amended by Public Law 112–141, and 

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

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

12 the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 

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

14 shall be available for the planning or execution of pro15 grams the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2015, 

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

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

18 109–59, as amended by Public Law 112–141, and section 

19 31101(a)(6) of Public Law 112–141, of which 

20 $235,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Highway Safety Programs’’ 

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

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

23 $29,000,000 shall be for ‘‘High Visibility Enforcement 

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

25 amended by Public Law 112–141; $25,500,000 shall be 
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1 for ‘‘Administrative Expenses’’ under section 31101(a)(6) 

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

3 these funds shall be used for construction, rehabilitation, 

4 or remodeling costs, or for office furnishings and fixtures 

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

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

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

8 23 U.S.C. 405 for ‘‘Impaired Driving Countermeasures’’ 

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

10 available for technical assistance to the States: Provided 

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

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

13 to increase the amounts made available under section 402 

14 shall include the obligation authority for such amounts: 

15 Provided further, That the Administrator shall notify the 

16 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of any 

17 exercise of the authority granted under the previous pro18 viso or under 23 U.S.C. 405(a)(1)(G) within 60 days. 

19 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—NATIONAL HIGHWAY

20 TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

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

22 available to the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis23 tration, out of the amount limited for section 402 of title 

24 23, United States Code, to pay for travel and related ex25 penses for State management reviews and to pay for core 
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1 competency development training and related expenses for 

2 highway safety staff. 

3 SEC. 141. The limitations on obligations for the pro4 grams of the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis5 tration set in this Act shall not apply to obligations for 

6 which obligation authority was made available in previous 

7 public laws but only to the extent that the obligation au8 thority has not lapsed or been used. 

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

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

11 FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

12 SAFETY AND OPERATIONS

13 For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad14 ministration, not otherwise provided for, $191,250,000, of 

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

16 RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

17 For necessary expenses for railroad research and de18 velopment, $40,730,000, to remain available until ex19 pended. 

20 RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT

21 FINANCING PROGRAM

22 The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to 

23 issue direct loans and loan guarantees pursuant to sec24 tions 501 through 504 of the Railroad Revitalization and 

25 Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–210), as 
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1 amended, such authority to exist as long as any such di2 rect loan or loan guarantee is outstanding: Provided, That, 

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

4 direct loans or loan guarantee commitments shall be made 

5 using Federal funds for the credit risk premium during 

6 fiscal year 2015. 

7 GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER

8 CORPORATION

9 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 

10 grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation as 

11 authorized by the Passenger Rail Investment and Im12 provement Act of 2008 (division B of Public Law 110– 

13 432, hereafter referred to as ‘‘such law’’ for purposes of 

14 this heading), $1,390,000,000, to remain available until 

15 expended: Provided, That of the amounts available under 

16 this heading, up to $149,000,000 shall be for debt service 

17 obligations, up to $350,000,000 shall be for the operation 

18 of intercity passenger rail, and not less than $50,000,000 

19 shall be made available to bring Amtrak served facilities 

20 and stations into compliance with the Americans with Dis21 abilities Act: Provided further, That after an initial dis22 tribution of up to $200,000,000, which shall be used by 

23 Amtrak as a working capital account, all remaining capital 

24 and debt service funds shall be provided only on a reim25 bursable basis: Provided further, That funding for the op-
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1 eration of intercity passenger rail, as authorized by section 

2 101 of such law, shall be distributed no more frequently 

3 than quarterly: Provided further, That the Secretary may 

4 retain 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 such law: Provided further, That in 

8 addition to the project management oversight funds au9 thorized under section 101(d) of such law, the Secretary 

10 may retain up to an additional one-half of 1 percent of 

11 the funds provided under this heading to fund expenses 

12 associated with section 24905 of title 49, United States 

13 Code: Provided further, That not later than 60 days after 

14 the date of enactment of this Act, the Corporation shall 

15 transmit, in electronic format, to the House and Senate 

16 Committees on Appropriations a business plan and 5-year 

17 Financial Plan for fiscal year 2015 as required under sec18 tion 204 of such law. 

19 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD

20 ADMINISTRATION

21 SEC. 150. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other pro22 vision of law, funds provided in this Act for the National 

23 Railroad Passenger Corporation shall immediately cease 

24 to be available to said Corporation in the event that the 

25 Corporation contracts to have services provided at or from 
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1 any location outside the United States. For purposes of 

2 this section, the word ‘‘services’’ shall mean any service 

3 that was, as of July 1, 2006, performed by a full-time 

4 or part-time Amtrak employee whose base of employment 

5 is located within the United States. 

6 SEC. 151. The Secretary of Transportation may re7 ceive and expend cash, or receive and utilize spare parts 

8 and similar items, from non-United States Government 

9 sources to repair damages to or replace United States 

10 Government owned automated track inspection cars and 

11 equipment as a result of third-party liability for such dam12 ages, and any amounts collected under this section shall 

13 be credited directly to the Safety and Operations account 

14 of the Federal Railroad Administration, and shall remain 

15 available until expended for the repair, operation and 

16 maintenance of automated track inspection cars and 

17 equipment in connection with the automated track inspec18 tion program. 

19 SEC. 152. The amounts available to the National 

20 Railroad Passenger Corporation for the operation of inter21 city passenger rail shall be available for distribution by 

22 the Secretary only after receiving and reviewing a grant 

23 request for each specific train route accompanied by a de24 tailed financial analysis, revenue projection, and capital 
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1 asset plan justifying the Federal support to the Sec2 retary’s satisfaction. 

3 SEC. 153. None of the funds provided to the National 

4 Railroad Passenger Corporation may be used to fund any 

5 overtime costs in excess of $35,000 for any individual em6 ployee: Provided, That the president of Amtrak may waiv7 er the cap set in the previous proviso for specific employ8 ees when the president of Amtrak determines such a cap 

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

10 system: Provided further, That Amtrak shall notify the 

11 House and Senate Committee on Appropriations within 30 

12 days of waiving such cap and delineate the reasons for 

13 such waiver. 

14 FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

15 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

16 For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal 

17 Transit Administration’s programs authorized by chapter 

18 53 of title 49, United States Code, $110,500,000, of which 

19 not less than $7,000,000 shall be available to carry out 

20 the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5329: Provided, That none of 

21 the funds provided or limited in this Act may be used to 

22 create a permanent office of transit security under this 

23 heading: Provided further, That upon submission to the 

24 Congress of the fiscal year 2016 President’s budget, the 

25 Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to Congress 
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1 the annual report on New Starts, including proposed allo2 cations for fiscal year 2016. 

3 TRANSIT FORMULA GRANTS

4 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

5 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

6 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

7 For payment of obligations incurred in the Federal 

8 Public Transportation Assistance Program in this ac9 count, and for payment of obligations incurred in carrying 

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

11 5318, 5322(d), 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, 

12 as amended by Public Law 112–141; and section 

13 20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, $9,500,000,000, to be 

14 derived from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway 

15 Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Pro16 vided, That funds available for the implementation or exe17 cution of programs authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5305, 

18 5307, 5310, 5311, 5318, 5322(d), 5329(e)(6), 5335, 

19 5337, 5339, and 5340, as amended by Public Law 112– 

20 141, and section 20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, shall 

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

22 year 2015. 

23 TRANSIT RESEARCH

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

25 and 5313, $33,000,000, to remain available until ex-
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1 pended: Provided, That $30,000,000 shall be for activities 

2 authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5312 and $3,000,000 shall 

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

4 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING

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

6 and 5322(a), (b) and (e), $5,500,000, to remain available 

7 until expended: Provided, That $5,000,000 shall be for ac8 tivities authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5314 and $500,000 

9 shall be for activities authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5322(a), 

10 (b) and (e). 

11 CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS

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

13 $2,161,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

14 GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA

15 TRANSIT AUTHORITY

16 For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area 

17 Transit Authority as authorized under section 601 of divi18 sion B of Public Law 110–432, $150,000,000, to remain 

19 available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary 

20 shall approve grants for capital and preventive mainte21 nance expenditures for the Washington Metropolitan Area 

22 Transit Authority only after receiving and reviewing a re23 quest for each specific project: Provided further, That 

24 prior to approving such grants, the Secretary shall certify 

25 that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority 
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1 is making significant progress in eliminating the material 

2 weaknesses, significant deficiencies, and minor control de3 ficiencies identified in the most recent Financial Manage4 ment Oversight Review: Provided further, That the Sec5 retary shall determine that the Washington Metropolitan 

6 Area Transit Authority has placed the highest priority on 

7 those investments that will improve the safety of the sys8 tem before approving such grants: Provided further, That 

9 the Secretary, in order to ensure safety throughout the 

10 rail system, may waive the requirements of section 

11 601(e)(1) of title VI of Public Law 110–432 (112 Stat. 

12 4968). 

13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT

14 ADMINISTRATION

15 SEC. 160. The limitations on obligations for the pro16 grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not 

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

18 made available for obligation, or to any other authority 

19 previously made available for obligation. 

20 SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

22 Federal Transit Administration’s discretionary program 

23 appropriations headings for projects specified in this Act 

24 or identified in reports accompanying this Act not obli25 gated by September 30, 2019, and other recoveries, shall 
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1 be directed to projects eligible to use the funds for the 

2 purposes for which they were originally provided. 

3 SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

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

6 that remain available for expenditure, may be transferred 

7 to and administered under the most recent appropriation 

8 heading for any such section. 

9 SEC. 163. Hereafter, the Secretary may not enforce 

10 regulations related to charter bus service under part 604 

11 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, for any transit 

12 agency that during fiscal year 2008 was both initially 

13 granted a 60-day period to come into compliance with part 

14 604, and then was subsequently granted an exception from 

15 said part. 

16 SEC. 164. For purposes of applying the project jus17 tification and local financial commitment criteria of 49 

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

19 may consider the costs and ridership of any connected 

20 project in an instance in which private parties are making 

21 significant financial contributions to the construction of 

22 the connected project; additionally, the Secretary may con23 sider the significant financial contributions of private par24 ties to the connected project in calculating the non-Federal 
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1 share of net capital project costs for the New Starts 

2 project. 

3 SEC. 165. In developing guidance implementing 49 

4 U.S.C. 5309(i) Program of Interrelated Projects, the Sec5 retary shall consider projects eligible under section 

6 5309(h) Small Starts Projects, including streetcars. 

7 SEC. 166. New bus rapid transit projects rec8 ommended in the President’s budget submission to the 

9 Congress of the United States for funds appropriated 

10 under the heading ‘‘CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS’’ in 

11 this Act shall be funded from $20,000,000 in unobligated 

12 amounts that were made available to carry out the discre13 tionary bus and bus facilities program under 49 U.S.C. 

14 5309 in fiscal years 1984 through 2012: Provided, That 

15 all such projects shall remain subject to the Capital In16 vestment Grants Program requirements of 49 U.S.C. 

17 5309 for New Starts, Small Starts, or Core Capacity 

18 projects as applicable. 

19 SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT

20 CORPORATION

21 The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora22 tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, with23 in the limits of funds and borrowing authority available 

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

25 such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal 
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1 year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern2 ment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be 

3 necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the 

4 Corporation’s budget for the current fiscal year. 

5 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

6 (HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)

7 For necessary expenses to conduct the operations, 

8 maintenance, and capital asset renewal activities of those 

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

10 maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development 

11 Corporation, $31,500,000, to be derived from the Harbor 

12 Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99– 

13 662, and of which $14,300,000 shall remain available 

14 until September 30, 2017, for the Asset Renewal Pro15 gram. 

16 MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

17 MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM

18 For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a 

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

20 needs of the United States, $186,000,000, to remain avail21 able until expended. 

22 OPERATIONS AND TRAINING

23 For necessary expenses of operations and training ac24 tivities authorized by law, $149,900,000, of which 

25 $11,300,000 shall remain available until expended for 
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1 maintenance and repair of training ships at State Mari2 time Academies, and of which $2,400,000 shall remain 

3 available through September 30, 2016, for the Student In4 centive Program at State Maritime Academies, and of 

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

6 for training ship fuel assistance payments, and of which 

7 $15,954,000 shall remain available until expended for fa8 cilities maintenance and repair, equipment, and capital 

9 improvements at the United State Merchant Marine Acad10 emy, and of which $3,000,000 shall remain available 

11 through September 16, 2016, for Maritime Environment 

12 and Technology Assistance grants and cooperative agree13 ment: Provided, That amounts apportioned for the United 

14 States Merchant Marine Academy shall be available only 

15 upon allotments made personally by the Secretary of 

16 Transportation or the Assistant Secretary for Budget and 

17 Programs: Provided further, That the Superintendent, 

18 Deputy Superintendent and the Director of the Office of 

19 Resource Management of the United State Merchant Ma20 rine Academy may not be allotment holders for the United 

21 States Merchant Marine Academy, and the Administrator 

22 of the Maritime Administration shall hold all allotments 

23 made by the Secretary of Transportation or the Assistant 

24 Secretary for Budget and Programs under the previous 

25 proviso: Provided further, That 50 percent of the funding 
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1 made available for the United States Merchant Marine 

2 Academy under this heading shall be available only after 

3 the Secretary, in consultation with the Superintendent and 

4 the Maritime Administrator, completes a plan detailing by 

5 program or activity how such funding will be expended at 

6 the Academy, and this plan is submitted to the House and 

7 Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 

8 That not later than January 12, 2015, the Administrator 

9 of the Maritime Administration shall transmit to Congress 

10 the biennial survey and report on sexual assault and sex11 ual harassment at the United States Merchant Marine 

12 Academy as required pursuant to section 3507 of Public 

13 Law 110–417: Provided further, That the amount herein 

14 appropriated shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day 

15 after January 12, 2015 that such report has not been sub16 mitted to the Congress. 

17 SHIP DISPOSAL

18 For necessary expenses related to the disposal of ob19 solete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the 

20 Maritime Administration, $4,800,000, to remain available 

21 until expended. 
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1 MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM

2 ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized, 

5 $7,100,000, of which $4,000,000 shall remain available 

6 until expended: Provided, That such costs, including the 

7 cost of modifying such loans, shall be defined in section 

8 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amend9 ed: Provided further, That not to exceed $3,100,000 shall 

10 be available for necessary administrative expenses to carry 

11 out the maritime guaranteed loan program, which shall 

12 be paid to the appropriations for ‘‘Operations and Train13 ing, Maritime Administration’’. 

14 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME

15 ADMINISTRATION

16 SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

17 this Act, the Maritime Administration is authorized to fur18 nish utilities and services and make necessary repairs in 

19 connection with any lease, contract, or occupancy involving 

20 Government property under control of the Maritime Ad21 ministration: Provided, That payments received therefor 

22 shall be credited to the appropriation charged with the 

23 cost thereof and shall remain available until expended: 

24 Provided further, That rental payments under any such 

25 lease, contract, or occupancy for items other than such 
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1 utilities, services, or repairs shall be covered into the 

2 Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 

3 PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY

4 ADMINISTRATION

5 OPERATIONAL EXPENSES

6 (PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline 

9 and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, 

10 $22,225,000: Provided, That $1,500,000 shall be trans11 ferred to ‘‘Pipeline Safety’’ in order to fund ‘‘Pipeline 

12 Safety Information Grants to Communities’’ as authorized 

13 under section 60130 of title 49, United States Code. 

14 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY

15 For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous 

16 materials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous 

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

18 $7,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

19 2017: Provided, That up to $800,000 in fees collected 

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

21 fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided fur22 ther, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to 

23 be available until expended, funds received from States, 

24 counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and pri25 vate sources for expenses incurred for training, for reports 
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1 publication and dissemination, and for travel expenses in2 curred in performance of hazardous materials exemptions 

3 and approvals functions. 

4 PIPELINE SAFETY

5 (PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)

6 (OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND)

7 (PIPELINE SAFETY DESIGN REVIEW FUND)

8 For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of 

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

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

11 60107, and to discharge the pipeline program responsibil12 ities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $158,000,000, of 

13 which $19,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li14 ability Trust Fund and shall remain available until Sep15 tember 30, 2017; and of which $136,500,000 shall be de16 rived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which 

17 $78,309,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

18 2017; and of which $2,000,000, to remain available until 

19 expended, shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Design 

20 Review Fund. 

21 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS

22 (EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)

23 For necessary expenses to carryout 49 U.S.C. 

24 5128(b), $188,000 to be derived from the Emergency Pre25 paredness Fund, to remain available until September 30, 
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1 2016: Provided, That notwithstanding the fiscal year limi2 tation specified in 49 U.S.C. 5116, not more than 

3 $28,318,000 shall be made available for obligation in fis4 cal year 2015 from amounts made available by 49 U.S.C. 

5 5116(i), and 5128(b) and (c): Provided further, That none 

6 of the funds made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i), 

7 5128(b), or 5128(c) shall be made available for obligation 

8 by individuals other than the Secretary of Transportation, 

9 or his designee: Provided further, That notwithstanding 49 

10 U.S.C. 5128(b) and (c) and the current year obligation 

11 limitation, prior year recoveries recognized in the current 

12 year shall be available to develop a hazardous materials 

13 response training curriculum for emergency responders, 

14 including response activities for crude oil, ethanol and 

15 other flammable liquids by rail, consistent with National 

16 Fire Protection Association standards, and to make such 

17 training available through an electronic format and a com18 petitive process to non-profit organizations to train public 

19 sector employees to respond to an accident or incident in20 volving the transportation of hazardous materials. 

21 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—PIPELINE AND

22 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

23 SEC. 180. Subsection (i)(4) of section 5116 of title 

24 49, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘2 per25 cent’’ and inserting ‘‘4 percent’’. 
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1 SEC. 181. Notwithstanding section 60117(n)(1)(B) 

2 of title 49, United States Code, the Secretary may require 

3 the person proposing any project with design and con4 struction costs over $2,500,000,000 for the construction, 

5 expansion, or operation of a gas or hazardous liquid pipe6 line facility or liquefied natural gas pipeline facility to pay 

7 the costs incurred by the Secretary relating to a facility 

8 design safety review. 

9 SEC. 182. The Secretary is directed to initiate a rule10 making or alternative risk-based compliance regime for 

11 the siting of small-scale liquefaction facilities that gen12 erate and package liquefied natural gas for use as a trans13 portation fuel for domestic delivery via non-pipeline 

14 means. The rulemaking or alternative risk-based compli15 ance regime should incorporate the 2013 National Fire 

16 Protection Association Standard 59A and industry best 

17 practices while ensuring appropriate public safety protec18 tions. 

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. 

12 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Surface Transpor15 tation Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

16 3109, $31,500,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

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

18 established by the Chairman of the Surface Transpor19 tation Board shall be credited to this appropriation as off20 setting collections and used for necessary and authorized 

21 expenses under this heading: Provided further, That the 

22 sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be 

23 reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting col24 lections are received during fiscal year 2014, to result in 
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1 a final appropriation from the general fund estimated at 

2 no more than $30,250,000. 

3 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF

4 TRANSPORTATION

5 SEC. 190. During the current fiscal year, applicable 

6 appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall 

7 be available for maintenance and operation of aircraft; 

8 hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of 

9 liability insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign 

10 countries on official department business; and uniforms or 

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

12 5902). 

13 SEC. 191. Appropriations contained in this Act for 

14 the Department of Transportation shall be available for 

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

16 individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to 

17 the rate for an Executive Level IV. 

18 SEC. 192. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail19 able for salaries and expenses of more than 110 political 

20 and Presidential appointees in the Department of Trans21 portation: Provided, That none of the personnel covered 

22 by this provision may be assigned on temporary detail out23 side the Department of Transportation. 

24 SEC. 193. (a) No recipient of funds made available 

25 in this Act shall disseminate personal information (as de-
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1 fined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State depart2 ment of motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle 

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

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

5 2721. 

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

7 shall not withhold funds provided in this Act for any 

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

9 SEC. 194. Funds received by the Federal Highway 

10 Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and Fed11 eral Railroad Administration from States, counties, mu12 nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources 

13 for expenses incurred for training may be credited respec14 tively to the Federal Highway Administration’s ‘‘Federal15 Aid Highways’’ account, the Federal Transit Administra16 tion’s ‘‘Technical Assistance and Training’’ account, and 

17 to the Federal Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Op18 erations’’ account, except for State rail safety inspectors 

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

20 SEC. 195. None of the funds in this Act to the De21 partment of Transportation may be used to make a grant 

22 unless the Secretary of Transportation notifies the House 

23 and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 

24 3 full business days before any project competitively se25 lected to receive a discretionary grant award, any discre-
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1 tionary grant award, letter of intent, or full funding grant 

2 agreement is announced by the department or its modal 

3 administrations from: 

4 (1) any discretionary grant program of the Fed5 eral Highway Administration including the emer6 gency relief program; 

7 (2) the airport improvement program of the 

8 Federal Aviation Administration; 

9 (3) any program of the Federal Railroad Ad10 ministration; 

11 (4) any program of the Federal Transit Admin12 istration other than the formula grants and fixed 

13 guideway modernization programs; 

14 (5) any program of the Maritime Administra15 tion; or 

16 (6) any funding provided under the headings 

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

18 Provided, That the Secretary gives concurrent notifi19 cation to the House and Senate Committees on Ap20 propriations for any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds from 

21 the emergency relief program: Provided further, That 

22 no notification shall involve funds that are not avail23 able for obligation. 

24 SEC. 196. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, 

25 minor fees and other funds received by the Department 
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1 of Transportation from travel management centers, 

2 charge card programs, the subleasing of building space, 

3 and miscellaneous sources are to be credited to appropria4 tions of the Department of Transportation and allocated 

5 to elements of the Department of Transportation using 

6 fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be avail7 able until expended. 

8 SEC. 197. Amounts made available in this or any 

9 other Act that the Secretary determines represent im10 proper payments by the Department of Transportation to 

11 a third-party contractor under a financial assistance 

12 award, which are recovered pursuant to law, shall be avail13 able— 

14 (1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred 

15 by the Department of Transportation in recovering 

16 improper payments; and 

17 (2) to pay contractors for services provided in 

18 recovering improper payments or contractor support 

19 in the implementation of the Improper Payments In20 formation Act of 2002: Provided, That amounts in 

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

22 (A) shall be credited to and merged with 

23 the appropriation from which the improper pay24 ments were made, and shall be available for the 

25 purposes and period for which such appropria-
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1 tions are available: Provided further, That 

2 where specific project or accounting information 

3 associated with the improper payment or pay4 ments is not readily available, the Secretary 

5 may credit an appropriate account, which shall 

6 be available for the purposes and period associ7 ated with the account so credited; or 

8 (B) if no such appropriation remains avail9 able, shall be deposited in the Treasury as mis10 cellaneous receipts: Provided further, That prior 

11 to the transfer of any such recovery to an ap12 propriations account, the Secretary shall notify 

13 the House and Senate Committees on Appro14 priations of the amount and reasons for such 

15 transfer: Provided further, That for purposes of 

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

17 the same meaning as that provided in section 

18 2(d)(2) of Public Law 107–300. 

19 SEC. 198. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

21 subject to a reprogramming action that requires notice to 

22 be provided to the House and Senate Committees on Ap23 propriations, transmission of said reprogramming notice 

24 shall be provided solely to the Committees on Appropria25 tions, and said reprogramming action shall be approved 
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1 or denied solely by the Committees on Appropriations: 

2 Provided, That the Secretary may provide notice to other 

3 congressional committees of the action of the Committees 

4 on Appropriations on such reprogramming but not sooner 

5 than 30 days following the date on which the reprogram6 ming action has been approved or denied by the House 

7 and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 

8 SEC. 199. None of the funds appropriated or other9 wise made available under this Act may be used by the 

10 Surface Transportation Board of the Department of 

11 Transportation to charge or collect any filing fee for rate 

12 or practice complaints filed with the Board in an amount 

13 in excess of the amount authorized for district court civil 

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

15 States Code. 

16 SEC. 199A. Funds appropriated in this Act to the 

17 modal administrations may be obligated for the Office of 

18 the Secretary for the costs related to assessments or reim19 bursable agreements only when such amounts are for the 

20 costs of goods and services that are purchased to provide 

21 a direct benefit to the applicable modal administration or 

22 administrations. 

23 SEC. 199B. The Secretary of Transportation is au24 thorized to carry out a program that establishes uniform 

25 standards for developing and supporting agency transit 
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1 pass and transit benefits authorized under section 7905 

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

3 transit benefits by various paper and electronic media. 

4 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans5 portation Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 

6 TITLE II 

7 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 

8 DEVELOPMENT 

9 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

10 EXECUTIVE OFFICES

11 For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Of12 fices, which shall be comprised of the offices of the Sec13 retary, Deputy Secretary, Adjudicatory Services, Congres14 sional and Intergovernmental Relations, Public Affairs, 

15 Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and the 

16 Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, 

17 $14,700,000: Provided, That not to exceed $25,000 of the 

18 amount made available under this heading shall be avail19 able to the Secretary for official reception and representa20 tion expenses as the Secretary may determine. 

21 ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OFFICES

22 For necessary salaries and expenses for Administra23 tive Support Offices, $519,867,000, of which not to exceed 

24 $48,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief 

25 Financial Officer; not to exceed $94,640,000 shall be 
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1 available for the Office of the General Counsel; not to ex2 ceed $198,800,000 shall be available for the Office of Ad3 ministration; not to exceed $58,000,000 shall be available 

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

5 to exceed $51,135,000 shall be available for the Office of 

6 Field Policy and Management; not to exceed $16,330,000 

7 shall be available for the Office of the Chief Procurement 

8 Officer; not to exceed $3,202,000 shall be available for the 

9 Office of Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity; 

10 not to exceed $4,560,000 shall be available for the Office 

11 of Strategic Planning and Management; and not to exceed 

12 $45,200,000 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 5 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 in electronic form all 

3 signed reports required by Congress. 

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, $205,525,000. 

8 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

9 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

10 Community Planning and Development, $103,300,000. 

11 HOUSING

12 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

13 Housing, $386,677,000, 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, $22,300,000. 

18 FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

19 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

20 Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, $69,700,000. 

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, $7,075,000. 
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1 PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

2 RENTAL ASSISTANCE DEMONSTRATION

3 For continuing activities under the heading ‘‘Rental 

4 Assistance Demonstration’’ in the Department of Housing 

5 and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public 

6 Law 112–55), and in accordance with guidance issued by 

7 the Secretary, $10,000,000, to remain available through 

8 September 30, 2018: Provided, That such funds shall only 

9 be available to properties converting from assistance under 

10 section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

11 U.S.C. 1437g). 

12 TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

13 For activities and assistance for the provision of ten14 ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United 

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

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

17 $15,562,160,000, to remain available until expended, shall 

18 be available on October 1, 2014 (in addition to the 

19 $4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this head20 ing that shall be available on October 1, 2014), and 

21 $4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 

22 be available on October 1, 2015: Provided, That the 

23 amounts made available under this heading are provided 

24 as follows: 
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1 (1) $17,719,000,000 shall be available for re2 newals of expiring section 8 tenant-based annual 

3 contributions contracts (including renewals of en4 hanced vouchers under any provision of law author5 izing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act) 

6 and including renewal of other special purpose incre7 mental vouchers: Provided, That notwithstanding 

8 any other provision of law, from amounts provided 

9 under this paragraph and any carryover, the Sec10 retary for the calendar year 2015 funding cycle shall 

11 provide renewal funding for each public housing 

12 agency based on validated voucher management sys13 tem (VMS) leasing and cost data for the prior cal14 endar year and by applying an inflation factor as es15 tablished by the Secretary, by notice published in 

16 the Federal Register, and by making any necessary 

17 adjustments for the costs associated with the first18 time renewal of vouchers under this paragraph in19 cluding tenant protection, HOPE VI, and Choice 

20 Neighborhoods vouchers: Provided further, That in 

21 determining calendar year 2015 funding allocations 

22 under this heading for public housing agencies, in23 cluding agencies participating in the Moving To 

24 Work (MTW) demonstration, the Secretary may 

25 take into account the anticipated impact of changes 
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1 in targeting and utility allowances, on public housing 

2 agencies’ contract renewal needs: Provided further, 

3 That none of the funds provided under this para4 graph may be used to fund a total number of unit 

5 months under lease which exceeds a public housing 

6 agency’s authorized level of units under contract, ex7 cept for public housing agencies participating in the 

8 MTW demonstration, which are instead governed by 

9 the terms and conditions of their MTW agreements: 

10 Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to the ex11 tent necessary to stay within the amount specified 

12 under this paragraph (except as otherwise modified 

13 under this paragraph), prorate each public housing 

14 agency’s allocation otherwise established pursuant to 

15 this paragraph: Provided further, That except as 

16 provided in the following provisos, the entire amount 

17 specified under this paragraph (except as otherwise 

18 modified under this paragraph) shall be obligated to 

19 the public housing agencies based on the allocation 

20 and pro rata method described above, and the Sec21 retary shall notify public housing agencies of their 

22 annual budget by the latter of 60 days after enact23 ment of this Act or March 1, 2015: Provided further, 

24 That the Secretary may extend the notification pe25 riod with the prior written approval of the House 
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1 and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided 

2 further, That public housing agencies participating 

3 in the MTW demonstration shall be funded pursuant 

4 to their MTW agreements and shall be subject to 

5 the same pro rata adjustments under the previous 

6 provisos: Provided further, That the Secretary may 

7 offset public housing agencies’ calendar year 2015 

8 allocations based on the excess amounts of public 

9 housing agencies’ net restricted assets accounts, in10 cluding HUD held programmatic reserves (in ac11 cordance with VMS data in calendar year 2014 that 

12 is verifiable and complete), as determined by the 

13 Secretary: Provided further, That public housing 

14 agencies participating in the MTW demonstration 

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

16 the Secretary, excluding amounts subject to the sin17 gle fund budget authority provisions of their MTW 

18 agreements, from the agencies’ calendar year 2015 

19 MTW funding allocation: Provided further, That the 

20 Secretary shall use any offset referred to in the pre21 vious two provisos throughout the calendar year to 

22 prevent the termination of rental assistance for fam23 ilies as the result of insufficient funding, as deter24 mined by the Secretary, and to avoid or reduce the 

25 proration of renewal funding allocations: Provided 
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1 further, That up to $75,000,000 shall be available 

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

3 housing agencies, after application for an adjust4 ment by a public housing agency that experienced a 

5 significant increase, as determined by the Secretary, 

6 in renewal costs of vouchers resulting from unfore7 seen circumstances or from portability under section 

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

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

10 to meet a commitment pursuant to section 8(o)(13) 

11 of the Act; (3) for adjustments for costs associated 

12 with HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing 

13 (HUD–VASH) vouchers; and (4) for public housing 

14 agencies that despite taking reasonable cost savings 

15 measures, as determined by the Secretary, would 

16 otherwise be required to terminate rental assistance 

17 for families as a result of insufficient funding: Pro18 vided further, That the Secretary shall allocate 

19 amounts under the previous proviso based on need, 

20 as determined by the Secretary; 

21 (2) $130,000,000 shall be for section 8 rental 

22 assistance for relocation and replacement of housing 

23 units that are demolished or disposed of pursuant to 

24 section 18 of the Act, conversion of section 23 

25 projects to assistance under section 8, the family 
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1 unification program under section 8(x) of the Act, 

2 relocation of witnesses in connection with efforts to 

3 combat crime in public and assisted housing pursu4 ant to a request from a law enforcement or prosecu5 tion agency, enhanced vouchers under any provision 

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

7 of the Act, HOPE VI and Choice Neighborhood 

8 vouchers, mandatory and voluntary conversions, and 

9 tenant protection assistance including replacement 

10 and relocation assistance or for project-based assist11 ance to prevent the displacement of unassisted elder12 ly tenants currently residing in section 202 prop13 erties financed between 1959 and 1974 that are refi14 nanced pursuant to Public Law 106–569, as amend15 ed, or under the authority as provided under this 

16 Act: Provided, That when a public housing develop17 ment is submitted for demolition or disposition 

18 under section 18 of the Act, the Secretary may pro19 vide section 8 rental assistance when the units pose 

20 an imminent health and safety risk to residents: 

21 Provided further, That the Secretary may only pro22 vide replacement vouchers for units that were occu23 pied within the previous 24 months that cease to be 

24 available as assisted housing, subject only to the 

25 availability of funds: Provided further, That of the 
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1 amounts made available under this paragraph, 

2 $5,000,000 may be available to provide tenant pro3 tection assistance, not otherwise provided under this 

4 paragraph, to residents residing in low vacancy 

5 areas and who may have to pay rents greater than 

6 30 percent of household income, as the result of (1) 

7 the maturity of a HUD-insured, HUD-held or sec8 tion 202 loan that requires the permission of the 

9 Secretary prior to loan prepayment; (2) the expira10 tion of a rental assistance contract for which the 

11 tenants are not eligible for enhanced voucher or ten12 ant protection assistance under existing law; or (3) 

13 the expiration of affordability restrictions accom14 panying a mortgage or preservation program admin15 istered by the Secretary: Provided further, That such 

16 tenant protection assistance made available under 

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

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

20 1437f(t)): Provided further, That the Secretary shall 

21 issue guidance to implement the previous provisos, 

22 including, but not limited to, requirements for defin23 ing eligible at-risk households within 120 days of the 

24 enactment of this Act: Provided further, That any 

25 tenant protection voucher made available from 
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1 amounts under this paragraph shall not be reissued 

2 by any public housing agency, except the replace3 ment vouchers as defined by the Secretary by notice, 

4 when the initial family that received any such vouch5 er no longer receives such voucher, and the authority 

6 for any public housing agency to issue any such 

7 voucher shall cease to exist: Provided further, That 

8 the Secretary, for the purpose under this paragraph, 

9 may use unobligated balances, including recaptures 

10 and carryovers, remaining from amounts appro11 priated in prior fiscal years under this heading for 

12 voucher assistance for nonelderly disabled families 

13 and for disaster assistance made available under 

14 Public Law 110–329; 

15 (3) $1,555,000,000 shall be for administrative 

16 and other expenses of public housing agencies in ad17 ministering the section 8 tenant-based rental assist18 ance program, of which up to $10,000,000 shall be 

19 available to the Secretary to allocate to public hous20 ing agencies that need additional funds to admin21 ister their section 8 programs, including fees associ22 ated with section 8 tenant protection rental assist23 ance, the administration of disaster related vouchers, 

24 Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing vouchers, and 

25 other special purpose incremental vouchers: Pro-
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1 vided, That no less than $1,545,000,000 of the 

2 amount provided in this paragraph shall be allocated 

3 to public housing agencies for the calendar year 

4 2015 funding cycle based on section 8(q) of the Act 

5 (and related Appropriation Act provisions) as in ef6 fect immediately before the enactment of the Quality 

7 Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (Pub8 lic Law 105–276): Provided further, That if the 

9 amounts made available under this paragraph are 

10 insufficient to pay the amounts determined under 

11 the previous proviso, the Secretary may decrease the 

12 amounts allocated to agencies by a uniform percent13 age applicable to all agencies receiving funding 

14 under this paragraph or may, to the extent nec15 essary to provide full payment of amounts deter16 mined under the previous proviso, utilize unobligated 

17 balances, including recaptures and carryovers, re18 maining from funds appropriated to the Department 

19 of Housing and Urban Development under this 

20 heading from prior fiscal years, excluding special 

21 purpose vouchers, notwithstanding the purposes for 

22 which such amounts were appropriated: Provided 

23 further, That all public housing agencies partici24 pating in the MTW demonstration shall be funded 

25 pursuant to their MTW agreements, and shall be 
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1 subject to the same uniform percentage decrease as 

2 under the previous proviso: Provided further, That 

3 amounts provided under this paragraph shall be only 

4 for activities related to the provision of tenant-based 

5 rental assistance authorized under section 8, includ6 ing related development activities; 

7 (4) $83,160,000 for the renewal of tenant8 based assistance contracts under section 811 of the 

9 Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 

10 (42 U.S.C. 8013), including necessary administra11 tive expenses: Provided, That administrative and 

12 other expenses of public housing agencies in admin13 istering the special purpose vouchers in this para14 graph shall be funded under the same terms and be 

15 subject to the same pro rata reduction as the per16 cent decrease for administrative and other expenses 

17 to public housing agencies under paragraph (3) of 

18 this heading; 

19 (5) $75,000,000 for incremental rental voucher 

20 assistance for use through a supported housing pro21 gram administered in conjunction with the Depart22 ment of Veterans Affairs as authorized under section 

23 8(o)(19) of the United States Housing Act of 1937: 

24 Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

25 Development shall make such funding available, not-
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1 withstanding section 204 (competition provision) of 

2 this title, to public housing agencies that partner 

3 with eligible VA Medical Centers or other entities as 

4 designated by the Secretary of the Department of 

5 Veterans Affairs, based on geographical need for 

6 such assistance as identified by the Secretary of the 

7 Department of Veterans Affairs, public housing 

8 agency administrative performance, and other fac9 tors as specified by the Secretary of Housing and 

10 Urban Development in consultation with the Sec11 retary of the Department of Veterans Affairs: Pro12 vided further, That the Secretary of Housing and 

13 Urban Development may waive, or specify alter14 native requirements for (in consultation with the 

15 Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs), 

16 any provision of any statute or regulation that the 

17 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development ad18 ministers in connection with the use of funds made 

19 available under this paragraph (except for require20 ments related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, 

21 labor standards, and the environment), upon a find22 ing by the Secretary that any such waivers or alter23 native requirements are necessary for the effective 

24 delivery and administration of such voucher assist25 ance: Provided further, That the Secretary shall set 
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1 aside an amount provided under this paragraph for 

2 a rental assistance and supportive housing dem3 onstration program for Native American veterans 

4 that are homeless or at-risk of homelessness living 

5 on or near a reservation or other Indian areas: Pro6 vided further, That such demonstration program 

7 shall be modeled after, with necessary and appro8 priate adjustments for Native American grant recipi9 ents and veterans, the rental assistance and sup10 portive housing program funded under this para11 graph, including administration in conjunction with 

12 the Department of Veterans Affairs and overall im13 plementation of section 8(o)(19) of the Act: Provided 

14 further, That amounts for rental assistance and as15 sociated administrative costs shall be made available 

16 by grants to recipients eligible to receive block 

17 grants under the Native American Housing Assist18 ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 

19 section 4101 et seq.): Provided further, That funds 

20 shall be awarded based on need, administrative ca21 pacity, and any other funding criteria established by 

22 the Secretary in a Notice published in the Federal 

23 Register after coordination with the Secretary of the 

24 Department of Veterans Affairs within 180 days of 

25 enactment of this Act: Provided further, That such 
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1 rental assistance shall be administered by block 

2 grant recipients in accordance with program require3 ments under the Native American Housing Assist4 ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996: Provided 

5 further, That the second and third provisos under 

6 this paragraph shall apply to use of funds made 

7 available for this demonstration, as appropriate: Pro8 vided further, That the Secretary, in coordination 

9 with the Secretary of the Department of Veterans 

10 Affairs, shall coordinate with block grant recipients 

11 and any other appropriate tribal organizations on 

12 the design of such demonstration and shall ensure 

13 the effective delivery of supportive services to Native 

14 American veterans that are homeless or at-risk of 

15 homelessness eligible to receive assistance under this 

16 demonstration: Provided further, That grant recipi17 ents shall report to the Secretary, as prescribed by 

18 the Secretary, utilization of such rental assistance 

19 provided under this demonstration: Provided further, 

20 That assistance made available under this paragraph 

21 shall continue to remain available for homeless vet22 erans upon turn-over; and 

23 (6) The Secretary shall separately track all spe24 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’’) $1,900,000,000, 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 $5,000,000 

16 shall be to support ongoing Public Housing Financial and 

17 Physical Assessment activities: Provided further, That up 

18 to $3,000,000 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 $23,000,000 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 amount made available under the previous proviso, 

7 not less than $6,000,000 shall be for safety and security 

8 measures: Provided further, That of the total amount pro9 vided under this heading $45,000,000 shall be for sup10 portive services, service coordinator and congregate serv11 ices as authorized by section 34 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 

12 1437z–6) and the Native American Housing Assistance 

13 and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et 

14 seq.): Provided further, That of the total amount made 

15 available under this heading, up to $15,000,000 may be 

16 used for incentives as part of a Jobs-Plus Pilot initiative 

17 modeled after the Jobs-Plus demonstration: Provided fur18 ther, That the funding provided under the previous proviso 

19 shall provide competitive grants to partnerships between 

20 public housing authorities, local workforce investment 

21 boards established under section 117 of the Workforce In22 vestment Act of 1998, and other agencies and organiza23 tions that provide support to help public housing residents 

24 obtain employment and increase earnings: Provided fur25 ther, That applicants must demonstrate the ability to pro-
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1 vide services to residents, partner with workforce invest2 ment boards, and leverage service dollars: Provided fur3 ther, That the Secretary may set aside a portion of the 

4 funds provided for the Resident Opportunity and Self-Suf5 ficiency program to support the services element of the 

6 Jobs-Plus Pilot initiative: Provided further, That the Sec7 retary may allow PHAs to request exemptions from rent 

8 and income limitation requirements under sections 3 and 

9 6 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 as necessary 

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

11 conditions as the Secretary may approve upon a finding 

12 by the Secretary that any such waivers or alternative re13 quirements are necessary for the effective implementation 

14 of the Jobs-Plus Pilot initiative as a voluntary program 

15 for residents: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 

16 publish by notice in the Federal Register any waivers or 

17 alternative requirements pursuant to the preceding proviso 

18 no later than 10 days before the effective date of such 

19 notice: Provided further, That for funds provided under 

20 this heading, the limitation in section 9(g)(1)(A) of the 

21 Act shall be 30 percent: Provided further, That the Sec22 retary may waive the limitation in the previous proviso to 

23 allow public housing agencies to fund activities authorized 

24 under section 9(e)(1)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That 

25 from the funds made available under this heading, the 
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1 Secretary shall provide bonus awards in fiscal year 2015 

2 to public housing agencies that are designated high per3 formers: Provided further, That the Department shall no4 tify public housing agencies of their formula allocation 

5 within 60 days of enactment of this Act. 

6 PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND

7 For 2015 payments to public housing agencies for the 

8 operation and management of public housing, as author9 ized by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 

10 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $4,475,000,000. 

11 CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE

12 For competitive grants under the Choice Neighbor13 hoods Initiative (subject to section 24 of the United States 

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

15 specified under this heading), for transformation, rehabili16 tation, and replacement housing needs of both public and 

17 HUD-assisted housing and to transform neighborhoods of 

18 poverty into functioning, sustainable mixed income neigh19 borhoods with appropriate services, schools, public assets, 

20 transportation and access to jobs, $90,000,000, to remain 

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

22 funds may be used for resident and community services, 

23 community development, and affordable housing needs in 

24 the community, and for conversion of vacant or foreclosed 

25 properties to affordable housing: Provided further, That 
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1 the use of funds made available under this heading shall 

2 not be deemed to be public housing notwithstanding sec3 tion 3(b)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That grantees 

4 shall commit to an additional period of affordability deter5 mined by the Secretary of not fewer than 20 years: Pro6 vided further, That grantees shall undertake comprehen7 sive local planning with input from residents and the com8 munity, and that grantees shall provide a match in State, 

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

10 That grantees may include local governments, tribal enti11 ties, public housing authorities, and nonprofits: Provided 

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

13 a public entity: Provided further, That for purposes of en14 vironmental review, a grantee shall be treated as a public 

15 housing agency under section 26 of the United States 

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

17 this heading shall be subject to the regulations issued by 

18 the Secretary to implement such section: Provided further, 

19 That of the amount provided, not less than $55,000,000 

20 shall be awarded to public housing authorities: Provided 

21 further, That such grantees shall create partnerships with 

22 other local organizations including assisted housing own23 ers, service agencies, and resident organizations: Provided 

24 further, That the Secretary shall consult with the Secre25 taries of Education, Labor, Transportation, Health and 
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1 Human Services, Agriculture, and Commerce, the Attor2 ney General, and the Administrator of the Environmental 

3 Protection Agency to coordinate and leverage other appro4 priate Federal resources: Provided further, That no more 

5 than $5,000,000 of funds made available under this head6 ing may be provided to assist communities in developing 

7 comprehensive strategies for implementing this program 

8 or implementing other revitalization efforts in conjunction 

9 with community notice and input: Provided further, That 

10 the Secretary shall develop and publish guidelines for the 

11 use of such competitive funds, including but not limited 

12 to eligible activities, program requirements, and perform13 ance metrics: Provided further, That unobligated balances, 

14 including recaptures, remaining from funds appropriated 

15 under the heading ‘‘Revitalization of Severely Distressed 

16 Public Housing (HOPE VI)’’ in fiscal year 2011 and prior 

17 fiscal years may be used for purposes under this heading, 

18 notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts 

19 were appropriated. 

20 FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY

21 For the Family Self-Sufficiency program to support 

22 family self-sufficiency coordinators under section 23 of the 

23 United States Housing Act of 1937, to promote the devel24 opment of local strategies to coordinate the use of assist25 ance under sections 8(o) and 9 of such Act with public 
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1 and private resources, and enable eligible families to 

2 achieve economic independence and self-sufficiency, 

3 $75,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

4 2016: Provided, That the Secretary may, by Federal Reg5 ister notice, waive or specify alternative requirements 

6 under sections b(3), b(4), b(5), or c(1) of section 23 of 

7 such Act in order to facilitate the operation of a unified 

8 self-sufficiency program for individuals receiving assist9 ance under different provisions of the Act, as determined 

10 by the Secretary: Provided further, That owners of a pri11 vately owned multifamily property with a section 8 con12 tract may voluntarily make a Family Self-Sufficiency pro13 gram available to the assisted tenants of such property 

14 in accordance with procedures established by the Sec15 retary: Provided further, That such procedures established 

16 pursuant to the previous proviso shall permit participating 

17 tenants to accrue escrow funds in accordance with section 

18 23(d)(2) and shall allow owners to use funding from resid19 ual receipt accounts to hire coordinators for their own 

20 Family Self-Sufficiency program: Provided further, That 

21 the Secretary may carry out a demonstration testing the 

22 effectiveness of combining vouchers for homeless youth 

23 under the Family Unification Program authorized under 

24 section 8(x) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 

25 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (‘‘the Act’’ herein) with assist-
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1 ance under the Family Self-Sufficiency program author2 ized under section 23 of the Act: Provided further, That 

3 the Secretary may establish alternative requirements to 

4 those contained in section 8(x) of the Act to facilitate such 

5 a demonstration: Provided further, That any public hous6 ing agency that has existing Family Unification Program 

7 vouchers and an established Family Self-Sufficiency pro8 gram may participate in such demonstration provided that 

9 they can demonstrate (1) an agreement with the public 

10 child welfare agency or agencies to serve the target popu11 lation; (2) capacity to serve the target population; (3) the 

12 success of the agency’s existing Family Self-Sufficiency 

13 program in serving residents; (4) partnerships with local 

14 organizations that serve homeless youth; and (5) any other 

15 factors established by the Secretary: Provided further, 

16 That the Secretary shall monitor and evaluate the dem17 onstration and report on whether the demonstration 

18 helped homeless youth achieve self-sufficiency. 

19 NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS

20 For the Native American Housing Block Grants pro21 gram, as authorized under title I of the Native American 

22 Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 

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

24 remain available until September 30, 2019: Provided, 

25 That, notwithstanding the Native American Housing As-
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1 sistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, to determine 

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

3 each Indian tribe, the Secretary shall apply the formula 

4 under section 302 of such Act with the need component 

5 based on single-race census data and with the need compo6 nent based on multi-race census data, and the amount of 

7 the allocation for each Indian tribe shall be the greater 

8 of the two resulting allocation amounts: Provided further, 

9 That of the amounts made available under this heading, 

10 $4,000,000 shall be contracted for assistance for a na11 tional organization representing Native American housing 

12 interests for providing training and technical assistance to 

13 Indian housing authorities and tribally designated housing 

14 entities as authorized under section 703 of NAHASDA 

15 (25 U.S.C. 4212); and up to $2,000,000 shall be to sup16 port the inspection of Indian housing units, contract ex17 pertise, training, and technical assistance in the training, 

18 oversight, and management of such Indian housing and 

19 tenant-based assistance, including up to $300,000 for re20 lated travel: Provided further, That of the amount pro21 vided under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be made avail22 able for the cost of guaranteed notes and other obligations, 

23 as authorized by title VI of NAHASDA: Provided further, 

24 That such costs, including the costs of modifying such 

25 notes and other obligations, shall be as defined in section 
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1 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amend2 ed: Provided further, That these funds are available to sub3 sidize the total principal amount of any notes and other 

4 obligations, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to 

5 exceed $16,530,000: Provided further, That the Depart6 ment will notify grantees of their formula allocation within 

7 60 days of the date of enactment of this Act. 

8 NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANT

9 For the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant pro10 gram, as authorized under title VIII of the Native Amer11 ican Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 

12 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $10,000,000, to remain 

13 available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That of this 

14 amount, $300,000 shall be for training and technical as15 sistance activities, including up to $100,000 for related 

16 travel by Hawaii-based employees of the Department of 

17 Housing and Urban Development. 

18 INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM

19 ACCOUNT

20 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 

21 section 184 of the Housing and Community Development 

22 Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a), $6,000,000, to re23 main available until expended: Provided, That such costs, 

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

25 defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
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1 of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available 

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

3 be guaranteed, up to $714,290,000, to remain available 

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

5 this amount may be for administrative contract expenses 

6 including management processes and systems to carry out 

7 the loan guarantee program. 

8 NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND

9 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

10 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 

11 section 184A of the Housing and Community Develop12 ment Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13b) and for such 

13 costs for loans used for refinancing, $100,000, to remain 

14 available until expended: Provided, That such costs, in15 cluding the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as de16 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

17 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to 

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

19 guaranteed, up to $16,130,000, to remain available until 

20 expended. 

21 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

22 HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS

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

25 Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), 
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1 $330,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

2 2017, except that amounts allocated pursuant to section 

3 854(c)(3) of such Act shall remain available until Sep4 tember 30, 2016: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew 

5 all expiring contracts for permanent supportive housing 

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

7 Act from funds made available under this heading in fiscal 

8 year 2010 and prior fiscal years that meet all program 

9 requirements before awarding funds for new contracts 

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

13 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND

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

16 development activities, and for other purposes, 

17 $3,090,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

18 2017, unless otherwise specified: Provided, That of the 

19 total amount provided, $3,020,000,000 is for carrying out 

20 the community development block grant program under 

21 title I of the Housing and Community Development Act 

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

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

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

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

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

7 funds to another such entity in exchange for any other 

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

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

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

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

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

14 has been evaluated and selected in accordance with guide15 lines required under subparagraph (e)(2): Provided fur16 ther, That the Department shall notify grantees of their 

17 formula allocation within 60 days of enactment of this Act: 

18 Provided further, That $70,000,000 shall be for grants to 

19 Indian tribes notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such 

20 Act, of which, notwithstanding any other provision of law 

21 (including section 204 of this Act), up to $3,960,000 may 

22 be used for emergencies that constitute imminent threats 

23 to health and safety: Provided further, That of the 

24 amounts made available under the previous proviso, 

25 $10,000,000 shall be for grants for mold remediation and 
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1 prevention that shall be awarded through one national 

2 competition to Native American tribes with the greatest 

3 need. 

4 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES

5 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

6 Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

7 Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2015, commitments to 

8 guarantee loans under section 108 of the Housing and 

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

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

11 principal amount of $500,000,000: Provided, That the 

12 Secretary shall collect fees from borrowers to result in a 

13 cost of zero for guaranteeing such loans, and any such 

14 fees shall be collected in accordance with section 502(7) 

15 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

16 HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM

17 For the HOME investment partnerships program, as 

18 authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na19 tional Affordable Housing Act, as amended, 

20 $950,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

21 2018: Provided, That notwithstanding the amount made 

22 available under this heading, the threshold reduction re23 quirements in sections 216(10) and 217(b)(4) of such Act 

24 shall not apply to allocations of such amount: Provided 

25 further, That the requirements under provisos 2 through 
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1 6 under this heading for fiscal year 2012 and such re2 quirements applicable pursuant to the ‘‘Full-Year Con3 tinuing Appropriations Act, 2013’’, shall not apply to any 

4 project to which funds were committed on or after August 

5 23, 2013, but such projects shall instead be governed by 

6 the Final Rule titled ‘‘Home Investment Partnerships 

7 Program; Improving Performance and Accountability; Up8 dating Property Standards’’ which became effective on 

9 such date: Provided further, That the Department shall 

10 notify grantees of their formula allocation within 60 days 

11 of enactment of this Act. 

12 SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP

13 OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM

14 For the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Op15 portunity Program, as authorized under section 11 of the 

16 Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, as 

17 amended, $50,000,000, to remain available until Sep18 tember 30, 2017: Provided, That of the total amount pro19 vided under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be made 

20 available to the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership 

21 Opportunity Program as authorized under section 11 of 

22 the Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, 

23 as amended: Provided further, That $35,000,000 shall be 

24 made available for the second, third, and fourth capacity 

25 building activities authorized under section 4(a) of the 
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1 HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), 

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

3 for rural capacity-building activities: Provided further, 

4 That $5,000,000 shall be made available for capacity 

5 building by national rural housing organizations with ex6 perience assessing national rural conditions and providing 

7 financing, training, technical assistance, information, and 

8 research to local nonprofits, local governments and Indian 

9 Tribes serving high need rural communities. 

10 HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS

11 For the emergency solutions grants program as au12 thorized under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney13 Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended; the con14 tinuum of care program as authorized under subtitle C 

15 of title IV of such Act; and the rural housing stability as16 sistance program as authorized under subtitle D of title 

17 IV of such Act, $2,145,000,000, to remain available until 

18 September 30, 2017: Provided, That any rental assistance 

19 amounts that are recaptured under such continuum of 

20 care program shall remain available until expended: Pro21 vided further, That not less than $250,000,000 of the 

22 funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 

23 for such emergency solutions grants program: Provided 

24 further, That not less than $1,848,000,000 of the funds 

25 appropriated under this heading shall be available for such 
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1 continuum of care and rural housing stability assistance 

2 programs: Provided further, That up to $7,000,000 of the 

3 funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 

4 for the national homeless data analysis project: Provided 

5 further, That all funds awarded for supportive services 

6 under the continuum of care program and the rural hous7 ing stability assistance program shall be matched by not 

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

9 Provided further, That a grantee may use State and local 

10 funds from any source to satisfy match requirements ap11 plicable to funds made available under this heading, so 

12 long as the funds are used in accordance with their au13 thorized purpose: Provided further, That the Secretary 

14 may renew on an annual basis expiring contracts or 

15 amendments to contracts funded under the continuum of 

16 care program if the program is determined to be needed 

17 under the applicable continuum of care and meets appro18 priate program requirements, performance measures, and 

19 financial standards, as determined by the Secretary: Pro20 vided further, That all awards of assistance under this 

21 heading shall be required to coordinate and integrate 

22 homeless programs with other mainstream health, social 

23 services, and employment programs for which homeless 

24 populations may be eligible: Provided further, That with 

25 respect to funds provided under this heading for the con-
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1 tinuum of care program for fiscal years 2012, 2013, 2014, 

2 and 2015, provision of permanent housing rental assist3 ance may be administered by private nonprofit organiza4 tions: Provided further, That the Department shall notify 

5 grantees of their formula allocation from amounts allo6 cated (which may represent initial or final amounts allo7 cated) for the emergency solutions grant program within 

8 60 days of enactment of this Act. 

9 HOUSING PROGRAMS

10 PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

11 For activities and assistance for the provision of 

12 project-based subsidy contracts under the United States 

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

14 Act’’), not otherwise provided for, $9,346,000,000, to re15 main available until expended, shall be available on Octo16 ber 1, 2014 (in addition to the $400,000,000 previously 

17 appropriated under this heading that shall be available Oc18 tober 1, 2014), and $400,000,000, to remain available 

19 until expended, shall be available on October 1, 2015: Pro20 vided, That the amounts made available under this head21 ing shall be available for expiring or terminating section 

22 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including section 8 

23 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for amendments to sec24 tion 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including section 

25 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for contracts entered 
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1 into pursuant to section 441 of the McKinney-Vento 

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

3 of senior preservation rental assistance contracts, as au4 thorized by section 811(e) of the American Housing and 

5 Economic Opportunity Act of 2000, as amended (12 

6 U.S.C. 1701q note), for renewal of section 8 contracts for 

7 units in projects that are subject to approved plans of ac8 tion under the Emergency Low Income Housing Preserva9 tion Act of 1987 or the Low-Income Housing Preservation 

10 and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990, and for admin11 istrative and other expenses associated with project-based 

12 activities and assistance funded under this paragraph: 

13 Provided further, That of the total amounts provided 

14 under this heading, not to exceed $210,000,000 shall be 

15 available for performance-based contract administrators 

16 for section 8 project-based assistance, for carrying out 42 

17 U.S.C. 1437(f): Provided further, That the Secretary of 

18 Housing and Urban Development may also use such 

19 amounts in the previous proviso for performance-based 

20 contract administrators for the administration of: interest 

21 reduction payments pursuant to section 236(a) of the Na22 tional Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(a)); rent supple23 ment payments pursuant to section 101 of the Housing 

24 and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); 

25 section 236(f)(2) rental assistance payments (12 U.S.C. 
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1 1715z–1(f)(2)); project rental assistance contracts for the 

2 elderly under section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 

3 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); project rental assistance con4 tracts for supportive housing for persons with disabilities 

5 under section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na6 tional Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)); 

7 project assistance contracts pursuant to section 202(h) of 

8 the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 

9 667); and loans under section 202 of the Housing Act of 

10 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667): Provided fur11 ther, That amounts recaptured under this heading, the 

12 heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing’’, or 

13 the heading ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’, may be used for 

14 renewals of or amendments to section 8 project-based con15 tracts or for performance-based contract administrators, 

16 notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts 

17 were appropriated: Provided further, That, notwith18 standing any other provision of law, upon the request of 

19 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, project 

20 funds that are held in residual receipts accounts for any 

21 project subject to a section 8 project-based Housing As22 sistance Payments contract that authorizes HUD or a 

23 Housing Finance Agency to require that surplus project 

24 funds be deposited in an interest-bearing residual receipts 

25 account and that are in excess of an amount to be deter-
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1 mined by the Secretary, shall be remitted to the Depart2 ment and deposited in this account, to be available until 

3 expended: Provided further, That amounts deposited pur4 suant to the previous proviso shall be available in addition 

5 to the amount otherwise provided by this heading for uses 

6 authorized under this heading. 

7 HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY

8 For amendments to capital advance contracts for 

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

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

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

12 of such Act, including amendments to contracts for such 

13 assistance and renewal of expiring contracts for such as14 sistance for up to a 1-year term, and for senior preserva15 tion rental assistance contracts, as authorized by section 

16 811(e) of the American Housing and Economic Oppor17 tunity Act of 2000, as amended, and for supportive serv18 ices associated with the housing, $420,000,000, to remain 

19 available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That of the 

20 amount provided under this heading, up to $70,000,000 

21 shall be for service coordinators and the continuation of 

22 existing congregate service grants for residents of assisted 

23 housing projects: Provided further, That amounts under 

24 this heading shall be available for Real Estate Assessment 

25 Center inspections and inspection-related activities associ-
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1 ated with section 202 projects: Provided further, That the 

2 Secretary may waive the provisions of section 202 gov3 erning the terms and conditions of project rental assist4 ance, except that the initial contract term for such assist5 ance shall not exceed 5 years in duration: Provided further, 

6 That upon request of the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

7 Development, project funds that are held in residual re8 ceipts accounts for any project subject to a section 202 

9 project rental assistance contract, and that upon termi10 nation of such contract are in excess of an amount to be 

11 determined by the Secretary, shall be remitted to the De12 partment and deposited in this account, to be available 

13 until September 30, 2018. 

14 HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

15 For amendments to capital advance contracts for 

16 supportive housing for persons with disabilities, as author17 ized by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af18 fordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), for project rental 

19 assistance for supportive housing for persons with disabil20 ities under section 811(d)(2) of such Act and for project 

21 assistance contracts pursuant to section 202(h) of the 

22 Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667), 

23 including amendments to contracts for such assistance 

24 and renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance for 

25 up to a 1-year term, for project rental assistance to State 
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1 housing finance agencies and other appropriate entities as 

2 authorized under section 811(b)(3) of the Cranston-Gon3 zalez National Housing Act, and for supportive services 

4 associated with the housing for persons with disabilities 

5 as authorized by section 811(b)(1) of such Act, 

6 $135,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

7 2018: Provided, That amounts made available under this 

8 heading shall be available for Real Estate Assessment 

9 Center inspections and inspection-related activities associ10 ated with section 811 projects: Provided further, That, in 

11 this fiscal year, upon the request of the Secretary of Hous12 ing and Urban Development, project funds that are held 

13 in residual receipts accounts for any project subject to a 

14 section 811 project rental assistance contract and that 

15 upon termination of such contract are in excess of an 

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

18 be available until September 30, 2018: Provided further, 

19 That amounts deposited in this account pursuant to the 

20 previous proviso shall be available in addition to the 

21 amounts otherwise provided by this heading for the pur22 poses authorized under this heading: Provided further, 

23 That unobligated balances, including recaptures and car24 ryover, remaining from funds transferred to or appro25 priated under this heading may be used for the current 
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1 purposes authorized under this heading notwithstanding 

2 the purposes for which such funds originally were appro3 priated. 

4 HOUSING COUNSELING ASSISTANCE

5 For contracts, grants, and other assistance excluding 

6 loans, as authorized under section 106 of the Housing and 

7 Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended, 

8 $49,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

9 2016, including up to $4,500,000 for administrative con10 tract services: Provided, That grants made available from 

11 amounts provided under this heading shall be awarded 

12 within 180 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, 

13 That funds shall be used for providing counseling and ad14 vice to tenants and homeowners, both current and pro15 spective, with respect to property maintenance, financial 

16 management/literacy, and such other matters as may be 

17 appropriate to assist them in improving their housing con18 ditions, meeting their financial needs, and fulfilling the re19 sponsibilities of tenancy or homeownership; for program 

20 administration; and for housing counselor training. 

21 RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE

22 For amendments to contracts under section 101 of 

23 the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 

24 U.S.C. 1701s) and section 236(f)(2) of the National 

25 Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1) in State-aided, non-
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1 insured rental housing projects, $28,000,000, to remain 

2 available until expended: Provided, That such amount, to3 gether with unobligated balances from recaptured 

4 amounts appropriated prior to fiscal year 2006 from ter5 minated contracts under such sections of law, and any un6 obligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, re7 maining from funds appropriated under this heading after 

8 fiscal year 2005, shall also be available for extensions of 

9 up to one year for expiring contracts under such sections 

10 of law. 

11 PAYMENT TO MANUFACTURED HOUSING FEES TRUST

12 FUND

13 For necessary expenses as authorized by the National 

14 Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Stand15 ards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), up to 

16 $10,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 

17 $10,000,000 is to be derived from the Manufactured 

18 Housing Fees Trust Fund: Provided, That not to exceed 

19 the total amount appropriated under this heading shall be 

20 available from the general fund of the Treasury to the ex21 tent necessary to incur obligations and make expenditures 

22 pending the receipt of collections to the Fund pursuant 

23 to section 620 of such Act: Provided further, That the 

24 amount made available under this heading from the gen25 eral fund shall be reduced as such collections are received 
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1 during fiscal year 2015 so as to result in a final fiscal 

2 year 2015 appropriation from the general fund estimated 

3 at not more than zero, and fees pursuant to such section 

4 620 shall be modified as necessary to ensure such a final 

5 fiscal year 2015 appropriation: Provided further, That for 

6 the dispute resolution and installation programs, the Sec7 retary of Housing and Urban Development may assess 

8 and collect fees from any program participant: Provided 

9 further, That such collections shall be deposited into the 

10 Fund, and the Secretary, as provided herein, may use such 

11 collections, as well as fees collected under section 620, for 

12 necessary expenses of such Act: Provided further, That, 

13 notwithstanding the requirements of section 620 of such 

14 Act, the Secretary may carry out responsibilities of the 

15 Secretary under such Act through the use of approved 

16 service providers that are paid directly by the recipients 

17 of their services. 

18 FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION

19 MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

20 New commitments to guarantee single family loans 

21 insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund shall 

22 not exceed $400,000,000,000, to remain available until 

23 September 30, 2016: Provided, That during fiscal year 

24 2015, obligations to make direct loans to carry out the 

25 purposes of section 204(g) of the National Housing Act, 
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1 as amended, shall not exceed $20,000,000: Provided fur2 ther, That the foregoing amount in the previous proviso 

3 shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities 

4 in connection with sales of single family real properties 

5 owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under the 

6 Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund: Provided further, That 

7 for administrative contract expenses of the Federal Hous8 ing Administration, $145,000,000, to remain available 

9 until September 30, 2016: Provided further, That to the 

10 extent guaranteed loan commitments exceed 

11 $200,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 2015, an addi12 tional $1,400 for administrative contract expenses shall be 

13 available for each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed 

14 loan commitments (including a pro rata amount for any 

15 amount below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds 

16 made available by this proviso exceed $30,000,000: Pro17 vided further, That receipts from administrative support 

18 fees collected pursuant to section 202 of the National 

19 Housing Act, as amended by section 240 of this title, shall 

20 be credited as offsetting collections to this account. 

21 GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

22 (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

23 New commitments to guarantee loans insured under 

24 the General and Special Risk Insurance Funds, as author25 ized by sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act 
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1 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–3 and 1735c), shall not exceed 

2 $30,000,000,000 in total loan principal, any part of which 

3 is to be guaranteed, to remain available until September 

4 30, 2016: Provided, That during fiscal year 2015, gross 

5 obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, as au6 thorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 519(a) of 

7 the National Housing Act, shall not exceed $20,000,000, 

8 which shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental en9 tities in connection with the sale of single family real prop10 erties owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under 

11 such Act: Provided further, That $10,000,000 previously 

12 provided under this heading is hereby permanently re13 scinded. 

14 GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION

15 GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN

16 GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

17 New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out 

18 the purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act, 

19 as amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed 

20 $500,000,000,000, to remain available until September 

21 30, 2016: Provided, That $24,000,000 shall be available 

22 for necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Gov23 ernment National Mortgage Association: Provided further, 

24 That to the extent that guaranteed loan commitments will 

25 and do exceed $155,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 
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1 2015, an additional $100 for necessary salaries and ex2 penses shall be available until expended for each 

3 $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan commitments 

4 (including a pro rata amount for any amount below 

5 $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made available by 

6 this proviso exceed $3,000,000: Provided further, That re7 ceipts from Commitment and Multiclass fees collected pur8 suant to title III of the National Housing Act, as amend9 ed, shall be credited as offsetting collections to this ac10 count. 

11 POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH

12 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

13 For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of pro14 grams of research and studies relating to housing and 

15 urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized 

16 by title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act 

17 of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), including carrying 

18 out the functions of the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

19 Development under section 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization 

20 Plan No. 2 of 1968, $46,000,000, to remain available 

21 until September 30, 2016: Provided, That with respect to 

22 amounts made available under this heading, notwith23 standing section 204 of this title, the Secretary may enter 

24 into cooperative agreements funded with philanthropic en25 tities, other Federal agencies, or State or local govern-
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1 ments and their agencies for research projects: Provided 

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

3 partners to the cooperative agreements must contribute at 

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

5 Provided further, That for non-competitive agreements en6 tered into in accordance with the previous two provisos, 

7 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall 

8 comply with section 2(b) of the Federal Funding Account9 ability and Transparency Act of 2006 (Public Law 109– 

10 282, 31 U.S.C. note) in lieu of compliance with section 

11 102(a)(4)(C) with respect to documentation of award deci12 sions. 

13 FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

14 FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES

15 For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not oth16 erwise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil 

17 Rights Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing 

18 Amendments Act of 1988, and section 561 of the Housing 

19 and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended, 

20 $66,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

21 2016, of which $40,600,000 shall be to carry out activities 

22 pursuant to such section 561: Provided, That notwith23 standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary may assess and 

24 collect fees to cover the costs of the Fair Housing Training 

25 Academy, and may use such funds to provide such train-
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1 ing: Provided further, That no funds made available under 

2 this heading shall be used to lobby the executive or legisla3 tive branches of the Federal Government in connection 

4 with a specific contract, grant, or loan: Provided further, 

5 That of the funds made available under this heading, 

6 $300,000 shall be available to the Secretary of Housing 

7 and Urban Development for the creation and promotion 

8 of translated materials and other programs that support 

9 the assistance of persons with limited English proficiency 

10 in utilizing the services provided by the Department of 

11 Housing and Urban Development. 

12 OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY

13 HOMES

14 LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION

15 For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as author16 ized by section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint 

17 Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, $110,000,000, to remain 

18 available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That up to 

19 $15,000,000 of that amount shall be for the Healthy 

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

21 Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 that shall 

22 include research, studies, testing, and demonstration ef23 forts, including education and outreach concerning lead24 based paint poisoning and other housing-related diseases 

25 and hazards: Provided further, That for purposes of envi-
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1 ronmental review, pursuant to the National Environ2 mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and 

3 other provisions of the law that further the purposes of 

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

5 the Lead Technical Studies program under this heading 

6 or under prior appropriations Acts for such purposes 

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

8 a special project for purposes of section 305(c) of the Mul9 tifamily Housing Property Disposition Reform Act of 

10 1994: Provided further, That of the total amount made 

11 available under this heading, $45,000,000 shall be made 

12 available on a competitive basis for areas with the highest 

13 lead paint abatement needs: Provided further, That each 

14 recipient of funds provided under the third proviso shall 

15 make a matching contribution in an amount not less than 

16 25 percent: Provided further, That each applicant shall 

17 certify adequate capacity that is acceptable to the Sec18 retary to carry out the proposed use of funds pursuant 

19 to a notice of funding availability: Provided further, That 

20 amounts made available under this heading in this or prior 

21 appropriations Acts, and that still remain available, may 

22 be used for any purpose under this heading notwith23 standing the purpose for which such amounts were appro24 priated if a program competition is undersubscribed and 
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1 there are other program competitions under this heading 

2 that are oversubscribed. 

3 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUND

4 For the development of, modifications to, and infra5 structure for Department-wide and program-specific infor6 mation technology systems, for the continuing operation 

7 and maintenance of both Department-wide and program8 specific information systems, and for program-related 

9 maintenance activities, $250,000,000, which shall remain 

10 available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That any 

11 amounts transferred to this Fund under this Act shall re12 main available until expended: Provided further, That any 

13 amounts transferred to this Fund from amounts appro14 priated by previously enacted appropriations Acts may be 

15 used for the purposes specified under this Fund, in addi16 tion to any other information technology purposes for 

17 which such amounts were appropriated: Provided further, 

18 That of the amounts made available under this heading, 

19 the amount, as determined by the Secretary, to be used 

20 for Development, Modernization, and Enhancement, in21 cluding development and deployment of a Next Generation 

22 Management System and development and deployment of 

23 modernized Federal Housing Administration systems, may 

24 not be obligated, except for 25 percent of such amount, 

25 until the Secretary submits to the Committees on Appro-
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1 priations and the Comptroller General of the United 

2 States a plan for expenditure that—(A) provides for all 

3 information technology investments: (i) the cost and 

4 schedule baselines with explanations for each associated 

5 variance, (ii) the status of functional and performance ca6 pabilities delivered or planned to be delivered, and (iii) 

7 mitigation strategies to address identified risks; (B) out8 lines activities to ensure strategic, consistent, and effective 

9 application of information technology management con10 trols: (i) enterprise architecture, (ii) project management, 

11 (iii) investment management, and (iv) human capital man12 agement. 

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, $129,000,000: Provided, That 

17 the Inspector General shall have independent authority 

18 over all personnel issues within this office. 

19 TRANSFORMATION INITIATIVE

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 Of the amounts made available in this Act under each 

22 of the following headings under this title, the Secretary 

23 may transfer to, and merge with, this account up to 0.5 

24 percent from each such account, and such transferred 

25 amounts shall be available until September 30, 2017, for 
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1 (1) research, evaluation, and program metrics; (2) pro2 gram demonstrations; and (3) technical assistance and ca3 pacity building: ‘‘Choice Neighborhoods Initiative’’, ‘‘Com4 munity Development Fund’’, ‘‘Fair Housing Activities’’, 

5 ‘‘Family Self-Sufficiency’’, ‘‘HOME Investment Partner6 ships Program’’, ‘‘Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership 

7 Opportunity Program’’, ‘‘Housing Counseling Assist8 ance’’, ‘‘Housing for Persons with Disabilities’’, ‘‘Housing 

9 for the Elderly’’, ‘‘Housing Opportunities for Persons with 

10 AIDS’’, ‘‘Lead Hazard Reduction’’, ‘‘Mutual Mortgage In11 surance Program Account’’, ‘‘Native American Housing 

12 Block Grants’’, ‘‘Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant’’, 

13 ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’, ‘‘Public Housing Cap14 ital Fund’’, ‘‘Public Housing Operating Fund’’, ‘‘Rental 

15 Assistance Demonstration’’, ‘‘Rental Housing Assist16 ance’’, and ‘‘Tenant-Based Rental Assistance’’: Provided, 

17 That the Secretary may not transfer more than 

18 $40,000,000 to this account under the authority provided 

19 in the previous proviso: Provided further, That any such 

20 amounts, or portion thereof, transferred to this account, 

21 may be transferred back to be merged with any such other 

22 account and to be available for the same purpose and same 

23 time period as provided under this Act: Provided further, 

24 That with respect to amounts made available under this 

25 heading for research, evaluation and program metrics or 
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1 program demonstrations, notwithstanding section 204 of 

2 this title, the Secretary may enter into cooperative agree3 ments funded with philanthropic entities, other Federal 

4 agencies, or State or local governments and their agencies 

5 for research projects: Provided further, That with respect 

6 to the previous proviso, such partners to the cooperative 

7 agreements must contribute at least a 50 percent match 

8 toward the cost of the project. 

9 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

10 URBAN DEVELOPMENT

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

13 SEC. 201. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget au14 thority, or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts 

15 associated with such budget authority, that are recaptured 

16 from projects described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart 

17 B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 

18 1988 (42 U.S.C. 1437 note) shall be rescinded or in the 

19 case of cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such 

20 amounts of budget authority or cash recaptured and not 

21 rescinded or remitted to the Treasury shall be used by 

22 State housing finance agencies or local governments or 

23 local housing agencies with projects approved by the Sec24 retary of Housing and Urban Development for which set25 tlement occurred after January 1, 1992, in accordance 
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1 with such section. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, 

2 the Secretary may award up to 15 percent of the budget 

3 authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted 

4 to the Treasury to provide project owners with incentives 

5 to refinance their project at a lower interest rate. 

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

7 this Act may be used during fiscal year 2015 to investigate 

8 or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise 

9 lawful activity engaged in by one or more persons, includ10 ing the filing or maintaining of a nonfrivolous legal action, 

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

12 preventing action by a Government official or entity, or 

13 a court of competent jurisdiction. 

14 SEC. 203. Sections 203 and 209 of division C of Pub15 lic Law 112–55 (125 Stat. 693–694) shall apply during 

16 fiscal year 2015 as if such sections were included in this 

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

18 be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2015’’ for ‘‘fiscal 

19 year 2011’’ and ‘‘fiscal year 2012’’ each place such terms 

20 appear. 

21 SEC. 204. Except as otherwise explicitly provided in 

22 law, any grant, cooperative agreement or other assistance 

23 made pursuant to title II of this Act shall be made on 

24 a competitive basis and in accordance with section 102 
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1 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development 

2 Reform Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545). 

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

4 Urban Development subject to the Government Corpora5 tion Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of 

6 1950 shall be available, without regard to the limitations 

7 on administrative expenses, for legal services on a contract 

8 or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment for 

9 services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage 

10 Association, Government National Mortgage Association, 

11 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Fi12 nancing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any member 

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

14 within the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Cor15 poration Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811–1). 

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

17 or through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any ap18 propriation for the Department of Housing and Urban 

19 Development shall be available for any program, project 

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

21 estimates submitted to Congress. 

22 SEC. 207. Corporations and agencies of the Depart23 ment of Housing and Urban Development which are sub24 ject to the Government Corporation Control Act are here25 by authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits 
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1 of funds and borrowing authority available to each such 

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

3 make such contracts and commitments without regard to 

4 fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of such 

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

6 forth in the budget for 2015 for such corporation or agen7 cy except as hereinafter provided: Provided, That collec8 tions of these corporations and agencies may be used for 

9 new loan or mortgage purchase commitments only to the 

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

11 are in support of other forms of assistance provided for 

12 in this or prior appropriations Acts), except that this pro13 viso shall not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty 

14 operations of these corporations, or where loans or mort15 gage purchases are necessary to protect the financial in16 terest of the United States Government. 

17 SEC. 208. The Secretary of Housing and Urban De18 velopment shall provide quarterly reports to the House 

19 and Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding all 

20 uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured and excess funds in 

21 each program and activity within the jurisdiction of the 

22 Department and shall submit additional, updated budget 

23 information to these Committees upon request. 

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

25 fiscal year 2016, as well as the Department of Housing 
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1 and Urban Development’s congressional budget justifica2 tions to be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations 

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

4 the identical account and sub-account structure provided 

5 under this Act. 

6 SEC. 210. A public housing agency or such other enti7 ty that administers Federal housing assistance for the 

8 Housing Authority of the county of Los Angeles, Cali9 fornia, and the States of Alaska, Iowa, and Mississippi 

10 shall not be required to include a resident of public hous11 ing or a recipient of assistance provided under section 8 

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

13 of directors or a similar governing board of such agency 

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

15 Each public housing agency or other entity that admin16 isters Federal housing assistance under section 8 for the 

17 Housing Authority of the county of Los Angeles, Cali18 fornia and the States of Alaska, Iowa and Mississippi that 

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

20 recipient of section 8 assistance on the board of directors 

21 or a similar governing board shall establish an advisory 

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

23 recipients of section 8 assistance to provide advice and 

24 comment to the public housing agency or other admin25 istering entity on issues related to public housing and sec-
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1 tion 8. Such advisory board shall meet not less than quar2 terly. 

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

4 used for an audit of the Government National Mortgage 

5 Association that makes applicable requirements under the 

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

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

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

9 for fiscal years 2015 and 2016, the Secretary of Housing 

10 and Urban Development may authorize the transfer of 

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

12 by the Secretary and statutorily required low-income and 

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

14 or more multifamily housing project or projects to another 

15 multifamily housing project or projects. 

16 (b) PHASED TRANSFERS.—Transfers of project17 based assistance under this section may be done in phases 

18 to accommodate the financing and other requirements re19 lated to rehabilitating or constructing the project or 

20 projects to which the assistance is transferred, to ensure 

21 that such project or projects meet the standards under 

22 subsection (c). 

23 (c) The transfer authorized in subsection (a) is sub24 ject to the following conditions: 

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1 (A) For occupied units in the transferring 

2 project: the number of low-income and very low3 income units and the configuration (i.e., bed4 room size) provided by the transferring project 

5 shall be no less than when transferred to the re6 ceiving project or projects and the net dollar 

7 amount of Federal assistance provided to the 

8 transferring project shall remain the same in 

9 the receiving project or projects. 

10 (B) For unoccupied units in the transfer11 ring project: the Secretary may authorize a re12 duction in the number of dwelling units in the 

13 receiving project or projects to allow for a re14 configuration of bedroom sizes to meet current 

15 market demands, as determined by the Sec16 retary and provided there is no increase in the 

17 project-based assistance budget authority. 

18 (2) The transferring project shall, as deter19 mined by the Secretary, be either physically obsolete 

20 or economically nonviable. 

21 (3) The receiving project or projects shall meet 

22 or exceed applicable physical standards established 

23 by the Secretary. 

24 (4) The owner or mortgagor of the transferring 

25 project shall notify and consult with the tenants re-
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1 siding in the transferring project and provide a cer2 tification of approval by all appropriate local govern3 mental officials. 

4 (5) The tenants of the transferring project who 

5 remain eligible for assistance to be provided by the 

6 receiving project or projects shall not be required to 

7 vacate their units in the transferring project or 

8 projects until new units in the receiving project are 

9 available for occupancy. 

10 (6) The Secretary determines that this transfer 

11 is in the best interest of the tenants. 

12 (7) If either the transferring project or the re13 ceiving project or projects meets the condition speci14 fied in subsection (d)(2)(A), any lien on the receiv15 ing project resulting from additional financing ob16 tained by the owner shall be subordinate to any 

17 FHA-insured mortgage lien transferred to, or placed 

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

19 Secretary may waive this requirement upon deter20 mination that such a waiver is necessary to facilitate 

21 the financing of acquisition, construction, and/or re22 habilitation of the receiving project or projects. 

23 (8) If the transferring project meets the re24 quirements of subsection (d)(2), the owner or mort25 gagor of the receiving project or projects shall exe-
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1 cute and record either a continuation of the existing 

2 use agreement or a new use agreement for the 

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

4 such agreement are of no lesser duration than the 

5 existing use restrictions. 

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

7 defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

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

9 mortgage, except to the extent that appropriations 

10 are provided in advance for the amount of any such 

11 increased cost. 

12 (d) For purposes of this section— 

13 (1) the terms ‘‘low-income’’ and ‘‘very low-in14 come’’ shall have the meanings provided by the stat15 ute and/or regulations governing the program under 

16 which the project is insured or assisted; 

17 (2) the term ‘‘multifamily housing project’’ 

18 means housing that meets one of the following con19 ditions— 

20 (A) housing that is subject to a mortgage 

21 insured under the National Housing Act; 

22 (B) housing that has project-based assist23 ance attached to the structure including 

24 projects undergoing mark to market debt re-
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1 structuring under the Multifamily Assisted 

2 Housing Reform and Affordability Housing Act; 

3 (C) housing that is assisted under section 

4 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended 

5 by section 801 of the Cranston-Gonzales Na6 tional Affordable Housing Act; 

7 (D) housing that is assisted under section 

8 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as such sec9 tion existed before the enactment of the Cran10 ston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act; 

11 (E) housing that is assisted under section 

12 811 of the Cranston-Gonzales National Afford13 able Housing Act; or 

14 (F) housing or vacant land that is subject 

15 to a use agreement; 

16 (3) the term ‘‘project-based assistance’’ 

17 means— 

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

19 of the United States Housing Act of 1937; 

20 (B) assistance for housing constructed or 

21 substantially rehabilitated pursuant to assist22 ance provided under section 8(b)(2) of such Act 

23 (as such section existed immediately before Oc24 tober 1, 1983); 
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1 (C) rent supplement payments under sec2 tion 101 of the Housing and Urban Develop3 ment Act of 1965; 

4 (D) interest reduction payments under sec5 tion 236 and/or additional assistance payments 

6 under section 236(f)(2) of the National Hous7 ing Act; 

8 (E) assistance payments made under sec9 tion 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959; and 

10 (F) assistance payments made under sec11 tion 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na12 tional Affordable Housing Act; 

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

14 means the multifamily housing project or projects to 

15 which some or all of the project-based assistance, 

16 debt, and statutorily required low-income and very 

17 low-income use restrictions are to be transferred; 

18 (5) the term ‘‘transferring project’’ means the 

19 multifamily housing project which is transferring 

20 some or all of the project-based assistance, debt, and 

21 the statutorily required low-income and very low-in22 come use restrictions to the receiving project or 

23 projects; and 

24 (6) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 

25 of Housing and Urban Development. 
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1 (e) PUBLIC NOTICE AND RESEARCH REPORT.— 

2 (1) The Secretary shall publish by notice in the 

3 Federal Register the terms and conditions, including 

4 criteria for HUD approval, of transfers pursuant to 

5 this section no later than 30 days before the effec6 tive date of such notice. 

7 (2) The Secretary shall conduct an evaluation 

8 of the transfer authority under this section, includ9 ing the effect of such transfers on the operational ef10 ficiency, contract rents, physical and financial condi11 tions, and long-term preservation of the affected 

12 properties. 

13 SEC. 213. (a) No assistance shall be provided under 

14 section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

15 U.S.C. 1437f) to any individual who— 

16 (1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of 

17 higher education (as defined under section 102 of 

18 the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

19 1002)); 

20 (2) is under 24 years of age; 

21 (3) is not a veteran; 

22 (4) is unmarried; 

23 (5) does not have a dependent child; 

24 (6) is not a person with disabilities, as such 

25 term is defined in section 3(b)(3)(E) of the United 
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1 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

2 1437a(b)(3)(E)) and was not receiving assistance 

3 under such section 8 as of November 30, 2005; and 

4 (7) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has 

5 parents who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, 

6 to receive assistance under section 8 of the United 

7 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f). 

8 (b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a 

9 person to receive assistance under section 8 of the United 

10 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any finan11 cial assistance (in excess of amounts received for tuition 

12 and any other required fees and charges) that an indi13 vidual receives under the Higher Education Act of 1965 

14 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), from private sources, or an insti15 tution of higher education (as defined under the Higher 

16 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)), shall be consid17 ered income to that individual, except for a person over 

18 the age of 23 with dependent children. 

19 SEC. 214. The funds made available for Native Alas20 kans under the heading ‘‘Native American Housing Block 

21 Grants’’ in title II of this Act shall be allocated to the 

22 same Native Alaskan housing block grant recipients that 

23 received funds in fiscal year 2005. 

24 SEC. 215. Notwithstanding the limitation in the first 

25 sentence of section 255(g) of the National Housing Act 
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1 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–20(g)), the Secretary of Housing and 

2 Urban Development may, until September 30, 2015, in3 sure and enter into commitments to insure mortgages 

4 under such section 255. 

5 SEC. 216. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

6 law, in fiscal year 2015, in managing and disposing of any 

7 multifamily property that is owned or has a mortgage held 

8 by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and 

9 during the process of foreclosure on any property with a 

10 contract for rental assistance payments under section 8 

11 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 or other Fed12 eral programs, the Secretary shall maintain any rental as13 sistance payments under section 8 of the United States 

14 Housing Act of 1937 and other programs that are at15 tached to any dwelling units in the property. To the extent 

16 the Secretary determines, in consultation with the tenants 

17 and the local government, that such a multifamily prop18 erty owned or held by the Secretary is not feasible for con19 tinued rental assistance payments under such section 8 

20 or other programs, based on consideration of (1) the costs 

21 of rehabilitating and operating the property and all avail22 able Federal, State, and local resources, including rent ad23 justments under section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted 

24 Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 

25 (‘‘MAHRAA’’) and (2) environmental conditions that can-
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1 not be remedied in a cost-effective fashion, the Secretary 

2 may, in consultation with the tenants of that property, 

3 contract for project-based rental assistance payments with 

4 an owner or owners of other existing housing properties, 

5 or provide other rental assistance. The Secretary shall also 

6 take appropriate steps to ensure that project-based con7 tracts remain in effect prior to foreclosure, subject to the 

8 exercise of contractual abatement remedies to assist relo9 cation of tenants for imminent major threats to health and 

10 safety after written notice to and informed consent of the 

11 affected tenants and use of other available remedies, such 

12 as partial abatements or receivership. After disposition of 

13 any multifamily property described under this section, the 

14 contract and allowable rent levels on such properties shall 

15 be subject to the requirements under section 524 of 

16 MAHRAA. 

17 SEC. 217. Section 108 of the Housing and Commu18 nity Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5308) is amend19 ed— 

20 (1) in subsection (a) by inserting ‘‘States on be21 half of non-entitlement communities,’’ after ‘‘issued 

22 by eligible public entities,’’; 

23 (2) by striking subsection (k) and inserting the 

24 following: 
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1 ‘‘(k) The Secretary shall monitor the use by eligible 

2 public entities and States of commitment amounts author3 ized in appropriation Acts for any fiscal year. If the Sec4 retary finds that 50 percent of the annual commitment 

5 amount has been committed, the Secretary may impose 

6 a limitation on the amount of guarantees any one entity 

7 may receive in any fiscal year of $35,000,000 for units 

8 of general local government receiving grants under section 

9 106(b) or States receiving grants under section 106(d) 

10 and $7,000,000 for units of general local government re11 ceiving grants under section 106(d); or request the enact12 ment of legislation increasing the annual commitment au13 thority for guarantees under this section.’’; and 

14 (3) by striking subsection (m) and inserting the 

15 following new subsection: 

16 ‘‘(m) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS TO LOCAL GOVERN17 MENTS IN NON-ENTITLEMENT AREAS.—Any State receiv18 ing a guarantee or commitment on behalf of non-entitle19 ment areas shall distribute all funds that are subject to 

20 such guarantee to the units of general local government 

21 in non-entitlement areas that received the commitment.’’. 

22 SEC. 218. Public housing agencies that own and oper23 ate 400 or fewer public housing units may elect to be ex24 empt from any asset management requirement imposed by 

25 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in con-
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1 nection with the operating fund rule: Provided, That an 

2 agency seeking a discontinuance of a reduction of subsidy 

3 under the operating fund formula shall not be exempt 

4 from asset management requirements. 

5 SEC. 219. With respect to the use of amounts pro6 vided in this Act and in future Acts for the operation, cap7 ital improvement and management of public housing as 

8 authorized by sections 9(d) and 9(e) of the United States 

9 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d) and (e)), the 

10 Secretary shall not impose any requirement or guideline 

11 relating to asset management that restricts or limits in 

12 any way the use of capital funds for central office costs 

13 pursuant to section 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2) of the United States 

14 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)(1), (2)): Pro15 vided, That a public housing agency may not use capital 

16 funds authorized under section 9(d) for activities that are 

17 eligible under section 9(e) for assistance with amounts 

18 from the operating fund in excess of the amounts per19 mitted under section 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2), unless otherwise 

20 specified under this title. 

21 SEC. 220. No official or employee of the Department 

22 of Housing and Urban Development shall be designated 

23 as an allotment holder unless the Office of the Chief Fi24 nancial Officer has determined that such allotment holder 

25 has implemented an adequate system of funds control and 
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1 has received training in funds control procedures and di2 rectives. The Chief Financial Officer shall ensure that 

3 there is a trained allotment holder for each HUD sub4 office under the accounts ‘‘Executive Offices’’ and ‘‘Ad5 ministrative Support Offices,’’ as well as each account re6 ceiving appropriations for ‘‘Program Office Salaries and 

7 Expenses’’, ‘‘Government National Mortgage Associa8 tion—Guarantees of Mortgage-Backed Securities Loan 

9 Guarantee Program Account’’, and ‘‘Office of Inspector 

10 General’’ within the Department of Housing and Urban 

11 Development. 

12 SEC. 221. The Secretary of Housing and Urban De13 velopment shall report annually to the House and Senate 

14 Committees on Appropriations on the status of all section 

15 8 project-based housing, including the number of all 

16 project-based units by region as well as an analysis of all 

17 federally subsidized housing being refinanced under the 

18 Mark-to-Market program. The Secretary shall identify all 

19 existing units maintained by region as section 8 project20 based units, all project-based units that have opted out 

21 or have otherwise been eliminated, and the reasons these 

22 units opted out or otherwise were lost as section 8 project23 based units. 

24 SEC. 222. The Secretary of the Department of Hous25 ing and Urban Development shall, for fiscal year 2015 and 
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1 subsequent fiscal years, notify the public through the Fed2 eral Register and other means, as determined appropriate, 

3 of the issuance of a notice of the availability of assistance 

4 or notice of funding availability (NOFA) for any program 

5 or discretionary fund administered by the Secretary that 

6 is to be competitively awarded. Notwithstanding any other 

7 provision of law, for fiscal year 2015 and subsequent fiscal 

8 years, the Secretary may make the NOFA available only 

9 on the Internet at the appropriate Government Web site 

10 or through other electronic media, as determined by the 

11 Secretary. 

12 SEC. 223. Payment of attorney fees in program-re13 lated litigation must be paid from the individual program 

14 office and Office of General Counsel personnel funding. 

15 The annual budget submissions for program offices and 

16 Office of General Counsel personnel funding must include 

17 program-related litigation costs for attorney fees as a sep18 arate line item request. 

19 SEC. 224. The Secretary of the Department of Hous20 ing and Urban Development is authorized to transfer up 

21 to 5 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, of the funds 

22 appropriated for any office funded under the heading ‘‘Ad23 ministrative Support Offices’’ to any other office funded 

24 under such heading: Provided, That no appropriation for 

25 any office funded under the heading ‘‘Administrative Sup-
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1 port Offices’’ shall be increased or decreased by more than 

2 5 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, without prior 

3 written approval of the House and Senate Committees on 

4 Appropriations: Provided further, That the Secretary is 

5 authorized to transfer up to 5 percent or $5,000,000, 

6 whichever is less, of the funds appropriated for any ac7 count funded under the general heading ‘‘Program Office 

8 Salaries and Expenses’’ to any other account funded 

9 under such heading: Provided further, That no appropria10 tion for any account funded under the general heading 

11 ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be in12 creased or decreased by more than 5 percent or 

13 $5,000,000, whichever is less, without prior written ap14 proval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropria15 tions: Provided further, That the Secretary may transfer 

16 funds made available for salaries and expenses between 

17 any office funded under the heading ‘‘Administrative Sup18 port Offices’’ and any account funded under the general 

19 heading ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses’’, but 

20 only with the prior written approval of the House and Sen21 ate Committees on Appropriations. 

22 SEC. 225. The Disaster Housing Assistance Pro23 grams, administered by the Department of Housing and 

24 Urban Development, shall be considered a ‘‘program of 

25 the Department of Housing and Urban Development’’ 
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1 under section 904 of the McKinney Act for the purpose 

2 of income verifications and matching. 

3 SEC. 226. (a) The Secretary of Housing and Urban 

4 Development shall take the required actions under sub5 section (b) when a multifamily housing project with a sec6 tion 8 contract or contract for similar project-based assist7 ance: 

8 (1) receives a Real Estate Assessment Center 

9 (REAC) score of 30 or less; or 

10 (2) receives a REAC score between 31 and 59 

11 and: 

12 (A) fails to certify in writing to HUD with13 in 60 days that all deficiencies have been cor14 rected; or 

15 (B) receives consecutive scores of less than 

16 60 on REAC inspections. 

17 Such requirements shall apply to insured and noninsured 

18 projects with assistance attached to the units under sec19 tion 8 of the united States housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

20 1437f), but do not apply to such units assisted under sec21 tion 8(o)(13) (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)) or to public hous22 ing units assisted with capital or operating funds under 

23 section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

24 U.S.C. 1437g). 
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1 (b) The Secretary shall take the following required 

2 actions as authorized under subsection (a)— 

3 (1) The Secretary shall notify the owner and 

4 provide an opportunity for response within 30 days. 

5 If the violations remain, the Secretary shall develop 

6 a Compliance, Disposition and Enforcement Plan 

7 within 60 days, with a specified timetable for cor8 recting all deficiencies. The Secretary shall provide 

9 notice of the Plan to the owner, tenants, the local 

10 government, any mortgagees, and any contract ad11 ministrator. 

12 (2) At the end of the term of the Compliance, 

13 Disposition and Enforcement Plan, if the owner fails 

14 to fully comply with such plan, the Secretary may 

15 require immediate replacement of project manage16 ment with a management agent approved by the 

17 Secretary, and shall take one or more of the fol18 lowing actions, and provide additional notice of those 

19 actions to the owner and the parties specified above: 

20 (A) impose civil money penalties; 

21 (B) abate the section 8 contract, including 

22 partial abatement, as determined by the Sec23 retary, until all deficiencies have been corrected; 

24 (C) pursue transfer of the project to an 

25 owner, approved by the Secretary under estab-
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1 lished procedures, which will be obligated to 

2 promptly make all required repairs and to ac3 cept renewal of the assistance contract as long 

4 as such renewal is offered; or 

5 (D) seek judicial appointment of a receiver 

6 to manage the property and cure all project de7 ficiencies or seek a judicial order of specific per8 formance requiring the owner to cure all project 

9 deficiencies. 

10 (c) The Secretary shall also take appropriate steps 

11 to ensure that project-based contracts remain in effect, 

12 subject to the exercise of contractual abatement remedies 

13 to assist relocation of tenants for imminent major threats 

14 to health and safety after written notice to and informed 

15 consent of the affected tenants and use of other remedies 

16 set forth above. To the extent the Secretary determines, 

17 in consultation with the tenants and the local government, 

18 that the property is not feasible for continued rental as19 sistance payments under such section 8 or other programs, 

20 based on consideration of (1) the costs of rehabilitating 

21 and operating the property and all available Federal, 

22 State, and local resources, including rent adjustments 

23 under section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing 

24 Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (‘‘MAHRAA’’) and 

25 (2) environmental conditions that cannot be remedied in 
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1 a cost-effective fashion, the Secretary may, in consultation 

2 with the tenants of that property, contract for project3 based rental assistance payments with an owner or owners 

4 of other existing housing properties, or provide other rent5 al assistance. The Secretary shall report semi-annually on 

6 all properties covered by this section that are assessed 

7 through the Real Estate Assessment Center and have 

8 physical inspection scores of less than 30 or have consecu9 tive physical inspection scores of less than 60. The report 

10 shall include: 

11 (1) The enforcement actions being taken to ad12 dress such conditions, including imposition of civil 

13 money penalties and termination of subsidies, and 

14 identify properties that have such conditions mul15 tiple times; and 

16 (2) Actions that the Department of Housing 

17 and Urban Development is taking to protect tenants 

18 of such identified properties. 

19 SEC. 227. None of the funds made available by this 

20 Act, or any other Act, for purposes authorized under sec21 tion 8 (only with respect to the tenant-based rental assist22 ance program) and section 9 of the United States Housing 

23 Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), may be used by 

24 any public housing agency for any amount of salary, in25 cluding bonuses, for the chief executive officer of which, 
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1 or any other official or employee of which, that exceeds 

2 the annual rate of basic pay payable for a position at level 

3 IV of the Executive Schedule at any time during any pub4 lic housing agency fiscal year 2015. 

5 SEC. 228. Section 24 of the United States Housing 

6 Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v) is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (m)(1), by striking ‘‘fiscal 

8 year’’ and all that follows through the period at the 

9 end and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2015.’’; and 

10 (2) in subsection (o), by striking ‘‘September’’ 

11 and all that follows through the period at the end 

12 and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2015.’’. 

13 SEC. 229. Of the amounts made available for salaries 

14 and expenses under all accounts under this title (except 

15 for the Office of Inspector General account), a total of 

16 up to $10,000,000 may be transferred to and merged with 

17 amounts made available in the ‘‘Information Technology 

18 Fund’’ account under this title. 

19 SEC. 230. None of the funds in this Act may be avail20 able for the doctoral dissertation research grant program 

21 at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 

22 SEC. 231. The language under the heading Rental 

23 Assistance Demonstration in the Department of Housing 

24 and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public 

25 Law 112–55), is amended— 
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘(except for funds allocated 

2 under such section for single room occupancy dwell3 ings as authorized by title IV of the McKinney4 Vento Homeless Assistance Act)’’ in both places it 

5 appears; 

6 (2) in the second proviso, by striking ‘‘2015’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘2018’’; 

8 (3) in the third proviso, after ‘‘associated with 

9 such conversion’’, by inserting ‘‘in excess of amounts 

10 made available under this heading’’; 

11 (4) in the fourth proviso, by striking ‘‘60,000’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘185,000’’; 

13 (5) in the penultimate proviso, by— 

14 (A) striking ‘‘December 31, 2014’’ and in15 serting ‘‘2016’’; 

16 (B) striking ‘‘and agreement of the admin17 istering public housing agency’’; and 

18 (C) inserting ‘‘a long-term project-based 

19 subsidy contract under section 8 of the Act, 

20 which shall have a term of no less than 20 

21 years, with rent adjustments only by an oper22 ating cost factor established by the Secretary, 

23 which shall be eligible for renewal under section 

24 524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Re25 form and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 
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1 1437f note), or, subject to agreement of the ad2 ministering public housing agency, to assistance 

3 under’’ following ‘‘vouchers to assistance 

4 under’’; 

5 (6) by inserting the following provisos before 

6 the final proviso: ‘‘Provided further, That amounts 

7 made available under the heading ‘Rental Housing 

8 Assistance’ during the period of conversion under 

9 the previous proviso, which may extend beyond fiscal 

10 year 2016 as necessary to allow processing of all 

11 timely applications, shall be available for project12 based subsidy contracts entered into pursuant to the 

13 previous proviso: Provided further, That amounts, in14 cluding contract authority, recaptured from con15 tracts following a conversion under the previous two 

16 provisos are hereby rescinded and an amount of ad17 ditional new budget authority, equivalent to the 

18 amount rescinded is hereby appropriated, to remain 

19 available until expended for such conversions: Pro20 vided further, That the Secretary may transfer 

21 amounts made available under the heading ‘Rental 

22 Housing Assistance’, amounts made available for 

23 tenant protection vouchers under the heading ‘Ten24 ant-Based Rental Assistance’ and specifically associ25 ated with any such conversions, and amounts made 
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1 available under the previous proviso as needed to the 

2 account under the ‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’ 

3 heading to facilitate conversion under the three pre4 vious provisos and any increase in cost for ‘Project5 Based Rental Assistance’ associated with such con6 version shall be equal to amounts so transferred:’’; 

7 and 

8 (7) in the final proviso, by— 

9 (A) striking ‘‘with respect to the previous 

10 proviso’’ and inserting ‘‘with respect to the pre11 vious four provisos’’; and 

12 (B) striking ‘‘impact of the previous pro13 viso’’ and inserting ‘‘impact of the fiscal year 

14 2012 and 2013 conversion of tenant protection 

15 vouchers to assistance under section 8(o)(13) of 

16 the Act’’. 

17 SEC. 232. None of the funds in this Act provided to 

18 the Department of Housing and Urban Development may 

19 be used to make a grant award unless the Secretary noti20 fies the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 

21 not less than 3 full business days before any project, 

22 State, locality, housing authority, tribe, nonprofit organi23 zation, or other entity selected to receive a grant award 

24 is announced by the Department or its offices. 
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1 SEC. 233. Section 579 of the Multifamily Assisted 

2 Housing Reform and Affordability Act (MAHRA) of 1997 

3 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is amended by striking ‘‘October 

4 1, 2015’’ each place it appears and inserting in lieu there5 of ‘‘October 1, 2018’’. 

6 SEC. 234. Section 9 of the United States Housing 

7 Act or 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g) is amended by— 

8 (a) Inserting at the end of subjection (j)— 

9 ‘‘(7) TREATMENT OF REPLACEMENT RE10 SERVE.—The requirements of this subsection shall 

11 not apply to funds held in replacement reserves es12 tablished in subsection (9)(n).’’; and 

13 (b) Inserting at the end of subsection (m)— 

14 ‘‘(n) ESTABLISHMENT OF REPLACEMENT RE15 SERVES.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Public Housing authorities 

17 shall be permitted to establish a Replacement Re18 serve to fund any of the capital activities listed in 

19 subparagraph (d)(1). 

20 ‘‘(2) SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS FOR RE21 PLACEMENT RESERVE.—At any time, a public hous22 ing authority may deposit funds from that agency’s 

23 Capital Fund into a Replacement Reserve subject to 

24 the following: 
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1 ‘‘(A) At the discretion of the Secretary, 

2 PHAs may be allowed to transfer and hold in 

3 a Replacement Reserve, funds originating from 

4 additional sources. 

5 ‘‘(B) No minimum transfer of funds to a 

6 Replacement Reserve shall be required. 

7 ‘‘(C) At any time, a public housing author8 ity may not hold in a Replacement Reserve 

9 more than the amount the public housing au10 thority has determined necessary to satisfy the 

11 anticipated capital needs of properties in its 

12 portfolio assisted under 42 U.S.C. 1437g as 

13 outlined in its Capital Fund 5 Year Action 

14 Plan, or a comparable plan, as determined by 

15 the Secretary. 

16 ‘‘(D) The Secretary may establish by regu17 lation a maximum replacement reserve level or 

18 levels that are below amounts determined under 

19 subparagraph (C), which may be based upon 

20 the size of the portfolio assisted under 42 

21 U.S.C. 1437g or other factors. 

22 ‘‘(3) In first establishing a replacement reserve, 

23 the Secretary may allow public housing agencies to 

24 transfer more than 20 percent of its operating funds 

25 into its replacement reserve. 
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1 ‘‘(4) EXPENDITURE.—Funds in a Replacement 

2 Reserve may be used for purposes authorized by 

3 subparagraph (d)(1) and contained in its Capital 

4 Fund 5 Year Action Plan. 

5 ‘‘(5) MANAGEMENT AND REPORT.—The Sec6 retary shall establish appropriate accounting and re7 porting requirements to ensure that public housing 

8 agencies are spending funding on eligible projects 

9 and that funding in the reserve is connected to cap10 ital needs.’’. 

11 SEC. 235. Section 9(g)(1) of the United States Hous12 ing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)) is amended by— 

13 (1) inserting ‘‘(A)’’ immediately after the para14 graph designation; 

15 (2) by striking the period and inserting the fol16 lowing at the end: ‘‘; and’’; and 

17 (3) insert the following new paragraph: 

18 ‘‘(B) FLEXIBILITY FOR OPERATING FUND

19 AMOUNTS.—Of any amounts appropriated for 

20 fiscal year 2015 or any fiscal year thereafter 

21 that are allocated for fiscal year 2015 or any 

22 fiscal year thereafter from the Operating Fund 

23 for any public housing agency, the agency may 

24 use not more than 20 percent for activities that 

25 are eligible under subsection (d) for assistance 
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1 with amounts from the Capital Fund, but only 

2 if the public housing plan for the agency pro3 vides for such use.’’. 

4 SEC. 236. (a) Subsection (b) of section 225 of the 

5 Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 

6 U.S.C. 12755) is amended by adding at the end the fol7 lowing new sentence: ‘‘Such 30-day waiting period is not 

8 required if the grounds for the termination or refusal to 

9 renew involve a direct threat to the safety of the tenants 

10 or employees of the housing, or an imminent and serious 

11 threat to the property (and the termination or refusal to 

12 renew is in accordance with the requirements of State or 

13 local law).’’. 

14 (b) Section 104(6) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 

15 Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12704) is amended by 

16 adding at the end of the undesignated matter after sub17 paragraph (D) the following sentence: ‘‘In the case of an 

18 organization funded by the State under title II of this Act, 

19 the organization may serve all counties within the State.’’. 

20 SEC. 237. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of 

21 Housing and Urban Development (referred to in this sec22 tion as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall establish a demonstration 

23 program under which, during the period beginning on the 

24 date of enactment of this Act, and ending on September 

25 30, 2017, the Secretary may enter into budget-neutral, 
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1 performance-based agreements that result in a reduction 

2 in energy or water costs with such entities as the Secretary 

3 determines to be appropriate under which the entities shall 

4 carry out projects for energy or water conservation im5 provements at not more than 20,000 residential units in 

6 multifamily buildings participating in— 

7 (1) the project-based rental assistance program 

8 under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 

9 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), other than assistance pro10 vided under section 8(o) of that Act; 

11 (2) the supportive housing for the elderly pro12 gram under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 

13 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); or 

14 (3) the supportive housing for persons with dis15 abilities program under section 811(d)(2) of the 

16 Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 

17 (42 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)). 

18 (b) REQUIREMENTS.— 

19 (1) PAYMENTS CONTINGENT ON SAVINGS.— 

20 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

21 provide to an entity a payment under an agree22 ment under this section only during applicable 

23 years for which an energy or water cost savings 

24 is achieved with respect to the applicable multi25 family portfolio of properties, as determined by 
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1 the Secretary, in accordance with subparagraph 

2 (B). 

3 (B) PAYMENT METHODOLOGY.— 

4 (i) IN GENERAL.—Each agreement 

5 under this section shall include a pay-for6 success provision— 

7 (I) that will serve as a payment 

8 threshold for the term of the agree9 ment; and 

10 (II) pursuant to which the De11 partment of Housing and Urban De12 velopment shall share a percentage of 

13 the savings at a level determined by 

14 the Secretary that is sufficient to 

15 cover the administrative costs of car16 rying out this section. 

17 (ii) LIMITATIONS.—A payment made 

18 by the Secretary under an agreement 

19 under this section shall— 

20 (I) be contingent on documented 

21 utility savings; and 

22 (II) not exceed the utility savings 

23 achieved by the date of the payment, 

24 and not previously paid, as a result of 
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1 the improvements made under the 

2 agreement. 

3 (C) THIRD PARTY VERIFICATION.—Savings 

4 payments made by the Secretary under this sec5 tion shall be based on a measurement and 

6 verification protocol that includes at least— 

7 (i) establishment of a weather-normal8 ized and occupancy-normalized utility con9 sumption baseline established preretrofit; 

10 (ii) annual third party confirmation of 

11 actual utility consumption and cost for 

12 owner-paid utilities; 

13 (iii) annual third party validation of 

14 the tenant utility allowances in effect dur15 ing the applicable year and vacancy rates 

16 for each unit type; and 

17 (iv) annual third party determination 

18 of savings to the Secretary. 

19 (2) TERM.—The term of an agreement under 

20 this section shall be not longer than 12 years. 

21 (3) ENTITY ELIGIBILITY.—The Secretary 

22 shall— 

23 (A) establish a competitive process for en24 tering into agreements under this section; and 
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1 (B) enter into such agreements only with 

2 entities that demonstrate significant experience 

3 relating to— 

4 (i) financing and operating properties 

5 receiving assistance under a program de6 scribed in subsection (a); 

7 (ii) oversight of energy and water con8 servation programs, including oversight of 

9 contractors; and 

10 (iii) raising capital for energy and 

11 water conservation improvements from 

12 charitable organizations or private inves13 tors. 

14 (4) GEOGRAPHICAL DIVERSITY.—Each agree15 ment entered into under this section shall provide 

16 for the inclusion of properties with the greatest fea17 sible regional and State variance. 

18 (c) PLAN AND REPORTS.— 

19 (1) PLAN.—Not later than 90 days after the 

20 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 

21 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

22 House of Representatives and the Senate a detailed 

23 plan for the implementation of this section. 
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1 (2) REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the 

2 date of enactment of this Act, and annually there3 after, the Secretary shall— 

4 (A) conduct an evaluation of the program 

5 under this section; and 

6 (B) submit to Congress a report describing 

7 each evaluation conducted under subparagraph 

8 (A). 

9 (d) FUNDING.—For each fiscal year during which an 

10 agreement under this section is in effect, the Secretary 

11 may use to carry out this section any funds appropriated 

12 to the Secretary for the renewal of contracts under a pro13 gram described in subsection (a). 

14 SEC. 238. Section 11 of the Housing Opportunity 

15 Program Extension Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 12805 note) 

16 is amended— 

17 (1) in subsection (b)(1) after ‘‘new dwellings’’ 

18 insert ‘‘or the rehabilitation of existing dwellings’’; 

19 (2) in subsection (b)(2) after ‘‘new’’ insert ‘‘or 

20 rehabilitated’’; 

21 (3) in subsection (d)(1) after ‘‘dwellings’’ insert 

22 ‘‘or rehabilitating existing dwellings to make them 

23 decent, safe and sanitary’’; 

24 (4) in subsection (d)(2) by inserting at the end 

25 the following new subparagraph: 
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1 ‘‘(C) PLANNING, ADMINISTRATION, AND

2 MANAGEMENT.—Planning, administration, and 

3 management of grant programs and activities, 

4 provided that such expenses do not exceed 20 

5 percent of any grant made under this section.’’; 

6 (5) in subsection (i)(5) by— 

7 (A) striking ‘‘24’’ and inserting ‘‘36’’; and 

8 (B) striking ‘‘except that’’ and all that fol9 lows through ‘‘such grant amounts’’; 

10 (6) in subsection (j) by— 

11 (A) inserting after the heading ‘‘(1) RE12 DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.—’’; 

13 (B) striking ‘‘24’’ and inserting ‘‘36’’; 

14 (C) striking ‘‘(or, in the case’’ and all that 

15 follows through ‘‘within 36 months)’’; and 

16 (D) inserting at the end the following new 

17 paragraph: 

18 ‘‘(2) DEADLINE FOR COMPLETION AND CON19 VEYANCE.—The Secretary shall establish a deadline 

20 (which may be extended for good cause as deter21 mined by the Secretary) by which time all units that 

22 have been assisted with grant funds under this sec23 tion must be completed and conveyed.’’. 

24 (7) by striking subsection (q). 
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1 SEC. 239. Section 184(h)(1)(B) of the Housing and 

2 Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z– 

3 13a(h)(1)(B)) is amended by inserting after the first sen4 tence the following: ‘‘Exhausting all reasonable possibili5 ties of collection by the holder of the guarantee shall in6 clude a good faith consideration of loan modification as 

7 well as meeting standards for servicing loans in default, 

8 as determined by the Secretary.’’. 

9 SEC. 240. Section 202 of the National Housing Act 

10 (12 U.S.C. 1708) is amended by adding at the end the 

11 following new subsection: 

12 ‘‘(i) ADMINISTRATION.—Notwithstanding any provi13 sion of law, and in addition to any other fees charged in 

14 connection with the provision of insurance under this title, 

15 in each fiscal year the Secretary may charge and collect 

16 a fee not to exceed 4 basis points of the original principal 

17 balance of mortgages originated by the mortgagee that 

18 were insured under this title during the previous fiscal 

19 year. Such fee collected from each mortgagee shall be used 

20 as offsetting collections for part of the administrative con21 tract expenses funding and any necessary salaries and ex22 penses funding provided under the Mutual Mortgage In23 surance Program Account under this title. The Secretary 

24 may establish the amount of such fee through regulations, 
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1 notice, Mortgagee Letter, or other administrative 

2 issuance.’’. 

3 SEC. 241. Paragraph (1) of section 8(c) of the United 

4 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437) is amend5 ed— 

6 (1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after the paragraph des7 ignation; 

8 (2) by striking the fourth, seventh, eighth, and 

9 ninth sentences; and 

10 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(B) PUBLICATION OF FAIR MARKET

12 RENTALS.—Not less than annually: 

13 ‘‘(i) The Secretary shall publish a no14 tice in the Federal Register that proposed 

15 fair market rentals for an area have been 

16 published on the site of the Department on 

17 the Internet and in any other manner spec18 ified by the Secretary. Such notice shall 

19 describe proposed material changes in the 

20 methodology for estimating fair market 

21 rentals and shall provide reasonable time 

22 for public comment. 

23 ‘‘(ii) The Secretary shall publish a no24 tice in the Federal Register that final fair 

25 market rentals have been published on the 
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1 site of the Department on the internet and 

2 in any other manner specified by the Sec3 retary. Such notice shall include the final 

4 decisions regarding proposed substantial 

5 methodological changes for estimating fair 

6 market rentals and responses to public 

7 comments.’’. 

8 SEC. 242. Of the unobligated balances, including re9 captures and carryover, remaining from funds appro10 priated to the Department of Housing and Urban Devel11 opment under the heading ‘‘Brownfields Redevelopment’’, 

12 $2,913,000 is hereby permanently rescinded: Provided, 

13 That of the unobligated balances, including recaptures and 

14 carryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the De15 partment of Housing and Urban Development under the 

16 heading ‘‘Rural Housing and Economic Development’’, 

17 $2,300,000 is hereby permanently rescinded: Provided fur18 ther, That all unobligated balances, including recaptures 

19 and carryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the 

20 Department of Housing and Urban Development under 

21 the heading ‘‘Drug Elimination Grants for Low Income 

22 Housing’’ are hereby permanently rescinded: Provided fur23 ther, That all unobligated balances, including recaptures 

24 and carryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the 

25 Department of Housing and Urban Development for 
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1 Youthbuild program activities authorized by subtitle D of 

2 title IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 

3 Housing Act are hereby permanently rescinded. 

4 SEC. 243. Such sums as may be necessary to imple5 ment the Homeowners Armed With Knowledge pilot shall 

6 be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this act. 

7 SEC. 244. Section 106 of the Housing and Urban De8 velopment Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701x) is amended by 

9 adding at the end the following new subsection: 

10 ‘‘(j) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—For purposes of this 

11 section, the Secretary may enter into multiyear agree12 ments as is appropriate, subject to the availability of an13 nual appropriations.’’. 

14 SEC. 245. Section 526 (12 U.S.C. 1735f–4) of the 

15 National Housing Act is amended by inserting at the end 

16 of subsection (b)— 

17 ‘‘(c) The Secretary may establish an exception to any 

18 minimum property standard established under this section 

19 in order to address alternative water systems, including 

20 cisterns, which meet requirements of State and local build21 ing codes that ensure health and safety standards.’’ 

22 SEC. 246. Notwithstanding section 106(c)(4) of the 

23 Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, the 

24 Secretary additionally shall provide assistance pursuant to 

25 such section to any State for use by any nonentitlement 
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1 area of any such State in which there was a major disaster 

2 declared by the President under the Robert T. Stafford 

3 Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act in 2014: 

4 Provided, That the Secretary shall issue a notice with re5 spect to any such assistance for States within 45 days of 

6 enactment of this Act. 

7 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Hous8 ing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 

9 TITLE III 

10 RELATED AGENCIES 

11 ACCESS BOARD

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For expenses necessary for the Access Board, as au14 thorized by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 

15 as amended, $7,548,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding 

16 any other provision of law, there may be credited to this 

17 appropriation funds received for publications and training 

18 expenses. 

19 FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime 

22 Commission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Mer23 chant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 307), in24 cluding services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of 

25 passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 
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1 1343(b); and uniforms or allowances therefore, as author2 ized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, $25,660,000: Provided, That 

3 not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for official recep4 tion and representation expenses: Provided further, That, 

5 notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Federal 

6 Maritime Commission is authorized to collect user fees in 

7 this fiscal year and may retain up to $300,000 per fiscal 

8 year of such fees for necessary and authorized expenses 

9 under this heading. 

10 NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION

11 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

14 General for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation 

15 to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 

16 of 1978, as amended, $23,499,000: Provided, That the In17 spector General shall have all necessary authority, in car18 rying out the duties specified in the Inspector General Act, 

19 as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate allegations 

20 of fraud, including false statements to the government (18 

21 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that is subject to 

22 regulation by the National Railroad Passenger Corpora23 tion: Provided further, That the Inspector General may 

24 enter into contracts and other arrangements for audits, 

25 studies, analyses, and other services with public agencies 
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1 and with private persons, subject to the applicable laws 

2 and regulations that govern the obtaining of such services 

3 within the National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Pro4 vided further, That the Inspector General may select, ap5 point, and employ such officers and employees as may be 

6 necessary for carrying out the functions, powers, and du7 ties of the Office of Inspector General, subject to the appli8 cable laws and regulations that govern such selections, ap9 pointments, and employment within Amtrak: Provided fur10 ther, That concurrent with the President’s budget request 

11 for fiscal year 2016, the Inspector General shall submit 

12 to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 

13 a budget request for fiscal year 2016 in similar format 

14 and substance to those submitted by executive agencies 

15 of the Federal Government. 

16 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses of the National Transpor19 tation Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor ve20 hicles and aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

21 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per 

22 diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS–15; uniforms, 

23 or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 

24 5901–5902), $103,981,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 

25 may be used for official reception and representation ex-
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1 penses. The amounts made available to the National 

2 Transportation Safety Board in this Act include amounts 

3 necessary to make lease payments on an obligation in4 curred in fiscal year 2001 for a capital lease. 

5 NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION

6 PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT

7 CORPORATION

8 For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor9 poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, 

10 as authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora11 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $136,600,000, of which 

12 $5,000,000 shall be for a multi-family rental housing pro13 gram: Provided, That in addition, $50,000,000 shall be 

14 made available until expended to the Neighborhood Rein15 vestment Corporation for mortgage foreclosure mitigation 

16 activities, under the following terms and conditions: 

17 (1) The Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora18 tion (‘‘NRC’’) shall make grants to counseling inter19 mediaries approved by the Department of Housing 

20 and Urban Development (HUD) (with match to be 

21 determined by the NRC based on affordability and 

22 the economic conditions of an area; a match also 

23 may be waived by the NRC based on the aforemen24 tioned conditions) to provide mortgage foreclosure 

25 mitigation assistance primarily to States and areas 
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1 with high rates of defaults and foreclosures to help 

2 eliminate the default and foreclosure of mortgages of 

3 owner-occupied single-family homes that are at risk 

4 of such foreclosure. Other than areas with high rates 

5 of defaults and foreclosures, grants may also be pro6 vided to approved counseling intermediaries based on 

7 a geographic analysis of the United States by the 

8 NRC which determines where there is a prevalence 

9 of mortgages that are risky and likely to fail, includ10 ing any trends for mortgages that are likely to de11 fault and face foreclosure. A State Housing Finance 

12 Agency may also be eligible where the State Housing 

13 Finance Agency meets all the requirements under 

14 this paragraph. A HUD-approved counseling inter15 mediary shall meet certain mortgage foreclosure 

16 mitigation assistance counseling requirements, as de17 termined by the NRC, and shall be approved by 

18 HUD or the NRC as meeting these requirements. 

19 (2) Mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance 

20 shall only be made available to homeowners of 

21 owner-occupied homes with mortgages in default or 

22 in danger of default. These mortgages shall likely be 

23 subject to a foreclosure action and homeowners will 

24 be provided such assistance that shall consist of ac25 tivities that are likely to prevent foreclosures and re-
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1 sult in the long-term affordability of the mortgage 

2 retained pursuant to such activity or another posi3 tive outcome for the homeowner. No funds made 

4 available under this paragraph may be provided di5 rectly to lenders or homeowners to discharge out6 standing mortgage balances or for any other direct 

7 debt reduction payments. 

8 (3) The use of mortgage foreclosure mitigation 

9 assistance by approved counseling intermediaries 

10 and State Housing Finance Agencies shall involve a 

11 reasonable analysis of the borrower’s financial situa12 tion, an evaluation of the current value of the prop13 erty that is subject to the mortgage, counseling re14 garding the assumption of the mortgage by another 

15 non-Federal party, counseling regarding the possible 

16 purchase of the mortgage by a non-Federal third 

17 party, counseling and advice of all likely restruc18 turing and refinancing strategies or the approval of 

19 a work-out strategy by all interested parties. 

20 (4) NRC may provide up to 15 percent of the 

21 total funds under this paragraph to its own charter 

22 members with expertise in foreclosure prevention 

23 counseling, subject to a certification by the NRC 

24 that the procedures for selection do not consist of 

25 any procedures or activities that could be construed 
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1 as a conflict of interest or have the appearance of 

2 impropriety. 

3 (5) HUD-approved counseling entities and 

4 State Housing Finance Agencies receiving funds 

5 under this paragraph shall have demonstrated expe6 rience in successfully working with financial institu7 tions as well as borrowers facing default, delin8 quency, and foreclosure, as well as documented 

9 counseling capacity, outreach capacity, past success10 ful performance and positive outcomes with docu11 mented counseling plans (including post mortgage 

12 foreclosure mitigation counseling), loan workout 

13 agreements, and loan modification agreements. NRC 

14 may use other criteria to demonstrate capacity in 

15 underserved areas. 

16 (6) Of the total amount made available under 

17 this paragraph, up to $2,500,000 may be made 

18 available to build the mortgage foreclosure and de19 fault mitigation counseling capacity of counseling 

20 intermediaries through NRC training courses with 

21 HUD-approved counseling intermediaries and their 

22 partners, except that private financial institutions 

23 that participate in NRC training shall pay market 

24 rates for such training. 
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1 (7) Of the total amount made available under 

2 this paragraph, up to 5 percent may be used for as3 sociated administrative expenses for the NRC to 

4 carry out activities provided under this section. 

5 (8) Mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance 

6 grants may include a budget for outreach and adver7 tising, and training, as determined by the NRC. 

8 (9) The NRC shall continue to report bi-annu9 ally to the House and Senate Committees on Appro10 priations as well as the Senate Banking Committee 

11 and House Financial Services Committee on its ef12 forts to mitigate mortgage default. 

13 UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON

14 HOMELESSNESS

15 OPERATING EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses (including payment of sala17 ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

18 the rental of conference rooms, and the employment of ex19 perts and consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United 

20 States Code) of the United States Interagency Council on 

21 Homelessness in carrying out the functions pursuant to 

22 title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, 

23 as amended, $3,530,000. Title II of the McKinney-Vento 

24 Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11319) is amended 
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1 by striking section 209 and in section 204(a) by striking 

2 ‘‘level V’’ and inserting ‘‘level IV’’. 

3 TITLE IV 

4 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 

5 SEC. 401. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

6 for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 

7 expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 

8 intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings 

9 funded in this Act. 

10 SEC. 402. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

11 shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 

12 fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria13 tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 

14 SEC. 403. The expenditure of any appropriation 

15 under this Act for any consulting service through a pro16 curement contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, 

17 United States Code, shall be limited to those contracts 

18 where such expenditures are a matter of public record and 

19 available for public inspection, except where otherwise pro20 vided under existing law, or under existing Executive order 

21 issued pursuant to existing law. 

22 SEC. 404. (a) None of the funds made available in 

23 this Act may be obligated or expended for any employee 

24 training that— 
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1 (1) does not meet identified needs for knowl2 edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the 

3 performance of official duties; 

4 (2) contains elements likely to induce high lev5 els of emotional response or psychological stress in 

6 some participants; 

7 (3) does not require prior employee notification 

8 of the content and methods to be used in the train9 ing and written end of course evaluation; 

10 (4) contains any methods or content associated 

11 with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 

12 ‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em13 ployment Opportunity Commission Notice N– 

14 915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 

15 (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par16 ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the 

17 workplace. 

18 (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 

19 otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 

20 bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 

21 SEC. 405. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 

22 none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by pre23 vious appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities fund24 ed in this Act that remain available for obligation or ex25 penditure in fiscal year 2015, or provided from any ac-
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1 counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 

2 and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 

3 available for obligation or expenditure through a re4 programming of funds that: 

5 (1) creates a new program; 

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

7 (3) increases funds or personnel for any pro8 gram, project, or activity for which funds have been 

9 denied or restricted by the Congress; 

10 (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 

11 activity by either the House or Senate Committees 

12 on Appropriations for a different purpose; 

13 (5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac14 tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, which15 ever is less; 

16 (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or ac17 tivities by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 

18 less; or 

19 (7) creates, reorganizes, or restructures a 

20 branch, division, office, bureau, board, commission, 

21 agency, administration, or department different from 

22 the budget justifications submitted to the Commit23 tees on Appropriations or the table accompanying 

24 the explanatory statement accompanying this Act, 

25 whichever is more detailed, unless prior approval is 
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1 received from the House and Senate Committees on 

2 Appropriations: Provided, That not later than 60 

3 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each 

4 agency funded by this Act shall submit a report to 

5 the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 

6 of the House of Representatives to establish the 

7 baseline for application of reprogramming and trans8 fer authorities for the current fiscal year: Provided 

9 further, That the report shall include: 

10 (A) a table for each appropriation with a 

11 separate column to display the prior year en12 acted level, the President’s budget request, ad13 justments made by Congress, adjustments due 

14 to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 

15 fiscal year enacted level; 

16 (B) a delineation in the table for each ap17 propriation and its respective prior year enacted 

18 level by object class and program, project, and 

19 activity as detailed in the budget appendix for 

20 the respective appropriation; and 

21 (C) an identification of items of special 

22 congressional interest: Provided further, That 

23 the amount appropriated or limited for salaries 

24 and expenses for an agency shall be reduced by 

25 $100,000 per day for each day after the re-
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1 quired date that the report has not been sub2 mitted to the Congress. 

3 SEC. 406. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

4 by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 

5 remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2015 from 

6 appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 

7 for fiscal year 2015 in this Act, shall remain available 

8 through September 30, 2016, for each such account for 

9 the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 

10 be submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Ap11 propriations for approval prior to the expenditure of such 

12 funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be made 

13 in compliance with reprogramming guidelines under sec14 tion 405 of this Act. 

15 SEC. 407. No funds in this Act may be used to sup16 port any Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use 

17 the power of eminent domain, unless eminent domain is 

18 employed only for a public use: Provided, That for pur19 poses of this section, public use shall not be construed to 

20 include economic development that primarily benefits pri21 vate entities: Provided further, That any use of funds for 

22 mass transit, railroad, airport, seaport or highway 

23 projects, as well as utility projects which benefit or serve 

24 the general public (including energy-related, communica25 tion-related, water-related and wastewater-related infra-
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1 structure), other structures designated for use by the gen2 eral public or which have other common-carrier or public3 utility functions that serve the general public and are sub4 ject to regulation and oversight by the government, and 

5 projects for the removal of an immediate threat to public 

6 health and safety or brownsfields as defined in the Small 

7 Business Liability Relief and Brownsfield Revitalization 

8 Act (Public Law 107–118) shall be considered a public 

9 use for purposes of eminent domain. 

10 SEC. 408. All Federal agencies and departments that 

11 are funded under this Act shall issue a report to the House 

12 and Senate Committees on Appropriations on all sole13 source contracts in effect during the preceding fiscal year 

14 by no later than March 30, 2015. Such report shall in15 clude the contractor, the amount of the contract and the 

16 rationale for using a sole-source contract. 

17 SEC. 409. None of the funds made available in this 

18 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in19 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

20 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro21 vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

22 SEC. 410. No part of any appropriation contained in 

23 this Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person 

24 filling a position, other than a temporary position, for25 merly held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed 
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1 Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily com2 pleted his or her period of active military or naval service, 

3 and has within 90 days after his or her release from such 

4 service or from hospitalization continuing after discharge 

5 for a period of not more than 1 year, made application 

6 for restoration to his or her former position and has been 

7 certified by the Office of Personnel Management as still 

8 qualified to perform the duties of his or her former posi9 tion and has not been restored thereto. 

10 SEC. 411. No funds appropriated pursuant to this 

11 Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees 

12 that in expending the assistance the entity will comply 

13 with sections 2 through 4 of the Buy American Act (41 

14 U.S.C. 10a–10c). 

15 SEC. 412. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 

16 available under this Act shall be made available to any 

17 person or entity that has been convicted of violating the 

18 Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c). 

19 SEC. 413. None of the funds made available in this 

20 Act may be used for first-class airline accommodations in 

21 contravention of sections 301–10.122 and 301–10.123 of 

22 title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

23 SEC. 414. None of the funds made available under 

24 this Act or any prior Act may be provided to the Associa25 tion of Community Organizations for Reform Now 
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1 (ACORN), or any of its affiliates, subsidiaries, or allied 

2 organizations. 

3 SEC. 415. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 

5 of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 

6 grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to any cor7 poration that was convicted of a felony criminal violation 

8 under any Federal law within the preceding 24 months, 

9 where the awarding agency is aware of the conviction, un10 less the agency has considered suspension or debarment 

11 of the corporation and has made a determination that this 

12 further action is not necessary to protect the interests of 

13 the Government. 

14 SEC. 416. None of the funds made available by this 

15 Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 

16 of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 

17 grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any cor18 poration with any unpaid Federal tax liability that has 

19 been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative 

20 remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that 

21 is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agree22 ment with the authority responsible for collecting the tax 

23 liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid 

24 tax liability, unless the agency has considered suspension 

25 or debarment of the corporation and has made a deter-
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1 mination that this further action is not necessary to pro2 tect the interests of the Government. 

3 SEC. 417. It is the sense of the Congress that the 

4 Congress should not pass any legislation that authorizes 

5 spending cuts that would increase poverty in the United 

6 States. 

7 SEC. 418. All agencies and departments funded by 

8 the Act shall send to Congress at the end of the fiscal 

9 year a report containing a complete inventory of the total 

10 number of vehicles owned, leased, permanently retired, 

11 and purchased during fiscal year 2015, as well as the total 

12 cost of the vehicle fleet, including maintenance, fuel, stor13 age, purchasing, and leasing. 

14 SEC. 419. None of the funds made available by this 

15 Act may be used to pay for the painting of a portrait of 

16 an officer or employee of the Federal Government, includ17 ing the head of an Executive branch agency, as defined 

18 in section 133 of title 41, U.S.C. 

19 SEC. 420. (a) The head of any Executive branch de20 partment, agency, board, commission, or office funded by 

21 this Act shall submit annual reports to the Inspector Gen22 eral or senior ethics official for any entity without an In23 spector General, regarding the costs and contracting pro24 cedures related to each conference held by any such de25 partment, agency, board, commission, or office during fis-
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1 cal year 2015 for which the cost to the United States Gov2 ernment was more than $100,000. 

3 (b) Each report submitted shall include, for each con4 ference described in subsection (a) held during the applica5 ble period— 

6 (1) a description of its purpose; 

7 (2) the number of participants attending; 

8 (3) a detailed statement of the costs to the 

9 United States Government, including— 

10 (A) the cost of any food or beverages; 

11 (B) the cost of any audio-visual services; 

12 (C) the cost of employee or contractor 

13 travel to and from the conference; and 

14 (D) a discussion of the methodology used 

15 to determine which costs relate to the con16 ference; and 

17 (4) a description of the contracting procedures 

18 used including— 

19 (A) whether contracts were awarded on a 

20 competitive basis; and 

21 (B) a discussion of any cost comparison 

22 conducted by the departmental component or 

23 office in evaluating potential contractors for the 

24 conference. 
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1 (c) Within 15 days of the date of a conference held 

2 by any Executive branch department, agency, board, com3 mission, or office funded by this Act during fiscal year 

4 2015 for which the cost to the United States Government 

5 was more than $20,000, the head of any such department, 

6 agency, board, commission, or office shall notify the In7 spector General or senior ethics official for any entity 

8 without an Inspector General, of the date, location, and 

9 number of employees attending such conference. 

10 (d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro11 priated by this Act to an Executive branch agency may 

12 not be used for the purpose of defraying the costs of a 

13 conference described in subsection (c) that is not directly 

14 and programmatically related to the purpose for which the 

15 grant or contract was awarded, such as a conference held 

16 in connection with planning, training, assessment, review, 

17 or other routine purposes related to a project funded by 

18 the grant or contract. 

19 (e) None of the funds made available in this Act may 

20 be used for travel and conference activities that are not 

21 in compliance with Office of Management and Budget 

22 Memorandum M–12–12 dated May 11, 2012. 

23 SEC. 421. None of the funds made available in this 

24 Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend25 ance of more than 50 employees of a single agency or de-
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1 partment of the United States Government, who are sta2 tioned in the United States, at any single international 

3 conference unless the relevant Secretary reports to the 

4 Committees on Appropriations at least 5 days in advance 

5 that such attendance is important to the national interest: 

6 Provided, That for purposes of this section the term 

7 ‘‘international conference’’ shall mean a conference occur8 ring outside of the United States attended by representa9 tives of the United States Government and of foreign gov10 ernments, international organizations, or nongovern11 mental organizations. 

12 SEC. 422. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

13 of this Act and except as provided in subsection (b), any 

14 report required to be submitted by a Federal agency to 

15 the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate or the 

16 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa17 tives under this Act shall be posted on the public Web 

18 site of that agency 30 days following its receipt by the 

19 committee. 

20 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 

21 (1) the public posting of the report com22 promises national security; or 

23 (2) the report contains proprietary information. 

24 SEC. 423. Each department funded by this Act shall 

25 submit a report by March 1st providing a detailed sum-
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1 mary of advertising by the department in the prior fiscal 

2 year, including the total amount spent. The report shall 

3 also include: 

4 (1) a description of the purpose and intent of 

5 the advertising (such as promoting awareness of a 

6 program, promoting services or participation, or 

7 public relations to improve the attitudes about a pro8 gram or agency); 

9 (2) a breakdown of the costs of advertising by 

10 medium, including on-line (with a specific total for 

11 social media), brochures, billboards, sponsorships 

12 (including the list of all sponsorships), television, 

13 mail, and newspaper; and 

14 (3) the cost of development, production, and 

15 staffing, including the amount spent on the salaries 

16 of department employees and payments to contrac17 tors and consultants. 

18 SEC. 424. None of the funds made available in this 

19 Act may be used to make bonus awards to contractors for 

20 work on projects that are behind schedule or over budget. 

21 SEC. 425. None of the funds in this Act may be used 

22 for premium travel by an agency that did not provide a 

23 report on premium travel to GSA in the prior fiscal year. 

24 SEC. 426. Each department funded by this Act shall 

25 submit a report by March 2, 2015, detailing its efforts 
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1 to address the duplication identified in the annual reports 

2 on duplication issued by the Government Accountability 

3 Office, along with legal barriers preventing the depart4 ment’s ability to further reduce duplication. 

5 SEC. 427. None of the funds made available in this 

6 Act may be used to purchase a light bulb for an office 

7 building unless the light bulb has, to the extent prac8 ticable, an Energy Star or Federal Energy Management 

9 Program designation. 

10 SEC. 428. Any Federal agency or department that is 

11 funded under this Act shall respond to any recommenda12 tion made to such agency or department by the Govern13 ment Accountability Office in a timely manner. 

14 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, Hous15 ing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appro16 priations Act, 2015’’. 
Calendar No. 412 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2438 

[Report No. 113–182] 

A BILL 

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 DevelJUNE 5, 2014 

Read twice and placed on the calendar