lar format and substance to those submitted by executive 
agencies of the Federal Government. 
CAPITAL AND DEBT SERVICE GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL 
RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for 
capital investments as authorized by section 101(c), 102, 
and 219(b) of the Passenger Rail Investment and Im-
provement Act of 2008 (division B of Public Law 110– 
432), $600,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That after an initial distribution of up to 
$50,000,000, which shall be used by the Corporation as 
a working capital account, all remaining funds shall be 
provided to the Corporation only on a reimbursable basis: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may retain up to one- 
half of 1 percent of the funds provided under this heading 
to fund the costs of project management oversight of cap-
ital projects funded by grants provided under this heading, 
as authorized by subsection 101(d) of division B of Public 
Law 110–432: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
approve funding for capital expenditures, including ad-
vance purchase orders of materials, for the Corporation 
only after receiving and reviewing a grant request for each 
specific capital project justifying the Federal support to 
the Secretary’s satisfaction: Provided further, That except 
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as otherwise provided herein, none of the funds under this 
heading may be used to subsidize operating losses of the 
Corporation: Provided further, That none of the funds 
under this heading may be used for capital projects not 
approved by the Secretary of Transportation or on the 
Corporation’s fiscal year 2014 business plan: Provided fur-
ther, That in addition to the project management oversight 
funds authorized under section 101(d) of division B of 
Public Law 110–432, the Secretary may retain up to an 
additional $3,000,000 of the funds provided under this 
heading to fund expenses associated with implementing 
section 212 of division B of Public Law 110–432, includ-
ing the amendments made by section 212 to section 24905 
of title 49, United States Code. 
NEXT GENERATION HIGH-SPEED RAIL 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the funds made available for Next Generation 
High Speed Rail, as authorized by sections 1103 and 7201 
of Public Law 105–178, $1,973,000 are hereby perma-
nently rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be can-
celled from amounts that were designated by the Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent 
Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 
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NORTHEAST CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the funds made available for the Northeast Cor-
ridor Improvement Program, as authorized by Public Law 
94–210, $4,419,000 are hereby permanently rescinded: 
Provided, That no amounts may be cancelled from 
amounts that were designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Reso-
lution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 150. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds provided in this Act for the National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation shall immediately cease to be avail-
able to said Corporation in the event that the Corporation 
contracts to have services provided at or from any location 
outside the United States. For purposes of this section, 
the word ‘‘services’’ shall mean any service that was, as 
of July 1, 2006, performed by a full-time or part-time Am-
trak employee whose base of employment is located within 
the United States. 
SEC. 151. The Secretary of Transportation may re-
ceive and expend cash, or receive and utilize spare parts 
and similar items, from non-United States Government 
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sources to repair damages to or replace United States 
Government owned automated track inspection cars and 
equipment as a result of third-party liability for such dam-
ages, and any amounts collected under this section shall 
be credited directly to the Safety and Operations account 
of the Federal Railroad Administration, and shall remain 
available until expended for the repair, operation and 
maintenance of automated track inspection cars and 
equipment in connection with the automated track inspec-
tion program. 
SEC. 152. Notwithstanding any other provisions of 
law, rule or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation 
is authorized to allow the issuer of any preferred stock 
heretofore sold to the Department to redeem or repur-
chase such stock upon the payment to the Department of 
an amount determined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 153. None of the funds provided to the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation may be used to fund any 
overtime costs in excess of $35,000 for any individual em-
ployee: Provided, That the president of Amtrak may waive 
the cap set in the previous proviso for specific employees 
when the president of Amtrak determines such a cap poses 
a risk to the safety and operational efficiency of the sys-
tem: Provided further, That Amtrak shall notify House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 30 days 
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of granting waivers and delineate the reasons for granting 
such waiver in the Corporation’s monthly report: Provided 
further, That Amtrak shall submit to the House and Sen-
ate Committees on Appropriations on November 1, 2013, 
a summary of the total number of employees that received 
such waivers, the total overtime payments the Corporation 
paid to employees receiving waivers, the total the Corpora-
tion paid in overtime payments in the prior three fiscal 
years, and a description of the factors that contributed 
to an increase or decrease from the prior year. 
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal 
Transit Administration’s programs authorized by chapter 
53 of title 49, United States Code, $102,713,000, of which 
up to $3,000,000 shall be available to carry out the provi-
sions of 49 U.S.C. 5329 and not less than $1,000,000 
shall be available to carry out the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 
5326: Provided, That none of the funds provided or lim-
ited in this Act may be used to create a permanent office 
of transit security under this heading: Provided further, 
That upon submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 
2015 President’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation 
shall transmit to Congress the annual report on New 
Starts, including proposed allocations for fiscal year 2015. 
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TRANSIT FORMULA GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in the Federal 
Public Transportation Assistance Program in this ac-
count, and for payment of obligations incurred in carrying 
out the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 
5318, 5322(d), 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, 
as amended by Public Law 112–141; and section 
20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, $9,500,000,000, to be 
derived from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway 
Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That funds available for the implementation or exe-
cution of programs authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5305, 
5307, 5310, 5311, 5318, 5322(d), 5329(e)(6), 5335, 
5337, 5339, and 5340, as amended by Public Law 112– 
141, and section 20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, shall 
not exceed total obligations of $8,595,000,000 in fiscal 
year 2014. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, DEMONSTRATION, AND 
DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5312, 
$20,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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TRANSIT COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5313, 
$4,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5314, 
$4,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
HUMAN RESOURCES AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 
5322(a), (b), and (e), $2,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5309, 
$1,815,655,000, to remain available until expended. 
GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA 
TRANSIT AUTHORITY 
For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area 
Transit Authority as authorized under section 601 of divi-
sion B of Public Law 110–432, $125,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary 
shall approve grants for capital and preventive mainte-
nance expenditures for the Washington Metropolitan Area 
Transit Authority only after receiving and reviewing a re-
quest for each specific project: Provided further, That 
prior to approving such grants, the Secretary shall deter-
mine that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Au-
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thority has placed the highest priority on those invest-
ments that will improve the safety of the system: Provided 
further, That the Secretary, in order to ensure safety 
throughout the rail system, may waive the requirements 
of section 601(e)(1) of title VI of Public Law 110-432 
(112 Stat. 4968). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
SEC. 160. The limitations on obligations for the pro-
grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not 
apply to any authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously 
made available for obligation, or to any other authority 
previously made available for obligation. 
SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds appropriated or limited by this Act under the 
Federal Transit Administration’s discretionary program 
appropriations headings for projects specified in this Act 
or identified in reports accompanying this Act not obli-
gated by September 30, 2015, and other recoveries, shall 
be directed to projects eligible to use the funds for the 
purposes for which they were originally provided. 
SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 2012, under 
any section of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, 
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that remain available for expenditure, may be transferred 
to and administered under the most recent appropriation 
heading for any such section. 
SEC. 163. Of the funds made available for the discre-
tionary bus and bus facilities program under 49 U.S.C. 
5309 in fiscal years 1999 through 2007, 2009 and 2010, 
$88,047,709 shall be rescinded: Provided, That of the 
funds made available to carry out new fixed guideways and 
extensions to existing fixed guideways under 49 U.S.C. 
5309 in fiscal years 1998 through 2000 and 2005 through 
2006, $38,290,300 shall be rescinded: Provided further, 
That of the funds made available for the alternatives anal-
ysis program under 49 U.S.C. 5339 in fiscal year 2012, 
$25,000,000 shall be rescinded. 
SEC. 164. For purposes of applying the project jus-
tification and local financial commitment criteria of 49 
U.S.C. 5309(d) to a New Starts project, the Secretary 
may consider the costs and ridership of any connected 
project in an instance in which private parties are making 
significant financial contributions to the construction of 
the connected project; additionally, the Secretary may con-
sider the significant financial contributions of private par-
ties to the connected project in calculating the non-Federal 
share of net capital project costs for the New Starts 
project. 
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SEC. 165. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds made available in this Act shall 
be used to enter into a full funding grant agreement for 
a project with a New Starts share greater than 50 percent. 
SEC. 166. None of the funds in this Act may be avail-
able to advance in any way a new fixed guideway capital 
project towards a full funding grant agreement as defined 
by 49 U.S.C. 5309 for the Metropolitan Transit Authority 
of Harris County, Texas if the proposed capital project 
is constructed on or planned to be constructed on Rich-
mond Avenue west of South Shepherd Drive or on Post 
Oak Boulevard north of Richmond Avenue in Houston, 
Texas. 
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT 
CORPORATION 
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora-
tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, with-
in the limits of funds and borrowing authority available 
to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make 
such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal 
year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be 
necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the 
Corporation’s budget for the current fiscal year. 
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OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses to conduct the operations, 
maintenance, and capital asset renewal activities of those 
portions of the St. Lawrence Seaway owned, operated, and 
maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development 
Corporation, $30,582,000, to be derived from the Harbor 
Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99– 
662. 
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a 
U.S.-flag merchant fleet to serve the national security 
needs of the United States, $174,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities authorized by law, $143,768,000, of which 
$11,500,000 shall remain available until expended for 
maintenance and repair of training ships at State Mari-
time Academies, and of which $2,400,000 shall remain 
available through September 30, 2015 for Student Incen-
tive Program payments at State Maritime Academies, and 
of which $10,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for facilities maintenance and repair, equipment, 
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Maritime Administration, $4,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary administrative expenses of the mari-
time guaranteed loan program, $2,655,000 shall be paid 
to the appropriation for ‘‘Operations and Training’’, Mari-
time Administration. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, the Maritime Administration is authorized to fur-
nish utilities and services and make necessary repairs in 
connection with any lease, contract, or occupancy involving 
Government property under control of the Maritime Ad-
ministration: Provided, That payments received therefor 
shall be credited to the appropriation charged with the 
cost thereof and shall be available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That rental payments under any such lease, 
contract, or occupancy for items other than such utilities, 
services, or repairs shall be covered into the Treasury as 
miscellaneous receipts. 
SEC. 171. None of the funds available or appro-
priated in this Act shall be used by the United States De-
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partment of Transportation or the United States Maritime 
Administration to negotiate or otherwise execute, enter 
into, facilitate or perform fee-for-service contracts for ves-
sel disposal, scrapping or recycling, unless there is no 
qualified domestic ship recycler that will pay any sum of 
money to purchase and scrap or recycle a vessel owned, 
operated or managed by the Maritime Administration or 
that is part of the National Defense Reserve Fleet. Such 
sales offers must be consistent with the solicitation and 
provide that the work will be performed in a timely man-
ner at a facility qualified within the meaning of section 
3502 of Public Law 106–398. Nothing contained herein 
shall affect the Maritime Administration’s authority to 
award contracts at least cost to the Federal Government 
and consistent with the requirements of 16 U.S.C. 
5405(c), section 3502, or otherwise authorized under the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation. 
PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline 
and 
Hazardous 
Materials 
Safety 
Administration, 
$21,167,000, of which $639,000 shall be derived from the 
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Pipeline Safety Fund: Provided, That $1,000,000 shall be 
transferred to ‘‘Pipeline Safety’’ in order to fund ‘‘Pipeline 
Safety Information Grants to Communities’’ as authorized 
under section 60130 of title 49, United States Code. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous 
materials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous 
Materials Safety Administration, $42,762,000, of which 
$1,725,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2016: Provided, That up to $800,000 in fees collected 
under 49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited in the general 
fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided fur-
ther, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to 
be available until expended, funds received from States, 
counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and pri-
vate sources for expenses incurred for training, for reports 
publication and dissemination, and for travel expenses in-
curred in performance of hazardous materials exemptions 
and approvals functions. 
PIPELINE SAFETY 
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND) 
(PIPELINE SAFETY DESIGN REVIEW FUND) 
For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of 
the pipeline safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out 
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a pipeline safety program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 
60107, and to discharge the pipeline program responsibil-
ities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $111,252,000, of 
which $18,573,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability Trust Fund and shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2016; and of which $90,679,000 shall be de-
rived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which 
$52,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2016; and of which $2,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Design 
Review Fund, as authorized in 49 U.S.C. 60117(n): Pro-
vided, That not less than $1,058,000 of the funds pro-
vided under this heading shall be for the One-Call state 
grant program. 
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS 
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND) 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 
5128(b), $188,000, to be derived from the Emergency 
Preparedness Fund, to remain available until September 
30, 2015: Provided, That not more than $28,318,000 shall 
be made available for obligation in fiscal year 2014 from 
amounts made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and 
5128(b)–(c): Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i), 5128(b), or 5128(c) 
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shall be made available for obligation by individuals other 
than the Secretary of Transportation, or his designee. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978, as amended, $79,624,000: Provided, 
That the Inspector General shall have all necessary au-
thority, in carrying out the duties specified in the Inspec-
tor General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to inves-
tigate allegations of fraud, including false statements to 
the government (18 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity 
that is subject to regulation by the Department: Provided 
further, That the funds made available under this heading 
may be used to investigate, pursuant to section 41712 of 
title 49, United States Code: (1) unfair or deceptive prac-
tices and unfair methods of competition by domestic and 
foreign air carriers and ticket agents; and (2) the compli-
ance of domestic and foreign air carriers with respect to 
item (1) of this proviso: Provided further, That: (1) the 
Inspector General shall have the authority to audit and 
investigate the Metropolitan Washington Airports Author-
ity (MWAA); (2) in carrying out these audits and inves-
tigations the Inspector General shall have all the authori-
ties described under section 6 of the Inspector General Act 
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(5 U.S.C. App.); (3) MWAA Board Members, employees, 
contractors, and subcontractors shall cooperate and com-
ply with requests from the Inspector General, including 
providing testimony and other information; (4) The In-
spector General shall be permitted to observe closed execu-
tive sessions of the MWAA Board of Directors; (5) MWAA 
shall pay the expenses of the Inspector General, including 
staff salaries and benefits and associated operating costs, 
which shall be credited to this appropriation and remain 
available until expended; and (6) if MWAA fails to make 
funds available to the Inspector General within 30 days 
after a request for such funds is received, then the Inspec-
tor General shall notify the Secretary of Transportation 
who shall not approve a grant for MWAA under section 
47107(b) of title 49, United States Code, until such fund-
ing is made available for the Inspector General. 
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transpor-
tation Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $29,310,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, not to exceed $1,250,000 from fees 
established by the Chairman of the Surface Transpor-
tation Board shall be credited to this appropriation as off-
setting collections and used for necessary and authorized 
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expenses under this heading: Provided further, That the 
sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be 
reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting col-
lections are received during fiscal year 2014, to result in 
a final appropriation from the general fund estimated at 
no more than $28,060,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF 
TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 180. During the current fiscal year, applicable 
appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall 
be available for maintenance and operation of aircraft; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of 
liability insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign 
countries on official department business; and uniforms or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901– 
5902). 
SEC. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for 
the Department of Transportation shall be available for 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for 
individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to 
the rate for an Executive Level IV. 
SEC. 182. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for salaries and expenses of more than 110 political 
and Presidential appointees in the Department of Trans-
portation: Provided, That none of the personnel covered 
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by this provision may be assigned on temporary detail out-
side the Department of Transportation. 
SEC. 183. (a) No recipient of funds made available 
in this Act shall disseminate personal information (as de-
fined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State depart-
ment of motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle 
record as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), except as provided 
in 18 U.S.C. 2721 for a use permitted under 18 U.S.C. 
2721. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall not withhold funds provided in this Act for any 
grantee if a State is in noncompliance with this provision. 
SEC. 184. Funds received by the Federal Highway 
Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and Fed-
eral Railroad Administration from States, counties, mu-
nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources 
for expenses incurred for training may be credited respec-
tively to the Federal Highway Administration’s ‘‘Federal- 
Aid Highways’’ account, the Federal Transit Administra-
tion’s ‘‘Research and University Research Centers’’ ac-
count, and to the Federal Railroad Administration’s 
‘‘Safety and Operations’’ account, except for State rail 
safety inspectors participating in training pursuant to 49 
U.S.C. 20105. 
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SEC. 185. None of the funds in this Act to the De-
partment of Transportation may be used to make a grant 
unless the Secretary of Transportation notifies the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 
3 full business days before any project competitively se-
lected to receive a discretionary grant award, any discre-
tionary grant award, letter of intent, or full funding grant 
agreement totaling $500,000 or more is announced by the 
department or its modal administrations from: 
(1) any discretionary grant program of the Fed-
eral Highway Administration including the emer-
gency relief program; 
(2) the airport improvement program of the 
Federal Aviation Administration; 
(3) any program of the Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration; or 
(4) any program of the Federal Transit Admin-
istration other than the formula grants and fixed 
guideway modernization programs: 
Provided, That the Secretary gives concurrent notification 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
for any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds from the emergency relief 
program: Provided further, That no notification shall in-
volve funds that are not available for obligation. 
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SEC. 186. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, 
minor fees and other funds received by the Department 
of Transportation from travel management centers, 
charge card programs, the subleasing of building space, 
and miscellaneous sources are to be credited to appropria-
tions of the Department of Transportation and allocated 
to elements of the Department of Transportation using 
fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be avail-
able until expended. 
SEC. 187. Amounts made available in this or any 
other Act that the Secretary determines represent im-
proper payments by the Department of Transportation to 
a third-party contractor under a financial assistance 
award, which are recovered pursuant to law, shall be avail-
able— 
(1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred 
by the Department of Transportation in recovering 
improper payments; and 
(2) to pay contractors for services provided in 
recovering improper payments or contractor support 
in the implementation of the Improper Payments In-
formation Act of 2002: Provided, That amounts in 
excess of that required for paragraphs (1) and (2)— 
(A) shall be credited to and merged with 
the appropriation from which the improper pay-
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ments were made, and shall be available for the 
purposes and period for which such appropria-
tions are available; or 
(B) if no such appropriation remains avail-
able, shall be deposited in the Treasury as mis-
cellaneous receipts: Provided further, That prior 
to the transfer of any such recovery to an ap-
propriations account, the Secretary shall notify 
the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations of the amount and reasons for such 
transfer: Provided further, That for purposes of 
this section, the term ‘‘improper payments’’, 
has the same meaning as that provided in sec-
tion 2(d)(2) of Public Law 107–300. 
SEC. 188. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, if any funds provided in or limited by this Act are 
subject to a reprogramming action that requires notice to 
be provided to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations, said reprogramming action shall be approved 
or denied solely by the Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided, That the Secretary may provide notice to other 
congressional committees of the action of the Committees 
on Appropriations on such reprogramming but not sooner 
than 30 days following the date on which the reprogram-
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ming action has been approved or denied by the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 189. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available under this Act may be used by the 
Surface Transportation Board of the Department of 
Transportation to charge or collect any filing fee for rate 
complaints filed with the Board in an amount in excess 
of the amount authorized for district court civil suit filing 
fees under section 1914 of title 28, United States Code. 
SEC. 190. Funds appropriated in this Act to the 
modal administrations may be obligated for the Office of 
the Secretary for the costs related to assessments or reim-
bursable agreements only when such amounts are for the 
costs of goods and services that are purchased to provide 
a direct benefit to the applicable modal administration or 
administrations. 
SEC. 191. The Secretary of Transportation is author-
ized to carry out a program that establishes uniform 
standards for developing and supporting agency transit 
pass and transit benefits authorized under section 7905 
of title 5, United States Code, including distribution of 
transit benefits by various paper and electronic media. 
SEC. 192. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for the California High-Speed Rail Pro-
gram of the California High-Speed Rail Authority. 
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SEC. 193. (a) Unobligated balances of funds made 
available for section 1307(d) of Public Law 109–59 are 
hereby permanently rescinded. 
(b) For an additional amount to be made available 
on September 30, 2014 from savings made available from 
subsection (a), the Secretary of Transportation shall make 
grants for grade crossing safety as described in section 
148(a)(4)(B)(vi) of title 23, United States Code, and cor-
ridor planning improvements as described in section 
26101(b) of title 49, United States Code. 
SEC. 194. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be used by the Surface Transportation Board 
to take any actions with respect to construction of a high- 
speed rail project in California unless the Board has juris-
diction over the entire project and the permit is or was 
issued by the Board with respect to the project in its en-
tirety. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation Appropriations Act, 2014’’. 
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TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
EXECUTIVE OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Of-
fices, which shall be comprised of the offices of the Sec-
retary, Deputy Secretary, Hearings and Appeals, Congres-
sional and Intergovernmental Relations, Public Affairs, 
and Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, 
$12,000,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2015: Provided, That not to exceed 
$25,000 of the amount made available under this heading 
shall be available to the Secretary for official reception and 
representation expenses as the Secretary may determine. 
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for administra-
tion, management and operations of offices of the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development, $479,000,000, 
of which $5,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2015: Provided, That $1,000,000 shall be 
available for claims and indemnities and shall remain 
available until expended; not to exceed $44,000,000 shall 
be available for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer; 
not to exceed $90,000,000 shall be available for the Office 
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of the General Counsel; not to exceed $186,000,000 shall 
be available for the Office of Administration; not to exceed 
$49,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief 
Human Capital Office; not to exceed $50,000,000 shall 
be available for the Office of Field Policy and Manage-
ment; not to exceed $17,000,000 shall be available for the 
Office of the Chief Procurement Officer; not to exceed 
$3,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Depart-
mental Equal Employment Opportunity; not to exceed 
$5,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Strategic 
Planning 
and 
Management; 
and 
not 
to 
exceed 
$34,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief 
Information Officer: Provided further, That funds pro-
vided under this heading may be used for necessary ad-
ministrative and non-administrative expenses of the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development, not other-
wise provided for, including purchase of uniforms, or al-
lowances therefore, as authorized by U.S.C. 5901-5902; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, funds appropriated under this 
heading may be used for advertising and promotional ac-
tivities that support the housing mission area: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall provide the Committees 
on Appropriations quarterly written notification regarding 
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the status of pending congressional reports: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall provide all signed reports 
required by Congress electronically. 
PROGRAM OFFICE SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Public and Indian Housing, $197,000,000, of which 
$2,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2015. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Community Planning and Development, $99,000,000, of 
which $1,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2015. 
HOUSING 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Housing, $377,000,000, of which $4,000,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2015: Provided, That the 
Secretary shall appoint an administrator of the Office of 
Manufactured Housing within 120 days of enactment of 
this Act: Provided further, That the funds made available 
under this heading shall be reduced by $50,000 for each 
day that the Department is in violation of the previous 
proviso. 
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POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Policy Development and Research, $21,000,000, of which 
$500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2015. 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, $71,000,000, of 
which $1,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2015. 
OFFICE OF HEALTHY HOMES AND LEAD HAZARD 
CONTROL 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control, $7,000,000, of 
which $500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2015. 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities and assistance for the provision of ten-
ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United 
States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 
et seq.) (‘‘the Act’’ herein), not otherwise provided for, 
$14,610,564,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be available on October 1, 2013 (in addition to the 
$4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this head-
ing that became available on October 1, 2013), and 
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$4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be available on October 1, 2014: Provided, That amounts 
made available under this heading are provided as follows: 
(1) $17,000,000,000 shall be available for re-
newals of expiring section 8 tenant-based annual 
contributions contracts (including renewals of en-
hanced vouchers under any provision of law author-
izing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act) 
and including renewal of other special purpose incre-
mental vouchers: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, from amounts provided 
under this paragraph and any carryover, the Sec-
retary for the calendar year 2014 funding cycle shall 
provide renewal funding for each public housing 
agency based on validated voucher management sys-
tem (VMS) leasing and cost data for the prior cal-
endar year and by applying an inflation factor as es-
tablished by the Secretary, by notice published in 
the Federal Register, and by making any necessary 
adjustments for the costs associated with the first- 
time renewal of vouchers under this paragraph, in-
cluding tenant protection and HOPE VI vouchers: 
Provided further, That in determining calendar year 
2014 funding allocation under this heading for pub-
lic housing agencies, including agencies participating 
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in the Moving To Work (MTW) demonstration, the 
Secretary may take into account the anticipated im-
pact of changes in targeting, medical expense 
thresholds, and utility allowances, to public housing 
agencies’ contract renewal needs: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall, to the extent necessary to 
stay within the amount specified under this para-
graph (except as otherwise modified under this Act), 
pro rate each public housing agency’s allocation oth-
erwise established pursuant to this paragraph: Pro-
vided further, That except as provided in the fol-
lowing provisos, the entire amount specified under 
this paragraph (except as otherwise modified under 
this Act) shall be obligated to the public housing 
agencies based on the allocation and pro rata meth-
od described above, and the Secretary shall notify 
public housing agencies of their annual budget by 
the latter of 60 days after enactment of this Act or 
March 1, 2014: Provided further, That the Secretary 
may extend the notification period, with the prior 
written approval of the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That public 
housing agencies participating in the MTW dem-
onstration shall be funded pursuant to their MTW 
agreements and shall be subject to the same pro 
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rata adjustments under the previous provisos: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary may offset public 
housing agencies’ calendar year 2014 allocations by 
the excess amount of agencies’ reserves as estab-
lished by the Secretary: Provided further, That pub-
lic housing agencies participating in the MTW dem-
onstration shall also be subject to the offset, as de-
termined by the Secretary, from the agencies’ cal-
endar year 2014 MTW funding allocation: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall use any offset re-
ferred to in the previous two provisos throughout the 
calendar year to prevent the termination of rental 
assistance for families as the result of insufficient 
funding, as determined by the Secretary, and to 
avoid or reduce the proration of renewal funding al-
locations: Provided further, That up to $50,000,000 
shall be available only: (1) for adjustments in the al-
locations for public housing agencies, after applica-
tion for an adjustment by a public housing agency, 
that experienced a significant increase, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, in renewal costs of vouchers 
resulting from unforeseen circumstances or from 
portability under section 8(r) of the Act; (2) for 
vouchers that were not in use during the 12-month 
period in order to be available to meet a commit-
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ment pursuant to section 8(o)(13) of the Act; (3) for 
adjustments for costs associated with HUD-Veterans 
Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD–VASH) vouch-
ers; (4) for adjustments in the allocations for public 
housing agencies that experienced a significant in-
crease, as determined by the Secretary, in renewal 
costs as a result of participation in the Small Area 
Fair Market Rent demonstration: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall allocate amounts under the 
previous proviso based on need as determined by the 
Secretary; and (5) for public housing agencies that 
despite taking reasonable cost savings measures, as 
determined by the Secretary, would otherwise be re-
quired to terminate rental assistance for families as 
the result of insufficient funding; 
(2) $75,000,000 shall be for section 8 rental as-
sistance for relocation and replacement of housing 
units that are demolished or disposed of pursuant to 
section 18 of the Act, conversion of section 23 
projects to assistance under section 8, the family 
unification program under section 8(x) of the Act, 
relocation of witnesses in connection with efforts to 
combat crime in public and assisted housing pursu-
ant to a request from a law enforcement or prosecu-
tion agency, enhanced vouchers under any provision 
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of law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) 
of the Act, HOPE VI vouchers, mandatory and vol-
untary conversions, and tenant protection assistance 
including replacement and relocation assistance or 
for project-based assistance to prevent the displace-
ment of unassisted elderly tenants currently residing 
in section 202 properties financed between 1959 and 
1974 that are refinanced pursuant to Public Law 
106–569, as amended, or under the authority as 
provided under this Act: Provided, That when a pub-
lic housing development is submitted for demolition 
or disposition under section 18 of the Act, the Sec-
retary may provide section 8 rental assistance when 
the units pose an imminent health and safety risk to 
residents: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
only provide replacement vouchers for units that 
were occupied within the previous 24 months that 
cease to be available as assisted housing, subject 
only to the availability of funds: Provided further, 
That of the amounts made available under this para-
graph, $5,000,000 may be available to provide ten-
ant protection assistance, not otherwise provided 
under this paragraph, to residents residing in low 
vacancy areas and who may have to pay rents great-
er than 30 percent of household income, as the re-
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sult of (1) the maturity of a HUD-insured, HUD 
held or section 202 loan that requires the permission 
of the Secretary prior to loan prepayment; (2) the 
expiration of a rental assistance contract for which 
the tenants are not eligible for enhanced voucher or 
tenant protection assistance under existing law; or 
(3) the expiration of affordability restrictions accom-
panying a mortgage or preservation program admin-
istered by the Secretary: Provided further, That such 
tenant protection assistance made available under 
the previous proviso may be provided under the au-
thority of section 8(t) or section 8(o)(13) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f(t)): Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
issue guidance to implement the previous provisos, 
including, but not limited to, requirements for defin-
ing eligible at-risk households within 120 days of the 
enactment of this Act, for the purposes under this 
paragraph, may use unobligated balances, including 
recaptures and carryovers, remaining from amounts 
appropriated in prior fiscal years under this heading 
for voucher assistance for nonelderly disabled fami-
lies and for disaster assistance made available under 
Public Law 110–329; 
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(3) $1,350,000,000 shall be for administrative 
and other expenses of public housing agencies in ad-
ministering the section 8 tenant-based rental assist-
ance program, of which up to $15,000,000 shall be 
available to the Secretary to allocate to public hous-
ing agencies that need additional funds to admin-
ister their section 8 programs, including fees associ-
ated with section 8 tenant protection rental assist-
ance, the administration of disaster-related vouchers, 
Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing vouchers, and 
other special purpose incremental vouchers: Pro-
vided, That no less than $1,335,000,000 of the 
amount provided in this paragraph shall be allocated 
to public housing agencies for the calendar year 
2014 funding cycle based on section 8(q) of the Act 
(and related Appropriation Act provisions) as in ef-
fect immediately before the enactment of the Quality 
Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (Pub-
lic Law 105–276): Provided further, That if the 
amounts made available under this paragraph are 
insufficient to pay the amounts determined under 
the previous proviso, the Secretary may decrease the 
amounts allocated to agencies by a uniform percent-
age applicable to all agencies receiving funding 
under this paragraph or may, to the extent nec-
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essary to provide full payment of amounts deter-
mined under the previous proviso, utilize unobligated 
balances, including recaptures and carryovers, re-
maining from funds appropriated to the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development under this 
heading from prior fiscal years, notwithstanding the 
purposes for which such amounts were appropriated: 
Provided further, That all public housing agencies 
participating in the MTW demonstration shall be 
funded pursuant to their MTW agreements, and 
shall be subject to the same uniform percentage de-
crease as under the previous proviso: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts provided under this paragraph 
shall be only for activities related to the provision of 
tenant-based rental assistance authorized under sec-
tion 8, including related development activities; 
(4) $110,564,000 for the renewal of tenant- 
based assistance contracts under section 811 of the 
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 
(42 U.S.C. 8013), including necessary administra-
tive expenses: Provided, That administrative and 
other expenses of public housing agencies in admin-
istering the special purpose vouchers in this para-
graph shall be funded under the same terms and be 
subject to the same pro rata reduction as the per-
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cent decrease for administrative and other expenses 
to public housing agencies under paragraph (3) of 
this heading; 
(5) $75,000,000 for incremental rental voucher 
assistance for use through a supported housing pro-
gram administered in conjunction with the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs as authorized under section 
8(o)(19) of the United States Housing Act of 1937: 
Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall make such funding available, not-
withstanding section 204 (competition provision) of 
this title, to public housing agencies that partner 
with eligible VA Medical Centers or other entities as 
designated by the Secretary of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, based on geographical need for 
such assistance as identified by the Secretary of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, public housing 
agency administrative performance, and other fac-
tors as specified by the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development in consultation with the Sec-
retary of the Department of Veterans Affairs: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development may waive, or specify alter-
native requirements for (in consultation with the 
Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs), 
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any provision of any statute or regulation that the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development ad-
ministers in connection with the use of funds made 
available under this paragraph (except for require-
ments related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, 
labor standards, and the environment), upon a find-
ing by the Secretary that any such waivers or alter-
native requirements are necessary for the effective 
delivery and administration of such voucher assist-
ance: Provided further, That assistance made avail-
able under this paragraph shall continue to remain 
available for homeless veterans upon turn-over; and 
(6) The Secretary shall separately track all spe-
cial purpose vouchers funded under this heading. 
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND 
(INCLUDES RESCISSIONS) 
Unobligated balances, including recaptures and car-
ryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development under this 
heading, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted 
Housing’’, and the heading ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assist-
ance’’, for fiscal year 2014 and prior years may be used 
for renewal of or amendments to section 8 project-based 
contracts and for performance-based contract administra-
tors, notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds 
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were appropriated: Provided, That any obligated balances 
of contract authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior that 
have been terminated shall be rescinded: Provided further, 
That amounts previously recaptured, or recaptured during 
the current fiscal year, from section 8 project-based con-
tracts from source years fiscal year 1975 through fiscal 
year 1987 are hereby permanently rescinded, and an 
amount of additional new budget authority, equivalent to 
the amount permanently rescinded is hereby appropriated, 
to remain available until expended, for the purposes set 
forth under this heading, in addition to amounts otherwise 
available. 
PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND 
For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to 
carry out capital and management activities for public 
housing agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g) 
(the ‘‘Act’’), $1,500,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2017: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law or regulation, during fiscal year 
2014 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
may not delegate to any Department official other than 
the Deputy Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for 
Public and Indian Housing any authority under paragraph 
(2) of section 9(j) regarding the extension of the time peri-
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HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For the emergency solutions grants program as au-
thorized under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended; and the con-
tinuum of care program as authorized under subtitle C 
of title IV of such Act; and the rural housing stability as-
sistance program as authorized under subtitle D of title 
IV of such Act, $2,088,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2016: Provided, That any rental assistance 
amounts that are recaptured under such continuum of 
care program shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That not less than $200,000,000 of the 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 
for such emergency solutions grants program: Provided 
further, That not less than $1,882,000,000 of the funds 
appropriated under this heading shall be available for such 
continuum of care and rural housing stability assistance 
program: Provided further, That up to $6,000,000 of the 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 
for the national homeless data analysis project: Provided 
further, That all funds awarded for supportive services 
under the continuum of care program and the rural hous-
ing stability assistance program shall be matched by not 
less than 25 percent in cash or in kind by each grantee: 
Provided further, That for all match requirements applica-
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137 
determined by the NRC based on affordability and 
the economic conditions of an area; a match also 
may be waived by the NRC based on the aforemen-
tioned conditions) to provide mortgage foreclosure 
mitigation assistance primarily to States and areas 
with high rates of defaults and foreclosures to help 
eliminate the default and foreclosure of mortgages of 
owner-occupied single-family homes that are at risk 
of such foreclosure. Other than areas with high rates 
of defaults and foreclosures, grants may also be pro-
vided to approved counseling intermediaries based on 
a geographic analysis of the Nation by the NRC 
which determines where there is a prevalence of 
mortgages that are risky and likely to fail, including 
any trends for mortgages that are likely to default 
and face foreclosure. A State Housing Finance 
Agency may also be eligible where the State Housing 
Finance Agency meets all the requirements under 
this paragraph. A HUD-approved counseling inter-
mediary shall meet certain mortgage foreclosure 
mitigation assistance counseling requirements, as de-
termined by the NRC, and shall be approved by 
HUD or the NRC as meeting these requirements. 
(2) Mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance 
shall only be made available to homeowners of 
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