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NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Transportation Safety 
Board, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; 
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 a GS– 
15; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902), $102,400,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 may be 
used for official reception and representation expenses. The amounts 
made available to the National Transportation Safety Board in 
this Act include amounts necessary to make lease payments on 
an obligation incurred in fiscal year 2001 for a capital lease. 
NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION 
For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation 
for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, as authorized by 
the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 8101– 
8107), $135,300,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be for a multi-family 
rental housing program: Provided, That in addition, $80,000,000 
shall be made available until expended to the Neighborhood 
Reinvestment Corporation for mortgage foreclosure mitigation 
activities, under the following terms and conditions: 
(1) The Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation (‘‘NRC’’) 
shall make grants to counseling intermediaries approved by 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 
(with match to be 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 aforementioned 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 provided to approved coun-
seling intermediaries based on a geographic analysis of the 
Nation by the NRC which determines where there is a preva-
lence 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 coun-
seling intermediary shall meet certain mortgage foreclosure 
mitigation assistance counseling requirements, as determined 
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 owner-occupied homes 
with mortgages in default or in danger of default. These mort-
gages shall likely be subject to a foreclosure action and home-
owners will be provided such assistance that shall consist of 
activities that are likely to prevent foreclosures and result 
in the long-term affordability of the mortgage retained pursuant 
to such activity or another positive outcome for the homeowner.
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No funds made available under this paragraph may be provided 
directly to lenders or homeowners to discharge outstanding 
mortgage balances or for any other direct debt reduction pay-
ments. 
(3) The use of Mortgage Foreclosure Mitigation Assistance 
by approved counseling intermediaries and State Housing 
Finance Agencies shall involve a reasonable analysis of the 
borrower’s financial situation, an evaluation of the current 
value of the property that is subject to the mortgage, counseling 
regarding the assumption of the mortgage by another non- 
Federal party, counseling regarding the possible purchase of 
the mortgage by a non-Federal third party, counseling and 
advice of all likely restructuring and refinancing strategies 
or the approval of a work-out strategy by all interested parties. 
(4) NRC may provide up to 15 percent of the total funds 
under this paragraph to its own charter members with expertise 
in foreclosure prevention counseling, subject to a certification 
by the NRC that the procedures for selection do not consist 
of any procedures or activities that could be construed as an 
unacceptable conflict of interest or have the appearance of 
impropriety. 
(5) HUD-approved counseling entities and State Housing 
Finance Agencies receiving funds under this paragraph shall 
have demonstrated experience in successfully working with 
financial institutions as well as borrowers facing default, delin-
quency and foreclosure as well as documented counseling 
capacity, outreach capacity, past successful performance and 
positive outcomes with documented counseling plans (including 
post mortgage foreclosure mitigation counseling), loan workout 
agreements and loan modification agreements. NRC may use 
other criteria to demonstrate capacity in underserved areas. 
(6) Of the total amount made available under this para-
graph, up to $3,000,000 may be made available to build the 
mortgage foreclosure and default mitigation counseling capacity 
of counseling intermediaries through NRC training courses with 
HUD-approved counseling intermediaries and their partners, 
except that private financial institutions that participate in 
NRC training shall pay market rates for such training. 
(7) Of the total amount made available under this para-
graph, up to 5 percent may be used for associated administra-
tive expenses for the NRC to carry out activities provided 
under this section. 
(8) Mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance grants may 
include a budget for outreach and advertising, and training, 
as determined by the NRC. 
(9) The NRC shall continue to report bi-annually to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations as well as 
the Senate Banking Committee and House Financial Services 
Committee on its efforts to mitigate mortgage default. 
UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, author-
ized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference 
rooms, and the employment of experts and consultants under section
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3109 of title 5, United States Code) of the United States Interagency 
Council on Homelessness in carrying out the functions pursuant 
to title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as 
amended, $3,300,000. Section 209 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11319) is amended by striking all that 
follows ‘‘on’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2015’’. 
TITLE IV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
SEC. 401. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2012 
pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall be absorbed within 
the levels appropriated in this Act or previous appropriations Acts. 
SEC. 402. None of the funds in this Act shall be used for 
the planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses 
of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening in 
regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act. 
SEC. 403. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, nor 
may any be transferred to other appropriations, unless expressly 
so provided herein. 
SEC. 404. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract pursu-
ant to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited 
to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public 
record and available for public inspection, except where otherwise 
provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order 
issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 405. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, none of 
the funds provided in this Act, provided by previous appropriations 
Acts to the agencies or entities funded in this Act that remain 
available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2012, or pro-
vided from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection 
of fees and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall 
be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming 
of funds that: 
(1) creates a new program; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel for any program, project, 
or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted 
by the Congress; 
(4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific activity 
by either the House or Senate Committees on Appropriations 
for a different purpose; 
(5) augments existing programs, projects, or activities in 
excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; 
(6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activities by 
$5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or 
(7) creates, reorganizes, or restructures a branch, division, 
office, bureau, board, commission, agency, administration, or 
department different from the budget justifications submitted 
to the Committees on Appropriations or the table accompanying 
the explanatory statement accompanying this Act, whichever 
is more detailed, unless prior approval is received from the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided, 
That not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of
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this Act, each agency funded by this Act shall submit a report 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and of 
the House of Representatives to establish the baseline for 
application of reprogramming and transfer authorities for the 
current fiscal year: Provided further, That the report shall 
include: 
(A) a table for each appropriation with a separate 
column to display the President’s budget request, adjust-
ments made by Congress, adjustments due to enacted 
rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted level; 
(B) a delineation in the table for each appropriation 
both by object class and program, project, and activity 
as detailed in the budget appendix for the respective appro-
priation; and 
(C) an identification of items of special congressional 
interest: Provided further, That the amount appropriated 
or limited for salaries and expenses for an agency shall 
be reduced by $100,000 per day for each day after the 
required date that the report has not been submitted to 
the Congress. 
SEC. 406. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, 
not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining available 
at the end of fiscal year 2012 from appropriations made available 
for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2012 in this Act, shall 
remain available through September 30, 2013, for each such account 
for the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall be 
submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
for approval prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided further, 
That these requests shall be made in compliance with reprogram-
ming guidelines under section 405 of this Act. 
SEC. 407. All Federal agencies and departments that are funded 
under this Act shall issue a report to the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations on all sole-source contracts by no later 
than July 30, 2012. Such report shall include the contractor, the 
amount of the contract and the rationale for using a sole-source 
contract. 
SEC. 408. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be obligated or expended for any employee training that— 
(1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills, 
and abilities bearing directly upon the performance of official 
duties; 
(2) contains elements likely to induce high levels of emo-
tional response or psychological stress in some participants; 
(3) does not require prior employee notification of the con-
tent and methods to be used in the training and written end 
of course evaluation; 
(4) contains any methods or content associated with reli-
gious or quasi-religious belief systems or ‘‘new age’’ belief sys-
tems as defined in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 
Notice N–915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, participants’ 
personal values or lifestyle outside the workplace. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or otherwise 
preclude an agency from conducting training bearing directly upon 
the performance of official duties. 
SEC. 409. No funds in this Act may be used to support any 
Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use the power of