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Government web site or through other electronic media, 
as determined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 222. Payment of attorney fees in program-re-
lated litigation must be paid from the individual program 
office and Office of General Counsel personnel funding. 
The annual budget submissions for program offices and 
Office of General Counsel personnel funding must include 
program-related litigation costs for attorney fees as a sep-
arate line item request. 
SEC. 223. The Disaster Housing Assistance Pro-
grams, administered by the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, shall be considered a ‘‘program of 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development’’ 
under section 904 of the McKinney Act for the purpose 
of income verifications and matching. 
SEC. 224. (a) The Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall take the required actions under sub-
section (b) when a multifamily housing project with a sec-
tion 8 contract or contract for similar project-based assist-
ance— 
(1) receives a Real Estate Assessment Center 
(REAC) score of 30 or less; or 
(2) receives a REAC score between 31 and 59; 
and— 
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(A) fails to certify in writing to HUD with-
in 60 days that all deficiencies have been cor-
rected; or 
(B) receives consecutive scores of less than 
60 on REAC inspections. 
Such requirements shall apply to insured and noninsured 
projects with assistance attached to the units under sec-
tion 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f), but do not apply to such units assisted 
under section 8(o)(13) (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)) or to 
public housing units assisted with capital or operating 
funds under section 9 of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g). 
(b) The Secretary shall take the following required 
actions as authorized under subsection (a): 
(1) The Secretary shall notify the owner and 
provide an opportunity for response within 30 days. 
If the violations remain, the Secretary shall develop 
a Compliance, Disposition and Enforcement Plan 
within 60 days, with a specified timetable for cor-
recting all deficiencies. The Secretary shall provide 
notice of the Plan to the owner, tenants, the local 
government, any mortgagees, and any contract ad-
ministrator. 
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(2) At the end of the term of the Compliance, 
Disposition and Enforcement Plan, if the owner fails 
to fully comply with such plan, the Secretary may 
require immediate replacement of project manage-
ment with a management agent approved by the 
Secretary, and shall take one or more of the fol-
lowing actions, and provide additional notice of those 
actions to the owner and the parties specified 
above— 
(A) impose civil money penalties; 
(B) abate the section 8 contract, including 
partial abatement, as determined by the Sec-
retary, until all deficiencies have been corrected; 
(C) pursue transfer of the project to an 
owner, approved by the Secretary under estab-
lished procedures, which will be obligated to 
promptly make all required repairs and to ac-
cept renewal of the assistance contract as long 
as such renewal is offered; or 
(D) seek judicial appointment of a receiver 
to manage the property and cure all project de-
ficiencies or seek a judicial order of specific per-
formance requiring the owner to cure all project 
deficiencies. 
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(c) The Secretary shall also take appropriate steps 
to ensure that project-based contracts remain in effect, 
subject to the exercise of contractual abatement remedies 
to assist relocation of tenants for imminent major threats 
to health and safety after written notice to and informed 
consent of the affected tenants and use of other remedies 
set forth above. To the extent the Secretary determines, 
in consultation with the tenants and the local government, 
that the property is not feasible for continued rental as-
sistance payments under such section 8 or other programs, 
based on consideration of: (1) the costs of rehabilitating 
and operating the property and all available Federal, 
State, and local resources, including rent adjustments 
under section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing 
Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (‘‘MAHRAA’’); and 
(2) environmental conditions that cannot be remedied in 
a cost-effective fashion, the Secretary may, in consultation 
with the tenants of that property, contract for project- 
based rental assistance payments with an owner or owners 
of other existing housing properties, or provide other rent-
al assistance. The Secretary shall report semi-annually on 
all properties covered by this section that are assessed 
through the Real Estate Assessment Center and have 
physical inspection scores of less than 30 or have consecu-
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tive physical inspection scores of less than 60. The report 
shall include— 
(1) the enforcement actions being taken to ad-
dress such conditions, including imposition of civil 
money penalties and termination of subsidies, and 
identify properties that have such conditions mul-
tiple times; and 
(2) actions that the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development is taking to protect tenants 
of such identified properties. 
SEC. 225. None of the funds made available by this 
Act, or any other Act, for purposes authorized under sec-
tion 8 (only with respect to the tenant-based rental assist-
ance program) and section 9 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), may be used by 
any public housing agency for any amount of salary, in-
cluding bonuses, for the chief executive officer of which, 
or any other official or employee of which, that exceeds 
the annual rate of basic pay payable for a position at level 
IV of the Executive Schedule at any time during any pub-
lic housing agency fiscal year 2016. 
SEC. 226. None of the funds in this Act may be avail-
able for the doctoral dissertation research grant program 
at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 
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SEC. 227. None of the funds in this Act provided to 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development may 
be used to make a grant award unless the Secretary noti-
fies the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
not less than 3 full business days before any project, 
State, locality, housing authority, tribe, nonprofit organi-
zation, or other entity selected to receive a grant award 
is announced by the Department or its offices. 
SEC. 228. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to require or enforce the Physical Needs 
Assessment (PNA). 
SEC. 229. None of the funds made available in this 
Act shall be used by the Federal Housing Administration, 
the Government National Mortgage Administration, or the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development to in-
sure, securitize, or establish a Federal guarantee of any 
mortgage or mortgage backed security that refinances or 
otherwise replaces a mortgage that has been subject to 
eminent domain condemnation or seizure, by a State, mu-
nicipality, or any other political subdivision of a State. 
SEC. 230. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to terminate the status of a unit of gen-
eral local government as a metropolitan city (as defined 
in section 102 of the Housing and Community Develop-
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ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) with respect to 
grants under section 106 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5306). 
SEC. 231. Amounts made available under this Act 
which are either appropriated, allocated, advanced on a 
reimbursable basis, or transferred to the Office of Policy 
Development and Research in the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development and functions thereof, for re-
search, evaluation, or statistical purposes, and which are 
unexpended at the time of completion of a contract, grant, 
or cooperative agreement, may be deobligated and shall 
immediately become available and may be reobligated in 
that fiscal year or the subsequent fiscal year for the re-
search, evaluation, or statistical purposes for which the 
amounts are made available to that Office subject to re-
programming requirements in section 405 of this Act. 
SEC. 232. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development to require a recipient or sub-recipient of 
funding for the purpose of land acquisition, affordable 
housing construction, or affordable housing rehabilitation 
to meet Energy Star standards or any other energy effi-
ciency standards that exceed the requirements of applica-
ble State and local building codes. 
SEC. 233. Of the unobligated balances, including re-
captures and carryover, remaining from funds appro-
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priated in section 1497(a) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street 
Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Public Law 111– 
203; 42 U.S.C. 5301 note) and section 2301(a) of title 
III of division B of the Housing and Economic Recovery 
Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–289; 42 U.S.C. 5301 note), 
$7,000,000 is hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 234. (a) All unobligated balances, including re-
captures and carryover, remaining from funds appro-
priated to the Department of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment under the heading ‘‘Rural Housing and Economic 
Development’’ are hereby rescinded. 
(b) Effective October 1, 2015, all unobligated bal-
ances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining from 
funds appropriated to the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development for accounts under the headings 
‘‘Management and Administration’’ and ‘‘Program Office 
Salaries and Expenses’’ in division K of Public Law 113– 
235 are rescinded. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2016’’. 
TITLE III—RELATED AGENCIES 
ACCESS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Access Board, as au-
thorized by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 
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as amended, $7,548,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, there may be credited to this 
appropriation funds received for publications and training 
expenses. 
FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime 
Commission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Mer-
chant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 307), in-
cluding services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 
1343(b); and uniforms or allowances therefore, as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, $25,660,000: Provided, That 
not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for official recep-
tion and representation expenses. 
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION OFFICE 
OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation 
to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 
of
1978,
as
amended,
$23,999,000
(increased
by 
$500,000): Provided, That the Inspector General shall 
have all necessary authority, in carrying out the duties 
specified in the Inspector General Act, as amended (5 
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U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate allegations of fraud, includ-
ing false statements to the government (18 U.S.C. 1001), 
by any person or entity that is subject to regulation by 
the National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Provided 
further, That the Inspector General may enter into con-
tracts and other arrangements for audits, studies, anal-
yses, and other services with public agencies and with pri-
vate persons, subject to the applicable laws and regula-
tions that govern the obtaining of such services within the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Provided fur-
ther, That the Inspector General may select, appoint, and 
employ such officers and employees as may be necessary 
for carrying out the functions, powers, and duties of the 
Office of Inspector General, subject to the applicable laws 
and regulations that govern such selections, appointments, 
and employment within Amtrak: Provided further, That 
concurrent with the President’s budget request for fiscal 
year 2017, the Inspector General shall submit to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a budget 
request for fiscal year 2017 in similar format and sub-
stance to those submitted by executive agencies of the 
Federal Government. 
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NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Transpor-
tation Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles 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), $103,981,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 
may be used for official reception and representation ex-
penses. The amounts made available to the National 
Transportation Safety Board in this Act include amounts 
necessary to make lease payments on an obligation in-
curred in fiscal year 2001 for a capital lease. 
NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT 
CORPORATION 
For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor-
poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, 
as authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $135,000,000, of which 
$5,000,000 shall be for a multi-family rental housing pro-
gram: Provided, That in addition, $42,000,000 shall be 
made available until expended to the Neighborhood Rein-
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non-Federal party, counseling regarding the possible 
purchase of the mortgage by a non-Federal third 
party, counseling and advice of all likely restruc-
turing 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 NRC that 
the procedures for selection do not consist of any 
procedures or activities that could be construed as a 
conflict of interest or have the appearance of impro-
priety. 
(5)
HUD-approved
counseling
entities
and 
State Housing Finance Agencies receiving funds 
under this paragraph shall have demonstrated expe-
rience in successfully working with financial institu-
tions as well as borrowers facing default, delin-
quency and foreclosure as well as documented coun-
seling capacity, outreach capacity, past successful 
performance and positive outcomes with documented 
counseling
plans
(including
post
mortgage
fore-
closure mitigation counseling), loan workout agree-
ments and loan modification agreements. NRC may 
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use other criteria to demonstrate capacity in under-
served areas. 
(6) Of the total amount made available under 
this paragraph, up to $2,000,000 may be made 
available to build the mortgage foreclosure and de-
fault 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 paragraph, up to 5 percent may be used for as-
sociated administrative expenses for NRC to carry 
out activities provided under this section. 
(8) Mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance 
grants may include a budget for outreach and adver-
tising, and training, as determined by NRC. 
(9) NRC shall continue to report bi-annually to 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions as well as the Senate Banking Committee and 
House Financial Services Committee on its efforts to 
mitigate mortgage default. 
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UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON 
HOMELESSNESS 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses (including payment of sala-
ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
the rental of conference rooms, and the employment of ex-
perts and consultants under section 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, $3,530,000. 
TITLE IV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
SEC. 401. 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. 402. 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 appropria-
tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 403. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under this Act for any consulting service through a pro-
curement contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, 
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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 pro-
vided under existing law, or under existing Executive order 
issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 404. (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 knowl-
edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the 
performance of official duties; 
(2) contains elements likely to induce high lev-
els of emotional response or psychological stress in 
some participants; 
(3) does not require prior employee notification 
of the content and methods to be used in the train-
ing and written end of course evaluation; 
(4) contains any methods or content associated 
with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 
‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em-
ployment
Opportunity
Commission
Notice
N– 
915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par-
ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the 
workplace. 
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(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. 405. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by pre-
vious appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities fund-
ed in this Act that remain available for obligation or ex-
penditure in fiscal year 2016, or provided from any ac-
counts 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 re-
programming of funds that— 
(1) creates a new program; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel for any pro-
gram, 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 ac-
tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, which-
ever is less; 
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