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‘Impaired Driving Countermeasures’ (as described in sub-
section (d) of such section) shall be available for technical 
assistance to the States.’’ 
SEC. 1803. (a) Amounts provided by section 1101 for 
‘‘Department of Transportation—Federal Transit Admin-
istration—Formula and Bus Grants—(Liquidation of Con-
tract Authority)—(Limitation on Obligations)—(Highway 
Trust Fund)’’ are available for payment of obligations in-
curred in the Federal Public Transportation Assistance 
Program in this account, and for payment of obligations 
incurred in carrying out 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 20005(b) of Public 
Law 112–141: Provided, That, notwithstanding sections 
1101 and 1104, the proviso under such heading shall be ap-
plied to funds provided by this Act as if the proviso read 
as follows: ‘‘Provided, That funds available for the imple-
mentation or execution of programs authorized by 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 20005(b) of Public Law 112–141 shall not 
exceed obligations of $8,478,000,000.’’. 
(b) Notwithstanding sections 1101 and 1104, for nec-
essary administrative expenses of the Federal Transit Ad-
ministration’s programs authorized by chapter 53 of title
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49, United States Code, as amended by Public Law 112– 
141, $102,713,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $4,000,000 shall be available to carry out 49 U.S.C. 
5329. 
(c) Notwithstanding sections 1101 and 1104, amounts 
provided for ‘‘Department of Transportation—Federal 
Transit Administration—Research and University Re-
search Centers’’ shall be available for necessary expenses to 
carry out 49 U.S.C. 5312–5314 and 5322, as amended by 
Public Law 112–141: Provided, That, of the amount pro-
vided under this heading, not less than $35,000,000 shall 
be available to carry out the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5312. 
(d) Notwithstanding section 1101, the language under 
the heading ‘‘Department of Transportation—Federal 
Transit Administration—Capital Investment Grants’’ in 
division C of Public Law 112–55 shall be applied to funds 
appropriated by this Act as if the language: ‘‘, of which 
$35,481,000’’ and all that follows through the end of the 
first proviso were deleted. 
(e) Section 601(e)(1)(B) of division B of Public Law 
110–432 shall be applied by substituting the date specified 
in section 1106 of this division for ‘‘4 years after such 
date’’. 
SEC. 1804. Section 112 of division C of Public Law 
112–55 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this divi-
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sion by treating such section as if it were amended by strik-
ing ‘‘49 U.S.C. 41742(b) shall not apply, and’’. 
SEC. 1805. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for 
‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development, Commu-
nity Planning and Development, Homeless Assistance 
Grants’’ shall be $2,033,000,000: Provided, That the level 
for project-based rental assistance with rehabilitation 
projects with 10-year grant terms shall be $0, and any un-
obligated amounts appropriated under such heading for 
such purpose in fiscal year 2012 or in any prior Act shall 
be applied in fiscal year 2013 by making any such amounts 
available for any purpose under such heading: Provided 
further, That the first proviso shall be applied by striking 
‘‘$250,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$200,000,000’’. 
SEC. 1806. Notwithstanding sections 1101 and 1104, 
the level for ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment, Public and Indian Housing, Indian Housing Loan 
Guarantee Fund Program Account’’ shall be $12,200,000: 
Provided, the second proviso under such heading in division 
C of Public Law 112–55 shall be applied to funds appro-
priated by this division by substituting ‘‘$976,000,000’’ for 
‘‘$360,000,000’’; Provided further, section 184(d) of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 is 
amended to read as follows:
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‘‘(d) GUARANTEE FEE.—The Secretary shall establish 
and collect, at the time of issuance of the guarantee, a fee 
for the guarantee of loans under this section, in an amount 
not exceeding 3 percent of the principal obligation of the 
loan. The Secretary may also establish and collect annual 
premium payments in an amount not exceeding 1 percent 
of the remaining guaranteed balance (excluding the portion 
of the remaining balance attributable to the fee collected at 
the time of issuance of the guarantee). The Secretary shall 
establish the amount of the fees and premiums by pub-
lishing a notice in the Federal Register. The Secretary shall 
deposit any fees and premiums collected under this sub-
section in the Indian Housing Loan Guarantee Fund estab-
lished under subsection (i).’’. 
SEC. 1807. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for 
‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development, Public 
and Indian Housing, Tenant-Based Rental Assistance’’ 
shall be $14,939,369,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, which shall be available on October 1, 2012 (in ad-
dition to the $4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under 
such heading that became available on October 1, 2012), 
and, 
notwithstanding 
section 
1111, 
an 
additional 
$4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be available on October 1, 2013: Provided, That of the 
amounts available for such heading, $1,375,000,000 shall
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be for activities specified in paragraph (3) under such head-
ing in title II of division C of Public Law 112–55: Provided 
further, That in applying paragraph 1 under such heading 
in such Public Law to 2013, under the penultimate proviso 
strike ‘‘(4) for incremental’’ and all that follows up to the 
colon and insert ‘‘(4) for PHAs, that despite taking reason-
able cost savings measures, as determined by the Secretary, 
would otherwise be required to terminate participating 
families from the program due to insufficient funds’’. 
SEC. 1808. The heading ‘‘DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING 
AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING, 
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND (RESCISSION)’’ in division C 
of Public Law 112–55 shall be applied by striking ‘‘(RE-
SCISSION)’’ in the heading and by replacing all of the lan-
guage under such heading with the language under such 
heading in division A of Public Law 111–117 and by strik-
ing ‘‘2010’’ in such replacement language and inserting 
‘‘2013’’. 
SEC. 1809. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for 
‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development, Public 
and Indian Housing, Public Housing Operating Fund’’ 
shall be $4,262,010,000: Provided, That such heading shall 
be applied in fiscal year 2013 by striking ‘‘, of which’’ and 
all that follows up to the period.
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SEC. 1810. Section 216 in division C of Public Law 
112–55 shall be applied in fiscal year 2013 by striking 
‘‘September 30, 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2013’’. 
DIVISION G—OTHER MATTERS 
SEC. 3001. (a) There is hereby rescinded the applicable 
percentage (as specified in subsection (b)) of the budget au-
thority provided (or obligation limit imposed) for fiscal 
year 2013 for any discretionary account in divisions A 
through E of this Act; and 
(b) For purposes of subsection (a), the applicable per-
centage shall be— 
(1) for budget authority in the nonsecurity cat-
egory (as defined in section 250(c)(4)(A) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985, in— 
(A) divisions A and E, 2.513. percent; and 
(B) division B, 1.877 percent; and 
(2) for budget authority in the security category 
(as defined in section 250(c)(4)(B) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985), 
0.1 percent. 
(c) Any rescission made by subsection (a) shall be ap-
plied proportionately— 
(1) to each discretionary account and each item 
of budget authority described in such subsection; and
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(2) within each such account and item, to each 
program, project, and activity (with programs, 
projects, and activities as delineated in the applicable 
appropriation Act or accompanying reports covering 
such account or item). 
(d) This section shall not apply to amounts designated 
by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Glob-
al War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985 or as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(D) of such Act; and 
(e) Within 30 days after the date of the enactment of 
this section, the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report 
specifying the account and amount of each rescission made 
pursuant to this section. 
SEC. 3002. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, if, on or after the date of enactment of this Act, 
a sequestration order issued by the President pursuant to 
section 251A(7)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985 is in effect, the reductions in 
each discretionary account under such order shall apply to 
the amounts provided in this Act consistent with section
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253(f) of that Act, and shall be in addition to any reduc-
tions required by section 251(a) of that Act. 
SEC. 3003. (a) The head of any Executive branch de-
partment, agency, board, commission, or office funded by 
this or any other appropriations Act shall submit annual 
reports to the Inspector General or senior ethics official for 
any entity without an Inspector General, regarding the 
costs and contracting procedures related to each conference 
held by any such department, agency, board, commission, 
or office during fiscal year 2013 for which the cost to the 
United States Government was more than $100,000. 
(b) Each report submitted shall include, for each con-
ference described in subsection (a) held during the applica-
ble period— 
(1) a description of its purpose; 
(2) the number of participants attending; 
(3) a detailed statement of the costs to the United 
States Government, including— 
(A) the cost of any food or beverages; 
(B) the cost of any audio-visual services; 
(C) the cost of employee or contractor travel 
to and from the conference; and 
(D) a discussion of the methodology used to 
determine which costs relate to the conference; 
and
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(4) a description of the contracting procedures 
used including— 
(A) whether contracts were awarded on a 
competitive basis; and 
(B) a discussion of any cost comparison 
conducted by the departmental component or of-
fice in evaluating potential contractors for the 
conference. 
(c) Within 15 days of the date of a conference held 
by any Executive branch department, agency, board, com-
mission, or office funded by this or any other appropria-
tions Act during fiscal year 2013 for which the cost to the 
United States Government was more than $20,000, the head 
of any such department, agency, board, commission, or of-
fice shall notify the Inspector General or senior ethics offi-
cial for any entity without an Inspector General, of the 
date, location, and number of employees attending such con-
ference. 
(d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro-
priated by this or any other appropriations Act to an Exec-
utive branch agency may not be used for the purpose of 
defraying the costs of a conference described in subsection 
(c) that is not directly and programmatically related to the 
purpose for which the grant or contract was awarded, such 
as a conference held in connection with planning, training,
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assessment, review, or other routine purposes related to a 
project funded by the grant or contract. 
(e) None of the funds made available in this or any 
other appropriations Act may be used for travel and con-
ference activities that are not in compliance with Office of 
Management and Budget Memorandum M–12–12 dated 
May 11, 2012. 
SEC. 3004. (a) If, for fiscal year 2013, the amount of 
new budget authority provided in appropriation Acts ex-
ceeds the discretionary spending limits set forth in section 
251(c)(2) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act on new budget authority for any category due 
to estimating differences with the Congressional Budget Of-
fice, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
shall increase the applicable percentage in subsection (c) 
with respect to that category by such amount as is necessary 
to eliminate the amount of the excess in that category. 
(b) Subject to subsection (a), there is hereby rescinded 
the applicable percentage (as specified in subsection (c)) 
of— 
(1) the budget authority provided (or obligation 
limit imposed) for fiscal year 2013 for any discre-
tionary account in divisions A through F of this Act; 
(2) the budget authority provided in any ad-
vance appropriation for fiscal year 2013 for any dis-
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cretionary account in any prior fiscal year appro-
priation Act; and 
(3) the contract authority provided in fiscal year 
2013 for any program subject to limitation incor-
porated or otherwise contained in divisions A through 
F of this Act. 
(c) For purposes of subsection (b), the applicable per-
centage shall be— 
(1) for budget authority in the nonsecurity cat-
egory (as defined in section 250(c)(4)(A) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985), 0 percent; and 
(2) for budget authority in the security category 
(as defined in section 250(c)(4)(B) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985), 
0 percent. 
(d) Any rescission made by subsection (b) shall be ap-
plied proportionately— 
(1) to each discretionary account and each item 
of budget authority described in such subsection; and 
(2) within each such account and item, to each 
program, project, and activity (with programs, 
projects, and activities as delineated in the applicable 
appropriation Act or accompanying reports covering 
such account or item).
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(e) This section shall not apply to— 
(1) amounts designated by the Congress for Over-
seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985 or as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(D) of such Act; or 
(2) the amount made available by division F of 
this Act for ‘‘Social Security Administration, Limita-
tion on Administrative Expenses’’ for continuing dis-
ability reviews under titles II and XVI of the Social 
Security Act and for the cost associated with con-
ducting redeterminations of eligibility under title XVI 
of the Social Security Act. 
(f) Within 30 days after the date of the enactment of 
this section, the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report 
specifying the account and amount of each rescission made 
pursuant to this section. 
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘An Act making con-
solidated appropriations and further continuing appro-
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priations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, 
and for other purposes.’’ 
Attest: 
Secretary.