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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 pro-
vided in section 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 reprogram-
ming action that requires notice to be provided to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations, transmission of said re-
programming notice shall be provided solely to the Committees 
on Appropriations, and said reprogramming action shall be 
approved or denied solely by the Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided, That the Secretary may provide notice to other congres-
sional committees of the action of the Committees on Appropriations 
on such reprogramming but not sooner than 30 days following 
the date on which the reprogramming action has been approved 
or denied by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 189. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 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 or practice 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 adminis-
trations may be obligated for the Office of the Secretary for the 
costs related to assessments or reimbursable 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 authorized to 
carry out a program that establishes uniform standards for devel-
oping 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 elec-
tronic media. 
SEC. 192. The unobligated balances of funds made available 
for section 1307(d)(1) of Public Law 109–59, as amended (23 U.S.C. 
322 note; 119 Stat. 1217; 122 Stat. 1577), shall be made available 
to the Secretary of Transportation to make grants for projects 
as defined in section 24401(2)(A) of title 49, United States Code 
and to carry out sections 20158 and 26101(b) of title 49, United 
States Code: Provided, That the Secretary shall make available 
no less than $20,000,000 for corridor planning improvement grants 
as described in section 26101(b) of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided further, That such corridor planning improvement grants 
shall be available for passenger rail corridors that have not com-
pleted a tier 1 environmental impact statement within the last 
10 years: Provided further, That the Secretary may retain a portion 
of the funds made available for planning activities to facilitate 
the preparation of a service development plan and related environ-
mental impact statement for rail corridors located in multiple 
States. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Transportation 
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 Offices, 
which shall be comprised of the offices of the Secretary, Deputy 
Secretary, Adjudicatory Services, Congressional and Intergovern-
mental Relations, Public Affairs, Small and Disadvantaged Business 
Utilization, and the Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Part-
nerships, $14,500,000: 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 administration, 
management and operations of offices of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, $506,000,000, of which not to exceed 
$47,900,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer; not to exceed $94,000,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the General Counsel; not to exceed $197,400,000 shall be avail-
able for the Office of Administration; not to exceed $53,700,000 
shall be available for the Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer; 
not to exceed $53,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Field 
Policy and Management; not to exceed $16,500,000 shall be avail-
able for the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer; not to exceed 
$3,200,000 shall be available for the Office of Departmental Equal 
Employment Opportunity; not to exceed $4,300,000 shall be avail-
able for the Office of Strategic Planning and Management; and 
not to exceed $36,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Chief Information Officer: Provided further, That funds provided 
under this heading may be used for necessary administrative and 
non-administrative expenses of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, not otherwise provided for, including purchase 
of uniforms, or allowances therefore, as authorized by U.S.C. 5901– 
5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 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 activities that support the 
housing mission area: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
provide the Committees on Appropriations quarterly written 
notification regarding the status of pending congressional reports: 
Provided further, 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, $205,000,000.
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COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Community 
Planning and Development, $102,000,000. 
HOUSING 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Housing, 
$381,500,000, of which at least $8,000,000 shall be for the Office 
of Risk and Regulatory Affairs: Provided, That the Secretary shall 
ensure that an administrator of the Office of Manufactured Housing 
has been selected and begun such administration 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 
and any such funds shall be rescinded. 
POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Policy 
Development and Research, $22,000,000. 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Fair 
Housing and Equal Opportunity, $69,000,000. 
OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY HOMES 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Lead 
Hazard Control and Healthy Homes, $7,000,000. 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities and assistance for the provision of tenant-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, $15,177,218,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be available on October 1, 2013 (in addition 
to the $4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this heading 
that became available on October 1, 2013), and $4,000,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, shall be available on October 
1, 2014: Provided, That the amounts made available under this 
heading are provided as follows: 
(1) $17,365,527,000 shall be available for renewals of 
expiring section 8 tenant-based annual contributions contracts 
(including renewals of enhanced vouchers under any provision 
of law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) of the 
Act) and including renewal of other special purpose incremental 
vouchers: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, from amounts provided under this paragraph and any 
carryover, the Secretary for the calendar year 2014 funding 
cycle shall provide renewal funding for each public housing 
agency based on validated voucher management system (VMS) 
leasing and cost data for the prior calendar year and by 
applying an inflation factor as established by the Secretary, 
by notice published in the Federal Register, and by making
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any necessary adjustments for the costs associated with the 
first-time renewal of vouchers under this paragraph including 
tenant protection and HOPE VI vouchers: Provided further, 
That in determining calendar year 2014 funding allocations 
under this heading for public housing agencies, including agen-
cies participating in the Moving To Work (MTW) demonstration, 
the Secretary may take into account the anticipated impact 
of changes in targeting and utility allowances, on public housing 
agencies’ contract renewal needs: Provided further, That none 
of the funds provided under this paragraph may be used to 
fund a total number of unit months under lease which exceeds 
a public housing agency’s authorized level of units under con-
tract, except for public housing agencies participating in the 
Moving to Work (MTW) demonstration, which are instead gov-
erned by the terms and conditions of their MTW agreements: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to the extent nec-
essary to stay within the amount specified under this paragraph 
(except as otherwise modified under this paragraph), pro rate 
each public housing agency’s allocation otherwise established 
pursuant to this paragraph: Provided further, That except as 
provided in the following provisos, the entire amount specified 
under this paragraph (except as otherwise modified under this 
paragraph) shall be obligated to the public housing agencies 
based on the allocation and pro rata method 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 Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That public housing agencies partici-
pating in the MTW demonstration shall be funded pursuant 
to their MTW agreements and shall be subject to the same 
pro rata adjustments under the previous provisos: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may offset public housing agencies’ 
calendar year 2014 allocations based on the excess amounts 
of public housing agencies’ net restricted assets accounts, 
including HUD held programmatic reserves (in accordance with 
VMS data in calendar year 2013 that is verifiable and com-
plete), as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall use any offset referred to in the previous 
proviso 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 allocations: Provided further, 
That up to $75,000,000 shall be available only: (1) for adjust-
ments in the allocations for public housing agencies, after 
application for an adjustment by a public housing agency that 
experienced a significant increase, as determined by the Sec-
retary, 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 commitment 
pursuant to section 8(o)(13) of the Act; (3) for adjustments 
for costs associated with HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive 
Housing (HUD–VASH) vouchers; and (4) for public housing 
agencies that despite taking reasonable cost savings measures, 
as determined by the Secretary, would otherwise be required