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further, That the Superintendent, Deputy Superintendent and the 
Director of the Office of Resource Management of the United States 
Merchant Marine Academy may not be allotment holders for the 
United States Merchant Marine Academy, and the Administrator 
of the Maritime Administration shall hold all allotments made 
by the Secretary of Transportation or the Assistant Secretary for 
Budget and Programs under the previous proviso: Provided further, 
That 50 percent of the funding made available for the United 
States Merchant Marine Academy under this heading shall be 
available only after the Secretary, in consultation with the Super-
intendent and the Maritime Administrator, completes a plan 
detailing by program or activity how such funding will be expended 
at the Academy, and this plan is submitted to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That not 
later than January 12, 2015, the Administrator of the Maritime 
Administration shall transmit to Congress the biennial survey and 
report on sexual assault and sexual harassment at the United 
States Merchant Marine Academy as required pursuant to section 
3507 of Public Law 110–417. 
SHIP DISPOSAL 
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obsolete ves-
sels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Maritime Adminis-
tration, $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 maritime guaran-
teed loan program, $3,100,000 shall be paid to the appropriations 
for ‘‘Maritime Administration–Operations and Training’’. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
the Maritime Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and 
services and make necessary repairs in connection with any lease, 
contract, or occupancy involving Government property under control 
of the Maritime Administration: Provided, That payments received 
therefor shall be credited to the appropriation charged with the 
cost thereof and shall remain available until expended: Provided 
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 appropriated in this 
Act shall be used by the United States Department of Transpor-
tation or the United States Maritime Administration to negotiate 
or otherwise execute, enter into, facilitate or perform fee-for-service 
contracts for vessel 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: Provided, That such sales 
offers must be consistent with the solicitation and provide that 
the work will be performed in a timely manner at a facility qualified 
within the meaning of section 3502 of Public Law 106–398: Provided
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further, That 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 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline and Haz-
ardous Materials Safety Administration, $22,225,000: Provided, 
That $1,500,000 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, $52,000,000, of which $7,000,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2017: 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 
further, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to be 
available until expended, funds received from States, counties, 
municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources for 
expenses incurred for training, for reports publication and dissemi-
nation, and for travel expenses incurred in performance of haz-
ardous 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 a pipeline safety 
program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60107, and to discharge the 
pipeline program responsibilities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 
$146,000,000, of which $19,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil 
Spill Liability Trust Fund and shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2017; and of which $124,500,000 shall be derived from 
the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which $66,309,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2017; 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): Provided, 
That not less than $1,058,000 of the funds provided under this 
heading shall be for the One-Call state grant program.
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EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS 
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND) 
For necessary expenses to carryout 49 U.S.C. 5128(b), $188,000, 
to be derived from the Emergency Preparedness Fund, to remain 
available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That notwithstanding 
the fiscal year limitation specified in 49 U.S.C. 5116, not more 
than $28,318,000 shall be made available for obligation in fiscal 
year 2015 from amounts made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i), and 
5128(b) and (c): Provided further, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 
5116(i)(4), not more than 4 percent of the amounts made available 
from this account shall be available to pay administrative costs: 
Provided further, That none of the funds made available by 49 
U.S.C. 5116(i), 5128(b), or 5128(c) shall be made available for obliga-
tion by individuals other than the Secretary of Transportation, 
or his or her designee: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
49 U.S.C. 5128(b) and (c) and the current year obligation limitation, 
prior year recoveries recognized in the current year shall be avail-
able to develop a hazardous materials response training curriculum 
for emergency responders, including response activities for the 
transportation of crude oil, ethanol and other flammable liquids 
by rail, consistent with National Fire Protection Association stand-
ards, and to make such training available through an electronic 
format: Provided further, That the prior year recoveries made avail-
able under this heading shall also be available to carry out 49 
U.S.C. 5116(b) and (j). 
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 General Act of 1978, 
as amended, $86,223,000: Provided, That the Inspector General 
shall have all necessary authority, in carrying out the duties speci-
fied in the Inspector General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 
3), to investigate 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 inves-
tigate, pursuant to section 41712 of title 49, United States Code: 
(1) unfair or deceptive practices and unfair methods of competition 
by domestic and foreign air carriers and ticket agents; and (2) 
the compliance of domestic and foreign air carriers with respect 
to item (1) of this proviso: Provided further, That hereafter funds 
transferred to the Office of the Inspector General through forfeiture 
proceedings or from the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture 
Fund or the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund, as a 
participating agency, as an equitable share from the forfeiture 
of property in investigations in which the Office of Inspector General 
participates, or through the granting of a Petition for Remission 
or Mitigation, shall be deposited to the credit of this account for 
law enforcement activities authorized under the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, as amended, to remain available until expended.
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation Board, 
including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $31,375,000: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to 
exceed $1,250,000 from fees established by the Chairman of the 
Surface Transportation Board shall be credited to this appropriation 
as offsetting collections and used for necessary and authorized 
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 collections are received during 
fiscal year 2015, to result in a final appropriation from the general 
fund estimated at no more than $30,125,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 180. During the current fiscal year, applicable appropria-
tions 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 busi-
ness; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law 
(5 U.S.C. 5901–5902). 
SEC. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for the Depart-
ment 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 available 
for salaries and expenses of more than 110 political and Presidential 
appointees in the Department of Transportation: Provided, That 
none of the personnel covered by this provision may be assigned 
on temporary detail outside the Department of Transportation. 
SEC. 183. (a) No recipient of funds made available in this 
Act shall disseminate personal information (as defined in 18 U.S.C. 
2725(3)) obtained by a State department of motor vehicles in connec-
tion 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 with-
hold 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 Administra-
tion, Federal Transit Administration, and Federal Railroad 
Administration from States, counties, municipalities, other public 
authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for training 
may be credited respectively to the Federal Highway Administra-
tion’s ‘‘Federal-Aid Highways’’ account, the Federal Transit 
Administration’s ‘‘Technical Assistance and Training’’ account, 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. 
SEC. 185. None of the funds in this Act to the Department 
of Transportation may be used to make a loan, loan guarantee, 
line of credit, or grant unless the Secretary of Transportation noti-
fies the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less 
than 3 full business days before any project competitively selected
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to receive a discretionary grant award, any discretionary grant 
award, letter of intent, loan commitment, loan guarantee commit-
ment, line of credit commitment, or full funding grant agreement 
is announced by the department or its modal administrations from: 
(1) any discretionary grant or federal credit program of 
the Federal Highway Administration including the emergency 
relief program; 
(2) the airport improvement program of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration; 
(3) any program of the Federal Railroad Administration; 
(4) any program of the Federal Transit Administration 
other than the formula grants and fixed guideway moderniza-
tion programs; 
(5) any program of the Maritime Administration; or 
(6) any funding provided under the headings ‘‘National 
Infrastructure Investments’’ in this Act: 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 involve funds that are not available for obliga-
tion. 
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 sub-
leasing of building space, and miscellaneous sources are to be 
credited to appropriations of the Department of Transportation 
and allocated to elements of the Department of Transportation 
using fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be available 
until expended. 
SEC. 187. Amounts made available in this or any other Act 
that the Secretary determines represent improper payments by 
the Department of Transportation to a third-party contractor under 
a financial assistance award, which are recovered pursuant to law, 
shall be available— 
(1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred by the 
Department of Transportation in recovering improper pay-
ments; and 
(2) to pay contractors for services provided in recovering 
improper payments or contractor support in the implementation 
of the Improper Payments Information 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 appropria-
tion from which the improper payments were made, and 
shall be available for the purposes and period for which 
such appropriations are available: Provided further, That 
where specific project or accounting information associated 
with the improper payment or payments is not readily 
available, the Secretary may credit an appropriate account, 
which shall be available for the purposes and period associ-
ated with the account so credited; or 
(B) if no such appropriation remains available, shall 
be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: 
Provided further, That prior to the transfer of any such 
recovery to an appropriations account, the Secretary shall 
notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
of the amount and reasons for such transfer: Provided
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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. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Transportation 
Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 
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.
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ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Administrative Support 
Offices, $518,100,000, of which not to exceed $47,000,000 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 $200,000,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Administration; not to exceed $57,000,000 shall be available 
for the Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer; not to exceed 
$50,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Field Policy and 
Management; not to exceed $16,500,000 shall be available 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 $4,400,000 shall be available for the 
Office of Strategic Planning and Management; and not to exceed 
$46,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief Information 
Officer: Provided, 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 allow-
ances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire of pas-
senger 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 in electronic form all signed reports required 
by Congress. 
PROGRAM OFFICE SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Public 
and Indian Housing, $203,000,000. 
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, 
$379,000,000, of which at least $9,000,000 shall be for the Office 
of Risk and Regulatory Affairs. 
POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Policy 
Development and Research, $22,700,000. 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Fair 
Housing and Equal Opportunity, $68,000,000.
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OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY HOMES 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Lead 
Hazard Control and Healthy Homes, $6,700,000. 
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, $15,304,160,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be available on October 1, 2014 (in addition 
to the $4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this heading 
that became available on October 1, 2014), and $4,000,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, shall be available on October 
1, 2015: Provided, That the amounts made available under this 
heading are provided as follows: 
(1) $17,486,000,000 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 2015 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 
any necessary adjustments for the costs associated with the 
first-time renewal of vouchers under this paragraph including 
tenant protection, HOPE VI, and Choice Neighborhoods 
vouchers: Provided further, That in determining calendar year 
2015 funding allocations under this heading for public housing 
agencies, including agencies 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 contract, except for public 
housing agencies participating in the MTW demonstration, 
which are instead governed by the terms and conditions of 
their MTW agreements: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall, to the extent necessary to stay within the amount speci-
fied under this paragraph (except as otherwise modified under 
this paragraph), prorate 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 other-
wise 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
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days after enactment of this Act or March 1, 2015: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may extend the notification period 
with the prior written approval of the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That public 
housing agencies participating 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 2015 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 2014 that is 
verifiable and complete), as determined by the Secretary: Pro-
vided further, That public housing agencies participating in 
the MTW demonstration shall also be subject to the offset, 
as determined by the Secretary, excluding amounts subject 
to the single fund budget authority provisions of their MTW 
agreements, from the agencies’ calendar year 2015 MTW 
funding allocation: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
use any offset referred to in the previous two provisos through-
out 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 $120,000,000 shall be available only: (1) for adjustments 
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 Secretary, in 
renewal costs of vouchers resulting from unforeseen cir-
cumstances 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; (4) for adjustments for public housing 
agencies with voucher leasing rates at the end of the calendar 
year that exceed the average leasing for the 12-month period 
used to establish the allocation, and for additional leasing of 
vouchers that were issued but not leased prior to the end 
of such calendar year; and (5) for public housing agencies 
that despite taking reasonable cost savings measures, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, would otherwise be required to termi-
nate rental assistance for families as a result of insufficient 
funding: Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate 
amounts under the previous proviso based on need, as deter-
mined by the Secretary; 
(2) $130,000,000 shall be for section 8 rental assistance 
for relocation and replacement of housing units that are demol-
ished 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 pursuant to a request from a law 
enforcement or prosecution agency, enhanced vouchers under 
any provision of law authorizing such assistance under section 
8(t) of the Act, HOPE VI and Choice Neighborhood vouchers, 
mandatory and voluntary conversions, and tenant protection
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assistance including replacement and relocation assistance or 
for project-based assistance to prevent the displacement 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 public housing development is submitted for demolition or 
disposition under section 18 of the Act, the Secretary 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 paragraph, $5,000,000 may 
be available to provide tenant protection assistance, not other-
wise provided under this paragraph, to residents residing in 
low vacancy areas and who may have to pay rents greater 
than 30 percent of household income, as the result 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 accompanying a mortgage 
or preservation program administered by the Secretary: Pro-
vided further, That such tenant protection assistance made 
available under the previous proviso may be provided under 
the authority of section 8(t) or section 8(o)(13) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)): Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall issue guidance to implement 
the previous provisos, including, but not limited to, require-
ments for defining eligible at-risk households within 120 days 
of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That any tenant 
protection voucher made available from amounts under this 
paragraph shall not be reissued by any public housing agency, 
except the replacement vouchers as defined by the Secretary 
by notice, when the initial family that received any such 
voucher no longer receives such voucher, and the authority 
for any public housing agency to issue any such voucher shall 
cease to exist: Provided further, That the Secretary, for the 
purpose 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 families and for disaster 
assistance made available under Public Law 110–329; 
(3) $1,530,000,000 shall be for administrative and other 
expenses of public housing agencies in administering the section 
8 tenant-based rental assistance program, of which up to 
$10,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary to allocate to 
public housing agencies that need additional funds to admin-
ister their section 8 programs, including fees associated with 
section 8 tenant protection rental assistance, the administration 
of disaster related vouchers, Veterans Affairs Supportive 
Housing vouchers, and other special purpose incremental 
vouchers: Provided, That no less than $1,520,000,000 of the 
amount provided in this paragraph shall be allocated to public
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housing agencies for the calendar year 2015 funding cycle based 
on section 8(q) of the Act (and related Appropriation Act provi-
sions) as in effect immediately before the enactment of the 
Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (Public 
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 
percentage applicable to all agencies receiving funding under 
this paragraph or may, to the extent necessary to provide 
full payment of amounts determined under the previous proviso, 
utilize 
unobligated 
balances, 
including 
recaptures 
and 
carryovers, remaining from funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development under this heading 
from prior fiscal years, excluding special purpose vouchers, 
notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts were 
appropriated: Provided further, That all public housing agencies 
participating in the MTW demonstration shall be funded pursu-
ant to their MTW agreements, and shall be subject to the 
same uniform percentage decrease as under the previous pro-
viso: Provided further, That amounts provided under this para-
graph shall be only for activities related to the provision of 
tenant-based rental assistance authorized under section 8, 
including related development activities; 
(4) $83,160,000 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 
administrative expenses: Provided, That administrative and 
other expenses of public housing agencies in administering 
the special purpose vouchers in this paragraph shall be funded 
under the same terms and be subject to the same pro rata 
reduction as the percent 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 program administered 
in conjunction with the Department 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 adminis-
trative performance, and other factors as specified by the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development in consultation with 
the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
may waive, or specify alternative requirements for (in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs), 
any provision of any statute or regulation that the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development administers in connection 
with the use of funds made available under this paragraph 
(except for requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimina-
tion, labor standards, and the environment), upon a finding
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by the Secretary that any such waivers or alternative require-
ments are necessary for the effective delivery and administra-
tion of such voucher assistance: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall set aside an amount provided under this para-
graph for a rental assistance and supportive housing dem-
onstration program for Native American veterans that are 
homeless or at-risk of homelessness living on or near a reserva-
tion or other Indian areas: Provided further, That such dem-
onstration program shall be modeled after, with necessary and 
appropriate adjustments for Native American grant recipients 
and veterans, the rental assistance and supportive housing 
program funded under this paragraph, including administration 
in conjunction with the Department of Veterans Affairs and 
overall implementation of section 8(o)(19) of the Act: Provided 
further, That amounts for rental assistance and associated 
administrative costs shall be made available by grants to recipi-
ents eligible to receive block grants under the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 
U.S.C. section 4101 et seq.): Provided further, That funds shall 
be awarded based on need, administrative capacity, and any 
other funding criteria established by the Secretary in a Notice 
published in the Federal Register after coordination with the 
Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs within 180 
days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That such 
rental assistance shall be administered by block grant recipi-
ents in accordance with program requirements under the Native 
American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 
1996: Provided further, That the first and second provisos under 
this paragraph shall apply to use of funds made available 
for this demonstration, as appropriate: Provided further, That 
the Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs, shall coordinate with block grant 
recipients and any other appropriate tribal organizations on 
the design of such demonstration and shall ensure the effective 
delivery of supportive services to Native American veterans 
that are homeless or at-risk of homelessness eligible to receive 
assistance under this demonstration: Provided further, That 
grant recipients shall report to the Secretary, as prescribed 
by the Secretary, utilization of such rental assistance provided 
under this demonstration: Provided further, That assistance 
made available under this paragraph shall continue to remain 
available for homeless veterans upon turn-over; and 
(6) The Secretary shall separately track all special purpose 
vouchers funded under this heading. 
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
Unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, 
remaining from funds appropriated to the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development under this heading, the heading ‘‘Annual 
Contributions for Assisted Housing’’ and the heading ‘‘Project-Based 
Rental Assistance’’, for fiscal year 2015 and prior years may be 
used for renewal of or amendments to section 8 project-based con-
tracts and for performance-based contract administrators, notwith-
standing the purposes for which such funds were appropriated:
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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 heretofore recaptured, 
or recaptured during the current fiscal year, from section 8 project- 
based contracts from source years fiscal year 1975 through fiscal 
year 1987 are hereby rescinded, and an amount of additional new 
budget authority, equivalent to the amount 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’’) $1,875,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2018: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law or regulation, during fiscal year 2015 
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 periods under such section: Provided further, That for purposes 
of such section 9(j), the term ‘‘obligate’’ means, with respect to 
amounts, that the amounts are subject to a binding agreement 
that will result in outlays, immediately or in the future: Provided 
further, That up to $5,000,000 shall be to support ongoing Public 
Housing Financial and Physical Assessment activities: Provided 
further, That up to $3,000,000 shall be to support the costs of 
administrative and judicial receiverships: Provided further, That 
of the total amount provided under this heading, not to exceed 
$23,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary to make grants, 
notwithstanding section 204 of this Act, to public housing agencies 
for emergency capital needs including safety and security measures 
necessary to address crime and drug-related activity as well as 
needs resulting from unforeseen or unpreventable emergencies and 
natural disasters excluding Presidentially declared emergencies and 
natural disasters under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) occurring in fiscal year 
2015: Provided further, That of the amount made available under 
the previous proviso, not less than $6,000,000 shall be for safety 
and security measures: Provided further, That of the total amount 
provided under this heading $45,000,000 shall be for supportive 
services, service coordinator and congregate services as authorized 
by section 34 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437z–6) and the Native Amer-
ican Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 
U.S.C. 4101 et seq.): Provided further, That of the total amount 
made available under this heading, up to $15,000,000 may be 
used for incentives as part of a Jobs-Plus Pilot initiative modeled 
after the Jobs-Plus demonstration: Provided further, That the 
funding provided under the previous proviso shall provide competi-
tive grants to partnerships between public housing authorities, 
local workforce investment boards established under section 117 
of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, and other agencies and 
organizations that provide support to help public housing residents 
obtain employment and increase earnings: Provided further, That
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applicants must demonstrate the ability to provide services to resi-
dents, partner with workforce investment boards, and leverage 
service dollars: Provided further, That the Secretary may set aside 
a portion of the funds provided for the Resident Opportunity and 
Self-Sufficiency program to support the services element of the 
Jobs-Plus Pilot initiative: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
allow PHAs to request exemptions from rent and income limitation 
requirements under sections 3 and 6 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 as necessary to implement the Jobs-Plus program, 
on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may approve upon 
a finding by the Secretary that any such waivers or alternative 
requirements are necessary for the effective implementation of the 
Jobs-Plus Pilot initiative as a voluntary program for residents: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall publish by notice in 
the Federal Register any waivers or alternative requirements pursu-
ant to the preceding proviso no later than 10 days before the 
effective date of such notice: Provided further, That for funds pro-
vided under this heading, the limitation in section 9(g)(1) of the 
Act shall be 25 percent: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
waive the limitation in the previous proviso to allow public housing 
agencies to fund activities authorized under section 9(e)(1)(C) of 
the Act: Provided further, That from the funds made available 
under this heading, the Secretary shall provide bonus awards in 
fiscal year 2015 to public housing agencies that are designated 
high performers: Provided further, That the Department shall notify 
public housing agencies of their formula allocation within 60 days 
of enactment of this Act. 
PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND 
For 2015 payments to public housing agencies for the operation 
and management of public housing, as authorized by section 9(e) 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), 
$4,440,000,000. 
CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE 
For competitive grants under the Choice Neighborhoods Initia-
tive (subject to section 24 of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v), unless otherwise specified under this 
heading), for transformation, rehabilitation, and replacement 
housing needs of both public and HUD-assisted housing and to 
transform neighborhoods of poverty into functioning, sustainable 
mixed income neighborhoods with appropriate services, schools, 
public assets, transportation and access to jobs, $80,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That grant 
funds may be used for resident and community services, community 
development, and affordable housing needs in the community, and 
for conversion of vacant or foreclosed properties to affordable 
housing: Provided further, That the use of funds made available 
under this heading shall not be deemed to be public housing not-
withstanding section 3(b)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That 
grantees shall commit to an additional period of affordability deter-
mined by the Secretary of not fewer than 20 years: Provided further, 
That grantees shall undertake comprehensive local planning with 
input from residents and the community, and that grantees shall 
provide a match in State, local, other Federal or private funds: 
Provided further, That grantees may include local governments,