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appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘Global Health Pro-
grams’, ‘Economic Support Fund’, and ‘International Narcotics Con-
trol and Law Enforcement’ shall be administered in accordance 
with the responsibilities of the coordinator designated pursuant 
to section 601 of the Support for Eastern European Democracy 
(SEED) Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–179) and section 102 of the 
FREEDOM Support Act (Public Law 102–511), and shall be made 
available in amounts consistent with the amounts made available 
under the heading ‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 
Asia’ in fiscal year 2012, in consultation with the Committees 
on Appropriations.’’. 
(h) The Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101–167) is 
amended— 
(1) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 note)— 
(A) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘and 2012’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2012, and 2013’’; and 
(B) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘2012’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘2013’’; and 
(2) in section 599E (8 U.S.C. 1255 note) in subsection 
(b)(2), by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2013’’. 
(i) Notwithstanding section 1101, section 7041(h) in division 
I of Public Law 112–74 shall be applied to funds appropriated 
by this division by including the following before the period: ‘‘Pro-
vided, That prior to obligating funds made available by this Act 
for assistance for Syria, the Secretary of State shall consult with 
the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Relations of the 
Senate and the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Affairs 
of the House of Representatives: Provided further, That such funds 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations’’. 
(j) Notwithstanding section 1101, the fifth proviso under the 
heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ in division I of Public Law 112– 
74 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this division by sub-
stituting: ‘‘Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 
heading in this Act may be made available for the costs, as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of loan 
guarantees for Jordan and’’ for ‘‘Provided further, That up to 
$30,000,000 of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 2011 under 
this heading in Public Law 112–10, division B, may be made avail-
able for the costs, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, of loan guarantees for’’. 
SEC. 1707. (a) Notwithstanding section 1101, the levels for 
the following accounts under title VIII in division I of Public Law 
112–74 shall be as follows: ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’, 
$3,210,650,000, of which $918,435,000 is for Worldwide Security 
Protection (to remain available until expended); and ‘‘Embassy Secu-
rity, Construction, and Maintenance’’, $1,272,200,000, of which 
$1,261,400,000 is for the costs of worldwide security upgrades, 
acquisition, and construction, as authorized: Provided, That funds 
made available under this subsection shall be used for operations 
at high threat posts, security programs to protect personnel and 
property under Chief of Mission authority, preventing the com-
promise of classified United States Government information and 
equipment, and security construction or upgrade requirements at 
Department of State facilities worldwide, including for Worldwide 
Security Upgrades.
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(b) Of the unobligated balances from funds appropriated under 
title VIII in division I of Public Law 112–74 under the heading 
‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’ and designated by the Con-
gress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, $1,109,700,000 are rescinded. 
(c) Not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committees on 
Appropriations providing an assessment of security requirements 
at United States diplomatic facilities worldwide, including those 
facilities considered expeditionary in nature; a comprehensive plan 
for addressing such requirements; and a detailed description of 
Embassy security improvements to be supported from funds made 
available by this section: Provided, That such report shall be sub-
mitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. 
(d) Notwithstanding section 1101, the amounts included under 
the heading ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ under title VIII in division 
I of Public Law 112–74 shall be applied to funds appropriated 
by this division as follows: by substituting ‘‘$59,151,000’’ for 
‘‘$67,182,000’’, and by substituting ‘‘$6,000,000’’ for ‘‘$19,545,000’’ 
for the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction; and by 
substituting ‘‘$49,901,000’’ for ‘‘$44,387,000’’ for the Special 
Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction. 
(e) Notwithstanding section 1101, the levels for the following 
accounts under title VIII in division I of Public Law 112–74 shall 
be as follows: ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’, $774,661,000; 
‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’, $1,152,850,000; and ‘‘Economic 
Support Fund’’, $3,119,896,000. 
SEC. 1708. Notwithstanding section 1101, title VIII of division 
I of Public Law 112–74 shall be applied to funds appropriated 
by this division by inserting the following at the end of section 
8004: 
‘‘SEC. 8005. Funds appropriated by this title under the headings 
‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’, ‘Embassy Security, Construc-
tion, and Maintenance’, and ‘Educational and Cultural Exchange 
Programs’ may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appro-
priated by this title under such headings: Provided, That such 
transfers shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the 
transfer authority in this section is in addition to any transfer 
authority otherwise available under any other provision of law. 
‘‘SEC. 8006. Funds appropriated by this title shall be made 
available for assistance for Jordan, in addition to amounts otherwise 
made available by this Act.’’. 
TITLE VIII 
TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
SEC. 1801. (a) Notwithstanding sections 1101 and 1104, the 
level for limitations on obligation and liquidation of contract 
authority shall be available in the following accounts equal to 
the level of the contract authority subject to such limitation appro-
priated out of the Highway Trust Fund in Sections 1101, 1105, 
1107, 1110, 1121, 31101, 32603, and 51001 of Public Law 112– 
141 for fiscal year 2013:
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(1) ‘‘Department of Transportation—Federal Highway 
Administration—Limitation on Administrative Expenses’’; 
(2) ‘‘Department of Transportation—Federal Highway 
Administration—Federal-Aid 
Highways—(Limitation 
on 
Obligations)—(Highway Trust Fund)—(Liquidation of Contract 
Authorization)—(Highway Trust Fund)’’; 
(3) ‘‘Department of Transportation—Federal Motor Carrier 
Safety Administration—Motor Carrier Safety Operations and 
Programs—(Liquidation of Contract Authorization)—(Limita-
tion on Obligations)—(Highway Trust Fund)’’; 
(4) ‘‘Department of Transportation—Federal Motor Carrier 
Safety Administration—Motor Carrier Safety Grants—(Liquida-
tion of Contract Authorization)—(Limitation on Obligations)— 
(Highway Trust Fund)’’; Provided, Section 131 of Division C 
of Public Law 112–55 is hereby deleted; and 
(5) ‘‘Department of Transportation—National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration—Operations and Research—(Liq-
uidation of Contract Authorization)—(Limitation on Obliga-
tions)—(Highway Trust Fund)’’. 
(b) Section 120 of division C of Public Law 112–55 shall not 
apply to amounts made available by this division. 
(c) During the period covered by this division, section 1102 
of Public Law 112–141 shall be applied— 
(1) in subsection (b)(10), as if the limitation applicable 
through fiscal year 2011 applied through fiscal year 2012; and 
(2) in subsection (c)(5), by treating the reference to section 
204 of title 23, United States Code, as a reference to sections 
202 and 204 of such title. 
SEC. 1802. Notwithstanding sections 1101 and 1104, the lan-
guage under the heading ‘‘Department of Transportation—National 
Highway Traffic Safety Administration—Highway Traffic Safety 
Grants—(Liquidation of Contract Authorization)—(Limitation on 
Obligations)—(Highway Trust Fund)’’ shall be applied to funds 
made available by this Act as if the language read as follows: 
‘‘For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions 
of 23 U.S.C. 402 and 405, section 2009 of Public Law 109–59 
(as amended by section 31106 of Public Law 112–141), and section 
31101(a)(6) of Public Law 112–141, $554,500,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund 
(other than the Mass Transit Account): Provided, That none of 
the funds in this Act shall be available for the planning or execution 
of programs the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2013, 
are in excess of $554,500,000 for programs authorized under 23 
U.S.C. 402 and 405, section 2009 of Public Law 109–59 (as amended 
by section 31106 of Public Law 112–141), and section 31101(a)(6) 
of Public Law 112–141, of which $235,000,000 shall be for ‘Highway 
Safety Programs’ under 23 U.S.C. 402, $29,000,000 shall be for 
‘High Visibility Enforcement Program’ under section 2009 of Public 
Law 109–59 (as amended by section 31106 of Public Law 112– 
141), $265,000,000 shall be for ‘National Priority Safety Programs’ 
under 23 U.S.C. 405, and $25,500,000 shall be for ‘Administrative 
Expenses’ under section 31101(a)(6) of Public Law 112–141: Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed $500,000 of the funds made 
available for 23 U.S.C. 405 for ‘Impaired Driving Countermeasures’ 
(as described in subsection (d) of such section) shall be available 
for technical assistance to the States.’’
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SEC. 1803. (a) Amounts provided by section 1101 for ‘‘Depart-
ment of Transportation—Federal Transit Administration—Formula 
and Bus Grants—(Liquidation of Contract Authority)—(Limitation 
on Obligations)—(Highway Trust Fund)’’ are available for payment 
of obligations incurred in the Federal Public Transportation Assist-
ance 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: Pro-
vided, That, notwithstanding sections 1101 and 1104, the proviso 
under such heading shall be applied to funds provided by this 
Act as if the proviso read as follows: ‘‘Provided, That funds available 
for the implementation 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 necessary 
administrative expenses of the Federal Transit Administration’s 
programs authorized by chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, 
as amended by Public Law 112–141, $102,713,000, to remain avail-
able 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 Administra-
tion—Research and University Research 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 
provided 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 Adminis-
tration—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 division by treating 
such section as if it were amended by striking ‘‘49 U.S.C. 41742(b) 
shall not apply, and’’. 
SEC. 1805. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for ‘‘Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development, Community 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 unobligated 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 Development, Public and 
Indian Housing, Indian Housing Loan Guarantee Fund Program
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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 
appropriated 
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: 
‘‘(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 publishing a 
notice in the Federal Register. The Secretary shall deposit any 
fees and premiums collected under this subsection in the Indian 
Housing Loan Guarantee Fund established under subsection (i).’’. 
SEC. 1807. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for ‘‘Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development, Public and Indian 
Housing, Tenant-Based Rental Assistance’’ shall be $14,939,369,000, 
to remain available until expended, which shall be available on 
October 1, 2012 (in addition to the $4,000,000,000 previously appro-
priated 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 avail-
able on October 1, 2013: Provided, That of the amounts available 
for such heading, $1,375,000,000 shall be for activities specified 
in paragraph (3) under such heading 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 ‘‘(RESCISSION)’’ in the heading and by replacing 
all of the language under such heading with the language under 
such heading in division A of Public Law 111–117 and by striking 
‘‘2010’’ in such replacement language and inserting ‘‘2013’’. 
SEC. 1809. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for ‘‘Depart-
ment 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. 
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 percent-
age (as specified in subsection (b)) of the budget authority provided
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(or obligation limit imposed) for fiscal year 2013 for any discre-
tionary account in divisions A through E of this Act; and 
(b) For purposes of subsection (a), the applicable percentage 
shall be— 
(1) for budget authority in the nonsecurity category (as 
defined in section 250(c)(4)(A) of the Balanced 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 applied 
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 accom-
panying reports covering such account or item). 
(d) This section shall not apply to amounts designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism 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 Rep-
resentatives 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 253(f) of that Act, and shall be in addition to any 
reductions required by section 251(a) of that Act. 
SEC. 3003. (a) The head of any Executive branch department, 
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 conference 
described in subsection (a) held during the applicable 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
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(D) a discussion of the methodology used to determine 
which costs relate to the conference; and 
(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 office in evaluating poten-
tial contractors for the conference. 
(c) Within 15 days of the date of a conference held by any 
Executive branch department, agency, board, commission, or office 
funded by this or any other appropriations 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 office shall notify the Inspector General or 
senior ethics official for any entity without an Inspector General, 
of the date, location, and number of employees attending such 
conference. 
(d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appropriated by 
this or any other appropriations Act to an Executive branch agency 
may not be used for the purpose of defraying the costs of a con-
ference described in subsection (c) that is not directly and program-
matically related to the purpose for which the grant or contract 
was awarded, such as a conference held in connection with planning, 
training, 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 conference 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 exceeds the discre-
tionary 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 Congres-
sional Budget Office, 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 discretionary account 
in divisions A through F of this Act; 
(2) the budget authority provided in any advance appropria-
tion for fiscal year 2013 for any discretionary account in any 
prior fiscal year appropriation Act; and 
(3) the contract authority provided in fiscal year 2013 for 
any program subject to limitation incorporated or otherwise 
contained in divisions A through F of this Act. 
(c) For purposes of subsection (b), the applicable percentage 
shall be— 
(1) for budget authority in the nonsecurity category (as 
defined in section 250(c)(4)(A) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985), 0 percent; and
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(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 applied 
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 accom-
panying reports covering such account or item). 
(e) This section shall not apply to— 
(1) amounts designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global 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 pursu-
ant 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, Limitation on Administra-
tive Expenses’’ for continuing disability reviews under titles 
II and XVI of the Social Security Act and for the cost associated 
with conducting 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 Rep-
resentatives and the Senate a report specifying the account and 
amount of each rescission made pursuant to this section. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.