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for obligation by individuals other than the Secretary of Transpor-
tation, or his or her designee: Provided further, That notwith-
standing 49 U.S.C. 5128(b) and (c) and the current year obligation 
limitation, prior year recoveries recognized in the current year 
shall be available 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 standards, and to make such training available through 
an electronic format: Provided further, That the prior year recov-
eries made available under this heading shall also be available 
to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5116(a)(1)(C) and 5116(i). 
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, $87,472,000: 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 of Transportation: Pro-
vided further, That the funds made available under this heading 
may be used to investigate, 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. 
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation Board, 
including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $32,375,000: 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 2016, to result in a final appropriation from the general 
fund estimated at no more than $31,125,000. 
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).
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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 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 Administration’s ‘‘Federal-Aid Highways’’ account 
and to the Federal Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Oper-
ations’’ 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 
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 
totaling $750,000 or more 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 fur-
ther, That no notification shall involve funds that are not available 
for obligation. 
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
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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 
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 House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations, and said reprogramming 
action shall be approved or denied solely by the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Transportation may provide notice to other congressional commit-
tees of the action of the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations 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 Appro-
priations. 
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.
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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 Department of Transportation may use funds 
provided by this Act, or any other Act, to assist a contract under 
title 49 U.S.C. or title 23 U.S.C. utilizing geographic, economic, 
or any other hiring preference not otherwise authorized by law, 
except for such preferences authorized in this Act, or to amend 
a rule, regulation, policy or other measure that forbids a recipient 
of a Federal Highway Administration or Federal Transit Adminis-
tration grant from imposing such hiring preference on a contract 
or construction project with which the Department of Transpor-
tation is assisting, only if the grant recipient certifies the following: 
(1) that except with respect to apprentices or trainees, 
a pool of readily available but unemployed individuals pos-
sessing the knowledge, skill, and ability to perform the work 
that the contract requires resides in the jurisdiction; 
(2) that the grant recipient will include appropriate provi-
sions in its bid document ensuring that the contractor does 
not displace any of its existing employees in order to satisfy 
such hiring preference; and 
(3) that any increase in the cost of labor, training, or 
delays resulting from the use of such hiring preference does 
not delay or displace any transportation project in the 
applicable Statewide Transportation Improvement Program or 
Transportation Improvement Program. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Transportation 
Appropriations Act, 2016’’. 
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, $13,800,000: 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, $559,100,000, of which $79,000,000 shall be available for 
the Office of the Chief Financial Officer; $94,500,000 shall be avail-
able for the Office of the General Counsel; $207,600,000 shall be 
available for the Office of Administration; $56,300,000 shall be 
available for the Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer; 
$51,500,000 shall be available for the Office of Field Policy and 
Management; $17,200,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Chief Procurement Officer; $3,300,000 shall be available for the 
Office of Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity; $4,500,000 
shall be available for the Office of Strategic Planning and Manage-
ment; and $45,200,000 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 allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 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 directly support 
program activities funded in this title: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall provide the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations 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 Con-
gress. 
PROGRAM OFFICE SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Public 
and Indian Housing, $205,500,000. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Community 
Planning and Development, $104,800,000. 
HOUSING 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Housing, 
$375,000,000. 
POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Policy 
Development and Research, $23,100,000. 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Fair 
Housing and Equal Opportunity, $72,000,000.
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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, $7,000,000. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
There is hereby established in the United States Treasury, 
pursuant to section 7(f) of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(f)), a working capital fund for 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development (referred to 
in this paragraph as the ‘‘Fund’’): Provided, That amounts trans-
ferred to the Fund under this heading shall be available for Federal 
shared services used by offices and agencies of the Department, 
and for such portion of any office or agency’s printing, records 
management, space renovation, furniture, or supply services as 
the Secretary determines shall be derived from centralized sources 
made available by the Department to all offices and agencies and 
funded through the Fund: Provided further, That of the amounts 
made available in this title for salaries and expenses under the 
headings ‘‘Executive Offices’’, ‘‘Administrative Support Offices’’, 
‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses’’, and ‘‘Government National 
Mortgage Association’’, the Secretary shall transfer to the Fund 
such amounts, to remain available until expended, as are necessary 
to fund services, specified in the first proviso, for which the appro-
priation would otherwise have been available, and may transfer 
not to exceed an additional $10,000,000, in aggregate, from all 
such appropriations, to be merged with the Fund and to remain 
available until expended for use for any office or agency: Provided 
further, That amounts in the Fund shall be the only amounts 
available to each office or agency of the Department for the services, 
or portion of services, specified in the first proviso: Provided further, 
That with respect to the Fund, the authorities and conditions under 
this heading shall supplant the authorities and conditions provided 
under section 7(f) of the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment Act. 
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, $15,628,525,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be available on October 1, 2015 (in addition 
to the $4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this heading 
that shall be available on October 1, 2015), and $4,000,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, shall be available on October 
1, 2016: Provided, That the amounts made available under this 
heading are provided as follows: 
(1) $17,681,451,000 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
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vouchers: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, from amounts provided under this paragraph and any 
carryover, the Secretary for the calendar year 2016 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 
2016 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 
days after enactment of this Act or March 1, 2016: 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 2016 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 2015 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 2016 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
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proration of renewal funding allocations: Provided further, That 
up to $75,000,000 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 previous 
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 
to terminate rental assistance for families as a result of insuffi-
cient funding: Provided further, That the Secretary shall allo-
cate amounts under the previous proviso based on need, as 
determined 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 
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: (A) 
the maturity of a HUD-insured, HUD-held or section 202 loan 
that requires the permission of the Secretary prior to loan 
prepayment; (B) 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 (C) 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
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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 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 dis-
abled families and for disaster assistance made available under 
Public Law 110–329; 
(3) $1,650,000,000 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 $1,640,000,000 of the 
amount provided in this paragraph shall be allocated to public 
housing agencies for the calendar year 2016 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) $107,074,000 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