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to implement, administer, or enforce section 18.36(c)(2) 
of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, for construction 
hiring purposes. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 416. The amount by which the applicable alloca-
tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives under 
Section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
exceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is 
$0. 
SEC. 417. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to enter into a contract with any offeror 
or any of its principals if the offeror certifies, as required 
by the Federal Acquisition Regulation, that the offeror or 
any of its principals— 
(1) within a 3-year period preceding this offer 
has been convicted of or had a civil judgment ren-
dered against it for: commission of fraud or a crimi-
nal offense in connection with obtaining, attempting 
to obtain, or performing a public (Federal, State, or 
local) contract or subcontract; violation of Federal or 
State antitrust statutes relating to the submission of 
offers; or commission of embezzlement, theft, for-
gery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records,
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making false statements, tax evasion, violating Fed-
eral criminal tax laws, or receiving stolen property; 
(2) are presently indicted for, or otherwise 
criminally or civilly charged by a governmental enti-
ty with, commission of any of the offenses enumer-
ated in paragraph (1); or 
(3) within a 3-year period preceding this offer, 
has been notified of any delinquent Federal taxes in 
an amount that exceeds $3,000 for which the liabil-
ity remains unsatisfied. 
SEC. 418. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 121.584 of 
title 14, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 419. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to make incentive payments pursuant 
to 48 CFR 16.4 to contractors for contracts that are be-
hind schedule under the terms of the contract as pre-
scribed by 48 CFR 52.211 or over the contract amount 
indicated in Standard Form 33, box 20. 
SEC. 420. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of the 5th or 14th 
Amendment to the Constitution or title VI of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1964.
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SEC. 421. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for the Federal Transit Administration’s 
Rapid Growth Area Transit Program. 
SEC. 422. None of these funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Federal Aviation Administration 
(FAA) to redesign the Phoenix Metroplex regional air-
space. 
SEC. 423. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to carry out section 210 of this Act with 
respect to the Housing Authority of the county of Los An-
geles, California. 
SEC. 424. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for the Private Enforcement Initiative 
of the Fair Housing Initiatives Program under section 
561(b) of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 3616a(b)) and section 125.401 of the 
regulations of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment (24 CFR 125.401). 
SEC. 425. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to carry out the rule entitled ‘‘Affirma-
tively Furthering Fair Housing’’, published by the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development in the Federal 
Register on July 19, 2013 (78 Fed. Reg. 43710; Docket 
No. FR–5173–P–01) or to carry out the notice entitled 
‘‘Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Assessment
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Tool’’, published by the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development in the Federal Register on September 
26, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 57949; Docket No. FR–5173– 
02). 
SEC. 426. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 5309 of title 
49, United States Code. 
SEC. 427. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Department of Transportation, 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development, or 
any other Federal agency to lease or purchase new light 
duty vehicles for any executive fleet, or for an agency’s 
fleet inventory, except in accordance with Presidential 
Memorandum—Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 
24, 2011. 
SEC. 428. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to issue, implement, or enforce regula-
tions by the Federal Aviation Administration entitled ‘‘Op-
erations and Certification of Small Unmanned Aircraft 
Systems’’ (FAA–2015–0150) in contravention to 14 CFR 
21.25(b)(1). 
SEC. 429. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Administrator of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration to institute an administrative or civil 
action (as defined in section 47107 of title 49, United
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States Code) against the sponsor of the East Hampton 
Airport in East Hampton, New York. 
SEC. 430. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for high-speed rail in the State of Cali-
fornia or for the California High-Speed Rail Authority, 
nor may any be used by the Federal Railroad Administra-
tion to administer a grant agreement with the California 
High-Speed Rail Authority that contains a tapered match-
ing requirement. 
SEC. 431. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enforce subpart B of part 750 of title 
23, Code of Federal Regulations, regarding signs for serv-
ice clubs and religious notices as defined in section 153(p) 
of such part. 
SEC. 432. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of subpart E of part 
5 of the regulations of the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development (24 CFR part 5, subpart E, relating 
to restrictions on assistance to noncitizens). 
SEC. 433. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to provide financial assistance in con-
travention of section 214(d) of the Housing and Commu-
nity Development Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 1436a(d)). 
SEC. 434. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Federal Aviation Administration
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for the bio-data assessment in the hiring of Air Traffic 
Control Specialists. 
SEC. 435. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 
final rule entitled ‘‘Implementation of the Fair Housing 
Act’s Discriminatory Effects Standard’’, published by the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development in the 
Federal Register on February 15, 2013 (78 Fed. Reg. 
11460; Docket No. FR–5508–F–02). 
SEC. 436. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of Executive Order No. 
11246 (relating to Equal Employment Opportunity). 
SEC. 437. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to acquire a camera for the purpose of 
collecting or storing vehicle license plate numbers. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, Hous-
ing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2016’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 9, 2015. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2577 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Departments of 
Transportation, and Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2016, and for other pur-
poses.