Provided, That the Secretary gives concurrent notifi-
cation to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations for any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds from 
the emergency relief program: Provided further, That 
no notification shall involve funds that are not avail-
able 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 subleasing of building space, 
and miscellaneous sources are to be credited to appropria-
tions of the Department of Transportation and allocated 
to elements of the Department of Transportation using 
fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be avail-
able until expended. 
SEC. 187. Amounts made available in this or any 
other Act that the Secretary determines represent im-
proper payments by the Department of Transportation to 
a third-party contractor under a financial assistance 
award, which are recovered pursuant to law, shall be avail-
able— 
(1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred 
by the Department of Transportation in recovering 
improper payments; and 
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(2) to pay contractors for services provided in 
recovering improper payments or contractor support 
in the implementation of the Improper Payments In-
formation 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 appropriation from which the improper pay-
ments were made, and shall be available for the 
purposes and period for which such appropria-
tions are available: Provided further, That 
where specific project or accounting information 
associated with the improper payment or pay-
ments 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 avail-
able, shall be deposited in the Treasury as mis-
cellaneous receipts: Provided further, That prior 
to the transfer of any such recovery to an ap-
propriations account, the Secretary shall notify 
the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations of the amount and reasons for such 
transfer: Provided further, That for purposes of 
this section, the term ‘‘improper payments’’ has 
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the same meaning as that provided 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 reprogramming action that requires notice to 
be provided to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations, transmission of said reprogramming notice 
shall be provided solely to the Committees on Appropria-
tions, and said reprogramming action shall be approved 
or denied solely by the Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided, That the Secretary may provide notice to other 
congressional committees of the action of the Committees 
on Appropriations on such reprogramming but not sooner 
than 30 days following the date on which the reprogram-
ming action has been approved or denied by the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 189. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise 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 administrations may be obligated for the Office of 
the Secretary for the costs related to assessments or reim-
bursable 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 author-
ized to carry out a program that establishes uniform 
standards for developing 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 electronic media. 
SEC. 192. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be used by the Surface Transportation Board 
to take any actions with respect to the construction of a 
high speed rail project in California unless the Board has 
jurisdiction over the entire project and the permit is or 
was issued by the Board with respect to the project in 
its entirety. 
SEC. 193. None of the funds limited or otherwise 
made available by this Act to carry out chapter 6 of title 
23, United States Code, may be used to subsidize a credit 
instrument authorized under such chapter that would 
cause the credit subsidy obligated in fiscal year 2015 to 
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fund projects located in a single State to exceed 33 percent 
of the total credit subsidy made available by this Act on 
October 1, 2014 to carry out such chapter. 
SEC. 194. None of the funds limited or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used to deny an appli-
cation to renew a Hazardous Materials Safety Program 
permit for a motor carrier based on that carrier’s Haz-
ardous Materials Out-of-Service rate, unless the carrier 
has the opportunity to submit a written description of cor-
rective actions taken, and other documentation the carrier 
wishes the Secretary to consider, including submitting a 
corrective action plan, and the Secretary determines the 
actions or plan is insufficient to address the safety con-
cerns that resulted in that Hazardous Materials Out-of- 
Service rate. 
SEC. 195. Any unexpended amounts available for ob-
ligation under the heading ‘‘Federal Railroad Administra-
tion—Safety and Operations’’ under the Consolidated Ap-
propriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–447) shall be 
made available for rail safety oversight activities for the 
transport of energy products: Provided, That $10,000,000 
of unexpended amounts available for obligation under the 
heading ‘‘Federal Railroad Administration—Capital As-
sistance to States—Intercity Passenger Rail Service’’ for 
fiscal years 2008 and 2009 shall be made available for 
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grade crossing safety improvements on rail routes that 
transport energy products. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
EXECUTIVE OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Of-
fices, which shall be comprised of the offices of the Sec-
retary, Deputy Secretary, Adjudicatory Services, Congres-
sional and Intergovernmental Relations, Public Affairs, 
Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and the 
Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, 
$14,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $25,000 of the 
amount made available under this heading shall be avail-
able to the Secretary for official reception and representa-
tion expenses as the Secretary may determine. 
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Administra-
tive Support Offices of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, $500,000,000, of which not to exceed 
$45,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief 
Financial Officer; not to exceed $93,000,000 shall be 
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available for the Office of the General Counsel; not to ex-
ceed $194,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Ad-
ministration; not to exceed $52,000,000 shall be available 
for the Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer; not 
to exceed $49,000,000 shall be available for the Office of 
Field Policy and Management; not to exceed $16,000,000 
shall be available for the Office of the Chief Procurement 
Officer; not to exceed $2,500,000 shall be available for the 
Office of Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity; 
not to exceed $3,500,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Strategic Planning and Management; and not to exceed 
$45,000,000 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 Hous-
ing and Urban Development, not otherwise provided for, 
including purchase of uniforms, or allowances therefore, 
as authorized by U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, funds appropriated under this heading 
may be used for advertising and promotional activities 
that support the housing mission area: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall provide the Committees on Ap-
propriations quarterly written notification regarding the 
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status of pending congressional reports: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall provide all signed reports re-
quired by Congress electronically. 
PROGRAM OFFICE SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Public and Indian Housing, $200,000,000. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Community Planning and Development, $100,000,000. 
HOUSING 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Housing, $370,000,000, 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, $20,000,000. 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, $68,000,000. 
OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY 
HOMES 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes, $7,000,000. 
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PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities and assistance for the provision of ten-
ant-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, 
$15,356,529,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2017, 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 September 30, 
2018, shall be available on October 1, 2015: Provided, 
That the amounts made available under this heading are 
provided as follows: 
(1) $17,693,079,000 shall be available for re-
newals of expiring section 8 tenant-based annual 
contributions contracts (including renewals of en-
hanced vouchers under any provision of law author-
izing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act) 
and including renewal of other special purpose incre-
mental vouchers: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, from amounts provided 
under this paragraph and any carryover, the Sec-
retary for the calendar year 2015 funding cycle shall 
provide renewal funding for each public housing 
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agency based on validated voucher management sys-
tem (VMS) leasing and cost data for the prior cal-
endar year and by applying an inflation factor as es-
tablished 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 in-
cluding 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, in-
cluding 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 para-
graph 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, ex-
cept for public housing agencies participating in the 
Moving to Work (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 with-
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in the amount specified under this paragraph (ex-
cept as otherwise modified under this paragraph), 
pro rate each public housing agency’s allocation oth-
erwise established pursuant to this paragraph: Pro-
vided further, That except as provided in the fol-
lowing provisos, the entire amount specified under 
this paragraph (except as otherwise modified under 
this paragraph) shall be obligated to the public hous-
ing agencies based on the allocation and pro rata 
method described above, and the Secretary shall no-
tify public housing agencies of their annual budget 
by the latter of 60 days after enactment of this Act 
or March 1, 2015: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary 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 pro-
visos: Provided further, That the Secretary may off-
set public housing agencies’ calendar year 2015 allo-
cations based on the excess amounts of public hous-
ing agencies’ net restricted assets accounts, includ-
ing HUD held programmatic reserves (in accordance 
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134 
whichever is less, of the funds appropriated for any ac-
count funded under the general heading ‘‘Program Office 
Salaries and Expenses’’ to any other account funded 
under such heading: Provided further, That no appropria-
tion for any account funded under the general heading 
‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be in-
creased or decreased by more than 5 percent or 
$5,000,000, whichever is less, without prior written ap-
proval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That the Secretary may transfer 
funds made available for salaries and expenses between 
any office funded under the heading ‘‘Administrative Sup-
port Offices’’ and any account funded under the general 
heading ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses’’, but 
only with the prior written approval of the House and Sen-
ate Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 225. The Disaster Housing Assistance Pro-
grams, administered by the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, shall be considered a ‘‘program of 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development’’ 
under section 904 of the McKinney Act for the purpose 
of income verifications and matching. 
SEC. 226. (a) The Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall take the required actions under sub-
section (b) when a multifamily housing project with a sec-
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