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(including post mortgage foreclosure mitigation coun-
seling), loan workout agreements and loan modifica-
tion agreements. NRC may use other criteria to dem-
onstrate capacity in underserved areas. 
(6) Of the total amount made available under 
this paragraph, up to $3,000,000 may be made avail-
able to build the mortgage foreclosure and default 
mitigation counseling capacity of counseling inter-
mediaries through NRC training courses with HUD- 
approved counseling intermediaries and their part-
ners, except that private financial institutions that 
participate in NRC training shall pay market rates 
for such training. 
(7) Of the total amount made available under 
this paragraph, up to 5 percent may be used for asso-
ciated administrative expenses for the NRC to carry 
out activities provided under this section. 
(8) Mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance 
grants may include a budget for outreach and adver-
tising, and training, as determined by the NRC. 
(9) The NRC shall continue to report bi-annu-
ally to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations as well as the Senate Banking Committee 
and House Financial Services Committee on its ef-
forts to mitigate mortgage default.
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UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON 
HOMELESSNESS 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, 
authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rent-
al of conference rooms, and the employment of experts and 
consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code) of the United States Interagency Council on Home-
lessness in carrying out the functions pursuant to title II 
of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amend-
ed, $3,500,000. Title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11319) is amended by striking 
‘‘October 1, 2015’’ in section 209 and inserting ‘‘October 
1, 2016’’. 
TITLE IV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
SEC. 401. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 
expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 
intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings fund-
ed in this Act. 
SEC. 402. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fis-
cal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-
tions, unless expressly so provided herein.
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SEC. 403. The expenditure of any appropriation under 
this Act for any consulting service through procurement 
contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such expendi-
tures are a matter of public record and available for public 
inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing 
law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to 
existing law. 
SEC. 404. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be obligated or expended for any employee training 
that— 
(1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, 
skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the perform-
ance of official duties; 
(2) contains elements likely to induce high levels 
of emotional response or psychological stress in some 
participants; 
(3) does not require prior employee notification 
of the content and methods to be used in the training 
and written end of course evaluation; 
(4) contains any methods or content associated 
with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 
‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Employ-
ment Opportunity Commission Notice N–915.022, 
dated September 2, 1988; or
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(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, partici-
pants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the work-
place. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 
otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 
bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 
SEC. 405. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by previous 
appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities funded in 
this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 
in fiscal year 2014, or provided from any accounts in the 
Treasury derived by the collection of fees and available to 
the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that: 
(1) creates a new program; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel for any pro-
gram, project, or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted by the Congress; 
(4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 
activity by either the House or Senate Committees on 
Appropriations for a different purpose; 
(5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, which-
ever is less;
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(6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activi-
ties by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or 
(7) creates, reorganizes, or restructures a branch, 
division, office, bureau, board, commission, agency, 
administration, or department different from the 
budget justifications submitted to the Committees on 
Appropriations or the table accompanying the explan-
atory statement accompanying this Act, whichever is 
more detailed, unless prior approval is received from 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, each agency funded by this 
Act shall submit a report to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the Senate and of the House of Rep-
resentatives to establish the baseline for application of 
reprogramming and transfer authorities for the cur-
rent fiscal year: Provided further, That the report 
shall include: 
(A) a table for each appropriation with a 
separate column to display the prior year en-
acted level, the President’s budget request, adjust-
ments made by Congress, adjustments due to en-
acted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal 
year enacted level;