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Union Calendar No. 344 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4745 
[Report No. 113–464] 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing 
and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2015, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 27, 2014 
Mr. LATHAM, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 
bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Transpor-
tation, and Housing and Urban Development, and re-
lated agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2015, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban 
Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year end-
ing September 30, 2015, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$103,000,000, of which not to exceed $2,600,000 shall be 
available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not 
to exceed $980,000 shall be available for the immediate 
Office of the Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $19,000,000 
shall be available for the Office of the General Counsel; 
not to exceed $9,500,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy; not 
to exceed $12,500,000 shall be available for the Office of 
the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to 
exceed $2,500,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs; not to ex-
ceed $24,720,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Administration; not to exceed 
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be available for the position of Assistant Secretary for 
Public Affairs. 
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses related to the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, 
$12,625,000, of which $8,218,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2017: Provided, That there may be 
credited to this appropriation, to be available until ex-
pended, funds received from States, counties, municipali-
ties, other public authorities, and private sources for ex-
penses incurred for training: Provided further, That any 
reference in law, regulation, judicial proceedings, or else-
where to the Research and Innovative Technology Admin-
istration shall continue to be deemed to be a reference to 
the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and 
Technology of the Department of Transportation. 
NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS 
For capital investments in surface transportation in-
frastructure, $100,000,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2017: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Transportation shall distribute funds provided under this 
heading as discretionary grants to be awarded to a State, 
local government, or a collaboration among such entities 
on a competitive basis for projects that will have a signifi-
cant impact on the Nation, a metropolitan area, or a re-
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gion: Provided further, That funds under this heading 
shall be available only for highway and bridge activities 
described under paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 133(b) 
of title 23, United States Code, and section 202(a) of such 
title; freight rail transportation projects; and port infra-
structure investments: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may use up to 10 percent of the funds made avail-
able under this heading for the purpose of paying the sub-
sidy and administrative costs of projects eligible for Fed-
eral credit assistance under chapter 6 of title 23, United 
States Code, if the Secretary finds that such use of the 
funds would advance the purposes of this paragraph: Pro-
vided further, That in distributing funds provided under 
this heading, the Secretary shall take such measures so 
as to ensure an equitable geographic distribution of funds 
and an appropriate balance in addressing the needs of 
urban and rural areas: Provided further, That a grant 
funded under this heading shall be not less than 
$2,000,000 and not greater than $15,000,000: Provided 
further, That not more than 20 percent of the funds made 
available under this heading may be awarded to projects 
in a single State: Provided further, That the Federal share 
of the costs for which an expenditure is made under this 
heading shall be, at the option of the recipient, up to 50 
percent: Provided further, That the Secretary shall give 
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priority to projects that require a contribution of Federal 
funds in order to complete an overall financing package: 
Provided further, That not less than 20 percent of the 
funds provided under this heading shall be for projects lo-
cated in rural areas: Provided further, That for projects 
located in rural areas, the minimum grant size shall be 
$1,000,000 and the Secretary may increase the Federal 
share of costs to 80 percent: Provided further, That 
projects conducted using funds provided under this head-
ing must comply with the requirements of subchapter IV 
of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code. 
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPITAL 
For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing 
the Department of Transportation’s financial systems and 
re-engineering business processes, $5,000,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2016. 
CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES 
For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, 
including necessary upgrades to wide area network and 
information technology infrastructure, improvement of 
network perimeter controls and identity management, 
testing and assessment of information technology against 
business, security, and other requirements, implementa-
tion of Federal cyber security initiatives and information 
infrastructure enhancements, implementation of enhanced 
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security controls on network devices, and enhancement of 
cyber security workforce training tools, $5,000,000, to re-
main available through September 30, 2016. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$9,600,000. 
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND 
DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 
planning, research, systems development, development ac-
tivities, and making grants, to remain available until ex-
pended, $6,000,000. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For necessary expenses for operating costs and cap-
ital outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 
$181,000,000 shall be paid from appropriations made 
available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, 
That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis 
to entities within the Department of Transportation: Pro-
vided further, That the above limitation on operating ex-
penses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided fur-
ther, That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency 
of the Department shall be transferred to the Working 
Capital Fund without majority approval of the Working 
Capital Fund Steering Committee and approval of the 
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Secretary: Provided further, That no assessments may be 
levied against any program, budget activity, subactivity or 
project funded by this Act unless notice of such assess-
ments and the basis therefor are presented to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are ap-
proved by such Committees. 
MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $417,000, as au-
thorized by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, in-
cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to 
subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be 
guaranteed, not to exceed $18,367,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the guaranteed loan program, $596,000. 
MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH 
For necessary expenses of Minority Business Re-
source Center outreach activities, $3,099,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That, not-
withstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for 
business opportunities related to any mode of transpor-
tation. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE 
SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 101. None of the funds made available in this 
Act to the Department of Transportation may be obligated 
for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to ap-
prove assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining 
to funds appropriated to the modal administrations in this 
Act, except for activities underway on the date of enact-
ment of this Act, unless such assessments or agreements 
have completed the normal reprogramming process for 
Congressional notification. 
SEC. 102. The Secretary or his designee may engage 
in activities with States and State legislators to consider 
proposals related to the reduction of motorcycle fatalities. 
SEC. 103. Notwithstanding section 3324 of title 31, 
United States Code, in addition to authority provided by 
section 327 of title 49, United States Code, the Depart-
ment’s Working Capital Fund is hereby authorized to pro-
vide payments in advance to vendors that are necessary 
to carry out the Federal transit pass transportation fringe 
benefit program under Executive Order 13150 and section 
3049 of Public Law 109–59: Provided, That the Depart-
ment shall include adequate safeguards in the contract 
with the vendors to ensure timely and high-quality per-
formance under the contract. 
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SEC. 104. The Secretary shall post on the Web site 
of the Department of Transportation a schedule of all 
meetings of the Credit Council, including the agenda for 
each meeting, and require the Credit Council to record the 
decisions and actions of each meeting. 
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration, not otherwise provided for, including oper-
ations and research activities related to commercial space 
transportation, administrative expenses for research and 
development, establishment of air navigation facilities, the 
operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, 
subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold 
to the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehi-
cles for replacement only, in addition to amounts made 
available by Public Law 112–95, $9,750,000,000 of which 
$8,595,000,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Air-
way Trust Fund, of which not to exceed $7,396,654,000 
shall be available for air traffic organization activities; not 
to exceed $1,218,458,000 shall be available for aviation 
safety activities; not to exceed $16,000,000 shall be avail-
able for commercial space transportation activities; not to 
exceed $762,652,000 shall be available for finance and 
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management activities; not to exceed $60,089,000 shall be 
available for NextGen and operations planning activities; 
and not to exceed $296,147,000 shall be available for staff 
offices: Provided, That not to exceed 2 percent of any 
budget activity, except for aviation safety budget activity, 
may be transferred to any budget activity under this head-
ing: Provided further, That no transfer may increase or 
decrease any appropriation by more than 2 percent: Pro-
vided further, That any transfer in excess of 2 percent 
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec-
tion 405 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That not 
later than March 31 of each fiscal year hereafter, the Ad-
ministrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall 
transmit to Congress an annual update to the report sub-
mitted to Congress in December 2004 pursuant to section 
221 of Public Law 108–176: Provided further, That the 
amount herein appropriated shall be reduced by $100,000 
for each day after March 31 that such report has not been 
submitted to the Congress: Provided further, That not 
later than March 31 of each fiscal year hereafter, the Ad-
ministrator shall transmit to Congress a companion report 
that describes a comprehensive strategy for staffing, hir-
ing, and training flight standards and aircraft certification 
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staff in a format similar to the one utilized for the con-
troller staffing plan, including stated attrition estimates 
and numerical hiring goals by fiscal year: Provided further, 
That the amount herein appropriated shall be reduced by 
$100,000 per day for each day after March 31 that such 
report has not been submitted to Congress: Provided fur-
ther, That funds may be used to enter into a grant agree-
ment with a nonprofit standard-setting organization to as-
sist in the development of aviation safety standards: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be 
available for new applicants for the second career training 
program: Provided further, That none of the funds in this 
Act shall be available for the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion to finalize or implement any regulation that would 
promulgate new aviation user fees not specifically author-
ized by law after the date of the enactment of this Act: 
Provided further, That there may be credited to this appro-
priation as offsetting collections funds received from 
States, counties, municipalities, foreign authorities, other 
public authorities, and private sources for expenses in-
curred in the provision of agency services, including re-
ceipts for the maintenance and operation of air navigation 
facilities, and for issuance, renewal or modification of cer-
tificates, including airman, aircraft, and repair station cer-
tificates, or for tests related thereto, or for processing 
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major repair or alteration forms: Provided further, That 
of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less 
than $140,000,000 shall be for the contract tower pro-
gram, of which $9,500,000 is for the contract tower cost 
share program: Provided further, That none of the funds 
in this Act for aeronautical charting and cartography are 
available for activities conducted by, or coordinated 
through, the Working Capital Fund. 
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
for acquisition, establishment, technical support services, 
improvement by contract or purchase, and hire of national 
airspace systems and experimental facilities and equip-
ment, as authorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 
49, United States Code, including initial acquisition of 
necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service 
testing, including construction of test facilities and acqui-
sition of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction 
and furnishing of quarters and related accommodations 
for officers and employees of the Federal Aviation Admin-
istration stationed at remote localities where such accom-
modations are not available; and the purchase, lease, or 
transfer of aircraft from funds available under this head-
ing, including aircraft for aviation regulation and certifi-
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cation; to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust 
Fund, $2,600,000,000, of which $463,000,000 shall re-
main 
available 
until 
September 
30, 
2015, 
and 
$2,137,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2017: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro-
priation funds received from States, counties, municipali-
ties, other public authorities, and private sources, for ex-
penses incurred in the establishment, improvement, and 
modernization of national airspace systems: Provided fur-
ther, That upon initial submission to the Congress of the 
fiscal year 2016 President’s budget, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall transmit to the Congress a com-
prehensive capital investment plan for the Federal Avia-
tion Administration which includes funding for each budg-
et line item for fiscal years 2016 through 2020, with total 
funding for each year of the plan constrained to the fund-
ing targets for those years as estimated and approved by 
the Office of Management and Budget. 
RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
for research, engineering, and development, as authorized 
under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States 
Code, including construction of experimental facilities and 
acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, 
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$156,750,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30, 
2017: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro-
priation as offsetting collections, funds received from 
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 
and private sources, which shall be available for expenses 
incurred for research, engineering, and development. 
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in- 
aid for airport planning and development, and noise com-
patibility planning and programs as authorized under sub-
chapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 
of title 49, United States Code, and under other law au-
thorizing such obligations; for procurement, installation, 
and commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices 
and systems at airports of such title; for grants authorized 
under section 41743 of title 49, United States Code; and 
for inspection activities and administration of airport safe-
ty programs, including those related to airport operating 
certificates under section 44706 of title 49, United States 
Code, $3,200,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and 
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Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That none of the funds under this head-
ing shall be available for the planning or execution of pro-
grams the obligations for which are in excess of 
$3,350,000,000 in fiscal year 2015, notwithstanding sec-
tion 47117(g) of title 49, United States Code: Provided 
further, That none of the funds under this heading shall 
be available for the replacement of baggage conveyor sys-
tems, reconfiguration of terminal baggage areas, or other 
airport improvements that are necessary to install bulk ex-
plosive detection systems: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, of funds limited under 
this heading, not more than $107,100,000 shall be obli-
gated for administration, not less than $15,000,000 shall 
be available for the Airport Cooperative Research Pro-
gram, not less than $29,750,000 shall be available for Air-
port Technology Research, and $3,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be available and transferred 
to ‘‘Office of the Secretary, Salaries and Expenses’’ to 
carry out the Small Community Air Service Development 
Program. 
(CANCELLATION) 
Of the amounts authorized under sections 48103 and 
48112 of Title 49, United States Code, $260,000,000 are 
hereby permanently cancelled from amounts authorized 
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for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015 and prior 
years. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 110. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
to compensate in excess of 600 technical staff-years under 
the federally funded research and development center con-
tract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the 
Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development dur-
ing fiscal year 2015. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring air-
port sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration without cost building construction, maintenance, 
utilities and expenses, or space in airport sponsor-owned 
buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air 
navigation, or weather reporting: Provided, That the pro-
hibition of funds in this section does not apply to negotia-
tions between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve 
agreement on ‘‘below-market’’ rates for these items or to 
grant assurances that require airport sponsors to provide 
land without cost to the FAA for air traffic control facili-
ties. 
SEC. 112. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration may reimburse amounts made available to 
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satisfy 49 U.S.C. 41742(a)(1) from fees credited under 
49 U.S.C. 45303 and any amount remaining in such ac-
count at the close of that fiscal year may be made available 
to satisfy section 41742(a)(1) for the subsequent fiscal 
year. 
SEC. 113. Amounts collected under section 40113(e) 
of title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to the 
appropriation current at the time of collection, to be 
merged with and available for the same purposes of such 
appropriation. 
SEC. 114. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for paying premium pay under subsection 5546(a) of 
title 5, United States Code, to any Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration employee unless such employee actually per-
formed work during the time corresponding to such pre-
mium pay. 
SEC. 115. None of the funds in this Act may be obli-
gated or expended for an employee of the Federal Aviation 
Administration to purchase a store gift card or gift certifi-
cate through use of a Government-issued credit card. 
SEC. 116. None of the funds in this Act may be obli-
gated or expended for retention bonuses for an employee 
of the Federal Aviation Administration without the prior 
written approval of the Assistant Secretary for Adminis-
tration of the Department of Transportation. 
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(9) Federal-aid Highways programs for which 
obligation authority was made available under the 
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century 
(112 Stat. 107) or subsequent Acts for multiple 
years or to remain available until expended, but only 
to the extent that the obligation authority has not 
lapsed or been used; 
(10) section 105 of title 23, United States Code 
(as in effect for fiscal years 2005 through 2012, but 
only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each 
of those fiscal years); 
(11) section 1603 of SAFETEA–LU (23 
U.S.C. 118 note; 119 Stat. 1248), to the extent that 
funds obligated in accordance with that section were 
not subject to a limitation on obligations at the time 
at which the funds were initially made available for 
obligation; and 
(12) section 119 of title 23, United States Code 
(as in effect for fiscal years 2013 and 2014, but only 
in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of 
those fiscal years); and 
(13) section 119 of title 23, United States Code 
(but, for fiscal year 2015, only in an amount equal 
to $639,000,000). 
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