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tive physical inspection scores of less than 60. The report 
shall include— 
(1) the enforcement actions being taken to ad-
dress such conditions, including imposition of civil 
money penalties and termination of subsidies, and 
identify properties that have such conditions mul-
tiple times; and 
(2) actions that the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development is taking to protect tenants 
of such identified properties. 
SEC. 225. None of the funds made available by this 
Act, or any other Act, for purposes authorized under sec-
tion 8 (only with respect to the tenant-based rental assist-
ance program) and section 9 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), may be used by 
any public housing agency for any amount of salary, in-
cluding bonuses, for the chief executive officer of which, 
or any other official or employee of which, that exceeds 
the annual rate of basic pay payable for a position at level 
IV of the Executive Schedule at any time during any pub-
lic housing agency fiscal year 2016. 
SEC. 226. None of the funds in this Act may be avail-
able for the doctoral dissertation research grant program 
at the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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SEC. 227. None of the funds in this Act provided to 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development may 
be used to make a grant award unless the Secretary noti-
fies the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
not less than 3 full business days before any project, 
State, locality, housing authority, tribe, nonprofit organi-
zation, or other entity selected to receive a grant award 
is announced by the Department or its offices. 
SEC. 228. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to require or enforce the Physical Needs 
Assessment (PNA). 
SEC. 229. None of the funds made available in this 
Act shall be used by the Federal Housing Administration, 
the Government National Mortgage Administration, or the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development to in-
sure, securitize, or establish a Federal guarantee of any 
mortgage or mortgage backed security that refinances or 
otherwise replaces a mortgage that has been subject to 
eminent domain condemnation or seizure, by a State, mu-
nicipality, or any other political subdivision of a State. 
SEC. 230. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to terminate the status of a unit of gen-
eral local government as a metropolitan city (as defined 
in section 102 of the Housing and Community Develop-
142 
ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) with respect to 
grants under section 106 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5306). 
SEC. 231. Amounts made available under this Act 
which are either appropriated, allocated, advanced on a 
reimbursable basis, or transferred to the Office of Policy 
Development and Research in the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development and functions thereof, for re-
search, evaluation, or statistical purposes, and which are 
unexpended at the time of completion of a contract, grant, 
or cooperative agreement, may be deobligated and shall 
immediately become available and may be reobligated in 
that fiscal year or the subsequent fiscal year for the re-
search, evaluation, or statistical purposes for which the 
amounts are made available to that Office subject to re-
programming requirements in section 405 of this Act. 
SEC. 232. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development to require a recipient or sub-recipient of 
funding for the purpose of land acquisition, affordable 
housing construction, or affordable housing rehabilitation 
to meet Energy Star standards or any other energy effi-
ciency standards that exceed the requirements of applica-
ble State and local building codes. 
SEC. 233. Of the unobligated balances, including re-
captures and carryover, remaining from funds appro-
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priated in section 1497(a) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street 
Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Public Law 111– 
203; 42 U.S.C. 5301 note) and section 2301(a) of title 
III of division B of the Housing and Economic Recovery 
Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–289; 42 U.S.C. 5301 note), 
$7,000,000 is hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 234. (a) All unobligated balances, including re-
captures and carryover, remaining from funds appro-
priated to the Department of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment under the heading ‘‘Rural Housing and Economic 
Development’’ are hereby rescinded. 
(b) Effective October 1, 2015, all unobligated bal-
ances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining from 
funds appropriated to the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development for accounts under the headings 
‘‘Management and Administration’’ and ‘‘Program Office 
Salaries and Expenses’’ in division K of Public Law 113– 
235 are rescinded. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2016’’. 
TITLE III—RELATED AGENCIES 
ACCESS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Access Board, as au-
thorized by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973,
144 
as amended, $7,548,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, there may be credited to this 
appropriation funds received for publications and training 
expenses. 
FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime 
Commission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Mer-
chant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 307), in-
cluding services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 
1343(b); and uniforms or allowances therefore, as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, $25,660,000: Provided, That 
not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for official recep-
tion and representation expenses. 
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION OFFICE 
OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation 
to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 
of
1978,
as
amended,
$23,999,000
(increased
by 
$500,000): Provided, That the Inspector General shall 
have all necessary authority, in carrying out the duties 
specified in the Inspector General Act, as amended (5
145 
U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate allegations of fraud, includ-
ing false statements to the government (18 U.S.C. 1001), 
by any person or entity that is subject to regulation by 
the National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Provided 
further, That the Inspector General may enter into con-
tracts and other arrangements for audits, studies, anal-
yses, and other services with public agencies and with pri-
vate persons, subject to the applicable laws and regula-
tions that govern the obtaining of such services within the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Provided fur-
ther, That the Inspector General may select, appoint, and 
employ such officers and employees as may be necessary 
for carrying out the functions, powers, and duties of the 
Office of Inspector General, subject to the applicable laws 
and regulations that govern such selections, appointments, 
and employment within Amtrak: Provided further, That 
concurrent with the President’s budget request for fiscal 
year 2017, the Inspector General shall submit to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a budget 
request for fiscal year 2017 in similar format and sub-
stance to those submitted by executive agencies of the 
Federal Government.
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NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Transpor-
tation Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles and aircraft; 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 a GS–15; uniforms, 
or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902), $103,981,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 
may be used for official reception and representation ex-
penses. The amounts made available to the National 
Transportation Safety Board in this Act include amounts 
necessary to make lease payments on an obligation in-
curred in fiscal year 2001 for a capital lease. 
NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT 
CORPORATION 
For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor-
poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, 
as authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $135,000,000, of which 
$5,000,000 shall be for a multi-family rental housing pro-
gram: Provided, That in addition, $42,000,000 shall be 
made available until expended to the Neighborhood Rein-
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vestment Corporation for mortgage foreclosure mitigation 
activities, under the following terms and conditions: 
(1) The Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora-
tion (NRC) shall make grants to counseling inter-
mediaries approved by the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development (HUD) (with match to be 
determined by NRC based on affordability and the 
economic conditions of an area; a match also may be 
waived by NRC based on the aforementioned condi-
tions) to provide mortgage foreclosure mitigation as-
sistance primarily to States and areas with high 
rates of defaults and foreclosures to help eliminate 
the default and foreclosure of mortgages of owner- 
occupied single-family homes that are at risk of such 
foreclosure. Other than areas with high rates of de-
faults and foreclosures, grants may also be provided 
to approved counseling intermediaries based on a ge-
ographic analysis of the Nation by NRC which de-
termines where there is a prevalence of mortgages 
that are risky and likely to fail, including any trends 
for mortgages that are likely to default and face 
foreclosure. A State Housing Finance Agency may 
also be eligible where the State Housing Finance 
Agency meets all the requirements under this para-
graph. A HUD-approved counseling intermediary
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shall meet certain mortgage foreclosure mitigation 
assistance counseling requirements, as determined 
by NRC, and shall be approved by HUD or NRC as 
meeting these requirements. 
(2) Mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance 
shall only be made available to homeowners of 
owner-occupied homes with mortgages in default or 
in danger of default. These mortgages shall likely be 
subject to a foreclosure action and homeowners will 
be provided such assistance that shall consist of ac-
tivities that are likely to prevent foreclosures and re-
sult in the long-term affordability of the mortgage 
retained pursuant to such activity or another posi-
tive outcome for the homeowner. No funds made 
available under this paragraph may be provided di-
rectly to lenders or homeowners to discharge out-
standing mortgage balances or for any other direct 
debt reduction payments. 
(3) The use of mortgage foreclosure mitigation 
assistance by approved counseling intermediaries 
and State Housing Finance Agencies shall involve a 
reasonable analysis of the borrower’s financial situa-
tion, an evaluation of the current value of the prop-
erty that is subject to the mortgage, counseling re-
garding the assumption of the mortgage by another
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non-Federal party, counseling regarding the possible 
purchase of the mortgage by a non-Federal third 
party, counseling and advice of all likely restruc-
turing and refinancing strategies or the approval of 
a work-out strategy by all interested parties. 
(4) NRC may provide up to 15 percent of the 
total funds under this paragraph to its own charter 
members with expertise in foreclosure prevention 
counseling, subject to a certification by NRC that 
the procedures for selection do not consist of any 
procedures or activities that could be construed as a 
conflict of interest or have the appearance of impro-
priety. 
(5)
HUD-approved
counseling
entities
and 
State Housing Finance Agencies receiving funds 
under this paragraph shall have demonstrated expe-
rience in successfully working with financial institu-
tions as well as borrowers facing default, delin-
quency and foreclosure as well as documented coun-
seling capacity, outreach capacity, past successful 
performance and positive outcomes with documented 
counseling
plans
(including
post
mortgage
fore-
closure mitigation counseling), loan workout agree-
ments and loan modification agreements. NRC may
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use other criteria to demonstrate capacity in under-
served areas. 
(6) Of the total amount made available under 
this paragraph, up to $2,000,000 may be made 
available to build the mortgage foreclosure and de-
fault mitigation counseling capacity of counseling 
intermediaries through NRC training courses with 
HUD-approved counseling intermediaries and their 
partners, 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 as-
sociated administrative expenses for 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 NRC. 
(9) NRC shall continue to report bi-annually to 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions as well as the Senate Banking Committee and 
House Financial Services Committee on its efforts to 
mitigate mortgage default.
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UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON 
HOMELESSNESS 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses (including payment of sala-
ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
the rental of conference rooms, and the employment of ex-
perts and consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code) of the United States Interagency Council on 
Homelessness in carrying out the functions pursuant to 
title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, 
as amended, $3,530,000. 
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 
funded in this Act. 
SEC. 402. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-
tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 403. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under this Act for any consulting service through a pro-
curement contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5,
152 
United States Code, shall be limited to those contracts 
where such expenditures are a matter of public record and 
available for public inspection, except where otherwise pro-
vided 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 knowl-
edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the 
performance of official duties; 
(2) contains elements likely to induce high lev-
els 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 train-
ing 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 Em-
ployment
Opportunity
Commission
Notice
N– 
915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par-
ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the 
workplace.
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(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 pre-
vious appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities fund-
ed in this Act that remain available for obligation or ex-
penditure in fiscal year 2016, or provided from any ac-
counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 
and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
programming 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 ac-
tivities 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 Commit-
tees on Appropriations or the table accompanying 
the explanatory 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 Appropriations of the Senate and 
of the House of Representatives to establish the 
baseline for application of reprogramming and trans-
fer authorities for the current 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, ad-
justments made by Congress, adjustments due 
to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 
fiscal year enacted level;
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(B) a delineation in the table for each ap-
propriation and its respective prior year enacted 
level by object class and program, project, and 
activity as detailed in the budget appendix for 
the respective appropriation; and 
(C) an identification of items of special 
congressional interest. 
SEC. 406. Except as otherwise specifically provided 
by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 
remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2016 from 
appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 
for fiscal year 2016 in this Act, shall remain available 
through September 30, 2017, for each such account for 
the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 
be submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations for approval prior to the expenditure of such 
funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be made 
in compliance with reprogramming guidelines under sec-
tion 405 of this Act. 
SEC. 407. No funds in this Act may be used to sup-
port any Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use 
the power of eminent domain, unless eminent domain is 
employed only for a public use: Provided, That for pur-
poses of this section, public use shall not be construed to 
include economic development that primarily benefits pri-
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vate entities: Provided further, That any use of funds for 
mass
transit,
railroad,
airport,
seaport
or
highway 
projects, as well as utility projects which benefit or serve 
the general public (including energy-related, communica-
tion-related, water-related and wastewater-related infra-
structure), other structures designated for use by the gen-
eral public or which have other common-carrier or public- 
utility functions that serve the general public and are sub-
ject to regulation and oversight by the government, and 
projects for the removal of an immediate threat to public 
health and safety or brownfields as defined in the Small 
Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization 
Act (Public Law 107–118) shall be considered a public 
use for purposes of eminent domain. 
SEC. 408. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 409. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person 
filling a position, other than a temporary position, for-
merly held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed 
Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily com-
pleted his or her period of active military or naval service,
157 
and has within 90 days after his or her release from such 
service or from hospitalization continuing after discharge 
for a period of not more than 1 year, made application 
for restoration to his or her former position and has been 
certified by the Office of Personnel Management as still 
qualified to perform the duties of his or her former posi-
tion and has not been restored thereto. 
SEC. 410. No funds appropriated pursuant to this 
Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees 
that in expending the assistance the entity will comply 
with sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 
(41 U.S.C. 10a–10c, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy Amer-
ican Act’’). 
SEC. 411. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act shall be made available to any 
person or entity that has been convicted of violating the 
Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c). 
SEC. 412. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for first-class airline accommodations in 
contravention of sections 301–10.122 and 301–10.123 of 
title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 413. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this Act may be used to approve a new foreign air carrier 
permit under sections 41301 through 41305 of title 49, 
United States Code, or exemption application under sec-
158 
tion 40109 of that title of an air carrier already holding 
an air operators certificate issued by a country that is 
party to the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport 
Agreement where such approval would contravene United 
States law or Article 17 bis of the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Nor-
way Air Transport Agreement. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict or 
otherwise preclude the Secretary of Transportation from 
granting a foreign air carrier permit or an exemption to 
such an air carrier where such authorization is consistent 
with the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agree-
ment and United States law. 
SEC. 414. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Federal Maritime Commission or 
the Administrator of the Maritime Administration to issue 
a license or certificate for a commercial vessel that docked 
or anchored within the previous 180 days within 7 miles 
of a port on property that was confiscated, in whole or 
in part, by the Cuban Government, as the terms con-
fiscated, Cuban Government, and property are defined in 
paragraphs (4), (5), and (12)(A), respectively, of section 
4 of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity 
(LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6023). 
SEC. 415. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Federal Transit Administration
159 
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,
160 
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.
161 
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
162 
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
163 
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
164 
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’’. 
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 ending 
September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, namely:
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TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$110,738,000, of which not to exceed $2,734,000 shall be 
available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to 
exceed $1,025,000 shall be available for the immediate Of-
fice of the Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $20,109,000 shall 
be available for the Office of the General Counsel; not to 
exceed $10,141,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy; not to exceed 
$13,867,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to exceed 
$2,546,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Governmental Affairs; not to exceed 
$27,411,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Administration; not to exceed $2,029,000 shall 
be available for the Office of Public Affairs; not to exceed 
$1,769,000 shall be available for the Office of the Executive 
Secretariat; not to exceed $1,434,000 shall be available for 
the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utiliza-
tion; not to exceed $10,793,000 shall be available for the 
Office of Intelligence, Security, and Emergency Response; 
and not to exceed $16,880,000 shall be available for the Of-
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fice of the Chief Information Officer: Provided, That the 
Secretary of Transportation is authorized to transfer funds 
appropriated for any office of the Office of the Secretary 
to any other office of the Office of the Secretary: Provided 
further, That no appropriation for any office shall be in-
creased or decreased by more than 5 percent by all such 
transfers: Provided further, That notice of any change in 
funding greater than 5 percent shall be submitted for ap-
proval to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That not to exceed $60,000 shall 
be for allocation within the Department for official recep-
tion and representation expenses as the Secretary may de-
termine: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, excluding fees authorized in Public Law 
107–71, there may be credited to this appropriation up to 
$2,500,000 in funds received in user fees: Provided further, 
That none of the funds provided in this Act shall be avail-
able for the position of Assistant Secretary for Public Af-
fairs: Provided further, That not later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall transmit to Congress the final Comprehensive 
Truck Size and Weight Limits Study, as required by section 
32801 of Public Law 112–141: Provided further, That the 
amount herein appropriated for the Office of the Under Sec-
retary for Transportation Policy shall be reduced by
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$100,000 for each day after 60 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act that such report has not been submitted 
to Congress: Provided further, That the Secretary shall pro-
vide the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
quarterly written notification regarding the status of pend-
ing reports required to be submitted to the House and Sen-
ate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall provide in electronic form all signed re-
ports required by Congress. 
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses related to the Office of the As-
sistant 
Secretary 
for 
Research 
and 
Technology, 
$13,000,000, of which $8,218,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2018: 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 Adminis-
tration shall continue to be deemed to be a reference to the 
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Tech-
nology of the Department of Transportation.
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NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS 
For capital investments in surface transportation in-
frastructure, $500,000,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2019: Provided, That the Secretary of Trans-
portation shall distribute funds provided under this heading 
as discretionary grants to be awarded to a State, local gov-
ernment, transit agency, or a collaboration among such en-
tities on a competitive basis for projects that will have a 
significant impact on the Nation, a metropolitan area, or 
a region: Provided further, That projects eligible for funding 
provided under this heading shall include, but not be lim-
ited to, highway or bridge projects eligible under title 23, 
United States Code; public transportation projects eligible 
under chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code; passenger 
and freight rail transportation projects; and port infra-
structure investments (including inland port infrastruc-
ture): Provided further, That the Secretary may use up to 
20 percent of the funds made available under this heading 
for the purpose of paying the subsidy and administrative 
costs of projects eligible for Federal 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: Provided further, That in distributing 
funds provided under this heading, the Secretary shall take 
such measures so as to ensure an equitable geographic dis-
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tribution of funds, an appropriate balance in addressing 
the needs of urban and rural areas, and the investment in 
a variety of transportation modes: Provided further, That 
a grant funded under this heading shall be not less than 
$10,000,000 and not greater than $100,000,000: Provided 
further, That not more than 25 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 80 
percent: Provided further, That the Secretary shall give pri-
ority to projects that require a contribution of Federal funds 
in order to complete an overall financing package: Provided 
further, That not less than 30 percent of the funds provided 
under this heading shall be for projects located 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 above 80 
percent: Provided further, That of the amount made avail-
able under this heading, the Secretary may use an amount 
not to exceed $25,000,000 for the planning, preparation or 
design of projects eligible for funding under this heading: 
Provided further, That grants awarded under the previous 
proviso shall not be subject to a minimum grant size: Pro-
vided further, That projects conducted using funds provided
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under this heading must comply with the requirements of 
subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall conduct a new 
competition to select the grants and credit assistance 
awarded under this heading: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may retain up to $20,000,000 of the funds pro-
vided under this heading, and may transfer portions of 
those funds to the Administrators of the Federal Highway 
Administration, the Federal Transit Administration, the 
Federal Railroad Administration, and the Maritime Ad-
ministration, to fund the award and oversight of grants and 
credit assistance made under the National Infrastructure 
Investments program. 
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, 2017. 
CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES 
For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, 
including necessary upgrades to wide area network and in-
formation technology infrastructure, improvement of net-
work perimeter controls and identity management, testing 
and assessment of information technology against business, 
security, and other requirements, implementation of Fed-
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eral cyber security initiatives and information infrastruc-
ture enhancements, implementation of enhanced security 
controls on network devices, and enhancement of cyber secu-
rity workforce training tools, $8,000,000, to remain avail-
able through September 30, 2017. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$9,678,000. 
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. 
INTERAGENCY INFRASTRUCTURE PERMITTING 
IMPROVEMENT CENTER 
For necessary expenses to establish an Interagency In-
frastructure Permitting Improvement Center (IIPIC) that 
will implement reforms to improve interagency coordina-
tion and the expediting of projects related to the permitting 
and environmental review of major transportation infra-
structure projects including one-time expenses to develop 
and deploy information technology tools to track project 
schedules and metrics and improve the transparency and 
accountability of the permitting process, $4,000,000, to re-
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main available until expended: Provided, That there may 
be transferred to this appropriation, to remain available 
until expended, amounts from other Federal agencies for ex-
penses incurred under this heading for activities not related 
to transportation infrastructure: Provided further, That the 
tools and analysis developed by the IIPIC shall be available 
to other Federal agencies for the permitting and review of 
major infrastructure projects not related to transportation 
only to the extent that other Federal agencies provide fund-
ing to the Department as provided for under the previous 
proviso. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For necessary expenses for operating costs and capital 
outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 
$190,039,000 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 Cap-
ital Fund without majority approval of the Working Cap-
ital Fund Steering Committee and approval of the Sec-
retary: Provided further, That no assessments may be levied
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against any program, budget activity, subactivity or project 
funded by this Act unless notice of such assessments and 
the basis therefor are presented to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations and are approved by such 
Committees. 
MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $336,000, as author-
ized by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in sec-
tion 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, $597,000. 
MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH 
For necessary expenses of Minority Business Resource 
Center outreach activities, $3,084,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2017: Provided, That notwithstanding 
49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for business oppor-
tunities related to any mode of transportation. 
PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
In addition to funds made available from any other 
source to carry out the essential air service program under
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49 U.S.C. 41731 through 41742, $175,000,000, to be derived 
from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That in determining between 
or among carriers competing to provide service to a commu-
nity, the Secretary may consider the relative subsidy re-
quirements of the carriers: Provided further, That basic es-
sential air service minimum requirements shall not include 
the 15-passenger capacity requirement under subsection 
41732(b)(3) of title 49, United States Code: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds in this Act or any other Act 
shall be used to enter into a new contract with a community 
located less than 40 miles from the nearest small hub air-
port before the Secretary has negotiated with the commu-
nity over a local cost share: Provided further, That amounts 
authorized to be distributed for the essential air service pro-
gram under subsection 41742(b) of title 49, United States 
Code, shall be made available immediately from amounts 
otherwise provided to the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration: Provided further, That the Ad-
ministrator may reimburse such amounts from fees credited 
to the account established under section 45303 of title 49, 
United States Code.
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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 approve 
assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining to funds 
appropriated to the modal administrations in this Act, ex-
cept for activities underway on the date of enactment of 
this Act, unless such assessments or agreements have com-
pleted the normal reprogramming process for Congressional 
notification. 
SEC. 102. The Secretary or his or her designee may 
engage in activities with States and State legislators to con-
sider proposals related to the reduction of motorcycle fatali-
ties. 
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
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the vendors to ensure timely and high-quality performance 
under the contract. 
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 meet-
ing, and require the Credit Council to record the decisions 
and actions of each meeting. 
SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds appropriated or made available under 
this Act shall be used to finalize or implement sections 256.1 
through 256.5 and 399.80 of the Department of Transpor-
tation’s proposed rulemaking, as published in the Federal 
Register on Friday, May 23, 2014 (79 FR 29969), relating 
to Transparency of Airline Ancillary Fees and Other Con-
sumer Protection Issues. 
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Admin-
istration, not otherwise provided for, including operations 
and research activities related to commercial space trans-
portation, administrative expenses for research and develop-
ment, establishment of air navigation facilities, the oper-
ation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, sub-
sidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold to
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the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles for 
replacement only, in addition to amounts made available 
by 
Public 
Law 
112–95, 
$9,897,818,000 
of 
which 
$8,180,000,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Air-
way Trust Fund, of which not to exceed $7,505,293,000 
shall be available for air traffic organization activities; not 
to exceed $1,258,411,000 shall be available for aviation safe-
ty activities; not to exceed $17,425,000 shall be available 
for commercial space transportation activities; not to exceed 
$748,969,000 shall be available for finance and manage-
ment activities; not to exceed $60,089,000 shall be available 
for NextGen and operations planning activities; not to ex-
ceed $100,880,000 shall be available for security and haz-
ardous materials safety; and not to exceed $206,751,000 
shall be available for staff offices: Provided, That not to ex-
ceed 2 percent of any budget activity, except for aviation 
safety budget activity, may be transferred to any budget 
activity under this heading: Provided further, That no 
transfer may increase or decrease any appropriation by 
more than 2 percent: Provided further, That any transfer 
in excess of 2 percent shall be treated as a reprogramming 
of funds under section 405 of this Act and shall not be avail-
able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with 
the procedures set forth in that section: Provided further, 
That not later than March 31 of each fiscal year hereafter,
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the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration 
shall transmit to Congress an annual update to the report 
submitted to Congress in December 2004 pursuant to sec-
tion 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 
Administrator shall transmit to Congress a companion re-
port that describes a comprehensive strategy for staffing, 
hiring, and training flight standards and aircraft certifi-
cation staff in a format similar to the one utilized for the 
controller 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 further, 
That funds may be used to enter into a grant agreement 
with a nonprofit standard-setting organization to assist in 
the development of aviation safety standards: Provided fur-
ther, 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 Administration to fi-
nalize or implement any regulation that would promulgate
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new aviation user fees not specifically authorized by law 
after the date of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, 
That there may be credited to this appropriation, as offset-
ting collections, funds received from States, counties, mu-
nicipalities, foreign authorities, other public authorities, 
and private sources for expenses incurred in the provision 
of agency services, including receipts for the maintenance 
and operation of air navigation facilities, and for issuance, 
renewal or modification of certificates, including airman, 
aircraft, and repair station certificates, or for tests related 
thereto, or for processing major repair or alteration forms: 
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
heading, not less than $154,400,000 shall be for the contract 
tower program, including the contract tower cost share pro-
gram: 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 Work-
ing Capital Fund. 
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
acquisition, establishment, technical support services, im-
provement 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
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49, United States Code, including initial acquisition of nec-
essary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service test-
ing, including construction of test facilities and acquisition 
of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction and fur-
nishing of quarters and related accommodations for officers 
and employees of the Federal Aviation Administration sta-
tioned at remote localities where such accommodations are 
not available; and the purchase, lease, or transfer of aircraft 
from funds available under this heading, including aircraft 
for aviation regulation and certification; to be derived from 
the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, $2,600,000,000, of 
which $467,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2016, and $2,133,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2018: Provided, That there may be credited 
to this appropriation funds received from States, counties, 
municipalities, other public authorities, and private 
sources, for expenses incurred in the establishment, im-
provement, and modernization of national airspace sys-
tems: Provided further, That no later than March 31, the 
Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to the Congress 
an investment plan for the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion which includes funding for each budget line item for 
fiscal years 2017 through 2021, with total funding for each 
year of the plan constrained to the funding targets for those 
years as estimated and approved by the Office of Manage-
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ment and Budget: 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. 
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 acqui-
sition of necessary sites by lease or grant, $163,325,000, to 
be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and 
to remain available until September 30, 2018: Provided, 
That there may be credited to this appropriation as offset-
ting collections, funds received from States, counties, mu-
nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources, 
which shall be available for expenses incurred for research, 
engineering, and development.
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GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
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 author-
izing 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 in-
spection activities and administration of airport safety pro-
grams, including those related to airport operating certifi-
cates under section 44706 of title 49, United States Code, 
$3,600,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds under this heading shall be 
available for the planning or execution of programs the obli-
gations for which are in excess of $3,350,000,000 in fiscal 
year 2016, notwithstanding section 47117(g) of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided further, That none of the
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funds under this heading shall be available for the replace-
ment of baggage conveyor systems, reconfiguration of ter-
minal baggage areas, or other airport improvements that 
are necessary to install bulk explosive detection systems: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 47109(a) of 
title 49, United States Code, the Government’s share of al-
lowable project costs under paragraph (2) for subgrants or 
paragraph (3) of that section shall be 95 percent for a 
project at other than a large or medium hub airport that 
is a successive phase of a multi-phased construction project 
for which the project sponsor received a grant in fiscal year 
2011 for the construction project: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, of funds lim-
ited under this heading, not more than $107,100,000 shall 
be obligated for administration, not less than $15,000,000 
shall be available for the Airport Cooperative Research Pro-
gram, not less than $31,000,000 shall be available for Air-
port Technology Research, and $10,000,000, 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 Pro-
gram: Provided further, That in addition to airports eligi-
ble under section 41743 of title 49, such program may in-
clude the participation of an airport that serves a commu-
nity or consortium that is not larger than a small hub air-
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port, according to FAA hub classifications effective at the 
time the Office of the Secretary issues a request for pro-
posals. 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the amounts authorized for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2016, under section 48112 of title 49, United 
States Code, all unobligated balances are permanently re-
scinded. 
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 during 
fiscal year 2016. 
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 prohi-
bition of funds in this section does not apply to negotiations 
between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve agree-
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ment 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 facilities. 
SEC. 112. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration may reimburse amounts made available to 
satisfy 49 U.S.C. 41742(a)(1) from fees credited under 49 
U.S.C. 45303 and any amount remaining in such account 
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 appro-
priation 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 Admin-
istration employee unless such employee actually performed 
work during the time corresponding to such premium 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. The Secretary shall apportion to the sponsor 
of an airport that received scheduled or unscheduled air 
service from a large certified air carrier (as defined in part
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241 of title 14 Code of Federal Regulations, or such other 
regulations as may be issued by the Secretary under the 
authority of section 41709) an amount equal to the min-
imum apportionment specified in 49 U.S.C. 47114(c), if 
the Secretary determines that airport had more than 10,000 
passenger boardings in the preceding calendar year, based 
on data submitted to the Secretary under part 241 of title 
14, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 117. 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 Administra-
tion of the Department of Transportation. 
SEC. 118. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds made available under this Act or any 
prior Act may be used to implement or to continue to im-
plement any limitation on the ability of any owner or oper-
ator of a private aircraft to obtain, upon a request to the 
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, a 
blocking of that owner’s or operator’s aircraft registration 
number from any display of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration’s Aircraft Situational Display to Industry data 
that is made available to the public, except data made 
available to a Government agency, for the noncommercial 
flights of that owner or operator.
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SEC. 119. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for salaries and expenses of more than 9 political and 
Presidential appointees in the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration. 
SEC. 119A. None of the funds made available under 
this Act may be used to increase fees pursuant to section 
44721 of title 49, United States Code, until the FAA pro-
vides to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions a report that justifies all fees related to aeronautical 
navigation products and explains how such fees are con-
sistent with Executive Order 13642. 
SEC. 119B. None of the funds appropriated or limited 
by this Act may be used to change weight restrictions or 
prior permission rules at Teterboro airport in Teterboro, 
New Jersey. 
SEC. 119C. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
to close a regional operations center of the Federal Aviation 
Administration or reduce its services unless the Adminis-
trator notifies the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations not less than 90 full business days in advance.
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FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Not to exceed $429,348,000, together with advances 
and reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration, shall be obligated for necessary expenses for 
administration and operation of the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration or transferred to the Appalachian Regional 
Commission in accordance with section 104 of title 23, 
United States Code. 
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
Funds available for the implementation or execution 
of Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction 
programs authorized under titles 23 and 49, United States 
Code, and the provisions of Public Law 112–141 shall not 
exceed total obligations of $40,256,000,000 for fiscal year 
2016: Provided, That the Secretary may collect and spend 
fees, as authorized by title 23, United States Code, to cover 
the costs of services of expert firms, including counsel, in 
the field of municipal and project finance to assist in the 
underwriting and servicing of Federal credit instruments 
and all or a portion of the costs to the Federal Government
189 
of servicing such credit instruments: Provided further, That 
such fees are available until expended to pay for such costs: 
Provided further, That such amounts are in addition to ad-
ministrative expenses that are also available for such pur-
pose, and are not subject to any obligation limitation or 
the limitation on administrative expenses under section 608 
of title 23, United States Code. 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For the payment of obligations incurred in carrying 
out Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction 
programs authorized under title 23, United States Code, 
$40,995,000,000 derived from the Highway Trust Fund 
(other than the Mass Transit Account), to remain available 
until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2016, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall— 
(1) not distribute from the obligation limitation 
for Federal-aid highways— 
(A) amounts authorized for administrative 
expenses and programs by section 104(a) of title 
23, United States Code; and
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ized to be appropriated for section 119 of title 
23, United States Code, equal to the amount re-
ferred to in subsection (b)(12) for such fiscal 
year), less the aggregate of the amounts not dis-
tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this 
subsection; 
(4) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed-
eral-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not dis-
tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), for each of the 
programs (other than programs to which paragraph 
(1) applies) that are allocated by the Secretary under 
the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century 
Act and title 23, United States Code, or apportioned 
by the Secretary under sections 202 or 204 of that 
title, by multiplying— 
(A) the proportion determined under para-
graph (3); by 
(B) the amounts authorized to be appro-
priated for each such program for such fiscal 
year; and 
(5) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed-
eral-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not dis-
tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and the 
amounts distributed under paragraph (4), for Fed-
eral-aid highways and highway safety construction
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programs that are apportioned by the Secretary 
under title 23, United States Code (other than the 
amounts apportioned for the National Highway Per-
formance Program in section 119 of title 23, United 
States Code, that are exempt from the limitation 
under subsection (b)(12) and the amounts appor-
tioned under sections 202 and 204 of that title) in the 
proportion that— 
(A) amounts authorized to be appropriated 
for the programs that are apportioned under title 
23, United States Code, to each State for such 
fiscal year; bears to 
(B) the total of the amounts authorized to 
be appropriated for the programs that are ap-
portioned under title 23, United States Code, to 
all States for such fiscal year. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS FROM OBLIGATION LIMITATION.— 
The obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways shall 
not apply to obligations under or for— 
(1) section 125 of title 23, United States Code; 
(2) section 147 of the Surface Transportation As-
sistance Act of 1978 (23 U.S.C. 144 note; 92 Stat. 
2714); 
(3) section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 
1981 (95 Stat. 1701);
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(4) subsections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the 
Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (96 
Stat. 2119); 
(5) subsections (b) and (c) of section 149 of the 
Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation As-
sistance Act of 1987 (101 Stat. 198); 
(6) sections 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal 
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 
Stat. 2027); 
(7) section 157 of title 23, United States Code 
(as in effect on June 8, 1998); 
(8) section 105 of title 23, United States Code 
(as in effect for fiscal years 1998 through 2004, but 
only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of 
those fiscal years); 
(9) Federal-aid highways programs for which ob-
ligation 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 ex-
tent 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
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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 ob-
ligated in accordance with that section were not sub-
ject to a limitation on obligations at the time at 
which the funds were initially made available for ob-
ligation; and 
(12) section 119 of title 23, United States Code 
(but, for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2016, only 
in an amount equal to $639,000,000). 
(c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AU-
THORITY.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall, after August 1 of such fiscal year— 
(1) revise a distribution of the obligation limita-
tion made available under subsection (a) if an 
amount distributed cannot be obligated during that 
fiscal year; and 
(2) redistribute sufficient amounts to those States 
able to obligate amounts in addition to those pre-
viously distributed during that fiscal year, giving pri-
ority to those States having large unobligated bal-
ances of funds apportioned under sections 144 (as in 
effect on the day before the date of enactment of Pub-
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lic Law 112–141) and 104 of title 23, United States 
Code. 
(d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO 
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 
highways shall apply to contract authority for trans-
portation research programs carried out under— 
(A) chapter 5 of title 23, United States 
Code; and 
(B) division E of the Moving Ahead for 
Progress in the 21st Century Act. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Obligation authority made 
available under paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) remain available for a period of 4 fiscal 
years; and 
(B) be in addition to the amount of any 
limitation imposed on obligations for Federal- 
aid highways and highway safety construction 
programs for future fiscal years. 
(e) REDISTRIBUTION
OF
CERTAIN
AUTHORIZED 
FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of distribution of obligation limitation under 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall distribute to the
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States any funds (excluding funds authorized for the 
program under section 202 of title 23, United States 
Code) that— 
(A) are authorized to be appropriated for 
such fiscal year for Federal-aid highways pro-
grams; and 
(B) the Secretary determines will not be al-
located to the States (or will not be apportioned 
to the States under section 204 of title 23, 
United States Code), and will not be available 
for obligation, for such fiscal year because of the 
imposition of any obligation limitation for such 
fiscal year. 
(2) RATIO.—Funds shall be distributed under 
paragraph (1) in the same proportion as the distribu-
tion of obligation authority under subsection (a)(5). 
(3) AVAILABILITY.—Funds distributed to each 
State under paragraph (1) shall be available for any 
purpose described in section 133(b) of title 23, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 121. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re-
ceived by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the 
sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pur-
suant to chapter 63 of title 49, United States Code, may 
be credited to the Federal-aid highways account for the pur-
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pose of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses: Provided, 
That such funds shall be subject to the obligation limitation 
for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction 
programs. 
SEC. 122. Not less than 15 days prior to waiving, 
under his or her statutory authority, any Buy America re-
quirement for Federal-aid highways projects, the Secretary 
of Transportation shall make an informal public notice and 
comment opportunity on the intent to issue such waiver and 
the reasons therefor: Provided, That the Secretary shall pro-
vide an annual report to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations on any waivers granted under the Buy 
America requirements. 
SEC. 123. None of the funds in this Act to the Depart-
ment of Transportation may be used to provide credit as-
sistance unless not less than 3 days before any application 
approval to provide credit assistance under sections 603 
and 604 of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary of 
Transportation provides notification in writing to the fol-
lowing committees: the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations; the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works and the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban 
Affairs of the Senate; and the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives: Pro-
vided, That such notification shall include, but not be lim-
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ited to, the name of the project sponsor; a description of 
the project; whether credit assistance will be provided as 
a direct loan, loan guarantee, or line of credit; and the 
amount of credit assistance. 
SEC. 124. From the unobligated balances of funds ap-
portioned among the States prior to October 1, 2012, under 
sections 104(b) of title 23, United States Code (as in effect 
on the day before the date of enactment of Public Law 112– 
141), the amount of $22,348,000 shall be made available 
in fiscal year 2016 for the administrative expenses of the 
Federal Highway Administration: Provided, That this pro-
vision shall not apply to funds distributed in accordance 
with section 104(b)(5) of title 23, United States Code (as 
in effect on the day before the date of enactment of Public 
Law 112–141); section 133(d)(1) of such title (as in effect 
on the day before the date of enactment of Public Law 109– 
59); and the first sentence of section 133(d)(3)(A) of such 
title (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment 
of Public Law 112–141): Provided further, That such 
amount shall be derived on a proportional basis from the 
unobligated balances of apportioned funds to which this 
provision applies: Provided further, That the amount made 
available by this provision in fiscal year 2016 for the ad-
ministrative expenses of the Federal Highway Administra-
tion shall be in addition to the amount made available in
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fiscal year 2016 for such purposes under section 104(a) of 
title 23, United States Code. 
SEC. 125. Section 127 of title 23, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(m) OPERATION OF CERTAIN SPECIALIZED HAULING 
VEHICLES ON CERTAIN TEXAS HIGHWAYS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If any segment of United 
States Route 59, United States Route 77, United 
States Route 281, United States Route 84, or routes 
otherwise made eligible for designation as Interstate 
Route 69, is designated as Interstate Route 69, a ve-
hicle that could operate legally on that segment before 
the date of such designation may continue to operate 
on that segment, without regard to any requirement 
under subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) DESCRIPTION
OF
HIGHWAY
SEGMENTS.— 
The highway segments referred to in paragraph (1) 
are any segment of United States Route 59, United 
States Route 77, United States Route 281, United 
States Route 84, and routes otherwise made eligible 
for designation as Interstate Route 69 in Texas. 
‘‘(n) OPERATION OF CERTAIN SPECIALIZED VEHICLES 
ON CERTAIN HIGHWAYS IN THE STATE OF ARKANSAS.— 
If any segment of United States Route 63 between the exits
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for Arkansas Highway 14 and Arkansas Highway 75 is 
designated as part of the Interstate System— 
‘‘(1) a vehicle that could legally operate on the 
segment before the date of such designation at the 
posted speed limit may continue to operate on that 
segment; and 
‘‘(2) a vehicle that can only travel slower than 
the posted speed limit on the segment and could other-
wise legally operate on the segment before the date of 
such designation may continue to operate on that seg-
ment during daylight hours.’’. 
SEC. 126. (a) A State or territory, as defined in section 
165 of title 23, United States Code, may use for any project 
eligible under section 133(b) of title 23 or section 165 of 
title 23 and located within the boundary of the State or 
territory any earmarked amount, and any associated obli-
gation limitation, provided that the Department of Trans-
portation for the State or territory for which the earmarked 
amount was originally designated or directed notifies the 
Secretary of Transportation of its intent to use its authority 
under this section and submits a quarterly report to the 
Secretary identifying the projects to which the funding 
would be applied. Notwithstanding the original period of 
availability of funds to be obligated under this section, such 
funds and associated obligation limitation shall remain
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available for obligation for a period of 3 fiscal years after 
the fiscal year in which the Secretary of Transportation 
is notified. The Federal share of the cost of a project carried 
out with funds made available under this section shall be 
the same as associated with the earmark. 
(b) In this section, the term ‘‘earmarked amount’’ 
means— 
(1) congressionally directed spending, as defined 
in rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate, 
identified in a prior law, report, or joint explanatory 
statement, which was authorized to be appropriated 
or appropriated more than 10 fiscal years prior to 
the fiscal year in which this Act becomes effective, and 
administered by the Federal Highway Administra-
tion; or 
(2) a congressional earmark, as defined in rule 
XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives iden-
tified in a prior law, report, or joint explanatory 
statement, which was authorized to be appropriated 
or appropriated more than 10 fiscal years prior to 
the fiscal year in which this Act becomes effective, and 
administered by the Federal Highway Administra-
tion. 
(c) The authority under subsection (a) may be exer-
cised only for those projects or activities that have obligated
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less than 10 percent of the amount made available for obli-
gation as of the effective date of this Act, and shall be ap-
plied to projects within the same general geographic area 
within 50 miles for which the funding was designated, ex-
cept that a State or territory may apply such authority 
to unexpended balances of funds from projects or activities 
the State or territory certifies have been closed and for 
which payments have been made under a final voucher. 
(d) The Secretary shall submit consolidated reports of 
the information provided by the States and territories each 
quarter to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
SEC. 127. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 31112(c)(5) of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Nebraska may’’ and inserting 
‘‘Nebraska and Kansas may’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘the State of Nebraska’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the relevant state’’. 
(b) CONFORMING
AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
Section 31112(c) of such title is amended— 
(1) by striking the subsection designation and 
heading and inserting the following: 
‘‘(c) SPECIAL RULES FOR WYOMING, OHIO, ALASKA, 
IOWA, NEBRASKA, AND KANSAS.—’’;
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(2) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(3) and inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (4) and inserting ‘‘; and’’. 
FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in the implemen-
tation, execution and administration of motor carrier safe-
ty operations and programs pursuant to section 31104(i) 
of title 49, United States Code, and sections 4127 and 4134 
of Public Law 109–59, as amended by Public Law 112– 
141, $259,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust 
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), together with 
advances and reimbursements received by the Federal Motor 
Carrier Safety Administration, the sum of which shall re-
main available until expended: Provided, That funds avail-
able for implementation, execution or administration of 
motor carrier safety operations and programs authorized 
under title 49, United States Code, shall not exceed total 
obligations of $259,000,000 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Oper-
ations and Programs’’ for fiscal year 2016, of which 
$9,000,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep-
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tember 30, 2018, is for the research and technology pro-
gram, and of which $34,545,000, to remain available for 
obligation until September 30, 2018, is for information 
management: Provided further, That $1,000,000 shall be 
made available for commercial motor vehicle operator 
grants to carry out section 4134 of Public Law 109–59, as 
amended by Public Law 112–141. 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
sections 31102, 31104(a), 31106, 31107, 31109, 31309, 
31313 of title 49, United States Code, and sections 4126 
and 4128 of Public Law 109–59, as amended by Public 
Law 112–141, $313,000,000, to be derived from the High-
way Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) and 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 
available for the implementation or execution of motor car-
rier safety programs shall not exceed total obligations of 
$313,000,000 in fiscal year 2016 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety 
Grants’’; of which $218,000,000 shall be available for the 
motor carrier safety assistance program, $30,000,000 shall 
be available for commercial driver’s license program im-
provement grants, $32,000,000 shall be available for border
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enforcement grants, $5,000,000 shall be available for per-
formance and registration information system management 
grants, $25,000,000 shall be available for the commercial 
vehicle information systems and networks deployment pro-
gram, and $3,000,000 shall be available for safety data im-
provement grants: Provided further, That, of the funds 
made available herein for the motor carrier safety assist-
ance program, $32,000,000 shall be available for audits of 
new entrant motor carriers. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER 
SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 130. (a) Funds appropriated or limited in this 
Act shall be subject to the terms and conditions stipulated 
in section 350 of Public Law 107–87 and section 6901 of 
Public Law 110–28. 
(b) Section 350(d) of the Department of Transpor-
tation and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 2002 (Pub-
lic Law 107–87) is hereby repealed. 
SEC. 131. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Adminis-
tration shall send notice of 49 CFR section 385.308 viola-
tions by certified mail, registered mail, or another manner 
of delivery which records the receipt of the notice by the 
persons responsible for the violations. 
SEC. 132. None of the funds limited or otherwise made 
available under this Act, or any other Act, hereafter, shall
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be used by the Secretary to enforce any regulation prohib-
iting a State from issuing a commercial learner’s permit 
to individuals under the age of eighteen if the State had 
a law authorizing the issuance of commercial learner’s per-
mits to individuals under eighteen years of age as of May 
9, 2011. 
SEC. 133. None of the funds limited or otherwise made 
available under the heading ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Oper-
ations and Programs’’ may be used to deny an application 
to renew a Hazardous Materials Safety Program permit for 
a motor carrier based on that carrier’s Hazardous Mate-
rials Out-of-Service rate, unless the carrier has the oppor-
tunity to submit a written description of corrective actions 
taken, and other documentation the carrier wishes the Sec-
retary to consider, including submitting a corrective action 
plan, and the Secretary determines the actions or plan is 
insufficient to address the safety concerns that resulted in 
that Hazardous Materials Out-of-Service rate. 
SEC. 134. Funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act or any other Act shall be used hereafter 
to enforce sections 395.3(c) and 395.3(d) of title 49, Code 
of Federal Regulations, only if the final report issued by 
the Secretary required by section 133 of division K of Pub-
lic Law 113–235 finds that the July 1, 2013 restart provi-
sions resulted in statistically significant net safety benefits
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and the Inspector General certifies that the final report 
meets the statutory requirements of Public Law 113–235. 
SEC. 135. Funds made available by this Act or any 
other Act may be used to develop, issue, or implement any 
regulation that increases levels of minimum financial re-
sponsibility for transporting passengers or property as in 
effect on January 1, 2014, under regulations issued pursu-
ant to sections 31138 and 31139 of title 49, United States 
Code, only 60 days after the Secretary provides a report 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, 
the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture, and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation on the impact of raising the minimum fi-
nancial responsibility for transporting passengers or prop-
erty. The report shall include an assessment of catastrophic 
crashes in which damages exceeded the insurance limits, the 
impact of higher insurance premiums on carriers, and the 
capacity of the insurance industry to underwrite increases 
in current minimum financial responsibility limits. 
SEC. 136. Section 13506(a) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended: 
(1) in subsection (14) by striking ‘‘or’’; 
(2) in subsection (15) by striking ‘‘.’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘; or’’; and
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(3) by inserting at the end, ‘‘(16) the transpor-
tation of passengers by motor vehicles operated by 
youth or family camps that provide overnight accom-
modations and recreational or educational activities 
at fixed locations.’’. 
SEC. 137. (a) Section 31111(b)(1)(A) of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘or of less than 
28 feet on a semitrailer or trailer operating in a truck trac-
tor semitrailer-trailer combination,’’ and inserting ‘‘or, not-
withstanding section 31112, of less than 33 feet on a 
semitrailer or trailer operating in a truck tractor 
semitrailer-trailer combination,’’. 
(b) Section 31111(f) of title 49, United States Code, 
the term ‘‘chief executive officer of a State’’ shall include 
‘‘chief executive officer of a State Department of Transpor-
tation’’. 
(c) The Secretary of Transportation is directed to con-
duct a study comparing crash data between 28 foot and 
33 foot semitrailers or trailers operating in a truck tractor- 
semitrailer-trailer configuration. The Secretary shall sub-
mit its study to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations no later than three years after the date of en-
actment of this Act.
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NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the 
Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety au-
thorized under chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI of 
title 49, United States Code, $130,500,000, of which 
$20,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 
2017. 
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, and chapter 303 of title 
49, United States Code, $118,500,000, to be derived from 
the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac-
count) and to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That none of the funds under this heading shall be available 
for the planning or execution of programs the total obliga-
tions for which, in fiscal year 2016, are in excess of 
$118,500,000, of which $113,500,000 shall be for programs 
authorized under 23 U.S.C. 403 and $5,000,000 shall be 
for the National Driver Register authorized under chapter 
303 of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That 
within the $118,500,000 obligation limitation for oper-
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ations and research, $20,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2017, and shall be in addition to the 
amount of any limitation imposed on obligations for future 
years. 
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS AND OTHER PURPOSES 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
provisions of 23 U.S.C. 402, 403, and 405, section 2009 
of Public Law 109–59, as amended by Public Law 112– 
141, section 31101(a)(6) of Public Law 112–141, chapter 
301 of title 49, United States Code, and part C of subtitle 
VI of title 49, United States Code, to remain available until 
expended, $575,500,000, to be derived from the Highway 
Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account): Pro-
vided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available 
for the planning or execution of programs the total obliga-
tions for which, in fiscal year 2016, are in excess of 
$575,500,000 for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 402, 
403, and 405, section 2009 of Public Law 109–59, as 
amended by Public Law 112–141, section 31101(a)(6) of 
Public Law 112–141, chapter 301 of title 49, United States 
Code, and part C of subtitle VI of title 49, United States 
Code, of which $235,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Highway Safety
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Programs’’ under 23 U.S.C. 402; $272,000,000 shall be for 
‘‘National Priority Safety Programs’’ under 23 U.S.C. 405; 
$29,000,000 shall be for ‘‘High Visibility Enforcement Pro-
gram’’ under section 2009 of Public Law 109–59, as 
amended by Public Law 112–141; $25,500,000 shall be for 
‘‘Administrative Expenses’’ under section 31101(a)(6) of 
Public Law 112–141: Provided further, That none of these 
funds shall be used for construction, rehabilitation, or re-
modeling costs, or for office furnishings and fixtures for 
State, local or private buildings or structures: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $500,000 of the funds made avail-
able for ‘‘National Priority Safety Programs’’ under 23 
U.S.C. 405 for ‘‘Impaired Driving Countermeasures’’ (as 
described in subsection (d) of that section) shall be available 
for technical assistance to the States: Provided further, That 
with respect to the ‘‘Transfers’’ provision under 23 U.S.C. 
405(a)(1)(G), any amounts transferred to increase the 
amounts made available under section 402 shall include the 
obligation authority for such amounts: Provided further, 
That the Administrator shall notify the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations of any exercise of the au-
thority granted under the previous proviso or under 23 
U.S.C. 405(a)(1)(G) within 5 days: Provided further, That 
$10,000,000 of the total obligation limitation made avail-
able shall be applied toward unobligated balances of con-
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tract authority under the program for which funds were au-
thorized in section 2005 of Public Law 109–59, as amended, 
and shall be used for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 
403: Provided further, That $4,000,000 of the total obliga-
tion limitation made available shall be applied toward un-
obligated balances of contract authority under the program 
for which funds were authorized in section 2005 of Public 
Law 109–59, as amended, and shall be used to cover the 
expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Sec-
retary, with respect to traffic and highway safety under 
chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, and part C 
of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code: Provided fur-
ther, That the additional $14,000,000 made available for 
obligation from unobligated balances of contract authority 
under section 2005 of Public Law 109–59, as amended, 
shall be available in the same manner as though such funds 
were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States 
Code, except that the Federal share payable on account of 
any program, project, or activity carried out with such 
funds made available under this heading shall be 100 per-
cent and such funds shall remain available for obligation 
until expended.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—NATIONAL HIGHWAY 
TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 140. An additional $130,000 shall be made avail-
able to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administra-
tion, out of the amount limited for section 402 of title 23, 
United States Code, to pay for travel and related expenses 
for State management reviews and to pay for core com-
petency development training and related expenses for high-
way safety staff. 
SEC. 141. The limitations on obligations for the pro-
grams of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administra-
tion set in this Act shall not apply to obligations for which 
obligation authority was made available in previous public 
laws but only to the extent that the obligation authority 
has not lapsed or been used. 
SEC. 142. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
to implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code. 
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
SAFETY AND OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Admin-
istration, not otherwise provided for, $199,000,000, of which 
$15,900,000 shall remain available until expended. 
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for railroad research and devel-
opment, $39,100,000, to remain available until expended.
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RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT FINANCING 
PROGRAM 
The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue 
direct loans and loan guarantees pursuant to sections 501 
through 504 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory 
Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–210), as amended, such 
authority to exist as long as any such direct loan or loan 
guarantee is outstanding: Provided, That pursuant to sec-
tion 502 of such Act, as amended, no new direct loans or 
loan guarantee commitments shall be made using Federal 
funds for the credit risk premium during fiscal year 2016. 
RAILROAD SAFETY GRANTS 
For necessary expenses related to railroad safety 
grants, $50,000,000, of which not to exceed $25,000,000 
shall be available to carry out 49 U.S.C. 20167; not to ex-
ceed $15,000,000 shall be made available to carry out 49 
U.S.C. 20158; and not to exceed $10,000,000 shall be made 
available for projects as defined in section 22501 of title 
49, United States Code, to remain available until expended. 
OPERATING GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD 
PASSENGER CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
quarterly grants to the National Railroad Passenger Cor-
poration, in amounts based on the Secretary’s assessment 
of the Corporation’s seasonal cash flow requirements, for the
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operation of intercity passenger rail, as authorized by sec-
tion 101 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improve-
ment Act of 2008 (division B of Public Law 110–432), 
$288,500,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the amounts available under this paragraph 
shall be available for the Secretary to approve funding to 
cover operating losses for the Corporation only after receiv-
ing and reviewing a grant request for each specific train 
route: Provided further, That each such grant request shall 
be accompanied by a detailed financial analysis, revenue 
projection, and capital expenditure projection justifying the 
Federal support to the Secretary’s satisfaction: Provided 
further, That not later than 60 days after enactment of this 
Act, the Corporation shall transmit, in electronic format, 
to the Secretary and the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations the annual budget, business plan, the 5- 
Year Financial Plan for fiscal year 2016 required under 
section 204 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improve-
ment Act of 2008 and the comprehensive fleet plan for all 
Amtrak rolling stock: Provided further, That the budget, 
business plan and the 5-Year Financial Plan shall include 
annual information on the maintenance, refurbishment, re-
placement, and expansion for all Amtrak rolling stock con-
sistent with the comprehensive fleet plan: Provided further, 
That the Corporation shall provide monthly performance
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reports in an electronic format which shall describe the 
work completed to date, any changes to the business plan, 
and the reasons for such changes as well as progress against 
the milestones and target dates of the 2012 performance im-
provement plan: Provided further, That the Corporation’s 
budget, business plan, 5-Year Financial Plan, semiannual 
reports, monthly reports, comprehensive fleet plan and all 
supplemental reports or plans comply with requirements in 
Public Law 112–55: Provided further, That none of the 
funds provided in this Act may be used to support any 
route on which Amtrak offers a discounted fare of more than 
50 percent off the normal peak fare: Provided further, That 
the preceding proviso does not apply to routes where the 
operating loss as a result of the discount is covered by a 
State and the State participates in the setting of fares. 
CAPITAL AND DEBT SERVICE GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL 
RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for 
capital investments as authorized by sections 101(c), 102, 
and 219(b) of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improve-
ment Act of 2008 (division B of Public Law 110–432), 
$1,101,500,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which not to exceed $160,200,000 shall be for debt service 
obligations as authorized by section 102 of such Act: Pro-
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vided, That of the amounts made available under this head-
ing, not less than $50,000,000 shall be made available to 
bring Amtrak-served facilities and stations into compliance 
with the Americans with Disabilities Act: Provided further, 
That after an initial distribution of up to $200,000,000, 
which shall be used by the Corporation as a working capital 
account, all remaining funds shall be provided to the Cor-
poration only on a reimbursable basis: Provided further, 
That of the amounts made available under this heading, 
up to $50,000,000 may be used by the Secretary to subsidize 
operating losses of the Corporation should the funds pro-
vided under the heading ‘‘Operating Grants to the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ be insufficient to meet 
operational costs for fiscal year 2016: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may retain up to one-half of 1 percent 
of the funds provided under this heading to fund the costs 
of project management and oversight of activities author-
ized by subsections 101(a) and 101(c) of division B of Pub-
lic Law 110–432, of which up to $500,000 may be available 
for technical assistance for States, the District of Columbia, 
and other public entities responsible for the implementation 
of section 209 of division B of Public Law 110–432: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall approve funding for 
capital expenditures, including advance purchase orders of 
materials, for the Corporation only after receiving and re-
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viewing a grant request for each specific capital project jus-
tifying the Federal support to the Secretary’s satisfaction: 
Provided further, That except as otherwise provided herein, 
none of the funds under this heading may be used to sub-
sidize operating losses of the Corporation: Provided further, 
That none of the funds under this heading may be used 
for capital projects not approved by the Secretary of Trans-
portation or on the Corporation’s fiscal year 2015 business 
plan: Provided further, That in addition to the project man-
agement oversight funds authorized under section 101(d) of 
division B of Public Law 110–432, the Secretary may re-
tain up to an additional $5,000,000 of the funds provided 
under this heading to fund expenses associated with imple-
menting section 212 of division B of Public Law 110–432, 
including the amendments made by section 212 to section 
24905 of title 49, United States Code. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 150. The Secretary of Transportation may re-
ceive and expend cash, or receive and utilize spare parts 
and similar items, from non-United States Government 
sources to repair damages to or replace United States Gov-
ernment owned automated track inspection cars and equip-
ment as a result of third-party liability for such damages, 
and any amounts collected under this section shall be cred-
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ited directly to the Safety and Operations account of the 
Federal Railroad Administration, and shall remain avail-
able until expended for the repair, operation and mainte-
nance of automated track inspection cars and equipment 
in connection with the automated track inspection program. 
SEC. 151. None of the funds provided to the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation may be used to fund any 
overtime costs in excess of $35,000 for any individual em-
ployee: Provided, That the President of Amtrak may waive 
the cap set in the previous proviso for specific employees 
when the President of Amtrak determines such a cap poses 
a risk to the safety and operational efficiency of the system: 
Provided further, That the President of Amtrak shall report 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
each quarter of the calendar year on waivers granted to em-
ployees and amounts paid above the cap for each month 
within such quarter and delineate the reasons each waiver 
was granted: Provided further, That the President of Am-
trak shall report to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations by March 1, 2016, a summary of all over-
time payments incurred by the Corporation for 2015 and 
the three prior calendar years: Provided further, That such 
summary shall include the total number of employees that 
received waivers and the total overtime payments the Cor-
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poration paid to those employees receiving waivers for each 
month for 2015 and for the three prior calendar years. 
SEC. 152. Of the unobligated balances of funds avail-
able to the Federal Railroad Administration, the following 
funds are hereby rescinded: $4,201,385 of the unobligated 
balances of funds made available from the following ac-
counts in the specified amounts—‘‘Rail Line Relocation 
and Improvement Program’’, $2,241,385; and ‘‘Railroad 
Research and Development’’, $1,960,000: Provided, That 
such amounts are made available to enable the Secretary 
of Transportation to assist Class II and Class III railroads 
with eligible projects pursuant to sections 501 through 504 
of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act 
of 1976 (Public Law 94–210), as amended: Provided fur-
ther, That such funds shall be available for applicant ex-
penses in preparing to apply and applying for direct loans 
and loan guarantees as well as the credit risk premiums 
notwithstanding any other restriction against the use of 
Federal funds for such credit risk premiums: Provided fur-
ther, That these funds shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
SEC. 153. Of the unobligated balances of funds avail-
able to the Federal Railroad Administration, the following 
funds are hereby rescinded: $5,000,000 of the unobligated 
balances of funds made available to fund expenses associ-
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ated with implementing section 212 of division B of Public 
Law 110–432 in the Capital and Debt Service Grants to 
the National Railroad Passenger Corporation account of the 
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 
2015 and $11,922,000 of the unobligated balances of funds 
made available from the following accounts in the specified 
amounts—‘‘Grants to the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation’’, $267,019; ‘‘Next Generation High-Speed 
Rail’’, 
$4,944,504; 
and 
‘‘Safety 
and 
Operations’’, 
$6,710,477: Provided, That such amounts are made avail-
able to enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation as 
authorized by section 101(c) of the Passenger Rail Invest-
ment and Improvement Act of 2008 (division B of Public 
Law 110–432) for state-of-good-repair backlog and infra-
structure improvements on Northeast Corridor shared-use 
infrastructure identified in the Northeast Corridor Infra-
structure and Operations Advisory Commission’s approved 
5-year capital plan: Provided further, That these funds 
shall remain available until expended and shall be available 
for grants in an amount not to exceed 50 percent of the 
total project cost, with the required matching funds to be 
provided consistent with the Commission’s cost allocation 
policy.
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FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal 
Transit Administration’s programs authorized by chapter 
53 of title 49, United States Code, $107,000,000, of which 
not less than $5,000,000 shall be available to carry out the 
provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5329 and not less than $1,000,000 
shall be available to carry out the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 
5326: Provided, That none of the funds provided or limited 
in this Act may be used to create a permanent office of 
transit security under this heading: Provided further, That 
upon submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2017 
President’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall 
transmit to Congress the annual report on New Starts, in-
cluding proposed allocations for fiscal year 2017. 
TRANSIT FORMULA GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in the Federal 
Public Transportation Assistance Program in this account, 
and for payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 5318, 
5322(d), 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, as amend-
ed by Public Law 112–141, and section 20005(b) of Public
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Law 112–141, $9,500,000,000, to be derived from the Mass 
Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund and to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That funds available for 
the implementation or execution of programs authorized 
under 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 5318, 5322(d), 
5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, as amended by 
Public Law 112–141, and section 20005(b) of Public Law 
112–141, 
shall 
not 
exceed 
total 
obligations 
of 
$8,595,000,000 in fiscal year 2016. 
TRANSIT RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5312 
and 5313, $32,500,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That $30,000,000 shall be for activities author-
ized under 49 U.S.C. 5312 and $2,500,000 shall be for ac-
tivities authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5313. 
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5314 
and 5322(a), (b) and (e), $3,153,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That $2,653,000 shall be for ac-
tivities authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5314 and $500,000 
shall be for activities authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5322(a), 
(b) and (e). 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5309, 
$1,585,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
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vided, That when distributing funds among Recommended 
New Starts Projects, the Administrator shall first fully fund 
those projects covered by a full funding grant agreement, 
then fully fund those projects whose section 5309 share is 
less than 40 percent, and then distribute the remaining 
funds so as to protect as much as possible the projects’ budg-
ets and schedules. 
GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA 
TRANSIT AUTHORITY 
For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area Tran-
sit Authority as authorized under section 601 of division 
B of Public Law 110–432, $150,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Trans-
portation shall approve grants for capital and preventive 
maintenance expenditures for the Washington Metropolitan 
Area Transit Authority only after receiving and reviewing 
a request for each specific project: Provided further, That 
prior to approving such grants, the Secretary shall certify 
that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority 
is making progress to improve its safety management sys-
tem in response to the Federal Transit Administration’s 
2015 safety management inspection: Provided further, That 
prior to approving such grants, the Secretary shall certify 
that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority 
is making progress toward full implementation of the cor-
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rective actions identified in the 2014 Financial Manage-
ment Oversight Review Report: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall determine that the Washington Metropolitan 
Area Transit Authority has placed the highest priority on 
those investments that will improve the safety of the system 
before approving such grants: Provided further, That the 
Secretary, in order to ensure safety throughout the rail sys-
tem, may waive the requirements of section 601(e)(1) of title 
VI of Public Law 110–432 (112 Stat. 4968). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
SEC. 160. The limitations on obligations for the pro-
grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not 
apply to any authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously 
made available for obligation, or to any other authority pre-
viously made available for obligation. 
SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds appropriated or limited by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Fixed Guideway Capital Investment’’ of the Federal Tran-
sit Administration for projects specified in this Act or iden-
tified in reports accompanying this Act not obligated by 
September 30, 2020, and other recoveries, shall be directed 
to projects eligible to use the funds for the purposes for 
which they were originally provided.
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SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
any funds appropriated before October 1, 2015, under any 
section of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, that 
remain available for expenditure, may be transferred to and 
administered under the most recent appropriation heading 
for any such section. 
SEC. 163. The Secretary may not enforce regulations 
related to charter bus service under part 604 of title 49, 
Code of Federal Regulations, for any transit agency that 
during fiscal year 2008 was both initially granted a 60- 
day period to come into compliance with part 604, and then 
was subsequently granted an exception from said part. 
SEC. 164. Notwithstanding the requirements of 49 
U.S.C. 5334 and 2 CFR 200.313, conditions imposed as 
a result of any and all Federal public transportation assist-
ance related to and for the use, encumbrance, transfer or 
disposition of property originally built as a prototype hav-
ing icebreaking capabilities will be fully and completely 
satisfied by the property’s use— 
(1) in the areas of Arctic research; 
(2) to map the Arctic; 
(3) to collect and analyze data in the Arctic; 
(4) to support activities that further Arctic ex-
ploration, research, or development; or
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(5) for educational purposes or humanitarian re-
lief efforts. 
SEC. 165. Projects selected for the pilot program for 
expedited project delivery under section 20008(b) of MAP– 
21 shall be exempt from the requirements of 49 U.S.C. 
5309(d), (e), (g), and (h). Notwithstanding this exemption, 
in determining whether a recipient has the financial capac-
ity to carry out the eligible project, the Secretary of Trans-
portation shall apply the requirements and considerations 
of 49 U.S.C. 5309(f). 
SEC. 166. Of the unobligated amounts made available 
for fiscal year 2011 or prior fiscal years to carry out the 
discretionary bus and bus facilities program under 49 
U.S.C. 5309, $10,000,000 is hereby rescinded. 
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora-
tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within 
the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to 
the Corporation, and in accordance with law, and to make 
such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal 
year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be nec-
essary in carrying out the programs set forth in the Cor-
poration’s budget for fiscal year 2016.
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OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses to conduct the operations, 
maintenance, and capital asset renewal activities of those 
portions of the St. Lawrence Seaway owned, operated, and 
maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development 
Corporation, $28,400,000, to be derived from the Harbor 
Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99–662. 
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a 
U.S.-flag merchant fleet to serve the national security needs 
of the United States, $186,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities authorized by law, $170,000,000, of which 
$22,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
maintenance and repair of training ships at State Mari-
time Academies, and of which $5,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended for National Security Multi-Mis-
sion Vessel design for State Maritime Academies and Na-
tional Security, and of which $2,400,000 shall remain 
available through September 30, 2017, for the Student In-
centive Program at State Maritime Academies, and of
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which $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
training ship fuel assistance payments, and of which 
$18,000,000 shall remain available until expended for fa-
cilities maintenance and repair, equipment, and capital 
improvements at the United States Merchant Marine Acad-
emy, and of which $2,000,000 shall remain available 
through September 30, 2017, for Maritime Environment 
and Technology Assistance grants, contracts, and coopera-
tive agreements, and of which $5,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended for the Short Sea Transportation 
Program (America’s Marine Highways) to make grants for 
the purposes provided in title 46 section 55601(b)(1) and 
55601(b)(3): Provided, That 50 percent of the funding made 
available for the United States Merchant Marine Academy 
under this heading shall be available only after the Sec-
retary of Transportation, in consultation with the Super-
intendent and the Maritime Administrator, completes a 
plan detailing by program or activity how such funding 
will be expended at the Academy, and this plan is submitted 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided further, That not later than January 12, 2016, 
the Administrator of the Maritime Administration shall 
transmit to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations the annual report on sexual assault and sexual 
harassment at the United States Merchant Marine Academy
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as required pursuant to section 3507 of Public Law 110– 
417. 
ASSISTANCE TO SMALL SHIPYARDS 
To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized 
under section 54101 of title 46, United States Code, as 
amended by Public Law 113–281, $5,000,000 to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary shall 
issue the Notice of Funding Availability no later than 15 
days after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 
from applications submitted under the previous proviso, the 
Secretary of Transportation shall make grants no later than 
120 days after enactment of this Act in such amounts as 
the Secretary determines: Provided further, That not to ex-
ceed 2 percent of the funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be available for necessary costs of grant administra-
tion. 
SHIP DISPOSAL 
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obso-
lete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Mar-
itime Administration, $4,000,000, to remain available 
until expended.
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MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized, 
$8,135,000, of which $5,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended: Provided, That such costs, including the 
cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $3,135,000 shall be 
available for administrative expenses to carry out the guar-
anteed loan program, which shall be transferred to and 
merged with the appropriations for ‘‘Operations and Train-
ing’’, Maritime Administration. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, the Maritime Administration is authorized to furnish 
utilities and services and make necessary repairs in connec-
tion with any lease, contract, or occupancy involving Gov-
ernment property under control of the Maritime Adminis-
tration: Provided, That payments received therefor shall be 
credited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof 
and shall remain available until expended: Provided fur-
ther, That rental payments under any such lease, contract, 
or occupancy for items other than such utilities, services,
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or repairs shall be covered into the Treasury as miscella-
neous receipts. 
PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline and 
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, $22,500,000: 
Provided, That $1,500,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Pipeline 
Safety’’ in order to fund ‘‘Pipeline Safety Information 
Grants to Communities’’ as authorized under section 60130 
of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That no 
later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Transportation shall initiate a rulemaking 
to expand the applicability of comprehensive oil spill re-
sponse plans, and shall issue a final rule no later than one 
year after the date of enactment of this Act. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous ma-
terials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Ma-
terials Safety Administration, $49,000,000, of which 
$2,300,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2018: Provided, That up to $800,000 in fees collected under 
49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited in the general fund 
of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided further, That
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there may be credited to this appropriation, to be available 
until expended, funds received from States, counties, mu-
nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources 
for expenses incurred for training, for reports publication 
and dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred in per-
formance of hazardous materials exemptions and approvals 
functions. 
PIPELINE SAFETY 
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND) 
For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of the 
pipeline safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out a 
pipeline safety program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60107, 
and to discharge the pipeline program responsibilities of 
the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $146,623,000, of which 
$19,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability 
Trust Fund and shall remain available until September 30, 
2018; and of which $127,123,000 shall be derived from the 
Pipeline Safety Fund, of which $66,309,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That not less 
than $1,058,000 of the funds provided under this heading 
shall be for the One-Call state grant program.
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EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS 
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND) 
For necessary expenses to carryout 49 U.S.C. 5128(b), 
$188,000, to be derived from the Emergency Preparedness 
Fund, to remain available until September 30, 2017: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding the fiscal year limitation spec-
ified in 49 U.S.C. 5116, not more than $28,318,000 shall 
be made available for obligation in fiscal year 2016 from 
amounts made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i), and 5128(b) 
and (c): Provided further, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 
5116(i)(4), not more than 4 percent of the amounts made 
available from this account shall be available to pay admin-
istrative costs: Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i), 5128(b), or 5128(c) 
shall be made available for obligation by individuals other 
than the Secretary of Transportation, or his or her designee: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 5128(b) 
and (c) and the current year obligation limitation, prior 
year recoveries recognized in the current year shall be avail-
able 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
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further, That the prior year recoveries made available under 
this heading shall also be available to carry out 49 U.S.C. 
5116(b) and (j). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS 
MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 180. The Secretary of Transportation is directed 
to evaluate and report to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations within 60 days of enactment of this Act 
an alternative risk-based compliance regime for the siting 
of small-scale liquefaction facilities that generate and pack-
age liquefied natural gas for use as a fuel or delivery to 
consumers by non-pipeline modes of transportation. In 
evaluating such alternative risk-based compliance regime, 
the Secretary should consider the value of adopting quan-
titative risk assessment methods, the benefit of incor-
porating modern industry standards and best practices, in-
cluding the provisions in the 2013 edition of the National 
Fire Protection Association Standard 59A, and the need to 
encourage the use of the best available technology. 
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 car-
236 
rying out the duties specified 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: Provided 
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 prac-
tices and unfair methods of competition by domestic and 
foreign air carriers and ticket agents; and (2) the compli-
ance 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: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, not to exceed $1,250,000 from fees estab-
lished 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 re-
ceived during fiscal year 2016, to result in a final appro-
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priation from the general fund estimated at no more than 
$31,125,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF 
TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 190. During the current fiscal year, applicable 
appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall 
be available for maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire 
of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of liabil-
ity insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign coun-
tries on official department business; and uniforms or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901– 
5902). 
SEC. 191. Appropriations contained in this Act for the 
Department 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. 192. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for salaries and expenses of more than 110 political 
and Presidential appointees in the Department of Trans-
portation: Provided, That none of the personnel covered by 
this provision may be assigned on temporary detail outside 
the Department of Transportation. 
SEC. 193. (a) No recipient of funds made available in 
this Act shall disseminate personal information (as defined
238 
in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State department of 
motor vehicles in connection 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 of 
Transportation shall not withhold funds provided in this 
Act for any grantee if a State is in noncompliance with 
this provision. 
SEC. 194. Funds received by the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration, Federal Transit Administration, and Federal 
Railroad Administration from States, counties, municipali-
ties, other public authorities, and private sources for ex-
penses incurred for training may be credited respectively 
to the Federal Highway Administration’s ‘‘Federal-Aid 
Highways’’ account, the Federal Transit Administration’s 
‘‘Technical Assistance and Training’’ account, and to the 
Federal Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Oper-
ations’’ account, except for State rail safety inspectors par-
ticipating in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105. 
SEC. 195. None of the funds in this Act to the Depart-
ment of Transportation may be used to make a loan, loan 
guarantee, line of credit, or grant unless the Secretary of 
Transportation notifies the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations not less than 3 full business days before 
any project competitively selected to receive a discretionary
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grant award, any discretionary grant award, letter of in-
tent, loan commitment, loan guarantee commitment, line 
of credit commitment, or full funding grant agreement is 
announced by the department or its modal administrations 
from: 
(1) any discretionary grant or federal credit pro-
gram of the Federal Highway Administration includ-
ing the emergency relief program; 
(2) the airport improvement program of the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration; 
(3) any program of the Federal Railroad Admin-
istration; 
(4) any program of the Federal Transit Admin-
istration other than the formula grants and fixed 
guideway modernization programs; 
(5) any program of the Maritime Administra-
tion; or 
(6) any funding provided under the headings 
‘‘National Infrastructure Investments’’ in this Act: 
Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation gives con-
current notification to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations for any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds from 
the emergency relief program: Provided further, That no no-
tification shall involve funds that are not available for obli-
gation.
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SEC. 196. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor 
fees and other funds received by the Department of Trans-
portation from travel management centers, charge card pro-
grams, the subleasing of building space, and miscellaneous 
sources are to be credited to appropriations of the Depart-
ment of Transportation and allocated to elements of the De-
partment of Transportation using fair and equitable cri-
teria and such funds shall be available until expended. 
SEC. 197. Amounts made available in this or any other 
Act that the Secretary of Transportation determines rep-
resent improper payments by the Department of Transpor-
tation to a third-party contractor under a financial assist-
ance award, which are recovered pursuant to law, shall be 
available— 
(1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred by 
the Department of Transportation in recovering im-
proper payments; and 
(2) to pay contractors for services provided in re-
covering improper payments or contractor support in 
the implementation of the Improper Payments Infor-
mation 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
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purposes and period for which such appropria-
tions are available: Provided further, That where 
specific project or accounting information associ-
ated 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 associated 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 appro-
priations account, the Secretary shall notify the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions of the amount and reasons for such trans-
fer: Provided further, That for purposes of this 
section, the term ‘‘improper payments’’ has the 
same meaning as that provided in section 
2(d)(2) of Public Law 107–300. 
SEC. 198. 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 pro-
vided to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions, transmission of said reprogramming notice shall be 
provided solely to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
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propriations, and said reprogramming action shall be ap-
proved or denied solely by the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Transportation may provide notice to other congressional 
committees of the action of the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations on such reprogramming but not 
sooner than 30 days following the date on which the re-
programming action has been approved or denied by the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 199. 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 com-
plaints 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. 
SEC. 199A. 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. 199B. The Secretary of Transportation is author-
ized to carry out a program that establishes uniform stand-
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ards for developing and supporting agency transit pass and 
transit benefits authorized under section 7905 of title 5, 
United States Code, including distribution of transit bene-
fits by various paper and electronic media. 
SEC. 199C. The Department of Transportation may 
use funds provided by this Act, or any other Act, to imple-
ment a pilot program under title 49 U.S.C. or title 23 
U.S.C. for geographic, economic, or any other hiring pref-
erence not otherwise authorized by law, or to amend a rule, 
regulation, policy or other measure that forbids a recipient 
of a Federal Highway Administration or Federal Transit 
Administration grant from imposing such hiring preference 
on a construction project with which the Department of 
Transportation is assisting, only if the grant recipient cer-
tifies the following: 
(1) that except with respect to apprentices or 
trainees, a pool of readily available but unemployed 
individuals possessing the knowledge, skill, and abil-
ity to perform the work that the project requires re-
sides in the jurisdiction; 
(2) that the grant recipient will include appro-
priate provisions in its bid document ensuring that 
the contractor does not displace any of its existing 
employees in order to satisfy such hiring preference; 
and
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(3) that any increase in the cost of labor, train-
ing, or delays resulting from the use of such hiring 
preference does not delay or displace any transpor-
tation project in the applicable Statewide Transpor-
tation Improvement Program or Transportation Im-
provement Program. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation Appropriations Act, 2016’’.
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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 Secretary, 
Deputy Secretary, Adjudicatory Services, Congressional 
and Intergovernmental Relations, Public Affairs, Small 
and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and the Center for 
Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, $14,500,000: 
Provided, That not to exceed $25,000 of the amount made 
available under this heading shall be available to the Sec-
retary for official reception and representation expenses as 
the Secretary may determine. 
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Administrative 
Support Offices, $568,244,000, of which not to exceed 
$44,657,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief 
Financial Officer; not to exceed $96,000,000 shall be avail-
able for the Office of the General Counsel; not to exceed 
$208,604,000 shall be available for the Office of Administra-
tion; not to exceed $61,475,000 shall be available for the 
Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer; not to exceed 
$50,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Field Policy
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and Management; not to exceed $17,036,000 shall be avail-
able for the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer; not to 
exceed $3,270,000 shall be available for the Office of Depart-
mental Equal Employment Opportunity; not to exceed 
$4,400,000 shall be available for the Office of Strategic 
Planning and Management; and not to exceed $82,802,000 
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-adminis-
trative expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, not otherwise provided for, including pur-
chase 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 ap-
propriated under this heading may be used for advertising 
and promotional activities that support the housing mis-
sion area: Provided further, That the Secretary shall pro-
vide the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
quarterly written notification regarding the status of pend-
ing congressional reports: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall provide in electronic form all signed reports 
required by Congress.
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PROGRAM OFFICE SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Public and Indian Housing, $207,000,000. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Community Planning and Development, $107,000,000. 
HOUSING 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Housing, $382,000,000. 
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, $69,500,000. 
OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY HOMES 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes, $6,800,000. 
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,
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$15,934,643,000, 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) $17,982,000,000 shall be available for renew-
als of expiring section 8 tenant-based annual con-
tributions contracts (including renewals of enhanced 
vouchers under any provision of law authorizing such 
assistance under section 8(t) of the Act) and includ-
ing renewal of other special purpose incremental 
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 re-
newal funding for each public housing agency based 
on validated voucher management system (VMS) leas-
ing and cost data for the prior calendar year and by 
applying an inflation factor as established by the Sec-
retary, by notice published in the Federal Register, 
and by making any necessary adjustments for the 
costs associated with the first-time renewal of vouch-
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ers under this paragraph including tenant protection, 
HOPE VI, and Choice Neighborhoods vouchers: Pro-
vided further, That in determining calendar year 
2016 funding allocations under this heading for pub-
lic housing agencies, including agencies participating 
in the Moving To Work (MTW) demonstration, the 
Secretary may take into account the anticipated im-
pact 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 Sec-
retary shall, to the extent necessary to stay within the 
amount specified under this paragraph (except as oth-
erwise modified under this paragraph), prorate each 
public housing agency’s allocation otherwise estab-
lished pursuant to this paragraph: Provided further, 
That except as provided in the following provisos, the 
entire amount specified under this paragraph (except 
as otherwise modified under this paragraph) shall be
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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 en-
actment of this Act or March 1, 2016: Provided fur-
ther, 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 pro-
visos: Provided further, That the Secretary may offset 
public housing agencies’ calendar year 2016 alloca-
tions 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 partici-
pating in the MTW demonstration shall also be sub-
ject to the offset, as determined by the Secretary, ex-
cluding amounts subject to the single fund budget au-
thority provisions of their MTW agreements, from the 
agencies’ calendar year 2016 MTW funding alloca-
251 
tion: Provided further, That the Secretary shall use 
any offset referred to in the previous two provisos 
throughout the calendar year to prevent the termi-
nation of rental assistance for families as the result 
of insufficient funding, as determined by the Sec-
retary, and to avoid or reduce the proration of re-
newal funding allocations: Provided further, That up 
to $75,000,000 shall be available only: (1) for adjust-
ments in the allocations for public housing agencies, 
after application for an adjustment by a public hous-
ing agency that experienced a significant increase, as 
determined by the Secretary, in renewal costs of 
vouchers resulting from unforeseen circumstances 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 com-
mitment pursuant to section 8(o)(13) of the Act; (3) 
for adjustments for costs associated with HUD-Vet-
erans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD–VASH) 
vouchers; and (4) for public housing agencies that de-
spite taking reasonable cost savings measures, as de-
termined by the Secretary, would otherwise be re-
quired to terminate rental assistance for families as 
a result of insufficient funding: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall allocate amounts under the
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previous proviso based on need, as determined by the 
Secretary; 
(2) $130,000,000 shall be for section 8 rental as-
sistance for relocation and replacement of housing 
units that are demolished 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, en-
hanced vouchers under any provision of law author-
izing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act, 
HOPE VI and Choice Neighborhood Initiative vouch-
ers, mandatory and voluntary conversions, and ten-
ant 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 au-
thority 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
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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 
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 Sec-
retary, for the purposes under this paragraph, may 
use unobligated balances, including recaptures and 
carryovers, remaining from amounts appropriated in 
prior fiscal years under this heading for voucher as-
sistance for nonelderly disabled families and for dis-
aster assistance made available under Public Law 
110–329; 
(3) $1,620,000,000 shall be for administrative 
and other expenses of public housing agencies in ad-
ministering the section 8 tenant-based rental assist-
ance program, of which up to $10,000,000 shall be
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available to the Secretary to allocate to public hous-
ing agencies that need additional funds to administer 
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 spe-
cial purpose incremental vouchers: Provided, That no 
less than $1,610,000,000 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 Appro-
priation Act provisions) as in effect immediately be-
fore 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 
Department of Housing and Urban Development
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under this heading from prior fiscal years, excluding 
special purpose vouchers, notwithstanding the pur-
poses for which such amounts were appropriated: Pro-
vided further, That all public housing agencies par-
ticipating in the MTW demonstration shall be funded 
pursuant to their MTW agreements, and shall be sub-
ject to the same uniform percentage decrease as under 
the previous proviso: Provided further, That amounts 
provided under this paragraph shall be only for ac-
tivities related to the provision of tenant-based rental 
assistance authorized under section 8, including re-
lated development activities; 
(4) $107,643,000 for the renewal of tenant-based 
assistance contracts under section 811 of the Cran-
ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 
U.S.C. 8013), including necessary administrative ex-
penses: Provided, That administrative and other ex-
penses 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 reduction as the percent decrease for 
administrative and other expenses to public housing 
agencies under paragraph (3) of this heading; 
(5) $75,000,000 for incremental rental voucher 
assistance for use through a supported housing pro-
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gram administered in conjunction with the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs as authorized under section 
8(o)(19) of the United States Housing Act of 1937: 
Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall make such funding available, not-
withstanding section 204 (competition provision) of 
this title, to public housing agencies that partner with 
eligible VA Medical Centers or other entities as des-
ignated by the Secretary of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs, based on geographical need for such as-
sistance as identified by the Secretary of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs, public housing agency ad-
ministrative performance, and other factors as speci-
fied by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment in consultation with the Secretary of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
may waive, or specify alternative requirements for (in 
consultation with the Secretary of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs), any provision of any statute or reg-
ulation that the Secretary of Housing and Urban De-
velopment administers in connection with the use of 
funds made available under this paragraph (except 
for requirements related to fair housing, non-
discrimination, labor standards, and the environ-
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ment), upon a finding by the Secretary that any such 
waivers or alternative requirements are necessary for 
the effective delivery and administration of such 
voucher assistance: Provided further, That assistance 
made available under this paragraph shall continue 
to remain available for homeless veterans upon turn- 
over; 
(6) $20,000,000 shall be made available for new 
incremental voucher assistance through the Family 
Unification Program as authorized by section 8(x) of 
the Act: Provided, That the assistance made available 
under this paragraph shall continue to remain avail-
able for family unification upon turnover; and 
(7) The Secretary shall separately track all spe-
cial purpose vouchers funded under this heading. 
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
Unobligated balances, including recaptures and carry-
over, remaining from funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development under this head-
ing, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Hous-
ing’’ and the heading ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’, 
for fiscal year 2016 and prior years may be used for re-
newal of or amendments to section 8 project-based contracts 
and for performance-based contract administrators, not-
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withstanding the purposes for which such funds were appro-
priated: Provided, That any obligated balances of contract 
authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior that have been 
terminated shall be rescinded: Provided further, That 
amounts heretofore recaptured, or recaptured during the 
current fiscal year, from section 8 project-based contracts 
from source years fiscal year 1975 through fiscal year 1987 
are hereby rescinded, and an amount of additional new 
budget authority, equivalent to the amount rescinded is 
hereby appropriated, to remain available until expended, 
for the purposes set forth under this heading, in addition 
to amounts otherwise available. 
PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND 
For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to 
carry out capital and management activities for public 
housing agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g) (the 
‘‘Act’’) $1,742,870,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2019: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law or regulation, during fiscal year 2016, the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development may not dele-
gate to any Department official other than the Deputy Sec-
retary and the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing any authority under paragraph (2) of section 9(j) 
regarding the extension of the time periods under such sec-
259 
tion: Provided further, That for purposes of such section 
9(j), the term ‘‘obligate’’ means, with respect to amounts, 
that the amounts are subject to a binding agreement that 
will result in outlays, immediately or in the future: Pro-
vided further, That up to $3,000,000 shall be to support 
ongoing Public Housing Financial and Physical Assess-
ment activities: Provided further, That up to $1,000,000 
shall be to support the costs of administrative and judicial 
receiverships: Provided further, That of the total amount 
provided under this heading, not to exceed $23,000,000 shall 
be available for the Secretary to make grants, notwith-
standing section 204 of this Act, to public housing agencies 
for emergency capital needs including safety and security 
measures necessary to address crime and drug-related activ-
ity as well as needs resulting from unforeseen or unprevent-
able emergencies and natural disasters excluding Presi-
dentially declared emergencies and natural disasters under 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) occurring in fiscal year 2016: Pro-
vided further, That of the amount made available under the 
previous proviso, not less than $6,000,000 shall be for safety 
and security measures: Provided further, That of the total 
amount provided under this heading $35,000,000 shall be 
for supportive services, service coordinator and congregate 
services as authorized by section 34 of the Act (42 U.S.C.
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1437z–6) and the Native American Housing Assistance and 
Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.): 
Provided further, That of the total amount made available 
under this heading, $15,000,000 shall be for a Jobs-Plus 
initiative modeled after the Jobs-Plus demonstration: Pro-
vided further, That the funding provided under the previous 
proviso shall provide competitive grants to partnerships be-
tween public housing authorities, local workforce investment 
boards established under section 117 of the Workforce In-
vestment Act of 1998, and other agencies and organizations 
that provide support to help public housing residents obtain 
employment and increase earnings: Provided further, That 
applicants must demonstrate the ability to provide services 
to residents, partner with workforce investment boards, and 
leverage service dollars: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may allow public housing agencies to request exemp-
tions from rent and income limitation requirements under 
sections 3 and 6 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
as necessary to implement the Jobs-Plus program, on such 
terms and conditions as the Secretary may approve upon 
a finding by the Secretary that any such waivers or alter-
native requirements are necessary for the effective imple-
mentation of the Jobs-Plus initiative as a voluntary pro-
gram for residents: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall publish by notice in the Federal Register any waivers
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or alternative requirements pursuant to the preceding pro-
viso no later than 10 days before the effective date of such 
notice: Provided further, That for funds provided under this 
heading, the limitation in section 9(g)(1)(A) of the Act shall 
be 25 percent: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
waive the limitation in the previous proviso to allow public 
housing agencies to fund activities authorized under section 
9(e)(1)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall notify public housing agencies requesting waivers 
under the previous proviso if the request is approved or de-
nied within 14 days of submitting the request: Provided fur-
ther, That from the funds made available under this head-
ing, the Secretary shall provide bonus awards in fiscal year 
2016 to public housing agencies that are designated high 
performers: Provided further, That the Department shall 
notify public housing agencies of their formula allocation 
within 60 days of enactment of this Act. 
PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND 
For 2016 payments to public housing agencies for the 
operation and management of public housing, as authorized 
by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $4,500,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2017.
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CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE 
For competitive grants under the Choice Neighborhoods 
Initiative (subject to section 24 of the United States Hous-
ing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v), unless otherwise speci-
fied under this heading), for transformation, rehabilitation, 
and replacement housing needs of both public and HUD- 
assisted housing and to transform neighborhoods of poverty 
into functioning, sustainable mixed income neighborhoods 
with appropriate services, schools, public assets, transpor-
tation and access to jobs, $65,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2018: Provided, That grant funds may 
be used for resident and community services, community 
development, and affordable housing needs in the commu-
nity, and for conversion of vacant or foreclosed properties 
to affordable housing: Provided further, That the use of 
funds made available under this heading shall not be 
deemed to be public housing notwithstanding section 3(b)(1) 
of such Act: Provided further, That grantees shall commit 
to an additional period of affordability determined by the 
Secretary of not fewer than 20 years: Provided further, That 
grantees shall undertake comprehensive local planning with 
input from residents and the community, and that grantees 
shall provide a match in State, local, other Federal or pri-
vate funds: Provided further, That grantees may include 
local governments, tribal entities, public housing authori-
263 
ties, and nonprofits: Provided further, That for-profit devel-
opers may apply jointly with a public entity: Provided fur-
ther, That for purposes of environmental review, a grantee 
shall be treated as a public housing agency under section 
26 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437x), and grants under this heading shall be subject to 
the regulations issued by the Secretary to implement such 
section: Provided further, That of the amount provided, not 
less than $40,000,000 shall be awarded to public housing 
agencies: Provided further, That such grantees shall create 
partnerships with other local organizations including as-
sisted housing owners, service agencies, and resident organi-
zations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall consult 
with the Secretaries of Education, Labor, Transportation, 
Health and Human Services, Agriculture, and Commerce, 
the Attorney General, and the Administrator of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency to coordinate and leverage 
other appropriate Federal resources: Provided further, That 
no more than $5,000,000 of funds made available under this 
heading may be provided to assist communities in devel-
oping comprehensive strategies for implementing this pro-
gram or implementing other revitalization efforts in con-
junction with community notice and input: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall develop and publish guide-
lines for the use of such competitive funds, including but
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not limited to eligible activities, program requirements, and 
performance metrics. 
FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY 
For the Family Self-Sufficiency program to support 
family self-sufficiency coordinators under section 23 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937, to promote the develop-
ment of local strategies to coordinate the use of assistance 
under sections 8(o) and 9 of such Act with public and pri-
vate resources, and enable eligible families to achieve eco-
nomic independence and self-sufficiency, $75,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That 
the Secretary may, by Federal Register notice, waive or 
specify alternative requirements under sections b(3), b(4), 
b(5), or c(1) of section 23 of such Act in order to facilitate 
the operation of a unified self-sufficiency program for indi-
viduals receiving assistance under different provisions of 
the Act, as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, 
That owners of a privately owned multifamily property 
with a section 8 contract may voluntarily make a Family 
Self-Sufficiency program available to the assisted tenants 
of such property in accordance with procedures established 
by the Secretary: Provided further, That such procedures 
established pursuant to the previous proviso shall permit 
participating tenants to accrue escrow funds in accordance 
with section 23(d)(2) and shall allow owners to use funding
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from residual receipt accounts to hire coordinators for their 
own Family Self-Sufficiency program. 
INDIAN BLOCK GRANTS 
For the Indian Housing Block Grants program, as au-
thorized under title I of the Native American Housing As-
sistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) 
(25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $650,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2020: Provided, That, notwithstanding 
the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Deter-
mination Act of 1996, to determine the amount of the allo-
cation under title I of such Act for each Indian tribe, the 
Secretary shall apply the formula under section 302 of such 
Act with the need component based on single-race census 
data and with the need component based on multi-race cen-
sus data, and the amount of the allocation for each Indian 
tribe shall be the greater of the two resulting allocation 
amounts: Provided further, That notwithstanding the pre-
vious proviso, no Indian tribe shall receive an allocation 
amount greater than 10 percent: Provided further, That of 
the amount provided under this heading, $2,000,000 shall 
be made available for the cost of guaranteed notes and other 
obligations, as authorized by title VI of NAHASDA: Pro-
vided further, That such costs, including the costs of modi-
fying such notes and other obligations, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as
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amended: Provided further, That these funds are available 
to subsidize the total principal amount of any notes and 
other obligations, any part of which is to be guaranteed, 
not to exceed $17,452,007: Provided further, That the De-
partment will notify grantees of their formula allocation 
within 60 days of the date of enactment of this Act. 
In addition to amounts made available under the first 
paragraph under this heading, $60,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2018, shall be for grants to 
Indian tribes for carrying out the Community Development 
Block Grant program under title I of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1974 notwithstanding sec-
tion 106(a)(1) of such Act, of which, up to $4,000,000 may 
be used for emergencies that constitute imminent threats to 
health and safety notwithstanding any other provision of 
law (including section 204 of this title): Provided, That not 
to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with funds appro-
priated under this paragraph shall be expended for plan-
ning and management development and administration. 
INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sec-
tion 184 of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a), $7,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such costs, includ-
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ing the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Pro-
vided further, That these funds are available to subsidize 
total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, 
up to $1,111,111,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That up to $750,000 of this amount may 
be for administrative contract expenses including manage-
ment processes and systems to carry out the loan guarantee 
program. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS 
For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Per-
sons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS Hous-
ing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), 
$330,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2017, except that amounts allocated pursuant to section 
854(c)(3) of such Act shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2018: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew 
all expiring contracts for permanent supportive housing 
that initially were funded under section 854(c)(3) of such 
Act from funds made available under this heading in fiscal 
year 2010 and prior fiscal years that meet all program re-
quirements before awarding funds for new contracts under 
such section: Provided further, That notwithstanding 42 
U.S.C. 12903, the Secretary shall allocate 90 percent of the
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funds by formula, of which 75 percent shall be among cities 
that are the most populous unit of general local government 
in a metropolitan statistical area with a population greater 
than 500,000 and have more than 2,000 persons living with 
the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and States with 
more than 2,000 persons living with HIV outside of metro-
politan statistical areas, as reported to and confirmed by 
the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Preven-
tion (CDC) as of December 31 of the most recent calendar 
year for which such data is available, and of which 25 per-
cent shall be among States and metropolitan statistical 
areas based on fair market rents and area poverty indexes, 
as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That a 
grantee’s share shall not reflect a loss greater than 10 per-
cent or a gain greater than 20 percent of the share of total 
available formula funds that the grantee received in the pre-
ceding fiscal year: Provided further, That any grantee that 
received a formula allocation in fiscal year 2015 shall con-
tinue to be eligible for formula allocation in this fiscal year: 
Provided further, That the Department shall notify grantees 
of their formula allocation within 60 days of enactment of 
this Act. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For carrying out the Community Development Block 
Grant program under title I of the Housing and Commu-
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nity Development Act of 1974, as amended (the ‘‘Act’’ here-
in) (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), $2,900,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That unless 
explicitly provided for under this heading, not to exceed 20 
percent of any grant made with funds appropriated under 
this heading shall be expended for planning and manage-
ment development and administration: Provided further, 
That a metropolitan city, urban county, unit of general 
local government, or insular area that directly or indirectly 
receives funds under this heading may not sell, trade, or 
otherwise transfer all or any portion of such funds to an-
other such entity in exchange for any other funds, credits 
or non-Federal considerations, but must use such funds for 
activities eligible under title I of the Act: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding section 105(e)(1) of the Act, no funds 
provided under this heading may be provided to a for-profit 
entity for an economic development project under section 
105(a)(17) unless such project has been evaluated and se-
lected in accordance with guidelines required under sub-
paragraph (e)(2): Provided further, That the Department 
shall notify grantees of their formula allocation within 60 
days of enactment of this Act.
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, during fiscal year 2016, commitments to guarantee 
loans under section 108 of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5308), any part of 
which is guaranteed, shall not exceed a total principal 
amount of $300,000,000, notwithstanding any aggregate 
limitation on outstanding obligations guaranteed in sub-
section (k) of such section 108: Provided, That the Secretary 
shall collect fees from borrowers, notwithstanding section 
108(m), to result in a credit subsidy cost of zero for guaran-
teeing such loans, and any such fees shall be collected in 
accordance with section 502(7) of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974. 
HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM 
For the HOME Investment Partnerships program, as 
authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
Affordable Housing Act, as amended, $66,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That 
notwithstanding the amount made available under this 
heading, the threshold reduction requirements in sections 
216(10) and 217(b)(4) of such Act shall not apply to alloca-
tions of such amount: Provided further, That the require-
ments under provisos 2 through 6 under this heading for
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fiscal year 2012 and such requirements applicable pursuant 
to the ‘‘Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013’’, 
shall not apply to any project to which funds were com-
mitted on or after August 23, 2013, but such projects shall 
instead be governed by the Final Rule titled ‘‘Home Invest-
ment Partnerships Program; Improving Performance and 
Accountability; Updating Property Standards’’ which be-
came effective on such date: Provided further, That with re-
spect to funds made available under this heading pursuant 
to such Act and funds provided in prior and subsequent 
appropriations acts that were or are used by community 
land trusts for the development of affordable homeownership 
housing pursuant to section 215(b) of such Act, such com-
munity land trusts, notwithstanding section 215(b)(3)(A) 
of such Act, may hold and exercise purchase options, rights 
of first refusal or other preemptive rights to purchase the 
housing to preserve affordability, including but not limited 
to the right to purchase the housing in lieu of foreclosure: 
Provided further, That the Department shall notify grantees 
of their formula allocation within 60 days of enactment of 
this Act. 
SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY 
PROGRAM 
For the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Op-
portunity Program, as authorized under section 11 of the
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Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, as 
amended, $50,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2018: Provided, That of the total amount provided 
under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be made available to 
the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Opportunity 
Program as authorized under section 11 of the Housing Op-
portunity Program Extension Act of 1996, as amended: 
Provided further, That $35,000,000 shall be made available 
for the second, third, and fourth capacity building activities 
authorized under section 4(a) of the HUD Demonstration 
Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), of which not less than 
$5,000,000 shall be made available for rural capacity build-
ing activities: Provided further, That $5,000,000 shall be 
made available for capacity building by national rural 
housing organizations with experience assessing national 
rural conditions and providing financing, training, tech-
nical assistance, information, and research to local non-
profits, local governments and Indian Tribes serving high 
need rural communities: Provided further, That an addi-
tional $5,700,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be for a program to rehabilitate and modify homes of dis-
abled and low-income veterans as authorized under section 
1079 of Public Law 113–291.
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HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For the Emergency Solutions Grants program as au-
thorized under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act, as amended; the continuum of 
care program as authorized under subtitle C of title IV of 
such Act; and the Rural Housing Stability Assistance pro-
gram as authorized under subtitle D of title IV of such Act, 
$2,235,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2018: Provided, That any rental assistance amounts that 
are recaptured under such Continuum of Care program 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That not less than $250,000,000 of the funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be available for such Emergency 
Solutions Grants program: Provided further, That not less 
than $1,918,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this 
heading shall be available for such Continuum of Care and 
Rural Housing Stability Assistance programs: Provided 
further, That up to $7,000,000 of the funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be available for the national home-
less data analysis project: Provided further, That up to 
$2,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be available to the Secretary, in coordination with the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, for a national 
study on the prevalence, needs, and characteristics of home-
lessness among youth as authorized under section 345 of
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the Runaway Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5714–25), 
notwithstanding section 204 of this title: Provided further, 
That up to $33,000,000 of the funds appropriated under 
this heading shall be to implement projects to demonstrate 
how a comprehensive approach to serving homeless youth, 
age 24 and under, in up to 10 communities, including at 
least four rural communities, can dramatically reduce 
youth homelessness: Provided further, That such projects 
shall be eligible for renewal under the Continuum of Care 
program subject to the same terms and conditions as other 
renewal applicants: Provided further, That up to 
$5,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be available to provide technical assistance on youth 
homelessness, and collection, analysis, and reporting of data 
and performance measures under the comprehensive ap-
proaches to serve homeless youth, in addition to and in co-
ordination with other technical assistance funds provided 
under this title: Provided further, That all funds awarded 
for supportive services under the Continuum of Care pro-
gram and the Rural Housing Stability Assistance program 
shall be matched by not less than 25 percent in cash or 
in kind by each grantee: Provided further, That for all 
match requirements applicable to funds made available 
under this heading for this fiscal year and prior years, a 
grantee may use (or could have used) as a source of match
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funds other funds administered by the Secretary and other 
Federal agencies unless a specific statutory prohibition on 
any such use of any such funds exists: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may renew on an annual basis expiring 
contracts or amendments to contracts funded under the 
Continuum of Care program if the program is determined 
to be needed under the applicable Continuum of Care and 
meets appropriate program requirements, performance 
measures, and financial standards, as determined by the 
Secretary: Provided further, That all awards of assistance 
under this heading shall be required to coordinate and inte-
grate homeless programs with other mainstream health, so-
cial services, and employment programs for which homeless 
populations may be eligible: Provided further, That with 
respect to funds provided under this heading for the Con-
tinuum of Care program for fiscal years 2016 and 2017, 
permanent housing rental assistance may be administered 
by private nonprofit organizations: Provided further, That 
youth aged 24 and under seeking assistance under this 
heading shall not be required to provide third party docu-
mentation to establish their eligibility under 42 U.S.C. 
11302(a) or (b) to receive services: Provided further, That 
unaccompanied youth aged 24 and under or families head-
ed by youth aged 24 and under who are living in unsafe 
situations may be served by youth-serving providers funded
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under this heading: Provided further, That in awarding 
grants with funds appropriated under this heading, the Sec-
retary shall ensure that incentives created through the ap-
plication process fairly balance priorities for different pop-
ulations, including youth, families, veterans, and people ex-
periencing chronic homelessness: Provided further, That 
any unobligated amounts remaining from funds appro-
priated under this heading in fiscal year 2012 and prior 
years for project-based rental assistance for rehabilitation 
projects with 10-year grant terms may be used for purposes 
under this heading, notwithstanding the purposes for which 
such funds were appropriated: Provided further, That all 
balances for Shelter Plus Care renewals previously funded 
from the Shelter Plus Care Renewal account and trans-
ferred to this account shall be available, if recaptured, for 
Continuum of Care renewals in fiscal year 2016: Provided 
further, That the Department shall notify grantees of their 
formula allocation from amounts allocated (which may rep-
resent initial or final amounts allocated) for the Emergency 
Solutions Grant program within 60 days of enactment of 
this Act. 
HOUSING PROGRAMS 
PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities and assistance for the provision of 
project-based subsidy contracts under the United States
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Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (‘‘the Act’’), 
not otherwise provided for, $10,426,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be available on October 1, 
2015 (in addition to the $400,000,000 previously appro-
priated under this heading that became available October 
1, 2015), and $400,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be available on October 1, 2016: Provided, 
That the amounts made available under this heading shall 
be available for expiring or terminating section 8 project- 
based subsidy contracts (including section 8 moderate reha-
bilitation contracts), for amendments to section 8 project- 
based subsidy contracts (including section 8 moderate reha-
bilitation contracts), for contracts entered into pursuant to 
section 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 11401), for renewal of section 8 contracts for 
units in projects that are subject to approved plans of action 
under the Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation 
Act of 1987 or the Low-Income Housing Preservation and 
Resident Homeownership Act of 1990, and for administra-
tive and other expenses associated with project-based activi-
ties and assistance funded under this paragraph: Provided 
further, That of the total amounts provided under this head-
ing, not to exceed $215,000,000 shall be available for per-
formance-based contract administrators for section 8 
project-based assistance, for carrying out 42 U.S.C. 1437(f):
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Provided further, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development may also use such amounts in the previous 
proviso for performance-based contract administrators for 
the administration of: interest reduction payments pursu-
ant to section 236(a) of the National Housing Act (12 
U.S.C. 1715z–1(a)); rent supplement payments pursuant to 
section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 
1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); section 236(f)(2) rental assistance 
payments (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(f)(2)); project rental assist-
ance contracts for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of the 
Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); project rental as-
sistance contracts for supportive housing for persons with 
disabilities under section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gon-
zalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
8013(d)(2)); project assistance contracts pursuant to section 
202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 
73 Stat. 667); and loans under section 202 of the Housing 
Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667): Provided 
further, That amounts recaptured under this heading, the 
heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing’’, or 
the heading ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’, may be used for 
renewals of or amendments to section 8 project-based con-
tracts or for performance-based contract administrators, 
notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts were 
appropriated: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any
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other provision of law, upon the request of the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development, project funds that are 
held in residual receipts accounts for any project subject 
to a section 8 project-based Housing Assistance Payments 
contract that authorizes HUD or a Housing Finance Agen-
cy to require that surplus project funds be deposited in an 
interest-bearing residual receipts account and that are in 
excess of an amount to be determined by the Secretary, shall 
be remitted to the Department and deposited in this ac-
count, to be available until expended: Provided further, 
That amounts deposited pursuant to the previous proviso 
shall be available in addition to the amount otherwise pro-
vided by this heading for uses authorized under this head-
ing. 
HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY 
For amendments to capital advance contracts for hous-
ing for the elderly, as authorized by section 202 of the Hous-
ing Act of 1959, as amended, and for project rental assist-
ance for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of such Act, in-
cluding amendments to contracts for such assistance and 
renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance for up to 
a 1-year term, and for senior preservation rental assistance 
contracts, including renewals, as authorized by section 
811(e) of the American Housing and Economic Oppor-
tunity Act of 2000, as amended, and for supportive services
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associated with the housing, $420,000,000 to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2019: Provided, That of the 
amount provided under this heading, up to $77,000,000 
shall be for service coordinators and the continuation of ex-
isting congregate service grants for residents of assisted 
housing projects: Provided further, That amounts under this 
heading shall be available for Real Estate Assessment Cen-
ter inspections and inspection-related activities associated 
with section 202 projects: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may waive the provisions of section 202 governing 
the terms and conditions of project rental assistance, except 
that the initial contract term for such assistance shall not 
exceed 5 years in duration: Provided further, That upon 
request of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment, project funds that are held in residual receipts ac-
counts for any project subject to a section 202 project rental 
assistance contract, and that upon termination of such con-
tract are in excess of an amount to be determined by the 
Secretary, shall be remitted to the Department and depos-
ited in this account, to be available until September 30, 
2019: Provided further, That amounts deposited in this ac-
count pursuant to the previous proviso shall be available, 
in addition to the amounts otherwise provided by this head-
ing, for the purposes funded under this heading, and if such 
purposes have been fully funded, may be used by the Sec-
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retary to support demonstration programs to test housing 
with services models for the elderly: Provided further, That 
unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, 
remaining from funds transferred to or appropriated under 
this heading may be used for the current purposes author-
ized under this heading notwithstanding the purposes for 
which such funds originally were appropriated. 
HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 
For amendments to capital advance contracts for sup-
portive housing for persons with disabilities, as authorized 
by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), for project rental assistance 
for supportive housing for persons with disabilities under 
section 811(d)(2) of such Act and for project assistance con-
tracts pursuant to section 202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959 
(Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667), including amendments 
to contracts for such assistance and renewal of expiring con-
tracts for such assistance for up to a 1-year term, for project 
rental assistance to State housing finance agencies and 
other appropriate entities as authorized under section 
811(b)(3) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Housing Act, 
and for supportive services associated with the housing for 
persons with disabilities as authorized by section 811(b)(1) 
of such Act, $137,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019: Provided, That amounts made available
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under this heading shall be available for Real Estate Assess-
ment Center inspections and inspection-related activities 
associated with section 811 projects: Provided further, That, 
in this fiscal year, upon the request of the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development, project funds that are 
held in residual receipts accounts for any project subject 
to a section 811 project rental assistance contract and that 
upon termination of such contract are in excess of an 
amount to be determined by the Secretary shall be remitted 
to the Department and deposited in this account, to be 
available until September 30, 2019: Provided further, That 
amounts deposited in this account pursuant to the previous 
proviso shall be available in addition to the amounts other-
wise provided by this heading for the purposes authorized 
under this heading: Provided further, That unobligated bal-
ances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining from 
funds transferred to or appropriated under this heading 
may be used for the current purposes authorized under this 
heading notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds 
originally were appropriated. 
HOUSING COUNSELING ASSISTANCE 
For contracts, grants, and other assistance excluding 
loans, as authorized under section 106 of the Housing and 
Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended, $47,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2017, including
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up to $4,500,000 for administrative contract services: Pro-
vided, That grants made available from amounts provided 
under this heading shall be awarded within 180 days of 
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That funds shall 
be used for providing counseling and advice to tenants and 
homeowners, both current and prospective, with respect to 
property maintenance, financial management/literacy, and 
such other matters as may be appropriate to assist them 
in improving their housing conditions, meeting their finan-
cial needs, and fulfilling the responsibilities of tenancy or 
homeownership; for program administration; and for hous-
ing counselor training: Provided further, That for purposes 
of providing such grants from amounts provided under this 
heading, the Secretary may enter into multiyear agree-
ments as appropriate, subject to the availability of annual 
appropriations. 
RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE 
For amendments to contracts under section 101 of the 
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 
1701s) and section 236(f)(2) of the National Housing Act 
(12 U.S.C. 1715z–1) in State-aided, noninsured rental 
housing projects, $30,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That such amount, together with unobli-
gated balances from recaptured amounts appropriated 
prior to fiscal year 2006 from terminated contracts under
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such sections of law, and any unobligated balances, includ-
ing recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds appro-
priated under this heading after fiscal year 2005, shall also 
be available for extensions of up to one year for expiring 
contracts under such sections of law. 
MANUFACTURED HOUSING STANDARDS PROGRAM 
PAYMENT TO MANUFACTURED HOUSING FEES TRUST FUND 
For necessary expenses as authorized by the National 
Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards 
Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), up to $10,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which $10,000,000 
is to be derived from the Manufactured Housing Fees Trust 
Fund: Provided, That not to exceed the total amount appro-
priated under this heading shall be available from the gen-
eral fund of the Treasury to the extent necessary to incur 
obligations and make expenditures pending the receipt of 
collections to the Fund pursuant to section 620 of such Act: 
Provided further, That the amount made available under 
this heading from the general fund shall be reduced as such 
collections are received during fiscal year 2016 so as to re-
sult in a final fiscal year 2016 appropriation from the gen-
eral fund estimated at zero, and fees pursuant to such sec-
tion 620 shall be modified as necessary to ensure such a 
final fiscal year 2016 appropriation: Provided further, 
That for the dispute resolution and installation programs,
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the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may as-
sess and collect fees from any program participant: Pro-
vided further, That such collections shall be deposited into 
the Fund, and the Secretary, as provided herein, may use 
such collections, as well as fees collected under section 620, 
for necessary expenses of such Act: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding the requirements of section 620 of such Act, 
the Secretary may carry out responsibilities of the Sec-
retary under such Act through the use of approved service 
providers that are paid directly by the recipients of their 
services. 
FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION 
MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
New commitments to guarantee single family loans in-
sured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund shall not 
exceed $400,000,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2017: Provided, That during fiscal year 2016, 
obligations to make direct loans to carry out the purposes 
of section 204(g) of the National Housing Act, as amended, 
shall not exceed $5,000,000: Provided further, That the fore-
going amount in the previous proviso shall be for loans to 
nonprofit and governmental entities in connection with 
sales of single family real properties owned by the Secretary 
and formerly insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance 
Fund: Provided further, That for administrative contract
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expenses 
of 
the 
Federal 
Housing 
Administration, 
$130,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2017: Provided further, That to the extent guaranteed loan 
commitments exceed $200,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 
2016, an additional $1,400 for administrative contract ex-
penses shall be available for each $1,000,000 in additional 
guaranteed loan commitments (including a pro rata 
amount for any amount below $1,000,000), but in no case 
shall funds made available by this proviso exceed 
$30,000,000. 
GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
New commitments to guarantee loans insured under 
the General and Special Risk Insurance Funds, as author-
ized by sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act 
(12 U.S.C. 1715z–3 and 1735c), shall not exceed 
$30,000,000,000 in total loan principal, any part of which 
is to be guaranteed, to remain available until September 
30, 2017: Provided, That during fiscal year 2016, gross ob-
ligations for the principal amount of direct loans, as au-
thorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 519(a) of the 
National Housing Act, shall not exceed $5,000,000, which 
shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities 
in connection with the sale of single family real properties 
owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under such 
Act.
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GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION 
GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN 
GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out the 
purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act, as 
amended 
(12 
U.S.C. 
1721(g)), 
shall 
not 
exceed 
$500,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2017: Provided, That $23,000,000 shall be available for nec-
essary salaries and expenses of the Office of Government 
National Mortgage Association: Provided further, That to 
the extent that guaranteed loan commitments exceed 
$155,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 2016, an additional 
$100 for necessary salaries and expenses shall be available 
until expended for each $1,000,000 in additional guaran-
teed loan commitments (including a pro rata amount for 
any amount below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds 
made available by this proviso exceed $3,000,000: Provided 
further, That receipts from Commitment and Multiclass fees 
collected pursuant to title III of the National Housing Act, 
as amended, shall be credited as offsetting collections to this 
account.
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POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of pro-
grams of research and studies relating to housing and 
urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized 
by title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 
1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), including carrying out 
the functions of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment under section 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 
2 of 1968, $50,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2017. 
Of the amounts made available in this title under each 
of the headings specified in the report accompanying this 
Act, the Secretary may transfer to this account up to 0.1 
percent from each such account, and such transferred 
amounts shall be available until September 30, 2017, for 
(1) technical assistance and capacity building; and (2) re-
search, evaluation, and program metrics: Provided, That 
the Secretary may not transfer more than $40,000,000 to 
this account. 
With respect to amounts made available under this 
heading, notwithstanding section 204 of this title, the Sec-
retary may enter into cooperative agreements funded with 
philanthropic entities, other Federal agencies, or State or
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local governments and their agencies for research projects: 
Provided, That any such partners to any such cooperative 
agreements must contribute at least 50 percent of the cost 
of the project: Provided further, That for any such coopera-
tive agreements, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment shall comply with section 2(b) of the Federal Fund-
ing Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (Public 
Law 109–282, 31 U.S.C. note) in lieu of compliance with 
section 102(a)(4)(C) with respect to documentation of 
award decisions. 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES 
For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not other-
wise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing 
Amendments Act of 1988, and section 561 of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended, 
$65,300,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017, 
of which $38,600,000 shall be to carry out activities pursu-
ant to such section 561: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary may assess and collect fees to 
cover the costs of the Fair Housing Training Academy, and 
may use such funds to provide such training: Provided fur-
ther, That no funds made available under this heading shall 
be used to lobby the executive or legislative branches of the
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Federal Government in connection with a specific contract, 
grant, or loan: Provided further, That of the funds made 
available under this heading, $300,000 shall be available 
to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for 
the creation and promotion of translated materials and 
other programs that support the assistance of persons with 
limited English proficiency in utilizing the services pro-
vided by the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment. 
OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY 
HOMES 
LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION 
For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as author-
ized by section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint 
Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, $110,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2017, of which $25,000,000 
shall be for the Healthy Homes Initiative, pursuant to sec-
tions 501 and 502 of the Housing and Urban Development 
Act of 1970 that shall include research, studies, testing, and 
demonstration efforts, including education and outreach 
concerning lead-based paint poisoning and other housing- 
related diseases and hazards: Provided, That for purposes 
of environmental review, pursuant to the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and 
other provisions of the law that further the purposes of such
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Act, a grant under the Healthy Homes Initiative, or the 
Lead Technical Studies program under this heading or 
under prior appropriations Acts for such purposes under 
this heading, shall be considered to be funds for a special 
project for purposes of section 305(c) of the Multifamily 
Housing Property Disposition Reform Act of 1994: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount made available 
under this heading, $45,000,000 shall be made available on 
a competitive basis for areas with the highest lead paint 
abatement needs: Provided further, That each recipient of 
funds provided under the previous proviso shall contribute 
an amount not less than 25 percent of the total: Provided 
further, That each applicant shall certify adequate capacity 
that is acceptable to the Secretary to carry out the proposed 
use of funds pursuant to a notice of funding availability: 
Provided further, That amounts made available under this 
heading in this or prior appropriations Acts, and that still 
remain available, may be used for any purpose under this 
heading notwithstanding the purpose for which such 
amounts were appropriated if a program competition is 
undersubscribed and there are other program competitions 
under this heading that are oversubscribed. 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUND 
For the development of, modifications to, and infra-
structure for Department-wide and program-specific infor-
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mation technology systems, for the continuing operation 
and maintenance of both Department-wide and program- 
specific information systems, and for program-related 
maintenance activities, $250,000,000, shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2017: Provided, That any amounts 
transferred to this Fund under this Act shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided further, That any amounts 
transferred to this Fund from amounts appropriated by 
previously enacted appropriations Acts may be used for the 
purposes specified under this Fund, in addition to any 
other information technology purposes for which such 
amounts were appropriated. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of In-
spector General in carrying out the Inspector General Act 
of 1978, as amended, $126,000,000: Provided, That the In-
spector General shall have independent authority over all 
personnel issues within this office. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 
URBAN DEVELOPMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 201. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget au-
thority, or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts 
associated with such budget authority, that are recaptured
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from projects described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart 
B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 
(42 U.S.C. 1437 note) shall be rescinded or in the case of 
cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such amounts 
of budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded 
or remitted to the Treasury shall be used by State housing 
finance agencies or local governments or local housing agen-
cies with projects approved by the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development for which settlement occurred after 
January 1, 1992, in accordance with such section. Notwith-
standing the previous sentence, the Secretary may award 
up to 15 percent of the budget authority or cash recaptured 
and not rescinded or remitted to the Treasury to provide 
project owners with incentives to refinance their project at 
a lower interest rate. 
SEC. 202. None of the funds made available under this 
title may be used during fiscal year 2016 to investigate or 
prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise lawful 
activity engaged in by one or more persons, including the 
filing or maintaining of a nonfrivolous legal action, that 
is engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving or pre-
venting action by a Government official or entity, or a 
court of competent jurisdiction. 
SEC. 203. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the amount allocated for fiscal year 2016 under section