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through the Real Estate Assessment Center and have 
physical inspection scores of less than 30 or have consecu-
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. 227. 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, 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 public housing agency 
fiscal year 2015. 
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SEC. 228. 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. 
SEC. 229. 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. 230. Section 579 of the Multifamily Assisted 
Housing Reform and Affordability Act (MAHRAA) of 
1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is amended by striking ‘‘Oc-
tober 1, 2015’’ each place it appears and inserting in lieu 
thereof ‘‘October 1, 2016’’. 
SEC. 231. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to require or enforce the Physical Needs 
Assessment (PNA). 
SEC. 232. None of the funds made available by this 
Act nor any receipts or amounts collected under any Fed-
eral Housing Administration program may be used to im-
plement the Homeowners Armed with Knowledge 
(HAWK) program. 
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SEC. 233. 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. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 
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, 
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 HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $45,000,000, to remain available 
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until September 30, 2016, to be derived from assessments 
collected from the Federal National Mortgage Association, 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and the Fed-
eral Home Loan Banks under section 1106 of the Housing 
and Economic Recovery Act of 2008. 
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, $25,499,000: 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, $24,499,000: Provided, That the In-
spector General shall have all necessary authority, in car-
rying out the duties specified in the Inspector General Act, 
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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 National Railroad Passenger Corpora-
tion: Provided further, That the Inspector General may 
enter into contracts and other arrangements for audits, 
studies, analyses, and other services with public agencies 
and with private persons, subject to the applicable laws 
and regulations that govern the obtaining of such services 
within the National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Pro-
vided further, That the Inspector General may select, ap-
point, and employ such officers and employees as may be 
necessary for carrying out the functions, powers, and du-
ties of the Office of Inspector General, subject to the appli-
cable laws and regulations that govern such selections, ap-
pointments, and employment within Amtrak: Provided fur-
ther, That concurrent with the President’s budget request 
for fiscal year 2016, the Inspector General shall submit 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
a budget request for fiscal year 2016 in similar format 
and substance to those submitted by executive agencies 
of the Federal Government. 
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