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tax liability, unless the agency has considered suspension 
or debarment of the corporation and made a determination 
that this further action is not necessary to protect the in-
terests of the Government. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 418. The amount by which the applicable alloca-
tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec-
tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex-
ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0 
(increased by $10,000) (increased by $1,940,000). 
SEC. 419. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Secretary of Transportation to 
research or implement a distance-based fee system, com-
monly referred to as Vehicle Miles Traveled, that would 
levy a fee on a vehicle user based on the distance traveled. 
SEC. 420. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in furtherance of the implementation of 
the European Union greenhouse gas emissions trading 
scheme for aviation activities established by European 
Union Directive 2008/101/EC. 
SEC. 421. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for the for the international highway 
technology scanning program, a program within the inter-
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national highway transportation outreach program under 
section 506 of title 23, United States Code. 
SEC. 422. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for any new grant under the livable com-
munities program of the Department of Transportation or 
the sustainable communities program of the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development or to implement any 
transfer of funds for any such new grant. 
SEC. 423. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enforce section 526 of the Energy 
Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 110– 
140; 42 U.S.C. 17142). 
SEC. 424. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to establish, issue, implement, admin-
ister, or enforce any prohibition or restriction on the es-
tablishment or effectiveness of any occupancy preference 
for veterans in supportive housing for the elderly that (1) 
is provided assistance by the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, and (2)(A) is or would be located on 
property of the Department of Veterans Affairs, or (B) 
is subject to an enhanced use lease with the Department 
of Veterans Affairs. 
SEC. 425. None of the funds made available in this 
Act shall be used to promulgate, issue, establish, imple-
ment, administer, finalize, or enforce the proposed rule
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issued by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment and published in the Federal Register on September 
16, 2011 (76 F.R. 70921; relating to Implementation of 
the Fair Housing Act’s Discriminatory Effects Standard). 
SEC. 426. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Secretary of Transportation to 
make any transfer under the last proviso under the head-
ing ‘‘Department of Transportation—Office of the Sec-
retary—Payments to Air Carriers’’. 
SEC. 427. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to design, construct, or operate a fixed 
guideway project located in Cincinnati, Ohio. 
SEC. 428. None of the funds made available under 
this Act may be used to implement any rule or regulation 
that expressly prohibits an owner or landlord of housing 
from using a criminal conviction to deny housing to an 
applicant for such housing. 
SEC. 429. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to promulgate or implement any regula-
tions that would mandate global positioning system (GPS) 
tracking, electronic on-board recording devices, or event 
data recorders in passenger or commercial motor vehicles. 
SEC. 430. None of the funds made available under 
this Act may be used for the Third Street Light Rail
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Phase 2 Central Subway project in San Francisco, Cali-
fornia. 
SEC. 431. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for the salary of any officer or employee 
of the Federal Highway Administration to implement, ad-
minister, or enforce the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 
U.S.C. 703 et seq.) or Executive Order No. 13186 of Jan-
uary 10, 2001, with respect to, or to determine any action 
of the Administration to have a significant impact under 
section 102(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act 
of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(C)) based on the effect of such 
action on, the cliff swallow or barn swallow (as listed in 
section 10.13(c)(1) of title 50, Code of Federal Regula-
tions). 
SEC. 432. 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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, Hous-
ing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2013’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 29, 2012. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5972 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Departments of 
Transportation, and Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2013, and for other pur-
poses.