113 HR 4745 PCS: Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2015
U.S. House of Representatives
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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,
2015, and for other purposes, namely:
<enum>I</enum><header display-inline="no-display-inline">Department of transportation</header>
<appropriations-intermediate id="ID024E9F344E8849109F02F696AE8AEAC0"><header>Office of the secretary</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="ID34C581B1799F4D0A8E9AF1B2AD1969D2"><header>Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, $103,000,000, of which not to exceed
$2,600,000 shall be available for the immediate Office of the Secretary;
not to exceed $980,000 shall be available for the immediate Office of the
Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $19,000,000 shall be available for the
Office of the General Counsel; not to exceed $9,500,000 shall be available
for the Office of the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy; not to
exceed $12,500,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to exceed $2,500,000 shall be
available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental
Affairs; not to exceed $24,720,000 shall be available for the Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Administration; not to exceed $2,000,000 shall
be available for the Office of Public Affairs; not to exceed $1,700,000
shall be available for the Office of the Executive Secretariat; not to
exceed $1,400,000 shall be available for the Office of Small and
Disadvantaged Business Utilization; not to exceed $10,600,000 shall be
available for the Office of Intelligence, Security, and Emergency
Response; and not to exceed $15,500,000 shall be available for the Office
of the Chief Information Officer: <italic>Provided</italic>, 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: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That no appropriation for any office shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 percent by
all such transfers: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That notice of any change in funding greater than 5 percent shall be submitted for approval to
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: <italic>Provided further,</italic> That not to exceed $60,000 shall be for allocation within the Department for official reception
and representation expenses as the Secretary may determine: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, excluding fees authorized in <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/71">Public Law 107–71</external-xref>, there may be credited to this appropriation up to $2,500,000 in funds received in user fees: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That none of the funds provided in this Act shall be available for the position of Assistant
Secretary for Public Affairs.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HE484010683F4422AB224577CA644FF22"><header>Research and technology</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses related to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and
Technology, $12,625,000, of which $8,218,000 shall remain available until
September 30, 2017: <italic>Provided</italic>, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to be available until expended, funds received
from States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and
private sources for expenses incurred for training: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That any reference in law, regulation, judicial proceedings, or elsewhere to the Research and
Innovative Technology Administration shall continue to be deemed to be a
reference to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and
Technology of the Department of Transportation.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HD7175D021A884028A4F8F32A86CDD427"><header>National infrastructure investments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For capital investments in surface transportation infrastructure, $100,000,000, to remain available
through September 30, 2017: <italic>Provided</italic>, That the Secretary of Transportation shall distribute funds provided under this heading as
discretionary grants to be awarded to a State, local government, or a
collaboration among such entities on a competitive basis for projects that
will have a significant impact on the Nation, a metropolitan area, or a
region: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That funds under this heading shall be available only for highway and bridge activities described
under paragraphs (1) and (3) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/133">section 133(b)</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code, and section 202(a) of such title; freight rail transportation
projects; and port infrastructure investments: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That the Secretary may use up to 10 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 <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/23/6">chapter 6</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code, if the Secretary finds that such use of the funds would advance
the purposes of this paragraph: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That in distributing funds provided under this heading, the Secretary shall take such measures so
as to ensure an equitable geographic distribution of funds and an
appropriate balance in addressing the needs of urban and rural areas: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That a grant funded under this heading shall be not less than $2,000,000 and not greater than
$15,000,000: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That not more than 20 percent of the funds made available under this heading may be awarded to
projects in a single State: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That the Federal share of the costs for which an expenditure is made under this heading shall be,
at the option of the recipient, up to 50 percent: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That the Secretary shall give priority to projects that require a contribution of Federal funds
in order to complete an overall financing package: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That not less than 20 percent of the funds provided under this heading shall be for projects
located in rural areas: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That for projects located in rural areas, the minimum grant size shall be $1,000,000 and the
Secretary may increase the Federal share of costs to 80 percent: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That projects conducted using funds provided under this heading must comply with the requirements
of subchapter IV of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/40/31">chapter 31</external-xref> of title 40, United States Code.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="id10383525D87C414EBA4F0FA207110263"><header>Financial management capital</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing the Department of Transportation's financial
systems and re-engineering business processes, $5,000,000, to remain
available through September 30, 2016.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HA75DE4125BDC44F8A0B82A37A1DF89C2"><header>Cyber security initiatives</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, including necessary upgrades to wide area
network and information technology infrastructure, improvement of network
perimeter controls and identity management, testing and assessment of
information technology against business, security, and other requirements,
implementation of Federal cyber security initiatives and information
infrastructure enhancements, implementation of enhanced security controls
on network devices, and enhancement of cyber security workforce training
tools, $5,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2016.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H84310314636A4F87BF993F8D662A6F98"><header>Office of civil rights</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, $9,600,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="idFA2373D6E7E04536903AB979EF7C6F81"><header>Transportation planning, research, and development</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses for conducting transportation planning, research, systems development,
development activities, and making grants, to remain available until
expended, $6,000,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H50E1546A07EF422C9F4856CD65F0E942"><header>Working capital fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to
exceed $181,000,000 shall be paid from appropriations made available to
the Department of Transportation: <italic>Provided</italic>, That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis to entities within the Department of
Transportation: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That the above limitation on operating expenses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency of the Department shall be transferred to the
Working Capital Fund without majority approval of the Working Capital Fund
Steering Committee and approval of the Secretary: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That no assessments may be levied 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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HBB7FDEF3124B4A34A0B0FE8CD81BA8BF"><header>Minority business resource center program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of guaranteed loans, $417,000, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 332: <italic>Provided</italic>, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be
guaranteed, not to exceed $18,367,000.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, $596,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HF662A15FC66B4A59ADED0FFC23F3073C"><header>Minority business outreach</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of Minority Business Resource Center outreach activities, $3,099,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2016: <italic>Provided</italic>, That, notwithstanding <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/332">49 U.S.C. 332</external-xref>, these funds may be used for business opportunities related to any mode of transportation.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HDCD2B65252FD45BB8D32A02856EA19DE"><header>Payments to air carriers</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H353D59A39A484E50A2427E7DDB3ECA27"><header>(airport and airway trust fund)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition to funds made available from any other source to carry out the essential air service
program under 49 U.S.C. 41731 through 41742, $149,000,000, to be derived
from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to remain available until
expended: <italic>Provided</italic>, That in determining between or among carriers competing to provide service to a community, the
Secretary may consider the relative subsidy requirements of the carriers: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That basic essential air service minimum requirements shall not include the 15-passenger capacity
requirement under sub<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/41732">section 41732(b)(3)</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code: <italic>Provided further</italic>, 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
airport before the Secretary has negotiated with the community over a
local cost share: <italic>Provided further,</italic> That none of the funds in this Act or any other Act shall be used to provide essential air service
to communities in the 48 contiguous States that require a rate of subsidy
per passenger in excess of $500 before the Secretary has negotiated with
the community over a local cost share so that the per passenger subsidy
does not exceed $500.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H5DB61ABD8F264C45A9DA2C2046504135"><header>Administrative provisions—office of the secretary of transportation</header>
</appropriations-small><section id="HD4190351242E47E9B6EF574D90307103"><enum>101.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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, except for activities underway on the date of
enactment of this Act, unless such assessments or agreements have
completed the normal reprogramming process for Congressional notification.</text>
</section><section id="H8176A2AB3E254F56A25988AFDF97F605"><enum>102.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/3324">section 3324</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, in addition to authority provided by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/327">section 327</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, the Department's Working Capital Fund is hereby authorized to
provide payments in advance to vendors that are necessary to carry out the
Federal transit pass transportation fringe benefit program under Executive
Order No. 13150 and section 3049 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/59">Public Law 109–59</external-xref>: <italic>Provided</italic>, That the Department shall include adequate safeguards in the contract with the vendors to ensure
timely and high-quality performance under the contract.</text>
</section><section id="H32B387BA43AE459AA0856C57250EFC76"><enum>103.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall post on the Web site of the Department of Transportation a schedule of all
meetings of the Credit Council, including the agenda for each meeting, and
require the Credit Council to record the decisions and actions of each
meeting.</text>
<appropriations-intermediate id="H189AAC9A201A47F4A45F22E0B7CEB1E3"><header>Federal aviation administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H1312964E4D2544B8BC7199D759714087"><header>Operations</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H30ACCE1376174F4C9EE0B41BE248B6CE"><header>(airport and airway trust fund)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Administration, not otherwise provided for,
including operations and research activities related to commercial space
transportation, administrative expenses for research and development,
establishment of air navigation facilities, the operation (including
leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, subsidizing the cost of aeronautical
charts and maps sold to the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor
vehicles for replacement only, in addition to amounts made available by <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/95">Public Law 112–95</external-xref>, $9,750,000,000 of which $8,595,000,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund,
of which not to exceed $7,396,654,000 shall be available for air traffic
organization activities; not to exceed $1,218,458,000 shall be available
for aviation safety activities; not to exceed $16,000,000 shall be
available for commercial space transportation activities; not to exceed
$762,652,000 shall be available for finance and management activities; not
to exceed $60,089,000 shall be available for NextGen and operations
planning activities; and not to exceed $296,147,000 shall be available for
staff offices: <italic>Provided</italic>, That not to exceed 2 percent of any budget activity, except for aviation safety budget activity,
may be transferred to any budget activity under this heading: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That no transfer may increase or decrease any appropriation by more than 2 percent: <italic>Provided further</italic>, 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 available for obligation or
expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that
section: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That not later than March 31 of each fiscal year hereafter, 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 section 221 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/176">Public Law 108–176</external-xref>: <italic>Provided further</italic>, 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: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That not later than March 31 of each fiscal year hereafter, the Administrator shall transmit to
Congress a companion report that describes a comprehensive strategy for
staffing, hiring, and training flight standards and aircraft certification
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: <italic>Provided further</italic>, 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: <italic>Provided further</italic>, 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: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for new applicants for the second career
training program: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the Federal Aviation Administration to
finalize or implement any regulation that would promulgate new aviation
user fees not specifically authorized by law after the date of the
enactment of this Act: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That there may be credited to this appropriation as offsetting collections funds received from
States, counties, municipalities, 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: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than $140,000,000 shall be for the
contract tower program, of which $9,500,000 is for the contract tower cost
share program: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That none of the funds in this Act for aeronautical charting and cartography are available for
activities conducted by, or coordinated through, the Working Capital Fund.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="idB0685BAAB5A746BE8A0F4AD641310B39"><header>Facilities and equipment</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="id3DE16A20F92D4DB58B91A2657752E372"><header>(airport and airway trust fund)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for acquisition, establishment, technical
support services, improvement by contract or purchase, and hire of
national airspace systems and experimental facilities and equipment, as
authorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code,
including initial acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant;
engineering and service testing, including construction of test facilities
and acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction and
furnishing of quarters and related accommodations for officers and
employees of the Federal Aviation Administration stationed 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
$463,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2015, and
$2,137,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2017: <italic>Provided</italic>, 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, improvement, and modernization of
national airspace systems: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That upon initial submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2016 President's budget, the
Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to the Congress a comprehensive
capital investment plan for the Federal Aviation Administration which
includes funding for each budget line item for fiscal years 2016 through
2020, 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
Management and Budget.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H8D3F4AB396B74B39ADBE5158C940A9B3"><header>Research, engineering, and development</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HC1CEBEFD9D7C48B9B72D2BCDA42B78C7"><header>(airport and airway trust fund)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for research, engineering, and development, as
authorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code,
including construction of experimental facilities and acquisition of
necessary sites by lease or grant, $156,750,000, to be derived from the
Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30,
2017: <italic>Provided</italic>, That there may be credited to this appropriation as offsetting collections, funds received from
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private
sources, which shall be available for expenses incurred for research,
engineering, and development.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H91B3BC0BF295461CB3D8B90AB977FEB8"><header>Grants-in-aid for airports</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HADE8F15AAF4D459E82BBF5E7566DD62F"><header>(liquidation of contract authorization)</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H2010EA7DAECE4883AEF7C5357E21CE83"><header>(limitation on obligations)</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H6170237F4DC64846BADFF87D9EC35BFB"><header>(airport and airway trust fund)</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H82F2BA61AAC849D18755449336E77050"><header>(including transfer of funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-aid for airport planning and development, and
noise compatibility planning and programs as authorized under subchapter I
of chapter 471 and subchapter I of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/49/475">chapter 475</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, and under other law authorizing such obligations; for
procurement, installation, and commissioning of runway incursion
prevention devices and systems at airports of such title; for grants
authorized under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/41743">section 41743</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code; and for inspection activities and administration of airport
safety programs, including those related to airport operating certificates
under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/44706">section 44706</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, $3,200,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust
Fund and to remain available until expended: <italic>Provided</italic>, That none of the funds under this heading shall be available for the planning or execution of
programs the obligations for which are in excess of $3,350,000,000 in
fiscal year 2015, notwithstanding <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/47117">section 47117(g)</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That none of the funds under this heading shall be available for the replacement of baggage
conveyor systems, reconfiguration of terminal baggage areas, or other
airport improvements that are necessary to install bulk explosive
detection systems: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, of funds limited 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
Program, not less than $29,750,000 shall be available for Airport
Technology Research, and $3,000,000, to remain available until expended,
shall be available and transferred to <quote>Office of the Secretary, Salaries and Expenses</quote> to carry out the Small Community Air Service Development Program.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H1BC1B1EB368640AF9F7B223267907B7A"><header>(cancellation)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Of the amounts authorized under sections 48103 and 48112 of Title 49, United States Code,
$260,000,000 are hereby permanently cancelled from amounts authorized for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015 and prior years.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H7A9F2DF3285A400480B85810D424C086"><header>Administrative provisions—federal aviation administration</header>
</appropriations-small></section><section id="H8260990A28F04328873A2CAD34B68D24"><enum>110.</enum><text>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 contract
between the Federal Aviation Administration and the Center for Advanced
Aviation Systems Development during fiscal year 2015.</text>
</section><section id="H7C427C0024DF4EE186BD20D8678EA4DC"><enum>111.</enum><text>None of the funds in this Act shall be used to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring
airport sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Administration 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: <italic>Provided</italic>, That the prohibition of funds in this section does not apply to negotiations between the agency
and airport sponsors to achieve agreement on <quote>below-market</quote> 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.</text>
</section><section id="H4675392614FD43608F32106D7564A03E"><enum>112.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration may reimburse amounts made available to
satisfy <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/41742">49 U.S.C. 41742(a)(1)</external-xref> 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.</text>
</section><section id="H58E2F434BE5C4B038B24901F0218482D"><enum>113.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts collected under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/40113">section 40113(e)</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to the appropriation current at the time of
collection, to be merged with and available for the same purposes of such
appropriation.</text>
</section><section id="HB4EEA4AA83C04D7F8A6C75321B54CCDA"><enum>114.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds in this Act shall be available for paying premium pay under sub<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5546">section 5546(a)</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, to any Federal Aviation Administration employee unless such
employee actually performed work during the time corresponding to such
premium pay.</text>
</section><section id="H64159274C2B54C71B22252D175754E4D"><enum>115.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds in this Act may be obligated or expended for an employee of the Federal Aviation
Administration to purchase a store gift card or gift certificate through
use of a Government-issued credit card.</text>
</section><section id="H286304A001554067AAF4A8CF0D664FBF"><enum>116.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds in this Act may be obligated or expended for retention bonuses for an employee of
the Federal Aviation Administration without the prior written approval of
the Assistant Secretary for Administration of the Department of
Transportation.</text>
</section><section id="HA826E34DC62B45E595B55BD26D454CD1"><enum>117.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 implement any
limitation on the ability of any owner or operator 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
Administration'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.</text>
</section><section id="HD90B881774CA41DA8F9DD8D55B2FB255"><enum>118.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds in this Act shall be available for salaries and expenses of more than 9 political
and Presidential appointees in the Federal Aviation Administration.</text>
</section><section id="HBC1ACD275A454D72BCFAEDEE67FDEF4E"><enum>119.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available under this Act may be used to increase fees pursuant to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/44721">section 44721</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, until the FAA provides to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations the report related to aeronautical navigation products
referred to in the explanatory statement described in section 4 of the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014.</text>
</section><section id="HD192615015D34A2483AE482331200802"><enum>119A.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
<appropriations-intermediate id="H3A090F47A861412FA098C80A5E5BCAF8"><header>Federal highway administration</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H0766D3C6221845A5AB544D7B0779E107"><header>Limitation on administrative expenses</header></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HB198F1AF85C740CABCBFC404CC9C4186"><header>(highway trust fund)</header></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HCA14B6779B0A498EA5F5278948193E88"><header>(including transfer of funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Contingent upon reauthorization, not to exceed $426,100,000, together with advances and
reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Administration, shall be
paid in accordance with law from appropriations made available by this Act
to the Federal Highway Administration for necessary expenses for
administration and operation. In addition, not to exceed $3,248,000 shall
be paid from appropriations made available by this Act and transferred to
the Appalachian Regional Commission in accordance with <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/104">section 104</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="id81021D5955554F1A8C248B88E2006646"><header>Federal-aid highways</header></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H6D7593EC7051474FA1B75ABF398A1CF9"><header>(limitation on obligations)</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="id0BF1846CAD5147CCBB5EF0D41BB201BC"><header>(highway trust fund)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Contingent upon reauthorization, funds available for the implementation or execution of programs of
Federal-aid Highways and highway safety construction programs authorized
under titles 23 and 49, United States Code, and the provisions of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/141">Public Law 112–141</external-xref> shall not exceed total obligations of $40,256,000,000 for fiscal year 2015: <italic>Provided</italic>, 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 of servicing such credit instruments: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That such fees are available until expended to pay for such costs: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That such amounts are in addition to administrative expenses that are also available for such
purpose, and are not subject to any obligation limitation or the
limitation on administrative expenses under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/608">section 608</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="id20091BA542B94468B93B4641461393B1"><header>(liquidation of contract authorization)</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="idA5A6CB69BE774FBF8005BA896EF04BA9"><header>(highway trust fund)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Contingent upon reauthorization, 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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HAB56E82B4B6D48239D2F97BEC4082140"><header>Administrative provisions—federal highway administration</header>
</appropriations-small></section><section id="HEE743482F19B42B9B1A41ABBE245918B"><enum>120.</enum><text>Contingent upon reauthorization:</text>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2C116533AEE549199DF038D8563729E5"><enum>(a)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2015, the Secretary of Transportation shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H58ACDE0C6C424A17829E38AE7240FCE5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>not distribute from the obligation limitation for Federal-aid Highways—</text>
<subparagraph id="H65960C263D574E49ADE7BC4228E356C8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>amounts authorized for administrative expenses and programs by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/104">section 104(a)</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H38373C3EA4A947AB92CE9C7E680989E0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>amounts authorized for the Bureau of Transportation Statistics;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF5C7774489584598B09DF66D1FB59C69"><enum>(2)</enum><text>not distribute an amount from the obligation limitation for Federal-aid Highways that is equal to
the unobligated balance of amounts—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0265394D115240B38AE381FE144F5656"><enum>(A)</enum><text>made available from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for Federal-aid
Highways and highway safety construction programs for previous fiscal
years the funds for which are allocated by the Secretary (or apportioned
by the Secretary under section <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/202">202</external-xref> or <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/204">204</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBC8A4E2FB50B4EE68F2BF7C4B73F1F30"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for which obligation limitation was provided in a previous fiscal year;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H251CEE337EDE4F00BA8543B11BCCADDE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>determine the proportion that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0000A5EA563641508949F013B06888E8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the obligation limitation for Federal-aid Highways, less the aggregate of amounts not distributed
under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection; bears to</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE2767B6B8ED04D6681A7D382D072E2F6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the total of the sums authorized to be appropriated for the Federal-aid Highways and highway safety
construction programs (other than sums authorized to be appropriated for
provisions of law described in paragraphs (1) through (12) of subsection
(b) and sums authorized to be appropriated for <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/119">section 119</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code, equal to the amount referred to in subsection (b)(13) for such
fiscal year), less the aggregate of the amounts not distributed under
paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCBEDA3A7A8E74D059DFB021BCF19BD8B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid Highways, less the aggregate amounts not
distributed 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—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF052A1A15EC045AA9322818792A246FC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the proportion determined under paragraph (3); by</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE68CBCEA8B8B4640AAAB9D9B6A561195"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the amounts authorized to be appropriated for each such program for such fiscal year; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC973D2667FE241BAB8EE6A5FA524B87A"><enum>(5)</enum><text>distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid Highways, less the aggregate amounts not
distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and the amounts distributed under
paragraph (4), for Federal-aid Highways and highway safety construction
programs that are apportioned by the Secretary under title 23, United
States Code (other than the amounts apportioned for the National Highway
Performance Program in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/119">section 119</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code, that are exempt from the limitation under subsection (b)(13) and
the amounts apportioned under sections 202 and 204 of that title) in the
proportion that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0F547CDB07D54436B53547AF360B048A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>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</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC3C91E3F04064991B1A8C165B51602DC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the total of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for the programs that are apportioned under
title 23, United States Code, to all States for such fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5FF99E4948D946B691D4622D8C67C349"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exceptions From Obligation Limitation</header><text>The obligation limitation for Federal-aid Highways shall not apply to obligations under or for—</text>
<paragraph id="H47EAE5B9EAD14526A6C051736706561B"><enum>(1)</enum><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/125">section 125</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HED990117C14D48CC95EC026D36855C83"><enum>(2)</enum><text>section 147 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/144">23 U.S.C. 144</external-xref> note; 92 Stat. 2714);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H73C53C709AF046E3BD2BB5A1E2921794"><enum>(3)</enum><text>section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981 (95 Stat. 1701);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1033FCBCFFB64745A588D49640B63537"><enum>(4)</enum><text>subsections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (96
Stat. 2119);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5F2DA92CD69848268886D7C949B6EA63"><enum>(5)</enum><text>subsections (b) and (c) of section 149 of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation
Assistance Act of 1987 (101 Stat. 198);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7C307A3619CB46B2A191145B3C097EDA"><enum>(6)</enum><text>sections 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105
Stat. 2027);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H526F2B42FFAF462A87C57B6318856DAC"><enum>(7)</enum><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/157">section 157</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code (as in effect on June 8, 1998);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H851EC3DC48F8483F8273C506750FDA08"><enum>(8)</enum><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/105">section 105</external-xref> 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);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB1F13D2458A847CC84C96F36B8AD0779"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Federal-aid Highways programs for which obligation authority was made available under the
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 107) or
subsequent Acts for multiple years or to remain available until expended,
but only to the extent that the obligation authority has not lapsed or
been used;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H238B206BDFB84D38B506CF9A10A4A3E8"><enum>(10)</enum><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/105">section 105</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code (as in effect for fiscal years 2005 through 2012, but only in an
amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2EE04AA371EC4340AA1AF9960FC9E413"><enum>(11)</enum><text>section 1603 of SAFETEA–LU (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/118">23 U.S.C. 118</external-xref> note; 119 Stat. 1248), to the extent that funds obligated in accordance with that section were not
subject to a limitation on obligations at the time at which the funds were
initially made available for obligation; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF02587B2E73C4A4CA0D3980F70EDBE11"><enum>(12)</enum><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/119">section 119</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code (as in effect for fiscal years 2013 and 2014, but only in an
amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC9A1D747CCDF4FDF80B027C6126DC540"><enum>(13)</enum><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/119">section 119</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code (but, for fiscal year 2015, only in an amount equal to
$639,000,000).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1759793BE6DD4614BA426575EF05863F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Redistribution of Unused Obligation Authority</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall, after August 1 of such fiscal year—</text>
<paragraph id="HEAB8B83AE14E4D1F92DB98786AE7DAA2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>revise a distribution of the obligation limitation made available under subsection (a) if an amount
distributed cannot be obligated during that fiscal year; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6355DCA5E48C417A8A604A3BD484E1A0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>redistribute sufficient amounts to those States able to obligate amounts in addition to those
previously distributed during that fiscal year, giving priority to those
States having large unobligated balances of funds apportioned under
sections 144 (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/141">Public Law 112–141</external-xref>) and 104 of title 23, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H754FEF63FF96430C98718F51335877A4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Applicability of Obligation Limitations to Transportation Research Programs</header>
<paragraph id="H82F48C382EF247CAAEF568FC2D780370"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in paragraph (2), the obligation limitation for Federal-aid Highways shall apply
to contract authority for transportation research programs carried out
under—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBB2E520EA3F14973986B9567A6B4E96A"><enum>(A)</enum><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/23/5">chapter 5</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H07B2C1496D60428EAB4233CE0C770D74"><enum>(B)</enum><text>division E of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H535A51B0DAF14EA496C1F219BB437AD8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Obligation authority made available under paragraph (1) shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD2344075873C4BE8BB4CC7F3AEDB4BDE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>remain available for a period of 4 fiscal years; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD1D51C2207B64CFC93EF60FED59E4F3E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>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.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7B7F63952AF24D0CAC15E93B88711BBF"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Redistribution of Certain Authorized Funds</header>
<paragraph id="H740EB254650F4E8097AC959E2D4477E4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of distribution of obligation limitation under subsection
(a), the Secretary shall distribute to the States any funds (excluding
funds authorized for the program under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/202">section 202</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code) that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4E75700D51534E10AE0D6885CCCAFE99"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year for Federal-aid Highways programs; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEB0E749226A64EBFA5942BC1A33220C7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary determines will not be allocated to the States (or will not be apportioned to the
States under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/204">section 204</external-xref> 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.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAA92EB0CFBC64A4BA950C0C3CFDFD090"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Ratio</header><text>Funds shall be distributed under paragraph (1) in the same proportion as the distribution of
obligation authority under subsection (a)(5).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC074CC40D9FB4BFA9DCC24588CA666A4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>Funds distributed to each State under paragraph (1) shall be available for any purpose described in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/133">section 133(b)</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H8EC8BB3CA7CE4F0FA292B71F26808A5C"><enum>121.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/3302">31 U.S.C. 3302</external-xref>, funds received by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the sale of data products, for
necessary expenses incurred pursuant to <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/49/63">chapter 63</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, may be credited to the Federal-aid Highways account for the
purpose of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses: <italic>Provided</italic>, That such funds shall be subject to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid Highways and
highway safety construction programs.</text>
</section><section id="HB776D020E7894199ADCDAC1D1C1D89D7"><enum>122.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not less than 15 days prior to waiving, under his or her statutory authority, any Buy America
requirement 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: <italic>Provided</italic>, That the Secretary shall provide an annual report to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations on any waivers granted under the Buy America requirements.</text>
</section><section id="HEFB9CB549F82496EA77E778E57C6B558"><enum>123.</enum>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H388D665C99D84975AEC7C4BE250CF8A2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (b), none of the funds made available, limited, or otherwise
affected by this Act shall be used to approve or otherwise authorize the
imposition of any toll on any segment of highway located on the
Federal-aid system in the State of Texas that—</text>
<paragraph id="HEC905F0115934DDFB3B50140C3036E28"><enum>(1)</enum><text>as of the date of enactment of this Act, is not tolled;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFE9BBA58E96143BD947EA87C2CB9B573"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is constructed with Federal assistance provided under title 23, United States Code; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC97556720EE24BADABB78E6917D4B02E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>is in actual operation as of the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB2E974382D2B45B587E5336A5599E564"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exceptions</header>
<paragraph id="HF3229F716A5F4E6282F41EC437A68007"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Number of toll lanes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (a) shall not apply to any segment of highway on the Federal-aid system described in
that subsection that, as of the date on which a toll is imposed on the
segment, will have the same number of nontoll lanes as were in existence
prior to that date.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4E67635DD1644E7D8F7D0F2DBA4E7827"><enum>(2)</enum><header>High-occupancy vehicle lanes</header><text>A high-occupancy vehicle lane that is converted to a toll lane shall not be subject to this
section, and shall not be considered to be a nontoll lane for purposes of
determining whether a highway will have fewer nontoll lanes than prior to
the date of imposition of the toll, if—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6C432CC12903421597477A84EA62CAEF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>high-occupancy vehicles occupied by the number of passengers specified by the entity operating the
toll lane may use the toll lane without paying a toll, unless otherwise
specified by the appropriate county, town, municipal or other local
government entity, or public toll road or transit authority; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE4430335AAF544C09CA6A0A29121A7CD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>each high-occupancy vehicle lane that was converted to a toll lane was constructed as a temporary
lane to be replaced by a toll lane under a plan approved by the
appropriate county, town, municipal or other local government entity, or
public toll road or transit authority.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HF9E6085A79F54E5181565B7E073C75DE"><enum>124.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds in this Act to the Department of Transportation may be used to provide credit
assistance unless not less than 3 days before any application approval to
provide credit assistance under sections <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/603">603</external-xref> and <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/604">604</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary of Transportation provides notification in writing
to the following 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: <italic>Provided</italic>, That such notification shall include, but not be limited 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.</text>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD63F7F8226D741C9AE3A4E553FEADA45" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>125.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/127">Section 127</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD37A1B727FD143768A5D0A105DE01591" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H40AB12F3B94943FC8BFB1076026D8AF7"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Operation of vehicles on certain other Wisconsin highways</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If any segment of the United States Route 41 corridor, as described in section 1105(c)(57) of the
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, is designated as
a route on the Interstate System, a vehicle 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).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H674D78DF06EC444FBB74DB7FCC6FA7C1"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Longer combination vehicles in Idaho</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No limit or other prohibition under this section, except as provided in this subsection, applies to
a longer combination vehicle operating on a segment of the Interstate
System in Idaho if such vehicle—</text>
<paragraph id="H1909E32F3E8247468D6B62CAF8CF58F1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>has a gross vehicle weight of 129,000 pounds or less;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1FA81FBB421A4996873763BCAD63C3D4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>complies with the single axle, tandem axle, and bridge formula limits set forth in subsection (a);
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H50DAEFF1B6464F7D9958D0528D3A66A7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>is authorized to operate on such segment under Idaho State law.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF6CB65D787054E8492BEA804ACBFB019"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Operation of vehicles on certain Mississippi highways</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If any segment of United States Route 78 in Mississippi from mile marker 0 to mile marker 113 is
designated as part of the Interstate System, no limit established under
this section may apply to that segment with respect to the operation of
any vehicle that could have legally operated on that segment before such
designation.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
<appropriations-intermediate id="HF5F1E4508186481D8010A000711D3B7C"><header>Federal motor carrier safety administration</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="HE9E77FAC070B429D9836A27AFA6A1A20"><header>Motor carrier safety operations and programs</header></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H230B400EE51F419D89271734825CE157"><header>(liquidation of contract authorization)</header></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H6A907F394680467C92F7F34F4A6E39E2"><header>(limitation on obligations)</header></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H9B2A0D0189A1494FB533147BD735AE9C"><header>(highway trust fund)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Contingent upon reauthorization, for payment of obligations incurred in the implementation,
execution and administration of motor carrier safety operations and
programs pursuant to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/31104">section 31104(i)</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, and sections 4127 and 4134 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/59">Public Law 109–59</external-xref>, as amended by <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/141">Public Law 112–141</external-xref>, $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 remain available
until expended: <italic>Provided</italic>, That funds available 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 <quote>Motor Carrier Safety Operations and Programs</quote> for fiscal year 2015, of which $9,000,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30,
2017, is for the research and technology program, and of which $1,000,000
shall be available for commercial motor vehicle operator's grants to carry
out section 4134 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/59">Public Law 109–59</external-xref>, and of which $34,545,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2017, is for
information management.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H13D77932A4D14DB4A45572167EB10934"><header>Motor carrier safety grants</header></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H28C0770294924106904B25DD1B8A11E2"><header>(liquidation of contract authorization)</header></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H0AE018A8A9134D74A6C4E47488204BAD"><header>(limitation on obligations)</header></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H0BAB4B76D6F64EFCADB8159B8317A526"><header>(highway trust fund)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Contingent upon reauthorization, 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 <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/59">Public Law 109–59</external-xref>, as amended by <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/141">Public Law 112–141</external-xref>, $313,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) and
to remain available until expended: <italic>Provided</italic>, That funds available for the implementation or execution of motor carrier safety programs shall
not exceed total obligations of $313,000,000 in fiscal year 2015 for <quote>Motor Carrier Safety Grants</quote>; of which $218,000,000 shall be available for the motor carrier safety assistance program,
$30,000,000 shall be available for the commercial driver's license
improvements program, $32,000,000 shall be available for border
enforcement grants, $5,000,000 shall be available for the performance and
registration information system management program, $25,000,000 shall be
available for the commercial vehicle information systems and networks
deployment program, and $3,000,000 shall be available for the safety data
improvement program: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That, of the funds made available herein for the motor carrier safety assistance program,
$32,000,000 shall be available for audits of new entrant motor carriers.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H6426B3613B15416FAA29E9C22D656494"><header>Administrative provisions—federal motor carrier safety administration</header>
</appropriations-small></section><section id="H227731C2691A47D0B89DE56025434F9A"><enum>130.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds appropriated or limited in this Act shall be subject to the terms and conditions stipulated
in section 350 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/87">Public Law 107–87</external-xref> and section 6901 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/28">Public Law 110–28</external-xref>.</text>
</section><section id="H955CB7DD9AC14C75829D07F4CE76D189"><enum>131.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration shall send notice of 49 CFR section 385.308
violations by certified mail, registered mail, or another manner of
delivery, which records the receipt of the notice by the persons
responsible for the violations.</text><appropriations-intermediate id="H90ADC2744A884E0FA9CF953A5F145045"><header>National highway traffic safety administration</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H4B3CADEEB3574A6FB9F9FE005D363C68"><header>Operations and research</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Secretary, with respect to traffic and
highway safety authorized under chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI of
title 49, United States Code, $134,000,000, of which $22,500,000 shall
remain available through September 30, 2016.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HC240CADE366D4C06926515DF2BD2BDB4"><header>Operations and research</header></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HF71E6831FA854285AA59DEB77D14B054"><header>(liquidation of contract authorization)</header></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HA712B96C1DC740C3B1E2A7E2DC31B99A"><header>(limitation on obligations)</header></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HCAD0EC12F05E4D66BE2D06A0780BCBE0"><header>(highway trust fund)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Contingent upon reauthorization, for payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions
of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/403">23 U.S.C. 403</external-xref>, and <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/49/303">chapter 303</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, $128,500,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other
than the Mass Transit Account) and to remain available until expended: <italic>Provided</italic>, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the planning or execution of programs
the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2015, are in excess of
$128,500,000, of which $123,500,000 shall be for programs authorized under
23 U.S.C. 403 and $5,000,000 shall be for the National Driver Register
authorized under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/49/303">chapter 303</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That within the $123,500,000 obligation limitation for operations and research, $22,500,000 shall
remain available until September 30, 2016, and shall be in addition to the
amount of any limitation imposed on obligations for future years: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That $10,000,000 of the total obligation limitation for operations and research in fiscal year
2015 shall be applied toward unobligated balances of contract authority
provided in prior Acts for carrying out the provisions of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/403">23 U.S.C. 403</external-xref>, and <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/49/303">chapter 303</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HB6E8920BEF3E420D8004ECE1C23FBCB7"><header>Highway traffic safety grants</header></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H2476AB9608DD419FAF5A01CDE512EC64"><header>(liquidation of contract authorization)</header></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H986B391A970249C5B259A4CB4A0F4BD0"><header>(limitation on obligations)</header></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H9051AEEE3A1743A8AC650C5D0F646564"><header>(highway trust fund)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Contingent upon reauthorization, for payment of obligations incurred in carrying out provisions of
23 U.S.C. 402 and 405, section 2009 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/59">Public Law 109–59</external-xref>, as amended by <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/141">Public Law 112–141</external-xref>, and section 31101(a)(6) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/141">Public Law 112–141</external-xref>, to remain available until expended, $561,500,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund
(other than the Mass Transit Account): <italic>Provided</italic>, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the planning or execution of programs
the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2015, are in excess of
$561,500,000 for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 402 and 405, section
2009 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/59">Public Law 109–59</external-xref>, as amended by <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/141">Public Law 112–141</external-xref>, and section 31101(a)(6) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/141">Public Law 112–141</external-xref>, of which $235,000,000 shall be for <quote>Highway Safety Programs</quote> under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/402">23 U.S.C. 402</external-xref>; $272,000,000 shall be for <quote>National Priority Safety Programs</quote> under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/405">23 U.S.C. 405</external-xref>; $29,000,000 shall be for <quote>High Visibility Enforcement Program</quote> under section 2009 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/59">Public Law 109–59</external-xref>, as amended by <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/141">Public Law 112–141</external-xref>; $25,500,000 shall be for <quote>Administrative Expenses</quote> under section 31101(a)(6) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/141">Public Law 112–141</external-xref>: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That none of these funds shall be used for construction, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or
for office furnishings and fixtures for State, local or private buildings
or structures: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That not to exceed $500,000 of the funds made available for <quote>National Priority Safety Programs</quote> under 23 U.S.C. 405 for <quote>Impaired Driving Countermeasures</quote> (as described in subsection (d) of that section) shall be available for technical assistance to
the States: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That with respect to the <quote>Transfers</quote> provision under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/405">23 U.S.C. 405(a)(1)(G)</external-xref>, any amounts transferred to increase the amounts made available under section 402 shall include
the obligation authority for such amounts: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That the Administrator shall notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of any
exercise of the authority granted under the previous proviso or under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/405">23 U.S.C. 405(a)(1)(G)</external-xref> within 60 days.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H54485E139C9A45DDB0BB3D76ADB07029"><header>Administrative provisions—national highway traffic safety administration</header>
</appropriations-small></section><section id="H99B3433964944ED5A075BB8DA1AA4240"><enum>140.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contingent upon reauthorization, an additional $130,000 shall be made available to the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, out of the amount limited for <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/402">section 402</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code, to pay for travel and related expenses for State management
reviews and to pay for core competency development training and related
expenses for highway safety staff.</text>
</section><section id="H6A09D132E4844B0DB8CD5CDD5D726E31"><enum>141.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The limitations on obligations for the programs of the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration 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.</text>
</section><section id="H669FEF3377E046C0992CADAC88894EBB"><enum>142.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds in this Act shall be used to implement <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/404">section 404</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code.</text><appropriations-intermediate id="H48DA84A1C1D64569B63B284499FF145C"><header>Federal railroad administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H3A98CB7E2C6A483EA5A724FAC4C420CC"><header>Safety and operations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Administration, not otherwise provided for,
$185,250,000, of which $12,400,000 shall remain available until expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HA890DCCDE50B49B3864DDAE1991735E6"><header>Railroad research and development</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses for railroad research and development, $35,250,000, to remain available
until expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HB85CE6B9EB14463396E26B203652463F"><header>Railroad rehabilitation and improvement financing program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/94/210">Public Law 94–210</external-xref>), as amended, such authority to exist as long as any such direct loan or loan guarantee is
outstanding: <italic>Provided</italic>, That, pursuant to section 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 2015: <italic>Provided further,</italic><italic>
</italic>That no new direct loans or loan guarantee commitments made under the Railroad Rehabilitation and
Improvement Financing Program in fiscal year 2015 shall cause the total
principal amount of direct loans and loan guarantees committed under the
Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program to projects in a
single state to exceed $5,600,000,000.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H194FC4C9C64841BFB35A81DA260C2ADC"><header>Operating grants to the national railroad passenger corporation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make quarterly grants to the National Railroad
Passenger Corporation, in amounts based on the Secretary's assessment of
the Corporation's seasonal cash flow requirements, for the operation of
intercity passenger rail, as authorized by section 101 of the Passenger
Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (division B of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/432">Public Law 110–432</external-xref>), $340,000,000, to remain available until expended: <italic>Provided</italic>, 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 receiving
and reviewing a grant request for each specific train route: <italic>Provided further,</italic> 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: <italic>Provided further</italic>, 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 2015 required under section 204 of the Passenger Rail
Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 and the comprehensive fleet plan
for all Amtrak rolling stock: <italic>Provided further,</italic> That the budget, business plan and the 5-Year Financial Plan shall include annual information on
the maintenance, refurbishment, replacement, and expansion for all Amtrak
rolling stock consistent with the comprehensive fleet plan: <italic>Provided further,</italic> That the Corporation shall provide monthly performance 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 improvement plan: <italic>Provided further,</italic> 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 <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/55">Public Law 112–55</external-xref>: <italic>Provided further,</italic> 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: <italic>Provided further,</italic> 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.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H7031BF7250FA4316B43C43D396F46274"><header>Capital and debt service grants to the national railroad passenger corporation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to the National Railroad Passenger
Corporation for capital investments as authorized by section 101(c), 102,
and 219(b) of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008
(division B of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/432">Public Law 110–432</external-xref>), $850,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed $150,000,000 shall be
for debt service obligations as authorized by section 102 of such Act: <italic>Provided</italic>, That of the amounts made available under this heading, 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: <italic>Provided further</italic>, 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
Corporation only on a reimbursable basis: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That of the amounts made available under this heading, up to $20,000,000 may be used by the
Secretary to subsidize operating losses of the Corporation should the
funds provided under the heading <quote>Operating Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation</quote> be insufficient to meet operational costs for fiscal year 2015: <italic>Provided further</italic>, 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 authorized by subsections 101(a) and 101(c) of division B of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/432">Public Law 110–432</external-xref>: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That the Secretary shall approve funding for capital expenditures, including advance purchase
orders of materials, for the Corporation only after receiving and
reviewing a grant request for each specific capital project justifying the
Federal support to the Secretary's satisfaction: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That except as otherwise provided herein, none of the funds under this heading may be used to
subsidize operating losses of the Corporation: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That none of the funds under this heading may be used for capital projects not approved by the
Secretary of Transportation or on the Corporation's fiscal year 2015
business plan: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That in addition to the project management oversight funds authorized under section 101(d) of
division B of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/432">Public Law 110–432</external-xref>, the Secretary may retain up to an additional $5,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading
to fund expenses associated with implementing section 212 of division B of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/432">Public Law 110–432</external-xref>, including the amendments made by section 212 to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/24905">section 24905</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HD4F0E55F5B1A41F6A7BD3E376D3292C1"><header>Administrative provisions—federal railroad administration</header>
</appropriations-small></section><section id="H2F7ADD3977DD424098B68A662118D460"><enum>150.</enum><text>The Secretary of Transportation may receive 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 Government owned automated track inspection
cars and equipment as a result of third-party liability for such damages,
and any amounts collected under this section shall be credited directly to
the Safety and Operations account of the Federal Railroad Administration,
and shall remain available until expended for the repair, operation and
maintenance of automated track inspection cars and equipment in connection
with the automated track inspection program.</text>
</section><section id="H085EAE4BAD04447DA1BDD82520685EF8"><enum>151.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation is
authorized to allow the issuer of any preferred stock heretofore sold to
the Department to redeem or repurchase such stock upon the payment to the
Department of an amount to be determined by the Secretary.</text>
</section><section id="H5084E100F72D4790994289E94DF03937"><enum>152.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 employee: <italic>Provided</italic>, 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: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That Amtrak shall notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations each quarter of the
calendar year on waivers granted to employees and amounts paid above the
cap for each month within such quarter and provide documentation of the
specific activities of each employee during his or her paid overtime in
excess of $35,000 and how the work resulted in increased safety or
operational efficiencies: <italic>Provided further,</italic> That the president of Amtrak shall certify the documentation in the previous proviso is accurate
and correct: <italic>Provided further,</italic> That Amtrak shall provide to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations by March 1, 2015, a
summary of all overtime payments incurred by the Corporation for 2014 and
the two prior calendar years: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That such summary shall include the total number of employees that received waivers and the total
overtime payments the Corporation paid to those employees receiving
waivers for each month for 2014 and for the two prior calendar years.</text>
<appropriations-intermediate id="H816210EA42EA445CA97A5E4575254674"><header>Federal transit administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H753E71152AED405382375CCEE7E963E5"><header>Administrative expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal Transit Administration's programs authorized
by <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/49/53">chapter 53</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, $103,000,000 (reduced by $2,000,000) (reduced by $500,000), of
which not more than $4,000,000 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: <italic>Provided</italic>, 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: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That upon submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2016 President's budget, the Secretary of
Transportation shall transmit to Congress the annual report on New Starts,
including proposed allocations for fiscal year 2016.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H67B063858864475E8AD81C1D88943B17"><header>Transit formula grants</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="id1E5ED3E909994B5FB6BD4F9E1F95158C"><header>(liquidation of contract authorization)</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="id41125B61FCFF4C80936C77EF99C07FAE"><header>(limitation on obligations)</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="id92306F3DD97F468CBAAED915F285E90D"><header>(highway trust fund)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Contingent upon enactment of multi-year surface transportation authorization legislation, 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 <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/5305">49 U.S.C. 5305</external-xref>, 5307, 5310, 5311, 5318, 5322(d), 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, as amended by <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/141">Public Law 112–141</external-xref>; and section 20005(b) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/141">Public Law 112–141</external-xref>, as amended, $9,500,000,000, to be derived from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund
and to remain available until expended: <italic>Provided</italic>, That funds available for the implementation or execution of programs authorized under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/5305">49 U.S.C. 5305</external-xref>, 5307, 5310, 5311, 5318, 5322(d), 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, as amended by <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/141">Public Law 112–141</external-xref>, and section 20005(b) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/141">Public Law 112–141</external-xref>, shall not exceed total obligations of $8,595,000,000 in fiscal year 2015.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="id7CD89175266845E68508EA42F9872885"><header>Transit research</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5312 and 5313, $15,000,000, to remain available until
expended: <italic>Provided</italic>, That $14,000,000 shall be for activities authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5312 and $1,000,000 shall be
for activities authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5313.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H4E82C9F397584E9BA4C95C8AC664E1D5"><header>Technical assistance and training</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5314 and 5322(a), (b) and (e), $3,000,000 (increased
by $2,000,000), to remain available until expended: <italic>Provided</italic>, That $2,000,000 (increased by $2,000,000) shall be for activities authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5314
and $1,000,000 shall be for activities authorized under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/5322">49 U.S.C. 5322(a)</external-xref>, (b) and (e).</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="id33EC66B84DF54D3EA502002D851DCB28"><header>Capital investment grants</header></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H10D02435C00F45A39BFC65D3DC2BF5ED"><header>(including rescission of funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses to carry out <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/5309">49 U.S.C. 5309</external-xref>, $1,691,000,000, to remain available until expended: <italic>Provided</italic>, That of the unobligated balances made available under this heading in division L of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/76">Public Law 113–76</external-xref>, $65,000,000 is hereby rescinded.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="id67EB0EA2EA874E7F9D8E90E3C9A5BB20"><header>Grants to the washington metropolitan area transit authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority as authorized under section 601 of
division B of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/432">Public Law 110–432</external-xref>, $150,000,000, to remain available until expended: <italic>Provided</italic>, That the Secretary 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: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That, prior to approving such grants, 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: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That the Secretary, in order to ensure safety throughout the rail system, may waive the
requirements of section 601(e)(1) of title VI of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/432">Public Law 110–432</external-xref> (112 Stat. 4968).</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H5E6C5EFE223E48D081680228DFE704C9"><header>Administrative provisions—federal transit administration</header></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HB3395F1A736644FBB07BCC71D3D43B71"><header>(including rescissions)</header>
</appropriations-small></section><section id="HE255C1731E124F2181105BACA5F06B1E"><enum>160.</enum><text>The limitations on obligations for the programs of the Federal Transit Administration shall not
apply to any authority under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/5338">49 U.S.C. 5338</external-xref>, previously made available for obligation, or to any other authority previously made available for
obligation.</text>
</section><section id="H1A40BB9AEFCC425BB087A4E9BE28A112"><enum>161.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated or limited by this Act under the
heading <quote>Fixed Guideway Capital Investment</quote> of the Federal Transit Administration for projects specified in this Act or identified in reports
accompanying this Act not obligated by September 30, 2019, and other
recoveries, shall be directed to projects eligible to use the funds for
the purposes for which they were originally provided.</text>
</section><section id="HCF8C918397214CD6AA55AD57B690BF50"><enum>162.</enum><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 2014, under
any section of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/49/53">chapter 53</external-xref> 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.</text>
</section><section id="HC572FE753F1D433CAF98590467558312"><enum>163.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of applying the project justification and local financial commitment criteria of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/5309">49 U.S.C. 5309(d)</external-xref> to a New Starts project, the Secretary may consider the costs and ridership of any connected
project in an instance in which private parties are making significant
financial contributions to the construction of the connected project;
additionally, the Secretary may consider the significant financial
contributions of private parties to the connected project in calculating
the non-Federal share of net capital project costs for the New Starts
project.</text>
</section><section id="H1C8BD5A912A94365B5A56C7064955F96"><enum>164.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds made available in this Act shall be
used to enter into a full funding grant agreement for a project with a New
Starts share greater than 50 percent.</text>
</section><section id="H0D0A1C30B43F4A5A983CE919B1B27DD8"><enum>165.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds in this or any other Act may be available to advance in any way a new light or
heavy rail project towards a full funding grant agreement as defined by 49
U.S.C. 5309 for the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas
if the proposed capital project is constructed on or planned to be
constructed on Richmond Avenue west of South Shepherd Drive or on Post Oak
Boulevard north of Richmond Avenue in Houston, Texas.</text>
</section><section id="H23D8E0668ECE4A74A1AC638C7578C5AE"><enum>166.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Unobligated and recovered fiscal year 2010 through 2012 funds that were made available to carry out
49 U.S.C. 5339 shall be available to carry out <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/5309">49 U.S.C. 5309</external-xref>, as amended by <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/141">Public Law 112–141</external-xref>, subject to the terms and conditions required under such section.</text>
<appropriations-intermediate id="H0250D3C086434497AAC46A65DCCC0842"><header>Saint lawrence seaway development corporation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is hereby authorized to make such expenditures,
within the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to the
Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make such contracts and
commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by
section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may
be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the Corporation's
budget for the current fiscal year.</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H31916EC1C82840F297AC338AFAB9B060"><header>Operations and maintenance</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H8D77BFC96C7A4309867450E78B0042A0"><header>(harbor maintenance trust fund)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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,
$32,500,000, to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund,
pursuant to <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/99/662">Public Law 99–662</external-xref>.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="HD88A12AEF79A4C16B6E38A30F89B9634"><header>Maritime administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H00AB60185ED34A2580CFDB266E1BEF53"><header>Maritime security program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a U.S.-flag merchant fleet to serve the national
security needs of the United States, $166,000,000, to remain available
until expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H772E38BE6B334E84B20503836D4DCC12"><header>Operations and training</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of operations and training activities authorized by law, $132,000,000, of
which $11,300,000 shall remain available until expended for maintenance
and repair of training ships at State Maritime Academies, and of which
$2,400,000 shall remain available through September 30, 2016, for the
Student Incentive Program at State Maritime Academies, and of which
$1,500,000 shall remain available until expended for facilities
maintenance and repair, equipment, and capital improvements at the United
State Merchant Marine Academy: <italic>Provided</italic>, That amounts apportioned for the United States Merchant Marine Academy shall be available only
upon allotments made personally by the Secretary of Transportation or the
Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That the Superintendent, Deputy Superintendent and the Director of the Office of Resource
Management of the United State Merchant Marine Academy may not be
allotment holders for the United States Merchant Marine Academy, and the
Administrator of the Maritime Administration shall hold all allotments
made by the Secretary of Transportation or the Assistant Secretary for
Budget and Programs under the previous proviso: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That 50 percent of the funding made available for the United States Merchant Marine Academy under
this heading shall be available only after the Secretary, in consultation
with the Superintendent 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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HBC2DB5C7AE6448EE94FC61FD35F931EF"><header>Ship disposal</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obsolete vessels in the National Defense Reserve
Fleet of the Maritime Administration, $4,000,000, to remain available
until expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H9EBBEB3801E04E6998B659A6A405755A"><header>Maritime guaranteed loan (title xi) program account</header></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H04BC484A8F6742A6BC6C3249219BF65D"><header>(including transfer and rescission of funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary administrative expenses of the maritime guaranteed loan program, $3,100,000 shall be
paid to the appropriations for “Maritime Administration–Operations and
Training”: <italic>Provided</italic>, That of the funds made available under this heading in division L of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/76">Public Law 113–76</external-xref>, $29,000,000 is rescinded.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H11449CA1357240739069D665DB254EDA"><header>Administrative provisions—maritime administration</header>
</appropriations-small></section><section id="H3E405D81657D4CBFA48513BA94E47247"><enum>170.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Maritime Administration is authorized to
furnish utilities and services and make necessary repairs in connection
with any lease, contract, or occupancy involving Government property under
control of the Maritime Administration, and payments received therefor
shall be credited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof: <italic>Provided</italic>, That rental payments under any such lease, contract, or occupancy for items other than such
utilities, services, or repairs shall be covered into the Treasury as
miscellaneous receipts.</text>
</section><section id="H57FB0F5F75554970B0D4A4ADC5E78C47"><enum>171.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds available or appropriated in this Act shall be used by the United States
Department of Transportation or the United States Maritime Administration
to negotiate or otherwise execute, enter into, facilitate or perform
fee-for-service contracts for vessel disposal, scrapping or recycling,
unless there is no qualified domestic ship recycler that will pay any sum
of money to purchase and scrap or recycle a vessel owned, operated or
managed by the Maritime Administration or that is part of the National
Defense Reserve Fleet. Such sales offers must be consistent with the
solicitation and provide that the work will be performed in a timely
manner at a facility qualified within the meaning of section 3502 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/398">Public Law 106–398</external-xref>. Nothing contained herein shall affect the Maritime Administration's authority to award contracts
at least cost to the Federal Government and consistent with the
requirements of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/5405">16 U.S.C. 5405(c)</external-xref>, section 3502, or otherwise authorized under the Federal Acquisition Regulation.</text>
<appropriations-intermediate id="H1467C5C406AE4F169FA820866F8ED837"><header>Pipeline and hazardous materials safety administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H75283F9312ED4951B749E41728188E87"><header> Operational expenses</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H6E7534CA1DBF47A3AA1EC31EB5A8EEF1"><header>(including transfer of funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration,
$21,654,000 (increased by $500,000): <italic>Provided</italic>, That $1,500,000 shall be transferred to <quote>Pipeline Safety</quote> in order to fund <quote>Pipeline Safety Information Grants to Communities</quote> as authorized under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/60130">section 60130</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="idC65137D9F43441E8B1DCC03D279E1BD3"><header>Hazardous materials safety</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous materials safety functions of the Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, $52,000,000, of which
$7,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2017: <italic>Provided</italic>, That up to $800,000 in fees collected under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/5108">49 U.S.C. 5108(g)</external-xref> shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to be available until expended, funds received
from States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and
private sources for expenses incurred for training, for reports
publication and dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred in
performance of hazardous materials exemptions and approvals functions.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H7DA3465665B2460995222CE220D409EA"><header>Pipeline safety</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HBB028E471F8C44E091BB9570660C822D"><header>(pipeline safety fund)</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="id130834FB2CB641539514562CBCF553DB"><header>(oil spill liability trust fund)</header></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H8E80350D98824497A3CD682ED3C7BDB7"><header>(pipeline safety design review fund)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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 <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/60107">49 U.S.C. 60107</external-xref>, and to discharge the pipeline program responsibilities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990,
$131,500,000, of which $19,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill
Liability Trust Fund and shall remain available until September 30, 2017;
and of which $110,000,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund,
of which $54,436,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2017; and
of which $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be derived
from the Pipeline Safety Design Review Fund, as authorized in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/60117">49 U.S.C. 60117(n)</external-xref>: <italic>Provided</italic>, That not less than $1,058,000 of the funds provided under this heading shall be for the One-Call
state grant program.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HCE03E7CECB704B7CB5C2F30C3A5F1073"><header>Emergency preparedness grants</header></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HE39233A607894C66B39EB4C5AE148305"><header>(emergency preparedness fund)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses to carry out <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/5128">49 U.S.C. 5128(b)</external-xref>, $188,000, to be derived from the Emergency Preparedness Fund, to remain available until September
30, 2016: <italic>Provided</italic>, That not more than $28,318,000 shall be made available for obligation in fiscal year 2015 from
amounts made available by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/5116">49 U.S.C. 5116(i)</external-xref> and 5128(b)–(c): <italic>Provided further</italic>, That none of the funds made available by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/5116">49 U.S.C. 5116(i)</external-xref>, 5128(b), or 5128(c) shall be made available for obligation by individuals other than the
Secretary of Transportation, or his or her designee.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="id26E72F24D80142049CF841DC9F5A399E"><header>Office of inspector general</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="idDD8D277E5FA74B20ABD6F0DB3DFC5E88"><header>Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General to carry out the provisions of the
Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $86,223,000: <italic>Provided</italic>, That the Inspector General shall have all necessary authority, in carrying out the duties
specified in the Inspector General Act, as amended (<external-xref legal-doc="usc-appendix" parsable-cite="usc-appendix/5/3">5 U.S.C. App. 3</external-xref>), to investigate allegations of fraud, including false statements to the government (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/1001">18 U.S.C. 1001</external-xref>), by any person or entity that is subject to regulation by the Department: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That the funds made available under this heading may be used to investigate, pursuant to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/41712">section 41712</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code: (1) unfair or deceptive practices and unfair methods of
competition by domestic and foreign air carriers and ticket agents; and
(2) the compliance of domestic and foreign air carriers with respect to
item (1) of this proviso: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That: (1) the Inspector General shall have the authority to audit and investigate the
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA); (2) in carrying out
these audits and investigations the Inspector General shall have all the
authorities described under section 6 of the Inspector General Act (5
U.S.C. App.); (3) MWAA Board Members, employees, contractors, and
subcontractors shall cooperate and comply with requests from the Inspector
General, including providing testimony and other information; (4) The
Inspector General shall be permitted to observe closed executive sessions
of the MWAA Board of Directors; (5) MWAA shall pay the expenses of the
Inspector General, including staff salaries and benefits and associated
operating costs, which shall be credited to this appropriation and remain
available until expended; and (6) if MWAA fails to make funds available to
the Inspector General within 30 days after a request for such funds is
received, then the Inspector General shall notify the Secretary of
Transportation, who shall not approve a grant for MWAA under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/47107">section 47107(b)</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, until such funding is made available for the Inspector General: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That hereafter funds transferred to the Office of the Inspector General through forfeiture
proceedings or from the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund or
the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund, as a participating agency,
as an equitable share from the forfeiture of property in investigations in
which the Office of Inspector General participates, or through the
granting of a Petition for Remission or Mitigation, shall be deposited to
the credit of this account for law enforcement activities authorized under
the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="H59D77C95861C4C05BE63B03A5D5D1D92"><header>Surface transportation board</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="idFDB43AF1B4DB4822A6693E44C1F8245A"><header>Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation Board, including services authorized by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</external-xref>, $31,250,000: <italic>Provided</italic>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed $1,250,000 from fees established
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: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar
basis as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2015,
to result in a final appropriation from the general fund estimated at no
more than $30,000,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="H5F9227399058477098E1BBADE8FCE8EA"><header>General provisions—Department of transportation</header>
</appropriations-intermediate></section><section id="H01EC10FEF28C4E7A829CB7478F2BA9CA"><enum>180.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 liability insurance for motor
vehicles operating in foreign countries on official department business;
and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5901">5 U.S.C. 5901–5902</external-xref>).</text>
</section><section id="ID3D2A8336DE924E9698E7AD55A07345DA"><enum>181.</enum><text>Appropriations contained in this Act for the Department of Transportation shall be available for
services as authorized by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</external-xref>, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for an
Executive Level IV.</text>
</section><section id="ID09833B0F5BC44017AF1E45F8A3A16FCF"><enum>182.</enum><text>None of the funds in this Act shall be available for salaries and expenses of more than 110
political and Presidential appointees in the Department of Transportation: <italic>Provided</italic>, That none of the personnel covered by this provision may be assigned on temporary detail outside
the Department of Transportation.</text>
</section><section id="H76BD3E4D10064AEBB0D185692DB73642"><enum>183.</enum>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H854CDA2B0FF04C8F8A4298F979811F58"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No recipient of funds made available in this Act shall disseminate personal information (as defined
in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/2725">18 U.S.C. 2725(3)</external-xref>) obtained by a State department of motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle record as
defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/2725">18 U.S.C. 2725(1)</external-xref>, except as provided in 18 U.S.C. 2721 for a use permitted under 18 U.S.C. 2721.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H770F5D75760845D2AD34931E9413756B"><enum>(b)</enum><text>Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall not withhold funds provided in this Act for any
grantee if a State is in noncompliance with this provision.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H4AA26E98D6A34491A638114A5A72D749"><enum>184.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds received by the Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and Federal
Railroad Administration from States, counties, municipalities, other
public authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for training
may be credited respectively to the Federal Highway Administration's <quote>Federal-Aid Highways</quote> account, the Federal Transit Administration's <quote>Technical Assistance and Training</quote> account, and to the Federal Railroad Administration's <quote>Safety and Operations</quote> account, except for State rail safety inspectors participating in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C.
20105.</text>
</section><section id="H30F0C5A8CC56496CA37FA9DC4CBBFED5"><enum>185.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds in this Act to the Department 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 grant award, any discretionary grant award, letter of
intent, loan commitment, loan guarantee commitment, line of credit
commitment, or full funding grant agreement is announced by the department
or its modal administrations from:</text>
<paragraph id="HD8CC5EE277034B97B74CD98B7F82A917"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any discretionary grant or federal credit program of the Federal Highway Administration including
the emergency relief program;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD02CA26D955D44D1A844E0754063E8C3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the airport improvement program of the Federal Aviation Administration;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H27A46405AFFD4D71ADAE80AF2CC66380"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any program of the Federal Railroad Administration;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H802A6ABA6481429784E340144546EDF5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>any program of the Federal Transit Administration other than the formula grants and fixed guideway
modernization programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD3CF738448C14791A4AD3B6F0CB466FC"><enum>(5)</enum><text>any program of the Maritime Administration; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC4B35A45C8944423BB931FD56D4ADAE4"><enum>(6)</enum><text>any funding provided under the headings <quote>National Infrastructure Investments</quote> in this Act: <italic>Provided</italic>, That the Secretary gives concurrent notification to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations for any <quote>quick release</quote> of funds from the emergency relief program: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That no notification shall involve funds that are not available for obligation.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H09185899A22647248E8A38E809031EF3"><enum>186.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor fees and other funds received by the Department of
Transportation from travel management centers, charge card programs, the
subleasing of building space, and miscellaneous sources are to be credited
to appropriations of the Department of Transportation and allocated to
elements of the Department of Transportation using fair and equitable
criteria and such funds shall be available until expended.</text>
</section><section id="ID2DD267D20D474E389ED25917B12DD3C6"><enum>187.</enum><text>Amounts made available in this or any other Act that the Secretary determines represent improper
payments by the Department of Transportation to a third-party contractor
under a financial assistance award, which are recovered pursuant to law,
shall be available—</text>
<paragraph id="HE19C68403ACA444D8F6C288BBC1B2E9D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to reimburse the actual expenses incurred by the Department of Transportation in recovering
improper payments; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5DD8F9954B5E43118465645AADB209E6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to pay contractors for services provided in recovering improper payments or contractor support in
the implementation of the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002: <italic>Provided</italic>, That amounts in excess of that required for paragraphs (1) and (2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5290A838957F4C2BAD6DF155367901A7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall be credited to and merged with the appropriation from which the improper payments were made,
and shall be available for the purposes and period for which such
appropriations are available: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That where specific project or accounting information associated 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</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H07631A4B116E42E89A114738AD804EF4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if no such appropriation remains available, shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous
receipts: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That prior to the transfer of any such recovery to an appropriations account, the Secretary shall
notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of the amount and
reasons for such transfer: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That for purposes of this section, the term <quote>improper payments</quote> has the same meaning as that provided in section 2(d)(2) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/300">Public Law 107–300</external-xref>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="HFFDA663A23E74DF4B50FC0B727F3A0F0"><enum>188.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 provided to
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, transmission of said
reprogramming notice shall be provided solely to the Committees on
Appropriations, and said reprogramming action shall be approved or denied
solely by the Committees on Appropriations: <italic>Provided</italic>, That the Secretary may provide notice to other congressional committees of the action of the
Committees on Appropriations on such reprogramming but not sooner than 30
days following the date on which the reprogramming action has been
approved or denied by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.</text>
</section><section id="HE68D0671C35347EA84DF0D874C0D037D"><enum>189.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 complaints filed with the
Board in an amount in excess of the amount authorized for district court
civil suit filing fees under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/28/1914">section 1914</external-xref> of title 28, United States Code.</text>
</section><section id="H89214E9572A54778939203CB5CAC1743"><enum>190.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 reimbursable 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.</text>
</section><section id="H638FF071277E44118F7E54BF8F01C5F2"><enum>191.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to carry out a program that establishes uniform
standards for developing and supporting agency transit pass and transit
benefits authorized under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/7905">section 7905</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, including distribution of transit benefits by various paper and
electronic media.</text>
</section><section id="H79845D5826D74C47AB577860A36DC0A3"><enum>192.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act shall be used by the Surface Transportation Board to
take any actions with respect to the construction of a high speed rail
project in California unless the Board has jurisdiction over the entire
project and the permit is or was issued by the Board with respect to the
project in its entirety.</text>
</section><section id="HB20E9F177839481E92596DB83C6DEE81"><enum>193.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds limited or otherwise made available by this Act to carry out <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/23/6">chapter 6</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code, may be used to subsidize a credit instrument authorized under
such chapter that would cause the credit subsidy obligated in fiscal year
2015 to fund projects located in a single State to exceed 33 percent of
the total credit subsidy made available by this Act on October 1, 2014 to
carry out such chapter.</text>
</section><section id="HDDF795610D6B49B0964E882612FD8471"><enum>194.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds limited or otherwise made available by this Act 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 Materials Out-of-Service
rate, unless the carrier has the opportunity to submit a written
description of corrective actions taken, and other documentation the
carrier wishes the Secretary 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.</text>
</section><section id="id1FB91CC6567D444582EA493FDA4D23F6"><enum>195.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any unexpended amounts available for obligation under the heading <quote>Federal Railroad Administration—Safety and Operations</quote> under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/447">Public Law 108–447</external-xref>) shall be made available for rail safety oversight activities for the transport of energy
products: <italic>Provided</italic>, That $10,000,000 of unexpended amounts available for obligation under the heading <quote>Federal Railroad Administration—Capital Assistance to States—Intercity Passenger Rail Service</quote> for fiscal years 2008 and 2009 shall be made available for grade crossing safety improvements on
rail routes that transport energy products.</text>
<appropriations-small id="H3DF89350F72D4BFC8DC61521212FCE9A"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2015</short-title></quote>.</text>
</appropriations-small></section><enum>II</enum><header display-inline="no-display-inline">Department of housing and urban development</header>
<appropriations-intermediate id="IDF1FC8500CCA44AF2982B212A9B18C51E"><header>Management and administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="id8849C42DBEFB4D48A027AD762BE30056"><header>Executive offices</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Offices, 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, $14,000,000: <italic>Provided</italic>, That not to exceed $25,000 of the amount made available under this heading shall be available to
the Secretary for official reception and representation expenses as the
Secretary may determine.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HA22CA14239AD4FF39F1DCA05A7FC778F"><header>Administrative support offices</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary salaries and expenses for Administrative Support Offices of the Department of Housing
and Urban Development, $500,000,000, of which not to exceed $45,000,000
shall be available for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer; not to
exceed $93,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the General
Counsel; not to exceed $194,000,000 shall be available for the Office of
Administration; not to exceed $52,000,000 shall be available for the
Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer; not to exceed $49,000,000 shall
be available for the Office of Field Policy and Management; not to exceed
$16,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief Procurement
Officer; not to exceed $2,500,000 shall be available for the Office of
Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity; not to exceed $3,500,000 shall
be available for the Office of Strategic Planning and Management; and not
to exceed $45,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief
Information Officer: <italic>Provided</italic>, That funds provided under this heading may be used for necessary administrative and
non-administrative expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development, not otherwise provided for, including purchase of uniforms,
or allowances therefore, as authorized by U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire of
passenger motor vehicles; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated under this heading may be
used for advertising and promotional activities that support the housing
mission area: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That the Secretary shall provide the Committees on Appropriations quarterly written notification
regarding the status of pending congressional reports: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That the Secretary shall provide all signed reports required by Congress electronically.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="H26A0E847B60D48C1A576EF1A66FB0DC0"><header>Program office salaries and expenses</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H63D6E698251241789C4D0AD0D71F0612"><header>Public and indian housing</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Public and Indian Housing, $200,000,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H9DC61FAC83544461A34E25887C4F412C"><header>Community planning and development</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Community Planning and Development,
$100,000,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HDBA3B41098A041BABEAB86A78517B6A7"><header>Housing</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Housing, $370,000,000, of which at least
$9,000,000 shall be for the Office of Risk and Regulatory Affairs.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H5027CC92109447679E6FCBDA174A15EC"><header>Policy development and research</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Policy Development and Research, $20,000,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HE45FE60F18AB4AC3B986CDE4385B6065"><header>Fair housing and equal opportunity</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity,
$68,000,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H663536F58B3F428E82A53CA00136940B"><header>Office of lead hazard control and healthy homes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes,
$7,000,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="H2E1FDD4588CB47BBBD2049D3988527B1"><header>Public and indian housing</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H80DAB0FC7133434BB965F75E2DD0AB81"><header>Tenant-based rental assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For activities and assistance for the provision of tenant-based rental assistance authorized under
the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437">42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.</external-xref>) (<quote>the Act</quote> herein), not otherwise provided for, $15,356,529,000, to remain available until September 30,
2017, shall be available on October 1, 2014 (in addition to the
$4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this heading that became
available on October 1, 2014), and $4,000,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2018, shall be available on October 1, 2015: <italic>Provided</italic>, That the amounts made available under this heading are provided as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="H2F88C3349E2447B99B1E7B2F07EDD4B6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$17,693,079,000 shall be available for renewals of expiring section 8 tenant-based annual
contributions contracts (including renewals of enhanced vouchers under any
provision of law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) of the
Act) and including renewal of other special purpose incremental vouchers: <italic>Provided</italic>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, from amounts provided under this paragraph and
any carryover, the Secretary for the calendar year 2015 funding cycle
shall provide renewal funding for each public housing agency based on
validated voucher management system (VMS) leasing and cost data for the
prior calendar year and by applying an inflation factor as established by
the Secretary, by notice published in the Federal Register, and by making
any necessary adjustments for the costs associated with the first-time
renewal of vouchers under this paragraph including tenant protection, HOPE
VI, and Choice Neighborhoods vouchers: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That in determining calendar year 2015 funding allocations under this heading for public housing
agencies, including agencies participating in the Moving To Work (MTW)
demonstration, the Secretary may take into account the anticipated impact
of changes in targeting and utility allowances, on public housing
agencies' contract renewal needs: <italic>Provided further</italic>, 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 Moving to Work (MTW) demonstration, which are instead
governed by the terms and conditions of their MTW agreements: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That the Secretary shall, to the extent necessary to stay within the amount specified under this
paragraph (except as otherwise modified under this paragraph), pro rate
each public housing agency's allocation otherwise established pursuant to
this paragraph: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That except as provided in the following provisos, the entire amount specified under this
paragraph (except as otherwise modified under this paragraph) shall be
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 enactment
of this Act or March 1, 2015: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That the Secretary may extend the notification period with the prior written approval of the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: <italic>Provided further</italic>, 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 provisos: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That the Secretary may offset public housing agencies' calendar year 2015 allocations 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 2014 that is verifiable and complete), as determined
by the Secretary: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That public housing agencies participating in the MTW demonstration shall also be subject to the
offset, as determined by the Secretary, excluding amounts subject to the
single fund budget authority provisions of their MTW agreements, from the
agencies' calendar year 2015 MTW funding allocation: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That the Secretary shall use any offset referred to in the previous two provisos throughout the
calendar year to prevent the termination of rental assistance for families
as the result of insufficient funding, as determined by the Secretary, and
to avoid or reduce the proration of renewal funding allocations: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That up to $75,000,000 shall be available only: (1) for adjustments in the allocations for public
housing agencies, after application for an adjustment by a public housing
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 12-month period in order to be
available to meet a commitment pursuant to section 8(o)(13) of the Act;
(3) for adjustments for costs associated with HUD-Veterans Affairs
Supportive Housing (HUD–VASH) vouchers; (4) for public housing agencies
that despite taking reasonable cost savings measures, as determined by the
Secretary, would otherwise be required to terminate rental assistance for
families as a result of insufficient funding: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That the Secretary shall allocate amounts under the previous proviso based on need, as determined
by the Secretary; and (5) for adjustments in the allocations for public
housing agencies that experienced a significant increase, as determined by
the Secretary, in renewal costs as a result of participation in the Small
Area Fair Market Rent demonstration;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4683388305214C4CAAD72348CB8E0991"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$130,000,000 shall be for section 8 rental assistance 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, enhanced vouchers under any provision of law
authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act, HOPE VI and
Choice Neighborhood vouchers, mandatory and voluntary conversions, and
tenant 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 <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/569">Public Law 106–569</external-xref>, as amended, or under the authority as provided under this Act: <italic>Provided</italic>, 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 when
the units pose an imminent health and safety risk to residents: <italic>Provided further</italic>, 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: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That of the amounts made available under this paragraph, $5,000,000 may be available to provide
tenant protection assistance, not otherwise provided under this paragraph,
to residents residing in low vacancy areas and who may have to pay rents
greater than 30 percent of household income, as the result of (1) the
maturity of a HUD-insured, HUD-held or section 202 loan that requires the
permission of the Secretary prior to loan prepayment; (2) the expiration
of a rental assistance contract for which the tenants are not eligible for
enhanced voucher or tenant protection assistance under existing law; or
(3) the expiration of affordability restrictions accompanying a mortgage
or preservation program administered by the Secretary: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That such tenant protection assistance made available under the previous proviso may be provided
under the authority of section 8(t) or section 8(o)(13) of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437f">42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)</external-xref>): <italic>Provided further</italic>, That the Secretary shall issue guidance to implement the previous provisos, including, but not
limited to, requirements for defining eligible at-risk households within
120 days of the enactment of this Act: <italic>Provided further</italic>, 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: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That the Secretary, for the purpose under this paragraph, may use unobligated balances, including
recaptures and carryovers, remaining from amounts appropriated in prior
fiscal years under this heading for voucher assistance for nonelderly
disabled families and for disaster assistance made available under <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/329">Public Law 110–329</external-xref>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3CB90B6A37B94E9183207B15A8FD0589"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$1,350,000,000 shall be for administrative and other expenses of public housing agencies in
administering the section 8 tenant-based rental assistance program, of
which up to $10,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary to allocate to
public housing 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 special
purpose incremental vouchers: <italic>Provided</italic>, That no less than $1,335,000,000 of the amount provided in this paragraph shall be allocated to
public housing agencies for the calendar year 2015 funding cycle based on
section 8(q) of the Act (and related Appropriation Act provisions) as in
effect immediately before the enactment of the Quality Housing and Work
Responsibility Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/105/276">Public Law 105–276</external-xref>): <italic>Provided further</italic>, 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 under this heading from prior fiscal years,
notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts were appropriated: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That all public housing agencies participating in the MTW demonstration shall be funded pursuant
to their MTW agreements, and shall be subject to the same uniform
percentage decrease as under the previous proviso: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That amounts provided under this paragraph shall be only for activities related to the provision
of tenant-based rental assistance authorized under section 8, including
related development activities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC8B22C12503F42B499CC2CEEC2CD97DE"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$108,450,000 for the renewal of tenant-based assistance contracts under section 811 of the
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8013">42 U.S.C. 8013</external-xref>), including necessary administrative expenses: <italic>Provided</italic>, That administrative and other expenses 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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2B4F57D39682415EB3796269534DFCF5"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$75,000,000 for incremental rental voucher assistance for use through a supported housing program
administered in conjunction with the Department of Veterans Affairs as
authorized under section 8(o)(19) of the United States Housing Act of
1937: <italic>Provided</italic>, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall make such funding available,
notwithstanding section 204 (competition provision) of this title, to
public housing agencies that partner with eligible VA Medical Centers or
other entities as designated by the Secretary of the Department of
Veterans Affairs, based on geographical need for such assistance as
identified by the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, public
housing agency administrative performance, and other factors as specified
by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in consultation with the
Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs: <italic>Provided further</italic>, 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 regulation that the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development administers in connection with
the use of funds made available under this paragraph (except for
requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards,
and the environment), 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: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That assistance made available under this paragraph shall continue to remain available for
homeless veterans upon turn-over; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H68DB6DC0E82F4D96B6572254179FB6FB"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The Secretary shall separately track all special purpose vouchers funded under this heading.</text>
</paragraph></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H73A14FE32142433EA8658C92B0859796"><header>Housing certificate fund</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HB0258706997843F487BBCAE6D850BC31"><header>(including rescissions)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the
Department of Housing and Urban Development under this heading, the
heading <quote>Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing</quote> and the heading <quote>Project-Based Rental Assistance</quote>, for fiscal year 2015 and prior years may be used for renewal of or amendments to section 8
project-based contracts and for performance-based contract administrators,
notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds were appropriated: <italic>Provided,</italic> That any obligated balances of contract authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior that have been
terminated shall be rescinded: <italic>Provided further</italic>, 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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H216376FD3666439CAC964BAD7AF1B721"><header>Public housing capital fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437g">42 U.S.C. 1437g</external-xref>) (the <quote>Act</quote>) $1,775,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018: <italic>Provided</italic>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, during fiscal year 2015 the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may not delegate to any
Department official other than the Deputy Secretary 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
section: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That for purposes of such section 9(j), the term <quote>obligate</quote> means, with respect to amounts, that the amounts are subject to a binding agreement that will
result in outlays, immediately or in the future: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That up to $8,000,000 shall be to support ongoing Public Housing Financial and Physical
Assessment activities: <italic>Provided further,</italic> That up to $5,000,000 shall be to support the costs of administrative and judicial receiverships: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That of the total amount provided under this heading, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be
available for the Secretary to make grants, notwithstanding 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
activity as well as needs resulting from unforeseen or unpreventable
emergencies and natural disasters excluding Presidentially declared
emergencies and natural disasters under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5121">42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.</external-xref>) occurring in fiscal year 2015: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That of the total amount provided under this heading $45,000,000 shall be for supportive
services, service coordinator and congregate services as authorized by
section 34 of the Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437z-6">42 U.S.C. 1437z–6</external-xref>) and the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4101">25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.</external-xref>): <italic>Provided further</italic>, That of the total amount made available under this heading, up to $15,000,000 may be used for
incentives as part of a Jobs-Plus Pilot initiative modeled after the
Jobs-Plus demonstration: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That the funding provided under the previous proviso shall provide competitive grants to
partnerships between public housing authorities, local workforce
investment boards established under section 117 of the Workforce
Investment Act of 1998, and other agencies and organizations that provide
support to help public housing residents obtain employment and increase
earnings: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That applicants must demonstrate the ability to provide services to residents, partner with
workforce investment boards, and leverage service dollars: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That the Secretary may set aside a portion of the funds provided for the Resident Opportunity and
Self-Sufficiency program to support the services element of the Jobs-Plus
Pilot initiative: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That the Secretary may allow PHAs to request exemptions 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 alternative requirements are necessary for the
effective implementation of the Jobs-Plus Pilot initiative as a voluntary
program for residents: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That the Secretary shall publish by notice in the Federal Register any waivers or alternative
requirements pursuant to the preceding proviso no later than 10 days
before the effective date of such notice: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That from the funds made available under this heading, the Secretary shall provide bonus awards
in fiscal year 2015 to public housing agencies that are designated high
performers.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HC4620C4398924E0588A588AB13FD3C4C"><header>Public housing operating fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For 2015 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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437g">42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)</external-xref>), $4,400,000,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H0139409A5326499E90AB05F6EDFB5807"><header>Choice neighborhoods initiative</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For competitive grants under the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative (subject to section 24 of the
United States Housing Act of 1937 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437v">42 U.S.C. 1437v</external-xref>), unless otherwise specified 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,
transportation and access to jobs, $25,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2017: <italic>Provided</italic>, That grant funds may be used for resident and community services, community development, and
affordable housing needs in the community, and for conversion of vacant or
foreclosed properties to affordable housing: <italic>Provided further</italic>, 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: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That grantees shall commit to an additional period of affordability determined by the Secretary
of not fewer than 20 years: <italic>Provided further</italic>, 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 private funds: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That grantees may include local governments, tribal entities, public housing authorities, and
nonprofits: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That for-profit developers may apply jointly with a public entity: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That such grantees shall create partnerships with other local organizations including assisted
housing owners, service agencies, and resident organizations: <italic>Provided further</italic>, 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 Environmental Protection Agency to coordinate and
leverage other appropriate Federal resources: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That unobligated balances remaining from funds appropriated under this heading and the heading <quote>Revitalization of Severely Distressed Public Housing (HOPE VI)</quote> in fiscal year 2014 and prior fiscal years may be used for purposes under this heading
notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts were appropriated: <italic>Provided further,</italic> That none of the funds made available under this paragraph may be used for a grant to a recipient
that has previously received a Choice Neighborhoods Initiative
implementation grant.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H4493557F6F064C0EABE9494ED9581042"><header>Family self-sufficiency</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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
development of local strategies to coordinate the use of assistance under
sections 8(o) and 9 of such Act with public and private resources, and
enable eligible families to achieve economic independence and
self-sufficiency, $75,000,000: <italic>Provided</italic>, That the Secretary may, by Federal Register notice, waive or specify alternative requirements
under subsections b(3), b(4), b(5), or c(1) of section 23 of such Act in
order for public housing agencies, owners and the Department to administer
and to facilitate the operation of a unified self-sufficiency program for
individuals receiving assistance under different provisions of the Act, as
determined by the Secretary.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HE68C1FEEDB3940DCBC25921629FDD232"><header>Native american housing block grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the Native American Housing Block Grants program, as authorized under title I of the Native
American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4111">25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.</external-xref>), $650,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: <italic>Provided</italic>, That, notwithstanding the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996,
to determine the amount of the allocation 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 census data, and the amount of
the allocation for each Indian tribe shall be the greater of the two
resulting allocation amounts: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That of the amounts made available under this heading, $3,000,000 shall be contracted for
assistance for national or regional organizations representing Native
American housing interests for providing training and technical assistance
to Indian housing authorities and tribally designated housing entities as
authorized under NAHASDA: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That of the funds made available under the previous proviso, not less than $2,000,000 shall be
made available for a national organization as authorized under section 703
of NAHASDA (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4212">25 U.S.C. 4212</external-xref>): <italic>Provided further,</italic> That of the amounts made available under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be to support the
inspection of Indian housing units, contract expertise, training, and
technical assistance in the training, oversight, and management of such
Indian housing and tenant-based assistance, including up to $300,000 for
related travel: <italic>Provided further</italic>, 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: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That such costs, including the costs of modifying such notes and other obligations, shall be as
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as
amended: <italic>Provided further</italic>, 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
$16,530,000: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That the Department will notify grantees of their formula allocation within 60 days of the date
of enactment of this Act: <italic>Provided further,</italic> notwithstanding section 302(d) of NAHASDA, if on January 1, 2015, a recipient's total amount of
undisbursed block grants in the Department's line of credit control system
is greater than three times the formula allocation it would otherwise
receive under this heading, the Secretary shall adjust that recipient's
formula allocation down by the difference between its total amount of
undisbursed block grants in the Department's line of credit control system
on January 1, 2015, and three times the formula allocation it would
otherwise receive: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That grant amounts not allocated to a recipient pursuant to the previous proviso shall be
allocated under the need component of the formula proportionately among
all other Indian tribes not subject to an adjustment: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That the two previous provisos shall not apply to any Indian tribe that would otherwise receive a
formula allocation of less than $5,000,000: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That to take effect, the three previous provisos do not require the issuance of any regulation.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HAEB2EC161D16478D92CDE0D4CBD8040B"><header>Indian housing loan guarantee fund program account</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section 184 of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1715z-13a">12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a</external-xref>), $8,000,000, to remain available until expended: <italic>Provided</italic>, That such costs, including the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be
guaranteed, up to $1,200,000,000, to remain available until expended: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That up to $750,000 of this amount may be for administrative contract expenses including
management processes and systems to carry out the loan guarantee program.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="HBE7E3C5848C546B980951220C25346E7"><header>Community planning and development</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="HDEBE98CD3EF54635AE24667476DA6CDF"><header>Housing opportunities for persons with aids</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS
Housing Opportunity Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12901">42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.</external-xref>), $305,900,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016, except that amounts allocated
pursuant to section 854(c)(3) of such Act shall remain available until
September 30, 2017: <italic>Provided</italic>, 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 requirements before awarding funds for new contracts
under such section, and if amounts provided under this heading pursuant to
such section are insufficient to fund renewals for all such expiring
contracts, then amounts made available under this heading for formula
grants pursuant to section 854(c)(1) shall be used to provide the balance
of such renewal funding before awarding funds for such formula grants: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That the Department shall notify grantees of their formula allocation within 60 days of enactment
of this Act.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H305F77851BF643F898CA12B393D0D386"><header>Community development fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For assistance to units of State and local government, and to other entities, for economic and
community development activities, and for other purposes, $3,060,000,000,
to remain available until September 30, 2017, unless otherwise specified: <italic>Provided</italic>, That of the total amount provided, $3,000,000,000 is for carrying out the community development
block grant program under title I of the Housing and Community Development
Act of 1974, as amended (the <quote>Act</quote> herein) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5301">42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.</external-xref>): <italic>Provided further</italic>, 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 management development and administration: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That a metropolitan city, urban county, unit of general local government, or Indian tribe, 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 another 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: <italic>Provided further,</italic> That none of the funds made available under this heading may be used for grants for the Economic
Development Initiative (<quote>EDI</quote>) or Neighborhood Initiatives activities, Rural Innovation Fund, or for grants pursuant to section
107 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5307">42 U.S.C. 5307</external-xref>): <italic>Provided further</italic>, That the Department shall notify grantees of their formula allocation within 60 days of enactment
of this Act: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That $60,000,000 shall be for grants to Indian tribes notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such
Act, of which, notwithstanding any other provision of law (including
section 204 of this Act), up to $3,960,000 may be used for emergencies
that constitute imminent threats to health and safety.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H41B7D5DAA4DC4E49B8061140DBC076A8"><header>Community development loan guarantees program account</header></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HB71DB5ECCFCF42B2A31D212DE71D39C6"><header>(including rescission)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2015,
commitments to guarantee loans under section 108 of the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5308">42 U.S.C. 5308</external-xref>), any part of which is guaranteed, shall not exceed a total principal amount of $500,000,000,
notwithstanding any aggregate limitation on outstanding obligations
guaranteed in subsection (k) of such section 108: <italic>Provided</italic>, That the Secretary shall collect fees from borrowers, notwithstanding subsection (m) of such
section 108, to result in a credit subsidy cost of zero for guaranteeing
such loans, and any such fees shall be collected in accordance with
section 502(7) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That all unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds
appropriated to the Department of Housing and Urban Development under this
heading are hereby permanently rescinded.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H0AEFC92B53EE44378DA2E7C31192CC17"><header>Home investment partnerships program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the HOME investment partnerships program, as authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez
National Affordable Housing Act, as amended, $700,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2017: <italic>Provided</italic>, 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 allocations of such amount: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That the requirements under provisos 2 through 6 under this heading for fiscal year 2012 and such
requirements applicable pursuant to the <quote>Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013</quote>, shall not apply to any project to which funds were committed on or after August 23, 2013, but
such projects shall instead be governed by the Final Rule titled <quote>Home Investment Partnerships Program; Improving Performance and Accountability; Updating Property
Standards</quote> which became effective on such date: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That funds provided in prior appropriations Acts for technical assistance, which were made
available for Community Housing Development Organizations technical
assistance, and which still remain available, may be used for HOME
technical assistance, notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts
were appropriated: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That the Department shall notify grantees of their formula allocation within 60 days of enactment
of this Act: <italic>Provided further,</italic> That of the total amount provided under this heading, up to $10,000,000 shall be made available to
the Self-help and Assisted Homeownership Opportunity Program, as
authorized under section 11 of the Housing Opportunity Program Extension
Act of 1996, as amended (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12805">42 U.S.C. 12805</external-xref> note).</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H6BB5DCC5BE224E01B1F88A24BFC2BC89"><header>Capacity building</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the second, third, and fourth capacity building activities authorized under section 4(a) of the
HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9816">42 U.S.C. 9816</external-xref> note), $35,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017, of which not less than
$5,000,000 shall be made available for rural capacity-building activities.
In addition, $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, technical assistance,
information, and research to local non-profits, local governments, and
Indian Tribes serving high-need rural communities.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H718963EF2C7643A6931EE2F173BD4141"><header>Homeless assistance grants</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H288E9FB2483A41728EECBF7619AD0333"><header>(including transfer of funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the emergency solutions grants program as authorized 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 program as authorized under subtitle D
of title IV of such Act, $2,105,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2017: <italic>Provided</italic>, That any rental assistance amounts that are recaptured under such continuum of care program shall
remain available until expended: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That not less than $200,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be available
for such emergency solutions grants program: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That not less than $1,800,000,000 (increased by $10,000,000) of the funds appropriated under this
heading shall be available for such continuum of care and rural housing
stability assistance programs: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That up to $5,000,000 (increased by $2,000,000) of the funds appropriated under this heading
shall be available for the national homeless data analysis project: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That all funds awarded for supportive services under the continuum of care program and the rural
housing stability assistance program shall be matched by not less than 25
percent in cash or in kind by each grantee: <italic>Provided further</italic>, 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 funds other funds administered by the Secretary and other
Federal agencies unless there is (or was) a specific statutory prohibition
on any such use of any such funds: <italic>Provided further</italic>, 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: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That all awards of assistance under this heading shall be required to coordinate and integrate
homeless programs with other mainstream health, social services, and
employment programs for which homeless populations may be eligible,
including Medicaid, State Children's Health Insurance Program, Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families, Food Stamps, and services funding through
the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Block Grant, Workforce Investment
Act, and the Welfare-to-Work grant program: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That all balances for Shelter Plus Care renewals previously funded from the Shelter Plus Care
Renewal account and transferred to this account shall be available, if
recaptured, for continuum of care renewals in fiscal year 2015: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That with respect to funds provided under this heading for the continuum of care program for
fiscal years 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 provision of permanent housing
rental assistance may be administered by private nonprofit organizations: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That the Department shall notify grantees of their formula allocation from amounts allocated
(which may represent initial or final amounts allocated) for the emergency
solutions grant program within 60 days of enactment of this Act.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="idA465261F8B024A6D94AFA277A6665236"><header>BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT</header></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="id8B1350C7B79D4F36B4CA77E303697C34"><header>(RESCISSION)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the
Department of Housing and Urban Development under this heading are hereby
permanently rescinded.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="HFB347262BDF84041A1C1E998AD003461"><header>Housing programs</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H8EC83A130943439D92022ECC9768EFD5"><header>Project-based rental assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For activities and assistance for the provision of project-based subsidy contracts under the United
States Housing Act of 1937 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437">42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.</external-xref>) (<quote>the Act</quote>), not otherwise provided for, $9,346,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be
available on October 1, 2014 (in addition to the $400,000,000 previously
appropriated under this heading that became available October 1, 2014),
and $400,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be available
on October 1, 2015: <italic>Provided</italic>, 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
rehabilitation contracts), for amendments to section 8 project-based
subsidy contracts (including section 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts),
for contracts entered into pursuant to section 441 of the McKinney-Vento
Homeless Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/11401">42 U.S.C. 11401</external-xref>), 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 administrative and other expenses associated with
project-based activities and assistance funded under this paragraph: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That of the total amounts provided under this heading, not to exceed $210,000,000 shall be
available for assistance agreements with performance-based contract
administrators for section 8 project-based assistance, for carrying out <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437">42 U.S.C. 1437(f)</external-xref>: <italic>Provided further</italic>, 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 pursuant to section 236(a)
of the National Housing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1715z-1">12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(a)</external-xref>); rent supplement payments pursuant to section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of
1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1701s">12 U.S.C. 1701s</external-xref>); section 236(f)(2) rental assistance payments (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1715z-1">12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(f)(2)</external-xref>); project rental assistance contracts for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act
of 1959 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1701q">12 U.S.C. 1701q</external-xref>); project rental assistance contracts for supportive housing for persons with disabilities under
section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8013">42 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)</external-xref>); project assistance contracts pursuant to section 202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/86/372">Public Law 86–372</external-xref>; 73 Stat. 667); and loans under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/86/372">Public Law 86–372</external-xref>; 73 Stat. 667): <italic>Provided further</italic>, That amounts recaptured under this heading, the heading <quote>Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing</quote>, or the heading <quote>Housing Certificate Fund</quote>, may be used for renewals of or amendments to section 8 project-based contracts or for
performance-based contract administrators, notwithstanding the purposes
for which such amounts were appropriated: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That, notwithstanding any 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
Agency 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 account, to be available until expended: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That amounts deposited pursuant to the previous proviso shall be available in addition to the
amount otherwise provided by this heading for uses authorized under this
heading.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H22BBAA53072840E1B04B161587D94F26"><header>Housing for the elderly</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For amendments to capital advance contracts for housing for the elderly, as authorized by section
202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended, and for project rental
assistance for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of such Act, including
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, as authorized by section 811(e)
of the American Housing and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000, as amended,
and for supportive services associated with the housing, $420,000,000 to
remain available until September 30, 2018: <italic>Provided</italic>, That of the amount provided under this heading, up to $70,000,000 shall be for service
coordinators and the continuation of existing congregate service grants
for residents of assisted housing projects: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That amounts under this heading shall be available for Real Estate Assessment Center inspections
and inspection-related activities associated with section 202 projects: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That the Secretary 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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H0AA25EFBE23D4D8AB482724066AFA4D3"><header>Housing for persons with disabilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For amendments to capital advance contracts for supportive housing for persons with disabilities,
as authorized by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable
Housing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8013">42 U.S.C. 8013</external-xref>), for project rental assistance for supportive housing for persons with disabilities under section
811(d)(2) of such Act and for project assistance contracts pursuant to
section 202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/86/372">Public Law 86–372</external-xref>; 73 Stat. 667), including amendments to contracts for such assistance and renewal of expiring
contracts 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, $135,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018: <italic>Provided</italic>, That amounts made available under this heading shall be available for Real Estate Assessment
Center inspections and inspection-related activities associated with
section 811 projects.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H08432805C1FA41EC8EAEEBFA2FBB8ECC"><header>Housing counseling assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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, 2016, including up to $4,500,000 for
administrative contract services: <italic>Provided</italic>, That grants made available from amounts provided under this heading shall be awarded within 180
days of enactment of this Act: <italic>Provided further</italic>, 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 financial
needs, and fulfilling the responsibilities of tenancy or homeownership;
for program administration; and for housing counselor training.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H1C2FB8BB078B4A1683808561BBDA0327"><header>Rental housing assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For amendments to contracts under section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1701s">12 U.S.C. 1701s</external-xref>) and section 236(f)(2) of the National Housing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1715z-1">12 U.S.C. 1715z–1</external-xref>) in State-aided, noninsured rental housing projects, $28,000,000, to remain available until
expended: <italic>Provided</italic>, That such amount, together with unobligated balances from recaptured amounts appropriated prior
to fiscal year 2006 from terminated contracts under such sections of law,
and any unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover,
remaining from funds appropriated 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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HD70546F8800F46539E2A2EB4482787DB"><header>Payment to manufactured housing fees trust fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses as authorized by the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety
Standards Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5401">42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.</external-xref>), 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: <italic>Provided</italic>, That not to exceed the total amount appropriated under this heading shall be available from the
general 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: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That the amount made available under this heading from the general fund shall be reduced as such
collections are received during fiscal year 2015 so as to result in a
final fiscal year 2015 appropriation from the general fund estimated at
zero, and fees pursuant to such section 620 shall be modified as necessary
to ensure such a final fiscal year 2015 appropriation: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That for the dispute resolution and installation programs, the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development may assess and collect fees from any program participant: <italic>Provided further</italic>, 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: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That, notwithstanding the requirements of section 620 of such Act, the Secretary may carry out
responsibilities of the Secretary under such Act through the use of
approved service providers that are paid directly by the recipients of
their services.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="H7B0EA1881B01463E974BCFB14BD50C8F"><header>Federal housing administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H9F0293D78A9D45EB9C3F3C0CCCBBAC13"><header>Mutual mortgage insurance program account</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">New commitments to guarantee single family loans insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund
shall not exceed $400,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2016: <italic>Provided</italic>, That during fiscal year 2015, obligations to make direct loans to carry out the purposes of
section 204(g) of the National Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed
$20,000,000: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That the foregoing 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.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For administrative contract expenses of the Federal Housing Administration, $130,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2016: <italic>Provided</italic>, That to the extent guaranteed loan commitments exceed $200,000,000,000 on or before April 1,
2015, an additional $1,400 for administrative contract expenses 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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H0F81CF5684124F9EB50615C3E0F50C8C"><header>General and special risk program account</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">New commitments to guarantee loans insured under the General and Special Risk Insurance Funds, as
authorized 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, 2016: <italic>Provided</italic>, That during fiscal year 2015, gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, as
authorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 519(a) of the National
Housing Act, shall not exceed $20,000,000, 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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="H7A4E2224B6F14F51B30B4E53E756FEC5"><header>Government national mortgage association</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="HD872670C6ED84168B0D89DD1D0CDC117"><header>Guarantees of mortgage-backed securities loan guarantee program account</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out the purposes of section 306 of the National
Housing Act, as amended (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1721">12 U.S.C. 1721(g)</external-xref>), shall not exceed $500,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016: <italic>Provided</italic>, That $22,000,000 shall be available for necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of
Government National Mortgage Association: <italic>Provided further</italic>, 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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="H7BD3B3E4768B4ED7979DA838B7D3BEAC"><header>Policy development and research</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H7D5599AA8F06426485E76388DB1EDEB6"><header>Research and technology</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of programs 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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1701z-1">12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.</external-xref>), including carrying out the functions of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under
section 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1968, and for technical
assistance, $40,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016: <italic>Provided</italic>, That with respect to amounts made available under this heading, notwithstanding section 204 of
this title, the Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements funded
with philanthropic entities, other Federal agencies, or State or local
governments and their agencies for research projects: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That with respect to the previous proviso, such partners to the cooperative agreements must
contribute at least a 50 percent match toward the cost of the project: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That for non-competitive agreements entered into in accordance with the previous two provisos,
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall comply with section
2(b) of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/282">Public Law 109–282</external-xref>, 31 U.S.C. note) in lieu of compliance with section 102(a)(4)(C) with respect to documentation of
award decisions: <italic>Provided further,</italic> That prior to obligation of technical assistance, the Secretary shall submit a plan, for approval,
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on how it will
allocate funding for this activity.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="H03E0CA69D62B442896FA844CAB034D3B"><header>Fair housing and equal opportunity</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H60B44452CAE6460D85E322FADF48D1C6"><header>Fair housing activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not otherwise 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, $46,000,000 (increased by
$10,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 2016: <italic>Provided</italic>, That notwithstanding <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/3302">31 U.S.C. 3302</external-xref>, 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: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That no funds made available under this heading shall be used to lobby the executive or
legislative branches of the Federal Government in connection with a
specific contract, grant or loan: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That of the funds made available under this heading, $300,000 (increased by $150,000) 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 provided by the Department of Housing and Urban
Development.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="H0431AD6CD36B4C6CA106FF5DA6320B0F"><header>Office of lead hazard control and healthy homes</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H49B5CB8E9F8949B8B95CD4EAD830B84A"><header>Lead hazard reduction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as authorized by section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based
Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, $70,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2016: <italic>Provided</italic>, That up to $10,000,000 of that amount shall be for the Healthy Homes Initiative, pursuant to
sections 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: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That for purposes of environmental review, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>) and other provisions of the law that further the purposes of such 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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="H88B1BB1F40564E7790F12B3AF0D9F6F4"><header>Information technology fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the development of, modifications to, and infrastructure for Department-wide and
program-specific information technology systems, for the continuing
operation and maintenance of both Department-wide and program-specific
information systems, and for program-related maintenance activities,
$97,000,000 (reduced by $10,000,000), of which $82,000,000 (reduced by
$10,000,000) shall remain available until September 30, 2016, and of which
$15,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2017 for
Development, Modernization and Enhancement: <italic>Provided</italic>, That any amounts transferred to this Fund under this Act shall remain available until expended: <italic>Provided further</italic>, 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: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That not more than 40 percent of the funds made available under this heading for Development,
Modernization and Enhancement, including development and deployment of a
Next Generation Management System and development and deployment of
modernized Federal Housing Administration systems may be obligated until
the Secretary submits to the Committees on Appropriations and the
Comptroller General of the United States a plan for expenditure that—(A)
provides for all information technology investments: (i) the cost and
schedule baselines with explanations for each associated variance, (ii)
the status of functional and performance capabilities delivered or planned
to be delivered, and (iii) mitigation strategies to address identified
risks; (B) outlines activities to ensure strategic, consistent, and
effective application of information technology management controls: (i)
enterprise architecture, (ii) project management, (iii) investment
management, and (iv) human capital management.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H25885551E7DD45A6B30286EDEEF2D6CF"><header>Office of inspector general</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the
Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $124,861,000: <italic>Provided</italic>, That the Inspector General shall have independent authority over all personnel and acquisition
issues within this office.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="HBFEAC65AD8B1441FA0CD59AB4DAACC32"><header>General provisions—Department of housing and urban development</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H8AEEF0E432374EF483E9B2590BACC2F3"><header>(including transfer of funds)</header>
</appropriations-small><section id="ID1C4F31CE94F24FF499ED8F73BFFF27EC"><enum>201.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fifty percent of the amounts of budget authority, or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts
associated with such budget authority, that are recaptured from projects
described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless
Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437">42 U.S.C. 1437</external-xref> 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 agencies with projects approved by
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for which settlement
occurred after January 1, 1992, in accordance with such section.
Notwithstanding 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.</text>
</section><section id="ID7B5F50157CBD4A1288B3CC6B8EFA27D6"><enum>202.</enum><text>None of the amounts made available under this Act may be used during fiscal year 2015 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 preventing action by a Government official or
entity, or a court of competent jurisdiction.</text>
</section><section id="idFA36379F6E75461596D1B54B3A5CE019"><enum>203.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sections 203 and 209 of division C of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/55">Public Law 112–55</external-xref> (125 Stat. 693–694) shall apply during fiscal year 2015 as if such sections were included in this
title, except that during such fiscal year such sections shall be applied
by substituting <quote>fiscal year 2015</quote> for <quote>fiscal year 2011</quote> and for <quote>fiscal year 2012</quote> each place such terms appear, and shall be amended to reflect revised delineations of statistical
areas established by the Office of Management and Budget pursuant to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/44/3504">44 U.S.C. 3504(e)(3)</external-xref>, <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/1104">31 U.S.C. 1104(d)</external-xref>, and Executive Order No. 10253.</text>
</section><section id="ID067DE28F288B48BD9EC6FC69DFD15203"><enum>204.</enum><text>Except as explicitly provided in law, any grant, cooperative agreement or other assistance made
pursuant to title II of this Act shall be made on a competitive basis and
in accordance with section 102 of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development Reform Act of 1989 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3545">42 U.S.C. 3545</external-xref>).</text>
</section><section id="ID5DAE698168EC49CBB82D50BC038FDF94"><enum>205.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds of the Department of Housing and Urban Development subject to the Government Corporation
Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of 1950 shall be available,
without regard to the limitations on administrative expenses, for legal
services on a contract or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment
for services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage Association,
Government National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any member
thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured bank within the meaning
of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, as amended (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1811-1">12 U.S.C. 1811–1</external-xref>).</text>
</section><section id="H8C8388F393EB470289E41DC32CF3062A"><enum>206.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any
appropriation for the Department of Housing and Urban Development shall be
available for any program, project or activity in excess of amounts set
forth in the budget estimates submitted to Congress.</text>
</section><section id="HF08FF1486D3545449636B7BDA501B9A3"><enum>207.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Corporations and agencies of the Department of Housing and Urban Development which are subject to
the Government Corporation Control Act are hereby authorized to make such
expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority available
to each such corporation or agency and in accordance with law, and to make
such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations
as provided by section 104 of such Act as may be necessary in carrying out
the programs set forth in the budget for 2015 for such corporation or
agency except as hereinafter provided: <italic>Provided</italic>, That collections of these corporations and agencies may be used for new loan or mortgage purchase
commitments only to the extent expressly provided for in this Act (unless
such loans are in support of other forms of assistance provided for in
this or prior appropriations Acts), except that this proviso shall not
apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty operations of these
corporations, or where loans or mortgage purchases are necessary to
protect the financial interest of the United States Government.</text>
</section><section id="ID645F70C12C1241CBAE9CB340DF584399"><enum>208.</enum><text>The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall provide quarterly reports to the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding all uncommitted,
unobligated, recaptured and excess funds in each program and activity
within the jurisdiction of the Department and shall submit additional,
updated budget information to these Committees upon request.</text>
</section><section id="IDC6183076C047457BA37579F523F023E6"><enum>209.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President's formal budget request for fiscal year 2016, as well as the Department of Housing
and Urban Development's congressional budget justifications to be
submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate, shall use the identical account and
sub-account structure provided under this Act.</text>
</section><section id="ID9525D69E59BE415F8686C463EE58A2B8"><enum>210.</enum><text>A public housing agency or such other entity that administers Federal housing assistance for the
Housing Authority of the county of Los Angeles, California, the States of
Alaska, Iowa, and Mississippi shall not be required to include a resident
of public housing or a recipient of assistance provided under section 8 of
the United States Housing Act of 1937 on the board of directors or a
similar governing board of such agency or entity as required under section
(2)(b) of such Act. Each public housing agency or other entity that
administers Federal housing assistance under section 8 for the Housing
Authority of the county of Los Angeles, California and the States of
Alaska, Iowa and Mississippi that chooses not to include a resident of
public housing or a recipient of section 8 assistance on the board of
directors or a similar governing board shall establish an advisory board
of not less than six residents of public housing or recipients of section
8 assistance to provide advice and comment to the public housing agency or
other administering entity on issues related to public housing and section
8. Such advisory board shall meet not less than quarterly.</text>
</section><section id="HAD2C599D03DD4F7FB1E29CD20457139D"><enum>211.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No funds provided under this title may be used for an audit of the Government National Mortgage
Association that makes applicable requirements under the Federal Credit
Reform Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/661">2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</section><section id="HE6834FB55905441087B0B12F4DA97E0D"><enum>212.</enum>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H451AFBEFDE444B5F857E7B3BFE71778D"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, subject to the conditions listed under this section,
for fiscal years 2015 and 2016, the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development may authorize the transfer of some or all project-based
assistance, debt held or insured by the Secretary and statutorily required
low-income and very low-income use restrictions if any, associated with
one or more multifamily housing project or projects to another multifamily
housing project or projects.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8CE300E260E44CCDAA5CD4346E9E3063"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Phased Transfers</header><text>Transfers of project-based assistance under this section may be done in phases to accommodate the
financing and other requirements related to rehabilitating or constructing
the project or projects to which the assistance is transferred, to ensure
that such project or projects meet the standards under subsection (c).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8DFDF495613B4016BBD605C17A3F4487"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The transfer authorized in subsection (a) is subject to the following conditions:</text>
<paragraph id="H665ECB76C84244FBBD1EB5F8EDE436A9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Number and bedroom size of units</header>
<subparagraph id="H3196E422934B4B648B1EE2518DFE497A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>For occupied units in the transferring project: the number of low-income and very low-income units
and the configuration (i.e. bedroom size) provided by the transferring
project shall be no less than when transferred to the receiving project or
projects and the net dollar amount of Federal assistance provided to the
transferring project shall remain the same in the receiving project or
projects.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAD8294F72D1D4E69AE61A97CDC6EF019"><enum>(B)</enum><text>For unoccupied units in the transferring project: the Secretary may authorize a reduction in the
number of dwelling units in the receiving project or projects to allow for
a reconfiguration of bedroom sizes to meet current market demands, as
determined by the Secretary and provided there is no increase in the
project-based assistance budget authority.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0D4916AF1644424DABA6A86637B1C17F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The transferring project shall, as determined by the Secretary, be either physically obsolete or
economically nonviable.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0C17F1420185459FB9BCC7FB1D039C3E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The receiving project or projects shall meet or exceed applicable physical standards established by
the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1DDF3F6AD2BC49C48B7AAD1300142335"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The owner or mortgagor of the transferring project shall notify and consult with the tenants
residing in the transferring project and provide a certification of
approval by all appropriate local governmental officials.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD23683D5B0BA4A35B722DC33F475F2E1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The tenants of the transferring project who remain eligible for assistance to be provided by the
receiving project or projects shall not be required to vacate their units
in the transferring project or projects until new units in the receiving
project are available for occupancy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9E95FBAB1A414557A90D4D14E357EBDB"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The Secretary determines that this transfer is in the best interest of the tenants.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBDEC9DBE29314551BADC69D15D990942"><enum>(7)</enum><text>If either the transferring project or the receiving project or projects meets the condition
specified in subsection (d)(2)(A), any lien on the receiving project
resulting from additional financing obtained by the owner shall be
subordinate to any FHA-insured mortgage lien transferred to, or placed on,
such project by the Secretary, except that the Secretary may waive this
requirement upon determination that such a waiver is necessary to
facilitate the financing of acquisition, construction, and/or
rehabilitation of the receiving project or projects.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8B8D17CD207D4CC78751B609767EF864"><enum>(8)</enum><text>If the transferring project meets the requirements of subsection (d)(2), the owner or mortgagor of
the receiving project or projects shall execute and record either a
continuation of the existing use agreement or a new use agreement for the
project where, in either case, any use restrictions in such agreement are
of no lesser duration than the existing use restrictions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H46C1DBC10E9842508AD130C5C2E80915"><enum>(9)</enum><text>The transfer does not increase the cost (as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974, as amended) of any FHA-insured mortgage, except to the extent
that appropriations are provided in advance for the amount of any such
increased cost.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4127814C92884FB095C9AB6C82683542"><enum>(d)</enum><text>For purposes of this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H2B8FBE326E2C411AAB4A584A1C3F0294"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the terms <quote>low-income</quote> and <quote>very low-income</quote> shall have the meanings provided by the statute and/or regulations governing the program under
which the project is insured or assisted;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB87E190A0B7D4CC6967D9B045D1652F9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term <quote>multifamily housing project</quote> means housing that meets one of the following conditions—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCAD3DAAE60C54F3DAFEF08FBAF0DE38F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>housing that is subject to a mortgage insured under the National Housing Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H989350504A014CF5A552F59FD66EF739"><enum>(B)</enum><text>housing that has project-based assistance attached to the structure including projects undergoing
mark to market debt restructuring under the Multifamily Assisted Housing
Reform and Affordability Housing Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB56A46E5597A49479563C9A71F3F0632"><enum>(C)</enum><text>housing that is assisted under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 as amended by section 801 of
the Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3FA30C8BE7A34233A4AE8E904A99834F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>housing that is assisted under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as such section existed
before the enactment of the Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing
Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1DBB5C66CFC34D75AB1004B78BCFBB93"><enum>(E)</enum><text>housing that is assisted under section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing
Act; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H97701D3B00A24BA5A2550F5BD4D13C21"><enum>(F)</enum><text>housing or vacant land that is subject to a use agreement;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H00094E9BE8594E9A9CA9C752BF6C416C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term <quote>project-based assistance</quote> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H91C2E8C406D5420B94A7E94249315F21"><enum>(A)</enum><text>assistance provided under section 8(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCA804AB8009F45E18BE613A3F0701165"><enum>(B)</enum><text>assistance for housing constructed or substantially rehabilitated pursuant to assistance provided
under section 8(b)(2) of such Act (as such section existed immediately
before October 1, 1983);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H182CE3DF0AFD42AD810B01F52E8ADB34"><enum>(C)</enum><text>rent supplement payments under section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC0AF76B9F39843169FE35D3EBEC09224"><enum>(D)</enum><text>interest reduction payments under section 236 and/or additional assistance payments under section
236(f)(2) of the National Housing Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H81D8C644E99840F3AA769813E2CB5DF4"><enum>(E)</enum><text>assistance payments made under section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBDD7D9798D284189AC36CC5DFEB10D22"><enum>(F)</enum><text>assistance payments made under section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable
Housing Act;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H393382F859814B4382D3E8B36E051975"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the term <quote>receiving project or projects</quote> means the multifamily housing project or projects to which some or all of the project-based
assistance, debt, and statutorily required low-income and very low-income
use restrictions are to be transferred;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE5D4BBF9D4C04B84AE83EF2341A64945"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the term <quote>transferring project</quote> means the multifamily housing project which is transferring some or all of the project-based
assistance, debt and the statutorily required low-income and very
low-income use restrictions to the receiving project or projects; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA2FFE5C9942145149C70662BEC684103"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the term <quote>Secretary</quote> means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3FF482FA48D648718F5788E3C28BFAEF"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Public Notice and Research Report</header>
<paragraph id="id36865A6360564D83AF5EEA9FD4194E3C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary shall publish by notice in the Federal Register the terms and conditions, including
criteria for HUD approval, of transfers pursuant to this section no later
than 30 days before the effective date of such notice.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1E0B8B4D12EE4ABA904C0A7D0FD40501"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Secretary shall conduct an evaluation of the transfer authority under this section, including
the effect of such transfers on the operational efficiency, contract
rents, physical and financial conditions, and long-term preservation of
the affected properties.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H2E88F2C650A84E8FBB0131A73232A899"><enum>213.</enum>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H03BCB512814E4DA1BD170E63639A6AEF"><enum>(a)</enum><text>No assistance shall be provided under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437f">42 U.S.C. 1437f</external-xref>) to any individual who—</text>
<paragraph id="HBE17156A9DE942FCBDAB40E1BB70C41D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is enrolled as a student at an institution of higher education (as defined under section 102 of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1002">20 U.S.C. 1002</external-xref>));</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H03F8511C60DE4843B84328FCA53340A6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is under 24 years of age;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA0BD8300DA684C0CA7FD25D2BE2D97ED"><enum>(3)</enum><text>is not a veteran;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9B99180235D8436E9FA0E8C5EA5B9887"><enum>(4)</enum><text>is unmarried;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0D539F7E1CAC40E18E7E396604293FBA"><enum>(5)</enum><text>does not have a dependent child;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC50E1E381FB74B09BBA5D78134A38286"><enum>(6)</enum><text>is not a person with disabilities, as such term is defined in section 3(b)(3)(E) of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437a">42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(3)(E)</external-xref>) and was not receiving assistance under such section 8 as of November 30, 2005; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H35969EEC3E5E42A2BD55E1596957BDBA"><enum>(7)</enum><text>is not otherwise individually eligible, or has parents who, individually or jointly, are not
eligible, to receive assistance under section 8 of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437f">42 U.S.C. 1437f</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD8CBEB07359E4866A43C344BD909CF18"><enum>(b)</enum><text>For purposes of determining the eligibility of a person to receive assistance under section 8 of
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437f">42 U.S.C. 1437f</external-xref>), any financial assistance (in excess of amounts received for tuition and any other required fees
and charges) that an individual receives under the Higher Education Act of
1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.</external-xref>), from private sources, or an institution of higher education (as defined under the Higher
Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1002">20 U.S.C. 1002</external-xref>)), shall be considered income to that individual, except for a person over the age of 23 with
dependent children.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H53AF170963A242B39F330B0A94A255EB"><enum>214.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The funds made available for Native Alaskans under the heading <quote>Native American Housing Block Grants</quote> in title II of this Act shall be allocated to the same Native Alaskan housing block grant
recipients that received funds in fiscal year 2005.</text>
</section><section id="H814B2BA77282487FB1CF9EFE03E2D694"><enum>215.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding the limitation in the first sentence of section 255(g) of the National Housing Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1715z-20">12 U.S.C. 1715z–20(g)</external-xref>), the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may, until September 30, 2015, insure and enter
into commitments to insure mortgages under such section 255.</text>
</section><section id="H2A1043653B1E4E51B740CB532D87ABCE"><enum>216.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in fiscal year 2015, in managing and disposing of any
multifamily property that is owned or has a mortgage held by the Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development, and during the process of foreclosure on
any property with a contract for rental assistance payments under section
8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 or other Federal programs, the
Secretary shall maintain any rental assistance payments under section 8 of
the United States Housing Act of 1937 and other programs that are attached
to any dwelling units in the property. To the extent the Secretary
determines, in consultation with the tenants and the local government,
that such a multifamily property owned or held by the Secretary is not
feasible for continued rental assistance payments under such section 8 or
other programs, based on consideration of (1) the costs of rehabilitating
and operating the property and all available Federal, State, and local
resources, including rent adjustments under section 524 of the Multifamily
Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (<quote>MAHRAA</quote>) and (2) environmental conditions that cannot be remedied in a cost-effective fashion, the
Secretary may, in consultation with the tenants of that property, contract
for project-based rental assistance payments with an owner or owners of
other existing housing properties, or provide other rental assistance. The
Secretary shall also take appropriate steps to ensure that project-based
contracts remain in effect prior to foreclosure, subject to the exercise
of contractual abatement remedies to assist relocation of tenants for
imminent major threats to health and safety after written notice to and
informed consent of the affected tenants and use of other available
remedies, such as partial abatements or receivership. After disposition of
any multifamily property described under this section, the contract and
allowable rent levels on such properties shall be subject to the
requirements under section 524 of MAHRAA.</text>
</section><section id="H9120FD1ADC4647E0A4E344511D3CB775"><enum>217.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The commitment authority funded by fees as provided under the heading <quote>Community Development Loan Guarantees Program Account</quote> may be used to guarantee, or make commitments to guarantee, notes, or other obligations issued by
any State on behalf of non-entitlement communities in the State in
accordance with the requirements of section 108 of the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1974: <italic>Provided</italic>, That any State receiving such a guarantee or commitment shall distribute all funds subject to
such guarantee to the units of general local government in non-entitlement
areas that received the commitment.</text>
</section><section id="H54B1A6B95D5B45B199C20CD62042F9CD"><enum>218.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public housing agencies that own and operate 400 or fewer public housing units may elect to be
exempt from any asset management requirement imposed by the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development in connection with the operating fund rule: <italic>Provided</italic>, That an agency seeking a discontinuance of a reduction of subsidy under the operating fund
formula shall not be exempt from asset management requirements.</text>
</section><section id="HFACA62B98FD1477AA393A7A06540E3EE"><enum>219.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to the use of amounts provided in this Act and in future Acts for the operation,
capital improvement and management of public housing as authorized by
sections 9(d) and 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437g">42 U.S.C. 1437g(d)</external-xref> and (e)), the Secretary shall not impose any requirement or guideline relating to asset management
that restricts or limits in any way the use of capital funds for central
office costs pursuant to section 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2) of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437g">42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)(1)</external-xref>, (2)): <italic>Provided</italic>, That a public housing agency may not use capital funds authorized under section 9(d) for
activities that are eligible under section 9(e) for assistance with
amounts from the operating fund in excess of the amounts permitted under
section 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2).</text>
</section><section id="H86C9282291E9418DA351138EDB02AE52"><enum>220.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No official or employee of the Department of Housing and Urban Development shall be designated as
an allotment holder unless the Office of the Chief Financial Officer has
determined that such allotment holder has implemented an adequate system
of funds control and has received training in funds control procedures and
directives. The Chief Financial Officer shall ensure that there is a
trained allotment holder for each HUD sub-office under the accounts <quote>Executive Offices</quote> and <quote>Administrative Support Offices,</quote> as well as each account receiving appropriations for <quote>Program Office Salaries and Expenses</quote> within the Department of Housing and Urban Development.</text>
</section><section id="H2E7C031124CC4AD49F2587DA2D62FC40"><enum>221.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall report annually to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations on the status of all section 8 project-based
housing, including the number of all project-based units by region as well
as an analysis of all federally subsidized housing being refinanced under
the Mark-to-Market program. The Secretary shall in the report identify all
existing units maintained by region as section 8 project-based units and
all project-based units that have opted out of section 8 or have otherwise
been eliminated as section 8 project-based units. The Secretary shall
identify in detail and by project the most likely reasons for any units
which opted out or otherwise were lost as section 8 project-based units.
Such analysis shall include a review of the most likely impact of the loss
of any subsidized units in that housing marketplace.</text>
</section><section id="H308C128E19D04FFF9CC7C520F31F0680"><enum>222.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development shall, for fiscal year 2015,
notify the public through the Federal Register and other means, as
determined appropriate, of the issuance of a notice of the availability of
assistance or notice of funding availability (NOFA) for any program or
discretionary fund administered by the Secretary that is to be
competitively awarded. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for
fiscal year 2015, the Secretary may make the NOFA available only on the
Internet at the appropriate Government Web site or through other
electronic media, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</section><section id="H4565736B81C94D70A8357E6AD0C458AD"><enum>223.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Payment of attorney fees in program-related litigation must be paid from individual program office
personnel benefits and compensation funding. The annual budget submission
for program office personnel benefit and compensation funding must include
program-related litigation costs for attorney fees as a separate line item
request.</text>
</section><section id="H5A2B81F1C8AC442095F30D97F85729E5"><enum>224.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development is authorized to transfer up to 5
percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, of the funds appropriated for
any office funded under the heading <quote>Administrative Support Offices</quote> to any other office funded under such heading: <italic>Provided</italic>, That no appropriation for any office funded under the heading <quote>Administrative Support Offices</quote> shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, without
prior written approval of the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That the Secretary is authorized to transfer up to 5 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, of
the funds appropriated for any account funded under the general heading <quote>Program Office Salaries and Expenses</quote> to any other account funded under such heading: <italic>Provided</italic> further, That no appropriation for any account funded under the general heading <quote>Program Office Salaries and Expenses</quote> shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, without
prior written approval of the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That the Secretary may transfer funds made available for salaries and expenses between any office
funded under the heading <quote>Administrative Support Offices</quote> and any account funded under the general heading <quote>Program Office Salaries and Expenses</quote>, but only with the prior written approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.</text>
</section><section id="H6F101DA02B8B4373B79C41F02FFFE6CB"><enum>225.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Disaster Housing Assistance Programs, administered by the Department of Housing and Urban
Development, shall be considered a <quote>program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development</quote> under section 904 of the McKinney Act for the purpose of income verifications and matching.</text>
</section><section id="HD38D85E9D1BB45D8A1052520E2A23AEB"><enum>226.</enum>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H09CF4A1A7C444884A27EB81222D42FE7"><enum>(a)</enum><text>The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall take the required actions under subsection (b)
when a multifamily housing project with a section 8 contract or contract
for similar project-based assistance:</text>
<paragraph id="HE7C4817ABF8348959376439DBA8ACFB5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>receives a Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC) score of 30 or less; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8D6609F9DFDA47499A58DF4BE04B806B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>receives a REAC score between 31 and 59 and:</text>
<subparagraph id="H67E7D515D15C4705A50E7067AA4F87A8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>fails to certify in writing to HUD within 60 days that all deficiencies have been corrected; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H77A3E61C4A6C4841AE12DC22EE39104F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>receives consecutive scores of less than 60 on REAC inspections.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">Such requirements shall apply to insured and noninsured projects with assistance attached to the
units under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437f">42 U.S.C. 1437f</external-xref>), but do not apply to such units assisted under section 8(o)(13) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437f">42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)</external-xref>) or to public housing units assisted with capital or operating funds under section 9 of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437g">42 U.S.C. 1437g</external-xref>).</continuation-text></subsection><subsection id="HE015CBFDC00B4794A871BFB59FC12F39"><enum>(b)</enum><text>The Secretary shall take the following required actions as authorized under subsection (a)—</text>
<paragraph id="H574F32C336D5481BA0C1E7A14B59DA37"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary shall notify the owner and provide an opportunity for response within 30 days. If the
violations remain, the Secretary shall develop a Compliance, Disposition
and Enforcement Plan within 60 days, with a specified timetable for
correcting all deficiencies. The Secretary shall provide notice of the
Plan to the owner, tenants, the local government, any mortgagees, and any
contract administrator.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H52B932C7004C4CF5BB7AEE214BDDAA6C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>At the end of the term of the Compliance, Disposition and Enforcement Plan, if the owner fails to
fully comply with such plan, the Secretary may require immediate
replacement of project management with a management agent approved by the
Secretary, and shall take one or more of the following actions, and
provide additional notice of those actions to the owner and the parties
specified above:</text>
<subparagraph id="H61B5E748C82D48E38E0DF4D71D59D923"><enum>(A)</enum><text>impose civil money penalties;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H612F810B26E446CF8D892F7E026F1963"><enum>(B)</enum><text>abate the section 8 contract, including partial abatement, as determined by the Secretary, until
all deficiencies have been corrected;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H38A6516542E84604911DB31CFB78C700"><enum>(C)</enum><text>pursue transfer of the project to an owner, approved by the Secretary under established procedures,
which will be obligated to promptly make all required repairs and to
accept renewal of the assistance contract as long as such renewal is
offered; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2135DB46D9FC46E7AABD6DB97AFE012E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>seek judicial appointment of a receiver to manage the property and cure all project deficiencies or
seek a judicial order of specific performance requiring the owner to cure
all project deficiencies.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0F120C1537E64ED79774661B19919C8C"><enum>(c)</enum><text>The Secretary shall also take appropriate steps to ensure that project-based contracts remain in
effect, subject to the exercise of contractual abatement remedies to
assist relocation of tenants for imminent major threats to health and
safety after written notice to and informed consent of the affected
tenants and use of other remedies set forth above. To the extent the
Secretary determines, in consultation with the tenants and the local
government, that the property is not feasible for continued rental
assistance payments under such section 8 or other programs, based on
consideration of (1) the costs of rehabilitating and operating the
property and all available Federal, State, and local resources, including
rent adjustments under section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing
Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (<quote>MAHRAA</quote>) and (2) environmental conditions that cannot be remedied in a cost-effective fashion, the
Secretary may, in consultation with the tenants of that property, contract
for project-based rental assistance payments with an owner or owners of
other existing housing properties, or provide other rental assistance. The
Secretary shall report semi-annually on all properties covered by this
section that are assessed through the Real Estate Assessment Center and
have physical inspection scores of less than 30 or have consecutive
physical inspection scores of less than 60. The report shall include:</text>
<paragraph id="HC4AEB9EC9D0F47E6AD6DFB9A4F1B4175"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The enforcement actions being taken to address such conditions, including imposition of civil money
penalties and termination of subsidies, and identify properties that have
such conditions multiple times; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEDF0BBFB38A547AB93F279740B446C59"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Actions that the Department of Housing and Urban Development is taking to protect tenants of such
identified properties.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H55E0548CB051486890FDEBD8A1241D5A"><enum>227.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act, or any other Act, for purposes authorized under
section 8 (only with respect to the tenant-based rental assistance
program) and section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437">42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.</external-xref>), 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.</text>
</section><section id="HE3FDB39DEA3045109C15B788BDDE79E7"><enum>228.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds in this Act may be available for the doctoral dissertation research grant program
at the Department of Housing and Urban Development.</text>
</section><section id="H0EA371FFFE464295826A5ED0269BF93A"><enum>229.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 notifies the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 3 full business days
before any project, State, locality, housing authority, tribe, nonprofit
organization, or other entity selected to receive a grant award is
announced by the Department or its offices.</text>
</section><section id="H28E8FD9D523A46E0A286B05F9B1DDDB5"><enum>230.</enum><text>Section 579 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act (MAHRAA) of 1997 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437f">42 U.S.C. 1437f</external-xref> note) is amended by striking <quote>October 1, 2015</quote> each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof <quote>October 1, 2016</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H5A893929E2D041668DD0771197908F49"><enum>231.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to require or enforce the Physical Needs
Assessment (PNA).</text>
</section><section id="HDF765FA998B74AB2BBFAF124BC615A3C"><enum>232.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act nor any receipts or amounts collected under any
Federal Housing Administration program may be used to implement the
Homeowners Armed with Knowledge (HAWK) program.</text>
</section><section id="HB7A4FA97020C4CF1867169228F5D713A"><enum>233.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 insure, 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, municipality, or any
other political subdivision of a state.</text>
<appropriations-small id="H13FC2BEDC2D6438DA7939E05320C4A8E"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2015</short-title></quote>.</text>
</appropriations-small></section><enum>III</enum><header>Related agencies</header>
<appropriations-intermediate id="HFA485D64A2C34B93A47699BD1B1C7309"><header>Access board</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H8DC7297545844A0B8C6B61AEBD7BE8EC"><header>Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses necessary for the Access Board, as authorized by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act
of 1973, as amended, $7,548,000: <italic>Provided</italic>, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, there may be credited to this appropriation
funds received for publications and training expenses.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H8CBC4CED60CD4800886DBDE2F2AB5F4C"><header>Federal housing finance agency</header></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H25AB09F2F99E4A099B969783B14B3EE2"><header>Office of inspector general</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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 until
September 30, 2016, to be derived from assessments collected from the
Federal National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation, and the Federal Home Loan Banks under section 1106 of the
Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="H0F6195F622DE41E9B6D29721CD60491E"><header>Federal maritime commission</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H6FEF833FCFCF4586ACEF5A838B572DA2"><header>Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime Commission as authorized by section 201(d) of the
Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/307">46 U.S.C. 307</external-xref>), including services as authorized by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</external-xref>; hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/1343">31 U.S.C. 1343(b)</external-xref>; and uniforms or allowances therefore, as authorized by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5901">5 U.S.C. 5901–5902</external-xref>, $25,499,000: <italic>Provided</italic>, That not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="H7F654F4ED20B4127BA6CC1F3AE7610E2"><header>National railroad passenger corporation office of inspector general</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H3EFCB090ED694A0596765B8FBB9BC1F5"><header>Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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: <italic>Provided</italic>, That the Inspector General shall have all necessary authority, in carrying out the duties
specified in the Inspector General Act, as amended (<external-xref legal-doc="usc-appendix" parsable-cite="usc-appendix/5/3">5 U.S.C. App. 3</external-xref>), to investigate allegations of fraud, including false statements to the government (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/1001">18 U.S.C. 1001</external-xref>), by any person or entity that is subject to regulation by the National Railroad Passenger
Corporation: <italic>Provided further</italic>, 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: <italic>Provided further</italic>, 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: <italic>Provided further</italic>, 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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="HD4399639BB7B4DE18A085A276C9F6D24"><header>National transportation safety board</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H728FF3E320FC4AEC9C67FB7F9AA65458"><header>Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the National Transportation Safety Board, including hire of passenger
motor vehicles and aircraft; services as authorized by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</external-xref>, 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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5901">5 U.S.C. 5901–5902</external-xref>), $103,000,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 may be used for official reception and
representation expenses. The amounts made available to the National
Transportation Safety Board in this Act include amounts necessary to make
lease payments on an obligation incurred in fiscal year 2001 for a capital
lease.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="H59D9877F36F64CFEB0AF9E221FD68144"><header>Neighborhood reinvestment corporation</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="HDD74E58E9F714784B3D2BE110E203C4C"><header>Payment to the neighborhood reinvestment corporation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation for use in neighborhood reinvestment
activities, as authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8101">42 U.S.C. 8101–8107</external-xref>), $132,000,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be for a multi-family rental housing program: <italic>Provided</italic>, That in addition, $50,000,000 shall be made available until expended to the Neighborhood
Reinvestment Corporation for mortgage foreclosure mitigation activities,
under the following terms and conditions:</text>
<paragraph id="H14B1135D3E1040B6AF4F1D51F0486466"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation (<quote>NRC</quote>) shall make grants to counseling intermediaries approved by the Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) (with match to be determined by the NRC based on
affordability and the economic conditions of an area; a match also may be
waived by the NRC based on the aforementioned conditions) to provide
mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance 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
defaults and foreclosures, grants may also be provided to approved
counseling intermediaries based on a geographic analysis of the Nation by
the NRC which determines 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 paragraph. A HUD-approved counseling intermediary
shall meet certain mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance counseling
requirements, as determined by the NRC, and shall be approved by HUD or
the NRC as meeting these requirements.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1FFC6D812FCA45CD8D5453B65169DDBE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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
activities that are likely to prevent foreclosures and result in the
long-term affordability of the mortgage retained pursuant to such activity
or another positive outcome for the homeowner. No funds made available
under this paragraph may be provided directly to lenders or homeowners to
discharge outstanding mortgage balances or for any other direct debt
reduction payments.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H416A620B5CFF4C33B4B8AAA1219F6BC8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>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 situation, an evaluation of the current value of the
property that is subject to the mortgage, counseling regarding the
assumption of the mortgage by another non-Federal party, counseling
regarding the possible purchase of the mortgage by a non-Federal third
party, counseling and advice of all likely restructuring and refinancing
strategies or the approval of a work-out strategy by all interested
parties.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9D6AF75450984C2BB9EE064E7EDA47D5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>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 the NRC that the procedures for selection do not consist
of any procedures or activities that could be construed as an unacceptable
conflict of interest or have the appearance of impropriety.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H02EBE08E81C941CBB5786D6B836B99CB"><enum>(5)</enum><text>HUD-approved counseling entities and State Housing Finance Agencies receiving funds under this
paragraph shall have demonstrated experience in successfully working with
financial institutions as well as borrowers facing default, delinquency
and foreclosure as well as documented counseling capacity, outreach
capacity, past successful performance and positive outcomes with
documented counseling plans (including post mortgage foreclosure
mitigation counseling), loan workout agreements and loan modification
agreements. NRC may use other criteria to demonstrate capacity in
underserved areas.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9DE20F4CDF004D63B57F8198CB8E4CD0"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Of the total amount made available under this paragraph, up to $2,500,000 may be made available to
build the mortgage foreclosure and default 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.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H62D58051C5224BF887D3424D2AEE0F02"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Of the total amount made available under this paragraph, up to 5 percent may be used for associated
administrative expenses for the NRC to carry out activities provided under
this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0C62CB689DC3479D9542B38C67D13EA3"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Of the total amount made available under this paragraph, up to $4,000,000 may be used for wind-down
and closeout of the mortgage foreclosure mitigation activities program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE2245E00345646E084CCB168E6C7530B"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance grants may include a budget for outreach and
advertising, and training, as determined by the NRC.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA206A7066A7E450085A098CEA6106446"><enum>(10)</enum><text>The NRC shall continue to report bi-annually to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations
as well as the Senate Banking Committee and House Financial Services
Committee on its efforts to mitigate mortgage default.</text>
</paragraph></appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="H6BD16C833F45451C88C08D13EAC51A40"><header>United states interagency council on homelessness</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H86AB6B1FC4DE40D2B54CAD8FF31CC987"><header>Operating expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor
vehicles, the rental of conference rooms, and the employment of experts
and consultants under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/3109">section 3109</external-xref> 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, $3,500,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><enum>IV</enum><header display-inline="no-display-inline">General provisions—this act</header>
<section id="ID2D4A60DDB74E47589CCBAC74495B7291"><enum>401.</enum><text>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.</text>
</section><section id="HDB3B211712124A02B630D450CB7E4293"><enum>402.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 appropriations, unless
expressly so provided herein.</text>
</section><section id="IDA22F13D14D4A4370A1C6AAD05A7F8735"><enum>403.</enum><text>The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for any consulting service through procurement
contract pursuant to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/3109">section 3109</external-xref> of title 5, 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 provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order
issued pursuant to existing law.</text>
</section><section id="IDC86DD2948C294D26A2C79C06D11BC0AA"><enum>404.</enum>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HCAA2407468BA4508A53C5ABC1C7B08BE"><enum>(a)</enum><text>None of the funds made available in this Act may be obligated or expended for any employee training
that—</text>
<paragraph id="H9C661F5AC7E24570919694F6EADC8890"><enum>(1)</enum><text>does not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the
performance of official duties;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9717F264AF764B1E876072893C85E105"><enum>(2)</enum><text>contains elements likely to induce high levels of emotional response or psychological stress in
some participants;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD293796C6747461F8B3FD0636DFE3AC5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>does not require prior employee notification of the content and methods to be used in the training
and written end of course evaluation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDD27C45067274D069C0E4B658B8459FC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>contains any methods or content associated with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or <quote>new age</quote> belief systems as defined in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Notice N–915.022, dated
September 2, 1988; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEBB55EB6DF4D40BF8EA2031A27C60FD5"><enum>(5)</enum><text>is offensive to, or designed to change, participants' personal values or lifestyle outside the
workplace.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF240B104F5674F5C9CC286C27A9EB184"><enum>(b)</enum><text>Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or otherwise preclude an agency from conducting
training bearing directly upon the performance of official duties.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID375A7FA5F610490587D7BB0BEF86A2C7"><enum>405.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise provided in this Act, none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by
previous appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities funded in this
Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year
2015, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the
collection of fees and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall
be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of
funds that:</text>
<paragraph id="HCFC3A1446897439EAB0B9D9C582867B1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>creates a new program;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HECA28C3A610944FDA07C1D4DA1D54F4F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>eliminates a program, project, or activity;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC5282EDF98B546CC99C8EC5E33B0B0B1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>increases funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity for which funds have been denied
or restricted by the Congress;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFFE77259826A41F4A0F267CE0C007073"><enum>(4)</enum><text>proposes to use funds directed for a specific activity by either the House or Senate Committees on
Appropriations for a different purpose;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H52ED237CC011430F87F45A4EEF1A13F5"><enum>(5)</enum><text>augments existing programs, projects, or activities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent,
whichever is less;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H12E5F1853ABC4AF48762B950DD754FFC"><enum>(6)</enum><text>reduces existing programs, projects, or activities by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less;
or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H10427A1795374DAC938D1F335EC738D3"><enum>(7)</enum><text>creates, reorganizes, or restructures a branch, division, office, bureau, board, commission,
agency, administration, or department different from the budget
justifications submitted to the Committees on Appropriations or the table
accompanying the explanatory statement accompanying this Act, whichever is
more detailed, unless prior approval is received from the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations: <italic>Provided</italic>, 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 transfer authorities for the current
fiscal year: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That the report shall include:</text>
<subparagraph id="H79C31A93570A48B8991A62ADE5E714C7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a table for each appropriation with a separate column to display the prior year enacted level, the
President's budget request, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due
to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted level;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD571892187EE4EE3B8C39247CFB063B9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a delineation in the table for each appropriation 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</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3487329193E2466C92CA0876099A6F50"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an identification of items of special congressional interest: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That the amount appropriated or limited for salaries and expenses for an agency shall be reduced
by $100,000 per day for each day after the required date that the report
has not been submitted to the Congress.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="ID7023747F89CC453E8C26E0BE5B61D684"><enum>406.</enum><text>Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances
remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2015 from appropriations
made available for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2015 in this Act,
shall remain available through September 30, 2016, for each such account
for the purposes authorized: <italic>Provided</italic>, That a request shall be submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations for
approval prior to the expenditure of such funds: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That these requests shall be made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines under section 405
of this Act.</text>
</section><section id="ID896376C5F71A4C728AD2D8A67A53AECD"><enum>407.</enum><text>No funds in this Act may be used to support 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: <italic>Provided</italic>, That for purposes of this section, public use shall not be construed to include economic
development that primarily benefits private entities: <italic>Provided further</italic>, 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, communication-related, water-related and
wastewater-related infrastructure), other structures designated for use by
the general public or which have other common-carrier or public-utility
functions that serve the general public and are subject to regulation and
oversight by the government, and projects for the removal of an immediate
threat to public health and safety or brownsfield as defined in the Small
Business Liability Relief and Brownsfield Revitalization Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/118">Public Law 107–118</external-xref>) shall be considered a public use for purposes of eminent domain.</text>
</section><section id="HCEE264CB30064A7FA3E5873A0AB61758"><enum>408.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All Federal agencies and departments that are funded under this Act shall issue a report to the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on all sole-source contracts
by no later than July 30, 2015. Such report shall include the contractor,
the amount of the contract and the rationale for using a sole-source
contract.</text>
</section><section id="H50519D3F84B044A3A93CB55D371225B4"><enum>409.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or
instrumentality of the United States Government, except pursuant to a
transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other
appropriations Act.</text>
</section><section id="H0F5C677246EC481DA979DFA0D624B0B8"><enum>410.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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, formerly held
by an employee who has left to enter the Armed Forces of the United States
and has satisfactorily completed his or her period of active military or
naval service, 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
position and has not been restored thereto.</text>
</section><section id="HF61850C6F909414B989D4D9F64CA0B01"><enum>411.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 <quote>Buy American Act</quote>).</text>
</section><section id="H3E17E0B1AF8D47BA983613202DF29347"><enum>412.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/41/10a-10c">41 U.S.C. 10a–10c</external-xref>).</text>
</section><section id="H8D7C02C325914C63BB33D4C5FFC47F7F"><enum>413.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for first-class airline accommodations in
contravention of sections <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/41/301-10">301–10.122</external-xref> and <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/41/301-10">301–10.123</external-xref> of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations.</text>
</section><section id="H79DB7A81FAFC472FB376C250EB3F348F"><enum>414.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum of
understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a grant to, or provide
a loan or loan guarantee to any corporation that was convicted of a felony
criminal violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24 months,
where the awarding agency is aware of the conviction, 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
interests of the Government.</text>
</section><section id="HB8BE593E971B456A8AB319A703DB02D1"><enum>415.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum of
understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a grant to, or provide
a loan or loan guarantee to, any corporation with any unpaid Federal tax
liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and
administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is
not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the
authority responsible for collecting the tax liability, where the awarding
agency is aware of the unpaid 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
interests of the Government.</text>
</section><section id="HF83FBD1D2E3948889040CE96E78B5D81"><enum>416.</enum><header>Spending reduction account</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount by which the applicable allocation 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.</text>
</section><section id="HFFE23735650A4AB9AD7164501FB6F71E"><enum>417.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to require the relocation, or to carry out
any required relocation, of any asset management positions of the Office
of Multifamily Housing of the Department of Housing and Urban Development
in existence as of the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</section><section id="H183E4B2ABD7040B0ACDAF515713182E6"><enum>418.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</section><section id="H20A5F60ECBB74B8B8728B4EA274A16F7"><enum>419.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 section 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–Norway Air Transport Agreement.</text>
</section><section id="H4449901CE38C40F9953BF987F2737A69"><enum>420.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act under the heading <quote>Federal Transit Administration—Transit Formula Grants</quote> may be used in contravention of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/5309">section 5309</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</section><section id="HD31DAF39F48F4313A252FE640363A086"><enum>421.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available under title II of this Act may be used to repay any loan made,
guaranteed, or insured by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.</text>
</section><section id="HDFD25032BE904C0BBAF776C896924ECF"><enum>422.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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—</text>
<paragraph id="H9F4BC98E4E0F4A9892F78AACC42E3721"><enum>(1)</enum><text>within a three-year period preceding this offer has been convicted of or had a civil judgment
rendered against it for: commission of fraud or a criminal 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, forgery, bribery, falsification or
destruction of records, making false statements, tax evasion, violating
Federal criminal tax laws, or receiving stolen property;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBBD6A9A5D0894A4DB0BEBC4607743659"><enum>(2)</enum><text>are presently indicted for, or otherwise criminally or civilly charged by a governmental entity
with, commission of any of the offenses enumerated in paragraph (1); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5EFF02D21E134C2C922C5C73398DD9AF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>within a three-year period preceding this offer, has been notified of any delinquent Federal taxes
in an amount that exceeds $3,000 for which the liability remains
unsatisfied.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HB4F0CB5839E44E7981FCAE021EE6A43F"><enum>423.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to develop or implement any rule to modify
the criteria relating to citizenship that are applied in determining
whether a person is eligible to be an operator (including a ship manager
or agent) of a vessel in the National Defense Reserve Fleet.</text>
</section><section id="H5B89707B9D6B48C18174B1F4C4FAE0D8"><enum>424.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to administer the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration’s National Roadside Survey.</text>
</section><section id="HDFD0A829C42A4B84A3610681DE5D7810"><enum>425.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to develop, issue, or implement
regulations that increase levels of minimum financial responsibility for
transporting passengers or property as in effect on January 1, 2014, under
regulations issued pursuant to sections <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/31138">31138</external-xref> and <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/31139">31139</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</section><section id="HE964B51014AD4DC7A78000C13EDE12BD"><enum>426.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the
proposed rule entitled <quote>Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing</quote>, published by the Department of Housing and Urban Development in the Federal Register on July 19,
2013 (78 Fed. Reg. 43710; Docket No. FR–5173–P–01).</text>
</section><section id="H80A7E1A3AAC74D49AE5677A97858DEC4"><enum>427.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</section><section id="H6CEAF71574204380B8266B4075264203"><enum>428.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for the Housing Trust Fund established
under section 1338 of the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and
Soundness Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/4568">12 U.S.C. 4568</external-xref>).</text>
</section><section id="HE6762AA5DC9F407DA7608D05539F2EF4"><enum>429.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to enter into a contract with any person
whose disclosures of a proceeding with a disposition listed in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/41/2313">section 2313(c)(1)</external-xref> of title 41, United States Code, in the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information
System include the term <quote>Fair Labor Standards Act.</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H131DE54C718A41049E02C33343009EC5"><enum>430.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to terminate the status of a unit of
general local government as a metropolitan city (as defined in section 102
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5302">42 U.S.C. 5302</external-xref>)) with respect to grants under section 106 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5306">42 U.S.C. 5306</external-xref>).</text>
</section><section id="HD4CFCBFD1C7B4F55B4412A0CE90BBD40"><enum>431.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to make incentive payments pursuant to 48
CFR 16.4 to contractors for contracts that are behind schedule under the
terms of the contract as prescribed by 48 CFR 52.211 or over the contract
amount indicated in Standard Form 33, box 20.</text>
</section><section id="HA42F528F44624E4FB8A485BC85968508"><enum>432.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to promulgate, implement, or enforce any
regulations that would mandate Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking or
event data recorders in light-duty noncommercial passenger motor vehicles.</text>
</section><section id="HC010683538394033A60115F0C4707E66"><enum>433.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to provide mortgage insurance under title
II of the National Housing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1701">12 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.</external-xref>) for any mortgage on a 1- to 4-family dwelling to be used as the principal residence of a
mortgagor who provides only an individual taxpayer identification number
(ITIN) for identification.</text>
</section><section id="H3C70876A35564B0A8E5A8447616F72FF"><enum>434.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to enter into any contract with an
incorporated entity if such entity’s sealed bid or competitive proposal
shows that such entity is incorporated or chartered in Bermuda or the
Cayman Islands, and such entity’s sealed bid or competitive proposal shows
that such entity was previously incorporated in the United States.</text>
</section><section id="HB0C8274B80874AFCB489AC8509A68541"><enum>435.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used in contravention of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/24305">section 24305(c)(4)</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</section><section id="HFCE7199CA0104C3FB667F58185C9CD24"><enum>436.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act shall be used to support Amtrak’s route with the
highest loss, measured by contributions/(Loss) per Rider, as based on the
National Railroad Passenger Corporation Fiscal Years 2013–2017 Five Year
Plan from May 2013.</text>
</section><section id="H3D2B04C67C164EDD87E96D93C10D591B"><enum>437.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used by the Secretary or the Federal Transit
Administration to implement, administer, or enforce <external-xref legal-doc="regulation" parsable-cite="cfr/49/18.36">section 18.36(c)(2)</external-xref> of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, for construction hiring purposes.</text>
</section><section id="HDECFCBB627F8479094A1D97DFD4093DF"><enum>438.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 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.</text>
</section><section id="H9DACEE98AC774722ACF36336FFE7A1E7"><enum>439.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for high-speed rail in the State of
California or for the California High-Speed Rail Authority.</text>
</section><section id="HD3129BF37B8746F691055662E6C03149"><enum>440.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce
paragraph (c)(3) of section 982.503, Code of Federal Regulations.</text><appropriations-small id="H07DED1277A3D4CFFA9CBE87B50B903AE"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015</short-title></quote>.</text>
</appropriations-small></section>
Passed the House of Representatives June 10, 2014.Karen L. Haas,Clerk
June 12, 2014Received; read twice and placed on the calendar