[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2438 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 412
113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2438

                          [Report No. 113-182]

   Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and 
Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 5, 2014

    Mrs. Murray, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the 
    following original bill; which was read twice and placed on the 
                                calendar

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                                 A BILL


 
   Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and 
Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums 
are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and 
Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2015, and for other purposes, namely:

                                TITLE I

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                        Office of the Secretary

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$108,000,000, of which not to exceed $2,696,000 shall be available for 
the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to exceed $1,011,000 shall 
be available for the immediate Office of the Deputy Secretary; not to 
exceed $19,980,000 shall be available for the Office of the General 
Counsel; not to exceed $10,300,000 shall be available for the Office of 
the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy; not to exceed 
$12,676,000 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 $27,131,000 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 
$1,714,000 shall be available for the Office of the Executive 
Secretariat; not to exceed $1,414,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization; not to exceed 
$10,778,000 shall be available for the Office of Intelligence, 
Security, and Emergency Response; and not to exceed $15,800,000 shall 
be available for the Office of the Chief Information Officer:  
Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to 
transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Office of the 
Secretary to any other office of the Office of the Secretary:  Provided 
further, That no appropriation for any office shall be increased or 
decreased by more than 5 percent by all such transfers:  Provided 
further, That notice of any change in funding greater than 5 percent 
shall be submitted for approval to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations:  Provided further, That not to exceed $60,000 shall be 
for allocation within the Department for official reception and 
representation expenses as the Secretary may determine:  Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, excluding 
fees authorized in Public Law 107-71, there may be credited to this 
appropriation up to $2,500,000 in funds received in user fees:  
Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this Act shall be 
available for the position of Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs.

                        research and technology

    For necessary expenses related to the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Research and Technology, $13,500,000, of which $8,218,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2017:  Provided, That there 
may be credited to this appropriation, to be available until expended, 
funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other public 
authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for training:  
Provided further, That any reference in law, regulation, judicial 
proceedings, or elsewhere to the Research and Innovative Technology 
Administration shall be deemed to be a reference to the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology of the Department of 
Transportation.

                  national infrastructure investments

    For capital investments in surface transportation infrastructure, 
$550,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2018:  
Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation shall distribute funds 
provided under this heading as discretionary grants to be awarded to a 
State, local government, transit agency, 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:  
Provided further, That projects eligible for funding provided under 
this heading shall include, but not be limited to, highway or bridge 
projects eligible under title 23, United States Code; public 
transportation projects eligible under chapter 53 of title 49, United 
States Code; passenger and freight rail transportation projects; and 
port infrastructure investments (including inland port infrastructure): 
 Provided further, That the Secretary may use up to 35 percent of the 
funds made available under this heading for the purpose of paying the 
subsidy and administrative costs of projects eligible for Federal 
credit assistance under chapter 6 of title 23, United States Code, if 
the Secretary finds that such use of the funds would advance the 
purposes of this paragraph:  Provided further, That in distributing 
funds provided under this heading, the Secretary shall take such 
measures so as to ensure an equitable geographic distribution of funds, 
an appropriate balance in addressing the needs of urban and rural 
areas, and the investment in a variety of transportation modes:  
Provided further, That a grant funded under this heading shall be not 
less than $10,000,000 and not greater than $200,000,000:  Provided 
further, That not more than 25 percent of the funds made available 
under this heading may be awarded to projects in a single State:  
Provided further, That the Federal share of the costs for which an 
expenditure is made under this heading shall be, at the option of the 
recipient, up to 80 percent:  Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall give priority to projects that require a contribution of Federal 
funds in order to complete an overall financing package:  Provided 
further, That not less than 20 percent of the funds provided under this 
heading shall be for projects located in rural areas:  Provided 
further, That for projects located in rural areas, the minimum grant 
size shall be $1,000,000 and the Secretary may increase the Federal 
share of costs above 80 percent:  Provided further, That of the amount 
made available under this heading, the Secretary may use an amount not 
to exceed $35,000,000 for the planning, preparation or design of 
projects eligible for funding under this heading:  Provided further, 
That grants awarded under the previous proviso shall not be subject to 
a minimum grant size:  Provided further, That projects conducted using 
funds provided under this heading must comply with the requirements of 
subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code:  Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall conduct a new competition to select 
the grants and credit assistance awarded under this heading:  Provided 
further, That the Secretary may retain up to $20,000,000 of the funds 
provided under this heading, and may transfer portions of those funds 
to the Administrators of the Federal Highway Administration, the 
Federal Transit Administration, the Federal Railroad Administration and 
the Federal Maritime Administration, to fund the award and oversight of 
grants and credit assistance made under the National Infrastructure 
Investments program.

                      financial management capital

    For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing the Department 
of Transportation's financial systems and re-engineering business 
processes, $5,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2016.

                       cyber security initiatives

    For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, including 
necessary upgrades to wide area network and information technology 
infrastructure, improvement of network perimeter controls and identity 
management, testing and assessment of information technology against 
business, security, and other requirements, 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.

                         office of civil rights

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, $9,600,000.

           transportation planning, research, and development

    For necessary expenses for conducting transportation planning, 
research, systems development, development activities, and making 
grants, to remain available until expended, $6,000,000.

                          working capital fund

    For necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays of 
the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed $182,000,000 shall be paid from 
appropriations made available to the Department of Transportation:  
Provided, That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis 
to entities within the Department of Transportation:  Provided further, 
That the above limitation on operating expenses shall not apply to non-
DOT entities:  Provided further, 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:  Provided further, 
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.

               minority business resource center program

    For the cost of guaranteed loans, $333,000, as authorized by 49 
U.S.C. 332:  Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974:  Provided further, That these funds are available 
to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be 
guaranteed, not to exceed $18,367,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
guaranteed loan program, $592,000.

                       minority business outreach

    For necessary expenses of Minority Business Resource Center 
outreach activities, $3,099,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2016:  Provided, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds 
may be used for business opportunities related to any mode of 
transportation.

                        payments to air carriers

                    (airport and airway trust fund)

    In addition to funds made available from any other source to carry 
out the essential air service program under 49 U.S.C. 41731 through 
41742, $155,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust 
Fund, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 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:  Provided further, That basic essential air service 
minimum requirements shall not include the 15-passenger capacity 
requirement under subsection 41732(b)(3) of title 49, United States 
Code:  Provided further, 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.

  administrative provisions--office of the secretary of transportation

    Sec. 101.  None of the funds made available in this Act to the 
Department of Transportation may be obligated for the Office of the 
Secretary of Transportation to approve assessments or reimbursable 
agreements pertaining to funds appropriated to the modal 
administrations in this Act, 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.
    Sec. 102.  The Secretary or his designee may engage in activities 
with States and State legislators to consider proposals related to the 
reduction of motorcycle fatalities.
    Sec. 103.  Notwithstanding section 3324 of title 31, United States 
Code, in addition to authority provided by section 327 of title 49, 
United States Code, the 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 13150 and section 3049 of Public Law 109-
59:  Provided, That the Department shall include adequate safeguards in 
the contract with the vendors to ensure timely and high-quality 
performance under the contract.
    Sec. 104.  The Secretary shall post on the Web site of the 
Department of Transportation a schedule of all meetings of the Credit 
Council, including the agenda for each meeting, and require the Credit 
Council to record the decisions and actions of each meeting.

                    Federal Aviation Administration

                               operations

                    (airport and airway trust fund)

    For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation 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 Public Law 108-176, 
$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 $1,215,458,000 shall be available for aviation safety 
activities; not to exceed $16,605,000 shall be available for commercial 
space transportation activities; not to exceed $765,047,000 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:  Provided, That not to exceed 2 percent of any budget 
activity, except for aviation safety budget activity, may be 
transferred to any budget activity under this heading:  Provided 
further, That no transfer may increase or decrease any appropriation by 
more than 2 percent:  Provided further, That any transfer in excess of 
2 percent shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 
405 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or 
expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 
section:  Provided further, That not later than March 31 of each fiscal 
year hereafter, 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 Public Law 108-176:  Provided further, That the amount herein 
appropriated shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day after March 31 
that such report has not been submitted to the Congress:  Provided 
further, That not later than March 31 of each fiscal year hereafter, 
the Administrator shall transmit to Congress a companion 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:  
Provided further, That the amount herein appropriated shall be reduced 
by $100,000 per day for each day after March 31 that such report has 
not been submitted to Congress:  Provided further, That funds may be 
used to enter into a grant agreement with a nonprofit standard-setting 
organization to assist in the development of aviation safety standards: 
 Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be 
available for new applicants for the second career training program:  
Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available 
for the Federal Aviation 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:  Provided further, 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:  Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated under this heading, not less than $149,000,000 shall be 
for the contract tower program, of which $10,350,000 is for the 
contract tower cost share program:  Provided further, That none of the 
funds in this Act for aeronautical charting and cartography are 
available for activities conducted by, or coordinated through, the 
Working Capital Fund:  Provided further, That none of the funds 
provided in this Act may be used for the Federal Aviation 
Administration to issue a job announcement for air traffic control 
specialists that renders ineligible any applicant who had been included 
in the air traffic control specialist applicant inventory as of January 
15, 2014, and who was born between February 9, 1983 and October 1, 
1984.

                        facilities and equipment

                    (airport and airway trust fund)

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
acquisition, establishment, technical support services, improvement by 
contract or purchase, and hire of national airspace systems and 
experimental facilities and 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, 
$2,473,700,000, of which $458,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2015, and $2,015,700,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2017:  Provided, That there may be credited to this 
appropriation funds received from States, counties, municipalities, 
other public authorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred in 
the establishment, improvement, and modernization of national airspace 
systems:  Provided further, 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:  Provided further, That the amount herein 
appropriated shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for each day after 
the initial submission of the fiscal year 2016 President's budget that 
such report has not been submitted to Congress.

                 research, engineering, and development

                    (airport and airway trust fund)

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for research, 
engineering, and development, as authorized under part A of subtitle 
VII of title 49, United States Code, including construction of 
experimental facilities and 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:  Provided, 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.

                       grants-in-aid for airports

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                    (airport and airway trust fund)

                     (including transfer of funds)

                         (including rescission)

    For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-aid for 
airport planning and development, and noise compatibility planning and 
programs as authorized under subchapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter 
I of chapter 475 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 section 41743 of 
title 49, United States Code; and for inspection activities and 
administration of airport safety programs, including those related to 
airport operating certificates under section 44706 of title 49, United 
States Code, $3,200,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund and to remain available until expended:  Provided, That none 
of the funds under this heading shall be available for the planning or 
execution of programs the obligations for which are in excess of 
$3,480,000,000 in fiscal year 2015, notwithstanding section 47117(g) of 
title 49, United States Code:  Provided further, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, of funds made available in the fiscal year 
ending on September 30, 2014, under section 48112 of title 49, United 
States Code, and limited under this heading, $130,000,000 shall be 
obligated for facilities and equipment of the Federal Aviation 
Administration that are located on airport property, including runway 
safety areas, runway status lights, landing and navigational lighting 
systems, and air traffic control tower improvements and replacements:  
Provided further, That the funds limited under this heading shall be 
deemed reduced by $130,000,000 for purposes of 47102(6) of Title 49, 
United States Code:  Provided further, That none of the funds under 
this heading shall be available for the replacement of baggage conveyor 
systems, reconfiguration of terminal baggage areas, or other airport 
improvements that are necessary to install bulk explosive detection 
systems:  Provided further, That notwithstanding section 47109(a) of 
title 49, United States Code, the Government's share of allowable 
project costs under paragraph (2) for subgrants or paragraph (3) of 
that section shall be 95 percent for a project at other than a large or 
medium hub airport that is a successive phase of a multi-phased 
construction project for which the project sponsor received a grant in 
fiscal year 2011 for the construction project:  Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, of funds 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 $8,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be available and transferred to 
``Office of the Secretary, Salaries and Expenses'' to carry out the 
Small Community Air Service Development Program.

                              (rescission)

    Any amounts made available for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2015, under section 48112 of title 49, United States Code, are 
rescinded.

       administrative provisions--federal aviation administration

    Sec. 110.  None of the funds in this Act may be used to compensate 
in excess of 600 technical staff-years under the federally funded 
research and development center contract between the Federal Aviation 
Administration and the Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development 
during fiscal year 2014.
    Sec. 111.  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:  Provided, That the prohibition 
of funds in this section does not apply to negotiations between the 
agency and airport sponsors to achieve agreement on ``below-market'' 
rates for these items or to grant assurances that require airport 
sponsors to provide land without cost to the FAA for air traffic 
control facilities.
    Sec. 112.  The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration 
may reimburse amounts made available to satisfy 49 U.S.C. 41742(a)(1) 
from fees credited under 49 U.S.C. 45303 and any amount remaining in 
such account at the close of that fiscal year may be made available to 
satisfy section 41742(a)(1) for the subsequent fiscal year.
    Sec. 113.  Amounts collected under section 40113(e) of title 49, 
United States Code, shall be credited to the appropriation current at 
the time of collection, to be merged with and available for the same 
purposes of such appropriation.
    Sec. 114.  None of the funds in this Act shall be available for 
paying premium pay under subsection 5546(a) 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.
    Sec. 115.  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.
    Sec. 116.  The Secretary shall apportion to the sponsor of an 
airport that received scheduled or unscheduled air service from a large 
certified air carrier (as defined in part 241 of title 14 Code of 
Federal Regulations, or such other regulations as may be issued by the 
Secretary under the authority of section 41709) an amount equal to the 
minimum apportionment specified in 49 U.S.C. 47114(c), if the Secretary 
determines that airport had more than 10,000 passenger boardings in the 
preceding calendar year, based on data submitted to the Secretary under 
part 241 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations.
    Sec. 117.  None of the funds in this Act may be 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.
    Sec. 118.  Subparagraph (D) of section 47124(b)(3) of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ``benefit.'' and inserting 
``benefit, with the maximum allowable local cost share capped at 20 
percent.''.
    Sec. 119.  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.
    Sec. 119A.  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.
    Sec. 119B.  None of the funds made available under this Act may be 
used to increase fees pursuant to section 44721 of title 49, United 
States Code, until the FAA provides to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations a report that justifies all fees related to 
aeronautical navigation products and explains how such fees are 
consistent with Executive Order 13642.
    Sec. 119C.  None of the funds appropriated or limited by this Act 
may be used to change weight restrictions or prior permission rules at 
Teterboro airport in Teterboro, New Jersey.
    Sec. 119D.  None of the funds in this Act may be used to close a 
regional operations center of the Federal Aviation Administration or 
reduce its services unless the Administrator notifies the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 90 full business days 
in advance.
    Sec. 119E.  Section 916 of Public Law 112-95 is amended by striking 
``Advanced Materials in Transport Aircraft'' and inserting ``Joint 
Advanced Materials and Structures''.
    Sec. 119F.  Subsection 47109(c)(2) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended by adding before the period ``, except that at a non-hub 
airport located in a State as set forth in paragraph (1) of this 
subsection that is within 15 miles of another State as set forth in 
paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Government's share shall be an 
average of the Government share applicable to any project in each of 
the States''.

                     Federal Highway Administration

                 limitation on administrative expenses

                          (highway trust fund)

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Not to exceed $426,100,000, together with advances and 
reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Administration, shall be 
obligated for necessary expenses for administration and operation of 
the Federal Highway Administration. In addition, not to exceed 
$3,248,000 shall be transferred to the Appalachian Regional Commission 
in accordance with section 104 of title 23, United States Code.

                          federal-aid highways

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

    Funds available for the implementation or execution of programs of 
Federal-aid Highways and highway safety construction programs 
authorized under titles 23 and 49, United States Code, and the 
provisions of Public Law 112-141 shall not exceed total obligations of 
$40,256,000,000 for fiscal year 2015:  Provided, That the Secretary may 
collect and spend fees, as authorized by title 23, United States Code, 
to cover the costs of services of expert firms, including counsel, in 
the field of municipal and project finance to assist in the 
underwriting and servicing of Federal credit instruments and all or a 
portion of the costs to the Federal Government of servicing such credit 
instruments:  Provided further, That such fees are available until 
expended to pay for such costs:  Provided further, That such amounts 
are in addition to administrative expenses that are also available for 
such purpose, and are not subject to any obligation limitation or the 
limitation on administrative expenses under section 608 of title 23, 
United States Code.

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                          (highway trust fund)

    For the payment of obligations incurred in carrying out Federal-aid 
Highways and highway safety construction programs authorized under 
title 23, United States Code, $40,995,000,000 derived from the Highway 
Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), to remain available 
until expended.

       administrative provisions--federal highway administration

    Sec. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2015, the Secretary of Transportation 
shall--
            (1) not distribute from the obligation limitation for 
        Federal-aid Highways--
                    (A) amounts authorized for administrative expenses 
                and programs by section 104(a) of title 23, United 
                States Code; and
                    (B) amounts authorized for the Bureau of 
                Transportation Statistics;
            (2) not distribute an amount from the obligation limitation 
        for Federal-aid Highways that is equal to the unobligated 
        balance of amounts--
                    (A) 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 
                sections 202 or 204 of title 23, United States Code); 
                and
                    (B) for which obligation limitation was provided in 
                a previous fiscal year;
            (3) determine the proportion that--
                    (A) the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 
                Highways, less the aggregate of amounts not distributed 
                under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection; bears 
                to
                    (B) 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 section 
                119 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;
            (4) 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--
                    (A) the proportion determined under paragraph (3); 
                by
                    (B) the amounts authorized to be appropriated for 
                each such program for such fiscal year; and
            (5) 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 
        section 119 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--
                    (A) amounts authorized to be appropriated for the 
                programs that are apportioned under title 23, United 
                States Code, to each State for such fiscal year; bears 
                to
                    (B) the total of the amounts authorized to be 
                appropriated for the programs that are apportioned 
                under title 23, United States Code, to all States for 
                such fiscal year.
    (b) Exceptions From Obligation Limitation.--The obligation 
limitation for Federal-aid Highways shall not apply to obligations 
under or for--
            (1) section 125 of title 23, United States Code;
            (2) section 147 of the Surface Transportation Assistance 
        Act of 1978 (23 U.S.C. 144 note; 92 Stat. 2714);
            (3) section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981 (95 
        Stat. 1701);
            (4) subsections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the Surface 
        Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (96 Stat. 2119);
            (5) subsections (b) and (c) of section 149 of the Surface 
        Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987 
        (101 Stat. 198);
            (6) sections 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface 
        Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2027);
            (7) section 157 of title 23, United States Code (as in 
        effect on June 8, 1998);
            (8) section 105 of title 23, United States Code (as in 
        effect for fiscal years 1998 through 2004, but only in an 
        amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years);
            (9) Federal-aid Highways programs for which obligation 
        authority was made available under the Transportation Equity 
        Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 107) or subsequent Acts for 
        multiple years or to remain available until expended, but only 
        to the extent that the obligation authority has not lapsed or 
        been used;
            (10) section 105 of title 23, United States Code (as in 
        effect for fiscal years 2005 through 2012, but only in an 
        amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years);
            (11) section 1603 of SAFETEA-LU (23 U.S.C. 118 note; 119 
        Stat. 1248), to the extent that funds obligated in accordance 
        with that section were not subject to a limitation on 
        obligations at the time at which the funds were initially made 
        available for obligation; and
            (12) section 119 of title 23, United States Code (as in 
        effect for fiscal years 2013 and 2014, but only in an amount 
        equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years); and
            (13) section 119 of title 12, United States Code (but, for 
        fiscal year 2015, only in an amount equal to $639,000,000).
    (c) Redistribution of Unused Obligation Authority.--Notwithstanding 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall, after August 1 of such fiscal 
year--
            (1) revise a distribution of the obligation limitation made 
        available under subsection (a) if an amount distributed cannot 
        be obligated during that fiscal year; and
            (2) redistribute sufficient amounts to those States able to 
        obligate amounts in addition to those 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 
        Public Law 112-141) and 104 of title 23, United States Code.
    (d) Applicability of Obligation Limitations to Transportation 
Research Programs.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        obligation limitation for Federal-aid Highways shall apply to 
        contract authority for transportation research programs carried 
        out under--
                    (A) chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code; and
                    (B) division E of the Moving Ahead for Progress in 
                the 21st Century Act.
            (2) Exception.--Obligation authority made available under 
        paragraph (1) shall--
                    (A) remain available for a period of 4 fiscal 
                years; and
                    (B) be in addition to the amount of any limitation 
                imposed on obligations for Federal-aid Highways and 
                highway safety construction programs for future fiscal 
                years.
    (e) Redistribution of Certain Authorized Funds.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
        distribution of obligation limitation under subsection (a), the 
        Secretary shall distribute to the States any funds (excluding 
        funds authorized for the program under section 202 of title 23, 
        United States Code) that--
                    (A) are authorized to be appropriated for such 
                fiscal year for Federal-aid Highways programs; and
                    (B) the Secretary determines will not be allocated 
                to the States (or will not be apportioned to the States 
                under section 204 of title 23, United States Code), and 
                will not be available for obligation, for such fiscal 
                year because of the imposition of any obligation 
                limitation for such fiscal year.
            (2) Ratio.--Funds shall be distributed under paragraph (1) 
        in the same proportion as the distribution of obligation 
        authority under subsection (a)(5).
            (3) Availability.--Funds distributed to each State under 
        paragraph (1) shall be available for any purpose described in 
        section 133(b) of title 23, United States Code.
    Sec. 121.  Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received by the 
Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the sale of data products, for 
necessary expenses incurred pursuant to chapter 63 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:  Provided, 
That such funds shall be subject to the obligation limitation for 
Federal-aid Highways and highway safety construction programs.
    Sec. 122.  Not less than 15 days prior to waiving, under his 
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:  Provided, 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.
    Sec. 123.  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 603 and 604 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:  Provided, 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.
    Sec. 124.  From the unobligated balances of funds apportioned among 
the States prior to October 1, 2012, under sections 104(b) of title 23, 
United States Code (as in effect on the day before the date of 
enactment of Public Law 112-141), the amount of $22,100,000 shall be 
made available in fiscal year 2015 for the administrative expenses of 
the Federal Highway Administration:  Provided, That this provision 
shall not apply to funds distributed in accordance with section 
104(b)(5) of title 23, United States Code (as in effect on the day 
before the date of enactment of Public Law 112-141); section 133(d)(1) 
of such title (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of 
Public Law 109-59); and the first sentence of section 133(d)(3)(A) of 
such title (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of 
Public Law 112-141):  Provided further, That such amount shall be 
derived on a proportional basis from the unobligated balances of 
apportioned funds to which this provision applies:  Provided further, 
That the amount made available by this provision in fiscal year 2015 
for the administrative expenses of the Federal Highway Administration 
shall be in addition to the amount made available in fiscal year 2015 
for such purposes under section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code.

              Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

              motor carrier safety operations and programs

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

    For payment of obligations incurred in the implementation, 
execution and administration of motor carrier safety operations and 
programs pursuant to section 31104(i) of title 49, United States Code, 
and sections 4127 and 4134 of Public Law 109-59, as amended by Public 
Law 112-141, $271,000,000, 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: 
 Provided, 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 $271,000,000 for ``Motor Carrier Safety Operations and 
Programs'' 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 $34,545,000, to remain available 
for obligation until September 30, 2017, is for information management: 
 Provided further, That $2,300,000 shall be made available for 
commercial motor vehicle operator's grants to carry out section 4134 of 
Public Law 109-59, as amended by Public Law 112-141, of which 
$1,300,000 is to be made available from prior year unobligated contract 
authority provided in Public Law 112-141, or other appropriations or 
authorization acts:  Provided further, That of unobligated contract 
authority provided in Public Law 112-141, or other appropriations or 
authorization acts for ``Motor Carrier Safety Operations and 
Programs'', $1,500,000 shall be made available for enforcement and 
investigation activities related to the safe transportation of energy 
products, $5,200,000 shall be made available to augment funding to 
address information management and technology needs related to the 
monitoring of high-risk carriers and carriers operating under consent 
agreements, and $4,000,000 shall be made available to administer the 
study required under section 133 of this Act, to remain available for 
obligation until September 30, 2017:  Provided further, That the 
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration shall transmit to Congress 
a report by March 27, 2015, on the agency's ability to meet its 
requirement to conduct compliance reviews on mandatory carriers:  
Provided further, That the Secretary shall complete final regulatory 
action on the implementation of 49 United States Code 31137 no later 
than January 30, 2015:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
initiate action on the Safety Fitness Determination rule no later than 
December, 31, 2013.

                     national motor carrier safety

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

    Of the unobligated contract authority provided in the 
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105-178) or 
other appropriation or authorization acts for the national motor 
carrier safety program, $8,300,000 shall be made available to augment 
funding to execute the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's 
Capital Improvement Plan for border facilities and field offices, 
including physical information technology infrastructure:  Provided, 
That such funds as necessary for payment of obligations incurred in 
carrying out this section shall be derived from the Highway Trust Fund 
(other than the Mass Transit Account) and total limitations of these 
obligations shall not exceed $8,300,000.

                      motor carrier safety grants

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

    For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out sections 31102, 
31104(a), 31106, 31107, 31109, 31309, 31313 of title 49, United States 
Code, and sections 4126 and 4128 of Public Law 109-59, as amended by 
Public Law 112-141, $313,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust 
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) and to remain available 
until expended:  Provided, That funds available for the implementation 
or execution of motor carrier safety programs shall not exceed total 
obligations of $313,000,000 in fiscal year 2015 for ``Motor Carrier 
Safety Grants''; of which $218,000,000 shall be available for the motor 
carrier safety assistance program, $30,000,000 shall be available for 
commercial driver's license program improvement grants, $32,000,000 
shall be available for border enforcement grants, $5,000,000 shall be 
available for performance and registration information system 
management grants, $25,000,000 shall be available for the commercial 
vehicle information systems and networks deployment program, and 
$1,000,000 shall be available for safety data improvement grants:  
Provided further, 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.

 administrative provision--federal motor carrier safety administration

    Sec. 130.  Funds appropriated or limited in this Act shall be 
subject to the terms and conditions stipulated in section 350 of Public 
Law 107-87 and section 6901 of Public Law 110-28.
    Sec. 131.  None of the funds limited or otherwise made available 
under the heading ``Motor Carrier Safety Operations and Programs'' may 
be used to deny an application to renew a Hazardous Materials Safety 
Program permit for a motor carrier based solely 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.
    Sec. 132.  None of the funds limited or otherwise made available 
under this Act shall be used by the Secretary to enforce any regulation 
prohibiting a State from issuing a commercial learner's permit to 
individuals under the age of eighteen if the State had a law 
authorizing the issuance of commercial learners permits to individuals 
under eighteen years of age as of May 9, 2011.
    Sec. 133. (a) Temporary Suspension of Enforcement.--None of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act or any other 
Act shall be used to enforce sections 395.3(c) and 395.3(d) of title 
49, Code of Federal Regulations, and such sections shall have no force 
or effect from the date of enactment of this Act until the later of 
September 30, 2015, or upon submission of the final report issued by 
the Secretary under this section. The restart provisions in effect on 
June 30, 2013, shall be in effect during this period.
    (b) Public Notification.--As soon as possible after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall publish a 
Notice in the Federal Register and on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration website announcing that the provisions in the rule 
referred to in subsection (a) shall have no force or effect from the 
date of enactment of this Act through September 30, 2015, and the 
restart rule in effect on June 30, 2013, shall immediately be in 
effect.
    (c) Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) Driver Restart Study.--Within 90 
days of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall initiate a 
naturalistic study of the operational, safety, health and fatigue 
impacts of the restart provisions in sections 395.3(c) and 395.3(d) of 
title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, on commercial motor vehicle 
drivers. The study required under this subsection shall--
            (1) compare the work schedules and assess operator fatigue 
        between the following two groups of commercial motor vehicle 
        drivers, each large enough to produce statistically significant 
        results:
                    (A) commercial motor vehicle drivers who operate 
                under such provisions, in effect between July 1, 2013, 
                and the day before the date of enactment of this Act, 
                and
                    (B) commercial motor vehicle drivers who operate 
                under the provisions as in effect on June 30, 2013.
            (2) compare, at a minimum, the 5-month work schedules and 
        assess safety critical events (crashes, near crashes and crash-
        relevant conflicts) and operator fatigue between the following 
        two groups of commercial motor vehicle drivers, from a 
        statistically significant sample of drivers comprised of fleets 
        of all sizes, including long-haul, regional and short-haul 
        operations in various sectors of the industry, including flat-
        bed, refrigerated, tank, and dry-van, to the extent 
        practicable;
            (3) assess drivers' safety critical events, fatigue and 
        levels of alertness and driver health outcomes by using both 
        electronic and captured record of duty status, including the 
        Psychomotor Vigilance Test (PVT), e-logging data, actigraph 
        watches and cameras or other on-board monitoring systems that 
        record or measure safety critical events and driver alertness;
            (4) utilize data from electronic logging devices, 
        consistent to the extent practicable, with the anticipated 
        requirements for such devices in section 31137(b) of title 49, 
        United States Code, from motor carriers and drivers of 
        commercial motor vehicles, notwithstanding any limitation on 
        the use of such data under section 31137(e) of title 49, United 
        States Code; and
            (5) include the development of an initial study plan and 
        final report, each of which shall be subject to an independent 
        peer review panel of individuals with relevant medical and 
        scientific expertise.
    (d) Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General 
Review.--Prior to the study required under this subsection commencing, 
the Secretary shall submit a plan outlining the scope and methodology 
for the study to the Department of Transportation Inspector General 
within 60 days of enactment of this Act.
            (1) Within 30 days of receiving the plan, the Office of 
        Inspector General shall review and comment on the plan, 
        including whether it includes--
                    (A) a sufficient number of drivers participating to 
                produce statistically significant results and 
                consistent with subsection (c)(2);
                    (B) an assessment of whether the technologies being 
                used to assess the operational, safety and fatigue 
                components of the study are reliable and will produce 
                consistent and valid results;
                    (C) appropriate performance measures to properly 
                evaluate the study outcomes; and
                    (D) assess the selection of the independent review 
                panel under subsection (c)(5).
            (2) The Office of Inspector General shall report its 
        findings, conclusions and recommendations to the Secretary and 
        to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 30 
        days of receipt of the plan.
    (e) Reporting Requirements.--The Secretary shall submit a final 
report on the findings and conclusions of the study and the 
Department's recommendations on whether the provisions in effect on 
July 1, 2013, provide a greater net benefit for the operational, 
safety, health and fatigue impacts of the restart provisions to the 
Inspector General within 210 days of receiving the Office of the 
Inspector General report required in subsection (d)(2).
            (1) Within 60 days of receipt of the Secretary's findings 
        and recommendations in subsection (e), the Inspector General 
        shall report to the Secretary and the House and Senate 
        Committees on Appropriations on the study's compliance with the 
        requirements outlined under subsection (c).
            (2) Upon submission of the Office of the Inspector General 
        report in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit its report 
        to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and make 
        the report publically available on its website.
    (f) Certification.--The Secretary of Transportation shall certify 
in writing in a manner addressing the Inspector General's findings and 
recommendations in subsection (d)(1) and (e)(1) of this section that 
the Secretary has met the requirements as described in section (c) and 
(d).
    (g) Paperwork Reduction Act Exception.--The study and the Office of 
the Inspector General reviews shall not be subject to section 3506 or 
3507 of title 44, United States Code.

             National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

                        operations and research

    For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Secretary, 
with respect to traffic and highway safety authorized under chapter 301 
and part C of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code, 
$134,500,000, of which $20,000,000 shall remain available through 
September 30, 2016.

                        operations and research

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

    For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions 
of 23 U.S.C. 403, and chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code, 
$138,500,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the 
Mass Transit Account) and to remain available until expended:  
Provided, 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 $138,500,000, of which $133,500,000 
shall be for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 403 and $5,000,000 
shall be for the National Driver Register authorized under chapter 303 
of title 49, United States Code:  Provided further, That within the 
$133,500,000 obligation limitation for operations and research, 
$20,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2016, and shall 
be in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on obligations 
for future years:  Provided further, That $20,000,000 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 23 U.S.C. 
403, and chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code.

                     highway traffic safety grants

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

    For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out provisions of 
23 U.S.C. 402 and 405, section 2009 of Public Law 109-59, as amended by 
Public Law 112-141, and section 31101(a)(6) of Public Law 112-141, to 
remain available until expended, $561,500,000, to be derived from the 
Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account):  Provided, 
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 Public Law 109-59, as amended by 
Public Law 112-141, and section 31101(a)(6) of Public Law 112-141, of 
which $235,000,000 shall be for ``Highway Safety Programs'' under 23 
U.S.C. 402; $272,000,000 shall be for ``National Priority Safety 
Programs'' under 23 U.S.C. 405; $29,000,000 shall be for ``High 
Visibility Enforcement Program'' under section 2009 of Public Law 109-
59, as amended by Public Law 112-141; $25,500,000 shall be for 
``Administrative Expenses'' under section 31101(a)(6) of Public Law 
112-141:  Provided further, That none of these funds shall be used for 
construction, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for office 
furnishings and fixtures for State, local or private buildings or 
structures:  Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 of the funds 
made available for ``National Priority Safety Programs'' under 23 
U.S.C. 405 for ``Impaired Driving Countermeasures'' (as described in 
subsection (d) of that section) shall be available for technical 
assistance to the States:  Provided further, That with respect to the 
``Transfers'' provision under 23 U.S.C. 405(a)(1)(G), any amounts 
transferred to increase the amounts made available under section 402 
shall include the obligation authority for such amounts:  Provided 
further, That the Administrator shall notify the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations of any exercise of the authority granted 
under the previous proviso or under 23 U.S.C. 405(a)(1)(G) within 60 
days.

      administrative provisions--national highway traffic safety 
                             administration

    Sec. 140.  An additional $130,000 shall be made available to the 
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, out of the amount 
limited for section 402 of title 23, United States Code, to pay for 
travel and related expenses for State management reviews and to pay for 
core competency development training and related expenses for highway 
safety staff.
    Sec. 141.  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.
    Sec. 142.  None of the funds in this Act shall be used to implement 
section 404 of title 23, United States Code.

                    Federal Railroad Administration

                         safety and operations

    For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Administration, not 
otherwise provided for, $191,250,000, of which $15,400,000 shall remain 
available until expended.

                   railroad research and development

    For necessary expenses for railroad research and development, 
$40,730,000, to remain available until expended.

       railroad rehabilitation and improvement financing program

    The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue direct loans 
and loan guarantees pursuant to sections 501 through 504 of the 
Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 
94-210), as amended, such authority to exist as long as any such direct 
loan or loan guarantee is outstanding:  Provided, That, pursuant to 
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.

         grants to the national railroad passenger corporation

    To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation as authorized by the Passenger 
Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (division B of Public Law 
110-432, hereafter referred to as ``such law'' for purposes of this 
heading), $1,390,000,000, to remain available until expended:  
Provided, That of the amounts available under this heading, up to 
$149,000,000 shall be for debt service obligations, up to $350,000,000 
shall be for the operation of intercity passenger rail, and not less 
than $50,000,000 shall be made available to bring Amtrak served 
facilities and stations into compliance with the Americans with 
Disabilities Act:  Provided further, That after an initial distribution 
of up to $200,000,000, which shall be used by Amtrak as a working 
capital account, all remaining capital and debt service funds shall be 
provided only on a reimbursable basis:  Provided further, That funding 
for the operation of intercity passenger rail, as authorized by section 
101 of such law, shall be distributed no more frequently than 
quarterly:  Provided further, That the Secretary may retain up to one-
half of 1 percent of the funds provided under this heading to fund the 
costs of project management and oversight of activities authorized by 
subsections 101(a) and 101(c) of such law:  Provided further, That in 
addition to the project management oversight funds authorized under 
section 101(d) of such law, the Secretary may retain up to an 
additional one-half of 1 percent of the funds provided under this 
heading to fund expenses associated with section 24905 of title 49, 
United States Code:  Provided further, That not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Corporation shall 
transmit, in electronic format, to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations a business plan and 5-year Financial Plan for fiscal 
year 2015 as required under section 204 of such law.

       administrative provisions--federal railroad administration

    Sec. 150.  Hereafter, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds provided in this Act for the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation shall immediately cease to be available to said Corporation 
in the event that the Corporation contracts to have services provided 
at or from any location outside the United States. For purposes of this 
section, the word ``services'' shall mean any service that was, as of 
July 1, 2006, performed by a full-time or part-time Amtrak employee 
whose base of employment is located within the United States.
    Sec. 151.  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.
    Sec. 152.  The amounts available to the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation for the operation of intercity passenger rail shall be 
available for distribution by the Secretary only after receiving and 
reviewing a grant request for each specific train route accompanied by 
a detailed financial analysis, revenue projection, and capital asset 
plan justifying the Federal support to the Secretary's satisfaction.
    Sec. 153.  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:  Provided, That the president 
of Amtrak may waiver the cap set in the previous proviso for specific 
employees when the president of Amtrak determines such a cap poses a 
risk to the safety and operational efficiency of the system:  Provided 
further, That Amtrak shall notify the House and Senate Committee on 
Appropriations within 30 days of waiving such cap and delineate the 
reasons for such waiver.

                     Federal Transit Administration

                        administrative expenses

    For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal Transit 
Administration's programs authorized by chapter 53 of title 49, United 
States Code, $110,500,000, of which not less than $7,000,000 shall be 
available to carry out the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5329:  Provided, 
That none of the funds provided or limited in this Act may be used to 
create a permanent office of transit security under this heading:  
Provided further, That upon submission to the Congress of the fiscal 
year 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.

                         transit formula grants

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

    For payment of obligations incurred in the Federal Public 
Transportation Assistance Program in this account, and for payment of 
obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5305, 
5307, 5310, 5311, 5318, 5322(d), 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 
5340, as amended by Public Law 112-141; and section 20005(b) of Public 
Law 112-141, $9,500,000,000, to be derived from the Mass Transit 
Account of the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That funds available for the implementation or 
execution of programs authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 
5311, 5318, 5322(d), 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, as amended 
by Public Law 112-141, and section 20005(b) of Public Law 112-141, 
shall not exceed total obligations of $8,595,000,000 in fiscal year 
2015.

                            transit research

    For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5312 and 5313, 
$33,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That 
$30,000,000 shall be for activities authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5312 and 
$3,000,000 shall be for activities authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5313.

                   technical assistance and training

    For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5314 and 5322(a), (b) 
and (e), $5,500,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
That $5,000,000 shall be for activities authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5314 
and $500,000 shall be for activities authorized under 49 U.S.C. 
5322(a), (b) and (e).

                       capital investment grants

    For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5309, $2,161,000,000, 
to remain available until expended.

      grants to the washington metropolitan area transit authority

    For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority as 
authorized under section 601 of division B of Public Law 110-432, 
$150,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 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: 
 Provided further, That prior to approving such grants, the Secretary 
shall certify that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority 
is making significant progress in eliminating the material weaknesses, 
significant deficiencies, and minor control deficiencies identified in 
the most recent Financial Management Oversight Review:  Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall determine that the Washington 
Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has placed the highest priority on 
those investments that will improve the safety of the system before 
approving such grants:  Provided further, That the Secretary, in order 
to ensure safety throughout the rail system, may waive the requirements 
of section 601(e)(1) of title VI of Public Law 110-432 (112 Stat. 
4968).

       administrative provisions--federal transit administration

    Sec. 160.  The limitations on obligations for the programs of the 
Federal Transit Administration shall not apply to any authority under 
49 U.S.C. 5338, previously made available for obligation, or to any 
other authority previously made available for obligation.
    Sec. 161.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
appropriated or limited by this Act under the Federal Transit 
Administration's discretionary program appropriations headings 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.
    Sec. 162.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any funds 
appropriated before October 1, 2014, under any section of chapter 53 of 
title 49, United States Code, that remain available for expenditure, 
may be transferred to and administered under the most recent 
appropriation heading for any such section.
    Sec. 163.  Hereafter, the Secretary may not enforce regulations 
related to charter bus service under part 604 of title 49, Code of 
Federal Regulations, for any transit agency that during fiscal year 
2008 was both initially granted a 60-day period to come into compliance 
with part 604, and then was subsequently granted an exception from said 
part.
    Sec. 164.  For purposes of applying the project justification and 
local financial commitment criteria of 49 U.S.C. 5309(d) 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.
    Sec. 165.  In developing guidance implementing 49 U.S.C. 5309(i) 
Program of Interrelated Projects, the Secretary shall consider projects 
eligible under section 5309(h) Small Starts Projects, including 
streetcars.
    Sec. 166.  New bus rapid transit projects recommended in the 
President's budget submission to the Congress of the United States for 
funds appropriated under the heading ``capital investment grants'' in 
this Act shall be funded from $20,000,000 in unobligated amounts that 
were made available to carry out the discretionary bus and bus 
facilities program under 49 U.S.C. 5309 in fiscal years 1984 through 
2012:  Provided, That all such projects shall remain subject to the 
Capital Investment Grants Program requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5309 for 
New Starts, Small Starts, or Core Capacity projects as applicable.

             Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

    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.

                       operations and maintenance

                    (harbor maintenance trust fund)

    For necessary expenses to conduct the operations, maintenance, and 
capital asset renewal activities of those portions of the St. Lawrence 
Seaway owned, operated, and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway 
Development Corporation, $31,500,000, to be derived from the Harbor 
Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99-662, and of which 
$14,300,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2017, for the 
Asset Renewal Program.

                        Maritime Administration

                       maritime security program

    For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a U.S.-flag 
merchant fleet to serve the national security needs of the United 
States, $186,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                        operations and training

    For necessary expenses of operations and training activities 
authorized by law, $149,900,000, 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 $1,200,000 shall remain 
available until expended for training ship fuel assistance payments, 
and of which $15,954,000 shall remain available until expended for 
facilities maintenance and repair, equipment, and capital improvements 
at the United State Merchant Marine Academy, and of which $3,000,000 
shall remain available through September 16, 2016, for Maritime 
Environment and Technology Assistance grants and cooperative agreement: 
 Provided, 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:  Provided further, 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:  Provided further, 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:  Provided further, That not later 
than January 12, 2015, the Administrator of the Maritime Administration 
shall transmit to Congress the biennial survey and report on sexual 
assault and sexual harassment at the United States Merchant Marine 
Academy as required pursuant to section 3507 of Public Law 110-417:  
Provided further, That the amount herein appropriated shall be reduced 
by $100,000 for each day after January 12, 2015 that such report has 
not been submitted to the Congress.

                             ship disposal

    For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obsolete vessels 
in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Maritime Administration, 
$4,800,000, to remain available until expended.

          maritime guaranteed loan (title xi) program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized, $7,100,000, of 
which $4,000,000 shall remain available until expended:  Provided, That 
such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 
amended:  Provided further, That not to exceed $3,100,000 shall be 
available for necessary administrative expenses to carry out the 
maritime guaranteed loan program, which shall be paid to the 
appropriations for ``Operations and Training, Maritime 
Administration''.

           administrative provisions--maritime administration

    Sec. 170.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the 
Maritime Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and services 
and make necessary repairs in connection with any lease, contract, or 
occupancy involving Government property under control of the Maritime 
Administration:  Provided, That payments received therefor shall be 
credited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof and shall 
remain available until expended:  Provided further, 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.

         Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

                          operational expenses

                         (pipeline safety fund)

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline and Hazardous 
Materials Safety Administration, $22,225,000:  Provided, That 
$1,500,000 shall be transferred to ``Pipeline Safety'' in order to fund 
``Pipeline Safety Information Grants to Communities'' as authorized 
under section 60130 of title 49, United States Code.

                       hazardous materials safety

    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:  Provided, That up to $800,000 in fees 
collected under 49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited in the general 
fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts:  Provided further, That 
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.

                            pipeline safety

                         (pipeline safety fund)

                    (oil spill liability trust fund)

                  (pipeline safety design review fund)

    For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of the pipeline 
safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out a pipeline safety 
program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60107, and to discharge the 
pipeline program responsibilities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 
$158,000,000, 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 $136,500,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline 
Safety Fund, of which $78,309,000 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.

                     emergency preparedness grants

                     (emergency preparedness fund)

    For necessary expenses to carryout 49 U.S.C. 5128(b), $188,000 to 
be derived from the Emergency Preparedness Fund, to remain available 
until September 30, 2016:  Provided, That notwithstanding the fiscal 
year limitation specified in 49 U.S.C. 5116, not more than $28,318,000 
shall be made available for obligation in fiscal year 2015 from amounts 
made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i), and 5128(b) and (c):  Provided 
further, That none of the funds made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i), 
5128(b), or 5128(c) shall be made available for obligation by 
individuals other than the Secretary of Transportation, or his 
designee:  Provided further, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 5128(b) and 
(c) and the current year obligation limitation, prior year recoveries 
recognized in the current year shall be available to develop a 
hazardous materials response training curriculum for emergency 
responders, including response activities for crude oil, ethanol and 
other flammable liquids by rail, consistent with National Fire 
Protection Association standards, and to make such training available 
through an electronic format and a competitive process to non-profit 
organizations to train public sector employees to respond to an 
accident or incident involving the transportation of hazardous 
materials.

  administrative provisions--pipeline and hazardous materials safety 
                             administration

    Sec. 180.  Subsection (i)(4) of section 5116 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ``2 percent'' and inserting ``4 
percent''.
    Sec. 181.  Notwithstanding section 60117(n)(1)(B) of title 49, 
United States Code, the Secretary may require the person proposing any 
project with design and construction costs over $2,500,000,000 for the 
construction, expansion, or operation of a gas or hazardous liquid 
pipeline facility or liquefied natural gas pipeline facility to pay the 
costs incurred by the Secretary relating to a facility design safety 
review.
    Sec. 182.  The Secretary is directed to initiate a rulemaking or 
alternative risk-based compliance regime for the siting of small-scale 
liquefaction facilities that generate and package liquefied natural gas 
for use as a transportation fuel for domestic delivery via non-pipeline 
means. The rulemaking or alternative risk-based compliance regime 
should incorporate the 2013 National Fire Protection Association 
Standard 59A and industry best practices while ensuring appropriate 
public safety protections.

                      Office of Inspector General

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General to 
carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended, $86,223,000:  Provided, That the Inspector General shall have 
all necessary authority, in carrying out the duties specified in the 
Inspector General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate 
allegations of fraud, including false statements to the government (18 
U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that is subject to regulation by 
the Department:  Provided further, That the funds made available under 
this heading may be used to investigate, pursuant to section 41712 of 
title 49, United States Code: (1) unfair or deceptive 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.

                      Surface Transportation Board

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation Board, 
including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $31,500,000:  Provided, 
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:  Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated 
from the general fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as 
such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2014, to 
result in a final appropriation from the general fund estimated at no 
more than $30,250,000.

            General Provisions--Department of Transportation

    Sec. 190.  During the current fiscal year, applicable 
appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall be available 
for maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles and aircraft; purchase of liability insurance for motor 
vehicles operating in foreign countries on official department 
business; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 
U.S.C. 5901-5902).
    Sec. 191.  Appropriations contained in this Act for the Department 
of Transportation shall be available for services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem 
rate equivalent to the rate for an Executive Level IV.
    Sec. 192.  None of the funds in this Act shall be available for 
salaries and expenses of more than 110 political and Presidential 
appointees in the Department of Transportation:  Provided, That none of 
the personnel covered by this provision may be assigned on temporary 
detail outside the Department of Transportation.
    Sec. 193. (a) No recipient of funds made available in this Act 
shall disseminate personal information (as defined in 18 U.S.C. 
2725(3)) obtained by a State department of motor vehicles in connection 
with a motor vehicle record as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), except as 
provided in 18 U.S.C. 2721 for a use permitted under 18 U.S.C. 2721.
    (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall not 
withhold funds provided in this Act for any grantee if a State is in 
noncompliance with this provision.
    Sec. 194.  Funds received by the Federal Highway 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 ``Federal-Aid 
Highways'' account, the Federal Transit Administration's ``Technical 
Assistance and Training'' account, and to the Federal Railroad 
Administration's ``Safety and Operations'' account, except for State 
rail safety inspectors participating in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 
20105.
    Sec. 195.  None of the funds in this Act to the Department of 
Transportation may be used to make a 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, or full funding grant 
agreement is announced by the department or its modal administrations 
from:
            (1) any discretionary grant program of the Federal Highway 
        Administration including the emergency relief program;
            (2) the airport improvement program of the Federal Aviation 
        Administration;
            (3) any program of the Federal Railroad Administration;
            (4) any program of the Federal Transit Administration other 
        than the formula grants and fixed guideway modernization 
        programs;
            (5) any program of the Maritime Administration; or
            (6) any funding provided under the headings ``National 
        Infrastructure Investments'' in this Act:  Provided, That the 
        Secretary gives concurrent notification to the House and Senate 
        Committees on Appropriations for any ``quick release'' of funds 
        from the emergency relief program:  Provided further, That no 
        notification shall involve funds that are not available for 
        obligation.
    Sec. 196.  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.
    Sec. 197.  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--
            (1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred by the 
        Department of Transportation in recovering improper payments; 
        and
            (2) to pay contractors for services provided in recovering 
        improper payments or contractor support in the implementation 
        of the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002:  Provided, 
        That amounts in excess of that required for paragraphs (1) and 
        (2)--
                    (A) shall be credited to and merged with the 
                appropriation from which the improper payments were 
                made, and shall be available for the purposes and 
                period for which such appropriations are available:  
                Provided further, 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
                    (B) if no such appropriation remains available, 
                shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous 
                receipts:  Provided further, 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:  Provided further, That for purposes of this 
                section, the term ``improper payments'' has the same 
                meaning as that provided in section 2(d)(2) of Public 
                Law 107-300.
    Sec. 198.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if any funds 
provided in or limited by this Act are subject to a reprogramming 
action that requires notice to be 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:  Provided, 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.
    Sec. 199.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act may be used by the Surface Transportation 
Board of the Department of Transportation to charge or collect any 
filing fee for rate or practice complaints filed with the Board in an 
amount in excess of the amount authorized for district court civil suit 
filing fees under section 1914 of title 28, United States Code.
    Sec. 199A.  Funds appropriated in this Act to the modal 
administrations may be obligated for the Office of the Secretary for 
the costs related to assessments or 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.
    Sec. 199B.  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 
section 7905 of title 5, United States Code, including distribution of 
transit benefits by various paper and electronic media.
     This title may be cited as the ``Department of Transportation 
Appropriations Act, 2015''.

                                TITLE II

              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                     Management and Administration

                           executive offices

    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, $14,700,000:  
Provided, 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.

                     administrative support offices

    For necessary salaries and expenses for Administrative Support 
Offices, $519,867,000, of which not to exceed $48,000,000 shall be 
available for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer; not to exceed 
$94,640,000 shall be available for the Office of the General Counsel; 
not to exceed $198,800,000 shall be available for the Office of 
Administration; not to exceed $58,000,000 shall be available for the 
Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer; not to exceed $51,135,000 
shall be available for the Office of Field Policy and Management; not 
to exceed $16,330,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief 
Procurement Officer; not to exceed $3,202,000 shall be available for 
the Office of Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity; not to exceed 
$4,560,000 shall be available for the Office of Strategic Planning and 
Management; and not to exceed $45,200,000 shall be available for the 
Office of the Chief Information Officer:  Provided, That funds provided 
under this heading may be used for necessary administrative and non-
administrative expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, not otherwise provided for, including purchase of 
uniforms, or allowances therefore, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109:  Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, funds appropriated under this heading may be used for 
advertising and promotional activities that support the housing mission 
area:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide the 
Committees on Appropriations quarterly written notification regarding 
the status of pending congressional reports:  Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall provide in electronic form all signed reports 
required by Congress.

                  Program Office Salaries and Expenses

                       public and indian housing

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Public and 
Indian Housing, $205,525,000.

                   community planning and development

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Community 
Planning and Development, $103,300,000.

                                housing

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Housing, 
$386,677,000, of which at least $9,000,000 shall be for the Office of 
Risk and Regulatory Affairs.

                    policy development and research

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Policy 
Development and Research, $22,300,000.

                   fair housing and equal opportunity

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Fair Housing 
and Equal Opportunity, $69,700,000.

            office of lead hazard control and healthy homes

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Lead Hazard 
Control and Healthy Homes, $7,075,000.

                       Public and Indian Housing

                    rental assistance demonstration

    For continuing activities under the heading ``Rental Assistance 
Demonstration'' in the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112-55), and in accordance with 
guidance issued by the Secretary, $10,000,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2018:  Provided, That such funds shall only be 
available to properties converting from assistance under section 9 of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g).

                     tenant-based rental assistance

    For activities and assistance for the provision of tenant-based 
rental assistance authorized under the United States Housing Act of 
1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (``the Act'' herein), not 
otherwise provided for, $15,562,160,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be available on October 1, 2014 (in addition to the 
$4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this heading that shall be 
available on October 1, 2014), and $4,000,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be available on October 1, 2015:  Provided, That 
the amounts made available under this heading are provided as follows:
            (1) $17,719,000,000 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:  Provided, 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:  
        Provided further, 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: 
         Provided further, That none of the funds provided under this 
        paragraph may be used to fund a total number of unit months 
        under lease which exceeds a public housing agency's authorized 
        level of units under contract, except for public housing 
        agencies participating in the MTW demonstration, which are 
        instead governed by the terms and conditions of their MTW 
        agreements:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to the 
        extent necessary to stay within the amount specified under this 
        paragraph (except as otherwise modified under this paragraph), 
        prorate each public housing agency's allocation otherwise 
        established pursuant to this paragraph:  Provided further, That 
        except as provided in the following provisos, the entire amount 
        specified under this paragraph (except as otherwise modified 
        under this paragraph) shall be 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:  Provided further, That the 
        Secretary may extend the notification period with the prior 
        written approval of the House and Senate Committees on 
        Appropriations:  Provided further, That public housing agencies 
        participating in the MTW demonstration shall be funded pursuant 
        to their MTW agreements and shall be subject to the same pro 
        rata adjustments under the previous provisos:  Provided 
        further, 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:  Provided further, 
        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:  Provided further, 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:  Provided further, 
        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; and (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:  Provided further, That the Secretary 
        shall allocate amounts under the previous proviso based on 
        need, as determined by the Secretary;
            (2) $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 Public Law 106-569, as amended, or 
        under the authority as provided under this Act:  Provided, That 
        when a public housing development is submitted for demolition 
        or disposition under section 18 of the Act, the Secretary may 
        provide section 8 rental assistance when the units pose an 
        imminent health and safety risk to residents:  Provided 
        further, That the Secretary may only provide replacement 
        vouchers for units that were occupied within the previous 24 
        months that cease to be available as assisted housing, subject 
        only to the availability of funds:  Provided further, That 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: 
         Provided further, 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 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)):  Provided 
        further, 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:  Provided further, That 
        any tenant protection voucher made available from amounts under 
        this paragraph shall not be reissued by any public housing 
        agency, except the replacement vouchers as defined by the 
        Secretary by notice, when the initial family that received any 
        such voucher no longer receives such voucher, and the authority 
        for any public housing agency to issue any such voucher shall 
        cease to exist:  Provided further, That the 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 Public Law 110-329;
            (3) $1,555,000,000 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:  Provided, That no less than 
        $1,545,000,000 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 (Public Law 105-276):  Provided 
        further, That if the amounts made available under this 
        paragraph are insufficient to pay the amounts determined under 
        the previous proviso, the Secretary may decrease the amounts 
        allocated to agencies by a uniform percentage applicable to all 
        agencies receiving funding under this paragraph or may, to the 
        extent necessary to provide full payment of amounts determined 
        under the previous proviso, utilize unobligated balances, 
        including recaptures and carryovers, remaining from funds 
        appropriated to the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
        under this heading from prior fiscal years, excluding special 
        purpose vouchers, notwithstanding the purposes for which such 
        amounts were appropriated:  Provided further, 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:  Provided further, 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;
            (4) $83,160,000 for the renewal of tenant-based assistance 
        contracts under section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
        Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), including necessary 
        administrative expenses:  Provided, 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;
            (5) $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:  Provided, 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:  
        Provided further, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
        Development may waive, or specify alternative requirements for 
        (in consultation with the Secretary of the Department of 
        Veterans Affairs), any provision of any statute or 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:  Provided further, 
        That the Secretary shall set aside an amount provided under 
        this paragraph for a rental assistance and supportive housing 
        demonstration program for Native American veterans that are 
        homeless or at-risk of homelessness living on or near a 
        reservation or other Indian areas:  Provided further, That such 
        demonstration program shall be modeled after, with necessary 
        and appropriate adjustments for Native American grant 
        recipients and veterans, the rental assistance and supportive 
        housing program funded under this paragraph, including 
        administration in conjunction with the Department of Veterans 
        Affairs and overall implementation of section 8(o)(19) of the 
        Act:  Provided further, That amounts for rental assistance and 
        associated administrative costs shall be made available by 
        grants to recipients eligible to receive block grants under the 
        Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 
        of 1996 (25 U.S.C. section 4101 et seq.):  Provided further, 
        That funds shall be awarded based on need, administrative 
        capacity, and any other funding criteria established by the 
        Secretary in a Notice published in the Federal Register after 
        coordination with the Secretary of the Department of Veterans 
        Affairs within 180 days of enactment of this Act:  Provided 
        further, That such rental assistance shall be administered by 
        block grant recipients in accordance with program requirements 
        under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
        Determination Act of 1996:  Provided further, That the second 
        and third provisos under this paragraph shall apply to use of 
        funds made available for this demonstration, as appropriate:  
        Provided further, That the Secretary, in coordination with the 
        Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, shall 
        coordinate with block grant recipients and any other 
        appropriate tribal organizations on the design of such 
        demonstration and shall ensure the effective delivery of 
        supportive services to Native American veterans that are 
        homeless or at-risk of homelessness eligible to receive 
        assistance under this demonstration:  Provided further, That 
        grant recipients shall report to the Secretary, as prescribed 
        by the Secretary, utilization of such rental assistance 
        provided under this demonstration:  Provided further, That 
        assistance made available under this paragraph shall continue 
        to remain available for homeless veterans upon turn-over; and
            (6) The Secretary shall separately track all special 
        purpose vouchers funded under this heading.

                        housing certificate fund

                        (including rescissions)

    Unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining 
from funds appropriated to the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development under this heading, the heading ``Annual Contributions for 
Assisted Housing'' and the heading ``Project-Based Rental Assistance'', 
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:  Provided, That any obligated balances of 
contract authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior that have been 
terminated shall be rescinded:  Provided further, That amounts 
heretofore recaptured, or recaptured during the current fiscal year, 
from section 8 project-based contracts from source years fiscal year 
1975 through fiscal year 1987 are hereby rescinded, and an amount of 
additional new budget authority, equivalent to the amount rescinded is 
hereby appropriated, to remain available until expended, for the 
purposes set forth under this heading, in addition to amounts otherwise 
available.

                      public housing capital fund

    For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to carry out capital 
and management activities for public housing agencies, as authorized 
under section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437g) (the ``Act'') $1,900,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2018:  Provided, 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:  
Provided further, That for purposes of such section 9(j), the term 
``obligate'' means, with respect to amounts, that the amounts are 
subject to a binding agreement that will result in outlays, immediately 
or in the future:  Provided further, That up to $5,000,000 shall be to 
support ongoing Public Housing Financial and Physical Assessment 
activities:  Provided further, That up to $3,000,000 shall be to 
support the costs of administrative and judicial receiverships:  
Provided further, That of the total amount provided under this heading, 
not to exceed $23,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary to make 
grants, 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 (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) occurring in fiscal year 2015:  
Provided further, That of the amount made available under the previous 
proviso, not less than $6,000,000 shall be for safety and security 
measures:  Provided further, That of the total amount provided under 
this heading $45,000,000 shall be for supportive services, service 
coordinator and congregate services as authorized by section 34 of the 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1437z-6) and the Native American Housing Assistance and 
Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.):  Provided 
further, That of the total amount made available under this heading, up 
to $15,000,000 may be used for incentives as part of a Jobs-Plus Pilot 
initiative modeled after the Jobs-Plus demonstration:  Provided 
further, 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:  Provided further, That 
applicants must demonstrate the ability to provide services to 
residents, partner with workforce investment boards, and leverage 
service dollars:  Provided further, That the 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:  Provided further, 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:  Provided further, 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:  Provided 
further, That for funds provided under this heading, the limitation in 
section 9(g)(1)(A) of the Act shall be 30 percent:  Provided further, 
That the Secretary may waive the limitation in the previous proviso to 
allow public housing agencies to fund activities authorized under 
section 9(e)(1)(C) of the Act:  Provided further, That 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:  Provided further, That the Department 
shall notify public housing agencies of their formula allocation within 
60 days of enactment of this Act.

                     public housing operating fund

    For 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 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $4,475,000,000.

                    choice neighborhoods initiative

    For competitive grants under the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative 
(subject to section 24 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437v), 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, $90,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017:  
Provided, 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:  Provided further, That the use of funds made 
available under this heading shall not be deemed to be public housing 
notwithstanding section 3(b)(1) of such Act:  Provided further, That 
grantees shall commit to an additional period of affordability 
determined by the Secretary of not fewer than 20 years:  Provided 
further, That grantees shall undertake comprehensive local planning 
with input from residents and the community, and that grantees shall 
provide a match in State, local, other Federal or private funds:  
Provided further, That grantees may include local governments, tribal 
entities, public housing authorities, and nonprofits:  Provided 
further, That for-profit developers may apply jointly with a public 
entity:  Provided further, That for purposes of environmental review, a 
grantee shall be treated as a public housing agency under section 26 of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437x), and grants 
under this heading shall be subject to the regulations issued by the 
Secretary to implement such section:  Provided further, That of the 
amount provided, not less than $55,000,000 shall be awarded to public 
housing authorities:  Provided further, That such grantees shall create 
partnerships with other local organizations including assisted housing 
owners, service agencies, and resident organizations:  Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall consult with the Secretaries of 
Education, Labor, Transportation, Health and Human Services, 
Agriculture, and Commerce, the Attorney General, and the Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency to coordinate and leverage other 
appropriate Federal resources:  Provided further, That no more than 
$5,000,000 of funds made available under this heading may be provided 
to assist communities in developing comprehensive strategies for 
implementing this program or implementing other revitalization efforts 
in conjunction with community notice and input:  Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall develop and publish guidelines for the use of such 
competitive funds, including but not limited to eligible activities, 
program requirements, and performance metrics:  Provided further, That 
unobligated balances, including recaptures, remaining from funds 
appropriated under the heading ``Revitalization of Severely Distressed 
Public Housing (HOPE VI)'' in fiscal year 2011 and prior fiscal years 
may be used for purposes under this heading, notwithstanding the 
purposes for which such amounts were appropriated.

                        family self-sufficiency

    For the Family Self-Sufficiency program to support family self-
sufficiency coordinators under section 23 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937, to promote the 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, to 
remain available until September 30, 2016:  Provided, That the 
Secretary may, by Federal Register notice, waive or specify alternative 
requirements under sections b(3), b(4), b(5), or c(1) of section 23 of 
such Act in order to facilitate the operation of a unified self-
sufficiency program for individuals receiving assistance under 
different provisions of the Act, as determined by the Secretary:  
Provided further, That owners of a privately owned multifamily property 
with a section 8 contract may voluntarily make a Family Self-
Sufficiency program available to the assisted tenants of such property 
in accordance with procedures established by the Secretary:  Provided 
further, That such procedures established pursuant to the previous 
proviso shall permit participating tenants to accrue escrow funds in 
accordance with section 23(d)(2) and shall allow owners to use funding 
from residual receipt accounts to hire coordinators for their own 
Family Self-Sufficiency program:  Provided further, That the Secretary 
may carry out a demonstration testing the effectiveness of combining 
vouchers for homeless youth under the Family Unification Program 
authorized under section 8(x) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (``the Act'' herein) with assistance under the 
Family Self-Sufficiency program authorized under section 23 of the Act: 
 Provided further, That the Secretary may establish alternative 
requirements to those contained in section 8(x) of the Act to 
facilitate such a demonstration:  Provided further, That any public 
housing agency that has existing Family Unification Program vouchers 
and an established Family Self-Sufficiency program may participate in 
such demonstration provided that they can demonstrate (1) an agreement 
with the public child welfare agency or agencies to serve the target 
population; (2) capacity to serve the target population; (3) the 
success of the agency's existing Family Self-Sufficiency program in 
serving residents; (4) partnerships with local organizations that serve 
homeless youth; and (5) any other factors established by the Secretary: 
 Provided further, That the Secretary shall monitor and evaluate the 
demonstration and report on whether the demonstration helped homeless 
youth achieve self-sufficiency.

                  native american housing block grants

    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) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), 
$650,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019:  Provided, 
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:  Provided further, That of the amounts made available under 
this heading, $4,000,000 shall be contracted for assistance for a 
national organization representing Native American housing interests 
for providing training and technical assistance to Indian housing 
authorities and tribally designated housing entities as authorized 
under section 703 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4212); and up to $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:  Provided 
further, That of the amount provided under this heading, $2,000,000 
shall be made available for the cost of guaranteed notes and other 
obligations, as authorized by title VI of NAHASDA:  Provided further, 
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:  Provided further, That these funds are 
available to subsidize the total principal amount of any notes and 
other obligations, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 
$16,530,000:  Provided further, That the Department will notify 
grantees of their formula allocation within 60 days of the date of 
enactment of this Act.

                  native hawaiian housing block grant

    For the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant program, as authorized 
under title VIII of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $10,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2019:  Provided, That of this 
amount, $300,000 shall be for training and technical assistance 
activities, including up to $100,000 for related travel by Hawaii-based 
employees of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

           indian housing loan guarantee fund program account

    For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section 184 of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-
13a), $6,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That 
such costs, including the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as 
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  
Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize total 
loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, up to 
$714,290,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided further, 
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.

      native hawaiian housing loan guarantee fund program account

    For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section 184A of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-13b) 
and for such costs for loans used for refinancing, $100,000, to remain 
available until expended:  Provided, That such costs, including the 
costs of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  Provided further, That these 
funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of 
which is to be guaranteed, up to $16,130,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                   Community Planning and Development

              housing opportunities for persons with aids

    For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS 
program, as authorized by the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 
12901 et seq.), $330,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2017, except that amounts allocated pursuant to section 854(c)(3) of 
such Act shall remain available until September 30, 2016:  Provided, 
That the Secretary shall renew all expiring contracts for permanent 
supportive housing that initially were funded under section 854(c)(3) 
of such Act from funds made available under this heading in fiscal year 
2010 and prior fiscal years that meet all program requirements before 
awarding funds for new contracts under such section:  Provided further, 
That the Department shall notify grantees of their formula allocation 
within 60 days of enactment of this Act.

                       community development fund

    For assistance to units of State and local government, and to other 
entities, for economic and community development activities, and for 
other purposes, $3,090,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2017, unless otherwise specified:  Provided, That of the total amount 
provided, $3,020,000,000 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 ``Act'' herein) (42 U.S.C. 
5301 et seq.):  Provided further, 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:  Provided further, 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:  Provided 
further, That notwithstanding section 105(e)(1) of the Act, no funds 
provided under this heading may be provided to a for-profit entity for 
an economic development project under section 105(a)(17) unless such 
project has been evaluated and selected in accordance with guidelines 
required under subparagraph (e)(2):  Provided further, That the 
Department shall notify grantees of their formula allocation within 60 
days of enactment of this Act:  Provided further, That $70,000,000 
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:  
Provided further, That of the amounts made available under the previous 
proviso, $10,000,000 shall be for grants for mold remediation and 
prevention that shall be awarded through one national competition to 
Native American tribes with the greatest need.

         community development loan guarantees program account

    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 (42 U.S.C. 
5308), any part of which is guaranteed, shall not exceed a total 
principal amount of $500,000,000:  Provided, That the Secretary shall 
collect fees from borrowers to result in a 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.

                  home investment partnerships program

    For the HOME investment partnerships program, as authorized under 
title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, as 
amended, $950,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018:  
Provided, That notwithstanding the amount made available under this 
heading, the threshold reduction requirements in sections 216(10) and 
217(b)(4) of such Act shall not apply to allocations of such amount:  
Provided further, That the requirements under provisos 2 through 6 
under this heading for fiscal year 2012 and such requirements 
applicable pursuant to the ``Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 
2013'', shall not apply to any project to which funds were committed on 
or after August 23, 2013, but such projects shall instead be governed 
by the Final Rule titled ``Home Investment Partnerships Program; 
Improving Performance and Accountability; Updating Property Standards'' 
which became effective on such date:  Provided further, That the 
Department shall notify grantees of their formula allocation within 60 
days of enactment of this Act.

        self-help and assisted homeownership opportunity program

    For the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Opportunity Program, 
as authorized under section 11 of the Housing Opportunity Program 
Extension Act of 1996, as amended, $50,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2017:  Provided, That of the total amount provided 
under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be made available to the Self-
Help and Assisted Homeownership Opportunity Program as authorized under 
section 11 of the Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, as 
amended:  Provided further, That $35,000,000 shall be made available 
for the second, third, and fourth capacity building activities 
authorized under section 4(a) of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 (42 
U.S.C. 9816 note), of which not less than $5,000,000 shall be made 
available for rural capacity-building activities:  Provided further, 
That $5,000,000 shall be made available for capacity building by 
national rural housing organizations with experience assessing national 
rural conditions and providing financing, training, technical 
assistance, information, and research to local nonprofits, local 
governments and Indian Tribes serving high need rural communities.

                       homeless assistance grants

    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, 
$2,145,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017:  
Provided, That any rental assistance amounts that are recaptured under 
such continuum of care program shall remain available until expended:  
Provided further, That not less than $250,000,000 of the funds 
appropriated under this heading shall be available for such emergency 
solutions grants program:  Provided further, That not less than 
$1,848,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
available for such continuum of care and rural housing stability 
assistance programs:  Provided further, That up to $7,000,000 of the 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for the 
national homeless data analysis project:  Provided further, 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: 
 Provided further, That a grantee may use State and local funds from 
any source to satisfy match requirements applicable to funds made 
available under this heading, so long as the funds are used in 
accordance with their authorized purpose:  Provided further, That the 
Secretary may renew on an annual basis expiring contracts or amendments 
to contracts funded under the continuum of care program if the program 
is determined to be needed under the applicable continuum of care and 
meets appropriate program requirements, performance measures, and 
financial standards, as determined by the Secretary:  Provided further, 
That all awards of assistance under this heading shall be required to 
coordinate and integrate homeless programs with other mainstream 
health, social services, and employment programs for which homeless 
populations may be eligible:  Provided further, 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:  Provided further, 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.

                            Housing Programs

                    project-based rental assistance

    For activities and assistance for the provision of project-based 
subsidy contracts under the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (``the Act''), 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 shall be available October 1, 
2014), and $400,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
available on October 1, 2015:  Provided, That the amounts made 
available under this heading shall be available for expiring or 
terminating section 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including 
section 8 moderate 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 (42 U.S.C. 
11401), for renewal of senior preservation rental assistance contracts, 
as authorized by section 811(e) of the American Housing and Economic 
Opportunity Act of 2000, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701q note), 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:  Provided further, That of the total amounts 
provided under this heading, not to exceed $210,000,000 shall be 
available for performance-based contract administrators for section 8 
project-based assistance, for carrying out 42 U.S.C. 1437(f):  Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may also 
use such amounts in the previous proviso for performance-based contract 
administrators for the administration of: interest reduction payments 
pursuant to section 236(a) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 
1715z-1(a)); rent supplement payments pursuant to section 101 of the 
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); section 
236(f)(2) rental assistance payments (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1(f)(2)); project 
rental assistance contracts for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of 
the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); project rental assistance 
contracts for supportive housing for persons with disabilities under 
section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 
Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)); project assistance contracts pursuant to 
section 202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86-372; 73 Stat. 
667); and loans under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public 
Law 86-372; 73 Stat. 667):  Provided further, That amounts recaptured 
under this heading, the heading ``Annual Contributions for Assisted 
Housing'', or the heading ``Housing Certificate Fund'', may be used for 
renewals of or amendments to section 8 project-based contracts or for 
performance-based contract administrators, notwithstanding the purposes 
for which such amounts were appropriated:  Provided further, 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:  Provided further, 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.

                        housing for the elderly

    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:  Provided, 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:  Provided further, That amounts under this 
heading shall be available for Real Estate Assessment Center 
inspections and inspection-related activities associated with section 
202 projects:  Provided further, 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:  Provided further, 
That upon 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 202 project rental assistance contract, 
and that upon termination of such contract are in excess of an amount 
to be determined by the Secretary, shall be remitted to the Department 
and deposited in this account, to be available until September 30, 
2018.

                 housing for persons with disabilities

    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 (42 U.S.C. 8013), for 
project rental assistance for supportive housing for persons with 
disabilities under section 811(d)(2) of such Act and for project 
assistance contracts pursuant to section 202(h) of the Housing Act of 
1959 (Public Law 86-372; 73 Stat. 667), including amendments to 
contracts for such assistance and renewal of expiring 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:  
Provided, 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:  Provided 
further, That, in this fiscal year, upon the request of the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development, project funds that are held in 
residual receipts accounts for any project subject to a section 811 
project rental assistance contract and that upon termination of such 
contract are in excess of an amount to be determined by the Secretary 
shall be remitted to the Department and deposited in this account, to 
be available until September 30, 2018:  Provided further, That amounts 
deposited in this account pursuant to the previous proviso shall be 
available in addition to the amounts otherwise provided by this heading 
for the purposes authorized under this heading:  Provided further, That 
unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining 
from funds transferred to or appropriated under this heading may be 
used for the current purposes authorized under this heading 
notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds originally were 
appropriated.

                     housing counseling assistance

    For contracts, grants, and other assistance excluding loans, as 
authorized under section 106 of the Housing and Urban Development Act 
of 1968, as amended, $49,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2016, including up to $4,500,000 for administrative contract 
services:  Provided, That grants made available from amounts provided 
under this heading shall be awarded within 180 days of enactment of 
this Act:  Provided further, That funds shall be used for providing 
counseling and advice to tenants and homeowners, both current and 
prospective, with respect to property maintenance, financial 
management/literacy, and such other matters as may be appropriate to 
assist them in improving their housing conditions, meeting their 
financial needs, and fulfilling the responsibilities of tenancy or 
homeownership; for program administration; and for housing counselor 
training.

                       rental housing assistance

    For amendments to contracts under section 101 of the Housing and 
Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s) and section 236(f)(2) 
of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1) in State-aided, 
noninsured rental housing projects, $28,000,000, to remain available 
until expended:  Provided, 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.

            payment to manufactured housing fees trust fund

    For necessary expenses as authorized by the National Manufactured 
Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 
et seq.), up to $10,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $10,000,000 is to be derived from the Manufactured Housing Fees 
Trust Fund:  Provided, That not to exceed the total amount 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:  Provided further, That the amount made 
available under this heading from the general fund shall be reduced as 
such collections are received during fiscal year 2015 so as to result 
in a final fiscal year 2015 appropriation from the general fund 
estimated at not more than zero, and fees pursuant to such section 620 
shall be modified as necessary to ensure such a final fiscal year 2015 
appropriation:  Provided further, That for the dispute resolution and 
installation programs, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
may assess and collect fees from any program participant:  Provided 
further, That such collections shall be deposited into the Fund, and 
the Secretary, as provided herein, may use such collections, as well as 
fees collected under section 620, for necessary expenses of such Act:  
Provided further, That, notwithstanding the requirements of section 620 
of such Act, the Secretary may carry out responsibilities of the 
Secretary under such Act through the use of approved service providers 
that are paid directly by the recipients of their services.

                     Federal Housing Administration

               mutual mortgage insurance program account

    New commitments to guarantee single family loans insured under the 
Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund shall not exceed $400,000,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2016:  Provided, 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:  Provided further, 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:  Provided further, That for administrative 
contract expenses of the Federal Housing Administration, $145,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2016:  Provided further, 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:  Provided further, That receipts from 
administrative support fees collected pursuant to section 202 of the 
National Housing Act, as amended by section 240 of this title, shall be 
credited as offsetting collections to this account.

                general and special risk program account

                         (including rescission)

    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:  Provided, 
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:  Provided further, That 
$10,000,000 previously provided under this heading is hereby 
permanently rescinded.

                Government National Mortgage Association

guarantees of mortgage-backed securities loan guarantee program account

    New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out the purposes of 
section 306 of the National Housing Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 
1721(g)), shall not exceed $500,000,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2016:  Provided, That $24,000,000 shall be available for 
necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Government National 
Mortgage Association:  Provided further, That to the extent that 
guaranteed loan commitments will and do exceed $155,000,000,000 on or 
before April 1, 2015, an additional $100 for necessary salaries and 
expenses shall be available until expended 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 $3,000,000:  Provided further, That receipts 
from Commitment and Multiclass fees collected pursuant to title III of 
the National Housing Act, as amended, shall be credited as offsetting 
collections to this account.

                    Policy Development and Research

                        research and technology

    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 (12 U.S.C. 1701z-1 et seq.), 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, $46,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016:  
Provided, 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:  Provided further, 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:  
Provided further, 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 (Public Law 109-282, 31 
U.S.C. note) in lieu of compliance with section 102(a)(4)(C) with 
respect to documentation of award decisions.

                   Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity

                        fair housing activities

    For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not 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, 
$66,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016, of which 
$40,600,000 shall be to carry out activities pursuant to such section 
561:  Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary may 
assess and collect fees to cover the costs of the Fair Housing Training 
Academy, and may use such funds to provide such training:  Provided 
further, 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:  
Provided further, That of the funds made available under this heading, 
$300,000 shall be available to the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development for the creation and promotion of translated materials and 
other programs that support the assistance of persons with limited 
English proficiency in utilizing the services provided by the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development.

            Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes

                         lead hazard reduction

    For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as authorized by section 
1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, 
$110,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016:  Provided, 
That up to $15,000,000 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:  Provided further, That for purposes of environmental review, 
pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 
4321 et seq.) 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:  Provided further, That of the total amount made available under 
this heading, $45,000,000 shall be made available on a competitive 
basis for areas with the highest lead paint abatement needs:  Provided 
further, That each recipient of funds provided under the third proviso 
shall make a matching contribution in an amount not less than 25 
percent:  Provided further, That each applicant shall certify adequate 
capacity that is acceptable to the Secretary to carry out the proposed 
use of funds pursuant to a notice of funding availability:  Provided 
further, That amounts made available under this heading in this or 
prior appropriations Acts, and that still remain available, may be used 
for any purpose under this heading notwithstanding the purpose for 
which such amounts were appropriated if a program competition is 
undersubscribed and there are other program competitions under this 
heading that are oversubscribed.

                      Information Technology Fund

    For the development of, modifications to, and 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, $250,000,000, which shall remain available 
until September 30, 2016:  Provided, That any amounts transferred to 
this Fund under this Act shall remain available until expended:  
Provided further, That any amounts transferred to this Fund from 
amounts appropriated by previously enacted appropriations Acts may be 
used for the purposes specified under this Fund, in addition to any 
other information technology purposes for which such amounts were 
appropriated:  Provided further, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading, the amount, as determined by the Secretary, to be 
used 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 not be obligated, except for 25 percent of such amount, 
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.

                      Office of Inspector General

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$129,000,000:  Provided, That the Inspector General shall have 
independent authority over all personnel issues within this office.

                       Transformation Initiative

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Of the amounts made available in this Act under each of the 
following headings under this title, the Secretary may transfer to, and 
merge with, this account up to 0.5 percent from each such account, and 
such transferred amounts shall be available until September 30, 2017, 
for (1) research, evaluation, and program metrics; (2) program 
demonstrations; and (3) technical assistance and capacity building: 
``Choice Neighborhoods Initiative'', ``Community Development Fund'', 
``Fair Housing Activities'', ``Family Self-Sufficiency'', ``HOME 
Investment Partnerships Program'', ``Self-Help and Assisted 
Homeownership Opportunity Program'', ``Housing Counseling Assistance'', 
``Housing for Persons with Disabilities'', ``Housing for the Elderly'', 
``Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS'', ``Lead Hazard 
Reduction'', ``Mutual Mortgage Insurance Program Account'', ``Native 
American Housing Block Grants'', ``Native Hawaiian Housing Block 
Grant'', ``Project-Based Rental Assistance'', ``Public Housing Capital 
Fund'', ``Public Housing Operating Fund'', ``Rental Assistance 
Demonstration'', ``Rental Housing Assistance'', and ``Tenant-Based 
Rental Assistance'':  Provided, That the Secretary may not transfer 
more than $40,000,000 to this account under the authority provided in 
the previous proviso:  Provided further, That any such amounts, or 
portion thereof, transferred to this account, may be transferred back 
to be merged with any such other account and to be available for the 
same purpose and same time period as provided under this Act:  Provided 
further, That with respect to amounts made available under this heading 
for research, evaluation and program metrics or program demonstrations, 
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:  Provided further, 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.

    General Provisions--Department of Housing and Urban Development

                     (including transfer of funds)

                        (including rescissions)

    Sec. 201.  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 (42 U.S.C. 1437 note) shall be rescinded or in the case of 
cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such amounts of budget 
authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to the 
Treasury shall be used by State housing finance agencies or local 
governments or local housing 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.
    Sec. 202.  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.
    Sec. 203.  Sections 203 and 209 of division C of Public Law 112-55 
(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 ``fiscal year 
2015'' for ``fiscal year 2011'' and ``fiscal year 2012'' each place 
such terms appear.
    Sec. 204.  Except as otherwise 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 (42 U.S.C. 3545).
    Sec. 205.  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 (12 U.S.C. 1811-1).
    Sec. 206.  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.
    Sec. 207.  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:  Provided, 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.
    Sec. 208.  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.
    Sec. 209.  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.
    Sec. 210.  A public housing agency or such other entity that 
administers Federal housing assistance for the Housing Authority of the 
county of Los Angeles, California, and 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.
    Sec. 211.  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 (2 
U.S.C. 661 et seq.).
    Sec. 212. (a) 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.
    (b) Phased Transfers.--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).
    (c) The transfer authorized in subsection (a) is subject to the 
following conditions:
            (1) Number and bedroom size of units.--
                    (A) 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.
                    (B) 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.
            (2) The transferring project shall, as determined by the 
        Secretary, be either physically obsolete or economically 
        nonviable.
            (3) The receiving project or projects shall meet or exceed 
        applicable physical standards established by the Secretary.
            (4) 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.
            (5) 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.
            (6) The Secretary determines that this transfer is in the 
        best interest of the tenants.
            (7) 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.
            (8) 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.
            (9) 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.
    (d) For purposes of this section--
            (1) the terms ``low-income'' and ``very low-income'' shall 
        have the meanings provided by the statute and/or regulations 
        governing the program under which the project is insured or 
        assisted;
            (2) the term ``multifamily housing project'' means housing 
        that meets one of the following conditions--
                    (A) housing that is subject to a mortgage insured 
                under the National Housing Act;
                    (B) 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;
                    (C) 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;
                    (D) 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;
                    (E) housing that is assisted under section 811 of 
                the Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act; 
                or
                    (F) housing or vacant land that is subject to a use 
                agreement;
            (3) the term ``project-based assistance'' means--
                    (A) assistance provided under section 8(b) of the 
                United States Housing Act of 1937;
                    (B) 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);
                    (C) rent supplement payments under section 101 of 
                the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965;
                    (D) interest reduction payments under section 236 
                and/or additional assistance payments under section 
                236(f)(2) of the National Housing Act;
                    (E) assistance payments made under section 
                202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959; and
                    (F) assistance payments made under section 
                811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
                Housing Act;
            (4) the term ``receiving project or projects'' 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;
            (5) the term ``transferring project'' 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
            (6) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Housing 
        and Urban Development.
    (e) Public Notice and Research Report.--
            (1) 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.
            (2) 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.
    Sec. 213. (a) No assistance shall be provided under section 8 of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) to any 
individual who--
            (1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of higher 
        education (as defined under section 102 of the Higher Education 
        Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002));
            (2) is under 24 years of age;
            (3) is not a veteran;
            (4) is unmarried;
            (5) does not have a dependent child;
            (6) 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 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(3)(E)) and was not receiving 
        assistance under such section 8 as of November 30, 2005; and
            (7) 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 (42 U.S.C. 1437f).
    (b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a person to 
receive assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), 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 (20 U.S.C. 
1001 et seq.), from private sources, or an institution of higher 
education (as defined under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1002)), shall be considered income to that individual, except for a 
person over the age of 23 with dependent children.
    Sec. 214.  The funds made available for Native Alaskans under the 
heading ``Native American Housing Block Grants'' 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.
    Sec. 215.  Notwithstanding the limitation in the first sentence of 
section 255(g) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-20(g)), the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may, until September 30, 
2015, insure and enter into commitments to insure mortgages under such 
section 255.
    Sec. 216.  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 (``MAHRAA'') 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.
    Sec. 217.  Section 108 of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5308) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a) by inserting ``States on behalf of 
        non-entitlement communities,'' after ``issued by eligible 
        public entities,'';
            (2) by striking subsection (k) and inserting the following:
    ``(k) The Secretary shall monitor the use by eligible public 
entities and States of commitment amounts authorized in appropriation 
Acts for any fiscal year. If the Secretary finds that 50 percent of the 
annual commitment amount has been committed, the Secretary may impose a 
limitation on the amount of guarantees any one entity may receive in 
any fiscal year of $35,000,000 for units of general local government 
receiving grants under section 106(b) or States receiving grants under 
section 106(d) and $7,000,000 for units of general local government 
receiving grants under section 106(d); or request the enactment of 
legislation increasing the annual commitment authority for guarantees 
under this section.''; and
            (3) by striking subsection (m) and inserting the following 
        new subsection:
    ``(m) Distribution of Funds to Local Governments in Non-entitlement 
Areas.--Any State receiving a guarantee or commitment on behalf of non-
entitlement areas shall distribute all funds that are subject to such 
guarantee to the units of general local government in non-entitlement 
areas that received the commitment.''.
    Sec. 218.  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:  Provided, That 
an agency seeking a discontinuance of a reduction of subsidy under the 
operating fund formula shall not be exempt from asset management 
requirements.
    Sec. 219.  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 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d) 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 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)(1), (2)):  
Provided, 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), 
unless otherwise specified under this title.
    Sec. 220.  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 ``Executive 
Offices'' and ``Administrative Support Offices,'' as well as each 
account receiving appropriations for ``Program Office Salaries and 
Expenses'', ``Government National Mortgage Association--Guarantees of 
Mortgage-Backed Securities Loan Guarantee Program Account'', and 
``Office of Inspector General'' within the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development.
    Sec. 221.  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 identify all existing units maintained by 
region as section 8 project-based units, all project-based units that 
have opted out or have otherwise been eliminated, and the reasons these 
units opted out or otherwise were lost as section 8 project-based 
units.
    Sec. 222.  The Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development shall, for fiscal year 2015 and subsequent fiscal years, 
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 and subsequent fiscal years, 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.
    Sec. 223.  Payment of attorney fees in program-related litigation 
must be paid from the individual program office and Office of General 
Counsel personnel funding. The annual budget submissions for program 
offices and Office of General Counsel personnel funding must include 
program-related litigation costs for attorney fees as a separate line 
item request.
    Sec. 224.  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 ``Administrative Support Offices'' to any other 
office funded under such heading:  Provided, That no appropriation for 
any office funded under the heading ``Administrative Support Offices'' 
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:  Provided further, 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 ``Program Office Salaries and Expenses'' to 
any other account funded under such heading:  Provided further, That no 
appropriation for any account funded under the general heading 
``Program Office Salaries and Expenses'' 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:  Provided further, That the Secretary may transfer 
funds made available for salaries and expenses between any office 
funded under the heading ``Administrative Support Offices'' and any 
account funded under the general heading ``Program Office Salaries and 
Expenses'', but only with the prior written approval of the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations.
    Sec. 225.  The Disaster Housing Assistance Programs, administered 
by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, shall be considered 
a ``program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development'' under 
section 904 of the McKinney Act for the purpose of income verifications 
and matching.
    Sec. 226. (a) 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:
            (1) receives a Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC) score 
        of 30 or less; or
            (2) receives a REAC score between 31 and 59 and:
                    (A) fails to certify in writing to HUD within 60 
                days that all deficiencies have been corrected; or
                    (B) receives consecutive scores of less than 60 on 
                REAC inspections.
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 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), but do not apply to such units 
assisted under section 8(o)(13) (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)) or to public 
housing units assisted with capital or operating funds under section 9 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g).
    (b) The Secretary shall take the following required actions as 
authorized under subsection (a)--
            (1) 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.
            (2) 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:
                    (A) impose civil money penalties;
                    (B) abate the section 8 contract, including partial 
                abatement, as determined by the Secretary, until all 
                deficiencies have been corrected;
                    (C) 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
                    (D) 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.
    (c) 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 (``MAHRAA'') 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:
            (1) 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
            (2) Actions that the Department of Housing and Urban 
        Development is taking to protect tenants of such identified 
        properties.
    Sec. 227.  None of the funds made available by this Act, or any 
other Act, for purposes authorized under section 8 (only with respect 
to the tenant-based rental assistance program) and section 9 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), may be used 
by any public housing agency for any amount of salary, including 
bonuses, for the chief executive officer of which, or any other 
official or employee of which, that exceeds the annual rate of basic 
pay payable for a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule at any 
time during any public housing agency fiscal year 2015.
    Sec. 228.  Section 24 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437v) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (m)(1), by striking ``fiscal year'' and 
        all that follows through the period at the end and inserting 
        ``fiscal year 2015.''; and
            (2) in subsection (o), by striking ``September'' and all 
        that follows through the period at the end and inserting 
        ``September 30, 2015.''.
    Sec. 229.  Of the amounts made available for salaries and expenses 
under all accounts under this title (except for the Office of Inspector 
General account), a total of up to $10,000,000 may be transferred to 
and merged with amounts made available in the ``Information Technology 
Fund'' account under this title.
    Sec. 230.  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.
    Sec. 231.  The language under the heading Rental Assistance 
Demonstration in the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112-55), is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(except for funds allocated under such 
        section for single room occupancy dwellings as authorized by 
        title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act)'' in 
        both places it appears;
            (2) in the second proviso, by striking ``2015'' and 
        inserting ``2018'';
            (3) in the third proviso, after ``associated with such 
        conversion'', by inserting ``in excess of amounts made 
        available under this heading'';
            (4) in the fourth proviso, by striking ``60,000'' and 
        inserting ``185,000'';
            (5) in the penultimate proviso, by--
                    (A) striking ``December 31, 2014'' and inserting 
                ``2016'';
                    (B) striking ``and agreement of the administering 
                public housing agency''; and
                    (C) inserting ``a long-term project-based subsidy 
                contract under section 8 of the Act, which shall have a 
                term of no less than 20 years, with rent adjustments 
                only by an operating cost factor established by the 
                Secretary, which shall be eligible for renewal under 
                section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform 
                and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note), 
                or, subject to agreement of the administering public 
                housing agency, to assistance under'' following 
                ``vouchers to assistance under'';
            (6) by inserting the following provisos before the final 
        proviso: ``Provided further, That amounts made available under 
        the heading `Rental Housing Assistance' during the period of 
        conversion under the previous proviso, which may extend beyond 
        fiscal year 2016 as necessary to allow processing of all timely 
        applications, shall be available for project-based subsidy 
        contracts entered into pursuant to the previous proviso: 
        Provided further, That amounts, including contract authority, 
        recaptured from contracts following a conversion under the 
        previous two provisos 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 such conversions: Provided further, That the 
        Secretary may transfer amounts made available under the heading 
        `Rental Housing Assistance', amounts made available for tenant 
        protection vouchers under the heading `Tenant-Based Rental 
        Assistance' and specifically associated with any such 
        conversions, and amounts made available under the previous 
        proviso as needed to the account under the `Project-Based 
        Rental Assistance' heading to facilitate conversion under the 
        three previous provisos and any increase in cost for `Project-
        Based Rental Assistance' associated with such conversion shall 
        be equal to amounts so transferred:''; and
            (7) in the final proviso, by--
                    (A) striking ``with respect to the previous 
                proviso'' and inserting ``with respect to the previous 
                four provisos''; and
                    (B) striking ``impact of the previous proviso'' and 
                inserting ``impact of the fiscal year 2012 and 2013 
                conversion of tenant protection vouchers to assistance 
                under section 8(o)(13) of the Act''.
    Sec. 232.  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.
    Sec. 233.  Section 579 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform 
and Affordability Act (MAHRA) of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is amended 
by striking ``October 1, 2015'' each place it appears and inserting in 
lieu thereof ``October 1, 2018''.
    Sec. 234.  Section 9 of the United States Housing Act or 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437g) is amended by--
     (a) Inserting at the end of subjection (j)--
            ``(7) Treatment of replacement reserve.--The requirements 
        of this subsection shall not apply to funds held in replacement 
        reserves established in subsection (9)(n).''; and
    (b) Inserting at the end of subsection (m)--
    ``(n) Establishment of Replacement Reserves.--
            ``(1) In general.--Public Housing authorities shall be 
        permitted to establish a Replacement Reserve to fund any of the 
        capital activities listed in subparagraph (d)(1).
            ``(2) Source and amount of funds for replacement reserve.--
        At any time, a public housing authority may deposit funds from 
        that agency's Capital Fund into a Replacement Reserve subject 
        to the following:
                    ``(A) At the discretion of the Secretary, PHAs may 
                be allowed to transfer and hold in a Replacement 
                Reserve, funds originating from additional sources.
                    ``(B) No minimum transfer of funds to a Replacement 
                Reserve shall be required.
                    ``(C) At any time, a public housing authority may 
                not hold in a Replacement Reserve more than the amount 
                the public housing authority has determined necessary 
                to satisfy the anticipated capital needs of properties 
                in its portfolio assisted under 42 U.S.C. 1437g as 
                outlined in its Capital Fund 5 Year Action Plan, or a 
                comparable plan, as determined by the Secretary.
                    ``(D) The Secretary may establish by regulation a 
                maximum replacement reserve level or levels that are 
                below amounts determined under subparagraph (C), which 
                may be based upon the size of the portfolio assisted 
                under 42 U.S.C. 1437g or other factors.
            ``(3) In first establishing a replacement reserve, the 
        Secretary may allow public housing agencies to transfer more 
        than 20 percent of its operating funds into its replacement 
        reserve.
            ``(4) Expenditure.--Funds in a Replacement Reserve may be 
        used for purposes authorized by subparagraph (d)(1) and 
        contained in its Capital Fund 5 Year Action Plan.
            ``(5) Management and report.--The Secretary shall establish 
        appropriate accounting and reporting requirements to ensure 
        that public housing agencies are spending funding on eligible 
        projects and that funding in the reserve is connected to 
        capital needs.''.
    Sec. 235.  Section 9(g)(1) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)) is amended by--
            (1) inserting ``(A)'' immediately after the paragraph 
        designation;
            (2) by striking the period and inserting the following at 
        the end: ``; and''; and
            (3) insert the following new paragraph:
                    ``(B) Flexibility for operating fund amounts.--Of 
                any amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2015 or any 
                fiscal year thereafter that are allocated for fiscal 
                year 2015 or any fiscal year thereafter from the 
                Operating Fund for any public housing agency, the 
                agency may use not more than 20 percent for activities 
                that are eligible under subsection (d) for assistance 
                with amounts from the Capital Fund, but only if the 
                public housing plan for the agency provides for such 
                use.''.
    Sec. 236. (a) Subsection (b) of section 225 of the Cranston-
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12755) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``Such 30-day waiting 
period is not required if the grounds for the termination or refusal to 
renew involve a direct threat to the safety of the tenants or employees 
of the housing, or an imminent and serious threat to the property (and 
the termination or refusal to renew is in accordance with the 
requirements of State or local law).''.
    (b) Section 104(6) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12704) is amended by adding at the end of the 
undesignated matter after subparagraph (D) the following sentence: ``In 
the case of an organization funded by the State under title II of this 
Act, the organization may serve all counties within the State.''.
    Sec. 237. (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development (referred to in this section as the ``Secretary'') shall 
establish a demonstration program under which, during the period 
beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, and ending on September 
30, 2017, the Secretary may enter into budget-neutral, performance-
based agreements that result in a reduction in energy or water costs 
with such entities as the Secretary determines to be appropriate under 
which the entities shall carry out projects for energy or water 
conservation improvements at not more than 20,000 residential units in 
multifamily buildings participating in--
            (1) the project-based rental assistance program under 
        section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
        1437f), other than assistance provided under section 8(o) of 
        that Act;
            (2) the supportive housing for the elderly program under 
        section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); or
            (3) the supportive housing for persons with disabilities 
        program under section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez 
        National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)).
    (b) Requirements.--
            (1) Payments contingent on savings.--
                    (A) In general.--The Secretary shall provide to an 
                entity a payment under an agreement under this section 
                only during applicable years for which an energy or 
                water cost savings is achieved with respect to the 
                applicable multifamily portfolio of properties, as 
                determined by the Secretary, in accordance with 
                subparagraph (B).
                    (B) Payment methodology.--
                            (i) In general.--Each agreement under this 
                        section shall include a pay-for-success 
                        provision--
                                    (I) that will serve as a payment 
                                threshold for the term of the 
                                agreement; and
                                    (II) pursuant to which the 
                                Department of Housing and Urban 
                                Development shall share a percentage of 
                                the savings at a level determined by 
                                the Secretary that is sufficient to 
                                cover the administrative costs of 
                                carrying out this section.
                            (ii) Limitations.--A payment made by the 
                        Secretary under an agreement under this section 
                        shall--
                                    (I) be contingent on documented 
                                utility savings; and
                                    (II) not exceed the utility savings 
                                achieved by the date of the payment, 
                                and not previously paid, as a result of 
                                the improvements made under the 
                                agreement.
                    (C) Third party verification.--Savings payments 
                made by the Secretary under this section shall be based 
                on a measurement and verification protocol that 
                includes at least--
                            (i) establishment of a weather-normalized 
                        and occupancy-normalized utility consumption 
                        baseline established preretrofit;
                            (ii) annual third party confirmation of 
                        actual utility consumption and cost for owner-
                        paid utilities;
                            (iii) annual third party validation of the 
                        tenant utility allowances in effect during the 
                        applicable year and vacancy rates for each unit 
                        type; and
                            (iv) annual third party determination of 
                        savings to the Secretary.
            (2) Term.--The term of an agreement under this section 
        shall be not longer than 12 years.
            (3) Entity eligibility.--The Secretary shall--
                    (A) establish a competitive process for entering 
                into agreements under this section; and
                    (B) enter into such agreements only with entities 
                that demonstrate significant experience relating to--
                            (i) financing and operating properties 
                        receiving assistance under a program described 
                        in subsection (a);
                            (ii) oversight of energy and water 
                        conservation programs, including oversight of 
                        contractors; and
                            (iii) raising capital for energy and water 
                        conservation improvements from charitable 
                        organizations or private investors.
            (4) Geographical diversity.--Each agreement entered into 
        under this section shall provide for the inclusion of 
        properties with the greatest feasible regional and State 
        variance.
    (c) Plan and Reports.--
            (1) Plan.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
        Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
        and the Senate a detailed plan for the implementation of this 
        section.
            (2) Reports.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary 
        shall--
                    (A) conduct an evaluation of the program under this 
                section; and
                    (B) submit to Congress a report describing each 
                evaluation conducted under subparagraph (A).
    (d) Funding.--For each fiscal year during which an agreement under 
this section is in effect, the Secretary may use to carry out this 
section any funds appropriated to the Secretary for the renewal of 
contracts under a program described in subsection (a).
    Sec. 238.  Section 11 of the Housing Opportunity Program Extension 
Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 12805 note) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(1) after ``new dwellings'' insert 
        ``or the rehabilitation of existing dwellings'';
            (2) in subsection (b)(2) after ``new'' insert ``or 
        rehabilitated'';
            (3) in subsection (d)(1) after ``dwellings'' insert ``or 
        rehabilitating existing dwellings to make them decent, safe and 
        sanitary'';
            (4) in subsection (d)(2) by inserting at the end the 
        following new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) Planning, administration, and management.--
                Planning, administration, and management of grant 
                programs and activities, provided that such expenses do 
                not exceed 20 percent of any grant made under this 
                section.'';
            (5) in subsection (i)(5) by--
                    (A) striking ``24'' and inserting ``36''; and
                    (B) striking ``except that'' and all that follows 
                through ``such grant amounts'';
            (6) in subsection (j) by--
                    (A) inserting after the heading ``(1) 
                Redistribution of Funds.--'';
                    (B) striking ``24'' and inserting ``36'';
                    (C) striking ``(or, in the case'' and all that 
                follows through ``within 36 months)''; and
                    (D) inserting at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
            ``(2) Deadline for completion and conveyance.--The 
        Secretary shall establish a deadline (which may be extended for 
        good cause as determined by the Secretary) by which time all 
        units that have been assisted with grant funds under this 
        section must be completed and conveyed.''.
            (7) by striking subsection (q).
    Sec. 239.  Section 184(h)(1)(B) of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-13a(h)(1)(B)) is amended by 
inserting after the first sentence the following: ``Exhausting all 
reasonable possibilities of collection by the holder of the guarantee 
shall include a good faith consideration of loan modification as well 
as meeting standards for servicing loans in default, as determined by 
the Secretary.''.
    Sec. 240.  Section 202 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1708) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(i) Administration.--Notwithstanding any provision of law, and in 
addition to any other fees charged in connection with the provision of 
insurance under this title, in each fiscal year the Secretary may 
charge and collect a fee not to exceed 4 basis points of the original 
principal balance of mortgages originated by the mortgagee that were 
insured under this title during the previous fiscal year. Such fee 
collected from each mortgagee shall be used as offsetting collections 
for part of the administrative contract expenses funding and any 
necessary salaries and expenses funding provided under the Mutual 
Mortgage Insurance Program Account under this title. The Secretary may 
establish the amount of such fee through regulations, notice, Mortgagee 
Letter, or other administrative issuance.''.
    Sec. 241.  Paragraph (1) of section 8(c) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(A)'' after the paragraph designation;
            (2) by striking the fourth, seventh, eighth, and ninth 
        sentences; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) Publication of fair market rentals.--Not less 
                than annually:
                            ``(i) The Secretary shall publish a notice 
                        in the Federal Register that proposed fair 
                        market rentals for an area have been published 
                        on the site of the Department on the Internet 
                        and in any other manner specified by the 
                        Secretary. Such notice shall describe proposed 
                        material changes in the methodology for 
                        estimating fair market rentals and shall 
                        provide reasonable time for public comment.
                            ``(ii) The Secretary shall publish a notice 
                        in the Federal Register that final fair market 
                        rentals have been published on the site of the 
                        Department on the internet and in any other 
                        manner specified by the Secretary. Such notice 
                        shall include the final decisions regarding 
                        proposed substantial methodological changes for 
                        estimating fair market rentals and responses to 
                        public comments.''.
    Sec. 242.  Of the unobligated balances, including recaptures and 
carryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development under the heading ``Brownfields 
Redevelopment'', $2,913,000 is hereby permanently rescinded:  Provided, 
That of the unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, 
remaining from funds appropriated to the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development under the heading ``Rural Housing and Economic 
Development'', $2,300,000 is hereby permanently rescinded:  Provided 
further, That all unobligated balances, including recaptures and 
carryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development under the heading ``Drug Elimination 
Grants for Low Income Housing'' are hereby permanently rescinded:  
Provided further, That all unobligated balances, including recaptures 
and carryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development for Youthbuild program activities 
authorized by subtitle D of title IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
Affordable Housing Act are hereby permanently rescinded.
    Sec. 243.  Such sums as may be necessary to implement the 
Homeowners Armed With Knowledge pilot shall be absorbed within the 
levels appropriated in this act.
    Sec. 244.  Section 106 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 
1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701x) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection:
    ``(j) Financial Assistance.--For purposes of this section, the 
Secretary may enter into multiyear agreements as is appropriate, 
subject to the availability of annual appropriations.''.
    Sec. 245.  Section 526 (12 U.S.C. 1735f-4) of the National Housing 
Act is amended by inserting at the end of subsection (b)--
    ``(c) The Secretary may establish an exception to any minimum 
property standard established under this section in order to address 
alternative water systems, including cisterns, which meet requirements 
of State and local building codes that ensure health and safety 
standards.''
    Sec. 246.  Notwithstanding section 106(c)(4) of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1974, the Secretary additionally shall 
provide assistance pursuant to such section to any State for use by any 
nonentitlement area of any such State in which there was a major 
disaster declared by the President under the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act in 2014:  Provided, That 
the Secretary shall issue a notice with respect to any such assistance 
for States within 45 days of enactment of this Act.
    This title may be cited as the ``Department of Housing and Urban 
Development Appropriations Act, 2015''.

                               TITLE III

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                              Access Board

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary for the Access Board, as authorized by 
section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, $7,548,000:  
Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, there may 
be credited to this appropriation funds received for publications and 
training expenses.

                      Federal Maritime Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime Commission as 
authorized by section 201(d) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as 
amended (46 U.S.C. 307), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 
1343(b); and uniforms or allowances therefore, as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 5901-5902, $25,660,000:  Provided, That not to exceed $2,000 
shall be available for official reception and representation expenses:  
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Federal Maritime Commission is authorized to collect user fees in this 
fiscal year and may retain up to $300,000 per fiscal year of such fees 
for necessary and authorized expenses under this heading.

                National Railroad Passenger Corporation

                      Office of Inspector General

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General for the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation to carry out the provisions of 
the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $23,499,000:  Provided, 
That the Inspector General shall have all necessary authority, in 
carrying out the duties specified in the Inspector General Act, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate allegations of fraud, 
including false statements to the government (18 U.S.C. 1001), by any 
person or entity that is subject to regulation by the National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation:  Provided further, That the Inspector General 
may enter into contracts and other arrangements for audits, studies, 
analyses, and other services with public agencies and with private 
persons, subject to the applicable laws and regulations that govern the 
obtaining of such services within the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation:  Provided further, That the Inspector General may select, 
appoint, and employ such officers and employees as may be necessary for 
carrying out the functions, powers, and duties of the Office of 
Inspector General, subject to the applicable laws and regulations that 
govern such selections, appointments, and employment within Amtrak:  
Provided further, That concurrent with the President's budget request 
for fiscal year 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.

                  National Transportation Safety Board

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the National Transportation Safety Board, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed 
the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS-15; uniforms, or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902), 
$103,981,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 may be used for official 
reception and representation 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.

                 Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation

          payment to the neighborhood reinvestment corporation

    For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation for use in 
neighborhood reinvestment activities, as authorized by the Neighborhood 
Reinvestment Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 8101-8107), $136,600,000, of 
which $5,000,000 shall be for a multi-family rental housing program:  
Provided, 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:
            (1) The Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation (``NRC'') 
        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 
        United States 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.
            (2) Mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance shall only 
        be made available to homeowners of owner-occupied homes with 
        mortgages in default or in danger of default. These mortgages 
        shall likely be subject to a foreclosure action and homeowners 
        will be provided such assistance that shall consist of 
        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.
            (3) The use of mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance 
        by approved counseling intermediaries and State Housing Finance 
        Agencies shall involve a reasonable analysis of the borrower's 
        financial 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.
            (4) NRC may provide up to 15 percent of the total funds 
        under this paragraph to its own charter members with expertise 
        in foreclosure prevention counseling, subject to a 
        certification by the NRC that the procedures for selection do 
        not consist of any procedures or activities that could be 
        construed as a conflict of interest or have the appearance of 
        impropriety.
            (5) 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.
            (6) 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.
            (7) 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.
            (8) Mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance grants may 
        include a budget for outreach and advertising, and training, as 
        determined by the NRC.
            (9) 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.

           United States Interagency Council on Homelessness

                           operating expenses

    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 section 3109 
of title 5, United States Code) of the United States Interagency 
Council on Homelessness in carrying out the functions pursuant to title 
II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended, 
$3,530,000. Title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11319) is amended by striking section 209 and in section 204(a) 
by striking ``level V'' and inserting ``level IV''.

                                TITLE IV

                      GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS ACT

    Sec. 401.  None of the funds in this Act shall be used for the 
planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses of, or 
otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening in regulatory or 
adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act.
    Sec. 402.  None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall remain 
available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, nor may any be 
transferred to other appropriations, unless expressly so provided 
herein.
    Sec. 403.  The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for 
any consulting service through a procurement contract pursuant to 
section 3109 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.
    Sec. 404. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
obligated or expended for any employee training that--
            (1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills, 
        and abilities bearing directly upon the performance of official 
        duties;
            (2) contains elements likely to induce high levels of 
        emotional response or psychological stress in some 
        participants;
            (3) does not require prior employee notification of the 
        content and methods to be used in the training and written end 
        of course evaluation;
            (4) contains any methods or content associated with 
        religious or quasi-religious belief systems or ``new age'' 
        belief systems as defined in Equal Employment Opportunity 
        Commission Notice N-915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or
            (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, participants' 
        personal values or lifestyle outside the workplace.
    (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or otherwise 
preclude an agency from conducting training bearing directly upon the 
performance of official duties.
    Sec. 405.  Except as otherwise provided in this Act, none of the 
funds provided in this Act, provided by 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:
            (1) creates a new program;
            (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
            (3) increases funds or personnel for any program, project, 
        or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted by 
        the Congress;
            (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific activity 
        by either the House or Senate Committees on Appropriations for 
        a different purpose;
            (5) augments existing programs, projects, or activities in 
        excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less;
            (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activities by 
        $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or
            (7) creates, reorganizes, or restructures a branch, 
        division, office, bureau, board, commission, agency, 
        administration, or department different from the budget 
        justifications submitted to the 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:  Provided, That not later than 60 days after 
        the date of enactment of this Act, each agency funded by this 
        Act shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 
        of the Senate and of the House of Representatives to establish 
        the baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer 
        authorities for the current fiscal year:  Provided further, 
        That the report shall include:
                    (A) a table for each appropriation with a separate 
                column to display the prior year enacted level, the 
                President's budget request, adjustments made by 
                Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if 
                appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted level;
                    (B) 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
                    (C) an identification of items of special 
                congressional interest:  Provided further, 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.
    Sec. 406.  Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, not to 
exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining available at the 
end of fiscal year 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:  Provided, That a request shall be submitted to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations for approval prior to the 
expenditure of such funds:  Provided further, That these requests shall 
be made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines under section 405 
of this Act.
    Sec. 407.  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:  Provided, 
That for purposes of this section, public use shall not be construed to 
include economic development that primarily benefits private entities:  
Provided further, That any use of funds for mass transit, railroad, 
airport, seaport or highway projects, as well as utility projects which 
benefit or serve the general public (including energy-related, 
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 brownsfields as defined 
in the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownsfield Revitalization 
Act (Public Law 107-118) shall be considered a public use for purposes 
of eminent domain.
    Sec. 408.  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 in effect during the 
preceding fiscal year by no later than March 30, 2015. Such report 
shall include the contractor, the amount of the contract and the 
rationale for using a sole-source contract.
    Sec. 409.  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.
    Sec. 410.  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.
    Sec. 411.  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 Buy 
American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c).
    Sec. 412.  No funds appropriated or otherwise made available under 
this Act shall be made available to any person or entity that has been 
convicted of violating the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c).
    Sec. 413.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
for first-class airline accommodations in contravention of sections 
301-10.122 and 301-10.123 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations.
    Sec. 414.  None of the funds made available under this Act or any 
prior Act may be provided to the Association of Community Organizations 
for Reform Now (ACORN), or any of its affiliates, subsidiaries, or 
allied organizations.
    Sec. 415.  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 has made a determination 
that this further action is not necessary to protect the interests of 
the Government.
    Sec. 416.  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 has made a determination that this further action 
is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government.
    Sec. 417.  It is the sense of the Congress that the Congress should 
not pass any legislation that authorizes spending cuts that would 
increase poverty in the United States.
    Sec. 418.  All agencies and departments funded by the Act shall 
send to Congress at the end of the fiscal year a report containing a 
complete inventory of the total number of vehicles owned, leased, 
permanently retired, and purchased during fiscal year 2015, as well as 
the total cost of the vehicle fleet, including maintenance, fuel, 
storage, purchasing, and leasing.
    Sec. 419.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to pay for the painting of a portrait of an officer or employee of the 
Federal Government, including the head of an Executive branch agency, 
as defined in section 133 of title 41, U.S.C.
    Sec. 420. (a) The head of any Executive branch department, agency, 
board, commission, or office funded by this Act shall submit annual 
reports to the Inspector General or senior ethics official for any 
entity without an Inspector General, regarding the costs and 
contracting procedures related to each conference held by any such 
department, agency, board, commission, or office during fiscal year 
2015 for which the cost to the United States Government was more than 
$100,000.
    (b) Each report submitted shall include, for each conference 
described in subsection (a) held during the applicable period--
            (1) a description of its purpose;
            (2) the number of participants attending;
            (3) a detailed statement of the costs to the United States 
        Government, including--
                    (A) the cost of any food or beverages;
                    (B) the cost of any audio-visual services;
                    (C) the cost of employee or contractor travel to 
                and from the conference; and
                    (D) a discussion of the methodology used to 
                determine which costs relate to the conference; and
            (4) a description of the contracting procedures used 
        including--
                    (A) whether contracts were awarded on a competitive 
                basis; and
                    (B) a discussion of any cost comparison conducted 
                by the departmental component or office in evaluating 
                potential contractors for the conference.
    (c) Within 15 days of the date of a conference held by any 
Executive branch department, agency, board, commission, or office 
funded by this Act during fiscal year 2015 for which the cost to the 
United States Government was more than $20,000, the head of any such 
department, agency, board, commission, or office shall notify the 
Inspector General or senior ethics official for any entity without an 
Inspector General, of the date, location, and number of employees 
attending such conference.
    (d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appropriated by this Act 
to an Executive branch agency may not be used for the purpose of 
defraying the costs of a conference described in subsection (c) that is 
not directly and programmatically related to the purpose for which the 
grant or contract was awarded, such as a conference held in connection 
with planning, training, assessment, review, or other routine purposes 
related to a project funded by the grant or contract.
    (e) None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for 
travel and conference activities that are not in compliance with Office 
of Management and Budget Memorandum M-12-12 dated May 11, 2012.
    Sec. 421.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more than 50 employees 
of a single agency or department of the United States Government, who 
are stationed in the United States, at any single international 
conference unless the relevant Secretary reports to the Committees on 
Appropriations at least 5 days in advance that such attendance is 
important to the national interest:  Provided, That for purposes of 
this section the term ``international conference'' shall mean a 
conference occurring outside of the United States attended by 
representatives of the United States Government and of foreign 
governments, international organizations, or nongovernmental 
organizations.
    Sec. 422. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act and 
except as provided in subsection (b), any report required to be 
submitted by a Federal agency to the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate or the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives under this Act shall be posted on the public Web site 
of that agency 30 days following its receipt by the committee.
    (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if--
            (1) the public posting of the report compromises national 
        security; or
            (2) the report contains proprietary information.
    Sec. 423.  Each department funded by this Act shall submit a report 
by March 1st providing a detailed summary of advertising by the 
department in the prior fiscal year, including the total amount spent. 
The report shall also include:
            (1) a description of the purpose and intent of the 
        advertising (such as promoting awareness of a program, 
        promoting services or participation, or public relations to 
        improve the attitudes about a program or agency);
            (2) a breakdown of the costs of advertising by medium, 
        including on-line (with a specific total for social media), 
        brochures, billboards, sponsorships (including the list of all 
        sponsorships), television, mail, and newspaper; and
            (3) the cost of development, production, and staffing, 
        including the amount spent on the salaries of department 
        employees and payments to contractors and consultants.
    Sec. 424.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to make bonus awards to contractors for work on projects that are 
behind schedule or over budget.
    Sec. 425.  None of the funds in this Act may be used for premium 
travel by an agency that did not provide a report on premium travel to 
GSA in the prior fiscal year.
    Sec. 426.  Each department funded by this Act shall submit a report 
by March 2, 2015, detailing its efforts to address the duplication 
identified in the annual reports on duplication issued by the 
Government Accountability Office, along with legal barriers preventing 
the department's ability to further reduce duplication.
    Sec. 427.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to purchase a light bulb for an office building unless the light bulb 
has, to the extent practicable, an Energy Star or Federal Energy 
Management Program designation.
    Sec. 428.  Any Federal agency or department that is funded under 
this Act shall respond to any recommendation made to such agency or 
department by the Government Accountability Office in a timely manner.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015''.
                                                       Calendar No. 412

113th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 2438

                          [Report No. 113-182]

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                                 A BILL

   Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and 
Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes.

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                              June 5, 2014

                 Read twice and placed on the calendar