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Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 - Title I: Department of Transportation - Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2015 - Makes appropriations for FY2015 to the Department of Transportation (DOT), including: (1) the Office of the Secretary, (2) the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), (3) the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), (4) the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), (5) the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), (6) the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), (7) the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), (8) the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, (9) the Maritime Administration, (10) the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), (11) the Office of Inspector General, and (12) the Surface Transportation Board (STB).

Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds and transfers of funds appropriated under this title.

(Sec. 102) Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary in this title) or designee to lobby states and state legislators to consider proposals for the reduction of motorcycle fatalities.

(Sec. 103) Authorizes the DOT's Working Capital fund to provide advanced payments to vendors to carry out the federal transit pass transportation fringe benefit program for federal employees.

(Sec. 104) Directs the Secretary to: (1) post on the DOT website a schedule of all Credit Council meetings, including the agenda for each meeting; and (2) require the Council to record the decisions and actions of the meetings.

(Sec. 110) Prohibits the use of funds to compensate more than 600 technical staff-years under the federally funded research and development center contract between the FAA and the Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development during FY2014.

(Sec. 111) Prohibits the use of funds to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring airport sponsors to provide to the FAA 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. Exempts from this prohibition any negotiations between the agency and airport sponsors to: (1) achieve agreement on "below-market" rates for these items, or (2) grant assurances that require airport sponsors to provide land without cost to the FAA for air traffic control facilities.

(Sec. 112) Authorizes the FAA Administrator to reimburse amounts made available from certain fees to carry out the Essential Air Service (EAS) program.

(Sec. 113) Requires that amounts collected for safety-related training and operational services to foreign aviation authorities 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) Prohibits the availability of funds for paying premium pay (pay for Sunday and holiday work) to an FAA employee unless the employee actually performed worked during the time corresponding to such pay.

(Sec. 115) Prohibits the obligation of funds for an FAA employee to purchase a store gift card or gift certificate through use of a government-issued credit card.

(Sec. 116) Requires the Secretary to make the minimum apportionment for primary and cargo airports to sponsors of airports that: (1) received scheduled or unscheduled air service from large certified air carriers, and (2) had more than 10,000 passenger boardings in the preceding calendar year.

(Sec. 117) Prohibits the obligation of funds for retention bonuses for an FAA employee without the prior written approval of the DOT Assistant Secretary for Administration.

(Sec. 118) Caps at 20% the maximum allowable local share of costs of an airport sponsor or state or local government with jurisdiction over an airport in cases where the operating costs of an air traffic tower under the Contract Air Traffic Control Tower Program exceed the benefits.

(Sec. 119) Prohibits the use of funds to implement, or to continue to implement, any limitation on the ability of a private aircraft owner or operator, upon a request to the FAA Administrator, to block, with respect to its noncommercial flights, the display of the owner's or operator's registration number in the Aircraft Situational Display to Industry data provided by the FAA to the public, unless the data has been made available to a government agency.

(Sec. 119A) Prohibits the availability of funds for salaries and expenses of more than nine FAA political and Presidential appointees.

(Sec. 119B) Prohibits the use of funds to increase fees the FAA Administrator may assess a state, federal agency, public or private organization, or individual to conduct special services or develop special products relating to navigation, transportation, or public safety, until the FAA provides Congress a report that justifies all aeronautical navigation product fees and explains how they are consistent with Executive Order 13642.

(Sec. 119C) Bars the use of funds to change weight restrictions or prior permission rules at Teterboro airport in Teterboro, New Jersey.

(Sec. 119D) Bars the use of funds to close an FAA regional operations center or reduce its services unless the FAA Administrator notifies Congress at least 90 full business days in advance.

(Sec. 119E) Revises the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, with respect to reauthorization through FY2015 of the FAA Center for Excellence for Applied Research and Training in the Use of Advanced Materials in Transport Aircraft, to specify the Center as the FAA Center for Excellence for Applied Research and Training in the Use of Joint Advanced Materials and Structures.

(Sec. 119F) Revises the federal share of the costs for a non-hub airport improvement program (AIP) project located in a state containing unappropriated and unreserved public lands and nontaxable Indian lands of more than 5% of the total area of all lands in the state. Requires the federal share for a non-hub airport located in such a state within 15 miles of another such state to be an average of the federal share applicable to any AIP project in each of the states. (Under current law, the allowable federal share of costs for AIP projects shall not exceed the lesser of 93.75% or the highest percentage federal share applicable to any such project in a state.)

(Sec. 120) Prescribes requirements, including a formula, for certain FY2015 distributions from the obligation limitation for federal-aid highways.

(Sec. 121) Allows crediting to the federal-aid highways account of funds received by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the sale of data products to reimburse the Bureau for necessary expenses.

(Sec. 122) Requires the Secretary to make an informal public notice and comment opportunity on the intent of the waiver before waiving any Buy American requirement for federal-aid highway projects.

(Sec. 123) Prohibits the use of funds by DOT to provide direct loans, loan guarantees, or lines of credit for eligible infrastructure projects unless the Secretary notifies Congress at least three days before any loan or credit application approval.

(Sec. 124) Specifies the amount of certain unobligated federal-aid highway funds that shall be available, with specified exceptions, for FY2015 for FHWA administrative expenses.

(Sec. 130) Subjects funds appropriated or limited in this Act to certain safety examination and other requirements of the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 and the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 relating to Mexico-domiciled motor carriers involved in cross-border trucking between the United States and Mexico.

(Sec. 131) Bars the use of motor carrier safety operations and programs funds 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 Secretary determines the carrier's corrective actions or corrective action plan is insufficient to address the safety concerns that resulted in that rate.

(Sec. 132) Bars the use of funds made available by this Act to enforce any regulation prohibiting a state from issuing a commercial learner's permit to individuals under age 18 if that state had a law authorizing the issuance of permits to those individuals as of May 9, 2011.

(Sec. 133) Bars the use of funds made available by this Act or any other Act to enforce during a specified period the 2011 restart rule ("Hours of Service of Drivers"), which applies to operators of commercial motor vehicles of property subject to maximum DOT driving requirements.

Suspends the 2011 restart rule between the date of enactment of this Act and the later of: (1) September 30, 2015, or (2) the date of submission of the Secretary's final report required by this Act. Makes the restart rule as it was on June 30, 2013, in effect again during this period. Requires the Secretary to publish a Notice in the Federal Register and on the FMCSA website announcing this suspension of enforcement and the temporary resumption period of the old restart rule.

Directs the Secretary to initiate a naturalistic study of the operational, safety, health, and fatigue impacts of the suspended new and the temporarily resumed old restart rule on commercial motor vehicle drivers.

Requires the Secretary to submit to the DOT Inspector General (IG) for review and comment beforehand a plan outlining the study's scope and methodology.

Requires the Secretary, after receiving the IG's comments, to submit to the IG a final report on the study's findings, conclusions, and recommendations on whether the new restart rule in effect on July 1, 2013, provides a greater net benefit than the old rule for its operational, safety, health, and fatigue impacts.

(Sec. 140) Makes certain additional funds available to NHTSA to pay for: (1) travel and related expenses for state management reviews, and (2) core competency development training and related expenses for highway safety staff.

(Sec. 141) Declares that certain limitations on obligations for NHTSA programs shall not apply to any obligational authority made available in previous public laws, except to the extent that the obligational authority has not lapsed or been used.

(Sec. 142) Prohibits the use of funds to implement establishment in the DOT of a National Highway Safety Advisory Committee.

(Sec. 150) Declares that funds provided in this Act for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) shall immediately cease to be available to Amtrak in the event that it contracts to have provided at or from any location outside the United States 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) Authorizes the Secretary to receive cash or spare parts from non-federal sources to repair damages to or replace federally-owned automated track inspection cars and equipment as a result of third party liability for such damages.

(Sec. 152) Makes amounts available for Amtrak for the operation of intercity passenger rail actually available for distribution only after the Secretary reviews a grant request for each specific train route accompanied by a detailed plan justifying the federal support to the Secretary's satisfaction.

(Sec. 153) Bars the use of funds for Amtrak to pay overtime costs in excess of $35,000 for any Amtrak employee.

Authorizes the president of Amtrak to waive such cap in cases where it poses a risk to the safety and operational efficiency of the Amtrak system.

(Sec. 160) Declares that the limitations on obligations for FTA programs shall not apply to any grant authority previously made available for obligation, or to any other authority previously made available for obligation.

(Sec. 161) Declares that funds appropriated by this Act for specified FTA discretionary program projects which are 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) Authorizes certain transfers of any public transportation funds appropriated before October 1, 2014, that remain available for expenditure.

(Sec. 163) Prohibits the Secretary from enforcing federal charter bus service regulations against any transit agency that during FY2008 was both initially granted a 60-day period to comply with such regulations, and then was subsequently granted an exception from them.

(Sec. 164) Authorizes the Secretary, when applying project justification and local commitment criteria to a New Starts project, to consider the costs and ridership of any connected project where private parties are making significant financial contributions to the construction of the connected project. Authorizes the Secretary also to consider the significant financial contributions of such parties to the connected project when calculating the non-federal share of net capital project costs for the New Starts project.

(Sec. 165) Requires the Secretary to consider Small Starts Projects, including streetcars, in developing guidance implementing a Program of Interrelated Projects under a fixed guideway capital investment grant.

(Sec. 166) Requires new bus rapid transit projects recommended in the President's budget submission to Congress for capital investment grant funds appropriated under this Act to be funded from a specified amount of unobligated discretionary funds for the bus and bus facilities program in FY1984-FY2012. Subjects all such projects to Capital Investment Grants Program requirements for New Starts, Small Starts, or Core Capacity projects.

(Sec. 170) Authorizes the Maritime Administration to furnish utilities and services and make necessary repairs in connection with any lease, contract, or occupancy of property under its control.

(Sec. 171) Bars the use of funds by DOT or the Maritime Administration to negotiate or execute, enter into, facilitate or perform fee-for-service contracts for vessel disposal, scrapping, or recycling, unless there is no qualified domestic ship recycler that will pay to purchase and scrap or recycle a vessel owned or operated by the Maritime Administration or that is part of the National Defense Reserve Fleet.

(Sec. 180) Increases from 2% to 4% the amount that may be used from the Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness Fund to pay for certain administrative costs.

(Sec. 181) Authorizes the Secretary to require the person proposing a project with design and construction costs over $2.5 billion for the construction, expansion, or operation of a gas or hazardous liquid pipeline facility or liquefied natural gas pipeline facility to pay the facility design safety review costs incurred by the Secretary.

(Sec. 182) Directs the Secretary 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. Urges the rulemaking or alternative risk-based compliance regime to incorporate the 2013 National Fire Protection Association Standard 59A and industry best practices.

(Sec. 192) Prohibits the availability of the funds in this Act for salaries and expenses of more than 110 political and presidential appointees in DOT. Prohibits assignment of any of such appointees on temporary detail outside DOT.

(Sec. 193) Bars recipients of funds made available in this Act from disseminating personal information obtained by a state department of motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle record, except as permitted under specified federal criminal law. Prohibits the Secretary, however, from withholding funds for any grantee if a state fails to comply with this prohibition.

(Sec. 195) Requires the Secretary to notify the congressional appropriations committees at least three full business days before announcing any project competitively selected to receive a discretionary grant award, letter of intent, or full funding grant agreement from certain grant programs, including the federal highway emergency relief program, the FAA AIP, any FRA program, any FTA program other than the formula grants and fixed guideway modernization programs, any Maritime Administration program, or any funding for national infrastructure investments.

(Sec. 197) Makes available for reimbursement of recovery costs any recovered funds that the Secretary has determined represent improper DOT payments to a third party contractor under a financial assistance award.

(Sec. 199) Prohibits the use of funds by the STB to charge or collect any filing fee for rate or practice complaints filed with it in an amount in excess of that authorized for district court civil suit filing fees under the federal judicial code.

(Sec. 199A) Authorizes the obligation of funds appropriated to the modal administrations for the Office of the Secretary for costs related to assessments or reimbursable agreements only when such amounts are for the costs of goods or services purchased to provide a direct benefit to such administrations.

(Sec. 199B) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a program to establish uniform standards for developing and supporting agency transit pass and transit benefits, including distribution of such benefits by various paper and electronic media.

Title II: Department of Housing and Urban Development - Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2015 - Makes appropriations for FY2015 to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for: (1) administration, operations, and management; (2) the Office of Public and Indian Housing; (3) the Office of Community Planning and Development; (4) the Office of Housing and the Federal Housing Administration (FHA); (5) the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae); (6) Office of Policy Development and Research; (7) Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity; (8) the Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control; and (9) the Office of Inspector General.

Rescinds permanently $10 million from funds previously provided for the General and Special Risk Insurance Funds Program account.

(Sec. 201) Requires rescission of 50% of the amounts of budget authority (or, in the alternative, remittance to the Treasury of 50% of the associated cash amounts) that are recaptured from certain state-, local government-, or local housing agency-financed projects under the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988. Requires such recaptured budget authority or funds, as well as any budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to the Treasury, to be used by state housing finance agencies or local governments or local housing agencies with HUD-approved projects for which settlement occurred after January 1, 1992.

Authorizes the Secretary of HUD (Secretary in this title), all the same, to award up to 15% of the budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to the Treasury to provide project owners with incentives to refinance their projects at a lower interest rate.

(Sec. 202) Prohibits the use of funds during FY2015 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 non-frivolous legal action, that is engaged in solely to achieve or prevent action by a government official or entity, or a court of competent jurisdiction.

(Sec. 203) Directs the Secretary to make a grant under certain authority of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act for any state that received an allocation in a prior fiscal year, but is not otherwise eligible for an FY2015 allocation because the areas in the state outside of qualifying metropolitan statistical areas in FY2015 do not have the number of cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) otherwise required.

Prescribes a formula for the allocation of such grants to Jersey City and Paterson, New Jersey.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) adjust the funds allocated for FY2015 under the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act to Wilmington, Delaware, on behalf of the Wilmington, Delaware-Maryland-New Jersey Metropolitan Division; and (2) allocate a portion to the state of New Jersey according to a specified formula.

Directs the Secretary to allocate to Wake County, North Carolina, certain funds that otherwise would be allocated for FY2015 under such Act to Raleigh, North Carolina, on behalf of the Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina, Metropolitan Statistical Area.

 Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) adjust FY2015 allocations under such Act upon the written request of a grant applicant for a formula allocation on behalf of a metropolitan statistical area, and (2) designate the state or states in which the metropolitan statistical area is located as the eligible grantee(s) of the allocation.

(Sec. 204) Requires any grant, cooperative agreement, or other assistance made pursuant to this title to be made on a competitive basis and in accordance with the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989.

(Sec. 205) Makes certain funds available, without regard to limitations on administrative expenses, for: (1) legal services on a contract or fee basis; and (2) payment for services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), Ginnie Mae, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), the Federal Financing Bank, Federal Reserve banks, Federal Home Loan banks, and any bank insured under the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act.

(Sec. 207) Authorizes any HUD corporations and agencies subject to the Government Corporation Control Act to make expenditures, contracts, and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as necessary to carry out their FY2015 budgets.

(Sec. 208) Directs the Secretary to report quarterly to congressional appropriations committees regarding all uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured, and excess funds in each program and activity within HUD jurisdiction, along with additional, updated budget information upon request.

(Sec. 209) Requires the President's formal budget request for FY2016 and HUD's congressional budget justifications to use the identical account and subaccount structure provided under this Act.

(Sec. 210) Declares that a public housing agency (PHA) (or other entity) that administers federal housing assistance for the Housing Authority of the county of Los Angeles, California, or the states of Alaska, Iowa, or Mississippi shall not be required to include a resident of public housing or a recipient of section 8 rental assistance (under the United States Housing Act of 1937) on the agency or entity governing board.

Requires each such PHA (or other entity) that chooses not to include such individuals on its governing board to establish an advisory board, which shall meet at least quarterly, consisting of at least six residents of public housing or section 8 rental assistance recipients.

(Sec. 211) Prohibits the use of funds provided under this title for an audit of Ginnie Mae that applies certain requirements of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990.

(Sec. 212) Authorizes the Secretary for FY2015-FY2016, subject to specified conditions, to authorize the transfer of some or all project-based assistance, debt, and statutorily required low-income and very low-income use restrictions, associated with one or more multifamily housing project, to another multifamily housing project or projects.

(Sec. 213) Prohibits any section 8 rental assistance to any individual who: (1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of higher education; (2) is under age 24; (3) is not a veteran; (4) is unmarried; (5) does not have a dependent child; (6) is not a person with disabilities, and was not receiving section 8 assistance as of November 30, 2005; and (7) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has parents who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, to receive such assistance.

Declares that, for section 8 rental assistance eligibility purposes, any financial assistance (in excess of amounts received for tuition) that an individual receives under the Higher Education Act of 1965, from private sources, or an institution of higher education shall be considered income to that individual, except for a person over age 23 with dependent children.

(Sec. 214) Requires that the funds made available for Native American Housing Block Grants in this title be allocated to the same recipients that received funds in FY2005.

(Sec. 215) Authorizes the Secretary through FY2015 to insure, and enter into commitments to insure, home equity conversion mortgages (HECMs, or reverse mortgages) for elderly homeowners.

(Sec. 216) Requires the Secretary during FY2015, in managing and disposing of any multifamily property that is owned or has a mortgage held by HUD, and during the process of foreclosure on any property with a contract for section 8 rental assistance payments or other federal programs, to maintain any rental assistance payments attached to any dwelling units in the property. Authorizes the Secretary, however, to the extent that such a multifamily property is not feasible for continued payments, based on specified cost, operation, or environmental considerations, to: (1) contract, in consultation with the property's tenants, for project-based rental assistance payments with an owner or owners of other existing housing properties; or (2) provide other rental assistance.

(Sec. 217) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize the Secretary to use Community Development Loan Guarantee funds to guarantee, or make commitments to guarantee, notes or other obligations issued by any state on behalf of its non-entitlement communities.

Repeals limitations on the total amount of outstanding obligations guaranteed on a cumulative basis by the Secretary for any fiscal year.

Requires the Secretary to monitor the use by eligible public entities, as well as states, of commitment amounts authorized in appropriation Acts for any fiscal year.

Repeals the prohibition against imposing a fee or charge on or with respect to HUD guarantees and commitment to guarantee loans.

Requires any state receiving a guarantee or commitment on behalf of non-entitlement areas to distribute all funds subject to such guarantee to the general local governments in non-entitlement areas that received the commitment.

(Sec. 218) Authorizes PHAs that own and operate 400 or fewer public housing units to elect to be exempt from any asset management requirements imposed by the Secretary in connection with the operating fund rule.

Prohibits exemption from such requirements, however, for an agency seeking a discontinuance of a reduction of subsidy under the operating fund formula.

(Sec. 219) Prohibits the Secretary, with respect to the use of funds for the operation, capital improvement, and management of public housing authorized by the United States Housing Act of 1937, from imposing any asset management requirement or guideline that restricts or limits in any way the use of capital funds for central office costs.

Prohibits a PHA, however, from using capital funds authorized for eligible operation and management activities with operating funds in excess of specified permitted amounts, unless otherwise specified under this title.

(Sec. 220) Prohibits designation of a HUD official or employee as an allotment holder unless he or she has: (1) implemented an adequate system of funds control, and (2) received training in funds control procedures and directives.

(Sec. 221) Requires the Secretary to report annually to congressional appropriations committees 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.

(Sec. 222) Requires the Secretary for FY2015 and thereafter to notify the public through the Federal Register and other appropriate means of the issuance of a notice of the availability of assistance or notice of funding availability (NOFA) for any program or discretionary fund that is to be awarded competitively.

Authorizes the Secretary for such period to make the NOFA available only on the Internet at the appropriate government website or through other electronic media.

(Sec. 223) Requires payment of attorney fees in program-related litigation from the individual program office and Office of General Counsel personnel funding.

(Sec. 225) Considers the HUD-administered Disaster Housing Assistance Programs as a HUD program under the McKinney Act for income verification and matching purposes.

(Sec. 226) Requires the Secretary to take specified actions 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 fails to certify in writing to HUD, within 60 days, that all deficiencies have been corrected, or receives consecutive scores of less than 60 on REAC inspections.

Applies such requirements to insured and noninsured projects with section 8 rental assistance attached to the units; but not to units receiving PHA project-based assistance under the voucher program, or to public housing units assisted with capital or operating funds.

(Sec. 227) Prohibits during any PHA FY2015 the use of funds, made available for specified purposes of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (including the Section 8 tenant-based rental assistance program), by any PHA for any amount of salary, including bonuses, for its chief executive officer, or any other official or employee that exceeds the annual rate of basic pay for a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule.

(Sec. 228) Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to extend through FY2015 the authorization of appropriations for: (1) demolition, site revitalization, replacement housing, and tenant-based assistance grants for severely distressed public housing projects; and (2) grants for assisting affordable housing developed through main street projects in smaller communities.

(Sec. 229) Allows up to $10 million out of funds appropriated for salaries and expenses under all accounts under this title (except for the Office of Inspector General account) to be transferred and merged with amounts appropriated for the Information Technology Fund account.

(Sec. 230) Bars the use of funds made available by this Act for the HUD doctoral dissertation research grant program.

(Sec. 231) Modifies funding requirements for Rental Assistance Demonstration provided in the Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2012. Extends through FY2016 a specified program for conversion of tenant-based rental assistance vouchers to PHA project-based vouchers.

(Sec. 232) Bars the use of funds in this Act provided to HUD to make a grant award unless the Secretary notifies congressional appropriations committees at least three 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 HUD or its offices.

(Sec. 233) Amends the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 to extend through October 1, 2018, the FHA-Insured Multifamily Housing Mortgage and Housing Assistance Program and the Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring.

(Sec. 234) Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to modified requirements governing the public housing Capital and Operating Funds.

Authorizes a PHA to establish a Replacement Reserve to carry out certain listed capital activities.

Allows a PHA to deposit funds from its Capital Fund at any time into a Replacement Reserve, subject to specified conditions.

Authorizes the Secretary to allow a PHA, in first establishing a Replacement Reserve, to transfer more than 20% of its operating funds into it.

Allows funds in a Replacement Reserve to be used to carry out capital and management activities and for any purpose in its Capital Fund 5-Year Action Plan.

Exempts funds held in PHA Replacement Reserves from penalties for slow expenditure by a PHA of capital funds.

(Sec. 235) Limits a PHA's use, for capital and management activities eligible for assistance from the Capital Fund, to 20% of any appropriations for FY2015 or any ensuing fiscal year that are allocated to the PHA from the Operating Fund, but only if the public housing plan for the agency provides for the use.

(236) Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to revise requirements with respect to termination of tenancy by an owner of affordable housing assisted under such Act for rental.

States that the mandatory 30-day notice is not required if the grounds for the termination or refusal to renew a lease 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 requirements of state or local law).

Allows a community housing development organization funded by the state to serve all counties within the state.

(Sec. 237) Directs the Secretary to establish a demonstration program under which, during the period between enactment of this Act and the end of FY2017, the Secretary may enter into competitively selected, budget-neutral, performance-based, 12-year agreements that result in a reduction in energy or water costs with appropriate entities to carry out projects for energy or water conservation improvements at up to 20,000 residential units in multifamily buildings participating in:

 section 8 project-based rental assistance programs under the United States Housing Act of 1937, other than section 8 (voucher program) assistance; supportive housing for the elderly programs under the Housing Act of 1959; or supportive housing for persons with disabilities programs under the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act. Prescribes requirements for payment under an agreement, which shall be contingent on documented utility savings.

Authorizes the Secretary to use for the demonstration program any funds appropriated for the renewal of contracts under the specified housing programs.

(Sec. 238) Amends the Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996 to allow national and regional organizations and consortia experienced in providing or facilitating self-help housing homeownership opportunities to use certain grants for rehabilitation of existing dwelling units. Includes planning, administration, and management of grant programs as eligible expenses. Limits them to 20% of a grant.

Requires the Secretary to establish a deadline (which may be extended for good cause) by which time all units that have been assisted with grant funds must be completed and conveyed.

(Sec. 239) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to modify requirements with respect to loan guarantees for Indian housing.

 Requires the holder of a guarantee, before any payment under a loan guarantee is made, among other things to give good faith consideration to making a loan modification as well as meet standards for servicing loans in default.

(Sec. 240) Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Secretary, in each fiscal year, to charge and collect a fee of up to four basis points of the original principal balance of mortgages originated by the mortgagee that were insured during the previous fiscal year. Requires the use of collected fees 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.

(Sec. 241) Revises procedures under the section 8 rental assistance program for publishing fair market rentals for an area with respect to the amount and scope of monthly assistance payments. Requires the Secretary to publish such rentals at least annually on the HUD website and in any other manner specified by the Secretary.

Repeals the requirement that the Secretary establish separate fair market rentals for Westchester County, New York, and for Monroe County, Pennsylvania.

(Sec. 242) Rescinds permanently all unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds appropriated to HUD for: (1) brownfields redevelopment, (2) rural housing and economic development, (3) drug elimination grants for low income housing, and (4) the Youthbuild program under the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act.

(Sec. 243) Requires any sums necessary to implement the Homeowners Armed with Knowledge (HAWK) pilot to be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.

(Sec. 244) Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to authorize the Secretary, for purposes of providing assistance for housing for low- and moderate-income families, to enter into appropriate multiyear agreements, subject to the availability of annual appropriations.

(Sec. 245) Amends the National Housing Act with respect to minimum property standards established by the Secretary to promote energy saving techniques in newly constructed residential housing, other than manufactured homes, subject to mortgages insured under the Act.

Authorizes the Secretary to establish an exception to any such minimum property standard 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) Requires the Secretary, in addition to making certain funds available to metropolitan cities and urban counties located or partially located in a major disaster declared area, to provide assistance to any state for use by any non-entitlement area in which there was a major disaster declared by the President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act in 2014.

Title III: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY2015 to: (1) the Access Board, (2) the Federal Maritime Commission, (3) the Office of Inspector General for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), (4) the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), (5) the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, and (6) the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness.

Title IV: General Provisions (This Act) - Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act.

(Sec. 401) Prohibits the use of funds for the planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, nonfederal parties intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act.

(Sec. 404) Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of funds made available in this Act for any employee training that meets specified negative criteria. Declares that nothing in this prohibition shall prohibit, restrict, or otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training bearing directly upon the performance of official duties.

(Sec. 407) Prohibits the use of funds 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.

(Sec. 408) Requires all federal agencies and departments funded by this Act to report by March 30, 2015, to the congressional appropriations committees on all sole source contracts.

(Sec. 409) Prohibits the transfer of funds made available in this Act to any federal 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) Prohibits payment of the salary from any appropriation under this Act for any person filling a position (other than temporary) formerly held by an employee who has: (1) left to enter the U.S. Armed Forces; (2) satisfactorily completed his or her period of active military or naval service; (3) within 90 days after release from such service, or from hospitalization continuing after discharge for up to one year, applied for restoration to his former position; and (4) been certified by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) as still qualified to perform the duties of his or her former position, but not been restored to it.

(Sec. 411) Prohibits the expenditure of funds appropriated under this Act by an entity unless the entity agrees to comply with the Buy American Act.

(Sec. 412) Prohibits the availability of funds to any person or entity that has been convicted of violating the Buy American Act.

(Sec. 413) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act for first-class airline accommodations in contravention of specified federal regulations.

(Sec. 414) Prohibits the provision of any funds made available under this or prior Acts to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) or its affiliates, subsidiaries, or allied organizations.

(Sec. 415) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act 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: (1) considered suspension or debarment of the corporation, and (2) made a determination that this further action is not necessary to protect government interests.

(Sec. 416) Makes the same prohibition as in Sec. 414 with respect to any corporation with any unpaid federal tax liability that is not being paid in a timely manner, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless the agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and determined that this further action is not necessary to protect the interests of the government.

(Sec. 417) Expresses the sense of Congress that Congress should not pass any legislation that authorizes spending cuts that would increase poverty in the United States.

(Sec. 418) Requires all agencies and departments funded by this Act to report to Congress at the end of the fiscal year a complete inventory of the total number of vehicles owned, permanently retired, and purchased during FY2015 as well as the total cost of the vehicle fleet, including maintenance, fuel, storage, purchasing, and leasing.

(Sec. 419) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to pay for the painting of a portrait of a federal officer or employee, including the head of an Executive branch agency.

(Sec. 420) Requires the head of any executive branch department, agency, board, commission, or office (entity) funded by this Act to report annually to its Inspector General (or senior ethics official if there is no Inspector General) regarding the costs and contracting procedures related to each conference held by the entity during FY2015 for which the cost to the U.S. government exceeded $100,000.

Requires each entity head, within 15 days of any conference costing the U.S. government during FY2015 more than $20,000, to notify its Inspector General or senior ethics official of the date, location, and number of employees attending the conference.

Declares that a grant or contract funded by amounts appropriated by this Act to an executive branch agency may not be used to defray the costs of any such conference that is not directly and programmatically related to the purpose for which the grant or contract was awarded.

Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act for travel and conference activities that are not in compliance with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Memorandum M-12-12 dated May 11, 2012.

(Sec. 421) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more than 50 employees of a single federal agency or department, who are stationed in the United States, at any single international conference occurring outside the United States unless the relevant Secretary reports to specified congressional committees at least 5 days in advance that such attendance is important to the national interest. Specifies that such an international conference involves representatives of the U.S. government and of foreign governments, international organizations, or nongovernmental organizations.

(Sec. 422) Requires that any report a federal department or agency must submit to either congressional appropriations committee be posted on the department or agency public website 30 days after receipt by the committee. Exempts a report from this requirement if the posting would compromise national security or the report contains proprietary information.

(Sec. 423) Requires federal departments funded by this Act to report by March 1 a detailed summary of its advertising in the prior fiscal year, including the total amount spent.

(Sec. 424) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to make bonus awards to contractors for work on projects that are behind schedule or over budget.

(Sec. 425) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act for premium travel by a federal agency that did not provide a report on premium travel to the General Services Administration (GSA) in the prior fiscal year.

(Sec. 426) Requires each federal department funded by this Act to report by March 2, 2015, on its efforts to address the duplication identified in the annual reports on duplication issued by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), along with legal barriers preventing the department's ability to further reduce duplication.

(Sec. 427) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act 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) Requires any federal agency or department funded by this Act to respond in a timely manner to any recommendation made to it by the GAO.

measure amended introduced summary expanded action occurred measure transportation housing_and_urban_development related agencies appropriations act title department_of_transportation department_of_transportation appropriations act makes appropriations fy2015 department_of_transportation dot including office_of_the_secretary federal_aviation_administration faa federal_highway_administration fhwa federal_motor_carrier_safety_administration fmcsa national_highway_traffic_safety_administration nhtsa federal_railroad_administration fra federal_transit_administration fta saint lawrence seaway development corporation maritime_administration pipeline_and_hazardous_materials_safety_administration phmsa office_of_inspector_general surface_transportation_board stb sets forth authorized uses limitations funds transfers funds appropriated title sec authorizes secretary transportation secretary title designee lobby states state consider proposals reduction fatalities sec authorizes dot working capital_fund provide advanced payments vendors carry federal transit pass transportation fringe benefit program federal employees sec directs secretary post dot website schedule credit council meetings including agenda meeting require council record decisions actions meetings sec prohibits use funds compensate technical staff years federally funded research development center contract faa center advanced aviation systems development fy2014 sec prohibits use funds pursue adopt guidelines regulations requiring airport sponsors provide faa cost building construction maintenance utilities expenses space airport sponsor owned buildings services relating air traffic control air navigation weather reporting exempts prohibition negotiations agency airport sponsors achieve agreement market rates items grant assurances require airport sponsors provide land cost faa air traffic control facilities sec authorizes faa_administrator reimburse amounts available certain fees carry essential_air_service eas program sec requires amounts collected safety related training operational services foreign aviation authorities credited appropriation current time collection merged available purposes appropriation sec prohibits availability funds paying premium pay pay sunday holiday work faa employee employee actually performed worked time corresponding pay sec prohibits obligation funds faa employee purchase store gift card gift certificate use government issued credit card sec requires secretary minimum apportionment primary cargo airports sponsors airports received scheduled unscheduled air service large certified air carriers passenger boardings preceding calendar year sec prohibits obligation funds retention bonuses faa employee prior written approval dot assistant secretary administration sec caps maximum allowable local share costs airport sponsor state local government jurisdiction airport cases operating costs air traffic tower contract air traffic control tower program exceed benefits sec prohibits use funds implement continue implement limitation ability private aircraft owner operator request faa_administrator block respect noncommercial flights display owner operator registration number aircraft situational display industry data provided faa public data available government agency sec prohibits availability funds salaries expenses faa political presidential appointees sec prohibits use funds increase fees faa_administrator assess state federal agency public private organization individual conduct special services develop special products relating navigation transportation public safety faa provides congress report justifies aeronautical navigation product fees explains consistent executive order sec bars use funds change weight restrictions prior permission rules airport new_jersey sec bars use funds close faa regional operations center reduce services faa_administrator notifies congress business days advance sec revises faa_modernization reform_act respect reauthorization fy2015 faa center excellence applied research training use advanced materials transport aircraft specify center faa center excellence applied research training use joint advanced materials structures sec revises federal share costs non hub airport improvement program aip project located state containing unappropriated unreserved public lands indian lands total area lands state requires federal share non hub airport located state miles state average federal share applicable aip project states current law allowable federal share costs aip projects shall exceed lesser highest percentage federal share applicable project state sec prescribes requirements including formula certain fy2015 distributions obligation limitation federal aid highways sec allows crediting federal aid highways account funds received bureau transportation statistics sale data products reimburse bureau necessary expenses sec requires secretary informal public notice comment opportunity intent waiver waiving buy american requirement federal aid highway projects sec prohibits use funds dot provide direct_loans loan guarantees lines credit eligible infrastructure projects secretary notifies congress days loan credit application approval sec specifies certain unobligated federal aid highway funds shall available specified exceptions fy2015 fhwa administrative expenses sec subjects funds appropriated limited act certain safety examination requirements department_of_transportation related agencies appropriations act troop readiness veterans care katrina_recovery iraq_accountability_appropriations_act relating mexico domiciled motor carriers involved cross border united_states mexico sec bars use motor carrier safety operations programs funds deny application renew hazardous materials safety program permit motor carrier based solely carrier hazardous materials service rate secretary determines carrier corrective actions corrective action plan insufficient address safety concerns resulted rate sec bars use funds available act enforce regulation prohibiting state issuing commercial learner permit individuals age state law authorizing issuance permits individuals sec bars use funds available act act enforce specified period restart rule hours service drivers applies operators commercial motor vehicles property subject maximum dot driving requirements suspends restart rule date enactment act later september date submission secretary final report required act makes restart rule june effect period requires secretary publish notice federal_register fmcsa website announcing suspension enforcement temporary resumption period old restart rule directs secretary initiate study operational safety health fatigue impacts suspended new temporarily resumed old restart rule commercial motor vehicle drivers requires secretary submit dot_inspector general review comment plan outlining study scope methodology requires secretary receiving comments submit final report study findings conclusions recommendations new restart rule effect july provides greater net benefit old rule operational safety health fatigue impacts sec makes certain additional funds available nhtsa pay travel related expenses state management reviews core competency development training related expenses highway safety staff sec declares certain limitations obligations nhtsa programs shall apply obligational authority available previous public laws extent obligational authority lapsed sec prohibits use funds implement establishment dot national highway safety advisory_committee sec declares funds provided act national_railroad_passenger_corporation amtrak shall immediately cease available amtrak event contracts provided location outside united_states service july performed time time amtrak employee base employment located united_states sec authorizes secretary receive cash spare parts non federal sources repair damages replace federally owned automated track inspection cars equipment result party liability damages sec makes amounts available amtrak operation intercity passenger rail actually available distribution secretary reviews grant request specific train route accompanied detailed plan justifying federal support secretary satisfaction sec bars use funds amtrak pay overtime costs excess amtrak employee authorizes president amtrak waive cap cases poses risk safety operational efficiency amtrak system sec declares limitations obligations fta programs shall apply grant authority previously available obligation authority previously available obligation sec declares funds appropriated act specified fta discretionary program projects obligated september recoveries shall directed projects eligible use funds purposes originally provided sec authorizes certain transfers public transportation funds appropriated october remain available expenditure sec prohibits secretary enforcing federal charter bus service regulations transit agency fy2008 initially granted day period comply regulations subsequently granted exception sec authorizes secretary applying project justification local commitment criteria new starts project consider costs ridership connected project private parties making significant financial contributions construction connected project authorizes secretary consider significant financial contributions parties connected project calculating non federal share net capital project costs new starts project sec requires secretary consider small starts projects including developing guidance implementing program projects fixed guideway capital investment grant sec requires new bus rapid transit projects recommended president budget submission congress capital investment grant funds appropriated act funded specified unobligated discretionary funds bus bus facilities program fy2012 subjects projects capital investment grants program requirements new starts small starts core capacity projects sec authorizes maritime_administration furnish utilities services necessary repairs connection lease contract occupancy property control sec bars use funds dot maritime_administration negotiate execute enter facilitate perform fee service contracts vessel disposal recycling qualified domestic ship pay purchase recycle vessel owned operated maritime_administration national_defense_reserve_fleet sec increases hazardous materials emergency preparedness fund pay certain administrative costs sec authorizes secretary require person proposing project design construction costs billion construction expansion operation gas hazardous liquid pipeline facility liquefied natural gas pipeline facility pay facility design safety review costs incurred secretary sec directs secretary initiate rulemaking alternative risk based compliance regime siting small scale facilities generate package liquefied natural gas use transportation fuel domestic delivery non pipeline means urges rulemaking alternative risk based compliance regime incorporate national fire protection association standard industry best practices sec prohibits availability funds act salaries expenses political presidential appointees dot prohibits assignment appointees temporary detail outside dot sec bars recipients funds available act disseminating personal information obtained state_department motor vehicles connection motor vehicle record permitted specified federal criminal law prohibits secretary withholding funds grantee state fails comply prohibition sec requires secretary notify congressional appropriations committees business days announcing project competitively selected receive discretionary grant award letter intent funding grant agreement certain grant programs including federal highway emergency relief program faa aip fra program fta program formula_grants fixed guideway modernization programs maritime_administration program funding national infrastructure investments sec makes available reimbursement recovery costs recovered funds secretary determined represent improper dot payments party contractor financial assistance award sec prohibits use funds stb charge collect filing fee rate practice complaints filed excess authorized district_court civil suit filing fees federal judicial code sec authorizes obligation funds appropriated modal administrations office_of_the_secretary costs related assessments reimbursable agreements amounts costs goods services purchased provide direct benefit administrations sec authorizes secretary carry program establish uniform standards developing supporting agency transit pass transit benefits including distribution benefits paper electronic media title department_of_housing_and_urban_development department_of_housing_and_urban_development appropriations act makes appropriations fy2015 department_of_housing_and_urban_development hud administration operations management office public indian housing office community planning development office housing federal_housing_administration fha government_national_mortgage_association ginnie_mae office policy development research office fair housing equal opportunity office healthy homes lead hazard control office_of_inspector_general rescinds permanently million funds previously provided general special risk insurance funds program account sec requires rescission amounts budget authority alternative remittance treasury associated cash amounts certain state- local local housing agency financed projects mckinney homeless assistance amendments act requires budget authority funds budget authority cash rescinded remitted treasury state housing finance agencies local governments local housing agencies hud approved projects settlement occurred january authorizes secretary hud secretary title award budget authority cash rescinded remitted treasury provide project owners incentives refinance projects lower interest rate sec prohibits use funds fy2015 investigate prosecute fair housing act lawful activity engaged persons including filing maintaining non frivolous legal action engaged solely achieve prevent action government official entity court competent jurisdiction sec directs secretary grant certain authority aids housing opportunity act state received allocation prior fiscal year eligible fy2015 allocation areas state outside qualifying metropolitan statistical areas fy2015 number cases acquired immunodeficiency syndrome aids required prescribes formula allocation grants city new_jersey requires secretary adjust funds allocated fy2015 aids housing opportunity act wilmington delaware behalf wilmington delaware maryland new_jersey metropolitan division allocate portion state new_jersey according specified formula directs secretary allocate wake county north_carolina certain funds allocated fy2015 act north_carolina behalf north_carolina metropolitan_statistical_area authorizes secretary adjust fy2015 allocations act written request grant applicant formula allocation behalf metropolitan_statistical_area designate state states metropolitan_statistical_area located eligible allocation sec requires grant cooperative agreement assistance pursuant title competitive basis accordance department_of_housing_and_urban_development reform_act sec makes certain funds available regard limitations administrative expenses legal services contract fee basis payment services facilities federal_national_mortgage_association fannie_mae ginnie_mae federal_home_loan_mortgage_corporation freddie_mac federal financing bank federal_reserve_banks federal_home_loan_banks bank insured federal_deposit_insurance_corporation act sec authorizes hud corporations agencies subject government corporation control act expenditures contracts commitments regard fiscal year limitations necessary carry fy2015 budgets sec directs secretary report quarterly congressional appropriations committees unobligated excess funds program activity hud jurisdiction additional updated budget information request sec requires president formal budget request fy2016 hud congressional_budget justifications use identical account subaccount structure provided act sec declares public housing agency pha entity administers federal_housing assistance housing authority county los_angeles california states alaska iowa mississippi shall required include resident public housing recipient section rental assistance united_states_housing_act agency entity governing_board requires pha entity chooses include individuals governing_board establish advisory_board shall meet quarterly consisting residents public housing section rental assistance recipients sec prohibits use funds provided title audit ginnie_mae applies certain requirements federal credit reform_act sec authorizes secretary fy2015 fy2016 subject specified conditions authorize transfer project based assistance debt statutorily required low income low income use restrictions associated multifamily housing project multifamily housing project projects sec prohibits section rental assistance individual enrolled student institution higher education age veteran unmarried dependent child person disabilities receiving section assistance november individually eligible parents individually jointly eligible receive assistance declares section rental assistance eligibility purposes financial assistance excess amounts received tuition individual receives higher education act private sources institution higher education shall considered income individual person age dependent children sec requires funds available native american housing block grants title allocated recipients received funds sec authorizes secretary fy2015 insure enter commitments insure home equity conversion mortgages reverse mortgages elderly homeowners sec requires secretary fy2015 managing disposing multifamily property owned mortgage held hud process foreclosure property contract section rental assistance payments federal programs maintain rental assistance payments attached dwelling units property authorizes secretary extent multifamily property feasible continued payments based specified cost operation environmental considerations contract consultation property tenants project based rental assistance payments owner owners existing housing properties provide rental assistance sec amends housing_and_community_development_act authorize secretary use community development loan guarantee funds guarantee commitments guarantee notes obligations issued state behalf non entitlement communities repeals limitations total outstanding obligations guaranteed cumulative basis secretary fiscal year requires secretary monitor use eligible public entities states commitment amounts authorized appropriation acts fiscal year repeals prohibition imposing fee charge respect hud guarantees commitment guarantee loans requires state receiving guarantee commitment behalf non entitlement areas distribute funds subject guarantee general local governments non entitlement areas received commitment sec authorizes phas operate fewer public housing units elect exempt asset management requirements imposed secretary connection operating fund rule prohibits exemption requirements agency seeking discontinuance reduction subsidy operating fund formula sec prohibits secretary respect use funds operation capital improvement management public housing authorized united_states_housing_act imposing asset management requirement guideline restricts limits way use capital funds central office costs prohibits pha capital funds authorized eligible operation management activities operating funds excess specified permitted amounts specified title sec prohibits designation hud official employee allotment holder implemented adequate system funds control received training funds control procedures directives sec requires secretary report annually congressional appropriations committees status section project based housing including number project based units region analysis federally subsidized housing refinanced mark market program sec requires secretary fy2015 notify public federal_register appropriate means issuance notice availability assistance notice funding availability program discretionary fund awarded competitively authorizes secretary period available internet appropriate government website electronic media sec requires payment attorney fees program related litigation individual program_office office general counsel personnel funding sec considers hud administered disaster housing assistance programs hud program mckinney act income verification matching purposes sec requires secretary specified actions multifamily housing project section contract contract similar project based assistance receives real estate assessment center score receives score fails certify writing hud days deficiencies corrected receives consecutive scores inspections applies requirements insured noninsured projects section rental assistance attached units units receiving pha project based assistance voucher program public housing units assisted capital operating funds sec prohibits pha fy2015 use funds available specified purposes united_states_housing_act including section tenant based rental assistance program pha salary including bonuses chief executive officer official employee exceeds annual rate basic pay position level executive schedule sec amends united_states_housing_act extend fy2015 authorization appropriations demolition site revitalization replacement housing tenant based assistance grants severely distressed public housing projects grants assisting affordable housing developed main street projects smaller communities sec allows million funds appropriated salaries expenses accounts title office_of_inspector_general account transferred merged amounts appropriated information technology fund account sec bars use funds available act hud doctoral research grant program sec modifies funding requirements rental assistance demonstration provided department_of_housing_and_urban_development appropriations act extends fy2016 specified program conversion tenant based rental assistance vouchers pha project based vouchers sec bars use funds act provided hud grant award secretary notifies congressional appropriations committees business days project state locality housing authority tribe nonprofit organization entity selected receive grant award announced hud offices sec amends multifamily assisted housing reform affordability act extend october fha insured multifamily housing mortgage housing assistance program office multifamily housing assistance restructuring sec amends united_states_housing_act modified requirements governing public housing capital operating funds authorizes pha establish replacement reserve carry certain listed capital activities allows pha deposit funds capital_fund time replacement reserve subject specified conditions authorizes secretary allow pha establishing replacement reserve transfer operating funds allows funds replacement reserve carry capital management activities purpose capital_fund year action plan exempts funds held pha replacement reserves penalties slow expenditure pha capital funds sec limits pha use capital management activities eligible assistance capital_fund appropriations fy2015 ensuing fiscal year allocated pha operating fund public housing plan agency provides use amends cranston gonzalez national affordable housing act revise requirements respect termination tenancy owner affordable housing assisted act rental states mandatory day notice required grounds termination refusal renew lease involve direct threat safety tenants employees housing imminent threat property termination refusal renew accordance requirements state local law allows community housing development organization funded state serve counties state sec directs secretary establish demonstration program period enactment act end fy2017 secretary enter competitively selected budget neutral performance based year agreements result reduction energy water costs appropriate entities carry projects energy water conservation improvements residential units multifamily buildings participating section project based rental assistance programs united_states_housing_act section voucher program assistance supportive housing elderly programs housing act supportive housing persons disabilities programs cranston gonzalez national affordable housing act prescribes requirements payment agreement shall contingent documented utility savings authorizes secretary use demonstration program funds appropriated renewal contracts specified housing programs sec amends housing opportunity program extension act allow national regional organizations consortia experienced providing facilitating self help housing homeownership opportunities use certain grants rehabilitation existing dwelling units includes planning administration management grant programs eligible expenses limits grant requires secretary establish deadline extended good cause time units assisted grant funds completed conveyed sec amends housing_and_community_development_act modify requirements respect loan guarantees indian housing requires holder guarantee payment loan guarantee things good faith consideration making loan modification meet standards servicing loans default sec amends national housing act authorize secretary fiscal year charge collect fee basis points original principal balance mortgages originated mortgagee insured previous fiscal year requires use collected fees offsetting collections administrative contract expenses funding necessary salaries expenses funding provided mutual mortgage insurance program account sec revises procedures section rental assistance program publishing fair market rentals area respect scope monthly assistance payments requires secretary publish rentals annually hud website manner specified secretary repeals requirement secretary establish separate fair market rentals westchester_county new_york monroe_county pennsylvania sec rescinds permanently unobligated balances including carryover remaining funds appropriated hud brownfields redevelopment rural housing economic development drug elimination grants low income housing program cranston gonzalez national affordable housing act sec requires sums necessary implement homeowners armed knowledge pilot levels appropriated act sec amends housing_and_urban_development_act authorize secretary purposes providing assistance housing low- moderate income families enter appropriate multiyear agreements subject availability annual appropriations sec amends national housing act respect minimum property standards established secretary promote energy saving techniques newly constructed residential housing manufactured homes subject mortgages insured act authorizes secretary establish exception minimum property standard order address alternative water systems including meet requirements state local building codes ensure health safety standards sec requires secretary addition making certain funds available metropolitan cities urban counties located partially located major disaster declared area provide assistance state use non entitlement area major disaster declared president robert stafford disaster relief emergency assistance_act title iii related agencies makes appropriations fy2015 access board federal_maritime_commission office_of_inspector_general national_railroad_passenger_corporation amtrak national_transportation_safety_board ntsb neighborhood_reinvestment_corporation interagency council homelessness title general_provisions act specifies certain uses limits prohibitions use funds appropriated act sec prohibits use funds planning execution program pay expenses compensate nonfederal parties intervening regulatory adjudicatory proceedings funded act sec prohibits obligation expenditure funds available act employee training meets specified negative criteria declares prohibition shall prohibit restrict preclude agency conducting training bearing directly performance official duties sec prohibits use funds support federal state local projects seek use power eminent domain eminent domain employed public use sec requires federal agencies departments funded act report march congressional appropriations committees sole source contracts sec prohibits transfer funds available act federal department agency instrumentality united_states_government pursuant transfer transfer authority provided act appropriations act sec prohibits payment salary appropriation act person filling position temporary held employee left enter armed_forces satisfactorily completed period active military naval service days release service hospitalization continuing discharge year applied restoration position certified office_of_personnel_management opm qualified perform duties position restored sec prohibits expenditure funds appropriated act entity entity agrees comply buy_american_act sec prohibits availability funds person entity convicted violating buy_american_act sec prohibits use funds act class airline accommodations contravention specified federal regulations sec prohibits provision funds available prior acts association_of_community_organizations_for_reform acorn affiliates subsidiaries allied organizations sec prohibits use funds available act enter contract memorandum understanding cooperative agreement grant provide loan loan guarantee corporation convicted felony criminal violation federal law preceding months awarding agency aware conviction agency considered suspension debarment corporation determination action necessary protect government interests sec makes prohibition sec respect corporation unpaid federal tax liability paid timely manner awarding agency aware unpaid tax liability agency considered suspension debarment corporation determined action necessary protect interests government sec expresses sense congress congress pass legislation authorizes spending cuts increase poverty united_states sec requires agencies departments funded act report congress end fiscal year complete inventory total number vehicles owned permanently retired purchased fy2015 total cost vehicle fleet including maintenance fuel storage purchasing leasing sec prohibits use funds available act pay federal officer employee including head executive branch agency sec requires head executive branch department agency board commission office entity funded act report annually inspector_general senior ethics official inspector_general costs contracting procedures related conference held entity fy2015 cost government exceeded requires entity head days conference government fy2015 notify inspector_general senior ethics official date location number employees attending conference declares grant contract funded amounts appropriated act executive branch agency defray costs conference directly programmatically related purpose grant contract awarded prohibits use funds available act travel conference activities compliance office_of_management_and_budget omb memorandum dated sec prohibits use funds available act send pay attendance employees single federal agency department stationed united_states single international conference occurring outside united_states relevant secretary reports specified congressional committees days advance attendance important national interest specifies international conference involves representatives government foreign governments international organizations nongovernmental organizations sec requires report federal department agency submit congressional appropriations committee posted department agency public website days receipt committee exempts report requirement posting compromise national security report contains proprietary information sec requires federal departments funded act report march detailed summary advertising prior fiscal year including total spent sec prohibits use funds available act bonus awards contractors work projects schedule budget sec prohibits use funds act premium travel federal agency provide report premium travel general_services_administration gsa prior fiscal year sec requires federal department funded act report march efforts address duplication identified annual reports duplication issued government_accountability_office gao legal barriers preventing department ability reduce duplication sec prohibits use funds available act purchase light office building light extent practicable energy_star federal_energy_management_program designation sec requires federal agency department funded act respond timely manner recommendation gao


Summary:
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2014 - Appropriates supplemental funds for FY2014 to specified federal agencies and programs to respond to the increased apprehensions of unaccompanied children and minors along the southwestern border, fight wildfires, and support Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile defense system.

Provides appropriations for the Department of Justice (DOJ); the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), including U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); and the Department of State to cover necessary expenses to respond to the significant rise in unaccompanied children and adults with children at the southwest border.

Provides appropriations for the U.S Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Forest Service to cover anticipated wildfire suppression funding shortfalls if funds previously provided for wildfire suppression will be exhausted imminently and USDA notifies the appropriations committees of the need for additional funds.

Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to require certain adjustments to discretionary spending limits for FY2015-FY2021 for wildfire suppression operations in the wildland fire management accounts at the Department of the Interior and the USDA.

Provides appropriations for the Department of Defense (DOD) to assist the government of Israel with procurement of the Iron Dome defense system to counter short-range rocket threats.

Designates funding provided in the Act as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget And Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

Specifies authorized, restricted, and prohibited uses of appropriated funds.

emergency supplemental appropriations act appropriates supplemental funds fy2014 specified federal agencies programs respond increased apprehensions unaccompanied children minors southwestern border fight wildfires support israel iron_dome anti missile defense system provides appropriations department_of_justice doj department_of_homeland_security dhs including customs border_protection cbp immigration customs enforcement ice department_of_health_and_human_services hhs department_of_state cover necessary expenses respond significant rise unaccompanied children adults children southwest_border provides appropriations department_of_agriculture usda forest_service cover anticipated wildfire suppression funding shortfalls funds previously provided wildfire suppression exhausted imminently usda notifies appropriations committees need additional funds amends balanced_budget emergency deficit control act require certain adjustments discretionary spending limits fy2015 fy2021 wildfire suppression operations wildland_fire_management accounts department_of_the_interior usda provides appropriations department_of_defense dod assist government israel procurement iron_dome defense system counter short range rocket threats designates funding provided act emergency requirement pursuant balanced_budget emergency deficit control act specifies authorized restricted prohibited uses appropriated funds