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Eunice Kennedy Shriver Act - Reauthorizes the Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act of 2004 for FY2014-FY2018.

Directs the Secretary of State to act through the Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs in awarding grants or entering agreements with Special Olympics for activities outside the United States. Includes community-based prevention among the activities for which the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) may award grants or enter into agreements with Special Olympics. Requires grant or agreement applications to include a description of specific measurable annual benchmarks, as well as long-term goals and objectives, to be achieved through specified activities, which must include: (1) activities to increase the full participation of people with intellectual disabilities in inclusive school and community activities with people without disabilities, (2) education programs that dispel negative stereotypes about people with intellectual disabilities, and (3) activities to increase the participation of people with intellectual disabilities in Special Olympics outside of the United States and to promote volunteerism on behalf of such activities. Requires annual reports by Special Olympics to describe demographic data about Special Olympics participants.

Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award grants or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements to promote the expansion of Best Buddies, including activities to increase the participation of people with intellectual disabilities in social relationships and other aspects of community life, including education and employment, within the United States.

eunice kennedy shriver act reauthorizes special olympics sport empowerment act fy2014-fy2018 directs secretary state act assistant secretary state educational cultural affairs awarding grants entering agreements special olympics activities outside united_states includes community based prevention activities secretary health_and_human_services hhs award grants enter agreements special olympics requires grant agreement applications include description specific measurable annual benchmarks long term goals objectives achieved specified activities include activities increase participation people intellectual disabilities inclusive school community activities people disabilities education programs dispel negative stereotypes people intellectual disabilities activities increase participation people intellectual disabilities special olympics outside united_states promote volunteerism behalf activities requires annual reports special olympics describe demographic data special olympics participants authorizes secretary education award grants enter contracts cooperative agreements promote expansion best_buddies including activities increase participation people intellectual disabilities social relationships aspects community life including education employment united_states


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Common Sense Housing Investment Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax deduction for mortgage interest, to: (1) allow, in lieu of such deduction, a tax credit for 15% of mortgage interest paid in a taxable year for the taxpayer's principal residence and one other residence; (2) provide for a phaseout of the tax deduction for mortgage interest between 2014 and 2018; (3) allow a deduction for interest and taxes relating to land for dwelling purposes owned or leased by cooperative housing corporations; and (4) increase the state housing credit ceiling for the low-income housing tax credit.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to apply the savings from the enactment of this Act to the Housing Trust Fund, for assistance under the Section 8 low-income housing program, and for the Public Housing Capital Fund.

common sense housing investment act amends_the_internal_revenue_code respect tax deduction mortgage interest allow lieu deduction tax credit mortgage interest paid taxable year taxpayer principal residence residence provide phaseout tax deduction mortgage interest allow deduction interest taxes relating land dwelling purposes owned leased cooperative housing corporations increase state housing credit ceiling low income housing tax credit directs secretary treasury apply savings enactment act housing_trust_fund assistance section low income housing program public housing capital_fund


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Raising Employment in Affordable Communities and Homes Act of 2013 or REACH Act of 2013 - Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 with respect to providing economic opportunities for low- and very low-income persons, particularly recipients of federal assistance for housing.

Prohibits any assistance to a public housing agency (PHA) under the United States Housing Act of 1937 for any fiscal year for low-income housing projects (development assistance), or assistance from the Operating Fund or Capital Fund under the same Act, unless the PHA prepares an action plan describing activities that will: (1) provide such individuals the training and employment opportunities generated by such assistance, and (2) award contracts for work in connection with such assistance to business concerns that also provide economic opportunities for such individuals.

Waives this prohibition for any qualified PHA: (1) the sum of the public housing dwelling units it administers, and the number of tenant-based rental assistance vouchers it administers, is 550 or fewer; and (2) that is not a troubled PHA, and does not have a failing score under the Section 8 Management Assessment Program during the prior 12 months.

Prohibits an Indian tribe or tribally designated housing entity (as defined in the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996) from providing any grant amounts under the Act for any program year unless the tribe or entity prepares an action plan meeting the same criteria.

Waives this prohibition for any recipient of such grant amounts for which the sum of the affordable housing dwelling units it administers and the number of households provided tenant-based rental assistance with such grant amounts, is 550 or fewer.

Requires incorporation of the yearly action plan in: (1) a PHA's annual plan for the fiscal year, or (2) an Indian tribe's (or designated entity's) Indian housing plan for the program year.

Allows retroactive funding to any PHA, Indian tribe, or tribally designated entity upon the development and inclusion of an action plan in the PHA's annual plan or the tribe's or tribal entity's Indian housing plan.

Directs the Secretary to require that each application for housing and community development assistance exceeding $200,000 include an action plan.

Authorizes the Secretary to establish and impose penalties for PHAs, Indian tribes and tribally designated entities, and recipients of housing and community development assistance that do not comply with their action plans to the Secretary's satisfaction.

raising employment affordable communities homes act reach act amends housing_and_urban_development_act respect providing economic opportunities low- low income persons particularly recipients federal assistance housing prohibits assistance public housing agency pha united_states_housing_act fiscal year low income housing projects development assistance assistance operating fund capital_fund act pha prepares action plan describing activities provide individuals training employment opportunities generated assistance award contracts work connection assistance business concerns provide economic opportunities individuals waives prohibition qualified pha sum public housing dwelling units administers number tenant based rental assistance vouchers administers fewer troubled pha failing score section management assessment program prior months prohibits indian tribe tribally designated housing entity defined native_american_housing_assistance self determination act providing grant amounts act program year tribe entity prepares action plan meeting criteria waives prohibition recipient grant amounts sum affordable housing dwelling units administers number households provided tenant based rental assistance grant amounts fewer requires incorporation yearly action plan pha annual plan fiscal year indian tribe designated entity indian housing plan program year allows retroactive funding pha indian tribe tribally designated entity development inclusion action plan pha annual plan tribe tribal entity indian housing plan directs secretary require application housing community development assistance exceeding include action plan authorizes secretary establish impose penalties phas indian tribes tribally designated entities recipients housing community development assistance comply action plans secretary satisfaction


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Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2013 - Amends the Egg Products Inspection Act to revise provisions concerning housing and treatment of egg-laying hens and enforcement of such requirements.

Sets forth separate caging device and environmental and housing conversion provisions for California.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to delegate to the California Department of Food and Agriculture certain enforcement authority with respect to eggs produced, shipped, handled, transported, or received in California prior to the date that is 15 years after the date of enactment of this Act.

egg_products_inspection_act amendments amends egg_products_inspection_act revise provisions concerning housing treatment egg laying enforcement requirements sets forth separate device environmental housing conversion provisions california directs secretary agriculture usda delegate california department food agriculture certain enforcement authority respect eggs produced shipped handled transported received california prior date years date enactment act


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Community Parks Revitalization Act - Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to carry out a community revitalization program of federal grants to eligible local governments located within standard metropolitan statistical areas for various park and recreation purposes, including grants for rehabilitation and construction, innovation and recreation programming, and recovery action programs.

Authorizes the Secretary to designate local governments not located in standard metropolitan statistical areas to receive such grants under a partial eligibility waiver.

Prescribes requirements, including matching requirements, for rehabilitation and construction and for innovation and recreation grants.

Limits to 10% the use of funds appropriated for rehabilitation and construction grants for acquisition of land or interests in land.

Allows a recipient, at its discretion, to transfer a grant in whole or in part to private nonprofit agencies for recreational areas and facilities they own or operate which offer recreational opportunities to the general population.

Requires an applicant, for project approval, to submit to the Secretary evidence of its commitment to ongoing planning, rehabilitation, service, operation, and maintenance programs for its park and recreation systems, expressed in a five-year local park and recreation recovery action program.

Prescribes requirements for the five-year park and recreation recovery action program under an at-risk youth recreation grant.

Authorizes the Secretary to increase federal rehabilitation and construction, innovation, and at-risk youth recreation grants to a state under this Act by an additional match of up to 15% (but not more than 15%) of total project or program cost. Limits the aggregate amount of the grant and the additional grant amounts to 85% percent of total project or program cost.

Prohibits the conversion, without HUD approval, of any property improved or developed with assistance under this Act for uses other than for public recreation.

community parks revitalization act_-_requires secretary housing_and_urban_development hud carry community revitalization program federal grants eligible local governments located standard metropolitan statistical areas park recreation purposes including grants rehabilitation construction innovation recreation programming recovery action programs authorizes secretary designate local governments located standard metropolitan statistical areas receive grants partial eligibility waiver prescribes requirements including matching requirements rehabilitation construction innovation recreation grants limits use funds appropriated rehabilitation construction grants acquisition land interests land allows recipient discretion transfer grant private nonprofit agencies recreational areas facilities operate offer recreational opportunities general population requires applicant project approval submit secretary evidence commitment ongoing planning rehabilitation service operation maintenance programs park recreation systems expressed year local park recreation recovery action program prescribes requirements year park recreation recovery action program risk youth recreation grant authorizes secretary increase federal rehabilitation construction innovation risk youth recreation grants state act additional match total project program cost limits aggregate grant additional grant amounts percent total project program cost prohibits conversion hud approval property improved developed assistance act uses public recreation


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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Promoting Adoption and Legal Guardianship for Children in Foster Care Act - Title I: Adoption Incentives Grant Program - (Sec. 101) Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise the adoption incentives grant program (renaming it the adoption and legal guardianship incentive program), creating a new formula for determining adoption incentive payments, and extending the program through FY2016.

(Sec.104) Requires states to use amounts paid to them under such program to supplement, and not supplant, any federal or non-federal funds used to provide any service under SSA title IV parts B (Child and Family Services) or E.

(Sec. 104) Increases from 24 to 36 the number of months during which incentive program payments are available for expenditure.

(Sec. 106) Requires states to: (1) report annually to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) on the calculation and use of savings resulting from the application of certain requirements to all children, and (2) spend at least 20% of such savings on post-adoption services.

(Sec. 107) Provides that in the event of the death or incapacity of the relative guardian, the eligibility of a child for a kinship guardianship assistance payment shall not be affected because of the replacement of the relative guardian with a successor legal guardian named in the kinship guardianship assistance agreement.

Title II: Extension of Family Connection Grant Program - (Sec. 201) Amends SSA title IV part B to extend the family connection grant program through FY2016.

Title III: Unemployment Compensation - (Sec. 301) Amends SSA title III (Unemployment Insurance) with respect to the requirement that a state have an unemployment compensation law containing certain provisions in order to receive a specified federal grant. Requires a state owed an unemployment compensation debt meeting specified criteria that remains uncollected within two years after it was first incurred to take specified action under the Internal Revenue Code to recover it, including through a tax refund offset.

measure amended introduced summary version expanded action occurred measure promoting adoption legal guardianship children foster care act title adoption incentives grant program sec amends foster care adoption assistance title social_security_act ssa revise adoption incentives grant program renaming adoption legal guardianship incentive program creating new formula determining adoption incentive payments extending program fy2016 requires states use amounts paid program supplement supplant federal non federal funds provide service ssa title parts child family services sec increases number months incentive program payments available expenditure sec requires states report annually secretary health_and_human_services hhs calculation use savings resulting application certain requirements children spend savings post adoption services sec provides event death incapacity relative guardian eligibility child kinship guardianship assistance payment shall affected replacement relative guardian successor legal guardian named kinship guardianship assistance agreement title extension family connection grant program sec amends ssa title extend family connection grant program fy2016 title iii unemployment compensation sec amends ssa title iii unemployment insurance respect requirement state unemployment compensation law containing certain provisions order receive specified federal grant requires state owed unemployment compensation debt meeting specified criteria remains years incurred specified action internal_revenue_code recover including tax refund offset


Summary: Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to eligibility for the new markets tax credit, to treat a population census tract for which the Secretary of the Treasury determines there is insufficient information to determine whether such tract is a low-income community as such a community if: (1) such tract is adjacent to two or more low-income communities, and (2) the Secretary does not have information indicating such tract is not a low-income community.

amends_the_internal_revenue_code respect eligibility new markets tax credit treat population census tract secretary treasury determines insufficient information determine tract low income community community tract adjacent low income communities secretary information indicating tract low income community


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National Design Services Act of 2014 - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to establish a loan repayment program for eligible architects who provide certain design services on behalf of a Community Design Center (a non-profit organization operated and managed by a licensed architect that conducts research and provides design services for community development projects).

Requires an eligible architect, in order to participate in the loan repayment program, to enter into a written contract with the Secretary that contains:

 an agreement under which: (1) the architect agrees to provide eligible design services on behalf of a Community Design Center for at least one year, and (2) the Secretary agrees to pay the principal and interest of the architect's qualifying educational loans for the period of time the architect provides such services; a provision that any U.S. financial obligation arising out of the contract, and any obligation of the architect, is contingent upon appropriations for the loan repayment program; and a statement of the damages to which the United States is entitled if the eligible architect breaches the contract.

national design services act amends housing_and_community_development_act authorize secretary housing_and_urban_development hud establish loan repayment program eligible provide certain design services behalf community design center non profit organization operated managed licensed architect conducts research provides design services community development projects requires eligible architect order participate loan repayment program enter written contract secretary contains agreement architect agrees provide eligible design services behalf community design center year secretary agrees pay principal interest architect qualifying educational loans period time architect provides services provision financial obligation arising contract obligation architect contingent appropriations loan repayment program statement damages united_states entitled eligible architect breaches contract


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Healthy Housing Council Act of 2013 - Establishes in the executive branch an independent Interagency Council on Healthy Housing.

Requires the Council to: (1) review federal programs and services that provide housing, health, energy, or environmental services to families and individuals; (2) monitor, evaluate, and recommend improvements in programs and services administered, funded, or financed by federal, state, and local agencies; (3) recommend ways to reduce duplication among federal programs and services; and (4) ensure collaboration among and within agencies in the provision and availability of such programs and services.

healthy housing council act establishes executive branch independent interagency council healthy housing requires council review federal programs services provide housing health energy environmental services families individuals monitor evaluate recommend improvements programs services administered funded financed federal state local agencies recommend ways reduce duplication federal programs services ensure collaboration agencies provision availability programs services


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Family Self-Sufficiency Act - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to revise the purpose of the Family-Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program to include the use of both low-income housing assistance under Section 8 of such Act (as in current law) and public housing capital and operating funds under Section 9 in order to enable eligible families to achieve economic independence and self-sufficiency.

Eliminates the budget allocation reserved for public housing agency (PHA) incentive awards.

Prescribes and/or revises eligibility requirements for families to participate in local FSS programs and for the eligible entities to administer them.

Makes the owner or sponsor of a multifamily property receiving rental assistance under Section 8, as well as a PHA, an eligible entity for administering a local FSS program.

Revises the scope of supportive services provided through a local FSS program under a contract of participation between an eligible entity and a leaseholder receiving assistance under Sections 8 or 9 to include: (1) education for attainment of a GED, (2) education in pursuit of a post-secondary degree or certification, (3) health and mental health services as needed, (4) homeownership education and assistance, and (5) financial literacy. Removes training in homemaking and parenting skills from the list of authorized supportive services.

Revises requirements for and limitations on rent increases. Requires an eligible entity to place in an interest-bearing escrow account, for each participating family, an amount equal to any increase in rent the family pays. Requires payment of the escrow account funds to the family after the end of the contract of participation, unless the family fails to qualify to receive it.

Modifies requirements for the establishment of fees for costs incurred by eligible entities administering FSS programs.

Authorizes owners of privately-owned properties, under specified conditions, voluntarily to make local FSS programs available to their tenants by entering into cooperative agreements with local PHAs administering FSS programs.

family self sufficiency act_-_amends united_states_housing_act revise purpose family self sufficiency program include use low income housing assistance section act current law public housing capital operating funds section order enable eligible families achieve economic independence self sufficiency eliminates budget allocation reserved public housing agency pha incentive awards prescribes revises eligibility requirements families participate local programs eligible entities administer makes owner sponsor multifamily property receiving rental assistance section pha eligible entity administering local program revises scope supportive services provided local program contract participation eligible entity leaseholder receiving assistance sections include education attainment education pursuit post secondary degree certification health mental health services needed homeownership education assistance financial literacy removes training parenting skills list authorized supportive services revises requirements limitations rent increases requires eligible entity place interest bearing escrow account participating family equal increase rent family pays requires payment escrow account funds family end contract participation family fails qualify receive modifies requirements establishment fees costs incurred eligible entities administering programs authorizes owners privately owned properties specified conditions voluntarily local programs available tenants entering cooperative agreements local phas administering programs


Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 - Title I: Department of Transportation - Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2014 - Makes appropriations for FY2014 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).

(Sec. 102) Prohibits any funds made available under this Act from being obligated or expended to establish or implement a program under which essential air service (EAS) communities are required to assume subsidy costs commonly referred to as the EAS local participation program.

(Sec. 103) 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. 104) 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. 105) 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 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. 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 use of funds for salaries and expenses of more than eight 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 the aeronautical navigation products report described in the explanatory statement accompanying this Act.

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

(Sec. 119D) Directs the Secretary to: (1) evaluate and adjust existing helicopter routes above Los Angeles if they would lessen impacts on residential areas and noise-sensitive landmarks, (2) analyze whether helicopters could safely fly at higher altitudes in certain areas above Los Angeles, (3) develop and promote best practices for helicopter hovering and electronic news gathering, (4) conduct outreach to helicopter pilots to inform them of voluntary policies and increase awareness of noise sensitive areas and events, (5) work with local stakeholders to develop a more comprehensive noise complaint system, and (6) continue to participate in collaborative engagement between community representatives and helicopter operators.

Requires the Secretary to develop regulations regarding the impact of helicopter use on the quality of life and safety of the Los Angeles County people unless the Secretary can demonstrate the effectiveness of the previously mentioned actions taken to address helicopter noise.

(Sec. 119E) Prohibits the use of funds to issue regulations on the integration of unmanned aerial systems (drones) into the national airspace until the Secretary reports to Congress on the privacy implications of drones.

(Sec. 120) Prescribes requirements, including a formula, for certain FY2014 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 to approve or authorize the imposition of a toll on any segment of a federal highway in the state of Texas that is not already tolled, is constructed with federal assistance, and is in actual operation.

States that this prohibition does not apply to: (1) any federal-aid system highway segment that will have the same number of nontoll lanes as existed before a toll is imposed, or (2) any high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane converted to a toll lane if an HOV may use the toll lane without paying a toll or the HOV lane was constructed as a temporary lane to be replaced by a toll lane.

(Sec. 124) Specifies the amount of certain unobligated federal-aid highway funds that shall be available for FY2014 for FHWA administrative expenses.

(Sec. 125) Prohibits the use of funds to 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. 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) Extends from September 30, 2013, to September 30, 2014, the authority of FMCSA's motor carrier safety advisory committee.

(Sec. 132) Requires a compliance review be conducted whenever a motor carrier is rated high-risk (currently, category A or B) for two consecutive months.

(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 for multiple years, 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) 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. 153) 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. 154) Revises the condition of eligibility for Amtrak receipt of grant funds to limit the prohibition against the use of certain funds for operating expenses, including a temporary transfer of such funds, to those funds provided to Amtrak for Capital and Debt Service Grants under the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013.

(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 fixed guideway capital investment projects which are not obligated by September 30, 2018, and other recoveries, may be directed to any project eligible under the fixed guideway capital investment grants program.

(Sec. 162) Authorizes certain transfers of any public transportation funds appropriated before October 1, 2013, 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 Start project.

(Sec. 165) Makes unobligated FY2010-FY2012 funds for capital projects for buses and bus-related equipment and facilities available for fixed guideway capital investment projects, subject to specified terms and conditions.

(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 FY1999-FY2010. Subjects all such projects to Capital Investment Grants Program requirements for New Starts, Small Starts, or Core Capacity projects.

(Sec. 167) Makes certain permanent rescissions.

(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. 182) 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. 183) 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. 185) 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, or any funding for national infrastructure investments and assistance to small shipyards.

(Sec. 187) 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. 189) 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. 190) 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. 191) 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, 2014 - Makes appropriations for FY2014 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.

(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 FY2014 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 FY2014 allocation because the areas in the state outside of qualifying metropolitan statistical areas in FY2014 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 FY2014 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 FY2014 under such Act to Raleigh, North Carolina, on behalf of the Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina, Metropolitan Statistical Area.

 Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) adjust FY2014 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 FY2014 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) Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require public housing agencies (PHAs) to establish a flat rental amount for a PHA dwelling unit at levels no lower than 80% of the applicable fair market rental established under the Act.

Directs PHAs to comply by June 1, 2014, with such requirement, except that if a new flat rate amount for a dwelling unit will increase a family's existing rental payment by more than 35%, the new flat rental amount shall be phased in to ensure that the family's existing rental payment does not increase by more than 35% annually. States that this requirement shall not be construed to require establishment of rental amounts equal to 80% of the fair market rental in years when it falls from the prior year.

(Sec. 210) Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to treat as a PHA, for purposes of rental payments under the program of assisted low-income housing, a consortium of states, counties, municipalities, or other governmental entities or public bodies (or their agencies or instrumentalities) authorized to engage in or assist in the development or operation of public housing.

(Sec. 211) Declares that a 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. 212) Authorizes the Secretary for FY2014-FY2015, 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 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. 214) 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. 215) Requires that the funds made available for Native American Housing Block Grants in title III of this Act be allocated to the same recipients that received funds in FY2005.

(Sec. 216) Authorizes the Secretary through FY2014 to insure, and enter into commitments to insure, home equity conversion mortgages (HECMs, or reverse mortgages) for elderly homeowners.

(Sec. 217) Requires the Secretary during FY2014, 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. 218) Revises requirements for PHA inspections of each dwelling unit for which a housing assistance payment contract is established. Requires biennial inspections, in lieu of current annual inspections, to determine compliance. Permits alternative inspection methods if specified standards are met. Allows the Secretary to adjust the frequency of inspections for mixed-finance properties assisted with vouchers to facilitate the use of such alternative inspections.

Requires interim inspections, upon family request, within 24 hours if a noncompliant condition is life-threatening (unless waived by the Secretary in extraordinary circumstances), or within a reasonable time frame if not life-threatening.

(Sec. 219) Authorizes any recipient after December 26, 2000, of a grant for conversion of elderly housing to assisted living facilities to: (1) establish a single-asset nonprofit entity to own the project; and (2) lend the grant funds to such entity, which may be a for-profit limited partnership the sole general partner of which is a private nonprofit organization meeting specified requirements, or a corporation wholly owned and controlled by such a private nonprofit organization.

(Sec. 220) Authorizes the use of Community Development Loan Guarantee funds in FY2014 to guarantee, or make commitments to guarantee, notes or other obligations issued by any state on behalf of its non-entitlement communities.

(Sec. 221) 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. 222) 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.

(Sec. 223) 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. 224) Requires payment of attorney fees in program-related litigation from individual program office personnel benefits and compensation funding.

(Sec. 225) Requires the Secretary for FY2014 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. 227) 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. 228) Considers the HUD-administered Disaster Housing Assistance Programs as a HUD program under the McKinney Act for income verification and matching purposes.

(Sec. 229) Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require the base salary of PHA employees and the maximum annual contract amount paid to contract personnel from funds provided under this Act to be based on the Federal General Schedule (GS) basic rate of pay, including locality adjustment. Prohibits the base salary of a public housing employee or total annual payment to each contracted personnel, for PHAs:

 with fewer than 250 units (public housing and section 8 housing vouchers), from exceeding the basic rate of pay, including a locality adjustment, for GS-11, step 10; with 250 to 1249 units, from exceeding the basic rate of pay, including locality adjustment, for GS-13, step 10; and with 1250 or more units, from exceeding the basic rate of pay, including locality adjustment, for GS-15, step 10. Requires any amount of salary paid to an employee or of total annual payment to each contracted personnel that exceeds the amount provided under this Act to be from non-Act sources.

Subjects the salary structure to any requirements established for the General Schedule by an appropriations Act or by presidential executive order for any fiscal year.

(Sec. 230) Amends the National Housing Act to extend through July 31, 2016, the exemption that authorizes the Secretary to provide mortgage insurance to critical access hospitals.

(Sec. 231) Requires the Secretary to report quarterly 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. 232) 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).

Revises requirements regarding the recapture and reuse of funds set-aside for investment only in housing to be developed, sponsored, or owned by community housing development organizations.

Requires the Secretary to deduct any such funds remaining uninvested for a 24-month period from the line of credit in the participating jurisdiction's HOME Investment Trust Fund and reallocate them by a specified reallocation formula other than the current direct reallocation formula.

(Sec. 233) Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to extend through FY2014 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. 234) 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. 235) Changes from quarterly to annual the reports to congressional appropriations committees on all steps taken to prevent fraud and abuse of Community Development Funds, especially in the form of duplication of benefits.

(Sec. 236) Amends the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 to repeal the mandatory transfer to the Flexible Subsidy Fund of all uncommitted balances in the Rental Housing Assistance Fund of certain excess rental charges as of September 30, 2007, as well as any collections made during FY2008 and all subsequent fiscal years.

(Sec. 237) Defines "extremely low-income families," under the program of assisted low-income housing, as very low-income families whose incomes do not exceed the higher of: (1) specified poverty guidelines updated periodically by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); or (2) 30% of the median family income for the area, with adjustments for smaller and larger families. Authorizes the Secretary to establish income ceilings higher or lower than 30% if necessary because of unusually high or low family incomes.

Revises income eligibility requirements for public housing, for tenant-based section 8 assistance, and for project-based section 8 assistance to substitute "extremely low-income families" for the respective eligibility formula.

(Sec. 238) Modifies funding requirements for Rental Assistance Demonstration provided in the Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2012.

(Sec. 239) 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. 240) Amends the Housing Act of 1959 to revise requirements for HUD assistance to private nonprofit organizations and consumer cooperatives to expand the supply of supportive housing for the elderly.

Requires the Secretary to establish procedures to delegate the award, review and processing of projects, selected by the Secretary in a national competition, to specified state or local housing agencies for issuance of capital advances to applicants. (Currently, the Secretary, within 30 days of award of the capital advance, is required to delegate such review and processing to such agencies.)

Repeals the agencies' authority to: (1) assess a reasonable fee to be included in the capital advance amounts, and (2) recommend project rental assistance amounts in excess of those initially awarded by the Secretary.

Authorizes project rental assistance for projects which identify in their applications a defined health and other supportive services program, including sources of financing and memoranda of understanding with service provision agencies and organizations.

(Sec. 241) 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. 242) Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to prohibit, in determining the monthly tenant-based assistance payment for a family under the section 8 (voucher program), the amount allowed for tenant-paid utilities from exceeding the appropriate utility allowance for the family unit size regardless of the size of the dwelling unit leased by the family.

Requires a PHA to approve a higher utility allowance, upon request, for a family including a person with disabilities if one is needed as a reasonable accommodation to make the program accessible to and usable by that family member.

(Sec. 243) 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.

Title III: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY2014 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) Requires any sums necessary for FY2014 pay raises for programs funded in this Act to be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this or previous appropriations Acts.

(Sec. 402) 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. 407) Requires all federal agencies and departments funded by this Act to report by July 30, 2012, to the congressional appropriations committees on all sole source contracts.

(Sec. 409) 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. 411) 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. 412) Prohibits the expenditure of funds appropriated under this Act by an entity unless the entity agrees to comply with Buy American requirements.

(Sec. 413) Prohibits the availability of funds to any person or entity that has been convicted of violating Buy American requirements.

(Sec. 414) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act for first-class airline accommodations in contravention of specified federal regulations.

(Sec. 415) 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. 416) 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.

Allows an agency to make such an award, however, if it has: (1) considered suspension or debarment of the corporation, and (2) has determined that this further action is not necessary to protect the interests of the government.

(Sec. 417) 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 with any unpaid federal tax liability 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 tax collecting authority, if the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid tax liability.

Allows an agency to make such an award, however, if it has: (1) considered suspension or debarment of the corporation, and (2) has determined that this further action is not necessary to protect the interests of the government.

(Sec. 418) 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. 419) 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 FY2014 as well as the total cost of the vehicle fleet, including maintenance, fuel, storage, purchasing, and leasing.

(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 FY2014 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 FY2014 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.

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domiciled motor carriers involved cross border united_states mexico sec extends september september authority fmcsa motor carrier safety advisory_committee sec requires compliance review conducted motor carrier rated high risk currently category consecutive months 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 multiple years 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 bars use funds amtrak pay overtime costs excess amtrak employee authorizes president amtrak waive cap cases poses risk safety operational efficiency amtrak system 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 revises condition eligibility amtrak receipt grant funds limit prohibition use certain funds operating expenses including temporary transfer funds funds provided amtrak capital debt service grants disaster relief appropriations act sec declares limitations obligations fta programs shall apply grant authority previously available obligation authority previously available obligation sec declares funds appropriated act specified 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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 fy2014 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 fy2014 allocation areas state outside qualifying metropolitan statistical areas fy2014 number cases acquired immunodeficiency syndrome aids required prescribes formula allocation grants city new_jersey requires secretary adjust funds allocated fy2014 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 fy2014 act north_carolina behalf north_carolina metropolitan_statistical_area authorizes secretary adjust fy2014 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 fy2014 budgets sec directs secretary report quarterly congressional appropriations committees unobligated excess funds program activity hud jurisdiction additional updated budget information request sec amends united_states_housing_act require public housing agencies phas establish flat rental pha dwelling unit levels lower applicable fair market rental established act directs phas comply june requirement new flat rate dwelling unit increase family existing rental payment new flat rental shall phased ensure family existing rental payment increase annually states requirement shall construed require establishment rental amounts equal fair market rental years falls prior year sec amends united_states_housing_act treat pha purposes rental payments program assisted low income housing consortium states counties municipalities governmental entities public bodies agencies instrumentalities authorized engage assist development operation public housing sec declares 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 authorizes secretary fy2014 fy2015 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 use funds provided title audit ginnie_mae applies certain requirements federal credit reform_act 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 iii act allocated recipients received funds sec authorizes secretary fy2014 insure enter commitments insure home equity conversion mortgages reverse mortgages elderly homeowners sec requires secretary fy2014 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 revises requirements pha inspections dwelling unit housing assistance payment contract established requires biennial inspections lieu current annual inspections determine compliance permits alternative inspection methods specified standards met allows secretary adjust frequency inspections mixed finance properties assisted vouchers facilitate use alternative inspections requires interim inspections family request hours noncompliant condition life threatening waived secretary extraordinary circumstances reasonable time frame life threatening sec authorizes recipient december grant conversion elderly housing assisted living facilities establish single asset nonprofit entity project lend grant funds entity profit limited partnership sole general partner private nonprofit organization meeting specified requirements corporation wholly owned controlled private nonprofit organization sec authorizes use community development loan guarantee funds fy2014 guarantee commitments guarantee notes obligations issued state behalf non entitlement communities 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 sec prohibits designation hud official employee allotment holder implemented adequate system funds control received training funds control procedures directives sec requires payment attorney fees program related litigation individual program_office personnel benefits compensation funding sec requires secretary fy2014 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 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 considers hud administered disaster housing assistance programs hud program mckinney act income verification matching purposes sec amends united_states_housing_act require base salary pha employees maximum annual contract paid contract personnel funds provided act based federal general_schedule basic rate pay including locality adjustment prohibits base salary public housing employee total annual payment contracted personnel phas fewer units public housing section housing vouchers exceeding basic rate pay including locality adjustment step units exceeding basic rate pay including locality adjustment step units exceeding basic rate pay including locality adjustment step requires salary paid employee total annual payment contracted personnel exceeds provided act non act sources subjects salary structure requirements established general_schedule appropriations act presidential executive order fiscal year sec amends national housing act extend july exemption authorizes secretary provide mortgage insurance critical access hospitals sec requires secretary report quarterly congressional appropriations committees status section project based housing including number project based units region analysis federally subsidized housing refinanced mark market program sec 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 revises requirements recapture reuse funds set aside investment housing developed sponsored owned community housing development organizations requires secretary deduct funds remaining month period line credit participating jurisdiction home investment trust_fund reallocate specified reallocation formula current direct reallocation formula sec amends united_states_housing_act extend fy2014 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 changes quarterly annual reports congressional appropriations committees steps taken prevent fraud abuse community development funds especially form duplication benefits sec amends consolidated_appropriations_act repeal mandatory transfer flexible subsidy fund balances rental housing assistance fund certain excess rental charges september collections fy2008 subsequent fiscal years sec defines extremely low income families program assisted low income housing low income families incomes exceed higher specified poverty guidelines updated periodically department_of_health_and_human_services hhs median family income area adjustments smaller larger families authorizes secretary establish income ceilings higher lower necessary unusually high low family incomes revises income eligibility requirements public housing tenant based section assistance project based section assistance substitute extremely low income families respective eligibility formula sec modifies funding requirements rental assistance demonstration provided department_of_housing_and_urban_development appropriations act 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 housing act revise requirements hud assistance private nonprofit organizations consumer cooperatives expand supply supportive housing elderly requires secretary establish procedures delegate award review processing projects selected secretary national competition specified state local housing agencies issuance capital advances applicants currently secretary days award capital advance required delegate review processing agencies repeals agencies authority assess reasonable fee included capital advance amounts recommend project rental assistance amounts excess initially awarded secretary authorizes project rental assistance projects identify applications defined health supportive services program including sources financing memoranda understanding service provision agencies organizations 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 united_states_housing_act prohibit determining monthly tenant based assistance payment family section voucher program allowed tenant paid utilities exceeding appropriate utility allowance family unit size regardless size dwelling unit leased family requires pha approve higher utility allowance request family including person disabilities needed reasonable accommodation program accessible usable family member 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 title iii related agencies makes appropriations fy2014 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 requires sums necessary fy2014 pay raises programs funded act levels appropriated previous appropriations acts sec prohibits use funds planning execution program pay expenses compensate nonfederal parties intervening regulatory adjudicatory proceedings funded act sec requires federal agencies departments funded act report july congressional appropriations committees sole source contracts sec prohibits use funds support federal state local projects seek use power eminent domain eminent domain employed public use 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 requirements sec prohibits availability funds person entity convicted violating buy american requirements 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 allows agency award considered suspension debarment corporation determined action necessary protect interests government sec prohibits use funds available act enter contract memorandum understanding cooperative agreement grant provide loan loan guarantee corporation unpaid federal tax liability judicial administrative remedies exhausted lapsed paid timely manner pursuant agreement tax collecting authority awarding agency aware unpaid tax liability allows agency award considered suspension debarment corporation determined action necessary protect interests government sec prohibits use funds available act purchase light office building light extent practicable energy_star federal_energy_management_program designation sec requires agencies departments funded act report congress end fiscal year complete inventory total number vehicles owned permanently retired purchased fy2014 total cost vehicle fleet including maintenance fuel storage purchasing leasing 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 fy2014 cost government exceeded requires entity head days conference government fy2014 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