Summary: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 - Title I: Department of Transportation - Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2013 - Makes appropriations for FY2013 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 minutes of the meetings. (Sec. 106) 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. (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 FY2013. (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 Deputy 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 seven 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: (1) conducts a public outreach designed to elicit feedback from aviation stakeholders, and (2) has justified to Congress its fees on paper and digital products. (Sec. 119C) Bars the use of funds to change weight restrictions or prior permission rules at Teterboro airport in Teterboro, New Jersey. (Sec. 120) Prescribes requirements, including a formula, for certain FY2013 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 level of contract authority for FY2013 for administrative expenses for federal-aid highway programs. (Sec. 126) Permits the continued operation of trucks on any segment of the U.S. Route 41 corridor in Wisconsin designated as a route on the Interstate System (IS) that could operate legally on such segment before that designation without regard to federal weight limitation requirements. (Sec. 127) Directs the Secretary to study all state truck size and weight limit laws. (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) Prohibits any recipient 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 provided in this Act for any grantee if a state fails to comply with this prohibition. (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) Authorizes the Secretary to allow the issuer of any preferred stock heretofore sold to DOT to redeem or repurchase it upon the payment to DOT of an amount the Secretary determines. (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, 2015, 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, 2012, that remain available for expenditure. (Sec. 163) Authorizes the use of unobligated FTA capital investment grants funds for new fixed guideway systems projects. (Sec. 164) Authorizes the Secretary to use 1% of amounts available for job access and reverse commute formula grants for specified major capital project program management activities. (Sec. 165) Authorizes the use of FTA funds made available for Alaska or Hawaii ferry boats or ferry terminal facilities to construct new or improve existing vessels and facilities, including both passenger and vehicle-related elements, and for repair facilities. (Sec. 166) 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. 167) 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. 168) Requires all bus new fixed guideway capital projects recommended in the President's FY2013 budget request for capital investment grant funds appropriated under this Act or any other Act to be funded instead from amounts allocated for capital projects for buses and bus-related equipment and facilities. (Sec. 169) 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. 180) Authorizes the Secretary, in assessing and collecting fees for cost recovery of reviews of the design of certain new gas or hazardous liquid pipeline facilities or liquefied natural gas pipeline facilities, to include all costs associated with all components, segments, or phases of such project. Declares, however, that cost recovery for projects based on project costs provided to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) or other applicable regulatory agency for determinations of transportation tariffs shall not require a good faith estimate. (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. 194) 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 totaling $1 million or more 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. 196) 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. 198) 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. Title II: Department of Housing and Urban Development - Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2013 - Makes appropriations for FY2013 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 FY2013 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 FY2013 allocation because the areas in the state outside of qualifying metropolitan statistical areas in FY2013 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 FY2013 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 FY2013 under such Act to Raleigh, North Carolina, on behalf of the Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina, Metropolitan Statistical Area. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) adjust FY2013 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 FY2013 budgets. (Sec. 208) Directs the Secretary to report quarterly to the 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 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 September 30, 2013, 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) Requires the President's formal budget request for FY2014 and HUD's congressional budget justifications to use the identical account and subaccount structure provided under this Act. (Sec. 211) 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. 212) Authorizes the Secretary for FY2013-FY2014, 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) 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. 214) 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. 215) 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. 216) Authorizes the Secretary through FY2013 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 FY2013, 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) States that, during FY2013, a family residing in an assisted living facility in any county of Michigan with a section 8 rental assistance demonstration program, and on behalf of which a PHA provides such assistance, may be required, when the family initially receives the assistance, to pay rent in an amount exceeding 40% of the family's monthly adjusted income by any percentage or amount the Secretary determines appropriate. (Sec. 219) Requires the Secretary to report quarterly to congressional appropriations committees on HUD use of all sole source contracts. (Sec. 220) 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. 221) Authorizes the use of Community Development Loan Guarantee funds in FY2013 to guarantee, or make commitments to guarantee, notes or other obligations issued by any state on behalf of its non-entitlement communities. (Sec. 222) Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to extend through FY2013 the authorization of appropriations for demolition, site revitalization, replacement housing, and tenant-based assistance project grants to PHAs. (Sec. 223) 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. 224) 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. 225) 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. 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) Requires payment of attorney fees in program-related litigation from individual program office personnel benefits and compensation funding. (Sec. 228) Requires the Secretary for FY2013 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. 229) 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. 231) Considers the HUD-administered Disaster Housing Assistance Programs as a HUD program under the McKinney Act for income verification and matching purposes. (Sec. 232) 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 to and merged with amounts appropriated for the Working Capital Fund account. (Sec. 233) 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. 234) 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. 235) Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to redefine 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. 236) 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. 237) 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. Requires interim inspections, upon family request, within 24 hours if a noncompliant condition is life-threatening, or within 15 days if not life-threatening. (Sec. 238) Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2012 to terminate the authority of the Secretary to convert assisted units in the moderate rehabilitation program to tenant-based rental assistance or project-based rental assistance units. (Sec. 239) 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. Title III: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY2013 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 FY2013 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, 2013, 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 of 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 the Buy American Act. (Sec. 413) Prohibits the availability of funds to any person or entity that has been convicted of violating the Buy American Act. (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 use of funds to purchase a light bulb for an office building unless it has, to the extent practicable, an Energy Star or Federal Energy Management Program designation. (Sec. 416) 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. 417) Prescribes requirements for the posting on DOT or HUD websites of certain information regarding any competitive grant or credit assistance program, including: (1) the goals of the program, (2) the criteria that will be used in awarding such grants or credit assistance, and (3) the process by which applications will be selected. Requires the posting on such websites, concurrent with the public announcement of the grants or credit assistance to be awarded, of additional specified information on each selectee. (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 FY2013 as well as the total cost of the vehicle fleet, including maintenance, fuel, storage, purchasing, and leasing. (Sec. 420) Prohibits the use of funds to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more than 50 U.S.-stationed employees from a federal department or agency at any single conference outside the United States unless in the national interest.

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truck size weight limit laws 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 prohibits recipient funds available act disseminating personal information obtained state_department motor vehicles connection motor vehicle record permitted specified federal criminal law prohibits secretary withholding funds provided act grantee state fails comply prohibition 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 authorizes secretary allow issuer preferred stock sold dot redeem repurchase payment dot secretary determines 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 authorizes use unobligated fta capital investment grants funds new fixed guideway systems projects sec authorizes secretary use amounts available job access reverse commute formula_grants specified major capital project program management activities sec authorizes use fta funds available alaska hawaii ferry boats ferry terminal facilities construct new improve existing vessels facilities including passenger vehicle related elements repair facilities 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 start project sec requires bus new fixed guideway capital projects recommended president fy2013 budget request capital investment grant funds appropriated act act funded instead amounts allocated capital projects buses bus related equipment facilities sec makes certain permanent rescissions sec authorizes maritime_administration furnish utilities services necessary repairs connection lease contract occupancy property control sec authorizes secretary assessing collecting fees cost recovery reviews design certain new gas hazardous liquid pipeline facilities liquefied natural gas pipeline facilities include costs associated components segments phases project declares cost recovery projects based project costs provided federal_energy_regulatory_commission ferc applicable regulatory agency determinations transportation tariffs shall require good faith estimate sec prohibits availability funds act salaries expenses political presidential appointees dot prohibits assignment appointees temporary detail outside dot sec requires secretary notify congressional appropriations committees business days announcing project competitively selected receive discretionary grant award letter intent funding grant agreement totaling million certain grant programs including federal highway emergency relief program faa aip fra program fta program formula_grants fixed guideway modernization programs funding national infrastructure investments assistance small shipyards 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 title department_of_housing_and_urban_development department_of_housing_and_urban_development appropriations act makes appropriations fy2013 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 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 fy2013 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 fy2013 allocation areas state outside qualifying metropolitan statistical areas fy2013 number cases acquired immunodeficiency syndrome aids required prescribes formula allocation grants city new_jersey requires secretary adjust funds allocated fy2013 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 fy2013 act north_carolina behalf north_carolina metropolitan_statistical_area authorizes secretary adjust fy2013 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 fy2013 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 phas establish flat rental pha dwelling unit levels lower applicable fair market rental established act directs phas comply september 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 requires president formal budget request fy2014 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 authorizes secretary fy2013 fy2014 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 requires funds available native american housing block grants title iii act allocated recipients received funds 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 authorizes secretary fy2013 insure enter commitments insure home equity conversion mortgages reverse mortgages elderly homeowners sec requires secretary fy2013 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 states fy2013 family residing assisted living facility county michigan section rental assistance demonstration program behalf pha provides assistance required family initially receives assistance pay rent exceeding family monthly adjusted income percentage secretary determines appropriate sec requires secretary report quarterly congressional appropriations committees hud use sole source contracts 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 fy2013 guarantee commitments guarantee notes obligations issued state behalf non entitlement communities sec amends united_states_housing_act extend fy2013 authorization appropriations demolition site revitalization replacement housing tenant based assistance project grants phas 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 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 requires payment attorney fees program related litigation individual program_office personnel benefits compensation funding sec requires secretary fy2013 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 changes quarterly annual reports congressional appropriations committees steps taken prevent fraud abuse community development funds especially form duplication benefits sec considers hud administered disaster housing assistance programs hud program mckinney act income verification matching purposes sec allows million funds appropriated salaries expenses accounts title office_of_inspector_general account transferred merged amounts appropriated working capital_fund account 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 amends national housing act extend july exemption authorizes secretary provide mortgage insurance critical access hospitals sec amends united_states_housing_act redefine 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 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 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 requires interim inspections family request hours noncompliant condition life threatening days life threatening sec amends department_of_housing_and_urban_development appropriations act terminate authority secretary convert assisted units moderate rehabilitation program tenant based rental assistance project based rental assistance units 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 title iii related agencies makes appropriations fy2013 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 fy2013 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_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 use funds purchase light office building extent practicable energy_star federal_energy_management_program designation sec prohibits provision funds available prior acts association_of_community_organizations_for_reform acorn affiliates subsidiaries allied organizations sec prescribes requirements posting dot hud websites certain information competitive grant credit assistance program including goals program criteria awarding grants credit assistance process applications selected requires posting websites concurrent public announcement grants credit assistance awarded additional specified information sec requires agencies departments funded act report congress end fiscal year complete inventory total number vehicles owned permanently retired purchased fy2013 total cost vehicle fleet including maintenance fuel storage purchasing leasing sec prohibits use funds send pay attendance employees federal department agency single conference outside united_states national interest


Summary:
Revises membership requirements for and reduces to nine the number of members on the board of directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. Makes corresponding reductions in the number of members appointed by the governors of Virginia and Maryland, the mayor of the District of Columbia, and the President.

Reduces from 10 to 5 the number of votes required to approve bond issues and the annual budget.

Makes conforming amendments to the District of Columbia Regional Airports Authority Act of 1985.

Limits members to one term.

Prescribes certain term limits for the first six members appointed by the governor of Virginia.

revises membership requirements reduces number members board_of_directors metropolitan_washington_airports_authority makes corresponding reductions number members appointed governors virginia maryland mayor district_of_columbia president reduces number votes required approve bond issues annual budget makes conforming amendments district_of_columbia regional airports authority act limits members term prescribes certain term limits members appointed governor virginia


Summary:
Multimodal Opportunities Via Enhanced Freight Act of 2013 or MOVE Freight Act of 2013 - Defines the "national freight network" as a network composed of highways, railways, navigable waterways, seaports, airports, freight intermodal connectors, and aerotropolis transportation systems most critical to the multimodal movement of freight.

Revises requirements for establishment and designation of a national freight network.

Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to establish a national freight network for efficient movement of freight on highways (as currently), railways, and navigable waterways, as well as into and out of inland ports, seaports, and airports.

Recharacterizes the primary freight network as multimodal, including critical rail corridors, critical intermodal connections, and critical inland port, seaport, and airport infrastructure.

Directs the Secretary to require (currently, encourage) states to develop state freight plans for immediate and long-range planning activities and investments with respect to freight. Requires states to coordinate with neighboring states to ensure multistate network continuity and connectivity.

Directs the Secretary to establish a competitive grant program for capital investment projects that improve the efficiency of the national transportation system to move freight.

Limits the federal share of project net capital costs to 80%.

Requires a grant recipient to submit to the Secretary: (1) a project management plan and an annual financial plan for a project with a total cost of $500 million or more, or (2) an annual financial plan for a project with a total cost of $100 million or more.

multimodal opportunities enhanced freight act freight act defines national freight network network composed highways navigable waterways seaports airports freight intermodal connectors aerotropolis transportation systems critical multimodal movement freight revises requirements establishment designation national freight network directs secretary transportation dot establish national freight network efficient movement freight highways currently navigable waterways inland ports seaports airports primary freight network multimodal including critical rail corridors critical intermodal connections critical inland port seaport airport infrastructure directs secretary require currently encourage states develop state freight plans immediate long range planning activities investments respect freight requires states coordinate neighboring states ensure multistate network continuity connectivity directs secretary establish competitive grant program capital investment projects improve efficiency national transportation system freight limits federal share project net capital costs requires grant recipient submit secretary project management plan annual financial plan project total cost million annual financial plan project total cost million


Summary: Safeguard American Food Exports Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the sale or transport of equines (horses and other members of the equidae family) or their parts (including flesh, meat, and viscera), or the importing or exporting of equines or their parts into or out of the United States, by any person who knows or should have known that such equines are to be slaughtered for human consumption as food.

safeguard american food exports act amends federal food drug cosmetic act prohibit sale transport equines horses members family parts including meat importing exporting equines parts united_states person knows known equines slaughtered human consumption food


Summary:
Partnership to Build America Act of 2013 - Establishes the American Infrastructure Fund (AIF) as a wholly-owned government corporation to provide bond guarantees and make loans to state and local governments and non-profit infrastructure providers for transportation, energy, water, communications, or educational facility infrastructure projects (Qualified Infrastructure Projects [QIPs]). Requires AIF also to make equity investments in QIPs such entities sponsor.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, acting through the AIF, to issue American Infrastructure Bonds with an aggregate face value of $50 billion. Requires proceeds from the sale of the bonds to be deposited into the AIF.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow U.S. corporations to exclude from gross income qualified cash dividend amounts received during a taxable year from a foreign-controlled corporation equal to the face value of qualified infrastructure bonds the corporation has purchased.

Prohibits allowance of a foreign tax credit to the excluded portion of any dividend received by a U.S. corporation. Prohibits also the allowance of a deduction for expenses related to that excludable portion.

partnership build_america act establishes american infrastructure fund wholly owned government corporation provide bond guarantees loans state local governments non profit infrastructure providers transportation energy water communications educational facility infrastructure projects qualified infrastructure projects requires equity investments entities sponsor directs secretary treasury acting issue american infrastructure bonds aggregate face value billion requires proceeds sale bonds deposited amends_the_internal_revenue_code allow corporations exclude gross income qualified cash dividend amounts received taxable year foreign controlled corporation equal face value qualified infrastructure bonds corporation purchased prohibits allowance foreign tax credit excluded portion dividend received corporation prohibits allowance deduction expenses related excludable portion


Summary:
National Infrastructure Development Bank Act of 2013 - Establishes the National Infrastructure Development Bank as a wholly owned government corporation.

Makes the Bank's Board of Directors responsible for monitoring and overseeing energy, environmental, telecommunications, and transportation infrastructure projects. Authorizes the Board to: (1) make senior and subordinated direct loans and loan guarantees to assist in the financing or refinancing of an infrastructure project, (2) issue public benefit bonds and provide financing to infrastructure projects, and (3) pay an interest subsidy to the issuer of American Infrastructure Bonds.

Requires the Board to establish an Executive Committee, headed by the chief executive officer, to establish requirements and make recommendations for project proposals to be considered for financial assistance.

Requires the Bank to establish a Risk Management Committee, headed by the chief risk officer, which shall: (1) create financial, credit, and operational risk management guidelines for the Bank; (2) set guidelines to ensure diversification of lending activities by both geographic region and infrastructure project type; (3) create conforming standards for all financial assistance provided by the Bank; (4) monitor financial, credit, and operational exposure of the Bank; (5) provide financial recommendations to the Board; and (6) ensure that the aggregate amount of interest subsidies provided for American Infrastructure Bonds in a given calendar year do not exceed 28% of interest payable under all such Bonds.

Requires the Bank to establish an audit committee, headed by a chief compliance officer, to be responsible for auditing and accounting activities.

Requires the Board to approve criteria established by the Executive Committee, with public input, for determining project eligibility for financial assistance. Sets forth criteria to be considered by the Board for each type of infrastructure project. Requires the Executive Committee to conduct an analysis that considers the economic, environmental, and social benefits and costs of each project under consideration, prioritizing projects that contribute to economic growth, lead to job creation, and are of regional or national significance.

Requires any financial assistance for an infrastructure project to be repayable from dedicated revenue sources that also secure the infrastructure project obligations. Limits the amount of assistance under this Act to 50% of reasonably anticipated project costs.

 Exempts all bonds issued by the Bank, and the interest on or credits with respect to such bonds, from state or local government taxation.

Sets forth requirements regarding compliance of assisted projects with wage rate, domestic content, and buy American statutes.

Requires the Board to establish an American Infrastructure Bond program. Establishes in the Treasury the National Infrastructure Development Bank Trust Fund into which an amount estimated to equal the tax receipts attributable to interest payable under such Bonds is to be appropriated.

national infrastructure development bank act establishes national infrastructure development bank wholly owned government corporation makes bank board_of_directors responsible monitoring overseeing energy environmental telecommunications transportation infrastructure projects authorizes board senior subordinated direct_loans loan guarantees assist financing refinancing infrastructure project issue public benefit bonds provide financing infrastructure projects pay interest subsidy issuer american infrastructure bonds requires board establish executive committee headed chief executive officer establish requirements recommendations project proposals considered financial assistance requires bank establish risk management committee headed chief risk officer shall create financial credit operational risk management guidelines bank set guidelines ensure diversification lending activities geographic region infrastructure project type create conforming standards financial assistance provided bank monitor financial credit operational exposure bank provide financial recommendations board ensure aggregate interest subsidies provided american infrastructure bonds given calendar year exceed interest payable bonds requires bank establish audit committee headed chief compliance officer responsible auditing accounting activities requires board approve criteria established executive committee public input determining project eligibility financial assistance sets forth criteria considered board type infrastructure project requires executive committee conduct analysis considers economic environmental social benefits costs project consideration prioritizing projects contribute economic growth lead job creation regional national significance requires financial assistance infrastructure project repayable dedicated revenue sources secure infrastructure project obligations limits assistance act reasonably anticipated project costs exempts bonds issued bank interest credits respect bonds state local government taxation sets forth requirements compliance assisted projects wage rate domestic content buy american statutes requires board establish american infrastructure bond program establishes treasury national infrastructure development bank trust_fund estimated equal tax receipts attributable interest payable bonds appropriated


Summary:
Freedom of Travel Act of 2013 - Prohibits the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from performing any security screening operations except: (1) screening passengers and property; and (2) prescribing standards for the employment of air carrier personnel and, as appropriate, airport security personnel. Nullifies any Act authorizing the TSA to perform any other security screening operations.

Amends the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 to repeal the authority of the DHS Secretary, acting through the TSA Administrator, to develop Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response (VIPR) teams to augment security of public transportation.

freedom travel act prohibits transportation_security_administration tsa department_of_homeland_security dhs performing security screening operations screening passengers property prescribing standards employment air carrier personnel appropriate airport security personnel nullifies act authorizing tsa perform security screening operations amends implementing recommendations commission act repeal authority dhs secretary acting tsa administrator develop visible intermodal prevention response teams augment security public transportation


Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on December 9, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Transportation Security Acquisition Reform Act - (Sec. 3) Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to:

 develop and update biennially a strategic five-year technology investment plan, which may include a classified addendum to report sensitive transportation security risks, technology vulnerabilities, or other sensitive security information; and publish the plan in an unclassified form in the public domain. Directs the Administrator, before acquiring any security-related technology, to analyze whether acquisition is justified. Requires the Administrator, 30 days before any TSA award of a contract for acquisitions exceeding $30 million, to report to Congress the results of the analysis and certify that the transportation security benefits justify the contract cost.

Requires the appropriate TSA acquisition official to establish certain performance baseline requirements before any TSA security-related technology acquisition. Requires that official to review and assess each acquisition for meeting the baseline requirements and to report the results to Congress.

Requires the Administrator, before procuring additional quantities of equipment to fulfill a TSA mission need, to utilize, to the extent practicable, any existing units in the TSA's inventory to meet that need.

Directs the Administrator to report annually to Congress on TSA's performance record in meeting its goals for contracting with small businesses.

Directs the Administrator to execute all responsibilities set forth in this Act in a manner consistent with the Federal Acquisition Regulation and TSA policies and directives.

(Sec. 4) Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to: (1) assess TSA's implementation of GAO recommendations regarding the acquisition of security-related technology made before enactment of this Act, and (2) evaluate TSA's progress in implementing this Act.

(Sec. 5) Directs the Administrator to report to Congress on the feasibility of tracking TSA security-related technology, including software solutions, through automated information and data capture technologies.

(Sec. 6) Directs the GAO to evaluate TSA's testing and evaluation process relating to security-related technology.

(Sec. 7) Declares that no additional appropriations are authorized to carry out this Act.

measure amended passed senate december summary version repeated transportation security acquisition reform_act sec amends homeland_security act direct administrator transportation_security_administration tsa develop update biennially strategic year technology investment plan include classified addendum report sensitive transportation security risks technology vulnerabilities sensitive security information publish plan unclassified form public domain directs administrator acquiring security related technology analyze acquisition justified requires administrator days tsa award contract acquisitions exceeding million report congress results analysis certify transportation security benefits justify contract cost requires appropriate tsa acquisition official establish certain performance baseline requirements tsa security related technology acquisition requires official review assess acquisition meeting baseline requirements report results congress requires administrator procuring additional quantities equipment fulfill tsa mission need utilize extent practicable existing units tsa inventory meet need directs administrator report annually congress tsa performance record meeting goals contracting small businesses directs administrator execute responsibilities set forth act manner consistent federal_acquisition_regulation tsa policies directives sec directs comptroller_general gao assess tsa implementation gao recommendations acquisition security related technology enactment act evaluate tsa progress implementing act sec directs administrator report congress feasibility tracking tsa security related technology including software solutions automated information data capture technologies sec directs gao evaluate tsa testing evaluation process relating security related technology sec declares additional appropriations authorized carry act


Summary: Safe And Fair Environment on Highways Achieved through Underwriting Levels Act of 2013 or SAFE HAUL Act of 2013 - Revises certain minimum financial responsibility requirements to increase from $750,000 to $4.422 million the minimum level of financial responsibility sufficient to satisfy established liability coverage for motor carriers or motor private carriers providing property transportation. Requires the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to adjust such amount annually for inflation relating to medical care.

safe fair environment highways achieved underwriting levels act safe act revises certain minimum financial responsibility requirements increase million minimum level financial responsibility sufficient satisfy established liability coverage motor carriers motor private carriers providing property transportation requires secretary transportation dot adjust annually inflation relating medical care


Summary:
Essential Transportation Worker Identification Credential Assessment Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to submit to Congress and the Comptroller General (GAO) a comprehensive assessment of the effectiveness of the transportation security card program at enhancing security and reducing security risks for maritime facilities and vessels. Requires the assessment to be conducted, to the extent practicable, by a national laboratory within the DHS laboratory network or a maritime security university-based center within the DHS centers of excellence network.

Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress a corrective action plan responding to the assessment which: (1) includes an implementation plan with benchmarks, and (2) shall be considered in any DHS rulemaking with respect to the transportation security card program.

Directs the Comptroller General, within 120 days after the corrective action plan is issued, to: (1) review the extent to which it implements the recommendations of the national laboratory or the maritime security university-based center and of the Comptroller General, and (2) inform Congress as to the plan's responsiveness to such recommendations.

Prohibits the Secretary from issuing a final rule requiring the use of transportation security card readers until: (1) the Comptroller General informs Congress that the submission is responsive to the GAO recommendations, and (2) the Secretary issues an updated list of transportation security card readers that are compatible with active transportation security cards.

Requires the Comptroller General to report to Congress on implementation of the plan at least 18 months after it is issued, and every 6 months thereafter for the ensuing 3-year period.

Declares that no additional funds are authorized to carry out this Act. Requires this Act to be carried out using amounts otherwise available for the purpose.

essential transportation worker identification credential assessment act_-_directs secretary homeland_security dhs submit congress comptroller_general gao comprehensive assessment effectiveness transportation security card program enhancing security reducing security risks maritime facilities vessels requires assessment conducted extent practicable national_laboratory dhs laboratory network maritime security university based center dhs centers_of_excellence network directs secretary submit congress corrective action plan responding assessment includes implementation plan benchmarks shall considered dhs rulemaking respect transportation security card program directs comptroller_general days corrective action plan issued review extent implements recommendations national_laboratory maritime security university based center comptroller_general inform congress plan responsiveness recommendations prohibits secretary issuing final rule requiring use transportation security card readers comptroller_general informs congress submission responsive gao recommendations secretary issues updated list transportation security card readers compatible active transportation security cards requires comptroller_general report congress implementation plan months issued months ensuing year period declares additional funds authorized carry act requires act carried amounts available purpose


Summary: Safety, Efficiency, and Accountability in Transportation Projects Through Public Inspection Act of 2013 - Requires public employees to perform construction inspections on all surface transportation projects receiving federal funding.

safety efficiency accountability transportation projects public inspection act requires public employees perform construction inspections surface_transportation projects receiving federal funding


Summary: Local Hire Act - Authorizes a state to establish local hiring bid specifications or consider the hiring of local workers in the evaluation of bids and proposals for federal-aid highway projects. Authorizes recipients of federal assistance likewise to establish such specifications or consider local hiring in the evaluation of bids and proposals for public transportation projects.

local hire act_-_authorizes state establish local hiring bid specifications consider hiring local workers evaluation bids proposals federal aid highway projects authorizes recipients federal assistance likewise establish specifications consider local hiring evaluation bids proposals public transportation projects


Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.)

Transportation Reports Elimination Act of 2014 - (Sec. 2) Eliminates certain mandatory reports to specified congressional committees from the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) on: (1)  Airport Improvement Project grants, (2) Pipeline Safety Information Grants to Communities, (3) the pilot program for innovative financing of air traffic control equipment (under the Vision 100--Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act), and (4)  the application of new aircraft and aircraft engine standards or technologies to reduce aircraft noise levels (under the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century).

Eliminates certain mandatory Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reports with respect to the Air Traffic Services Committee and the establishment of an Air Defense Identification Zone (under the Vision 100--Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act).

Eliminates mandatory reports to specified congressional committees from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding Great Lakes Management, the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (under the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program Act of 1992), and the research program respecting ocean dumping and other methods of waste disposal (under the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972).

(Sec. 3) Requires the annual marine safety report to Congress of the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to identify: (1) the number of civilian and military Coast Guard personnel assigned to marine safety positions; and (2) marine safety positions that are understaffed for purposes of facilitating the marine safety strategy and achieving its goals.

Directs the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to submit an annual Maritime Transportation Security report to specified congressional committees that includes: (1) a summary of security standards established and the level of compliance with them, and steps taken to ensure compliance, by ports, terminals, vessel operators, and shippers; and (2) the number of security zones established for vessels containing especially hazardous cargo, and the number of such vessels provided a waterborne security escort.

Requires such report also to assess any additional vessels, personnel, infrastructure, or other resources that may be necessary to provide waterborne escorts to such vessels.

Postpones till certain dates in 2014 the DOT Secretary's first biennial reports to specified congressional committees on infrastructure investment needs and the financial performance of projects receiving, or which have already received, infrastructure finance assistance.

Changes from March to July, starting July 2014, the deadline for the biennial DOT public mass transportation system reports to Congress.

Repeals the requirement that the Comptroller General (GAO) evaluation and audit of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) be conducted at least annually.

Requires the DOT Secretary and the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to include the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure in their quarterly briefings to Congress on any memorandum of agreement between them for coordination of their roles and responsibilities in providing assistance for public transportation.

(Sec. 4) Revises the requirement for biennial reports to specified congressional committees on state progress in implementing projects to improve railway-highway crossings to make them (paperless) reports to the public on the DOT website.

Requires the same shift to paperless reports to the public on the DOT website with respect to mandatory annual or biennial reports concerning: (1) the national bridge and tunnel inventory; (2) the surface transportation project delivery program; (3) highway safety programs; (4) in-vehicle alcohol detection device research; (5) the National Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Program Plan; (6) research, technology, and education advisory committee recommendations; (7) high-risk rural roads best practices; and (8) a specified comparison of the completion times of categorical exclusions, environmental assessments, and environmental impact statements for federal-aid highway projects among specified time periods.

Amends the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) to require publication also on the DOT website of national ferry database updates.

measure amended introduced expanded summary house reported version repeated transportation reports elimination act sec eliminates certain mandatory reports specified congressional committees secretary transportation dot airport improvement project grants pipeline safety information grants communities pilot program innovative financing air traffic control equipment vision -century aviation reauthorization act application new aircraft aircraft engine standards technologies reduce aircraft noise levels aviation investment reform_act 21st century eliminates certain mandatory federal_aviation_administration faa reports respect air traffic services committee establishment air defense identification zone vision -century aviation reauthorization act eliminates mandatory reports specified congressional committees environmental_protection_agency epa great_lakes management indian environmental general assistance program indian environmental general assistance program act research program respecting ocean dumping methods waste disposal marine protection research sanctuaries act sec requires annual marine safety report congress secretary department coast_guard operating identify number civilian military coast_guard personnel assigned marine safety positions marine safety positions purposes facilitating marine safety strategy achieving goals directs secretary department coast_guard operating submit annual maritime transportation security report specified congressional committees includes summary security standards established level compliance steps taken ensure compliance ports terminals vessel operators shippers number security zones established vessels containing especially hazardous cargo number vessels provided waterborne security escort requires report assess additional vessels personnel infrastructure resources necessary provide waterborne escorts vessels postpones till certain dates dot secretary biennial reports specified congressional committees infrastructure investment needs financial performance projects receiving received infrastructure finance assistance changes march july starting july deadline biennial dot public mass transportation system reports congress repeals requirement comptroller_general gao evaluation audit national_transportation_safety_board ntsb conducted annually requires dot secretary secretary homeland_security dhs include house_committee_on_transportation_and_infrastructure quarterly briefings congress memorandum agreement coordination roles responsibilities providing assistance public transportation sec revises requirement biennial reports specified congressional committees state progress implementing projects improve railway highway crossings reports public dot website requires shift reports public dot website respect mandatory annual biennial reports concerning national bridge tunnel inventory surface_transportation project delivery program highway safety programs vehicle alcohol detection device research national transportation system program plan research technology education advisory_committee recommendations high risk rural roads best practices specified comparison completion times categorical exclusions environmental assessments environmental impact statements federal aid highway projects specified time periods amends safe accountable flexible efficient transportation equity act legacy users safetea require publication dot website national ferry database updates


Summary: State Transportation and Infrastructure Financing Innovation Act (STIFIA) - Revises and reauthorizes the state infrastructure bank program for FY2013 and FY2014.

state transportation infrastructure financing innovation_act revises reauthorizes state infrastructure bank program fy2013 fy2014


Summary:
Orphan Earmarks Act - Rescinds all unobligated amounts of funds earmarked for the Department of Transportation (DOT) if more than 90% of the dollar amount of that earmark remains available for obligation at the end of the 9th fiscal year after it was first made available. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to delay any such rescission for one year if an additional obligation of the earmark is likely to occur during the 10th fiscal year after it was first made available.

Requires each agency head to identify and report every project that is an earmark with an unobligated balance at the end of a fiscal year to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), who shall report a listing and accounting for such earmarks to Congress and to the public via the OMB website.

orphan earmarks act rescinds unobligated amounts funds earmarked department_of_transportation dot dollar earmark remains available obligation end 9th fiscal year available authorizes secretary transportation dot delay rescission year additional obligation earmark likely occur 10th fiscal year available requires agency head identify report project earmark unobligated balance end fiscal year director office_of_management_and_budget omb shall report listing accounting earmarks congress public omb website