Bill > HR4745

Introduced Session

- Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act. (Sec. 401) Prohibits the use of funds for the planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, nonfederal parties intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act. (Sec. 404) Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of funds made available in this Act for any employee training that meets specified negative criteria. Declares that nothing in this prohibition shall prohibit, restrict, or otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. (Sec. 407) Prohibits the use of funds to support any federal, state, or local projects that seek to use the power of eminent domain, unless eminent domain is employed only for a public use. (Sec. 408) Requires all federal agencies and departments funded by this Act to report by July 30, 2015, to the congressional appropriations committees on all sole source contracts. (Sec. 409) Prohibits the transfer of duns made available in this Act to any federal department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. (Sec. 410) Prohibits payment of the salary from any appropriation under this Act for any person filling a position (other than temporary) formerly held by an employee who has: (1) left to enter the U.S. Armed Forces; (2) satisfactorily completed his or her period of active military or naval service; (3) within 90 days after release from such service, or from hospitalization continuing after discharge for up to one year, applied for restoration to his former position; and (4) been certified by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) as still qualified to perform the duties of his or her former position, but not been restored to it. (Sec. 411) Prohibits the expenditure of funds appropriated under this Act by an entity unless the entity agrees to comply with the Buy American Act. (Sec. 412) Prohibits the availability of funds to any person or entity that has been convicted of violating the Buy American Act. (Sec. 413) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act for first-class airline accommodations in contravention of specified federal regulations. (Sec. 414) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to enter into a contract, memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to any corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal violation under any federal law within the preceding 24 months, where the awarding agency is aware of the conviction, unless the agency has: (1) considered suspension or debarment of the corporation, and (2) made a determination that this further action is not necessary to protect government interests. (Sec. 415) Makes the same prohibition as in Sec. 414 with respect to any corporation with any unpaid federal tax liability that is not being paid in a timely manner, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless the agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and determined that this further action is not necessary to protect the interests of the government. (Sec. 416) Declares that the amount by which the applicable allocation of new budget authority made by the House Committee on Appropriations exceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0. (Sec. 417) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to require or carry out the relocation of any asset management positions of the HUD Office of Multifamily Housing in existence as of enactment of this Act. (Sec. 418) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act in contravention of the 5th or 14th Amendment to the Constitution or title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. (Sec. 419) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to approve a new foreign air carrier permit, or an application for exemption from a permit, for an air carrier already holding an air operators certificate issued by a country that is party to the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agreement, where approval would contravene U.S. law or the Agreement. (Sec. 420) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act for FTA Transit Formula Grants in contravention of fixed guideway capital investment grant requirements. (Sec. 421) Prohibits the use of funds made available by title II of this Act to repay any loan made, guaranteed, or insured by HUD. (Sec. 422) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to contract with any offeror, or any of its principals, if the offeror certifies that within the three years preceding the offer the offeror or any of its principals: has been convicted of or had a civil judgment rendered against it for fraud or a criminal offense in connection with a federal, state, or local government contract or subcontract, violation of federal or state antitrust statutes relating to the submission of offers, or commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, making false statements, tax evasion, violating federal criminal tax laws, or receiving stolen property; are presently indicted for, or otherwise criminally or civilly charged by a governmental entity with, commission of any of these offenses; or has been notified of any delinquent federal taxes exceeding $3,000 for which the liability remains unsatisfied. (Sec. 423) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to develop or implement any rule to modify the citizenship criteria applied to determine whether a person is eligible to be an operator (including a ship manager or agent) of a vessel in the National Defense Reserve Fleet. Sec. 424. Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to administer the NHTSA National Roadside Survey. (Sec. 425) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to develop, issue, or implement regulations that increase levels of minimum financial responsibility for transporting passengers or property as in effect on January 1, 2014, under specified federal regulations. (Sec. 426) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to implement, administer, or enforce the proposed HUD rule entitled "Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing." (Sec. 427) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to acquire a camera for the purpose of collecting or storing vehicle license plate numbers. (Sec. 428) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act for the Housing Trust Fund. (Sec. 429) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to contract with any person whose disclosures of a criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding, with a disposition listed in the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System, refer to the Fair Labor Standards Act. (Sec. 430) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to terminate the status of a unit of general local government as a metropolitan city with respect to community development grants under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. (Sec. 431) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to make incentive payments to contractors for contracts that are behind schedule or over a specified contract amount. (Sec. 432) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to promulgate, implement, or enforce any regulations that would require Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking or event data recorders in light-duty noncommercial passenger motor vehicles. (Sec. 433) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to provide mortgage insurance for any mortgage on a 1- to 4-family dwelling to be used as the principal residence of a mortgagor who provides only an individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN) for identification. (Sec. 434) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to contract with any incorporated entity whose sealed bid or competitive proposal shows that the entity is incorporated or chartered in Bermuda or the Cayman Islands, if the sealed bid or competitive proposal also shows that the entity was previously incorporated in the United States. (Sec. 435) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act in contravention of Amtrak's general authority. (Sec. 436) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to support Amtrak's route with the highest loss, measured by contributions/(Loss) per Rider, as based on the National Railroad Passenger Corporation Fiscal Years 2013-2017 Five Year Plan from May 2013. (Sec. 437) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act by the Secretary or the FTA to implement, administer, or enforce, for construction hiring purposes, the federal regulation requiring grantees and subgrantees to conduct procurements in a manner that prohibits the use of statutorily or administratively imposed in-state or local geographical preferences in the evaluation of bids or proposals, except where applicable federal statutes expressly mandate or encourage geographic preference. (Sec. 438) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to lease or purchase new light duty vehicles for any executive fleet, or for an agency's fleet inventory, except in accordance with Presidential Memorandum: Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 24, 2011. Sec. 439. Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act for high-speed rail in California or for the California High-Speed Rail Authority. (Sec. 440) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to implement, administer, or enforce a certain regulation authorizing the Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Public and Indian Housing to approve the request of a local Public Housing Agency (PHA) to raise the payment standard of "section 8" rental assistance Housing Choice Vouchers, for the total area of a county, PHA jurisdiction, or place, above 120% of the published fair market rental amount.

Tom Latham (R)*, 

Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 430. (on 06/12/2014)

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