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Jul 27, 2010
5:31PM

Summary of Amendments Submitted to the Rules Committee for
H.R. 5850 - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2011

(summaries derived from information provided by sponsors)

Listed in Alphabetical Order

July 28, 2010 3:43 PM

     

Adler (NJ)

#94

Would make an across the board cut of 3% from the base text of the bill. It would reduce the cost of the bill by $2.02 billion, bringing the total cost of the bill down to $65.38 billion.

Adler (NJ), Peters (MI), Himes (CT), Welch (VT)

#95

Would link the value of the Section 8 housing voucher subsidy for one-person households to the cost of an efficiency apartment rather than a one-bedroom unit for new applicants or current recipients that move. It permits a local public housing authority to exempt its area of jurisdiction if an insufficient number of efficiency dwellings exist.

Arcuri (NY)

#53

Would reduce funding for the Office of Policy Development and Research within HUD by $2,978,450 – resulting in a 2.5% reduction in funding below the amount appropriated in fiscal year 2010.

Bachmann (MN)

#48

Would reduce funding for Capital and Debt Service Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for capital investments by $1,203,500,000.

Bachmann (MN)

#49

Would reduce funding for operating grants to the National Railroad Passenger Association by $563,000,000.

Barrow (GA)

#88

Would strike $400 million for the TIGER Discretionary Grants program.

Blackburn (TN), Bright (AL)

#5

Would make a cut of 5 percent, $3.37 billion, to the appropriation amount in the bill.

Boehner (OH)

#79

Would terminate the HUD program for doctoral dissertation research grants on housing and urban development issues.

Boehner (OH)

#87

Would reduce HUD's Transformation Initiative (technical assistance and capacity building) by $40 million.

Boehner (OH)

#89

Would reduce the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation by $35 million (for rehabbing houses).

Boehner (OH)

#90

Would reduce the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs, Office of the Secretary, Salaries and Expenses, within the Department of Transportation by $1.6 million.

Boehner (OH)

#91

Would reduce Livable Communities within the Department of Transportation by $4 million.

Braley (IA)

#61

Revised Would increase funding to the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) by $20 million and would offset this increase with a decrease of $20 million for non-personnel expenses within the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The purpose of the CDBG funding increase is to provide CDBG disaster relief and recovery funds to assist communities in the Midwest affected by the flooding that occurred during July of 2010.

Bright (AL)

#82

Would strike $400 million in funding for high speed rail.

Broun (GA)

#13

Would reduce by 0.5 percent each amount appropriated by this Act considered discretionary.

Broun (GA)

#14

Would reduce by 0.5 percent each amount appropriated by this Act considered discretionary or mandatory.

Broun (GA)

#17

Would reduce by 0.5 percent each amount appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act that is not required to be appropriated or otherwise made available by a provision of law.

Broun (GA)

#18

Would reduce funding for high speed rail by $400 million, to match the President's request

Broun (GA)

#19

Would not allow funds made available in this Act to be used for artwork in Dulles Metrorail stations.

Broun (GA)

#20

Would not allow any funds in this Act to be used for parking facilities.

Broun (GA)

#21

Would not allow any funds in this Act to be used for riverwalks.

Broun (GA)

#22

Would not allow any funds in this Act to be used for museums.

Broun (GA)

#23

Would not allow any funds in this Act to be used to make bike paths.

Brown-Waite (FL)

#93

Would strike $20 million from the Secretary of Transportation's Salaries and Expenses budget to cover the cost of road signs indicating Recovery Act projects.

Campbell (CA)

#37

Would strike the $750,000 earmark for the Reconstruction of a Library project in Moorestown, New Jersey.

Campbell (CA)

#38

Would strike the $1,000,000 earmark for the Stamford Urban Transitway project in Stamford, Connecticut.

Campbell (CA)

#39

Would strike the $650,000 earmark for the Rutland Creek Path project in Rutland, Vermont.

Campbell (CA)

#40

Would strike the $450,000 earmark for the Roadway Improvements to Route 70 project in Medford, New Jersey.

Campbell (CA)

#41

Would strike the $450,000 earmark for the Reconstruction of Congress Street project in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Campbell (CA)

#42

Would strike the $750,000 earmark for South Three Notch Street Improvement Project in Andalusia, Alabama.

Campbell (CA)

#43

Would strike the $1,250,000 earmark for the Holly Springs Road Project in DeSoto County, Mississippi.

Campbell (CA)

#44

Would strike the $1,000,000 earmark for the Higdon Ferry Road Widening project in Hot Springs, Arkansas.

Campbell (CA)

#45

Would reduce the earmark for the New England Freight Rail Infrastructure Study from the appropriated amount of $300,000 to the requested amount of $250,000.

Capuano (MA)

#60

Would require HUD to reimburse public housing authorities for losses under $10 million which are not the fault of the public housing authority.

Cardoza (CA), Costa (CA), Kaptur (OH)

#96

Withdrawn Would eliminate all travel funds for the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Cardoza (CA), Costa (CA), Kaptur (OH)

#97

2nd Revised Would eliminate all travel funds for the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Carter (TX)

#47

Would collect the undesignated funds that are available under SAFETEA-LU and send them out to the states by formula for the state and communities to use for eligible highway and bus activities.

Childers (MS), Bright (AL)

#81

Would prevent funds from being used to employ undocumented workers.

Childers (MS), Bright (AL)

#83

Would prevent funds from being used for any assistance for homeownership for unauthorized aliens.

Conaway (TX)

#58

Would prohibit any funds in the bill from being used to enforce Section 526 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Procurement and acquisition of alternative fuels).

Cuellar (TX)

#80

Would eliminate funding for the HUD-HOPE VI program, saving $200 million.

Culberson (TX)

#71

Would reduce the bill’s funding level by $12.4 billion dollars, returning the bill to the FY2009 funding level. This is an 18% cut in the bill’s spending.

DeFazio (OR)

#100

Revised Would prohibit any funds under the Act from being used to reallocate Federal highway formula funding for the livable communities program unless the program is first authorized by Congress.

DeFazio (OR)

#101

Would strike language in the underlying bill that caps the Federal share for high-speed rail grants at 80 percent; there is already an 80 percent Federal share limit for high-speed rail grants established in sections 26106, 24105, and 24402 of title 49. Additionally, this amendment would allow more States to reach the required 20 percent local share for high-speed rail grants by giving them credit towards their local share for past investments in passenger rail, which is allowed under existing law.

DeFazio (OR)

#102

Would require that Congress enact legislation authorizing an Office of Livable Communities within the Transportation Department before the $20 million appropriation provided in the bill can take effect.

Djou (HI)

#3

Would require the Federal Maritime commission to study the economic, labor, environmental and security impact of exempting Hawaii from the Jones Act.

Flake, Jeff (AZ)

#25

Would prohibit $1,000,000 from being made available for the Golden Gate National Parks-Park Access, transit and trails in California and reduce the overall cost of the bill by the same amount.

Flake, Jeff (AZ)

#26

Would prohibit $1,000,000 from being made available for the Blackstone River Bikeway in Rhode Island and reduce the overall cost of the bill by the same amount.

Flake, Jeff (AZ)

#27

Would prohibit $250,000 from being made available for the Boulder Bikes to Business Project in Boulder, Colorado and reduce the overall cost of the bill by the same amount.

Flake, Jeff (AZ)

#28

Would prohibit $1,000,000 from being made available for the downtown Tacoma streetscapes improvement project in Washington and reduce the overall cost of the bill by the same amount.

Flake, Jeff (AZ)

#29

Would prohibit $750,000 from being made available for the Walk Winthrop and the HarborWalk in Massachusetts and reduce the overall cost of the bill by the same amount.

Flake, Jeff (AZ)

#30

Would prohibit $500,000 from being made available for the streetscaping of Fayetteville Street Corridor project in the City of Durham, North Carolina and reduce the overall cost of the bill by the same amount.

Flake, Jeff (AZ)

#31

Would prohibit $350,000 from being made available for the planning and design of a library for City of Mount Rainier, Maryland and reduce the overall cost of the bill by the same amount.

Flake, Jeff (AZ)

#32

Would prohibit $250,000 from being made available for the acquisition of land for expansion of a park in the City of Winter Park, Florida and reduce the overall cost of the bill by the same amount.

Flake, Jeff (AZ)

#33

Would prohibit $500,000 from being made available for the restoration and rehabilitation of the original Thayer Library in the Town of Braintree, Massachusetts and reduce the overall cost of the bill by the same amount.

Flake, Jeff (AZ)

#34

Would prohibit $1,000,000 from being made available for the restoration and improvements to the historical Darwin Martin House Home and complex in New York and reduce the overall cost of the bill by the same amount.

Flake, Jeff (AZ)

#35

Would prohibit $150,000 from being made available for the construction of a children’s playground in the Municipality of Yauco, Puerto Rico and reduce the overall cost of the bill by the same amount.

Flake, Jeff (AZ)

#36

Would prohibit $650,000 from being made available for the Hays-Travis Trail System in Texas and reduce the overall cost of the bill by the same amount.

Giffords (AZ), Childers (MS), Himes (CT), Schrader (OR)

#104

Would reduce all discretionary appropriations within this Act by 2 percent.

Gingrey (GA)

#1

Would prohibit funds appropriated in the Act to be used for federal employees participating in union activities on official work time.

Gingrey (GA)

#2

Would prevent any of the funds in this Act to be used by the Federal Housing Administration for use of the Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) that was established by law and used for additional purposes under Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regulation.

Graves (MO)

#57

Would prohibit the Federal Aviation Administration from using funds in the Act to require a sponsor of a public general aviation airport to terminate existing residential through-the-fence agreements, or otherwise withhold funds from a sponsor of a general aviation airport, solely because the sponsor enters into a residential through-the-fence agreement.

Graves, Tom (GA)

#84

Would prohibit any funds in this Act to be available to carry out or promulgate any program or regulation pursuant to P.L. 111-148 (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) or P.L. 111-152 (Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010), or any amendment made by either such Act.

Heller (NV)

#6

Would reduce funding for salaries and expenses for the Secretaries of Transportation (by $8,929,000) and Housing and Urban Development (by $3,410,000) to fiscal year 2010 levels.

Hensarling (TX)

#62

Would strike $500,000 for infrastructure improvement and streescaping in Canton, OH and reduce the overall cost of the bill by a commensurate amount.

Hensarling (TX)

#63

Would strike $150 million in funding provided to the Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Authority (WMATA) as part of a 10 year, $1.5 billion funding plan.

Hensarling (TX)

#64

Would strike $500,000 for the engineering, design, and construction of a library in Suwannee County, FL and reduce the overall cost of the bill by a commensurate amount.

Hensarling (TX)

#65

Would strike $600,000 for the renovation costs associated with the expansion of a community center in San Francisco, CA and reduce the overall cost of the bill by a commensurate amount.

Hensarling (TX)

#66

Would strike $700,000 for the Construction of a Neighborhood Community Center in York County, SC and reduce the overall cost of the bill by a commensurate amount.

Hensarling (TX)

#67

Would strike $400,000 for development and construction of a park and memorial in Brooke County, WV and reduce the overall cost of the bill by a commensurate amount.

Hensarling (TX)

#68

Would strike $450,000 for the Columbus Bicentennial Bikeways- West Side Improvement in Ohio and reduce the overall cost of the bill by a commensurate amount.

Hensarling (TX)

#69

Would strike funding in the bill for the HOPE VI program, which has completed its goal of contributing to the demolition of 100,000 severely distressed public housing units.

Inslee (WA)

#109

Would direct the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with Department of Energy, to study how to best implement state and metropolitan area “green highway” programs that promote alternative fuel and electric vehicles.

Johnson, Eddie Bernice (TX)

#92

Would increase by $10 million activities under Section 107, under the Community Development Grant program at HUD. Specifically additional funding would be requested for the HBCU Community Development Grant Program. Subsequently, reverse mortgages would be decreased by $10 million.

Jordan (OH)

#7

Would reduce spending by $18,579,000,000 in order to reflect FY 2008 levels.

King, Steve (IA)

#70

Would prohibit any funds in the Act from being used to employ illegal workers as defined in the Immigration and Nationality Act.

King, Steve (IA)

#72

This amendment would include any ACORN office that has changed its name in the Sec. 416 funding prohibition.

King, Steve (IA)

#73

Would prohibit any funds in the bill from being used to provide homeownership or any other house assistance to an illegal alien.

King, Steve (IA)

#74

Would prohibit any funds in the bill from being used to administer Davis-Bacon wage requirements.

Kirkpatrick (AZ)

#105

Would make an across the board cut of 5% from the base text of the bill. It would reduce the cost of the bill by $3.37 billion, bringing the total cost of the bill down to $64.03 billion.

Latham (IA)

#78

Would cut $1.8 billion from specific accounts that were increased over and above the President's request.

LaTourette (OH)

#52

Would expand the definition of “associated capital maintenance items” in the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) Urbanized Area Formula Program to include fuel for vehicle operations, which is defined to also include electricity. It would provide a 2 percent federal match increase for the use of clean fuels, as identified by the FTA’s Clean Fuels Grant Program (5308). It would apply to FY11 grants and is limited to $250,000,000 in funding.

Moore, Gwen (WI)

#4

Would increase funding for Brownfields Redevelopment Grants by $2 million, to be offset with an equal reduction to Policy Development and Research, Research and Technology.

Moore, Gwen (WI)

#8

Revised Would increase funding for the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization by $100,000 and increase funding for the Minority Business Research Center's outreach activities by $225,000 to help ensure that the small and disadvantaged business policies and goals of the Department are developed and implemented.

Moore, Gwen (WI)

#9

Would postpone final federal action for a year on a proposal to develop a commuter rail project in southeast Wisconsin.

Moore, Gwen (WI)

#10

Would provide $1 million for the Transportation Secretary to work with local officials to swiftly address the long term needs of the deteriorating Hoan bridge in Milwaukee, WI, including facilitating the rehabilitation of the bridge creek.

Moore, Gwen (WI)

#11

Would increase funding for the National Infrastructure Investment Grants, which provides competitive grants for surface transportation projects that will have a significant impact on the Nation, a metropolitan area or a region, to be offset with an equal reduction to the Office of the Transportation Secretary.

Moore, Gwen (WI)

#12

Would increase appropriations by $20 million for the grant program that would be available to support the operating expenses of local transit agencies.

Neugebauer (TX)

#75

Would reduce spending in the bill by $10.52 billion. This amount represents the uncommitted funds from the $61.7 billion in 2009 stimulus funds that were appropriated for transportation and housing related program.

Nye (VA), Welch (VT)

#108

Would eliminate the $17.5 million funding for the Brownfields Redevelopment program.

Perlmutter (CO)

#85

Revised Would strike $50 million in incentive grants to states to enact laws to make it a primary traffic violation for occupants to not use a seat belt.

Peters (MI), Adler (NJ), Himes (CT), Welch (VT)

#106

Revised Would strike or reduce funding for a number of programs funded above the President’s request. Programs included: high speed rail, TIGER grants, HOPE VI, Brownfields Redevelopment, Railroad Safety Technology Program, HUD-VASH, Resident Opportunity and Supportive Services, Section 108 Loan Guaranties, Self-help Homeownership Opportunity Program, and the HOME Program.

Price, Tom (GA), Blackburn (TN)

#46

Would reduce appropriations in the bill by $674,000,000.

Price, Tom (GA)

#76

Would ensure that no funds would be available to restrict a person’s lawful right to possess or use a firearm in federally assisted housing.

Quigley (IL), Foster (IL)

#59

Would prohibit any funds appropriated from being used to prevent States from enacting anti pay-to-play laws ( which limit the amount of money an individual, who is doing business with a State agency with respect to a Federal-aid highway project, may contribute to a political campaign).

Roe (TN)

#55

Would prohibit the Department of Housing and Urban Development from spending any funding on the Brownfields Redevelopment program and reduce the funding for HUD by $17,500,000.

Rogers, Mike (MI)

#86

Would give priority consideration to transportation projects carried out in states with an unemployment rate exceeding 10 percent for funds made available under the Federal Highway Administration.

Schock (IL), Issa (CA), Paulsen (MN)

#50

Would prohibit funds in this bill from being used to pay the salary of any employee who authorizes or approves physical signage to indicate a project has been funded by the American Recovery and Reinvest Act of 2009.

Schock (IL), Issa (CA), Paulsen (MN)

#51

Would prohibit funds in the Act from being used for physical signage indicating that a project is funded by this or any other Act.

Schock (IL), Issa (CA), Paulsen (MN)

#54

Would reduce the Department of Transportation, Salaries and Expenses by $8,929,000.

Sessions (TX)

#15

Would prohibit Amtrak from using funds for long-distance routes whose total direct costs are more than twice its total revenue.

Sessions (TX)

#16

Would reduce the appropriations to Amtrak for Capital and Debt Service Grants by $201,875,000 – making it the same as the FY2010 level.

Shuler (NC), Kissell, Larry (NC)

#107

Would mandate that any textile and apparel products contracted by the U.S. Department of Transportation be manufactured in the United States with 100 percent U.S. inputs.

Thompson, Glenn (PA)

#56

Would prohibit funds from being used to alter the Appalachian Regional Development Highway System (ADHS) mileage in Pennsylvania.

Thornberry (TX)

#24

Would prohibit any funds from being used to subsidize sleeper class service on any long-distance Amtrak route and would reduce Amtrak's operating grants that are used to cover losses by $120,000,000.

Turner (OH)

#98

Would reduce home foreclosures by increasing funding for the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation mortgage foreclosure mitigation activities (housing counseling) by $67 million for a total of $180 million matching the 2008 and 2009 appropriated funding levels. The money for this increase is offset by a decrease in the non-personnel expenses fund in the HUD Administration, Operations and Management account.

Turner (OH)

#99

Would prevent funds in the bill from being used to prohibit the establishment of any occupancy preference for veterans in supporting housing for the elderly that is assistance by HUD and is located on Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) property or is subject to an enhanced use lease with the VA.

Waters (CA)

#77

Would amend the appropriations for the Section 4 program under the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Opportunity Program account such that any national or regional nonprofit intermediary, partnership or consortia of such intermediaries can apply for funds to build the capacity of community development corporations and community housing development organizations.

Welch (VT)

#103

Would reduce funding for the Railroad Safety Technology Program by $75 million. The money allocated in this bill goes above and beyond what the President has requested for the program.