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SEC. 204. Except as explicitly provided in law, any grant, 
cooperative agreement or other assistance made pursuant to title 
II of this Act shall be made on a competitive basis and in accordance 
with section 102 of the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment Reform Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545). 
SEC. 205. Funds of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development subject to the Government Corporation Control Act 
or section 402 of the Housing Act of 1950 shall be available, without 
regard to the limitations on administrative expenses, for legal serv-
ices on a contract or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment 
for services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage Associa-
tion, Government National Mortgage Association, Federal Home 
Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Federal 
Reserve banks or any member thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, 
and any insured bank within the meaning of the Federal Deposit 
Insurance Corporation Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811–1831). 
SEC. 206. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or through 
a reprogramming of funds, no part of any appropriation for the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development shall be available 
for any program, project or activity in excess of amounts set forth 
in the budget estimates submitted to Congress. 
SEC. 207. Corporations and agencies of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development which are subject to the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act, are hereby authorized to make such 
expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority 
available to each such corporation or agency and in accordance 
with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without 
regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of 
such Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set 
forth in the budget for 2009 for such corporation or agency except 
as hereinafter provided: Provided, That collections of these corpora-
tions and agencies may be used for new loan or mortgage purchase 
commitments only to the extent expressly provided for in this 
Act (unless such loans are in support of other forms of assistance 
provided for in this or prior appropriations Acts), except that this 
proviso shall not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty 
operations of these corporations, or where loans or mortgage pur-
chases are necessary to protect the financial interest of the United 
States Government. 
SEC. 208. None of the funds provided in this title for technical 
assistance, training, or management improvements may be obli-
gated or expended unless the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development provides to the Committees on Appropriations a 
description of each proposed activity and a detailed budget estimate 
of the costs associated with each program, project or activity as 
part of the Budget Justifications. For fiscal year 2009, the Secretary 
shall transmit this information to the Committees by March 15, 
2009 for 30 days of review. 
SEC. 209. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
shall provide quarterly reports to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations regarding all uncommitted, unobligated, recap-
tured and excess funds in each program and activity within the 
jurisdiction of the Department and shall submit additional, updated 
budget information to these Committees upon request. 
SEC. 210. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
amount allocated for fiscal year 2009 under section 854(c) of the 
AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)), to the City
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of Wilmington, Delaware, on behalf of the Wilmington, Delaware- 
Maryland-New Jersey Metropolitan Division (hereafter ‘‘metropoli-
tan division’’), shall be adjusted by the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development by allocating to the State of New Jersey the 
proportion of the metropolitan division’s amount that is based on 
the number of cases of AIDS reported in the portion of the metropoli-
tan division that is located in New Jersey, and adjusting for the 
proportion of the metropolitan division’s high incidence bonus if 
this area in New Jersey also has a higher than average per capita 
incidence of AIDS. The State of New Jersey shall use amounts 
allocated to the State under this subsection to carry out eligible 
activities under section 855 of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act 
(42 U.S.C. 12904) in the portion of the metropolitan division that 
is located in New Jersey. 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development shall allocate to Wake County, 
North Carolina, the amounts that otherwise would be allocated 
for fiscal year 2009 under section 854(c) of the AIDS Housing 
Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)) to the City of Raleigh, North 
Carolina, on behalf of the Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina Metropoli-
tan Statistical Area. Any amounts allocated to Wake County shall 
be used to carry out eligible activities under section 855 of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) within such metropolitan statistical area. 
(c) Notwithstanding section 854(c) of the AIDS Housing Oppor-
tunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)), the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development may adjust the allocation of the amounts that other-
wise would be allocated for fiscal year 2009 under section 854(c) 
of such Act, upon the written request of an applicant, in conjunction 
with the State(s), for a formula allocation on behalf of a metropoli-
tan statistical area, to designate the State or States in which 
the metropolitan statistical area is located as the eligible grantee(s) 
of the allocation. In the case that a metropolitan statistical area 
involves more than one State, such amounts allocated to each 
State shall be in proportion to the number of cases of AIDS reported 
in the portion of the metropolitan statistical area located in that 
State. Any amounts allocated to a State under this section shall 
be used to carry out eligible activities within the portion of the 
metropolitan statistical area located in that State. 
SEC. 211. The President’s formal budget request for fiscal year 
2010, as well as the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment’s congressional budget justifications to be submitted to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate, shall use the identical account and sub-account struc-
ture provided under this Act. 
SEC. 212. A public housing agency or such other entity that 
administers Federal housing assistance for the Housing Authority 
of the county of Los Angeles, California, the States of Alaska, 
Iowa, and Mississippi shall not be required to include a resident 
of public housing or a recipient of assistance provided under section 
8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 on the board of directors 
or a similar governing board of such agency or entity as required 
under section (2)(b) of such Act. Each public housing agency or 
other entity that administers Federal housing assistance under 
section 8 for the Housing Authority of the county of Los Angeles, 
California and the States of Alaska, Iowa and Mississippi that 
chooses not to include a resident of Public Housing or a recipient