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Senate Committees on Appropriations on how it will allo-
cate funding for this activity. 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES 
For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not oth-
erwise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing 
Amendments Act of 1988, and section 561 of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended, 
$65,300,000 (reduced by $28,375,000) (increased by 
$28,375,000), to remain available until September 30, 
2017: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, 
the Secretary may assess and collect fees to cover the costs 
of the Fair Housing Training Academy, and may use such 
funds to provide such training: Provided further, That no 
funds made available under this heading shall be used to 
lobby the executive or legislative branches of the Federal 
Government in connection with a specific contract, grant, 
or loan: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
under this heading, $300,000 (increased by $150,000) 
shall be available to the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development for the creation and promotion of translated 
materials and other programs that support the assistance 
of persons with limited English proficiency in utilizing the 
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services provided by the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development. 
OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY 
HOMES 
LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION 
For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as author-
ized by section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint 
Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, $75,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That up to 
$15,000,000 of that amount shall be for the Healthy 
Homes Initiative, pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of the 
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 that shall 
include research, studies, testing, and demonstration ef-
forts, including education and outreach concerning lead- 
based paint poisoning and other housing-related diseases 
and hazards: Provided further, That for purposes of envi-
ronmental review, pursuant to the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and 
other provisions of the law that further the purposes of 
such Act, a grant under the Healthy Homes Initiative, or 
the Lead Technical Studies program under this heading 
or under prior appropriations Acts for such purposes 
under this heading, shall be considered to be funds for 
a special project for purposes of section 305(c) of the Mul-
tifamily Housing Property Disposition Reform Act of 
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1994: Provided further, That amounts made available 
under this heading in this or prior appropriations Acts, 
and that still remain available, may be used for any pur-
pose under this heading notwithstanding the purpose for 
which such amounts were appropriated if a program com-
petition is undersubscribed and there are other program 
competitions under this heading that are oversubscribed. 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUND 
For the development of, modifications to, and infra-
structure for Department-wide and program-specific infor-
mation technology systems, for the continuing operation 
and maintenance of both Department-wide and program- 
specific information systems, and for program-related 
maintenance 
activities, 
$100,000,000 
(reduced 
by 
$3,000,000): Provided, That any amounts transferred to 
this Fund under this Act shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That any amounts transferred 
to this Fund from amounts appropriated by previously en-
acted appropriations Acts may be used for the purposes 
specified under this Fund, in addition to any other infor-
mation technology purposes for which such amounts were 
appropriated. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Inspector General in carrying out the Inspector General 
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Act of 1978, as amended, $126,000,000: Provided, That 
the Inspector General shall have independent authority 
over all personnel issues within this office. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 
URBAN DEVELOPMENT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 201. Eighty five percent of the amounts of 
budget authority, or in lieu thereof 85 percent of the cash 
amounts associated with such budget authority, that are 
recaptured from projects described in section 1012(a) of 
the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amend-
ments Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 1437 note) shall be re-
scinded or in the case of cash, shall be remitted to the 
Treasury. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, the Sec-
retary may award up to 15 percent of the budget authority 
or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to the 
Treasury to provide project owners with incentives to refi-
nance their project at a lower interest rate. Any amounts 
of budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded, 
returned to the Treasury, or otherwise awarded by Sep-
tember 30, 2016, shall be rescinded or in the case of cash, 
shall be remitted to the Treasury. 
SEC. 202. None of the amounts made available under 
this Act may be used during fiscal year 2016 to investigate 
or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise 
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lawful activity engaged in by one or more persons, includ-
ing the filing or maintaining of a nonfrivolous legal action, 
that is engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving or 
preventing action by a Government official or entity, or 
a court of competent jurisdiction. 
SEC. 203. Sections 203 and 209 of division C of Pub-
lic Law 112–55 (125 Stat. 693–694) shall apply during 
fiscal year 2016 as if such sections were included in this 
title, except that during such fiscal year such sections shall 
be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2016’’ for ‘‘fiscal 
year 2011’’ and for ‘‘fiscal year 2012’’ each place such 
terms appear, and shall be amended to reflect revised de-
lineations of statistical areas established by the Office of 
Management and Budget pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 
3504(e)(3), 31 U.S.C. 1104(d), and Executive Order No. 
10253. 
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 competi-
tive basis and in accordance with section 102 of the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act 
of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545). 
SEC. 205. Funds of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development subject to the Government Corpora-
tion Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of 
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1950 shall be available, without regard to the limitations 
on administrative expenses, for legal services on a contract 
or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment for the 
services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage 
Association, Government National Mortgage Association, 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Fi-
nancing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any member 
thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured bank 
within the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Cor-
poration Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811–11). 
SEC. 206. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act 
or through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any ap-
propriation 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 Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development which are sub-
ject to the Government Corporation Control Act are here-
by 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 
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forth in the budget for 2016 for such corporation or agen-
cy except as hereinafter provided: Provided, That collec-
tions of these corporations 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 pro-
viso shall not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty 
operations of these corporations, or where loans or mort-
gage purchases are necessary to protect the financial in-
terest of the United States Government. 
SEC. 208. The Secretary of Housing and Urban De-
velopment shall provide quarterly reports to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding all 
uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured 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. 209. The President’s formal budget request for 
fiscal year 2017, as well as the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development’s congressional budget justifica-
tions to be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall use 
the identical account and sub-account structure provided 
under this Act. 
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SEC. 210. A public housing agency or such other enti-
ty that administers Federal housing assistance for the 
Housing Authority of the county of Los Angeles, Cali-
fornia, and the States of Alaska, Iowa, and Mississippi 
shall not be required to include a resident of public hous-
ing 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 admin-
isters Federal housing assistance under section 8 for the 
Housing Authority of the county of Los Angeles, Cali-
fornia, and the States of Alaska, Iowa, and Mississippi 
that chooses not to include a resident of public housing 
or a recipient of section 8 assistance on the board of direc-
tors or a similar governing board shall establish an advi-
sory board of not less than six residents of public housing 
or recipients of section 8 assistance to provide advice and 
comment to the public housing agency or other admin-
istering entity on issues related to public housing and sec-
tion 8. Such advisory board shall meet not less than quar-
terly. 
SEC. 211. No funds provided under this title may be 
used for an audit of the Government National Mortgage 
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Association that makes applicable requirements under the 
Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.). 
SEC. 212. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, subject to the conditions listed under this section, 
for fiscal years 2016 and 2017, the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development may authorize the transfer of 
some or all project-based assistance, debt held or insured 
by the Secretary and statutorily required low-income and 
very low-income use restrictions if any, associated with one 
or more multifamily housing project or projects to another 
multifamily housing project or projects. 
(b) Transfers of project-based assistance under this 
section may be done in phases to accommodate the financ-
ing and other requirements related to rehabilitating or 
constructing the project or projects to which the assistance 
is transferred, to ensure that such project or projects meet 
the standards under subsection (c). 
(c) The transfer authorized in subsection (a) is sub-
ject to the following conditions: 
(1) Number and bedroom size of units: 
(A) For occupied units in the transferring 
project: the number of low-income and very low- 
income units and the configuration (i.e., bed-
room size) provided by the transferring project 
shall be no less than when transferred to the re-
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ceiving project or projects and the net dollar 
amount of Federal assistance provided to the 
transferring project shall remain the same in 
the receiving project or projects. 
(B) For unoccupied units in the transfer-
ring project the Secretary may authorize a re-
duction in the number of dwelling units in the 
receiving project or projects to allow for a re-
configuration of bedroom sizes to meet current 
market demands, as determined by the Sec-
retary and provided there is no increase in the 
project-based assistance budget authority. 
(2) The transferring project shall, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, be either physically obsolete 
or economically nonviable. 
(3) The receiving project or projects shall meet 
or exceed applicable physical standards established 
by the Secretary. 
(4) The owner or mortgagor of the transferring 
project shall notify and consult with the tenants re-
siding in the transferring project and provide a cer-
tification of approval by all appropriate local govern-
mental officials. 
(5) The tenants of the transferring project who 
remain eligible for assistance to be provided by the 
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receiving project or projects shall not be required to 
vacate their units in the transferring project or 
projects until new units in the receiving project are 
available for occupancy. 
(6) The Secretary determines that this transfer 
is in the best interest of the tenants. 
(7) If either the transferring project or the re-
ceiving project or projects meets the condition speci-
fied in subsection (d)(2)(A), any lien on the receiv-
ing project resulting from additional financing ob-
tained by the owner shall be subordinate to any 
FHA-insured mortgage lien transferred to, or placed 
on, such project by the Secretary, except that the 
Secretary may waive this requirement upon deter-
mination that such a waiver is necessary to facilitate 
the financing of acquisition, construction, and/or re-
habilitation of the receiving project or projects. 
(8) If the transferring project meets the re-
quirements of subsection (d)(2), the owner or mort-
gagor of the receiving project or projects shall exe-
cute and record either a continuation of the existing 
use agreement or a new use agreement for the 
project where, in either case, any use restrictions in 
such agreement are of no lesser duration than the 
existing use restrictions. 
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(9) The transfer does not increase the cost (as 
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, as amended) of any FHA-insured 
mortgage, except to the extent that appropriations 
are provided in advance for the amount of any such 
increased cost. 
(d) For purposes of this section— 
(1) the terms ‘‘low-income’’ and ‘‘very low-in-
come’’ shall have the meanings provided by the stat-
ute and/or regulations governing the program under 
which the project is insured or assisted; 
(2) the term ‘‘multifamily housing project’’ 
means housing that meets one of the following con-
ditions— 
(A) housing that is subject to a mortgage 
insured under the National Housing Act; 
(B) housing that has project-based assist-
ance attached to the structure including 
projects undergoing mark to market debt re-
structuring under the Multifamily Assisted 
Housing Reform and Affordability Housing Act; 
(C) housing that is assisted under section 
202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended 
by section 801 of the Cranston-Gonzales Na-
tional Affordable Housing Act; 
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(D) housing that is assisted under section 
202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as such sec-
tion existed before the enactment of the Cran-
ston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act; 
(E) housing that is assisted under section 
811 of the Cranston-Gonzales National Afford-
able Housing Act; or 
(F) housing or vacant land that is subject 
to a use agreement; 
(3) 
the 
term 
‘‘project-based 
assistance’’ 
means— 
(A) assistance provided under section 8(b) 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937; 
(B) assistance for housing constructed or 
substantially rehabilitated pursuant to assist-
ance provided under section 8(b)(2) of such Act 
(as such section existed immediately before Oc-
tober 1, 1983); 
(C) rent supplement payments under sec-
tion 101 of the Housing and Urban Develop-
ment Act of 1965; 
(D) interest reduction payments under sec-
tion 236 and/or additional assistance payments 
under section 236(f)(2) of the National Hous-
ing Act; 
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(E) assistance payments made under sec-
tion 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959; and 
(F) assistance payments made under sec-
tion 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-
tional Affordable Housing Act; 
(4) the term ‘‘receiving project or projects’’ 
means the multifamily housing project or projects to 
which some or all of the project-based assistance, 
debt, and statutorily required low-income and very 
low-income use restrictions are to be transferred; 
(5) the term ‘‘transferring project’’ means the 
multifamily housing project which is transferring 
some or all of the project-based assistance, debt, and 
the statutorily required low-income and very low-in-
come use restrictions to the receiving project or 
projects; and 
(6) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development. 
(e) PUBLIC NOTICE AND RESEARCH REPORT.— 
(1) The Secretary shall publish by notice in the 
Federal Register the terms and conditions, including 
criteria for HUD approval, of transfers pursuant to 
this section no later than 30 days before the effec-
tive date of such notice. 
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(2) The Secretary shall conduct an evaluation 
of the transfer authority under this section, includ-
ing the effect of such transfers on the operational ef-
ficiency, contract rents, physical and financial condi-
tions, and long-term preservation of the affected 
properties. 
SEC. 213. (a) No assistance shall be provided under 
section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f) to any individual who— 
(1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of 
higher education (as defined under section 102 of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1002)); 
(2) is under 24 years of age; 
(3) is not a veteran; 
(4) is unmarried; 
(5) does not have a dependent child; 
(6) is not a person with disabilities, as such 
term is defined in section 3(b)(3)(E) of the United 
States 
Housing 
Act 
of 
1937 
(42 
U.S.C. 
1437a(b)(3)(E)) and was not receiving assistance 
under such section 8 as of November 30, 2005; and 
(7) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has 
parents who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, 
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to receive assistance under section 8 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f). 
(b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a 
person to receive assistance under section 8 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any finan-
cial assistance (in excess of amounts received for tuition 
and any other required fees and charges) that an indi-
vidual receives under the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), from private sources, or an insti-
tution of higher education (as defined under the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)), shall be consid-
ered income to that individual, except for a person over 
the age of 23 with dependent children. 
SEC. 214. The funds made available for Native Alas-
kans under the heading ‘‘Native American Housing Block 
Grants’’ in title II of this Act shall be allocated to the 
same Native Alaskan housing block grant recipients that 
received funds in fiscal year 2005. 
SEC. 215. Notwithstanding the limitation in the first 
sentence of section 255(g) of the National Housing Act 
(12 U.S.C. 1715z–20(g)), the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development may, until September 30, 2016, in-
sure and enter into commitments to insure mortgages 
under such section 255. 
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SEC. 216. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, in fiscal year 2016, in managing and disposing of any 
multifamily property that is owned or has a mortgage held 
by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and 
during the process of foreclosure on any property with a 
contract for rental assistance payments under section 8 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 or other Fed-
eral programs, the Secretary shall maintain any rental as-
sistance payments under section 8 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 and other programs that are at-
tached to any dwelling units in the property. To the extent 
the Secretary determines, in consultation with the tenants 
and the local government, that such a multifamily prop-
erty owned or held by the Secretary is not feasible for con-
tinued rental assistance payments under such section 8 
or other programs, based on consideration of: (1) the costs 
of rehabilitating and operating the property and all avail-
able Federal, State, and local resources, including rent ad-
justments under section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted 
Housing 
Reform 
and 
Affordability 
Act 
of 
1997 
(‘‘MAHRAA’’); and (2) environmental conditions that 
cannot be remedied in a cost-effective fashion, the Sec-
retary may, in consultation with the tenants of that prop-
erty, contract for project-based rental assistance payments 
with an owner or owners of other existing housing prop-
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erties, or provide other rental assistance. The Secretary 
shall also take appropriate steps to ensure that project- 
based contracts remain in effect prior to foreclosure, sub-
ject to the exercise of contractual abatement remedies to 
assist relocation of tenants for imminent major threats to 
health and safety after written notice to and informed con-
sent of the affected tenants and use of other available rem-
edies, such as partial abatements or receivership. After 
disposition of any multifamily property described under 
this section, the contract and allowable rent levels on such 
properties shall be subject to the requirements under sec-
tion 524 of MAHRAA. 
SEC. 217. The commitment authority funded by fees 
as provided under the heading ‘‘Community Development 
Loan Guarantees Program Account’’ may be used to guar-
antee, or make commitments to guarantee, notes or other 
obligations issued by any State on behalf of non-entitle-
ment communities in the State in accordance with the re-
quirements of section 108 of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974: Provided, That any State re-
ceiving such a guarantee or commitment shall distribute 
all funds subject to such guarantee to the units of general 
local government in non-entitlement areas that received 
the commitment. 
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SEC. 218. Public housing agencies that own and oper-
ate 400 or fewer public housing units may elect to be ex-
empt from any asset management requirement imposed by 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in con-
nection with the operating fund rule: Provided, That an 
agency seeking a discontinuance of a reduction of subsidy 
under the operating fund formula shall not be exempt 
from asset management requirements. 
SEC. 219. With respect to the use of amounts pro-
vided in this Act and in future Acts for the operation, cap-
ital improvement and management of public housing as 
authorized by sections 9(d) and 9(e) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g (d) and (e)), the 
Secretary shall not impose any requirement or guideline 
relating to asset management that restricts or limits in 
any way the use of capital funds for central office costs 
pursuant to section 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g) (1) and (2)): 
Provided, That a public housing agency may not use cap-
ital funds authorized under section 9(d) for activities that 
are eligible under section 9(e) for assistance with amounts 
from the operating fund in excess of the amounts per-
mitted under section 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2). 
SEC. 220. No official or employee of the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development shall be designated 
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as an allotment holder unless the Office of the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer has determined that such allotment holder 
has implemented an adequate system of funds control and 
has received training in funds control procedures and di-
rectives. The Chief Financial Officer shall ensure that 
there is a trained allotment holder for each HUD sub- 
office under the accounts ‘‘Executive Offices’’ and ‘‘Ad-
ministrative Support Offices’’, as well as each account re-
ceiving appropriations for ‘‘Program Office Salaries and 
Expenses’’, ‘‘Government National Mortgage Associa-
tion—Guarantees of Mortgage-Backed Securities Loan 
Guarantee Program Account’’, and ‘‘Office of Inspector 
General’’ within the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development. 
SEC. 221. The Secretary of the Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development shall, for fiscal year 2016, 
notify the public through the Federal Register and other 
means, as determined appropriate, of the issuance of a no-
tice of the availability of assistance or notice of funding 
availability (NOFA) for any program or discretionary 
fund administered by the Secretary that is to be competi-
tively awarded. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, for fiscal year 2016, the Secretary may make the 
NOFA available only on the Internet at the appropriate 
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Government web site or through other electronic media, 
as determined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 222. Payment of attorney fees in program-re-
lated litigation must be paid from the individual program 
office and Office of General Counsel personnel funding. 
The annual budget submissions for program offices and 
Office of General Counsel personnel funding must include 
program-related litigation costs for attorney fees as a sep-
arate line item request. 
SEC. 223. The Disaster Housing Assistance Pro-
grams, administered by the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, shall be considered a ‘‘program of 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development’’ 
under section 904 of the McKinney Act for the purpose 
of income verifications and matching. 
SEC. 224. (a) The Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall take the required actions under sub-
section (b) when a multifamily housing project with a sec-
tion 8 contract or contract for similar project-based assist-
ance— 
(1) receives a Real Estate Assessment Center 
(REAC) score of 30 or less; or 
(2) receives a REAC score between 31 and 59; 
and— 
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(A) fails to certify in writing to HUD with-
in 60 days that all deficiencies have been cor-
rected; or 
(B) receives consecutive scores of less than 
60 on REAC inspections. 
Such requirements shall apply to insured and noninsured 
projects with assistance attached to the units under sec-
tion 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f), but do not apply to such units assisted 
under section 8(o)(13) (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)) or to 
public housing units assisted with capital or operating 
funds under section 9 of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g). 
(b) The Secretary shall take the following required 
actions as authorized under subsection (a): 
(1) The Secretary shall notify the owner and 
provide an opportunity for response within 30 days. 
If the violations remain, the Secretary shall develop 
a Compliance, Disposition and Enforcement Plan 
within 60 days, with a specified timetable for cor-
recting all deficiencies. The Secretary shall provide 
notice of the Plan to the owner, tenants, the local 
government, any mortgagees, and any contract ad-
ministrator. 
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priated in section 1497(a) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street 
Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Public Law 111– 
203; 42 U.S.C. 5301 note) and section 2301(a) of title 
III of division B of the Housing and Economic Recovery 
Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–289; 42 U.S.C. 5301 note), 
$7,000,000 is hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 234. (a) All unobligated balances, including re-
captures and carryover, remaining from funds appro-
priated to the Department of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment under the heading ‘‘Rural Housing and Economic 
Development’’ are hereby rescinded. 
(b) Effective October 1, 2015, all unobligated bal-
ances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining from 
funds appropriated to the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development for accounts under the headings 
‘‘Management and Administration’’ and ‘‘Program Office 
Salaries and Expenses’’ in division K of Public Law 113– 
235 are rescinded. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2016’’. 
TITLE III—RELATED AGENCIES 
ACCESS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Access Board, as au-
thorized by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 
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