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MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $53,586,000, of which 
$50,586,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, 
That such costs, including the costs of modifying such loans, 
shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budg-
et Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That not to ex-
ceed $3,000,000 shall be for administrative expenses to carry 
out the guaranteed loan program, which shall be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriations for ‘‘Maritime Admin-
istration—Operations and Training’’. 
PORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 
To make grants to improve port facilities as authorized 
under section 54301 of title 46, United States Code, and sec-
tion 3501(a)(9) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for fiscal year 2024 (Public Law 118–31), $120,460,124, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That of the sums 
appropriated under this heading in this Act— 
(1) $50,000,000 shall be for projects for coastal 
seaports, inland river ports, or Great Lakes ports, of 
which not less than $42,000,000 shall be for coastal sea-
ports or Great Lakes ports: Provided, That for grants 
awarded under this paragraph in this Act, the minimum 
grant size shall be $1,000,000; and
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(2) $70,460,124 shall be for the purposes, and in 
the amounts, specified for Community Project Funding 
included in the table entitled ‘‘Community Project Fund-
ing/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ included in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, in addition to any existing authority, the Maritime Ad-
ministration is authorized to furnish utilities and services and 
make necessary repairs in connection with any lease, con-
tract, or occupancy involving Government property under 
control of the Maritime Administration: Provided, That pay-
ments received therefor shall be credited to the appropriation 
charged with the cost thereof and shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That rental payments under any 
such lease, contract, or occupancy for items other than such 
utilities, services, or repairs shall be deposited into the Treas-
ury as miscellaneous receipts. 
SEC. 171. There is hereby appropriated $12,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, for expenses necessary for 
the Secretary of Transportation to enter into a contract to 
complete the designs of ten sealift vessels for the National 
Defense Reserve Fleet.
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PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline and 
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, $31,681,000, of 
which $4,500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2026. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous ma-
terials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Mate-
rials 
Safety 
Administration, 
$74,556,000, 
of 
which 
$12,070,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2026, 
of which $1,000,000 shall be made available for carrying out 
section 5107(i) of title 49, United States Code: Provided, 
That up to $800,000 in fees collected under section 5108(g) 
of title 49, United States Code, shall be deposited in the gen-
eral fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided fur-
ther, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to be 
available until expended, funds received from States, counties, 
municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources 
for expenses incurred for training, for reports publication and 
dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred in perform-
ance of hazardous materials exemptions and approvals func-
tions.
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PIPELINE SAFETY 
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND) 
For expenses necessary to carry out a pipeline safety 
program, as authorized by section 60107 of title 49, United 
States Code, and to discharge the pipeline program respon-
sibilities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (Public Law 101– 
380), $218,186,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2026, of which $30,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil 
Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which $180,786,000 shall be 
derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund; of which $400,000 
shall be derived from the fees collected under section 60303 
of title 49, United States Code, and deposited in the Lique-
fied Natural Gas Siting Account for compliance reviews of 
liquefied natural gas facilities; and of which $7,000,000 shall 
be derived from fees collected under section 60302 of title 49, 
United States Code, and deposited in the Underground Nat-
ural Gas Storage Facility Safety Account for the purpose of 
carrying out section 60141 of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided, That not less than $1,058,000 of the amounts 
made available under this heading shall be for the one-call 
state grant program: Provided further, That any amounts 
made available under this heading in this Act or in prior Acts 
for research contracts, grants, cooperative agreements or re-
search other transactions agreements (OTAs) shall require
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written notification to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations not less than 3 full business days before such 
research contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or re-
search OTAs are announced by the Department of Transpor-
tation: Provided further, That the Secretary shall transmit to 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations the re-
port on pipeline safety testing enhancement as required pur-
suant to section 105 of the Protecting our Infrastructure of 
Pipelines and Enhancing Safety Act of 2020 (division R of 
Public Law 116–260): Provided further, That the Secretary 
may obligate amounts made available under this heading to 
engineer, erect, alter, and repair buildings or make any other 
public improvements for research facilities at the Transpor-
tation Technology Center after the Secretary submits an up-
dated research plan and the report in the preceding proviso 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and 
after such plan and report in the preceding proviso are ap-
proved by the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND) 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Emergency Pre-
paredness Grants program, not more than $46,825,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2026, from amounts
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made available by section 5116(h) and subsections (b) and 
(c) of section 5128 of title 49, United States Code: Provided, 
That notwithstanding section 5116(h)(4) of title 49, United 
States Code, not more than 4 percent of the amounts made 
available from this account shall be available to pay the ad-
ministrative costs of carrying out sections 5116, 5107(e), and 
5108(g)(2) of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding subsections (b) and (c) of section 5128 
of title 49, United States Code, and the limitation on obliga-
tions provided under this heading, prior year recoveries recog-
nized in the current year shall be available to develop and de-
liver hazardous materials emergency response training for 
emergency responders, including response activities for the 
transportation of crude oil, ethanol, flammable liquids, and 
other hazardous commodities by rail, consistent with National 
Fire Protection Association standards, and to make such 
training available through an electronic format: Provided fur-
ther, That the prior year recoveries made available under this 
heading shall also be available to carry out sections 
5116(a)(1)(C), 5116(h), 5116(i), 5116(j), and 5107(e) of 
title 49, United States Code. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act
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of 1978, as amended, $116,452,000: Provided, That the In-
spector General shall have all necessary authority, in carrying 
out the duties specified in the Inspector General Act, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. App.), to investigate allegations of fraud, 
including false statements to the government (18 U.S.C. 
1001), by any person or entity that is subject to regulation 
by the Department of Transportation. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 180. (a) During the current fiscal year, applicable 
appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall be 
available for maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of liability in-
surance for motor vehicles operating in foreign countries on 
official department business; and uniforms or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
(b) During the current fiscal year, applicable appropria-
tions to the Department and its operating administrations 
shall be available for the purchase, maintenance, operation, 
and deployment of unmanned aircraft systems that advance 
the missions of the Department of Transportation or an oper-
ating administration of the Department of Transportation. 
(c) Any unmanned aircraft system purchased, procured, 
or contracted for by the Department prior to the date of en-
actment of this Act shall be deemed authorized by Congress
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SEC. 184. Funds received by the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration and Federal Railroad Administration from 
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and 
private sources for expenses incurred for training may be 
credited respectively to the Federal Highway Administration’s 
‘‘Federal-Aid Highways’’ account and to the Federal Railroad 
Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Operations’’ account, except for 
State rail safety inspectors participating in training pursuant 
to section 20105 of title 49, United States Code. 
SEC. 185. None of the funds made available by this Act 
or in title VIII of division J of Public Law 117–58 to the 
Department of Transportation may be used to make a loan, 
loan guarantee, line of credit, letter of intent, federally fund-
ed cooperative agreement, full funding grant agreement, or 
discretionary grant unless the Secretary of Transportation 
notifies the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
not less than 3 full business days before any project competi-
tively selected to receive any discretionary grant award, letter 
of intent, loan commitment, loan guarantee commitment, line 
of credit commitment, federally funded cooperative agree-
ment, or full funding grant agreement is announced by the 
Department or its operating administrations: Provided, That 
the Secretary of Transportation shall provide the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations with a comprehensive 
list of all such loans, loan guarantees, lines of credit, letters
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of intent, federally funded cooperative agreements, full fund-
ing grant agreements, and discretionary grants prior to the 
notification required under the preceding proviso: Provided 
further, That the Secretary gives concurrent notification to 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations for any 
‘‘quick release’’ of funds from the emergency relief program: 
Provided further, That no notification shall involve funds that 
are not available for obligation. 
SEC. 186. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor 
fees, and other funds received by the Department of Trans-
portation from travel management centers, charge card pro-
grams, the subleasing of building space, and miscellaneous 
sources are to be credited to appropriations of the Depart-
ment of Transportation and allocated to organizational units 
of the Department of Transportation using fair and equitable 
criteria and such funds shall be available until expended. 
SEC. 187. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if 
any funds provided by or limited by this Act are subject to 
a reprogramming action that requires notice to be provided 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, 
transmission of such reprogramming notice shall be provided 
solely to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions, and such reprogramming action shall be approved or 
denied solely by the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation
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may provide notice to other congressional committees of the 
action of the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions on such reprogramming but not sooner than 30 days 
after the date on which the reprogramming action has been 
approved or denied by the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations. 
SEC. 188. Funds appropriated by this Act to the oper-
ating administrations may be obligated for the Office of the 
Secretary for the costs related to assessments or reimbursable 
agreements only when such amounts are for the costs of 
goods and services that are purchased to provide a direct ben-
efit to the applicable operating administration or administra-
tions. 
SEC. 189. The Secretary of Transportation is authorized 
to carry out a program that establishes uniform standards for 
developing and supporting agency transit pass and transit 
benefits authorized under section 7905 of title 5, United 
States Code, including distribution of transit benefits by var-
ious paper and electronic media. 
SEC. 190. The Department of Transportation may use 
funds provided by this Act, or any other Act, to assist a con-
tract under title 49 or 23 of the United States Code utilizing 
geographic, economic, or any other hiring preference not oth-
erwise authorized by law, or to amend a rule, regulation, pol-
icy or other measure that forbids a recipient of a Federal
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Highway Administration or Federal Transit Administration 
grant from imposing such hiring preference on a contract or 
construction project with which the Department of Transpor-
tation is assisting, only if the grant recipient certifies the fol-
lowing: 
(1) that except with respect to apprentices or train-
ees, a pool of readily available but unemployed individ-
uals possessing the knowledge, skill, and ability to per-
form the work that the contract requires resides in the 
jurisdiction; 
(2) that the grant recipient will include appropriate 
provisions in its bid document ensuring that the con-
tractor does not displace any of its existing employees in 
order to satisfy such hiring preference; and 
(3) that any increase in the cost of labor, training, 
or delays resulting from the use of such hiring pref-
erence does not delay or displace any transportation 
project in the applicable statewide transportation im-
provement program or transportation improvement pro-
gram. 
SEC. 191. The Secretary of Transportation shall coordi-
nate with the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that 
best practices for Industrial Control Systems Procurement 
are up-to-date and shall ensure that systems procured with
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funds provided under this title were procured using such 
practices. 
SEC. 192. None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used in contravention of the American Security Drone 
Act of 2023 (subtitle B of title XVIII of division A of Public 
Law 118–31). 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Transpor-
tation Appropriations Act, 2024’’.
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TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
EXECUTIVE OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Of-
fices, which shall be comprised of the offices of the Secretary, 
Deputy Secretary, Adjudicatory Services, Congressional and 
Intergovernmental Relations, Public Affairs, Small and Dis-
advantaged Business Utilization, and the Center for Faith- 
Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, $19,400,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2025: Provided, That not 
to exceed $25,000 of the amount made available under this 
heading shall be available to the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development (referred to in this title as ‘‘the Sec-
retary’’) for official reception and representation expenses as 
the Secretary may determine. 
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Administrative 
Support Offices, $686,400,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025: Provided, That of the sums appropriated 
under this heading— 
(1) $91,000,000 shall be available for the Office of 
the Chief Financial Officer;
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(2) $129,700,000 shall be available for the Office of 
the General Counsel, of which not less than $21,700,000 
shall be for the Departmental Enforcement Center; 
(3) $239,000,000 shall be available for the Office of 
Administration; 
(4) $52,000,000 shall be available for the Office of 
the Chief Human Capital Officer; 
(5) $32,000,000 shall be available for the Office of 
the Chief Procurement Officer; 
(6) $68,000,000 shall be available for the Office of 
Field Policy and Management; 
(7) $4,700,000 shall be available for the Office of 
Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity; and 
(8) $70,000,000 shall be available for the Office of 
the Chief Information Officer: 
Provided further, That funds made available under this head-
ing may be used for necessary administrative and non-admin-
istrative expenses of the Department, not otherwise provided 
for, including purchase of uniforms, or allowances therefor, 
as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United 
States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services as 
authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds appropriated under this heading may be used for
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advertising and promotional activities that directly support 
program activities funded in this title. 
PROGRAM OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Program Of-
fices, $1,097,164,130, to remain available until September 
30, 2025: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this 
heading— 
(1) $286,000,000 shall be available for the Office of 
Public and Indian Housing; 
(2) $168,514,130 shall be available for the Office of 
Community Planning and Development; 
(3) $487,550,000 shall be available for the Office of 
Housing; 
(4) $41,000,000 shall be available for the Office of 
Policy Development and Research; 
(5) $102,900,000 shall be available for the Office of 
Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity; and 
(6) $11,200,000 shall be available for the Office of 
Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the working capital fund for the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development (referred to in this para-
graph as the ‘‘Fund’’), pursuant, in part, to section 7(f) of 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act (42
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U.S.C. 3535(f)), amounts transferred, including reimburse-
ments pursuant to section 7(f), to the Fund under this head-
ing shall be available only for Federal shared services used 
by offices and agencies of the Department, and for any such 
portion of any office or agency’s printing, records manage-
ment, space renovation, furniture, or supply services the Sec-
retary has determined shall be provided through the Fund, 
and the operational expenses of the Fund: Provided, That 
amounts within the Fund shall not be available to provide 
services not specifically authorized under this heading: Pro-
vided further, That upon a determination by the Secretary 
that any other service (or portion thereof) authorized under 
this heading shall be provided through the Fund, amounts 
made available in this title for salaries and expenses under 
the headings ‘‘Executive Offices’’, ‘‘Administrative Support 
Offices’’, ‘‘Program Offices’’, and ‘‘Government National 
Mortgage Association’’, for such services shall be transferred 
to the Fund, to remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall notify the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations of its plans for executing such 
transfers at least 15 days in advance of such transfers. 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities and assistance for the provision of tenant- 
based rental assistance authorized under the United States
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Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) 
(in this title ‘‘the Act’’), not otherwise provided for, 
$28,386,831,000, to remain available until expended, which 
shall be available on October 1, 2023 (in addition to the 
$4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this heading 
that shall be available on October 1, 2023), of which 
$6,000,000,000 is designated by the Congress as being for an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985, and $4,000,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, which shall be available on October 1, 2024: Pro-
vided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading— 
(1) $28,490,955,000 shall be available for renewals 
of expiring section 8 tenant-based annual contributions 
contracts (including renewals of enhanced vouchers 
under any provision of law authorizing such assistance 
under section 8(t) of the Act) and including renewal of 
other special purpose incremental vouchers: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, from 
amounts provided under this paragraph and any carry-
over, the Secretary for the calendar year 2024 funding 
cycle shall provide renewal funding for each public hous-
ing agency based on validated voucher management sys-
tem (VMS) leasing and cost data for the prior calendar 
year and by applying an inflation factor as established
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by the Secretary, by notice published in the Federal 
Register, and by making any necessary adjustments for 
the costs associated with the first-time renewal of vouch-
ers under this paragraph including tenant protection and 
Choice Neighborhoods vouchers: Provided further, That 
none of the funds provided under this paragraph may be 
used to fund a total number of unit months under lease 
which exceeds a public housing agency’s authorized level 
of units under contract, except for public housing agen-
cies participating in the Moving to Work (MTW) dem-
onstration, which are instead governed in accordance 
with the requirements of the MTW demonstration pro-
gram or their MTW agreements, if any: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall, to the extent necessary to 
stay within the amount specified under this paragraph 
(except as otherwise modified under this paragraph), 
prorate each public housing agency’s allocation otherwise 
established pursuant to this paragraph: Provided further, 
That except as provided in the following provisos, the en-
tire amount specified under this paragraph (except as 
otherwise modified under this paragraph) shall be obli-
gated to the public housing agencies based on the alloca-
tion and pro rata method described above, and the Sec-
retary shall notify public housing agencies of their an-
nual budget by the latter of 60 days after enactment of
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this Act or March 1, 2024: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may extend the notification period only after 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are 
notified at least 10 business days in advance of the ex-
tension: Provided further, That public housing agencies 
participating in the MTW demonstration shall be funded 
in accordance with the requirements of the MTW dem-
onstration program or their MTW agreements, if any, 
and shall be subject to the same pro rata adjustments 
under the preceding provisos: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may offset public housing agencies’ calendar 
year 2024 allocations based on the excess amounts of 
public housing agencies’ net restricted assets accounts, 
including HUD-held programmatic reserves (in accord-
ance with VMS data in calendar year 2023 that is 
verifiable and complete), as determined by the Secretary: 
Provided further, That public housing agencies partici-
pating in the MTW demonstration shall also be subject 
to the offset, as determined by the Secretary, excluding 
amounts subject to the single fund budget authority pro-
visions of their MTW agreements, from the agencies’ 
calendar year 2024 MTW funding allocation: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall use any offset referred 
to in the preceding two provisos throughout the calendar 
year to prevent the termination of rental assistance for
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families as the result of insufficient funding, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, and to avoid or reduce the pro-
ration of renewal funding allocations: Provided further, 
That up to $200,000,000 shall be available only: 
(A) for adjustments in the allocations for pub-
lic housing agencies, after application for an adjust-
ment by a public housing agency that experienced 
a significant increase, as determined by the Sec-
retary, in renewal costs of vouchers resulting from 
unforeseen circumstances or from portability under 
section 8(r) of the Act; 
(B) for vouchers that were not in use during 
the previous 12-month period in order to be avail-
able to meet a commitment pursuant to section 
8(o)(13) of the Act, or an adjustment for a funding 
obligation not yet expended in the previous calendar 
year for a MTW-eligible activity to develop afford-
able housing for an agency added to the MTW dem-
onstration under the expansion authority provided 
in section 239 of the Transportation, Housing and 
Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2016 (division L of Public Law 114– 
113);
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(C) for adjustments for costs associated with 
HUD–Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD– 
VASH) vouchers; 
(D) for public housing agencies that despite 
taking reasonable cost savings measures, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, would otherwise be re-
quired to terminate rental assistance for families as 
a result of insufficient funding; 
(E) for adjustments in the allocations for pub-
lic housing agencies that— 
(i) are leasing a lower-than-average per-
centage of their authorized vouchers, 
(ii) have low amounts of budget authority 
in their net restricted assets accounts and 
HUD-held programmatic reserves, relative to 
other agencies, and 
(iii) are not participating in the Moving to 
Work demonstration, to enable such agencies 
to lease more vouchers; 
(F) for withheld payments in accordance with 
section 8(o)(8)(A)(ii) of the Act for months in the 
previous calendar year that were subsequently paid 
by the public housing agency after the agency’s ac-
tual costs were validated; and
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(G) for public housing agencies that have expe-
rienced increased costs or loss of units in an area 
for which the President declared a disaster under 
title IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 et 
seq.): 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate 
amounts under the preceding proviso based on need, as 
determined by the Secretary; 
(2) $337,000,000 shall be available for section 8 
rental assistance for relocation and replacement of hous-
ing units that are demolished or disposed of pursuant to 
section 18 of the Act, conversion of section 23 projects 
to assistance under section 8, relocation of witnesses (in-
cluding victims of violent crimes) in connection with ef-
forts to combat crime in public and assisted housing 
pursuant to a request from a law enforcement or pros-
ecution agency, enhanced vouchers under any provision 
of law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) of 
the Act, Choice Neighborhood vouchers, mandatory and 
voluntary conversions, and tenant protection assistance 
including replacement and relocation assistance or for 
project-based assistance to prevent the displacement of 
unassisted elderly tenants currently residing in section 
202 properties financed between 1959 and 1974 that are
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refinanced pursuant to Public Law 106–569, as amend-
ed, or under the authority as provided under this Act: 
Provided, That when a public housing development is 
submitted for demolition or disposition under section 18 
of the Act, the Secretary may provide section 8 rental 
assistance when the units pose an imminent health and 
safety risk to residents: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may provide section 8 rental assistance from 
amounts made available under this paragraph for units 
assisted under a project-based subsidy contract funded 
under the ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’ heading 
under this title where the owner has received a Notice 
of Default and the units pose an imminent health and 
safety risk to residents: Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available under this paragraph, no less 
than $5,000,000 may be available to provide tenant pro-
tection assistance, not otherwise provided under this 
paragraph, to residents residing in low vacancy areas 
and who may have to pay rents greater than 30 percent 
of household income, as the result of: (A) the maturity 
of a HUD-insured, HUD-held or section 202 loan that 
requires the permission of the Secretary prior to loan 
prepayment; (B) the expiration of a rental assistance 
contract for which the tenants are not eligible for en-
hanced voucher or tenant protection assistance under ex-
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isting law; or (C) the expiration of affordability restric-
tions accompanying a mortgage or preservation program 
administered by the Secretary: Provided further, That 
such tenant protection assistance made available under 
the preceding proviso may be provided under the author-
ity of section 8(t) or section 8(o)(13) of the Act: Pro-
vided further, That any tenant protection voucher made 
available from amounts under this paragraph shall not 
be reissued by any public housing agency, except the re-
placement vouchers as defined by the Secretary by no-
tice, when the initial family that received any such 
voucher no longer receives such voucher, and the author-
ity for any public housing agency to issue any such 
voucher shall cease to exist: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may only provide replacement vouchers for 
units that were occupied within the previous 24 months 
that cease to be available as assisted housing, subject 
only to the availability of funds; 
(3) $2,770,935,000 shall be available for adminis-
trative and other expenses of public housing agencies in 
administering the section 8 tenant-based rental assist-
ance program, of which up to $30,000,000 shall be avail-
able to the Secretary to allocate to public housing agen-
cies that need additional funds to administer their sec-
tion 8 programs, including fees associated with section
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8 tenant protection rental assistance, the administration 
of disaster related vouchers, HUD–VASH vouchers, and 
other special purpose incremental vouchers: Provided, 
That no less than $2,740,935,000 of the amount pro-
vided in this paragraph shall be allocated to public hous-
ing agencies for the calendar year 2024 funding cycle 
based on section 8(q) of the Act (and related appropria-
tion Act provisions) as in effect immediately before the 
enactment of the Quality Housing and Work Responsi-
bility Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–276): Provided fur-
ther, That if the amounts made available under this 
paragraph are insufficient to pay the amounts deter-
mined under the preceding proviso, the Secretary may 
decrease the amounts allocated to agencies by a uniform 
percentage applicable to all agencies receiving funding 
under this paragraph or may, to the extent necessary to 
provide full payment of amounts determined under the 
preceding proviso, utilize unobligated balances, including 
recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds appro-
priated under this heading from prior fiscal years, ex-
cluding special purpose vouchers, notwithstanding the 
purposes for which such amounts were appropriated: 
Provided further, That all public housing agencies par-
ticipating in the MTW demonstration shall be funded in 
accordance with the requirements of the MTW dem-
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onstration program or their MTW agreements, if any, 
and shall be subject to the same uniform percentage de-
crease as under the preceding proviso: Provided further, 
That amounts provided under this paragraph shall be 
only for activities related to the provision of tenant- 
based rental assistance authorized under section 8, in-
cluding related development activities; 
(4) $742,941,000 shall be available for the renewal 
of tenant-based assistance contracts under section 811 
of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 
Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), including necessary administra-
tive expenses: Provided, That administrative and other 
expenses of public housing agencies in administering the 
special purpose vouchers in this paragraph shall be fund-
ed under the same terms and be subject to the same pro 
rata reduction as the percent decrease for administrative 
and other expenses to public housing agencies under 
paragraph (3) of this heading: Provided further, That up 
to $10,000,000 shall be available only— 
(A) for adjustments in the allocation for public 
housing agencies, after applications for an adjust-
ment by a public housing agency that experienced 
a significant increase, as determined by the Sec-
retary, in Mainstream renewal costs resulting from 
unforeseen circumstances; and
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(B) for public housing agencies that despite 
taking reasonable cost savings measures, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, would otherwise be re-
quired to terminate the rental assistance for Main-
stream families as a result of insufficient funding: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate 
amounts under the preceding proviso based on need, as 
determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That 
upon turnover, section 811 special purpose vouchers 
funded under this heading in this or prior Acts, or under 
any other heading in prior Acts, shall be provided to 
non-elderly persons with disabilities; 
(5) of the amounts provided under paragraph (1), 
up to $7,500,000 shall be available for rental assistance 
and associated administrative fees for Tribal HUD– 
VASH to serve Native American veterans that are home-
less or at-risk of homelessness living on or near a res-
ervation or other Indian areas: Provided, That such 
amount shall be made available for renewal grants to re-
cipients that received assistance under prior Acts under 
the Tribal HUD–VASH program: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall be authorized to specify criteria for 
renewal grants, including data on the utilization of as-
sistance reported by grant recipients: Provided further, 
That such assistance shall be administered in accordance
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with program requirements under the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 
and modeled after the HUD–VASH program: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall be authorized to waive, 
or specify alternative requirements for any provision of 
any statute or regulation that the Secretary administers 
in connection with the use of funds made available under 
this paragraph (except for requirements related to fair 
housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the en-
vironment), upon a finding by the Secretary that any 
such waivers or alternative requirements are necessary 
for the effective delivery and administration of such as-
sistance: Provided further, That grant recipients shall re-
port to the Secretary on utilization of such rental assist-
ance and other program data, as prescribed by the Sec-
retary: Provided further, That the Secretary may reallo-
cate, as determined by the Secretary, amounts returned 
or recaptured from awards under the Tribal HUD– 
VASH program under prior Acts to existing recipients 
under the Tribal HUD–VASH program; 
(6) $15,000,000 shall be available for incremental 
rental voucher assistance for use through a supported 
housing program administered in conjunction with the 
Department of Veterans Affairs as authorized under sec-
tion 8(o)(19) of the United States Housing Act of 1937:
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Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban De-
velopment shall make such funding available, notwith-
standing section 203 (competition provision) of this title, 
to public housing agencies that partner with eligible VA 
Medical Centers or other entities as designated by the 
Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, based 
on geographical need for such assistance as identified by 
the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
public housing agency administrative performance, and 
other factors as specified by the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development in consultation with the Sec-
retary of the Department of Veterans Affairs: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban De-
velopment may waive, or specify alternative requirements 
for (in consultation with the Secretary of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs), any provision of any statute 
or regulation that the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development administers in connection with the use of 
funds made available under this paragraph (except for 
requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, 
labor standards, and the environment), upon a finding 
by the Secretary that any such waivers or alternative re-
quirements are necessary for the effective delivery and 
administration of such voucher assistance: Provided fur-
ther, That assistance made available under this para-
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graph shall continue to remain available for homeless 
veterans upon turn-over: Provided further, That of the 
total amount made available under this paragraph, up to 
$10,000,000 may be for additional fees established by 
and allocated pursuant to a method determined by the 
Secretary for administrative and other expenses (includ-
ing those eligible activities defined by notice to facilitate 
leasing, such as security deposit assistance and costs re-
lated to the retention and support of participating own-
ers) of public housing agencies in administering HUD– 
VASH vouchers; 
(7) $30,000,000 shall be available for the family 
unification program as authorized under section 8(x) of 
the Act: Provided, That the amounts made available 
under this paragraph are provided as follows: 
(A) $5,000,000 shall be available for new in-
cremental voucher assistance, which shall continue 
to remain available for family unification upon turn-
over; and 
(B) $25,000,000 shall be available for new in-
cremental voucher assistance to assist eligible youth 
as defined by such section 8(x)(2)(B) of the Act, 
which shall continue to remain available for such el-
igible youth upon turnover: Provided, That such 
amounts shall be available on a noncompetitive
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basis to public housing agencies that partner with 
public child welfare agencies to identify such eligible 
youth, that request such assistance to timely assist 
such eligible youth, and that meet any other criteria 
as specified by the Secretary: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall review utilization of such assist-
ance and assistance originating from appropriations 
made available for youth under this heading in any 
prior Act that the Secretary made available on a 
noncompetitive basis, at an interval to be deter-
mined by the Secretary, and unutilized voucher as-
sistance that is no longer needed based on such re-
view shall be recaptured by the Secretary and re-
allocated pursuant to the preceding proviso: 
Provided further, That any public housing agency admin-
istering new incremental voucher assistance originating 
from appropriations made available for the family unifi-
cation program under this heading in this or any prior 
Act that the Secretary made available on a competitive 
basis that determines it no longer has an identified need 
for such assistance upon turnover shall notify the Sec-
retary, and the Secretary shall recapture such assistance 
from the agency and reallocate it to any other public 
housing agency or agencies based on need for voucher
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assistance in connection with such specified program or 
eligible youth, as applicable; and 
(8) the Secretary shall separately track all special 
purpose vouchers funded under this heading. 
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
Unobligated balances, including recaptures and carry-
over, remaining from funds appropriated to the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development under this heading, the 
heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing’’ and 
the heading ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’, for fiscal 
year 2024 and prior years may be used for renewal of or 
amendments to section 8 project-based contracts and for per-
formance-based contract administrators, notwithstanding the 
purposes for which such funds were appropriated: Provided, 
That any obligated balances of contract authority from fiscal 
year 1974 and prior fiscal years that have been terminated 
shall be rescinded: Provided further, That amounts heretofore 
recaptured, or recaptured during the current fiscal year, from 
section 8 project-based contracts from source years fiscal 
year 1975 through fiscal year 1987 are hereby rescinded, and 
an amount of additional new budget authority, equivalent to 
the amount rescinded is hereby appropriated, to remain avail-
able until expended, for the purposes set forth under this 
heading, in addition to amounts otherwise available.
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PUBLIC HOUSING FUND 
For 2024 payments to public housing agencies for the 
operation and management of public housing, as authorized 
by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437g(e)) (the ‘‘Act’’), and to carry out capital and 
management activities for public housing agencies, as author-
ized under section 9(d) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d)), 
$8,810,784,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this 
heading— 
(1) $5,475,784,000 shall be available for the Sec-
retary to allocate pursuant to the Operating Fund for-
mula at part 990 of title 24, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, for 2024 payments; 
(2) $25,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary 
to allocate pursuant to a need-based application process 
notwithstanding section 203 of this title and not subject 
to such Operating Fund formula to public housing agen-
cies that experience, or are at risk of, financial short-
falls, as determined by the Secretary: Provided, That 
after all such shortfall needs are met, the Secretary may 
distribute any remaining funds to all public housing 
agencies on a pro-rata basis pursuant to such Operating 
Fund formula;
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(3) $3,200,000,000 shall be available for the Sec-
retary to allocate pursuant to the Capital Fund formula 
at section 905.400 of title 24, Code of Federal Regula-
tions: Provided, That for funds provided under this para-
graph, the limitation in section 9(g)(1) of the Act shall 
be 25 percent: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
waive the limitation in the preceding proviso to allow 
public housing agencies to fund activities authorized 
under section 9(e)(1)(C) of the Act: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall notify public housing agencies 
requesting waivers under the preceding proviso if the re-
quest is approved or denied within 14 days of submitting 
the request: Provided further, That from the funds made 
available under this paragraph, the Secretary shall pro-
vide bonus awards in fiscal year 2024 to public housing 
agencies that are designated high performers: Provided 
further, That the Department shall notify public housing 
agencies of their formula allocation within 60 days of en-
actment of this Act; 
(4) $30,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary 
to make grants, notwithstanding section 203 of this title, 
to public housing agencies for emergency capital needs, 
including safety and security measures necessary to ad-
dress crime and drug-related activity, as well as needs 
resulting from unforeseen or unpreventable emergencies
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and natural disasters excluding Presidentially declared 
emergencies and natural disasters under the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Act (42 U.S.C. 
5121 et seq.) occurring in fiscal year 2024: Provided, 
That of the amount made available under this para-
graph, not less than $10,000,000 shall be for safety and 
security measures: Provided further, That in addition to 
the amount in the preceding proviso for such safety and 
security measures, any amounts that remain available, 
after all applications received on or before September 30, 
2025, for emergency capital needs have been processed, 
shall be allocated to public housing agencies for such 
safety and security measures; 
(5) $65,000,000 shall be available for competitive 
grants to public housing agencies to evaluate and reduce 
residential health hazards in public housing, including 
lead-based paint (by carrying out the activities of risk 
assessments, abatement, and interim controls, as those 
terms are defined in section 1004 of the Residential 
Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 (42 
U.S.C. 4851b)), carbon monoxide, mold, radon, and fire 
safety: Provided, That not less than $25,000,000 of the 
amounts provided under this paragraph shall be awarded 
for evaluating and reducing lead-based paint hazards, 
except that if such amount is undersubscribed any re-
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maining amounts may be awarded to qualified applicants 
for other purposes under this paragraph: Provided fur-
ther, That for purposes of environmental review, a grant 
under this paragraph shall be considered funds for 
projects or activities under title I of the Act for purposes 
of section 26 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437x) and shall be 
subject to the regulations implementing such section; 
and 
(6) $15,000,000 shall be available to support the 
costs of administrative and judicial receiverships and for 
competitive grants to PHAs in receivership, designated 
troubled or substandard, or otherwise at risk, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, for costs associated with public 
housing asset improvement, in addition to other amounts 
for that purpose provided under any heading under this 
title: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law or regulation, during fiscal year 2024, the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development may not delegate to any 
Department official other than the Deputy Secretary and the 
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing any au-
thority under paragraph (2) of section 9(j) of the Act regard-
ing the extension of the time periods under such section: Pro-
vided further, That for purposes of such section 9(j), the term 
‘‘obligate’’ means, with respect to amounts, that the amounts
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are subject to a binding agreement that will result in outlays, 
immediately or in the future. 
ASSISTED HOUSING INSPECTIONS AND RISK ASSESSMENTS 
For the Department’s inspection and assessment pro-
grams, including travel, training, and program support con-
tracts, $50,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 
2025: Provided, That unobligated balances, including recap-
tures and carryover, remaining from funds appropriated 
under the heading ‘‘Public Housing Fund’’ to support ongo-
ing public housing financial and physical assessment activities 
shall be available for the purposes authorized under this 
heading in addition to the purposes for which such funds 
originally were appropriated. 
CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE 
For competitive grants under the choice neighborhoods 
initiative (subject to section 24 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v) (the ‘‘Act’’) unless otherwise 
specified under this heading), for transformation, rehabilita-
tion, and replacement housing needs of both public and 
HUD-assisted housing and to transform neighborhoods of 
poverty into functioning, sustainable, mixed-income neighbor-
hoods with appropriate services, schools, public assets, trans-
portation, and access to jobs, $75,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2028: Provided, That grant funds 
may be used for resident and community services, community
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development, and affordable housing needs in the community, 
and for conversion of vacant or foreclosed properties to af-
fordable housing: Provided further, That the use of amounts 
made available under this heading shall not be deemed to be 
for public housing, notwithstanding section 3(b)(1) of the 
Act: Provided further, That grantees shall commit to an addi-
tional period of affordability determined by the Secretary of 
not fewer than 20 years: Provided further, That grantees 
shall provide a match in State, local, other Federal, or private 
funds: Provided further, That grantees may include local gov-
ernments, Tribal entities, public housing agencies, and non-
profit organizations: Provided further, That for-profit devel-
opers may apply jointly with a public entity: Provided further, 
That for purposes of environmental review, a grantee shall be 
treated as a public housing agency under section 26 of the 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1437x), and grants made with amounts avail-
able under this heading shall be subject to the regulations 
issued by the Secretary to implement such section: Provided 
further, That of the amounts made available under this head-
ing, not less than $37,500,000 shall be awarded to public 
housing agencies: Provided further, That such grantees shall 
create partnerships with other local organizations, including 
assisted housing owners, service agencies, and resident orga-
nizations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall consult 
with the Secretaries of Education, Labor, Transportation,
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Health and Human Services, Agriculture, and Commerce, the 
Attorney General, and the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency to coordinate and leverage other 
appropriate Federal resources: Provided further, That not 
more than $10,000,000 of the amounts made available under 
this heading may be provided as grants to undertake com-
prehensive local planning with input from residents and the 
community: Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available under this heading may be obligated for main street 
housing grants under section 24(n) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 
1437v(n)): Provided further, That unobligated balances, in-
cluding recaptures, remaining from amounts made available 
under the heading ‘‘Revitalization of Severely Distressed Pub-
lic Housing (HOPE VI)’’ in fiscal year 2011 and prior fiscal 
years may be used for purposes under this heading, notwith-
standing the purposes for which such amounts were appro-
priated: Provided further, That the Secretary shall make 
grant awards not later than 1 year after the date of enact-
ment of this Act in such amounts that the Secretary deter-
mines: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 24(o) 
of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437v(o)), the Secretary may, until 
September 30, 2024, obligate any available unobligated bal-
ances made available under this heading in this or any prior 
Act.
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SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAMS 
For activities and assistance related to self-sufficiency 
programs, to remain available until September 30, 2027, 
$195,500,000: Provided, That of the sums appropriated 
under this heading— 
(1) $140,500,000 shall be available for the family 
self-sufficiency program to support family self-sufficiency 
coordinators under section 23 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437u), to promote the 
development of local strategies to coordinate the use of 
assistance under sections 8 and 9 of such Act with pub-
lic and private resources, and enable eligible families to 
achieve economic independence and self-sufficiency; 
(2) $40,000,000 shall be available for the resident 
opportunity and self-sufficiency program to provide for 
supportive services, service coordinators, and congregate 
services as authorized by section 34 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437z–6) and the Na-
tive American Housing Assistance and Self-Determina-
tion Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.): Provided, 
That amounts made available under this paragraph may 
be used to renew resident opportunity and self-suffi-
ciency program grants to allow the public housing agen-
cy, or a new owner, to continue to serve (or restart serv-
ice to) residents of a project with assistance converted
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from public housing to project-based rental assistance 
under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) or assistance under section 
8(o)(13) of such Act under the heading ‘‘Rental Assist-
ance Demonstration’’ in the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public 
Law 112–55), as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437f note); and 
(3) $15,000,000 shall be available for a jobs-plus 
initiative, modeled after the jobs-plus demonstration: 
Provided, That funding provided under this paragraph 
shall be available for competitive grants to partnerships 
between public housing authorities, local workforce in-
vestment boards established under section 107 of the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (29 
U.S.C. 3122), and other agencies and organizations that 
provide support to help public housing residents obtain 
employment and increase earnings: Provided further, 
That applicants must demonstrate the ability to provide 
services to residents, partner with workforce investment 
boards, and leverage service dollars: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may allow public housing agencies to 
request exemptions from rent and income limitation re-
quirements under sections 3 and 6 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a, 1437d), as nec-
essary to implement the jobs-plus program, on such
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terms and conditions as the Secretary may approve upon 
a finding by the Secretary that any such waivers or al-
ternative requirements are necessary for the effective im-
plementation of the jobs-plus initiative as a voluntary 
program for residents: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall publish by notice in the Federal Register 
any waivers or alternative requirements pursuant to the 
preceding proviso no later than 10 days before the effec-
tive date of such notice. 
NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS 
For activities and assistance authorized under title I of 
the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determina-
tion Act of 1996 (in this heading ‘‘NAHASDA’’) (25 U.S.C. 
4111 et seq.), title I of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) with respect to 
Indian tribes, and related training and technical assistance, 
$1,344,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2028: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this 
heading— 
(1) $1,111,000,000 shall be available for the Native 
American housing block grants program, as authorized 
under title I of NAHASDA: Provided, That, notwith-
standing NAHASDA, to determine the amount of the al-
location under title I of such Act for each Indian tribe, 
the Secretary shall apply the formula under section 302
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of such Act with the need component based on single- 
race census data and with the need component based on 
multi-race census data, and the amount of the allocation 
for each Indian tribe shall be the greater of the two re-
sulting allocation amounts: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall notify grantees of their formula alloca-
tion not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act; 
(2) $150,000,000 shall be available for competitive 
grants under the Native American housing block grants 
program, as authorized under title I of NAHASDA: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary shall obligate such amount for 
competitive grants to eligible recipients authorized under 
NAHASDA that apply for funds: Provided further, That 
in awarding amounts made available in this paragraph, 
the Secretary shall consider need and administrative ca-
pacity, and shall give priority to projects that will spur 
construction and rehabilitation of housing: Provided fur-
ther, That any amounts transferred for the necessary 
costs of administering and overseeing the obligation and 
expenditure of such additional amounts in prior Acts 
may also be used for the necessary costs of admin-
istering and overseeing such additional amount; 
(3) $1,000,000 shall be available for the cost of 
guaranteed notes and other obligations, as authorized by
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title VI of NAHASDA: Provided, That such costs, in-
cluding the cost of modifying such notes and other obli-
gations, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a): Pro-
vided further, That amounts made available in this and 
prior Acts for the cost of such guaranteed notes and 
other obligations that are unobligated, including recap-
tures and carryover, may be available to subsidize the 
total principal amount of any notes and other obliga-
tions, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to ex-
ceed $50,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2025; 
(4) $75,000,000 shall be available for grants to In-
dian tribes for carrying out the Indian community devel-
opment block grant program under title I of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1974, notwith-
standing section 106(a)(1) of such Act, of which, not-
withstanding any other provision of law (including sec-
tion 203 of this Act), not more than $5,000,000 may be 
used for emergencies that constitute imminent threats to 
health and safety: Provided, That not to exceed 20 per-
cent of any grant made with amounts made available in 
this paragraph shall be expended for planning and man-
agement development and administration; and
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(5) $7,000,000, in addition to amounts otherwise 
available for such purpose, shall be available for pro-
viding training and technical assistance to Indian tribes, 
Indian housing authorities, and tribally designated hous-
ing entities, to support the inspection of Indian housing 
units, for contract expertise, and for training and tech-
nical assistance related to amounts made available under 
this heading and other headings in this Act for the needs 
of Native American families and Indian country: Pro-
vided, That of the amounts made available in this para-
graph, not less than $2,000,000 shall be for a national 
organization as authorized under section 703 of 
NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4212): Provided further, That 
amounts made available in this paragraph may be used, 
contracted, or competed as determined by the Secretary: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding chapter 63 of 
title 31, United States Code (commonly known as the 
Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreements Act of 
1977), the amounts made available in this paragraph 
may be used by the Secretary to enter into cooperative 
agreements with public and private organizations, agen-
cies, institutions, and other technical assistance pro-
viders to support the administration of negotiated rule-
making under section 106 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 
4116), the administration of the allocation formula
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under section 302 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4152), and 
the administration of performance tracking and report-
ing under section 407 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4167). 
INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sec-
tion 184 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a), $1,500,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That such costs, including the 
cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 
661a): Provided further, That amounts made available in this 
and prior Acts for the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized 
by section 184 of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a), that are unobligated, in-
cluding recaptures and carryover, may be available to sub-
sidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaran-
teed, not to exceed $1,800,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025. 
NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANT 
For the Native Hawaiian housing block grant program, 
as authorized under title VIII of the Native American Hous-
ing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 
U.S.C. 4221 et seq.), $22,300,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028: Provided, That notwithstanding section
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812(b) of such Act, the Department of Hawaiian Home 
Lands may not invest grant amounts made available under 
this heading in investment securities and other obligations: 
Provided further, That amounts made available under this 
heading in this and prior fiscal years may be used to provide 
rental assistance to eligible Native Hawaiian families both on 
and off the Hawaiian Home Lands, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law: Provided further, That up to 
$1,000,000 of the amounts made available under this heading 
may be for training and technical assistance related to 
amounts made available under this heading and other head-
ings in this Act for the needs of Native Hawaiians and the 
Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. 
NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
New commitments to guarantee loans, as authorized by 
section 184A of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13b), any part of which is to 
be guaranteed, shall not exceed $28,000,000 in total loan 
principal, to remain available until September 30, 2025: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may enter into commitments to 
guarantee loans used for refinancing.
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COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS 
For carrying out the housing opportunities for persons 
with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS Housing Op-
portunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), $505,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That 
the Secretary shall renew or replace all expiring contracts for 
permanent supportive housing that initially were funded 
under section 854(c)(5) of such Act from funds made avail-
able under this heading in fiscal year 2010 and prior fiscal 
years that meet all program requirements before awarding 
funds for new contracts under such section: Provided further, 
That the process for submitting amendments and approving 
replacement contracts shall be established by the Secretary in 
a notice: Provided further, That the Department shall notify 
grantees of their formula allocation within 60 days of enact-
ment of this Act. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For assistance to States and units of general local gov-
ernment, and other entities, for economic and community de-
velopment activities, and other purposes, $6,720,054,336, to 
remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That of 
the sums appropriated under this heading— 
(1) $3,300,000,000 shall be available for carrying 
out the community development block grant program
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under title I of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) 
(in this heading ‘‘the Act’’): Provided, That not to ex-
ceed 20 percent of any grant made with funds made 
available under this paragraph shall be expended for 
planning and management development and administra-
tion: Provided further, That a metropolitan city, urban 
county, unit of general local government, or insular area 
that directly or indirectly receives funds under this para-
graph may not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer all or 
any portion of such funds to another such entity in ex-
change for any other funds, credits, or non-Federal con-
siderations, but shall use such funds for activities eligible 
under title I of the Act: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 105(e)(1) of the Act, no funds made 
available under this paragraph may be provided to a for- 
profit entity for an economic development project under 
section 105(a)(17) unless such project has been evalu-
ated and selected in accordance with guidelines required 
under subsection (e)(2) of section 105; 
(2) $100,000,000 shall be available for the Sec-
retary to award grants on a competitive basis to State 
and local governments, metropolitan planning organiza-
tions, and multijurisdictional entities for additional ac-
tivities under title I of the Act for the identification and
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removal of barriers to affordable housing production and 
preservation: Provided, That eligible uses of such grants 
include activities to further develop, evaluate, and imple-
ment housing policy plans, improve housing strategies, 
and facilitate affordable housing production and preser-
vation: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
prioritize applicants that are able to (A) demonstrate 
progress and a commitment to overcoming local barriers 
to facilitate the increase in affordable housing produc-
tion and preservation, primarily by having enacted im-
proved laws and regulations that the Secretary reason-
ably expects to preserve or produce new housing units; 
and (B) demonstrate an acute need for housing afford-
able to households with incomes below 100 percent of 
the area median income: Provided further, That grantees 
shall report to the Secretary regularly on their activities 
and outcomes: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
analyze observable housing production, preservation, and 
cost trends in the participating jurisdictions or geo-
graphic areas: Provided further, That funds allocated for 
such grants shall not adversely affect the amount of any 
formula assistance received by a jurisdiction under para-
graph (1) of this heading: Provided further, That in ad-
ministering such amounts the Secretary may waive or 
specify alternative requirements for any provision of
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such title I except for requirements related to fair hous-
ing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, the environ-
ment, and requirements that activities benefit persons of 
low- and moderate-income, upon a finding that any such 
waivers or alternative requirements are necessary to ex-
pedite or facilitate the use of such amounts; 
(3) $30,000,000 shall be available for activities au-
thorized under section 8071 of the SUPPORT for Pa-
tients and Communities Act (Public Law 115–271): Pro-
vided, That funds allocated pursuant to this paragraph 
shall not adversely affect the amount of any formula as-
sistance received by a State under paragraph (1) of this 
heading: Provided further, That the Secretary shall allo-
cate the funds for such activities based on the notice es-
tablishing the funding formula published in 84 FR 
16027 (April 17, 2019) except that the formula shall use 
age-adjusted rates of drug overdose deaths for 2021 
based on data from the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention; and 
(4) $3,290,054,336 shall be available for grants for 
the Economic Development Initiative (EDI) for the pur-
poses, and in amounts, specified for Community Project 
Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending in the table 
entitled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congressionally 
Directed Spending’’ included in the explanatory state-
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ment described in section 4 (in the matter preceding di-
vision A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That eligible 
expenses of such grants in this and prior Acts may in-
clude administrative, planning, operations and mainte-
nance, and other costs: Provided further, That such 
grants for the EDI shall be available for reimbursement 
of otherwise eligible expenses incurred on or after the 
date of enactment of this Act and prior to the date of 
grant execution: Provided further, That none of the 
amounts made available under this paragraph for grants 
for the EDI shall be used for reimbursement of expenses 
incurred prior to the date of enactment of this Act: Pro-
vided further, That grants for the EDI authorized under 
this heading in the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 
117–103) shall also be available hereafter for reimburse-
ment of otherwise eligible expenses (including those eligi-
ble expenses identified in the first proviso of this para-
graph) incurred on or after the date of enactment of 
such Act and prior to the date of grant execution, and 
shall hereafter not be subject to the second proviso 
under such heading in such Act: 
Provided further, That for amounts made available under 
paragraphs (1) and (3), the Secretary shall notify grantees
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of their formula allocation within 60 days of enactment of 
this Act. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a), during fiscal year 2024, commit-
ments to guarantee loans under section 108 of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5308), 
any part of which is guaranteed, shall not exceed a total prin-
cipal amount of $400,000,000, notwithstanding any aggre-
gate limitation on outstanding obligations guaranteed in sub-
section (k) of such section 108: Provided, That the Secretary 
shall collect fees from borrowers, notwithstanding subsection 
(m) of such section 108, to result in a credit subsidy cost of 
zero for guaranteeing such loans, and any such fees shall be 
collected in accordance with section 502(7) of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That such com-
mitment authority funded by fees may be used to guarantee, 
or make commitments to guarantee, notes or other obliga-
tions issued by any State on behalf of non-entitlement com-
munities in the State in accordance with the requirements of 
such section 108: Provided further, That any State receiving 
such a guarantee or commitment under the preceding proviso 
shall distribute all funds subject to such guarantee to the
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units of general local government in non-entitlement areas 
that received the commitment. 
HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM 
For the HOME investment partnerships program, as au-
thorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af-
fordable Housing Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 12721 et seq.), 
$1,250,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027: Provided, That notwithstanding section 231(b) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 12771(b)), all unobligated balances remaining 
from amounts recaptured pursuant to such section that re-
main available until expended shall be combined with 
amounts made available under this heading and allocated in 
accordance with the formula under section 217(b)(1)(A) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 12747(b)(1)(A)): Provided further, That 
the Department shall notify grantees of their formula alloca-
tions within 60 days after enactment of this Act: Provided 
further, That section 218(g) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
12748(g)) shall not apply with respect to the right of a juris-
diction to draw funds from its HOME Investment Trust 
Fund that otherwise expired or would expire in any calendar 
year from 2018 through 2026 under that section: Provided 
further, That section 231(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
12771(b)) shall not apply to any uninvested funds that other-
wise were deducted or would be deducted from the line of 
credit in the participating jurisdiction’s HOME Investment
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Trust Fund in any calendar year from 2018 through 2026 
under that section. 
PRESERVATION AND REINVESTMENT INITIATIVE FOR 
COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT 
For competitive grants to preserve and revitalize manu-
factured housing and eligible manufactured housing commu-
nities (including pre-1976 mobile homes) under title I of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), $10,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2028: Provided, That recipients 
of grants provided with amounts made available under this 
heading shall be States, units of general local government, 
resident-owned manufactured housing communities, coopera-
tives, nonprofit entities including consortia of nonprofit enti-
ties, community development financial institutions, Indian 
Tribes (as such term is defined in section 4 of the Native 
American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 
1996 (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4103)), or other entities ap-
proved by the Secretary: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall reserve an amount for Indian Tribes within such com-
petition: Provided further, That the Secretary may approve 
entities for selection that partner with one or several resi-
dents of such eligible communities or that propose to imple-
ment a grant program that would assist residents of such eli-
gible communities: Provided further, That eligible uses of
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such grants may include infrastructure, planning, resident 
and community services (including relocation assistance and 
eviction prevention), resiliency activities, and providing other 
assistance to residents or owners of manufactured homes, 
which may include providing assistance for manufactured 
housing land and site acquisition: Provided further, That, ex-
cept as determined by the Secretary, participation in this pro-
gram shall not encumber the future transfer of title or use 
of property by the residents, owners, or communities: Pro-
vided further, That when selecting recipients, the Secretary 
shall prioritize applications that primarily benefit low- or 
moderately low-income residents and preserve long-term hous-
ing affordability for residents of manufactured housing or a 
manufactured housing community: Provided further, That eli-
gible manufactured housing communities may include those 
that are— 
(1) owned by the residents of the manufactured 
housing community through a resident-controlled entity, 
as defined by the Secretary; or 
(2) determined by the Secretary to be subject to 
binding agreements that will preserve the community 
and maintain affordability on a long-term basis: 
Provided further, That resiliency activities means the recon-
struction, repair, or replacement of manufactured housing 
and manufactured housing communities to protect the health
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and safety of manufactured housing residents and to address 
weatherization and energy efficiency needs, except that for 
pre-1976 mobile homes, funds made available under this 
heading may be used only for replacement: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may waive or specify alternative require-
ments for any provision of any statute or regulation that the 
Secretary administers in connection with the use of amounts 
made available under this heading (except for requirements 
related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, 
and the environment), upon a finding that such waiver or al-
ternative requirement is necessary to facilitate the use of 
such amounts. 
SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY 
PROGRAM 
For the self-help and assisted homeownership oppor-
tunity program, as authorized under section 11 of the Hous-
ing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 
12805 note), and for related activities and assistance, 
$60,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026: 
Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this head-
ing— 
(1) $12,000,000 shall be available for the self-help 
homeownership opportunity program as authorized 
under such section 11;
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(2) $42,000,000 shall be available for the second, 
third, and fourth capacity building entities specified in 
section 4(a) of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 (42 
U.S.C. 9816 note), of which not less than $5,000,000 
shall be for rural capacity building activities: Provided, 
That for purposes of awarding grants from amounts 
made available in this paragraph, the Secretary may 
enter into multiyear agreements, as appropriate, subject 
to the availability of annual appropriations; and 
(3) $6,000,000 shall be available for capacity build-
ing by national rural housing organizations having expe-
rience assessing national rural conditions and providing 
financing, training, technical assistance, information, 
and research to local nonprofit organizations, local gov-
ernments, and Indian Tribes serving high need rural 
communities. 
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For assistance under title IV of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360 et seq.), and for 
related activities and assistance, $4,051,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2026: Provided, That of the 
sums appropriated under this heading— 
(1) $290,000,000 shall be available for the emer-
gency solutions grants program authorized under sub-
title B of such title IV (42 U.S.C. 11371 et seq.): Pro-
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vided, That the Department shall notify grantees of their 
formula allocation from amounts allocated (which may 
represent initial or final amounts allocated) for the 
emergency solutions grant program not later than 60 
days after enactment of this Act; 
(2) $3,544,000,000 shall be available for the con-
tinuum of care program authorized under subtitle C of 
such title IV (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) and the rural 
housing stability assistance programs authorized under 
subtitle D of such title IV (42 U.S.C. 11408): Provided, 
That the Secretary shall prioritize funding under the 
continuum of care program to continuums of care that 
have demonstrated a capacity to reallocate funding from 
lower performing projects to higher performing projects: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may make reason-
able adjustments to renewal amounts to enable renewal 
projects to operate at substantially the same levels, in-
cluding cost-of-living adjustments for supportive services 
from the prior grant: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall provide incentives to create projects that co-
ordinate with housing providers and healthcare organiza-
tions to provide permanent supportive housing and rapid 
re-housing services: Provided further, That the Secretary 
may establish by notice an alternative maximum amount 
for administrative costs related to the requirements de-
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scribed in sections 402(f)(1) and 402(f)(2) of subtitle A 
of such title IV of no more than 5 percent or $50,000, 
whichever is greater, notwithstanding the 3 percent limi-
tation in section 423(a)(10) of such subtitle C: Provided 
further, That of the amounts made available for the con-
tinuum 
of 
care 
program 
under 
this 
paragraph, 
$52,000,000 shall be for grants for new rapid re-housing 
projects and supportive service projects providing coordi-
nated entry, and for eligible activities that the Secretary 
determines to be critical in order to assist survivors of 
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 
stalking, except that the Secretary may make additional 
grants for such projects and purposes from amounts 
made available for such continuum of care program: Pro-
vided further, That amounts made available for the con-
tinuum of care program under this paragraph and any 
remaining unobligated balances under this heading in 
prior Acts may be used to competitively or non-competi-
tively renew or replace grants for youth homeless dem-
onstration projects under the continuum of care pro-
gram, notwithstanding any conflict with the require-
ments of the continuum of care program; 
(3) $10,000,000 shall be available for the national 
homeless data analysis project: Provided, That notwith-
standing the provisions of the Federal Grant and Coop-
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erative Agreements Act of 1977 (31 U.S.C. 6301–6308), 
the amounts made available under this paragraph and 
any remaining unobligated balances under this heading 
for such purposes in prior Acts may be used by the Sec-
retary to enter into cooperative agreements with such 
entities as may be determined by the Secretary, includ-
ing public and private organizations, agencies, and insti-
tutions; 
(4) $107,000,000 shall be available to implement 
projects to demonstrate how a comprehensive approach 
to serving homeless youth, age 24 and under, in up to 
25 communities with a priority for communities with 
substantial rural populations in up to eight locations, 
can dramatically reduce youth homelessness: Provided, 
That of the amount made available under this para-
graph, not less than $25,000,000 shall be for youth 
homelessness system improvement grants to support 
communities, including but not limited to the commu-
nities assisted under the matter preceding this proviso, 
in establishing and implementing a response system for 
youth homelessness, or for improving their existing sys-
tem: Provided further, That of the amount made avail-
able under this paragraph, up to $10,000,000 shall be 
to provide technical assistance to communities, including 
but not limited to the communities assisted in the pre-
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ceding proviso and the matter preceding such proviso, on 
improving system responses to youth homelessness, and 
collection, analysis, use, and reporting of data and per-
formance measures under the comprehensive approaches 
to serve homeless youth, in addition to and in coordina-
tion with other technical assistance funds provided under 
this title: Provided further, That the Secretary may use 
up to 10 percent of the amount made available under 
the preceding proviso to build the capacity of current 
technical assistance providers or to train new technical 
assistance providers with verifiable prior experience with 
systems and programs for youth experiencing homeless-
ness; and 
(5) $100,000,000 shall be available for one-time 
awards under the continuum of care program for new 
construction, acquisition, or rehabilitation of new perma-
nent supportive housing, of which not more than 20 per-
cent of such awards may be used for other continuum 
of care eligible activities associated with such projects 
and not more than 10 percent of such awards may be 
used for project administration: Provided, That these 
amounts shall be awarded on a competitive basis, based 
on need and other factors to be determined by the Sec-
retary, including incentives to establish projects that co-
ordinate with housing providers, healthcare organizations
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and social service providers: Provided further, That not 
less than $35,000,000 shall be awarded to applicants for 
projects within States with populations less than 
2,500,000, except that if such amount is undersub-
scribed any remaining amounts may be awarded to 
qualified applicants for projects in any State: Provided 
further, That the grants for ongoing costs associated 
with such projects shall be eligible for renewal under the 
continuum of care program subject to the same terms 
and conditions as other renewal applicants: 
Provided further, That youth aged 24 and under seeking as-
sistance under this heading shall not be required to provide 
third party documentation to establish their eligibility under 
subsection (a) or (b) of section 103 of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302) to receive serv-
ices: Provided further, That unaccompanied youth aged 24 
and under or families headed by youth aged 24 and under 
who are living in unsafe situations may be served by youth- 
serving providers funded under this heading: Provided further, 
That persons eligible under section 103(a)(5) of the McKin-
ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act may be served by any 
project funded under this heading to provide both transitional 
housing and rapid re-housing: Provided further, That for all 
matching funds requirements applicable to funds made avail-
able under this heading for this fiscal year and prior fiscal
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years, a grantee may use (or could have used) as a source 
of match funds other funds administered by the Secretary 
and other Federal agencies unless there is (or was) a specific 
statutory prohibition on any such use of any such funds: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds made available under 
this heading shall be available to provide funding for new 
projects, except for projects created through reallocation, un-
less the Secretary determines that the continuum of care has 
demonstrated that projects are evaluated and ranked based 
on the degree to which they improve the continuum of care’s 
system performance: Provided further, That any unobligated 
amounts remaining from funds made available under this 
heading in fiscal year 2012 and prior years for project-based 
rental assistance for rehabilitation projects with 10-year 
grant terms may be used for purposes under this heading, 
notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds were ap-
propriated: Provided further, That unobligated balances, in-
cluding recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds 
transferred to or appropriated under this heading in fiscal 
year 2019 or prior years, except for rental assistance 
amounts that were recaptured and made available until ex-
pended, shall be available for the current purposes authorized 
under this heading in addition to the purposes for which such 
funds originally were appropriated.
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HOUSING PROGRAMS 
PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities and assistance for the provision of project- 
based subsidy contracts under the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (‘‘the Act’’), not otherwise 
provided for, $15,610,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be available on October 1, 2023 (in addition to 
the $400,000,000 previously appropriated under this heading 
that 
became 
available 
October 
1, 
2023), 
of 
which 
$2,000,000,000 is designated by the Congress as being for an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985, and $400,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be available on October 1, 2024: Provided, That the 
amounts made available under this heading shall be available 
for expiring or terminating section 8 project-based subsidy 
contracts (including section 8 moderate rehabilitation con-
tracts), for amendments to section 8 project-based subsidy 
contracts (including section 8 moderate rehabilitation con-
tracts), for contracts entered into pursuant to section 441 of 
the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
11401), for renewal of section 8 contracts for units in 
projects that are subject to approved plans of action under 
the Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation Act of 
1987 or the Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident
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Homeownership Act of 1990, and for administrative and 
other expenses associated with project-based activities and as-
sistance funded under this heading: Provided further, That of 
the total amounts provided under this heading, not to exceed 
$468,000,000 shall be available for performance-based con-
tract administrators for section 8 project-based assistance, 
for carrying out 42 U.S.C. 1437(f): Provided further, That 
the Secretary may also use such amounts in the preceding 
proviso for performance-based contract administrators for the 
administration of: interest reduction payments pursuant to 
section 236(a) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 
1715z–1(a)); rent supplement payments pursuant to section 
101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 
U.S.C. 1701s); section 236(f)(2) rental assistance payments 
(12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(f)(2)); project rental assistance contracts 
for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 
1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); project rental assistance contracts 
for supportive housing for persons with disabilities under sec-
tion 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)); project assistance con-
tracts pursuant to section 202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959 
(Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667); and loans under section 
202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 
Stat. 667): Provided further, That amounts recaptured under 
this heading, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted
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Housing’’, or the heading ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’, may 
be used for renewals of or amendments to section 8 project- 
based contracts or for performance-based contract adminis-
trators, notwithstanding the purposes for which such 
amounts were appropriated: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, upon the request of the 
Secretary, project funds that are held in residual receipts ac-
counts for any project subject to a section 8 project-based 
housing assistance payments contract that authorizes the De-
partment or a housing finance agency to require that surplus 
project funds be deposited in an interest-bearing residual re-
ceipts account and that are in excess of an amount to be de-
termined by the Secretary, shall be remitted to the Depart-
ment and deposited in this account, to be available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That amounts deposited pursuant 
to the preceding proviso shall be available in addition to the 
amount otherwise provided by this heading for uses author-
ized under this heading. 
HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY 
For capital advances, including amendments to capital 
advance contracts, for housing for the elderly, as authorized 
by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 
1701q), for project rental assistance for the elderly under 
section 202(c)(2) of such Act, including amendments to con-
tracts for such assistance and renewal of expiring contracts
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for such assistance for up to a 5-year term, for senior preser-
vation rental assistance contracts, including renewals, as au-
thorized by section 811(e) of the American Homeownership 
and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000 (12 U.S.C. 1701q 
note), and for supportive services associated with the housing, 
$913,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2027: 
Provided, That of the amount made available under this 
heading, up to $112,000,000 shall be for service coordinators 
and the continuation of existing congregate service grants for 
residents of assisted housing projects: Provided further, That 
any funding for existing service coordinators under the pre-
ceding proviso shall be provided within 120 days of enact-
ment of this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
waive the provisions of section 202 governing the terms and 
conditions of project rental assistance, except that the initial 
contract term for such assistance shall not exceed 5 years in 
duration: Provided further, That upon request of the Sec-
retary, project funds that are held in residual receipts ac-
counts for any project subject to a section 202 project rental 
assistance contract, and that upon termination of such con-
tract are in excess of an amount to be determined by the Sec-
retary, shall be remitted to the Department and deposited in 
this account, to remain available until September 30, 2027: 
Provided further, That amounts deposited in this account 
pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be available, in addi-
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tion to the amounts otherwise provided by this heading, for 
the purposes authorized under this heading: Provided further, 
That unobligated balances, including recaptures and carry-
over, remaining from funds transferred to or appropriated 
under this heading shall be available for the current purposes 
authorized under this heading in addition to the purposes for 
which such funds originally were appropriated. 
HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 
For capital advances, including amendments to capital 
advance contracts, for supportive housing for persons with 
disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of the Cranston- 
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), 
for project rental assistance for supportive housing for per-
sons with disabilities under section 811(d)(2) of such Act, for 
project assistance contracts pursuant to subsection (h) of sec-
tion 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as added by section 
205(a) of the Housing and Community Development Amend-
ments of 1978 (Public Law 95–557: 92 Stat. 2090), includ-
ing amendments to contracts for such assistance and renewal 
of expiring contracts for such assistance for up to a 5-year 
term, for project rental assistance to State housing finance 
agencies and other appropriate entities as authorized under 
section 811(b)(3) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Afford-
able Housing Act, and for supportive services associated with 
the housing for persons with disabilities as authorized by sec-
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tion 811(b)(1) of such Act, $208,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2027: Provided, That, upon the request 
of the Secretary, project funds that are held in residual re-
ceipts accounts for any project subject to a section 811 
project rental assistance contract, and that upon termination 
of such contract are in excess of an amount to be determined 
by the Secretary, shall be remitted to the Department and 
deposited in this account, to remain available until September 
30, 2027: Provided further, That amounts deposited in this 
account pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be available 
in addition to the amounts otherwise provided by this heading 
for the purposes authorized under this heading: Provided fur-
ther, That unobligated balances, including recaptures and 
carryover, remaining from funds transferred to or appro-
priated under this heading shall be used for the current pur-
poses authorized under this heading in addition to the pur-
poses for which such funds originally were appropriated. 
HOUSING COUNSELING ASSISTANCE 
For contracts, grants, and other assistance excluding 
loans, as authorized under section 106 of the Housing and 
Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended, $57,500,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2025, including up 
to $4,500,000 for administrative contract services: Provided, 
That funds shall be used for providing counseling and advice 
to tenants and homeowners, both current and prospective,
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with respect to property maintenance, financial management 
or literacy, and such other matters as may be appropriate to 
assist them in improving their housing conditions, meeting 
their financial needs, and fulfilling the responsibilities of ten-
ancy or homeownership; for program administration; and for 
housing counselor training: Provided further, That for pur-
poses of awarding grants from amounts provided under this 
heading, the Secretary may enter into multiyear agreements, 
as appropriate, subject to the availability of annual appro-
priations. 
PAYMENT TO MANUFACTURED HOUSING FEES TRUST FUND 
For necessary expenses as authorized by the National 
Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards 
Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), up to $14,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which $14,000,000 shall 
be derived from the Manufactured Housing Fees Trust Fund 
(established under section 620(e) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
5419(e)): Provided, That not to exceed the total amount ap-
propriated under this heading shall be available from the gen-
eral fund of the Treasury to the extent necessary to incur ob-
ligations and make expenditures pending the receipt of collec-
tions to the Fund pursuant to section 620 of such Act: Pro-
vided further, That the amount made available under this 
heading from the general fund shall be reduced as such col-
lections are received during fiscal year 2024 so as to result
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in a final fiscal year 2024 appropriation from the general 
fund estimated at zero, and fees pursuant to such section 620 
shall be modified as necessary to ensure such a final fiscal 
year 2024 appropriation: Provided further, That for the dis-
pute resolution and installation programs, the Secretary may 
assess and collect fees from any program participant: Pro-
vided further, That such collections shall be deposited into the 
Trust Fund, and the Secretary, as provided herein, may use 
such collections, as well as fees collected under section 620 
of such Act, for necessary expenses of such Act: Provided fur-
ther, That, notwithstanding the requirements of section 620 
of such Act, the Secretary may carry out responsibilities of 
the Secretary under such Act through the use of approved 
service providers that are paid directly by the recipients of 
their services. 
FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION 
MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
New commitments to guarantee single family loans in-
sured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund shall not 
exceed $400,000,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025: Provided, That during fiscal year 2024, ob-
ligations to make direct loans to carry out the purposes of 
section 204(g) of the National Housing Act, as amended, 
shall not exceed $1,000,000: Provided further, That the fore-
going amount in the preceding proviso shall be for loans to
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nonprofit and governmental entities in connection with sales 
of single family real properties owned by the Secretary and 
formerly insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance 
Fund: Provided further, That for administrative contract ex-
penses of the Federal Housing Administration, $150,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2025: Provided fur-
ther, That to the extent guaranteed loan commitments exceed 
$200,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 2024, an additional 
$1,400 for administrative contract expenses shall be available 
for each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan commit-
ments (including a pro rata amount for any amount below 
$1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made available by 
this proviso exceed $30,000,000: Provided further, That not-
withstanding the limitation in the first sentence of section 
255(g) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z– 
20(g)), during fiscal year 2024 the Secretary may insure and 
enter into new commitments to insure mortgages under sec-
tion 255 of the National Housing Act only to the extent that 
the net credit subsidy cost for such insurance does not exceed 
zero. 
GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
New commitments to guarantee loans insured under the 
General and Special Risk Insurance Funds, as authorized by 
sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act (12 
U.S.C. 
1715z–3 
and 
1735c), 
shall 
not 
exceed
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$35,000,000,000 in total loan principal, any part of which is 
to be guaranteed, to remain available until September 30, 
2025: Provided, That during fiscal year 2024, gross obliga-
tions for the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized 
by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 519(a) of the National 
Housing Act, shall not exceed $1,000,000, which shall be for 
loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in connection 
with the sale of single family real properties owned by the 
Secretary and formerly insured under such Act. 
GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION 
GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN 
GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out the 
purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act, as 
amended 
(12 
U.S.C. 
1721(g)), 
shall 
not 
exceed 
$550,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2025: Provided, That $54,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025, shall be for necessary salaries and ex-
penses of the Government National Mortgage Association: 
Provided further, That to the extent that guaranteed loan 
commitments exceed $155,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 
2024, an additional $100 for necessary salaries and expenses 
shall be available until expended for each $1,000,000 in addi-
tional guaranteed loan commitments (including a pro rata 
amount for any amount below $1,000,000), but in no case
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shall funds made available by this proviso exceed $3,000,000: 
Provided further, That receipts from Commitment and 
Multiclass fees collected pursuant to title III of the National 
Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1716 et seq.) shall be credited as 
offsetting collections to this account. 
POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 
For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of pro-
grams of research and studies relating to housing and urban 
problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by title 
V of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 (12 
U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), including carrying out the functions 
of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under 
section 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1968, and 
for technical assistance, $119,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2025: Provided, That with respect to 
amounts made available under this heading, notwithstanding 
section 203 of this title, the Secretary may enter into cooper-
ative agreements with philanthropic entities, other Federal 
agencies, State or local governments and their agencies, In-
dian Tribes, tribally designated housing entities, or colleges 
or universities for research projects: Provided further, That 
with respect to the preceding proviso, such partners to the co-
operative agreements shall contribute at least a 50 percent 
match toward the cost of the project: Provided further, That
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for non-competitive agreements entered into in accordance 
with the preceding two provisos, the Secretary shall comply 
with section 2(b) of the Federal Funding Accountability and 
Transparency Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–282; 31 U.S.C. 
note) in lieu of compliance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act 
of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545(a)(4)(C)) with respect to docu-
mentation of award decisions: Provided further, That prior to 
obligation of technical assistance funding, the Secretary shall 
submit a plan to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations on how the Secretary will allocate funding for 
this activity at least 30 days prior to obligation: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds provided under this heading may 
be available for the doctoral dissertation research grant pro-
gram: Provided further, That an additional $20,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2026, shall be for com-
petitive grants to nonprofit or governmental entities to pro-
vide legal assistance (including assistance related to pretrial 
activities, trial activities, post-trial activities and alternative 
dispute resolution) at no cost to eligible low-income tenants 
at risk of or subject to eviction: Provided further, That in 
awarding grants under the preceding proviso, the Secretary 
shall give preference to applicants that include a marketing 
strategy for residents of areas with high rates of eviction, 
have experience providing no-cost legal assistance to low-in-
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come individuals, including those with limited English pro-
ficiency or disabilities, and have sufficient capacity to admin-
ister such assistance: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall ensure, to the extent practicable, that the proportion of 
eligible tenants living in rural areas who will receive legal as-
sistance with grant funds made available under this heading 
is not less than the overall proportion of eligible tenants who 
live in rural areas. 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES 
For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not other-
wise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.), and section 561 
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 (42 
U.S.C. 3616a), $86,355,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025: Provided, That notwithstanding section 
3302 of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary may as-
sess and collect fees to cover the costs of the Fair Housing 
Training Academy, and may use such funds to develop online 
courses and provide such training: Provided further, That 
none of the funds made available under this heading may be 
used to lobby the executive or legislative branches of the Fed-
eral Government in connection with a specific contract, grant, 
or loan: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
under this heading, $1,355,000 may be available to the Sec-
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retary for the creation and promotion of translated materials 
and other programs that support the assistance of persons 
with limited English proficiency in utilizing the services pro-
vided by the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment. 
OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY HOMES 
LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the lead hazard reduction program, as authorized by 
section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard 
Reduction Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4852), the healthy homes 
initiative, pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of the Housing 
and Urban Development Act of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 
and 1701z–2), and for related activities and assistance, 
$345,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026: 
Provided, That the amounts made available under this head-
ing are provided as follows: 
(1) $200,000,000 shall be for the award of grants 
pursuant to such section 1011, of which not less than 
$105,000,000 shall be provided to areas with the highest 
lead-based paint abatement need; 
(2) $140,000,000 shall be for the healthy homes 
initiative, pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of the Hous-
ing and Urban Development Act of 1970, which shall in-
clude research, studies, testing, and demonstration ef-
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forts, including education and outreach concerning lead- 
based paint poisoning and other housing-related diseases 
and hazards, and mitigating housing-related health and 
safety hazards in housing of low-income families, of 
which— 
(A) $5,000,000 shall be for the implementation 
of projects in communities that are served by both 
the healthy homes initiative and the Department of 
Energy weatherization programs to demonstrate 
whether the coordination of healthy homes remedi-
ation 
activities 
with 
weatherization 
activities 
achieves cost savings and better outcomes in im-
proving the safety and quality of homes; and 
(B) $30,000,000 shall be for grants to experi-
enced non-profit organizations, States, local govern-
ments, or public housing agencies for safety and 
functional home modification repairs and renova-
tions to meet the needs of low-income seniors to en-
able them to remain in their primary residence, of 
which no less than $10,000,000 shall be available to 
meet such needs in communities with substantial 
rural populations; 
(3) $3,000,000 shall be for the award of grants and 
contracts for research pursuant to sections 1051 and
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1052 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Re-
duction Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4854, 4854a); 
(4) up to $2,000,000 in total of the amounts made 
available under paragraphs (2) and (3) may be trans-
ferred to the heading ‘‘Research and Technology’’ for 
the purposes of conducting research and studies and for 
use in accordance with the provisos under that heading 
for non-competitive agreements; and 
(5) $2,000,000 shall be for grants for a radon test-
ing and mitigation safety demonstration program (the 
radon demonstration) in public housing: Provided, That 
the testing method, mitigation method, or action level 
used under the radon demonstration shall be as specified 
by applicable State or local law, if such law is more pro-
tective of human health or the environment than the 
method or level specified by the Secretary: 
Provided further, That for purposes of environmental review, 
pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and other provisions of law that fur-
ther the purposes of such Act, a grant under the healthy 
homes initiative, or the lead technical studies program, or 
other demonstrations or programs under this heading or 
under prior appropriations Acts for such purposes under this 
heading, or under the heading ‘‘Housing for the Elderly’’ 
under prior Appropriations Acts, shall be considered to be
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funds for a special project for purposes of section 305(c) of 
the Multifamily Housing Property Disposition Reform Act of 
1994: Provided further, That each applicant for a grant or co-
operative agreement under this heading shall certify adequate 
capacity that is acceptable to the Secretary to carry out the 
proposed use of funds pursuant to a notice of funding oppor-
tunity: Provided further, That amounts made available under 
this heading, in this or prior appropriations Acts, still re-
maining available, may be used for any purpose under this 
heading notwithstanding the purpose for which such amounts 
were appropriated if a program competition is undersub-
scribed and there are other program competitions under this 
heading that are oversubscribed: Provided further, That 
$49,400,000 of the amounts made available under this head-
ing in this Act from amounts specified in paragraph (2) shall 
be derived from unobligated balances from prior year appro-
priations available under this heading, which shall continue to 
be available for the same time period as originally appro-
priated. 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUND 
For Department-wide and program-specific information 
technology systems and infrastructure, $383,050,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2026, of which up to 
$23,950,000 shall be for development, modernization, and en-
hancement projects, including planning for such projects:
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Provided, That not later than 30 days after the end of each 
quarter, the Secretary shall brief the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations on all information technology mod-
ernization efforts as required in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act). 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of In-
spector General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 
1978, as amended, $152,924,000: Provided, That the Inspec-
tor General shall have independent authority over all per-
sonnel issues within this office. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 
URBAN DEVELOPMENT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget au-
thority, or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts as-
sociated with such budget authority, that are recaptured from 
projects described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart B. 
McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f note) shall be rescinded or in the case of cash, 
shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such amounts of budg-
et authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted 
to the Treasury shall be used by State housing finance agen-
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cies or local governments or local housing agencies with 
projects approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development for which settlement occurred after January 1, 
1992, in accordance with such section. Notwithstanding the 
previous sentence, the Secretary 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 refinance their project at a lower interest rate. 
SEC. 202. None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used to investigate or prosecute under the Fair Hous-
ing 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 for the pur-
pose of achieving or preventing action by a Government offi-
cial or entity, or a court of competent jurisdiction. 
SEC. 203. Except as explicitly provided in law, any 
grant, cooperative agreement or other assistance made pursu-
ant 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 Development Reform Act of 1989 (42 
U.S.C. 3545). 
SEC. 204. 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 administra-
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tive expenses, for legal services on a contract or fee basis, 
and for utilizing and making payment for services and facili-
ties of the Federal National Mortgage Association, Govern-
ment National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan 
Mortgage Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Federal Re-
serve banks or any member thereof, Federal Home Loan 
banks, and any insured bank within the meaning of the Fed-
eral Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, as amended (12 
U.S.C. 1811–1). 
SEC. 205. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or 
through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any appropria-
tion for the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
shall be available for any program, project or activity in ex-
cess of amounts set forth in the budget estimates submitted 
to Congress. 
SEC. 206. Corporations and agencies of the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development which are subject to the 
Government 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 con-
tracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limita-
tions as provided by section 104 of such Act as may be nec-
essary in carrying out the programs set forth in the budget 
for 2024 for such corporation or agency except as hereinafter
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provided: Provided, That collections 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 assist-
ance 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 purchases are necessary to protect the financial 
interest of the United States Government. 
SEC. 207. The Secretary shall provide quarterly reports 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations re-
garding 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. 208. None of the funds made available by this title 
may be used for an audit of the Government National Mort-
gage Association that makes applicable requirements under 
the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et 
seq.). 
SEC. 209. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, subject to the conditions listed under this section, for fis-
cal years 2024 and 2025, the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development may authorize the transfer of some or all 
project-based assistance, debt held or insured by the Sec-
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retary and statutorily required low-income and very low-in-
come use restrictions if any, associated with one or more mul-
tifamily housing project or projects to another multifamily 
housing project or projects. 
(b) PHASED TRANSFERS.—Transfers of project-based 
assistance under this section may be done in phases to ac-
commodate the financing 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 subject 
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-in-
come units and the configuration (i.e., bedroom 
size) provided by the transferring project shall be 
no less than when transferred to the receiving 
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 transferring 
project: The Secretary may authorize a reduction in 
the number of dwelling units in the receiving
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project or projects to allow for a reconfiguration of 
bedroom sizes to meet current market demands, as 
determined by the Secretary and provided there is 
no increase in the project-based assistance budget 
authority. 
(2) The transferring project shall, as determined by 
the Secretary, be either physically obsolete or economi-
cally nonviable, or be reasonably expected to become eco-
nomically nonviable when complying with State or Fed-
eral requirements for community integration and re-
duced concentration of individuals with disabilities. 
(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 residing 
in the transferring project and provide a certification of 
approval by all appropriate local governmental officials. 
(5) The tenants of the transferring project who re-
main eligible for assistance to be provided by the receiv-
ing 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 occu-
pancy.
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(6) The Secretary determines that this transfer is 
in the best interest of the tenants. 
(7) If either the transferring project or the receiv-
ing project or projects meets the condition specified in 
subsection (d)(2)(A), any lien on the receiving project re-
sulting from additional financing obtained by the owner 
shall be subordinate to any FHA-insured mortgage lien 
transferred to, or placed on, such project by the Sec-
retary, except that the Secretary may waive this require-
ment upon determination that such a waiver is necessary 
to facilitate the financing of acquisition, construction, 
and/or rehabilitation of the receiving project or projects. 
(8) If the transferring project meets the require-
ments of subsection (d)(2), the owner or mortgagor of 
the receiving project or projects shall execute 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. 
(9) The transfer does not increase the cost (as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a)) 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—
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(1) the terms ‘‘low-income’’ and ‘‘very low-income’’ 
shall have the meanings provided by the statute 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 conditions— 
(A) housing that is subject to a mortgage in-
sured under the National Housing Act; 
(B) housing that has project-based assistance 
attached to the structure including projects under-
going mark to market debt restructuring under the 
Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Afford-
ability Housing Act; 
(C) housing that is assisted under section 202 
of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); 
(D) housing that is assisted under section 202 
of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q), as 
such section existed before the enactment of the 
Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing 
Act; 
(E) housing that is assisted under section 811 
of the Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable 
Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013); or 
(F) housing or vacant land that is subject to 
a use agreement;
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(3) the term ‘‘project-based assistance’’ means— 
(A) assistance provided under section 8(b) of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f(b)); 
(B) assistance for housing constructed or sub-
stantially rehabilitated pursuant to assistance pro-
vided under section 8(b)(2) of such Act (as such 
section existed immediately before October 1, 
1983); 
(C) rent supplement payments under section 
101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 
1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); 
(D) interest reduction payments under section 
236 and/or additional assistance payments under 
section 236(f)(2) of the National Housing Act (12 
U.S.C. 1715z–1); 
(E) assistance payments made under section 
202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 
1701q(c)(2)); and 
(F) assistance payments made under section 
811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af-
fordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)); 
(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
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statutorily required low-income and very low-income use 
restrictions are to be transferred; 
(5) the term ‘‘transferring project’’ means the mul-
tifamily housing project which is transferring some or all 
of the project-based assistance, debt, and the statutorily 
required low-income and very low-income use restrictions 
to the receiving project or projects; and 
(6) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development. 
(e) RESEARCH REPORT.—The Secretary shall conduct 
an evaluation of the transfer authority under this section, in-
cluding the effect of such transfers on the operational effi-
ciency, contract rents, physical and financial conditions, and 
long-term preservation of the affected properties. 
SEC. 210. (a) No assistance shall be provided under sec-
tion 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;
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(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; 
(7) is not a youth who left foster care at age 14 or 
older and is at risk of becoming homeless; and 
(8) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has par-
ents who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, to re-
ceive 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 per-
son to receive assistance under section 8 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any financial assist-
ance (in excess of amounts received for tuition and any other 
required fees and charges) that an individual receives under 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), 
from private sources, or from an institution of higher edu-
cation (as defined under section 102 of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)), shall be considered income 
to that individual, except for a person over the age of 23 with 
dependent children. 
SEC. 211. The funds made available for Native Alaskans 
under paragraph (1) under the heading ‘‘Native American 
Programs’’ in title II of this Act shall be allocated to the
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same Native Alaskan housing block grant recipients that re-
ceived funds in fiscal year 2005, and only such recipients 
shall be eligible to apply for funds made available under para-
graph (2) of such heading. 
SEC. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in 
fiscal year 2024, in managing and disposing of any multi-
family 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 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) or any other 
Federal 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 attached 
to any dwelling units in the property. To the extent the Sec-
retary determines, in consultation with the tenants and the 
local government that such a multifamily property owned or 
having a mortgage held by the Secretary is not feasible for 
continued rental assistance payments under such section 8 or 
other programs, based on consideration of (1) the costs of re-
habilitating and operating the property and all available Fed-
eral, State, and local resources, including rent adjustments 
under section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Re-
form and Affordability Act of 1997 (in this section 
‘‘MAHRAA’’) (42 U.S.C. 1437f note), and (2) environmental
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conditions that cannot be remedied in a cost-effective fashion, 
the Secretary may, in consultation with the tenants of that 
property, contract for project-based rental assistance pay-
ments with an owner or owners of other existing housing 
properties, or provide other rental assistance. The Secretary 
shall also take appropriate steps to ensure that project-based 
contracts remain in effect prior to foreclosure, subject to the 
exercise of contractual abatement remedies to assist reloca-
tion of tenants for imminent major threats to health and 
safety after written notice to and informed consent of the af-
fected tenants and use of other available remedies, such as 
partial abatements or receivership. After disposition of any 
multifamily property described in this section, the contract 
and allowable rent levels on such properties shall be subject 
to the requirements under section 524 of MAHRAA. 
SEC. 213. Public housing agencies that own and operate 
400 or fewer public housing units may elect to be exempt 
from any asset management requirement imposed by the Sec-
retary in connection 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. 214. With respect to the use of amounts provided 
in this Act and in future Acts for the operation, capital im-
provement, and management of public housing as authorized
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by sections 9(d) and 9(e) of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d), (e)), the Secretary shall not 
impose any requirement or guideline relating to asset man-
agement that restricts or limits in any way the use of capital 
funds for central office costs pursuant to paragraph (1) or 
(2) of section 9(g) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)(1), (2)): Provided, That a public hous-
ing agency may not use capital funds authorized under sec-
tion 9(d) for activities that are eligible under section 9(e) for 
assistance with amounts from the operating fund in excess of 
the amounts permitted under paragraph (1) or (2) of section 
9(g). 
SEC. 215. No official or employee of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development shall be designated as an 
allotment holder unless the Office of the Chief Financial Offi-
cer has determined that such allotment holder has imple-
mented an adequate system of funds control and has received 
training in funds control procedures and directives. The Chief 
Financial Officer shall ensure that there is a trained allot-
ment holder for each HUD appropriation under the accounts 
‘‘Executive Offices’’, ‘‘Administrative Support Offices’’, ‘‘Pro-
gram Offices’’, ‘‘Government National Mortgage Associa-
tion—Guarantees of Mortgage-Backed Securities Loan Guar-
antee Program Account’’, and ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ 
within the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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SEC. 216. The Secretary shall, for fiscal year 2024, no-
tify the public through the Federal Register and other means, 
as determined appropriate, of the issuance of a notice of the 
availability of assistance or notice of funding opportunity 
(NOFO) for any program or discretionary fund administered 
by the Secretary that is to be competitively awarded. Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, for fiscal year 2024, 
the Secretary may make the NOFO available only on the 
Internet at the appropriate Government website or through 
other electronic media, as determined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 217. Payment of attorney fees in program-related 
litigation shall be paid from the individual program office and 
Office of General Counsel salaries and expenses appropria-
tions. 
SEC. 218. The Secretary is authorized to transfer up to 
10 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, of funds appro-
priated for any office under the headings ‘‘Administrative 
Support Offices’’ or ‘‘Program Offices’’ to any other such of-
fice under such headings: Provided, That no appropriation for 
any such office under such headings shall be increased or de-
creased by more than 10 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is 
less, without prior written approval of the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall provide notification to such Committees 3
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business days in advance of any such transfers under this 
section up to 10 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less. 
SEC. 219. (a) Any entity receiving housing assistance 
payments shall maintain decent, safe, and sanitary condi-
tions, as determined by the Secretary, and comply with any 
standards under applicable State or local laws, rules, ordi-
nances, or regulations relating to the physical condition of 
any property covered under a housing assistance payment 
contract. 
(b) The Secretary shall take action under subsection (c) 
when a multifamily housing project with a contract under 
section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f) or a contract for similar project-based assist-
ance— 
(1) receives a failing score under the Uniform Phys-
ical Condition Standards (UPCS) or successor standard; 
or 
(2) fails to certify in writing to the Secretary within 
3 days that all Exigent Health and Safety deficiencies, 
or those deficiencies requiring correction within 24 
hours, identified by the inspector at the project have 
been corrected. 
Such requirements shall apply to insured and noninsured 
projects with assistance attached to the units under section 
8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.
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1437f), but shall not apply to such units assisted under sec-
tion 8(o)(13) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)) or to pub-
lic housing units assisted with capital or operating funds 
under section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437g). 
(c)(1) Within 15 days of the issuance of the Real Estate 
Assessment Center (‘‘REAC’’) inspection, the Secretary shall 
provide the owner with a Notice of Default with a specified 
timetable, determined by the Secretary, for correcting all de-
ficiencies. The Secretary shall provide a copy of the Notice 
of Default to the tenants, the local government, any mortga-
gees, and any contract administrator. If the owner’s appeal 
results in a passing score, the Secretary may withdraw the 
Notice of Default. 
(2) At the end of the time period for correcting all defi-
ciencies specified in the Notice of Default, if the owner fails 
to fully correct such deficiencies, the Secretary may— 
(A) require immediate replacement of project man-
agement with a management agent approved by the Sec-
retary; 
(B) impose civil money penalties, which shall be 
used solely for the purpose of supporting safe and sani-
tary conditions at applicable properties, as designated by 
the Secretary, with priority given to the tenants of the 
property affected by the penalty;
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(C) abate the section 8 contract, including partial 
abatement, as determined by the Secretary, until all de-
ficiencies have been corrected; 
(D) pursue transfer of the project to an owner, ap-
proved by the Secretary under established procedures, 
who will be obligated to promptly make all required re-
pairs and to accept renewal of the assistance contract if 
such renewal is offered; 
(E) transfer the existing section 8 contract to an-
other project or projects and owner or owners; 
(F) pursue exclusionary sanctions, including sus-
pensions or debarments from Federal programs; 
(G) seek judicial appointment of a receiver to man-
age the property and cure all project deficiencies or seek 
a judicial order of specific performance requiring the 
owner to cure all project deficiencies; 
(H) work with the owner, lender, or other related 
party to stabilize the property in an attempt to preserve 
the property through compliance, transfer of ownership, 
or an infusion of capital provided by a third-party that 
requires time to effectuate; or 
(I) take any other regulatory or contractual rem-
edies available as deemed necessary and appropriate by 
the Secretary.
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(d) The Secretary shall take appropriate steps to ensure 
that project-based contracts remain in effect, subject to the 
exercise of contractual abatement remedies to assist reloca-
tion of tenants for major threats to health and safety after 
written notice to the affected tenants. To the extent the Sec-
retary determines, in consultation with the tenants and the 
local government, that the property is not feasible for contin-
ued 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 available Federal, State, and local re-
sources, including rent adjustments under section 524 of 
the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Afford-
ability Act of 1997 (‘‘MAHRAA’’); and 
(2) environmental conditions that cannot be rem-
edied in a cost-effective fashion, the Secretary may con-
tract for project-based rental assistance payments with 
an owner or owners of other existing housing properties, 
or provide other rental assistance. 
(e) The Secretary shall report semi-annually on all prop-
erties covered by this section that are assessed through the 
Real Estate Assessment Center and have failing physical in-
spection scores or have received an unsatisfactory manage-
ment and occupancy review within the past 36 months. The 
report shall include—
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(1) identification of the enforcement actions being 
taken to address such conditions, including imposition of 
civil money penalties and termination of subsidies, and 
identification of properties that have such conditions 
multiple times; 
(2) identification of actions that the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development is taking to protect 
tenants of such identified properties; and 
(3) any administrative or legislative recommenda-
tions to further improve the living conditions at prop-
erties covered under a housing assistance payment con-
tract. 
The first report shall be submitted to the Senate and 
House Committees on Appropriations not later than 30 days 
after the enactment of this Act, and the second report shall 
be submitted within 180 days of the transmittal of the first 
report. 
SEC. 220. None of the funds made available by this Act, 
or any other Act, for purposes authorized under section 8 
(only with respect to the tenant-based rental assistance pro-
gram) and section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), may be used by any public 
housing agency for any amount of salary, including bonuses, 
for the chief executive officer of which, or any other official 
or employee of which, that exceeds the annual rate of basic
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pay payable for a position at level IV of the Executive Sched-
ule at any time during any public housing agency fiscal year 
2024. 
SEC. 221. None of the funds made available by this Act 
and provided to the Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment may be used to make a grant award unless the 
Secretary notifies the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations not less than 3 full business days before any 
project, State, locality, housing authority, Tribe, nonprofit or-
ganization, or other entity selected to receive a grant award 
is announced by the Department or its offices: Provided, 
That such notification shall list each grant award by State 
and congressional district. 
SEC. 222. None of the funds made available in this Act 
shall be used by the Federal Housing Administration, the 
Government National Mortgage Association, or the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development to insure, 
securitize, or establish a Federal guarantee of any mortgage 
or mortgage backed security that refinances or otherwise re-
places a mortgage that has been subject to eminent domain 
condemnation or seizure, by a State, municipality, or any 
other political subdivision of a State. 
SEC. 223. None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used to terminate the status of a unit of general local 
government as a metropolitan city (as defined in section 102
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of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 
U.S.C. 5302)) with respect to grants under section 106 of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 5306). 
SEC. 224. Amounts made available by this Act that are 
appropriated, allocated, advanced on a reimbursable basis, or 
transferred to the Office of Policy Development and Research 
of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and 
functions thereof, for research, evaluation, or statistical pur-
poses, and that are unexpended at the time of completion of 
a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement, may be 
deobligated and shall immediately become available and may 
be reobligated in that fiscal year or the subsequent fiscal year 
for the research, evaluation, or statistical purposes for which 
the amounts are made available to that Office subject to re-
programming requirements in section 405 of this Act. 
SEC. 225. None of the funds provided in this Act or any 
other Act may be used for awards, including performance, 
special act, or spot, for any employee of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development subject to administrative 
discipline (including suspension from work), in this fiscal 
year, but this prohibition shall not be effective prior to the 
effective date of any such administrative discipline or after 
any final decision over-turning such discipline. 
SEC. 226. With respect to grant amounts awarded under 
the heading ‘‘Homeless Assistance Grants’’ for fiscal years
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2015 through 2024 for the continuum of care (CoC) program 
as authorized under subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance Act, costs paid by program in-
come of grant recipients may count toward meeting the re-
cipient’s matching requirements, provided the costs are eligi-
ble CoC costs that supplement the recipient’s CoC program. 
SEC. 227. (a) From amounts made available under this 
title under the heading ‘‘Homeless Assistance Grants’’, the 
Secretary may award 1-year transition grants to recipients of 
funds for activities under subtitle C of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) to transi-
tion from one continuum of care program component to an-
other. 
(b) In order to be eligible to receive a transition grant, 
the funding recipient must have the consent of the continuum 
of care and meet standards determined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 228. The promise zone designations and promise 
zone designation agreements entered into pursuant to such 
designations, made by the Secretary in prior fiscal years, 
shall remain in effect in accordance with the terms and condi-
tions of such agreements. 
SEC. 229. Any public housing agency designated as a 
Moving to Work agency pursuant to section 239 of division 
L of Public Law 114–113 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note; 129 Stat. 
2897) may, upon such designation, use funds (except for spe-
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cial purpose funding, including special purpose vouchers) pre-
viously allocated to any such public housing agency under 
section 8 or 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, in-
cluding any reserve funds held by the public housing agency 
or funds held by the Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment, pursuant to the authority for use of section 8 or 
9 funding provided under such section and section 204 of 
title II of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing 
and Urban Development and Independent Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104–134; 110 Stat. 1321– 
28), notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds were 
appropriated. 
SEC. 230. None of the amounts made available by this 
Act may be used to prohibit any public housing agency under 
receivership or the direction of a Federal monitor from apply-
ing for, receiving, or using funds made available under the 
heading ‘‘Public Housing Fund’’ for competitive grants to 
evaluate and reduce lead-based paint hazards in this Act or 
that remain available and not awarded from prior Acts, or be 
used to prohibit a public housing agency from using such 
funds to carry out any required work pursuant to a settle-
ment agreement, consent decree, voluntary agreement, or 
similar document for a violation of the lead safe housing or 
lead disclosure rules.
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SEC. 231. The language under the heading ‘‘Rental As-
sistance Demonstration’’ in the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2012 (title II of di-
vision C of Public Law 112–55), as most recently amended 
by Public Law 117–103, is further amended— 
(1) in the initial undesignated matter, by striking 
‘‘and ‘Public Housing Operating Fund’ ’’ and inserting 
‘‘, ‘Public Housing Operating Fund’, and ‘Public Hous-
ing Fund’ ’’; 
(2) in the second proviso, by striking ‘‘2024’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2029’’; 
(3) after the fourth proviso, by inserting the fol-
lowing new provisos: ‘‘Provided further, That at prop-
erties with assistance under section 9 of the Act request-
ing to partially convert such assistance, and where an 
event under section 18 of the Act occurs that results in 
the eligibility for tenant protection vouchers under sec-
tion 8(o) of the Act, the Secretary may convert the ten-
ant protection voucher assistance to assistance under a 
project-based subsidy contract under section 8 of the 
Act, which shall be eligible for renewal under section 524 
of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Afford-
ability Act of 1997, or assistance under section 8(o)(13) 
of the Act, so long as the property meets any additional 
requirements established by the Secretary to facilitate
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conversion: Provided further, That to facilitate the con-
version of assistance under the previous proviso, the Sec-
retary may transfer an amount equal to the total 
amount that would have been allocated for tenant pro-
tection voucher assistance for properties that have re-
quested such conversions from amounts made available 
for tenant protection voucher assistance under the head-
ing ‘Tenant-Based Rental Assistance’ to the heading 
‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’: Provided further, 
That at properties with assistance previously converted 
hereunder to assistance under the heading ‘Project- 
Based Rental Assistance,’ which are also separately as-
sisted under section 8(o)(13) of the Act, the Secretary 
may, with the consent of the public housing agency and 
owner, terminate such project-based subsidy contracts 
and immediately enter into one new project-based sub-
sidy contract under section 8 of the Act, which shall be 
eligible for renewal under section 524 of the Multifamily 
Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997, 
subject to the requirement that any residents assisted 
under section 8(o)(13) of the Act at the time of such 
termination of such project-based subsidy contract shall 
retain all rights accrued under section 8(o)(13)(E) of the 
Act under the new project-based subsidy contract and 
section 8(o)(13)(F)(iv) of the Act shall not apply: Pro-
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vided further, That to carry out the previous proviso, the 
Secretary may transfer from the heading ‘Tenant-Based 
Rental Assistance’ to the heading ‘Project-Based Rental 
Assistance’ an amount equal to the amounts associated 
with such terminating contract under section 8(o)(13) of 
the Act:’’; 
(4) in the fourteenth proviso, as reordered above, 
by— 
(A) inserting ‘‘ ‘Public Housing Fund’, ‘Self- 
Sufficiency Programs’, ‘Family Self-Sufficiency’ ’’ 
following ‘‘ ‘Public Housing Operating Fund’,’’; and 
(B) inserting ‘‘or the ongoing availability of 
services for residents’’ after ‘‘effective conversion of 
assistance under the demonstration’’; 
(5) after the twenty-fourth proviso, as reordered 
above, by inserting the following proviso: ‘‘Provided fur-
ther, That owners of properties with a senior preserva-
tion rental assistance contract under section 811 of the 
American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity 
Act of 2000 (12 U.S.C. 1701q note), shall be eligible, 
subject to requirements established by the Secretary as 
necessary to facilitate the conversion of assistance while 
maintaining the affordability period and the designation 
of the property as serving elderly families, and tenant 
consultation procedures, for conversion of assistance
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available for such assistance contracts to assistance 
under a long-term project-based subsidy contract under 
section 8 of the Act:’’; 
(6) in the twenty-ninth proviso, as reordered above, 
by inserting ‘‘, section 811 of the American Homeowner-
ship and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000,’’ after 
‘‘Housing Act of 1959’’; and 
(7) in the thirty-fourth proviso, as reordered above, 
by striking ‘‘any section 202 project rental assistance 
contract or section 811 project rental assistance contract 
conversions’’ and inserting ‘‘the conversion of assistance 
from section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959, sec-
tion 811 of the American Homeownership and Economic 
Opportunity Act of 2000, or section 811(d)(2) of the 
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act’’. 
SEC. 232. For fiscal year 2024, if the Secretary deter-
mines or has determined, for any prior formula grant alloca-
tion administered by the Secretary through the Offices of 
Public and Indian Housing, Community Planning and Devel-
opment, or Housing, that a recipient received an allocation 
greater than the amount such recipient should have received 
for a formula allocation cycle pursuant to applicable statutes 
and regulations, the Secretary may adjust for any such fund-
ing error in the next applicable formula allocation cycle by (a) 
offsetting each such recipient’s formula allocation (if eligible
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for a formula allocation in the next applicable formula alloca-
tion cycle) by the amount of any such funding error, and (b) 
reallocating any available balances that are attributable to 
the offset to the recipient or recipients that would have been 
allocated additional funds in the formula allocation cycle in 
which any such error occurred (if such recipient or recipients 
are eligible for a formula allocation in the next applicable for-
mula allocation cycle) in an amount proportionate to such re-
cipient’s eligibility under the next applicable formula alloca-
tion cycle: Provided, That all offsets and reallocations from 
such available balances shall be recorded against funds avail-
able for the next applicable formula allocation cycle: Provided 
further, That the term ‘‘next applicable formula allocation 
cycle’’ means the first formula allocation cycle for a program 
that is reasonably available for correction following such a 
Secretarial determination: Provided further, That if, upon re-
quest by a recipient and giving consideration to all Federal 
resources available to the recipient for the same grant pur-
poses, the Secretary determines that the offset in the next 
applicable formula allocation cycle would critically impair the 
recipient’s ability to accomplish the purpose of the formula 
grant, the Secretary may adjust for the funding error across 
two or more formula allocation cycles. 
SEC. 233. The Secretary may transfer from amounts 
made available for salaries and expenses under this title (ex-
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(13) the item relating to ‘‘Indigenous Farm Hub’’ 
is deemed to be amended by striking recipient ‘‘Tides 
Center’’ and inserting ‘‘Native American Community 
Academy Inspired Schools Network (NISN)’’; 
(14) the item relating to ‘‘El Centro de la Raza— 
Pattison’s West Community Campus Property Acquisi-
tion’’ is deemed to be amended by striking ‘‘El Centro 
de la Raza—Pattison’s West Community Campus Prop-
erty Acquisition’’ and inserting ‘‘Pattison’s West Com-
munity Campus’’; 
(15) the item relating to ‘‘Road Raising & Flood 
Resiliency for Amity Harbor and American Venice 
Project’’ is deemed to be amended by striking ‘‘Road 
Raising & Flood Resiliency for Amity Harbor and Amer-
ican Venice Project’’ and inserting ‘‘Town of Babylon 
Federal Aid Roadway Improvement Project’’; 
(16) the item relating to ‘‘Dayton International Air-
port (DAY)—Northeast Logistics Access Project’’ is 
amended by striking ‘‘Dayton International Airport 
(DAY)—Northeast Logistics Access Project’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Infrastructure capital improvements, including 
street, wastewater and sewer line improvements’’; 
(17) the item relating to ‘‘Help Me Grow Skagit 
Family Resource Center Expansion’’ is deemed to be 
amended by striking recipient ‘‘Children’s Council of