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Health and Human Services, Agriculture, and Commerce, 
the Attorney General, and the Administrator of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency to coordinate and leverage 
other appropriate Federal resources: Provided further, That 
no more than $5,000,000 of funds 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 unobligated bal-
ances, including recaptures, remaining from funds appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Revitalization of Severely Dis-
tressed Public Housing (HOPE VI)’’ in fiscal year 2011 
and prior fiscal years may be used for purposes under this 
heading, notwithstanding the purposes for which such 
amounts were appropriated: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall issue the Notice of Funding Availability for 
funds made available under this heading no later than 60 
days after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall make grant awards no later than one year 
from the date of enactment of this Act in such amounts that 
the Secretary determines: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 24(o) of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v(o)), the Secretary may, until Sep-
tember 30, 2020, 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, 2023, 
$130,000,000: Provided, That the amounts made available 
under this heading are provided as follows: 
(1) $80,000,000 shall be for the Family Self-Suf-
ficiency program to support family self-sufficiency co-
ordinators 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 public and private resources, and enable eligible 
families to achieve economic independence and self- 
sufficiency: Provided, That the Secretary may, by 
Federal Register notice, waive or specify alternative 
requirements under subsections (b)(3), (b)(4), (b)(5), 
or (c)(1) of section 23 of such Act in order to facili-
tate the operation of a unified self-sufficiency pro-
gram for individuals receiving assistance under dif-
ferent provisions of the Act, as determined by the Sec-
retary: Provided further, That owners of a privately 
owned multifamily property with a section 8 contract 
may voluntarily make a Family Self-Sufficiency pro-
gram available to the assisted tenants of such prop-
erty in accordance with procedures established by the
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Secretary: Provided further, That such procedures es-
tablished pursuant to the previous proviso shall per-
mit participating tenants to accrue escrow funds in 
accordance with section 23(d)(2) and shall allow own-
ers to use funding from residual receipt accounts to 
hire coordinators for their own Family Self-Suffi-
ciency program; 
(2) $35,000,000 shall be for the Resident Oppor-
tunity and Self-Sufficiency program to provide for 
supportive services, service coordinators, and con-
gregate services as authorized by section 34 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437z– 
6) and the Native American Housing Assistance and 
Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et 
seq.); and 
(3) $15,000,000 shall be for a Jobs-Plus initia-
tive, modeled after the Jobs-Plus demonstration: Pro-
vided, That funding provided under this paragraph 
shall be available for competitive grants to partner-
ships between public housing authorities, local work-
force investment boards established under section 107 
of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 
2014 (29 U.S.C. 3122), and other agencies and orga-
nizations that provide support to help public housing 
residents obtain employment and increase earnings:
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Provided further, That applicants must demonstrate 
the ability to provide services to residents, partner 
with workforce investment boards, and leverage serv-
ice dollars: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
allow public housing agencies to request exemptions 
from rent and income limitation requirements under 
sections 3 and 6 of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a, 1437d), as necessary to im-
plement the Jobs-Plus program, on such terms and 
conditions as the Secretary may approve upon a find-
ing by the Secretary that any such waivers or alter-
native requirements are necessary for the effective im-
plementation of the Jobs-Plus initiative as a vol-
untary program for residents: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall publish by notice in the Federal 
Register any waivers or alternative requirements pur-
suant to the preceding proviso no later than 10 days 
before the effective date of such notice. 
NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For activities and assistance authorized under title I 
of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Deter-
mination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et 
seq.), title I of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1974 with respect to Indian tribes (42 U.S.C.
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5306(a)(1)), and related technical assistance, $820,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2024, unless other-
wise specified: Provided, That the amounts made available 
under this heading are provided as follows: 
(1) $646,000,000 shall be available for the Native 
American Housing Block Grants program, as author-
ized under title I of NAHASDA: Provided, That, not-
withstanding NAHASDA, to determine the amount of 
the allocation under title I of such Act for each In-
dian tribe, the Secretary shall apply the formula 
under section 302 of such Act with the need compo-
nent 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 resulting allocation 
amounts: Provided further, That the Department will 
notify grantees of their formula allocation within 60 
days of the date of enactment of this Act; 
(2) $2,000,000 shall be available for the cost of 
guaranteed notes and other obligations, as authorized 
by title VI of NAHASDA: Provided, That such costs, 
including the costs of modifying such notes and other 
obligations, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Pro-
vided further, That these funds are available to sub-
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sidize the total principal amount of any notes and 
other obligations, any part of which is to be guaran-
teed, not to exceed $32,000,000; 
(3) $100,000,000 shall be available for competi-
tive grants under the Native American Housing Block 
Grants program, as authorized under title I of 
NAHASDA: Provided, That the Secretary shall obli-
gate this additional amount for competitive grants to 
eligible recipients authorized under NAHASDA that 
apply for funds: Provided further, That in awarding 
this additional amount, the Secretary shall consider 
need and administrative capacity, and shall give pri-
ority to projects that will spur construction and reha-
bilitation: Provided further, That up to 1 percent of 
this additional amount may be transferred, in aggre-
gate, to ‘‘Program Offices—Public and Indian Hous-
ing’’ for necessary costs of administering and over-
seeing the obligation and expenditure of this addi-
tional amount: Provided further, That any funds 
transferred pursuant to this paragraph shall remain 
available until September 30, 2025; 
(4) $65,000,000 shall be available for grants to 
Indian tribes for carrying out the Indian Community 
Development Block Grant program under title I of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974,
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notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such Act, of 
which, notwithstanding any other provision of law 
(including section 203 of this Act), up to $4,000,000 
may be used for emergencies that constitute imminent 
threats to health and safety: Provided, That not to ex-
ceed 20 percent of any grant made with funds appro-
priated under this paragraph shall be expended for 
planning and management development and adminis-
tration: Provided further, That funds provided under 
this paragraph shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2022; and 
(5) $7,000,000 shall be available for providing 
training and technical assistance to Indian tribes, In-
dian housing authorities and tribally designated 
housing entities, to support the inspection of Indian 
housing units, contract expertise, and for training 
and technical assistance related to funding provided 
under this heading and other headings under this Act 
for the needs of Native American families and Indian 
country: Provided, That of the funds made available 
under this paragraph, not less than $2,000,000 shall 
be available for a national organization as authorized 
under section 703 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4212): 
Provided further, That amounts made available under 
this paragraph may be used, contracted, or competed
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as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, 
That the amounts made available under this para-
graph may be used by the Secretary to enter into co-
operative agreements for such purposes with public 
and private organizations, agencies, institutions, and 
other technical assistance providers to support the ad-
ministration of negotiated rulemaking under section 
106 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4116), the administra-
tion of the allocation formula under section 302 of 
NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4152), and the administration 
of performance tracking and reporting under section 
407 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4167), and that in all 
such cooperative agreements the principal purpose of 
such agreements shall be considered to be the provi-
sion of funds to carry out the public purpose of fur-
thering the purposes of NAHASDA, regardless of the 
inclusion of any services that directly or indirectly 
benefit the Department: Provided further, That of the 
funds made available under this paragraph, not less 
than $1,000,000 shall be available to support utiliza-
tion, outreach, and capacity building with tribes and 
tribal housing organization for the Tribal HUD- 
VASH program.
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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), $1,100,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such costs, includ-
ing the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Pro-
vided further, That an additional $500,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be available for administra-
tive contract expenses including management processes and 
systems to carry out the loan guarantee program: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may subsidize total loan prin-
cipal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, up to 
$1,000,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That for any unobligated balances (including 
amounts of uncommitted limitation) remaining from 
amounts made available under this heading in Public Law 
115–31, Public Law 115–141, and Public Law 116–6, and 
for any recaptures occurring in fiscal year 2019 or in fu-
ture fiscal years of amounts made available under this 
heading in prior fiscal years, the second proviso of each 
such heading shall be applied as if ‘‘these funds are avail-
able to’’ was struck and ‘‘the Secretary may’’ was inserted 
in its place.
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NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANT 
For the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant pro-
gram, as authorized under title VIII of the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 
U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $1,745,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2024: Provided, That notwithstanding sec-
tion 812(b) of such Act, the Department of Hawaiian Home 
Lands may not invest grant amounts provided under this 
heading in investment securities and other obligations: Pro-
vided further, That amounts made available under this 
heading in this and prior fiscal years may be used to pro-
vide rental assistance to eligible Native Hawaiian families 
both on and off the Hawaiian Home Lands, notwith-
standing any other provision of law. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS 
For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Per-
sons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS Hous-
ing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), 
$330,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2021, except that amounts allocated pursuant to section 
854(c)(5) of such Act shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2022: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew 
all expiring contracts for permanent supportive housing 
that initially were funded under section 854(c)(5) of such
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Act from funds made available under this heading in fiscal 
year 2010 and prior fiscal years that meet all program re-
quirements before awarding funds for new contracts under 
such section: Provided further, That the Department shall 
notify grantees of their formula allocation within 60 days 
of enactment of this Act. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For carrying out the community development block 
grant program under title I of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5301 et 
seq.) (‘‘the Act’’ herein), $3,325,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2022, unless otherwise specified: 
Provided, That unless explicitly provided for under this 
heading, not to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be expended 
for planning and management development and adminis-
tration: Provided further, That a metropolitan city, urban 
county, unit of general local government, Indian tribe, or 
insular area that directly or indirectly receives funds under 
this heading 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 consider-
ations, but must use such funds for activities eligible under 
title I of the Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
section 105(e)(1) of the Act, no funds provided under this
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heading may be provided to a for-profit entity for an eco-
nomic development project under section 105(a)(17) unless 
such project has been evaluated and selected in accordance 
with guidelines required under subsection (e)(2): Provided 
further, That of the total amount provided under this head-
ing, $25,000,000 shall be for activities authorized under sec-
tion 8071 of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities 
Act (Public Law 115–271): Provided further, That the 
funds allocated pursuant to the previous proviso shall not 
adversely affect the amount of any formula assistance re-
ceived by a State under this heading: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall allocate the funds for such activi-
ties based on the percentages shown in Table 1 of the Notice 
establishing the funding formula published in 84 FR 16027 
(April 17, 2019): Provided further, That the Department 
shall notify grantees 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, during fiscal year 2020, commitments 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 principal 
amount of $300,000,000, notwithstanding any aggregate
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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 Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That such 
commitment authority funded by fees may be used to guar-
antee, or make commitments to guarantee, notes or other 
obligations issued by any State on behalf of non-entitlement 
communities in the State in accordance with the require-
ments of such section 108: Provided further, That any State 
receiving such a guarantee or commitment under the pre-
vious proviso shall distribute all funds subject to such guar-
antee to the units of general local government in nonentitle-
ment areas that received the commitment. 
HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM 
For the HOME Investment Partnerships program, as 
authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
Affordable Housing Act, as amended, $1,250,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2023: Provided, That 
notwithstanding the amount made available under this 
heading, the threshold reduction requirements in sections 
216(10) and 217(b)(4) of such Act shall not apply to alloca-
tions of such amount: Provided further, That the Depart-
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ment shall notify grantees of their formula allocation with-
in 60 days of 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 jurisdiction to draw 
funds from its HOME Investment Trust Fund that other-
wise expired or would expire in 2020, 2021, or 2022 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 otherwise were deducted or would be deducted 
from the line of credit in the participating jurisdictions 
HOME Investment Trust Fund in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 
or 2022 under that section. 
SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY 
PROGRAM 
For the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Op-
portunity Program, as authorized under section 11 of the 
Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, as 
amended, $54,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2022: Provided, That of the total amount provided 
under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be made available to 
the Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program as au-
thorized under section 11 of the Housing Opportunity Pro-
gram Extension Act of 1996, as amended: Provided further, 
That of the total amount provided under this heading, 
$35,000,000 shall be made available for the second, third,
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and fourth capacity building activities authorized under 
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 made available for rural capacity building activities: 
Provided further, That of the total amount provided under 
this heading, $5,000,000 shall be made available for capac-
ity building by national rural housing organizations with 
experience assessing national rural conditions and pro-
viding financing, training, technical assistance, informa-
tion, and research to local nonprofits, local governments, 
and Indian Tribes serving high need rural communities: 
Provided further, That of the total amount provided under 
this heading, $4,000,000, shall be made available for a pro-
gram to rehabilitate and modify the homes of disabled or 
low-income veterans, as authorized under section 1079 of 
Public Law 113–291: Provided further, That funds pro-
vided under the previous proviso shall be awarded within 
180 days of enactment of this Act. 
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For the Emergency Solutions Grants program as au-
thorized under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act, as amended; the Continuum of 
Care program as authorized under subtitle C of title IV of 
such Act; and the Rural Housing Stability Assistance pro-
gram as authorized under subtitle D of title IV of such Act
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$2,761,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2022: Provided, That any rental assistance amounts that 
are recaptured under such Continuum of Care program 
shall remain available until expended and may be used for 
any purpose under such program: Provided further, That 
not less than $280,000,000 of the funds appropriated under 
this heading shall be available for such Emergency Solu-
tions Grants program: Provided further, That not less than 
$2,344,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this head-
ing shall be available for such Continuum of Care and 
Rural Housing Stability Assistance programs: Provided 
further, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading, up to $50,000,000 shall be made available for 
grants for rapid re-housing projects and supportive service 
projects providing coordinated entry, and for eligible activi-
ties the Secretary determines to be critical in order to assist 
survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, or stalking: Provided further, That 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 up to $7,000,000 of the 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 
for the national homeless data analysis project: Provided 
further, That for all match requirements applicable to funds 
made available under this heading for this fiscal year and
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prior fiscal 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: Provided further, That none of the funds 
provided under this heading shall be available to provide 
funding for new projects, except for projects created through 
reallocation, unless the Secretary determines that the con-
tinuum 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 the Secretary shall prioritize funding under the Con-
tinuum 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 shall provide incentives to create 
projects that coordinate with housing providers and 
healthcare organizations to provide permanent supportive 
housing and rapid rehousing services: Provided further, 
That any unobligated amounts remaining from funds ap-
propriated 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 appropriated: Provided further, That all
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balances for Shelter Plus Care renewals previously funded 
from the Shelter Plus Care Renewal account and trans-
ferred to this account shall be available, if recaptured, for 
Continuum of Care renewals in fiscal year 2020: Provided 
further, That the Department shall notify grantees of their 
formula allocation from amounts allocated (which may rep-
resent initial or final amounts allocated) for the Emergency 
Solutions Grant program within 60 days of enactment of 
this Act: Provided further, That up to $80,000,000 of the 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be to imple-
ment projects to demonstrate how a comprehensive ap-
proach 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 further, 
That of the amount made available under the previous pro-
viso, up to $5,000,000 shall be available to provide technical 
assistance on youth homelessness, and collection, analysis, 
and reporting of data and performance measures under the 
comprehensive approaches to serve homeless youth, in addi-
tion to and in coordination with other technical assistance 
funds provided under this title: Provided further, That 
amounts made available for the Continuum of Care pro-
gram under this heading in this and prior Acts may be 
used to competitively or non-competitively renew or replace
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grants for youth homeless demonstration projects under the 
Continuum of Care program, notwithstanding any conflict 
with the requirements of the Continuum of Care program: 
Provided further, That youth aged 24 and under seeking 
assistance under this heading shall not be required to pro-
vide third party documentation to establish their eligibility 
under 42 U.S.C. 11302(a) or (b) to receive services: Pro-
vided 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-serv-
ing 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 transi-
tional housing and rapid re-housing: Provided further, 
That when awarding funds under the Continuum of Care 
program, the Secretary shall not deviate from the FY 2018 
Notice of Funding Availability with respect to the tier 2 
funding process, the Continuum of Care application scor-
ing, and for new projects, the project quality threshold re-
quirements, except as otherwise provided under this Act or 
as necessary to award all available funds or consider the 
most recent data from each Continuum of Care.
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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, $12,160,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be available on October 1, 
2019 (in addition to the $400,000,000 previously appro-
priated under this heading that became available October 
1, 2019), and $400,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be available on October 1, 2020: 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 reha-
bilitation contracts), for amendments to section 8 project- 
based subsidy contracts (including section 8 moderate reha-
bilitation contracts), 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 Homeownership Act of 1990, and for administra-
tive and other expenses associated with project-based activi-
ties and assistance funded under this paragraph: Provided
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further, That of the total amounts provided under this head-
ing, not to exceed $345,000,000 shall be available for per-
formance-based contract 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 previous proviso for performance-based con-
tract administrators for the administration of: interest re-
duction payments pursuant to section 236(a) of the Na-
tional Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(a)); rent supple-
ment 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 sup-
portive housing for persons with disabilities under section 
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 Housing’’, or the heading ‘‘Housing Certificate 
Fund’’, may be used for renewals of or amendments to sec-
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tion 8 project-based contracts or for performance-based con-
tract administrators, notwithstanding the purposes for 
which such amounts were appropriated: Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the 
request of the Secretary, project funds that are held in resid-
ual receipts accounts for any project subject to a section 
8 project-based Housing Assistance Payments contract that 
authorizes HUD or a Housing Finance Agency to require 
that surplus project funds be deposited in an interest-bear-
ing residual receipts account and that are in excess of an 
amount to be determined by the Secretary, shall be remitted 
to the Department and deposited in this account, to be 
available until expended: Provided further, That amounts 
deposited pursuant to the previous proviso shall be available 
in addition to the amount otherwise provided by this head-
ing for uses authorized under this heading. 
HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY 
For capital advances, including amendments to cap-
ital advance contracts, for housing for the elderly, as au-
thorized by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as 
amended, 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 
for such assistance for up to a 1-year term, for senior pres-
ervation rental assistance contracts, including renewals, as
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authorized by section 811(e) of the American Housing and 
Economic Opportunity Act of 2000, as amended, and for 
supportive 
services 
associated 
with 
the 
housing, 
$696,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2023: Provided, That of the amount provided under this 
heading, up to $107,000,000 shall be for service coordina-
tors and the continuation of existing congregate service 
grants for residents of assisted housing projects: Provided 
further, That amounts under this heading shall be available 
for Real Estate Assessment Center inspections and inspec-
tion-related activities associated with section 202 projects: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may waive the provi-
sions 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 dura-
tion: Provided further, That upon request of the Secretary, 
project funds that are held in residual receipts accounts for 
any project subject to a section 202 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, 2023: Pro-
vided further, That amounts deposited in this account pur-
suant to the previous proviso shall be available, in addition 
to the amounts otherwise provided by this heading, for the
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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 pur-
poses authorized under this heading in addition to the pur-
poses for which such funds originally were appropriated: 
Provided further, That of the total amount provided under 
this heading, $10,000,000 shall be for a program to be estab-
lished by the Secretary to make grants to experienced non- 
profit organizations, States, local governments, or public 
housing agencies for safety and functional home modifica-
tion repairs to meet the needs of low-income elderly home-
owners to enable them to remain in their primary residence: 
Provided further, That of the total amount made available 
under the previous proviso, no less than $5,000,000 shall 
be available to meet such needs in communities with sub-
stantial rural populations: Provided further, That bene-
ficiaries of the grant assistance provided in the previous 
two provisos under this heading in the Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2019 
(Public Law 116–6) shall be homeowners. 
HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 
For capital advances, including amendments to cap-
ital advance contracts, for supportive housing for persons 
with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of the Cran-
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ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
8013), as amended, for project rental assistance for sup-
portive housing for persons with disabilities under section 
811(d)(2) of such Act, for project assistance contracts pursu-
ant to section 202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public 
Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667), including amendments to con-
tracts for such assistance and renewal of expiring contracts 
for such assistance for up to a 1-year term, for project rent-
al assistance to State housing finance agencies and other 
appropriate entities as authorized under section 811(b)(3) 
of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Housing Act, and for 
supportive services associated with the housing for persons 
with disabilities as authorized by section 811(b)(1) of such 
Act, $184,155,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2023: Provided, That amounts made available under this 
heading shall be available for Real Estate Assessment Cen-
ter inspections and inspection-related activities associated 
with section 811 projects: Provided further, That, upon the 
request of the Secretary, project funds that are held in resid-
ual receipts accounts for any project subject to a section 
811 project rental assistance contract, and that upon termi-
nation of such contract are in excess of an amount to be 
determined by the Secretary, shall be remitted to the De-
partment and deposited in this account, to remain available 
until September 30, 2023: Provided further, That amounts
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deposited in this account pursuant to the previous proviso 
shall be available in addition to the amounts otherwise pro-
vided by this heading for the purposes authorized under this 
heading: Provided further, That unobligated balances, in-
cluding recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds 
transferred to or appropriated under this heading shall be 
used for the current purposes authorized under this heading 
in addition to the purposes 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, $45,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2021, including 
up to $4,500,000 for administrative contract services and 
not less than $3,000,000 for the certification of housing 
counselors as required under 12 U.S.C. 1701x: Provided, 
That grants made available from amounts provided under 
this heading shall be awarded within 180 days of enactment 
of this Act: Provided further, That funds shall be used for 
providing counseling and advice to tenants and home-
owners, both current and prospective, with respect to prop-
erty maintenance, financial management or literacy, and 
such other matters as may be appropriate to assist them 
in improving their housing conditions, meeting their finan-
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cial needs, and fulfilling the responsibilities of tenancy or 
homeownership; for program administration; and for hous-
ing counselor training: Provided further, That for purposes 
of providing such grants from amounts provided under this 
heading, the Secretary may enter into multiyear agree-
ments, as appropriate, subject to the availability of annual 
appropriations. 
RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE 
For amendments to contracts under section 236(f)(2) 
of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1) in State- 
aided, noninsured rental housing projects, $3,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That such 
amount, together with unobligated balances from recaptured 
amounts appropriated prior to fiscal year 2006 from termi-
nated contracts under such section of law, and any unobli-
gated balances, including recaptures and carryover, re-
maining from funds appropriated under this heading after 
fiscal year 2005, shall also be available for extensions of 
up to one year for expiring contracts under such section 
of law. 
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 $13,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which $13,000,000
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is to be derived from the Manufactured Housing Fees Trust 
Fund: Provided, That not to exceed the total amount appro-
priated under this heading shall be available from the gen-
eral fund of the Treasury to the extent necessary to incur 
obligations and make expenditures pending the receipt of 
collections to the Fund pursuant to section 620 of such Act: 
Provided further, That the amount made available under 
this heading from the general fund shall be reduced as such 
collections are received during fiscal year 2020 so as to re-
sult in a final fiscal year 2020 appropriation from the gen-
eral fund estimated at zero, and fees pursuant to such sec-
tion 620 shall be modified as necessary to ensure such a 
final fiscal year 2020 appropriation: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
shall issue a final rule to complete rulemaking initiated by 
the proposed rule entitled ‘‘Manufactured Housing Pro-
gram: Minimum Payments to the States’’ published in the 
Federal Register on December 16, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 
91083): Provided further, That for the dispute resolution 
and installation programs, the Secretary may assess and 
collect fees from any program participant: Provided further, 
That such collections shall be deposited into the Fund, and 
the Secretary, as provided herein, may use such collections, 
as well as fees collected under section 620, for necessary ex-
penses of such Act: Provided further, That, notwithstanding
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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, 2021: Provided, That during fiscal year 2020, 
obligations 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 previous proviso shall be for loans to 
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 
expenses 
of 
the 
Federal 
Housing 
Administration, 
$130,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2021: Provided further, That to the extent guaranteed loan 
commitments exceed $200,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 
2020, an additional $1,400 for administrative contract ex-
penses shall be available for each $1,000,000 in additional 
guaranteed loan commitments (including a pro rata
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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 notwithstanding the 
limitation in the first sentence of section 255(g) of the Na-
tional Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–20(g)), during fiscal 
year 2020 the Secretary may insure and enter into new 
commitments to insure mortgages under section 255 of the 
National Housing Act only to the extent that the net credit 
subsidy cost for such insurance does not exceed zero: Pro-
vided further, That for fiscal year 2020, the Secretary shall 
not take any action against a lender solely on the basis 
of compare ratios that have been adversely affected by de-
faults on mortgages secured by properties in areas where 
a major disaster was declared in 2017 or 2018 pursuant 
to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.). 
GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
New commitments to guarantee loans insured under 
the General and Special Risk Insurance Funds, as author-
ized by sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act 
(12 U.S.C. 1715z–3 and 1735c), shall not exceed 
$30,000,000,000 in total loan principal, any part of which 
is to be guaranteed, to remain available until September 
30, 2020: Provided, That during fiscal year 2020, gross ob-
ligations for the principal amount of direct loans, as au-
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thorized 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, 
2021: Provided, That $29,626,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2021, shall be for necessary salaries 
and expenses of the Office of Government National Mortgage 
Association: Provided further, That to the extent that guar-
anteed loan commitments exceed $155,000,000,000 on or be-
fore April 1, 2020, an additional $100 for necessary salaries 
and expenses shall be available until expended for each 
$1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan commitments 
(including a pro rata amount for any amount below 
$1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made available by 
this proviso exceed $3,000,000: Provided further, That re-
ceipts from Commitment and Multiclass fees collected pur-
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suant to title III of the National Housing Act, as amended, 
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 Devel-
opment under section 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 
2 of 1968, and for technical assistance, $96,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That 
with respect to amounts made available under this heading, 
notwithstanding section 203 of this title, the Secretary may 
enter into cooperative agreements with philanthropic enti-
ties, other Federal agencies, State or local governments and 
their agencies, Indian tribes, tribally designated housing 
entities, or colleges or universities for research projects: Pro-
vided further, That with respect to the previous proviso, 
such partners to the cooperative agreements must contribute 
at least a 50 percent match toward the cost of the project: 
Provided further, That for non-competitive agreements en-
tered into in accordance with the previous two provisos, the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall comply
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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) 
with respect to documentation 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 Appropriations on how it will 
allocate funding for this activity at least 30 days prior to 
obligation: Provided further, That none of the funds pro-
vided under this heading may be available for the doctoral 
dissertation research grant program. 
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, as amended by the Fair Housing 
Amendments Act of 1988, and section 561 of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended, 
$65,300,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021: 
Provided, That grants made available from amounts pro-
vided under this heading shall be awarded within one year 
of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary may assess and col-
lect fees to cover the costs of the Fair Housing Training 
Academy, and may use such funds to develop on-line
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courses and provide such training: Provided further, That 
no funds made available under this heading shall be used 
to lobby the executive or legislative branches of the Federal 
Government in connection with a specific contract, grant, 
or loan: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
under this heading, $300,000 shall be available to the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development for the creation 
and promotion of translated materials and other programs 
that support the assistance of persons with limited English 
proficiency in utilizing the services provided by the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development. 
OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY 
HOMES 
LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION 
For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as author-
ized by section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint 
Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, $290,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2022, of which $45,000,000 
shall be for the Healthy Homes Initiative, pursuant to sec-
tions 501 and 502 of the Housing and Urban Development 
Act of 1970, which shall include research, studies, testing, 
and demonstration efforts, including education and out-
reach concerning lead-based paint poisoning and other 
housing-related diseases and hazards: Provided, That for 
purposes of environmental review pursuant to the National
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Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) 
and other provisions of law that further the purposes of such 
Act, a grant under the Healthy Homes Initiative, or the 
Lead Technical Studies program under this heading or 
under prior appropriations Acts for such purposes under 
this heading, shall be considered to be funds for a special 
project for purposes of section 305(c) of the Multifamily 
Housing Property Disposition Reform Act of 1994: Pro-
vided further, That not less than $100,000,000 of the 
amounts made available under this heading for the award 
of grants pursuant to section 1011 of the Residential Lead- 
Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 shall be pro-
vided to areas with the highest lead-based paint abatement 
needs: Provided further, That $64,000,000 of the funds ap-
propriated under this heading shall be for the implementa-
tion of projects in not more than ten communities to dem-
onstrate how intensive, extended, multi-year interventions 
can dramatically reduce the presence of lead-based paint 
hazards in those communities: Provided further, That each 
project shall serve no more than four contiguous census 
tracts in which there are high concentrations of housing 
stock built before 1940, in which low-income families with 
children make up a significantly higher proportion of the 
population as compared to the State average, and that are 
located in jurisdictions in which instances of elevated blood
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lead levels reported to the State are significantly higher 
than the State average: Provided further, That such projects 
shall be awarded not less than $6,000,000 and not more 
than $9,000,000: Provided further, That funding awarded 
for such projects shall be made available for draw down con-
tingent upon the grantee meeting cost-savings, productivity, 
and grant compliance benchmarks established by the Sec-
retary: Provided further, That each recipient of funds for 
such projects shall contribute an amount not less than 10 
percent of the total award, and that the Secretary shall give 
priority to applicants that secure commitments for addi-
tional contributions from public and private sources: Pro-
vided further, That grantees currently receiving grants 
made under this heading shall be eligible to apply for such 
projects, provided that they are deemed to be in compliance 
with program requirements established by the Secretary: 
Provided further, That each applicant shall certify adequate 
capacity that is acceptable to the Secretary to carry out 
the proposed use of funds pursuant to a notice of funding 
availability: Provided further, That amounts made avail-
able under this heading in this or prior appropriations 
Acts, still remaining available, may be used for any pur-
pose under this heading notwithstanding the purpose for 
which such amounts were appropriated if a program com-
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petition is undersubscribed and there are other program 
competitions under this heading that are oversubscribed. 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUND 
For the development, modernization, and enhancement 
of, modifications to, and infrastructure for Department- 
wide and program-specific information technology systems, 
for the continuing operation and maintenance of both De-
partment-wide and program-specific information systems, 
and 
for 
program-related 
maintenance 
activities, 
$280,000,000, of which $260,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2021, and of which $20,000,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2022: Provided, That 
any amounts transferred to this Fund under this Act shall 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
any amounts transferred to this Fund from amounts appro-
priated by previously enacted appropriations Acts may be 
used for the purposes specified under this Fund, in addition 
to any other information technology purposes for which 
such amounts were appropriated: Provided further, That 
not more than 10 percent of the funds made available under 
this heading for development, modernization and enhance-
ment may be obligated until the Secretary submits to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, for ap-
proval, a plan for expenditure that—(A) identifies for each 
modernization project: (i) the functional and performance
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capabilities to be delivered and the mission benefits to be 
realized, (ii) the estimated life-cycle cost, and (iii) key mile-
stones to be met; and (B) demonstrates that each moderniza-
tion project is: (i) compliant with the Department’s enter-
prise architecture, (ii) being managed in accordance with 
applicable life-cycle management policies and guidance, 
(iii) subject to the Department’s capital planning and in-
vestment control requirements, and (iv) supported by an 
adequately staffed project office. 
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, $132,489,000: Provided, That the In-
spector General shall have independent authority over all 
personnel issues within this office: Provided further, That 
the Office of Inspector General shall procure and rely upon 
the services of an independent external auditor to audit the 
fiscal year 2020 and subsequent financial statements of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development including 
the financial statements of the Federal Housing Adminis-
tration and the Government National Mortgage Association.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 
URBAN DEVELOPMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 201. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget au-
thority, or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts 
associated with such budget authority, that are recaptured 
from projects described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart 
B. McKinney Homeless Assistance 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 budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded 
or remitted to the Treasury shall be used by State housing 
finance agencies or local governments or local housing agen-
cies with projects approved by the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development for which settlement occurred after 
January 1, 1992, in accordance with such section. Notwith-
standing 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 amounts made available under 
this Act may be used during fiscal year 2020 to investigate 
or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise law-
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ful activity engaged in by one or more persons, including 
the filing or maintaining of a nonfrivolous legal action, 
that is engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving or 
preventing action by a Government official or entity, or a 
court of competent jurisdiction. 
SEC. 203. Except as explicitly provided in law, any 
grant, cooperative agreement or other assistance made pur-
suant 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 adminis-
trative expenses, for legal services on a contract or fee basis, 
and for utilizing and making payment for services and fa-
cilities of the Federal National Mortgage Association, Gov-
ernment National Mortgage Association, Federal Home 
Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Fed-
eral Reserve banks or any member thereof, Federal Home 
Loan banks, and any insured bank within the meaning of 
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, as amended 
(12 U.S.C. 1811–1).
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SEC. 205. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act 
or through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any ap-
propriation for the Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment shall be available for any program, project or 
activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget esti-
mates submitted to Congress. 
SEC. 206. Corporations and agencies of the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development which are subject 
to the Government Corporation Control Act are hereby au-
thorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of 
funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor-
poration or agency and in accordance with law, and to 
make such contracts and commitments without regard to 
fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of such 
Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set 
forth in the budget for 2020 for such corporation or agency 
except as hereinafter provided: Provided, That collections 
of these corporations and agencies may be used for new loan 
or mortgage purchase commitments only to the extent ex-
pressly provided for in this Act (unless such loans are in 
support of other forms of assistance provided for in this or 
prior appropriations Acts), except that this proviso shall 
not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty operations 
of these corporations, or where loans or mortgage purchases
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are necessary to protect the financial interest of the United 
States Government. 
SEC. 207. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment shall provide quarterly reports to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding all uncom-
mitted, unobligated, recaptured and excess funds in each 
program and activity within the jurisdiction of the Depart-
ment and shall submit additional, updated budget informa-
tion to these Committees upon request. 
SEC. 208. No funds provided under this title may be 
used for an audit of the Government National Mortgage As-
sociation 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 
fiscal years 2020 and 2021, 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-
retary and statutorily required low-income and very low- 
income use restrictions if any, associated with one or more 
multifamily housing project or projects to another multi-
family 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
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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- 
income units and the configuration (i.e., bed-
room size) provided by the transferring project 
shall be no less than when transferred to the re-
ceiving project or projects and the net dollar 
amount of Federal assistance provided to the 
transferring project shall remain the same in the 
receiving project or projects. 
(B) For unoccupied units in the transfer-
ring project: The Secretary may authorize a re-
duction in the number of dwelling units in the 
receiving project or projects to allow for a recon-
figuration of bedroom sizes to meet current mar-
ket demands, as determined by the Secretary and 
provided there is no increase in the project-based 
assistance budget authority.
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(2) The transferring project shall, as determined 
by the Secretary, be either physically obsolete or eco-
nomically nonviable. 
(3) The receiving project or projects shall meet or 
exceed applicable physical standards established by 
the Secretary. 
(4) The owner or mortgagor of the transferring 
project shall notify and consult with the tenants re-
siding in the transferring project and provide a cer-
tification of approval by all appropriate local govern-
mental officials. 
(5) The tenants of the transferring project who 
remain eligible for assistance to be provided by the re-
ceiving project or projects shall not be required to va-
cate their units in the transferring project or projects 
until new units in the receiving project are available 
for occupancy. 
(6) The Secretary determines that this transfer is 
in the best interest of the tenants. 
(7) If either the transferring project or the re-
ceiving project or projects meets the condition speci-
fied in subsection (d)(2)(A), any lien on the receiving 
project resulting from additional financing obtained 
by the owner shall be subordinate to any FHA-in-
sured mortgage lien transferred to, or placed on, such
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project by the Secretary, except that the Secretary 
may waive this requirement 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 agree-
ment 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 restric-
tions. 
(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 mort-
gage, except to the extent that appropriations are pro-
vided in advance for the amount of any such in-
creased cost. 
(d) For purposes of this section— 
(1) the terms ‘‘low-income’’ and ‘‘very low-in-
come’’ shall have the meanings provided by the statute 
and/or regulations governing the program under 
which the project is insured or assisted;
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(2) the term ‘‘multifamily housing project’’ 
means housing that meets one of the following condi-
tions— 
(A) housing that is subject to a mortgage 
insured under the National Housing Act; 
(B) housing that has project-based assist-
ance attached to the structure including projects 
undergoing mark to market debt restructuring 
under the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform 
and Affordability 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 enact-
ment of the Cranston-Gonzales National Afford-
able Housing Act; 
(E) housing that is assisted under section 
811 of the Cranston-Gonzales National Afford-
able Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013); or 
(F) housing or vacant land that is subject 
to a use agreement; 
(3) the term ‘‘project-based assistance’’ means—
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(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 
substantially rehabilitated pursuant to assistance 
provided under section 8(b)(2) of such Act (as 
such section existed immediately before October 
1, 1983); 
(C) rent supplement payments under sec-
tion 101 of the Housing and Urban Development 
Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); 
(D) interest reduction payments under sec-
tion 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 sec-
tion 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,
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and statutorily required low-income and very low-in-
come use restrictions are to be transferred; 
(5) the term ‘‘transferring project’’ means the 
multifamily housing project which is transferring 
some or all of the project-based assistance, debt, and 
the statutorily required low-income and very low-in-
come use restrictions to the receiving project or 
projects; and 
(6) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development. 
(e) RESEARCH REPORT.—The Secretary shall conduct 
an evaluation of the transfer authority under this section, 
including 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 
section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f) to any individual who— 
(1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of 
higher education (as defined under section 102 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)); 
(2) is under 24 years of age; 
(3) is not a veteran; 
(4) is unmarried; 
(5) does not have a dependent child;
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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 
parents who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, 
to receive assistance under section 8 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f). 
(b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a per-
son to receive assistance under section 8 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any financial as-
sistance (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 an institution of higher 
education (as defined under section 102 of the Higher Edu-
cation 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 Alas-
kans under the heading ‘‘Native American Housing Block 
Grants’’ in title II of this Act shall be allocated to the same
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Native Alaskan housing block grant recipients that received 
funds in fiscal year 2005. 
SEC. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
in fiscal year 2020, in managing and disposing of any mul-
tifamily property that is owned or has a mortgage held by 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and dur-
ing the process of foreclosure on any property with a con-
tract for rental assistance payments under section 8 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) or 
other Federal programs, the Secretary shall maintain any 
rental assistance 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 ex-
tent the Secretary determines, in consultation with the ten-
ants and the local government, that such a multifamily 
property owned or 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 rehabilitating and operating the property and all avail-
able Federal, State, and local resources, including rent ad-
justments under section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted 
Housing 
Reform 
and 
Affordability 
Act 
of 
1997 
(‘‘MAHRAA’’) (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) and (2) environ-
mental conditions that cannot be remedied in a cost-effec-
tive fashion, the Secretary may, in consultation with the
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tenants of that property, contract for project-based rental 
assistance payments with an owner or owners of other exist-
ing 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 fore-
closure, subject to the exercise of contractual abatement rem-
edies to assist relocation of tenants for imminent major 
threats to health and safety after written notice to and in-
formed consent of the affected tenants and use of other avail-
able remedies, such as partial abatements or receivership. 
After disposition of any multifamily property described 
under this section, the contract and allowable rent levels 
on such properties shall be subject to the requirements under 
section 524 of MAHRAA. 
SEC. 213. Public housing agencies that own and oper-
ate 400 or fewer public housing units may elect to be exempt 
from any asset management requirement imposed by the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in connec-
tion 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 
improvement and management of public housing as author-
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ized by sections 9(d) and 9(e) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d) and (e)), the Secretary 
shall not impose any requirement or guideline relating to 
asset management that restricts or limits in any way the 
use of capital funds for central office costs pursuant to sec-
tion 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2) of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)(1), (2)): Provided, That a pub-
lic housing agency may not use capital funds authorized 
under section 9(d) for activities that are eligible under sec-
tion 9(e) for assistance with amounts from the operating 
fund in excess of the amounts permitted under section 
9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2). 
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 
Officer has determined that such allotment holder has im-
plemented an adequate system of funds control and has re-
ceived training in funds control procedures and directives. 
The Chief Financial Officer shall ensure that there is a 
trained allotment holder for each HUD appropriation 
under the accounts ‘‘Executive Offices’’, ‘‘Administrative 
Support Offices’’, ‘‘Program Offices’’, ‘‘Government Na-
tional Mortgage Association—Guarantees of Mortgage- 
Backed Securities Loan Guarantee Program Account’’, and
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‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ within the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development. 
SEC. 216. The Secretary of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development shall, for fiscal year 2020, notify 
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 avail-
ability (NOFA) for any program or discretionary fund ad-
ministered by the Secretary that is to be competitively 
awarded. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
fiscal year 2020, the Secretary may make the NOFA avail-
able only on the Internet at the appropriate Government 
web site 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 appro-
priations. The annual budget submission for the program 
offices and the Office of General Counsel shall include any 
such projected litigation costs for attorney fees as a separate 
line item request. No funds provided in this title may be 
used to pay any such litigation costs for attorney fees until 
the Department submits for review a spending plan for such 
costs to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions.
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SEC. 218. The Secretary is authorized to transfer up 
to 10 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, of funds ap-
propriated for any office under the headings ‘‘Administra-
tive Support Offices’’ or ‘‘Program Offices’’ to any other 
such office or account: Provided, That no appropriation for 
any such office or account shall be increased or decreased 
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 
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 of Housing and 
Urban Development (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’), and comply with any standards under applicable 
State or local laws, rules, ordinances, or regulations relat-
ing 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 section 8 
contract or contract for similar project-based assistance— 
(1) receives a Uniform Physical Condition 
Standards (UPCS) score of 60 or less; or
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(2) fails to certify in writing to the Secretary 
within 3 days that all Exigent Health and Safety de-
ficiencies 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. 
1437f), but do not apply to such units assisted under section 
8(o)(13) (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)) or to public housing units 
assisted with capital or operating funds under section 9 of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g). 
(c)(1) Within 15 days of the issuance of the REAC in-
spection, the Secretary must provide the owner with a No-
tice of Default with a specified timetable, determined by the 
Secretary, for correcting all deficiencies. The Secretary 
must also provide a copy of the Notice of Default to the 
tenants, the local government, any mortgagees, and any 
contract administrator. If the owner’s appeal results in a 
UPCS score of 60 or above, the Secretary may withdraw 
the Notice of Default. 
(2) At the end of the time period for correcting 
all deficiencies specified in the Notice of Default, if 
the owner fails to fully correct such deficiencies, the 
Secretary may—
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(A) require immediate replacement of 
project management with a management agent 
approved by the Secretary; 
(B) impose civil money penalties, which 
shall be used solely for the purpose of supporting 
safe and sanitary conditions at applicable prop-
erties, as designated by the Secretary, with pri-
ority given to the tenants of the property affected 
by the penalty; 
(C) abate the section 8 contract, including 
partial abatement, as determined by the Sec-
retary, until all deficiencies have been corrected; 
(D) pursue transfer of the project to an 
owner, approved by the Secretary under estab-
lished procedures, which will be obligated to 
promptly make all required repairs and to ac-
cept renewal of the assistance contract as long as 
such renewal is offered; 
(E) transfer the existing section 8 contract 
to another project or projects and owner or own-
ers; 
(F) pursue exclusionary sanctions, includ-
ing suspensions or debarments from Federal pro-
grams;
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(G) seek judicial appointment of a receiver 
to manage the property and cure all project defi-
ciencies or seek a judicial order of specific per-
formance requiring the owner to cure all project 
deficiencies; 
(H) work with the owner, lender, or other 
related party to stabilize the property in an at-
tempt to preserve the property through compli-
ance, 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 
remedies available as deemed necessary and ap-
propriate by the Secretary. 
(d) The Secretary shall also take appropriate steps to 
ensure that project-based contracts remain in effect, subject 
to the exercise of contractual abatement remedies to assist 
relocation of tenants for major threats to health and safety 
after written notice to the affected tenants. To the extent 
the Secretary determines, in consultation with the tenants 
and the local government, that the property is not feasible 
for continued 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
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resources, including rent adjustments under section 
524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and 
Affordability Act of 1997 (‘‘MAHRAA’’); and 
(2) environmental conditions that cannot be 
remedied in a cost-effective fashion, the Secretary 
may contract for project-based rental assistance pay-
ments with an owner or owners of other existing hous-
ing properties, or provide other rental assistance. 
(e) The Secretary shall report quarterly on all prop-
erties covered by this section that are assessed through the 
Real Estate Assessment Center and have UPCS physical in-
spection scores of less than 60 or have received an unsatis-
factory management and occupancy review within the past 
36 months. The report shall include— 
(1) the enforcement actions being taken to ad-
dress such conditions, including imposition of civil 
money penalties and termination of subsidies, and 
identify properties that have such conditions multiple 
times; 
(2) actions that the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development is taking to protect tenants of 
such identified properties; and 
(3) any administrative or legislative rec-
ommendations to further improve the living condi-
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tions at properties covered under a housing assistance 
payment contract. 
This report shall be due to the Senate and House Commit-
tees on Appropriations no later than 30 days after the en-
actment of this Act, and on the first business day of each 
Federal fiscal year quarter thereafter while this section re-
mains in effect. 
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 
program) 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 bo-
nuses, for the chief executive officer of which, or any other 
official or employee of which, that exceeds the annual rate 
of basic pay payable for a position at level IV of the Execu-
tive Schedule at any time during any public housing agen-
cy fiscal year 2020. 
SEC. 221. None of the funds in this Act provided to 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development may 
be used to make a grant award unless the Secretary notifies 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations not 
less than 3 full business days before any project, State, lo-
cality, housing authority, tribe, nonprofit organization, or
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other entity selected to receive a grant award is announced 
by the Department or its offices. 
SEC. 222. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to require or enforce the Physical Needs 
Assessment (PNA). 
SEC. 223. None of the funds made available in this 
Act shall be used by the Federal Housing Administration, 
the Government National Mortgage Administration, or the 
Department 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. 224. 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 sec-
tion 102 of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) with respect to grants under sec-
tion 106 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5306). 
SEC. 225. Amounts made available under this Act 
which are either appropriated, allocated, advanced on a re-
imbursable basis, or transferred to the Office of Policy De-
velopment and Research in the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development and functions thereof, for research,
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evaluation, or statistical purposes, and which are unex-
pended at the time of completion of a contract, grant, or 
cooperative agreement, may be deobligated and shall imme-
diately become available and may be reobligated in that fis-
cal year or the subsequent fiscal year for the research, eval-
uation, or statistical purposes for which the amounts are 
made available to that Office subject to reprogramming re-
quirements in section 405 of this Act. 
SEC. 226. None of the funds provided in this Act or 
any other act may be used for awards, including perform-
ance, special act, or spot, for any employee of the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development subject to admin-
istrative discipline (including suspension from work), in 
this or the prior fiscal year, but this prohibition shall not 
be effective prior to the effective date of any such adminis-
trative discipline or after any final decision over-turning 
such discipline. 
SEC. 227. Funds made available in this title under 
the heading ‘‘Homeless Assistance Grants’’ may be used by 
the Secretary to participate in Performance Partnership 
Pilots authorized under section 526 of division H of Public 
Law 113–76, section 524 of division G of Public Law 113– 
235, section 525 of division H of Public Law 114–113, sec-
tion 525 of division H of Public Law 115–31, section 525 
of division H of Public Law 115–141, section 524 of divi-
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sion B of Public Law 115–245 and such authorities as are 
enacted for Performance Partnership Pilots in an appro-
priations Act for fiscal year 2020: Provided, That such par-
ticipation shall be limited to no more than 10 continuums 
of care and housing activities to improve outcomes for dis-
connected youth. 
SEC. 228. With respect to grant amounts awarded 
under the heading ‘‘Homeless Assistance Grants’’ for fiscal 
years 2015 through 2020 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 income of grant recipients may count toward 
meeting the recipient’s matching requirements, provided the 
costs are eligible CoC costs that supplement the recipient’s 
CoC program. 
SEC. 229. (a) From amounts made available under 
this title under the heading ‘‘Homeless Assistance Grants’’, 
the Secretary may award 1-year transition grants to recipi-
ents of funds for activities under subtitle C of the McKin-
ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et 
seq.) to transition from one Continuum of Care program 
component to another. 
(b) In order to be eligible to receive a transition grant, 
the funding recipient must have the consent of the Con-
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tinuum of Care and meet standards determined by the Sec-
retary. 
SEC. 230. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development to direct a grantee to undertake specific 
changes to existing zoning laws as part of carrying out the 
final rule entitled ‘‘Affirmatively Furthering Fair Hous-
ing’’ (80 Fed. Reg. 42272 (July 16, 2015)) or the notice 
entitled ‘‘Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Assess-
ment Tool’’ (79 Fed. Reg. 57949 (September 26, 2014)). 
SEC. 231. The Promise Zone designations and Promise 
Zone Designation Agreements entered into pursuant to such 
designations, made by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development in prior fiscal years, shall remain in effect 
in accordance with the terms and conditions of such agree-
ments. 
SEC. 232. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to establish and apply review criteria, in-
cluding rating factors or preference points, for participa-
tion in or coordination with EnVision Centers, in the eval-
uation, selection, and award of any funds made available 
and requiring competitive selection under this Act, except 
with respect to any such funds otherwise authorized for En-
Vision Center purposes under this Act.
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SEC. 233. None of the funds made available by this 
or any prior Act may be used to require or enforce any 
changes to the terms and conditions of the public housing 
annual contributions contract between the Secretary and 
any public housing agency, as such contract was in effect 
as of December 31, 2017, unless such changes are mutually 
agreed upon by the Secretary and such agency: Provided, 
That such agreement by an agency may be indicated only 
by a written amendment to the terms and conditions con-
taining the duly authorized signature of its chief executive: 
Provided Further, That the Secretary may not withhold 
funds to compel such agreement by an agency which cer-
tifies to its compliance with its contract. 
SEC. 234. None of the amounts made available in this 
Act or in the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment Appropriations Act, 2019 (Public Law 116–6) may 
be used to consider Family Self-Sufficiency performance 
measures or performance scores in determining funding 
awards for programs receiving Family Self-Sufficiency pro-
gram coordinator funding provided in this Act or in the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development Appro-
priations Act, 2019 (Public Law 116–6). 
SEC. 235. (a) All unobligated balances from funds ap-
propriated under the heading ‘‘Department of Housing and 
Urban Development Public and Indian Housing—Tenant
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Based Rental Assistance’’ in chapter 10 of title I of division 
B of the Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and 
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 110– 
329) are hereby rescinded. 
(b) All unobligated balances from funds appropriated 
under the heading ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment Public and Indian Housing—Project-Based 
Rental Assistance’’ in chapter 10 of title I of division B 
of the Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Con-
tinuing Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 110–329; 
122 Stat. 324) (as amended by section 1203 of Public Law 
111–32; 123 Stat. 1859) are hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 236. Any public housing agency designated as a 
Moving to Work agency pursuant to section 239 of (Public 
Law 114–113) may, upon such designation, use funds (ex-
cept for special purpose funding, including special purpose 
vouchers) previously allocated to any such public housing 
agency under section 8 or 9 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937, including any reserve funds held by the public 
housing agency or funds held by the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, 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 Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104–134),
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notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds were ap-
propriated 
SEC. 237. None of the amounts made available by this 
Act or by Public Law 116-6 may be used to prohibit any 
public housing agency under receivership or the direction 
of a Federal monitor from applying for, receiving, or using 
funds made available under the heading ‘‘Public Housing 
Capital Fund’’ for competitive grants to evaluate and re-
duce 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 settlement agree-
ment, consent decree, voluntary agreement, or similar docu-
ment for a violation of the Lead Safe Housing or Lead Dis-
closure Rules. 
SEC. 238. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment shall include in the budget materials submitted to 
Congress in support of the budget of the President submitted 
under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal 
year 2021, recommendations and any associated costs for 
future research on insurance models designed to reduce evic-
tions or expand access to rental opportunities for tenants, 
such as rental payment insurance. 
SEC. 239. It is the sense of Congress that—
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(1) more than 17,000,000 people live in manu-
factured homes and benefit from high-quality afford-
able homes which provide stability; 
(2) owners of manufactured homes have dis-
proportionately low-income households, and in 2013, 
the median annual household income for living in 
manufactured housing was $28,400; 
(3) approximately 75 percent of manufactured 
home households earn less than $50,000 per year; 
(4) more than 10 percent of veterans in the 
United States live in manufactured homes; 
(5) in late 1990, manufactured housing rep-
resented 2⁄3 of the new affordable housing produced in 
the United States and remains a significant source of 
unsubsidized affordable housing in the United States; 
(6) in 2015, the average cost per square foot for 
a new manufactured home was 48 dollars, less than 
half of the cost per square foot for a new-site built, 
structure-only home, which was $101; 
(7) in 2009, 43 percent of all new homes that 
sold for less than $150,000 were manufactured homes; 
(8) manufactured homes account for 23 percent 
of new home sales under $200,000;
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(9) more than 50,000 manufactured home com-
munities, also referred to as ‘‘mobile home parks’’, 
exist throughout the United States; 
(10) more than 2,900,000 manufactured homes 
are placed in manufactured home communities; 
(11) manufactured home communities provide 
critical affordable housing, but receive very little Fed-
eral, State, or local funds to subsidize the cost of man-
ufactured homes; 
(12) manufactured home owners in such commu-
nities may own the home, but they do not own the 
land under the home, which leaves the home owners 
vulnerable to rent increases, arbitrary rule enforce-
ment, and in the case of a manufactured home com-
munity owner converting the land to some other use, 
community closure; 
(13) an eviction or closure of a manufactured 
home community is very disruptive to a resident who 
may be unable to pay the thousands of dollars it takes 
to move the manufactured home or find a new loca-
tion for the manufactured home; 
(14) in an effort to preserve a crucial source of 
affordable housing within the past two decades, a na-
tional network of housing providers has helped resi-
dents purchase and own the land under the manufac-
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tured home community, and manage the manufac-
tured home community; 
(15) nationwide, there are more than 1,000 sta-
ble, permanent ownership cooperatives or nonprofit- 
owned developments in more than a dozen States; 
(16) members of manufactured home commu-
nities continue to own such homes individually, own 
an equal share of the land beneath the entire manu-
factured home community, participate in the gov-
erning of the community, and elect a board of direc-
tors who make major decisions within the manufac-
tured home community by a democratic vote; 
(17) in New Hampshire, more than 30 percent 
of manufactured home communities are owned by 
residents; 
(18) resident-owned cooperatives and nonprofit 
owned communities have also flourished in Vermont, 
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Washington, Oregon, 
and Minnesota; 
(19) nationwide, only 2 percent of all manufac-
tured home communities are resident or nonprofit- 
owned; 
(20) when the owner of a manufactured home 
community or his or her heirs sell the community to
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the highest bidder, it can result in displacement for 
dozens and sometimes hundreds of families; and 
(21) Congress should endeavor to protect resi-
dents of manufactured home communities by encour-
aging the owners of those properties to sell them to 
nonprofit organizations or to the residents themselves 
to own cooperatively. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Housing 
and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2020’’. 
TITLE III 
RELATED AGENCIES 
ACCESS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Access Board, as author-
ized by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as 
amended, $9,200,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, there may be credited to this appro-
priation funds received for publications and training ex-
penses: Provided further, That of this amount, $800,000 
shall be for activities authorized under section 432 of Public 
Law 115–254. 
FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime Com-
mission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Merchant
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Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 307), including 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b); and uni-
forms or allowances therefore, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902, $28,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed 
$2,000 shall be available for official reception and represen-
tation expenses. 
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to 
carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 
1978, as amended, $23,274,000: Provided, That the Inspec-
tor General shall have all necessary authority, in carrying 
out the duties specified in the Inspector General Act, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), 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 National Railroad Passenger Corpora-
tion: Provided further, That the Inspector General may 
enter into contracts and other arrangements for audits, 
studies, analyses, and other services with public agencies 
and with private persons, subject to the applicable laws and 
regulations that govern the obtaining of such services within
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the National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Provided 
further, That the Inspector General may select, appoint, 
and employ such officers and employees as may be nec-
essary for carrying out the functions, powers, and duties 
of the Office of Inspector General, subject to the applicable 
laws and regulations that govern such selections, appoint-
ments, and employment within the Corporation: Provided 
further, That concurrent with the President’s budget request 
for fiscal year 2021, the Inspector General shall submit to 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a 
budget request for fiscal year 2021 in similar format and 
substance to those submitted by executive agencies of the 
Federal Government. 
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Transportation 
Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 
and aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but 
at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate 
equivalent to the rate for a GS–15; uniforms, or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902), 
$110,400,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 may be used 
for official reception and representation expenses. The 
amounts made available to the National Transportation 
Safety Board in this Act include amounts necessary to
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make lease payments on an obligation incurred in fiscal 
year 2001 for a capital lease. 
NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT 
CORPORATION 
For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor-
poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, as 
authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation 
Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $151,000,000, of which 
$5,000,000 shall be for a multi-family rental housing pro-
gram: Provided, That an additional $1,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2023, shall be for the pro-
motion and development of shared equity housing models. 
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation 
Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$37,100,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, not to exceed $1,250,000 from fees estab-
lished by the Chairman of the Surface Transportation 
Board shall be credited to this appropriation as offsetting 
collections and used for necessary and authorized expenses 
under this heading: Provided further, That the sum herein 
appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced on a 
dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting collections are re-
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ceived during fiscal year 2020, to result in a final appro-
priation from the general fund estimated at no more than 
$35,850,000. 
UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON 
HOMELESSNESS 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, 
authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rent-
al of conference rooms, and the employment of experts and 
consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code) of the United States Interagency Council on Home-
lessness in carrying out the functions pursuant to title II 
of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amend-
ed, $3,700,000. 
TITLE IV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
SEC. 401. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 
expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 
intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings fund-
ed in this Act. 
SEC. 402. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fis-
cal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-
tions, unless expressly so provided herein.
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SEC. 403. The expenditure of any appropriation under 
this Act for any consulting service through a procurement 
contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such expendi-
tures are a matter of public record and available for public 
inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing 
law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to 
existing law. 
SEC. 404. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be obligated or expended for any employee training 
that— 
(1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, 
skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the perform-
ance of official duties; 
(2) contains elements likely to induce high levels 
of emotional response or psychological stress in some 
participants; 
(3) does not require prior employee notification 
of the content and methods to be used in the training 
and written end of course evaluation; 
(4) contains any methods or content associated 
with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 
‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Employ-
ment Opportunity Commission Notice N–915.022, 
dated September 2, 1988; or
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(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, partici-
pants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the work-
place. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 
otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 
bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 
SEC. 405. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by previous 
appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities funded in 
this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 
in fiscal year 2020, or provided from any accounts in the 
Treasury derived by the collection of fees and available to 
the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds 
that— 
(1) creates a new program; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel for any pro-
gram, project, or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted by the Congress; 
(4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 
activity by either the House or Senate Committees on 
Appropriations for a different purpose;
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(5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, which-
ever is less; 
(6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activi-
ties by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or 
(7) creates, reorganizes, or restructures a branch, 
division, office, bureau, board, commission, agency, 
administration, or department different from the 
budget justifications submitted to the Committees on 
Appropriations or the table accompanying the report 
accompanying this Act, whichever is more detailed, 
unless prior approval is received from the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided, 
That not later than 60 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, each agency funded by this Act shall 
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and of the House of Representatives to 
establish the baseline for application of reprogram-
ming and transfer authorities for the current fiscal 
year: Provided further, That the report shall in-
clude— 
(A) a table for each appropriation with a 
separate column to display the prior year en-
acted level, the President’s budget request, adjust-
ments made by Congress, adjustments due to en-
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acted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal 
year enacted level; 
(B) a delineation in the table for each ap-
propriation and its respective prior year enacted 
level by object class and program, project, and 
activity as detailed in this Act, the table accom-
panying the explanatory statement accom-
panying this Act, accompanying reports of the 
House and Senate Committee on Appropriations, 
or in the budget appendix for the respective ap-
propriations, whichever is more detailed, and 
shall apply to all items for which a dollar 
amount is specified and to all programs for 
which new budget (obligational) authority is 
provided, as well as to discretionary grants and 
discretionary grant allocations; and 
(C) an identification of items of special con-
gressional interest. 
SEC. 406. Except as otherwise specifically provided by 
law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances re-
maining available at the end of fiscal year 2020 from ap-
propriations made available for salaries and expenses for 
fiscal year 2020 in this Act, shall remain available through 
September 30, 2021, for each such account for the purposes 
authorized: Provided, That a request shall be submitted to
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the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations for 
approval prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided 
further, That these requests shall be made in compliance 
with reprogramming guidelines under section 405 of this 
Act. 
SEC. 407. No funds in this Act may be used to support 
any Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use the 
power of eminent domain, unless eminent domain is em-
ployed only for a public use: Provided, That for purposes 
of this section, public use shall not be construed to include 
economic development that primarily benefits private enti-
ties: Provided further, That any use of funds for mass tran-
sit, railroad, airport, seaport or highway projects, as well 
as utility projects which benefit or serve the general public 
(including energy-related, communication-related, water-re-
lated and wastewater-related infrastructure), other struc-
tures designated for use by the general public or which have 
other common-carrier or public-utility functions that serve 
the general public and are subject to regulation and over-
sight by the government, and projects for the removal of an 
immediate threat to public health and safety or brownfields 
as defined in the Small Business Liability Relief and 
Brownfields Revitalization Act (Public Law 107–118) shall 
be considered a public use for purposes of eminent domain.
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SEC. 408. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except pur-
suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 
in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 409. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person 
filling a position, other than a temporary position, formerly 
held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed Forces 
of the United States and has satisfactorily completed his 
or her period of active military or naval service, and has 
within 90 days after his or her release from such service 
or from hospitalization continuing after discharge for a pe-
riod of not more than 1 year, made application for restora-
tion to his or her former position and has been certified 
by the Office of Personnel Management as still qualified to 
perform the duties of his or her former position and has 
not been restored thereto. 
SEC. 410. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act 
may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that 
in expending the assistance the entity will comply with sec-
tions 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 
8301–8305, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’). 
SEC. 411. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act shall be made available to any per-
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son or entity that has been convicted of violating the Buy 
American Act (41 U.S.C. 8301–8305). 
SEC. 412. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for first-class airline accommodations in 
contravention of sections 301–10.122 and 301–10.123 of 
title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 413. (a) None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to approve a new foreign air carrier per-
mit under sections 41301 through 41305 of title 49, United 
States Code, or exemption application under section 40109 
of that title of an air carrier already holding an air opera-
tors certificate issued by a country that is party to the U.S.- 
E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agreement where such 
approval would contravene United States law or Article 17 
bis of the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agree-
ment. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict or 
otherwise preclude the Secretary of Transportation from 
granting a foreign air carrier permit or an exemption to 
such an air carrier where such authorization is consistent 
with the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agree-
ment and United States law. 
SEC. 414. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance 
of more than 50 employees of a single agency or department
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of the United States Government, who are stationed in the 
United States, at any single international conference unless 
the relevant Secretary reports to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations at least 5 days in advance 
that such attendance is important to the national interest: 
Provided, That for purposes of this section the term ‘‘inter-
national conference’’ shall mean a conference occurring out-
side of the United States attended by representatives of the 
United States Government and of foreign governments, 
international organizations, or nongovernmental organiza-
tions. 
SEC. 415. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available under this Act may be used by the Surface 
Transportation Board to charge or collect any filing fee for 
rate or practice complaints filed with the Board in an 
amount in excess of the amount authorized for district court 
civil suit filing fees under section 1914 of title 28, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 416. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Department of Transportation, the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, or any 
other Federal agency to lease or purchase new light duty 
vehicles for any executive fleet, or for an agency’s fleet in-
ventory, except in accordance with Presidential Memo-
randum—Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 24, 2011.
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SEC. 417. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net-
work unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, 
and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 418. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to deny an Inspector General funded under 
this Act timely access to any records, documents, or other 
materials available to the department or agency over which 
that Inspector General has responsibilities under the In-
spector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), or to prevent 
or impede that Inspector General’s access to such records, 
documents, or other materials, under any provision of law, 
except a provision of law that expressly refers to the Inspec-
tor General and expressly limits the Inspector General’s 
right of access. 
(b) A department or agency covered by this section 
shall provide its Inspector General with access to all such 
records, documents, and other materials in a timely man-
ner. 
(c) Each Inspector General shall ensure compliance 
with statutory limitations on disclosure relevant to the in-
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formation provided by the establishment over which that In-
spector General has responsibilities under the Inspector 
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 
(d) Each Inspector General covered by this section 
shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate within 5 calendar 
days any failures to comply with this requirement. 
SEC. 419. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used to pay award or 
incentive fees for contractors whose performance has been 
judged to be below satisfactory, behind schedule, over budget, 
or has failed to meet the basic requirements of a contract, 
unless the Agency determines that any such deviations are 
due to unforeseeable events, government-driven scope 
changes, or are not significant within the overall scope of 
the project and/or program unless such awards or incentive 
fees are consistent with 16.401(e)(2) of the FAR. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, 
Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2020’’. 
Attest: 
Secretary.