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$40,000,000 shall be made available, as determined by the 
Secretary, for grants for rapid re-housing or other critical 
activities in order to assist communities that lost signifi-
cant capacity after January 1, 2016 to serve persons expe-
riencing homelessness: Provided further, That not less 
than $2,014,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this 
heading shall be available for such Continuum of Care and 
Rural Housing Stability Assistance programs: 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 all 
funds awarded for supportive services under the Con-
tinuum of Care program and the Rural Housing Stability 
Assistance program shall be matched by not less than 25 
percent in cash or in kind by each grantee: Provided fur-
ther, That for all match requirements applicable to funds 
made available under this heading for this fiscal year and 
prior 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 the Secretary shall 
collect system performance measures for each continuum 
of care, and that relative to fiscal year 2015, under the 
Continuum of Care competition with respect to funds 
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made available under this heading, the Secretary shall 
base an increasing share of the score on performance cri-
teria: 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 re-
allocation, unless the Secretary determines that the con-
tinuum of care has demonstrated that projects are evalu-
ated and ranked based on the degree to which they im-
prove the continuum of care’s system performance: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall prioritize funding 
under the Continuum of Care program to continuums of 
care that have demonstrated a capacity to reallocate fund-
ing from lower performing projects to higher performing 
projects: Provided further, That all awards of assistance 
under this heading shall be required to coordinate and in-
tegrate homeless programs with other mainstream health, 
social services, and employment programs for which home-
less populations may be eligible: Provided further, That 
any unobligated amounts remaining from funds appro-
priated 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 pur-
poses under this heading, notwithstanding the purposes 
for which such funds were appropriated: Provided further, 
That all balances for Shelter Plus Care renewals pre-
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viously funded from the Shelter Plus Care Renewal ac-
count and transferred to this account shall be available, 
if recaptured, for Continuum of Care renewals in fiscal 
year 2017: Provided further, That the Department shall 
notify grantees of their formula allocation from amounts 
allocated (which may represent initial or final amounts al-
located) for the Emergency Solutions Grant program with-
in 60 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 
youth aged 24 and under seeking assistance under this 
heading shall not be required to provide third party docu-
mentation to establish their eligibility under 42 U.S.C. 
11302(a) or (b) to receive services: Provided further, That 
unaccompanied youth aged 24 and under or families head-
ed by youth aged 24 and under who are living in unsafe 
situations may be served by youth-serving providers fund-
ed under this heading: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may use amounts made available under this head-
ing for the Continuum of Care program to renew a grant 
originally awarded pursuant to the matter under the head-
ing ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development— 
Permanent Supportive Housing’’ in chapter 6 of title III 
of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public 
Law 110–252; 122 Stat. 2351) for assistance under sub-
title F of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11403 et seq.): Provided further, That 
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such renewal grant shall be awarded to the same grantee 
and be subject to the provisions of such Continuum of 
Care program except that the funds may be used outside 
the geographic area of the continuum of care. 
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, $10,501,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, shall be available on Octo-
ber 1, 2016 (in addition to the $400,000,000 previously 
appropriated under this heading that became available Oc-
tober 1, 2016), and $400,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be available on October 1, 2017: Pro-
vided, That the amounts made available under this head-
ing shall be available for expiring or terminating section 
8 project-based subsidy contracts (including section 8 
moderate rehabilitation contracts), for amendments to sec-
tion 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including section 
8 moderate rehabilitation 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 In-
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come Housing Preservation Act of 1987 or the Low-In-
come Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership 
Act of 1990, and for administrative and other expenses 
associated with project-based activities and assistance 
funded under this paragraph: Provided further, That of 
the total amounts provided under this heading, not to ex-
ceed $235,000,000 shall be available for performance- 
based contract administrators for section 8 project-based 
assistance, for carrying out 42 U.S.C. 1437(f): Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment may also use such amounts in the previous proviso 
for performance-based contract administrators for the ad-
ministration of: interest reduction payments pursuant to 
section 236(a) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 
1715z-1(a)); rent supplement payments pursuant to sec-
tion 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 
1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); section 236(f)(2) rental assist-
ance payments (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1(f)(2)); project rental 
assistance contracts for the elderly under section 
202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); 
project rental assistance contracts for supportive housing 
for persons with disabilities under section 811(d)(2) of the 
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 
U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)); project assistance contracts pursuant 
to section 202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 
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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 As-
sisted Housing’’, or the heading ‘‘Housing Certificate 
Fund’’, may be used for renewals of or amendments to 
section 8 project-based contracts or for performance-based 
contract 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 of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, project funds that are held in residual receipts 
accounts for any project subject to a section 8 project- 
based Housing Assistance Payments contract that author-
izes HUD or a Housing Finance Agency to require that 
surplus project funds be deposited in an interest-bearing 
residual receipts account and that are in excess of an 
amount to be determined by the Secretary, shall be remit-
ted 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 heading for uses authorized under this heading. 
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HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY 
For amendments to capital advance contracts for 
housing for the elderly, as authorized by section 202 of 
the Housing Act of 1959, as amended, and for project 
rental assistance for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) 
of such Act, including amendments to contracts for such 
assistance and renewal of expiring contracts for such as-
sistance for up to a 1-year term, and for senior preserva-
tion rental assistance contracts, including renewals, as au-
thorized by section 811(e) of the American Housing and 
Economic Opportunity Act of 2000, as amended, and for 
supportive 
services 
associated 
with 
the 
housing, 
$505,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 
2020: Provided, That of the amount provided under this 
heading, up to $75,000,000 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 avail-
able for Real Estate Assessment Center inspections and 
inspection-related activities associated with section 202 
projects: Provided further, That the Secretary may waive 
the provisions of section 202 governing the terms and con-
ditions of project rental assistance, except that the initial 
contract term for such assistance shall not exceed 5 years 
in duration: Provided further, That upon request of the 
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Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 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 be available until September 30, 2020: 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 
amendments and renewals: Provided further, That unobli-
gated balances, including recaptures and carryover, re-
maining from funds transferred to or appropriated under 
this heading shall be available for amendments and renew-
als notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds 
originally were appropriated. 
HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 
For amendments to capital advance contracts for 
supportive housing for persons with disabilities, as author-
ized by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af-
fordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), for project rental 
assistance for supportive housing for persons with disabil-
ities under section 811(d)(2) of such Act and for project 
assistance contracts pursuant to section 202(h) of the 
Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667), 
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including amendments to contracts for such assistance 
and renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance for 
up to a 1-year term, for project rental assistance to State 
housing finance agencies and other appropriate entities as 
authorized under section 811(b)(3) of the Cranston-Gon-
zalez 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, 
$154,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020: Provided, That amounts made available under this 
heading shall be available for Real Estate Assessment 
Center inspections and inspection-related activities associ-
ated with section 811 projects: Provided further, That, in 
this fiscal year, upon the request of the Secretary of Hous-
ing and Urban Development, project funds that are held 
in residual receipts accounts for any project subject to a 
section 811 project rental assistance contract and that 
upon termination of such contract are in excess of an 
amount to be determined by the Secretary shall be remit-
ted to the Department and deposited in this account, to 
be available until September 30, 2020: Provided further, 
That amounts deposited in this account pursuant to the 
previous proviso shall be available in addition to the 
amounts otherwise provided by this heading for amend-
ments and renewals: Provided further, That unobligated 
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balances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining 
from funds transferred to or appropriated under this 
heading shall be used for amendments and renewals not-
withstanding 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, 
$55,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2018, including up to $4,500,000 for administrative con-
tract services: 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 ad-
vice to tenants and homeowners, both current and pro-
spective, with respect to property maintenance, financial 
management/literacy, and such other matters as may be 
appropriate to assist them in improving their housing con-
ditions, meeting their financial needs, and fulfilling the re-
sponsibilities of tenancy or homeownership; for program 
administration; and for housing counselor training: Pro-
vided further, That for purposes of providing such grants 
from amounts provided under this heading, the Secretary 
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may enter into multiyear agreements as appropriate, sub-
ject to the availability of annual appropriations. 
OTHER ASSISTED HOUSING PROGRAMS 
RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE 
For amendments to contracts under section 101 of 
the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 
U.S.C. 1701s) and section 236(f)(2) of the National 
Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1) in State-aided, non-
insured rental housing projects, $20,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such amount, to-
gether with unobligated balances from recaptured 
amounts appropriated prior to fiscal year 2006 from ter-
minated contracts under such sections of law, and any un-
obligated 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 sections 
of law. 
PAYMENT TO MANUFACTURED HOUSING FEES TRUST 
FUND 
For necessary expenses as authorized by the National 
Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Stand-
ards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), up to 
$11,500,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$11,500,000 is to be derived from the Manufactured 
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Housing Fees Trust Fund: Provided, That not to exceed 
the total amount appropriated under this heading shall be 
available from the general fund of the Treasury to the ex-
tent 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 gen-
eral fund shall be reduced as such collections are received 
during fiscal year 2017 so as to result in a final fiscal 
year 2017 appropriation from the general fund estimated 
at zero, and fees pursuant to such section 620 shall be 
modified as necessary to ensure such a final fiscal year 
2017 appropriation: Provided further, That for the dispute 
resolution and installation programs, the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development 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 
expenses of such Act: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing 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 pro-
viders that are paid directly by the recipients of their serv-
ices. 
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FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION 
MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
New commitments to guarantee single family loans 
insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund shall 
not exceed $400,000,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2018: Provided, That during fiscal year 
2017, obligations to make direct loans to carry out the 
purposes of section 204(g) of the National Housing Act, 
as amended, shall not exceed $5,000,000: Provided fur-
ther, That the foregoing 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 Hous-
ing Administration, $130,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2018: Provided further, That to the 
extent 
guaranteed 
loan 
commitments 
exceed 
$200,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 2017, an addi-
tional $1,400 for administrative contract expenses shall be 
available 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 $30,000,000. 
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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, 2018: Provided, That during fiscal year 2017, gross 
obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, as au-
thorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 519(a) of 
the National Housing Act, shall not exceed $5,000,000, 
which shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental en-
tities in connection with the sale of single family real prop-
erties 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 
$500,000,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2018: Provided, That $23,000,000 shall be available 
for necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Gov-
ernment National Mortgage Association: Provided further, 
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That to the extent that guaranteed loan commitments ex-
ceed $155,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 2017, an ad-
ditional $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 receipts from Commit-
ment and Multiclass fees collected pursuant 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 
Development under section 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization 
Plan No. 2 of 1968, and for technical assistance, 
$80,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2018: Provided, That with respect to amounts made avail-
able under this heading, notwithstanding section 204 of 
this title, the Secretary may enter into cooperative agree-
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ments funded with philanthropic entities, other Federal 
agencies, or State or local governments and their agencies 
for research projects: Provided 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 entered into in accordance 
with the previous two provisos, the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development shall comply with section 2(b) of 
the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency 
Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–282, 31 U.S.C. note) in lieu 
of compliance with section 102(a)(4)(C) with respect to 
documentation of award decisions: Provided further, That 
prior to obligation of technical assistance funding, the Sec-
retary shall submit a plan, for approval, to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations on how it will allo-
cate funding for this activity. 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES 
For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not oth-
erwise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing 
Amendments Act of 1988, and section 561 of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended, 
$65,300,000, to remain available until September 30, 
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2018: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, 
the Secretary may assess and collect fees to cover the costs 
of the Fair Housing Training Academy, and may use such 
funds to provide such training: Provided further, That no 
funds made available under this heading shall be used to 
lobby the executive or legislative branches of the Federal 
Government in connection with a specific contract, grant, 
or loan: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
under this heading, $300,000 shall be available to the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development for the cre-
ation and promotion of translated materials and other pro-
grams that support the assistance of persons with limited 
English proficiency in utilizing the services provided by 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 
OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY 
HOMES 
LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION 
For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as author-
ized by section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint 
Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, $130,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2018, of which $20,000,000 
shall be for the Healthy Homes Initiative, pursuant to sec-
tions 501 and 502 of the Housing and Urban Develop-
ment Act of 1970 that shall include research, studies, test-
ing, and demonstration efforts, including education and 
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outreach concerning lead-based paint poisoning and other 
housing-related diseases and hazards: Provided, That for 
purposes of environmental review, pursuant to the Na-
tional Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 
et seq.) and other provisions of the law that further the 
purposes of such Act, a grant under the Healthy Homes 
Initiative, or the Lead Technical Studies program under 
this heading or under prior appropriations Acts for such 
purposes under this heading, shall be considered to be 
funds for a special project for purposes of section 305(c) 
of the Multifamily Housing Property Disposition Reform 
Act of 1994: Provided further, That of the total amount 
made available under this heading, $45,000,000 shall be 
made available on a competitive basis for areas with the 
highest lead paint abatement needs: Provided further, 
That each recipient of funds provided under the previous 
proviso shall contribute an amount not less than 25 per-
cent of the total: 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 available under this heading in this or prior 
appropriations Acts, and that still remain available, may 
be used for any purpose under this heading notwith-
standing the purpose for which such amounts were appro-
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priated if a program competition is undersubscribed and 
there are other program competitions under this heading 
that are oversubscribed. 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUND 
For the development of, modifications to, and infra-
structure for Department-wide and program-specific infor-
mation technology systems, for the continuing operation 
and maintenance of both Department-wide and program- 
specific information systems, and for program-related 
maintenance activities, $100,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2018: Provided, That any 
amounts transferred to this Fund under this Act shall re-
main 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 addi-
tion to any other information technology purposes for 
which such amounts were appropriated. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Inspector General in carrying out the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, as amended, $128,082,000: Provided, That 
the Inspector General shall have independent authority 
over all personnel issues within this office. 
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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. 1437 f 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 agencies with projects approved by the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development for which set-
tlement occurred after January 1, 1992, in accordance 
with such section. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, 
the Secretary may award up to 15 percent of the budget 
authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted 
to the Treasury to provide project owners with incentives 
to refinance their project at a lower interest rate. 
SEC. 202. None of the amounts made available under 
this Act may be used during fiscal year 2017 to investigate 
or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise 
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lawful activity engaged in by one or more persons, includ-
ing the filing or maintaining of a nonfrivolous legal action, 
that is engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving or 
preventing action by a Government official or entity, or 
a court of competent jurisdiction. 
SEC. 203. Sections 203 and 209 of division C of Pub-
lic Law 112–55 (125 Stat. 693–694) shall apply during 
fiscal year 2017 as if such sections were included in this 
title, except that during such fiscal year such sections shall 
be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2017’’ for ‘‘fiscal 
year 2011’’ and for ‘‘fiscal year 2012’’ each place such 
terms appear, and shall be amended to reflect revised de-
lineations of statistical areas established by the Office of 
Management and Budget pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 
3504(e)(3), 31 U.S.C. 1104(d), and Executive Order No. 
10253. 
SEC. 204. Except as explicitly provided in law, any 
grant, cooperative agreement or other assistance made 
pursuant to title II of this Act shall be made on a competi-
tive basis and in accordance with section 102 of the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act 
of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545). 
SEC. 205. Funds of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development subject to the Government Corpora-
tion Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of 
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1950 shall be available, without regard to the limitations 
on administrative expenses, for legal services on a contract 
or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment for 
services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage 
Association, Government National Mortgage Association, 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Fi-
nancing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any member 
thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured bank 
within the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Cor-
poration Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811–1). 
SEC. 206. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act 
or through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any ap-
propriation for the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development shall be available for any program, project 
or activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget 
estimates submitted to Congress. 
SEC. 207. Corporations and agencies of the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development which are sub-
ject to the Government Corporation Control Act are here-
by authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits 
of funds and borrowing authority available to each such 
corporation or agency and in accordance with law, and to 
make such contracts and commitments without regard to 
fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of such 
Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set 
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