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SEC. 141. The limitations on obligations for the pro-
grams of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administra-
tion set in this Act shall not apply to obligations for which 
obligation authority was made available in previous public 
laws but only to the extent that the obligation authority 
has not lapsed or been used. 
SEC. 142. Not later than 6 months after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation 
shall issue a final rule requiring the use of speed limiting 
devices on trucks with a gross vehicle weight rating in excess 
of 26,000 pounds. 
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
SAFETY AND OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Admin-
istration, not otherwise provided for, $208,500,000, of which 
$15,900,000 shall remain available until expended. 
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for railroad research and devel-
opment, $40,100,000, to remain available until expended. 
RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT FINANCING 
PROGRAM 
The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue 
direct loans and loan guarantees pursuant to sections 501 
through 504 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory 
Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–210), as amended, such 
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authority to exist as long as any such direct loan or loan 
guarantee is outstanding. 
CONSOLIDATED RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY 
IMPROVEMENTS GRANTS 
For necessary expenses related to Consolidated Rail 
Infrastructure and Safety Improvements Grants as author-
ized by section 24407 of title 49, United States Code, 
$50,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
up to $25,000,000 shall be available to carry out section 
24407(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code; and not less 
than $25,000,000 shall be available to carry out paragraphs 
(2), (5), (6), (7) and (10) of section 24407(c) of such title: 
Provided, That the Secretary may withhold up to one per-
cent of the amount provided under this heading for the costs 
of project management oversight of grants carried out under 
section 24407 of title 49, United States Code: Provided fur-
ther, That such funds shall only be used for grants related 
to railroad safety. 
FEDERAL-STATE PARTNERSHIP FOR STATE OF GOOD 
REPAIR GRANTS 
For necessary expenses related to Federal-State Part-
nership for State of Good Repair Grants as authorized by 
section 24911 of title 49, United States Code, $20,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Sec-
retary may withhold up to one percent of the amount pro-
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vided under this heading for the costs of project manage-
ment oversight of grants carried out under section 24911 
of title 49, United States Code. 
RESTORATION AND ENHANCEMENT GRANTS 
For necessary expenses related to grants, $15,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which $5,000,000 
shall be available to carry out section 24408 of title 49, 
United States Code; and $10,000,000 shall be available for 
capital grants for the restoration or initiation of intercity 
passenger service in an amount not to exceed 50 percent 
of the total project cost: Provided, That the Secretary may 
withhold up to one percent of the funds provided under this 
heading to fund the costs of project management and over-
sight. 
NORTHEAST CORRIDOR GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL 
RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for 
activities associated with the Northeast Corridor as author-
ized by section 11101(a) of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act (division A of Public Law 114–94), 
$345,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may retain up to one-half of 1 
percent of the funds provided under both this heading and 
the National Network Grants to the National Railroad Pas-
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senger Corporation heading to fund the costs of project man-
agement and oversight of activities authorized by section 
11101(c) of division A of Public Law 114–94: Provided fur-
ther, That in addition to the project management oversight 
funds authorized under section 11101(c) of division A of 
Public Law 114–94, the Secretary may retain up to an ad-
ditional $5,000,000 of the funds provided under this head-
ing to fund expenses associated with the Northeast Corridor 
Commission established under section 24905 of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided further, That of the amounts 
made available under this heading and the National Net-
work Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corpora-
tion heading, not less than $50,000,000 shall be made avail-
able to bring Amtrak-served facilities and stations into com-
pliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. 
NATIONAL NETWORK GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD 
PASSENGER CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for 
activities associated with the National Network as author-
ized by section 11101(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act (division A of Public Law 114–94), 
$1,075,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may retain up to an additional 
$2,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading to fund 
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expenses associated with the State-Supported Route Com-
mittee established under 24712 of title 49, United States 
Code. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 150. None of the funds provided to the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation may be used to fund any 
overtime costs in excess of $35,000 for any individual em-
ployee: Provided, That the President of Amtrak may waive 
the cap set in the previous proviso for specific employees 
when the President of Amtrak determines such a cap poses 
a risk to the safety and operational efficiency of the system: 
Provided further, That the President of Amtrak shall report 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
each quarter within 60 days of such quarter of the calendar 
year on waivers granted to employees and amounts paid 
above the cap for each month within such quarter and de-
lineate the reasons each waiver was granted: Provided fur-
ther, That the President of Amtrak shall report to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations by May 15, 
2017, a summary of all overtime payments incurred by the 
Corporation for 2016 and the three prior calendar years: 
Provided further, That such summary shall include the total 
number of employees that received waivers and the total 
overtime payments the Corporation paid to those employees 
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receiving waivers for each month for 2016 and for the three 
prior calendar years. 
SEC. 151. Section 24408 of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended by— 
(1) Striking the words ‘‘or enhancing’’ in sub-
section (b) and inserting in its place the words ‘‘en-
hancing, or supporting’’; 
(2) Striking subparagraph (c)(3)(C); 
(3) Striking paragraph (d)(5); and 
(4) Striking subsection (e) and replacing with a 
new subsection (e) that states ‘‘Grants made under 
this section may not exceed 80 percent of the projected 
net operating costs.’’. 
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal 
Transit Administration’s programs authorized by chapter 
53 of title 49, United States Code, $110,665,000: Provided, 
That none of the funds provided or limited in this Act may 
be used to create a permanent office of transit security 
under this heading: Provided further, That upon submission 
to the Congress of the fiscal year 2018 President’s budget, 
the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to Congress 
the annual report on New Starts, including proposed allo-
cations for fiscal year 2018. 
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TRANSIT FORMULA GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in the Federal 
Public Transportation Assistance Program in this account, 
and for payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 5312, 
5314, 5318, 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, as 
amended by the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation 
Act, and section 20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, and sec-
tions 3006(b) and 3028 of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act, $10,800,000,000, to be derived from the 
Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund and to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 
available for the implementation or execution of programs 
authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 5312, 
5314, 5318, 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, as 
amended by the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation 
Act, and section 20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, and sec-
tions 3006(b) and 3028 of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act, shall not exceed total obligations of 
$9,733,706,043 in fiscal year 2017: Provided further, That 
the Federal share of the cost of activities carried out under 
section 5312 shall not exceed 80 percent, except that if there 
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is substantial public interest or benefit, the Secretary may 
approve a greater Federal share. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5309 
and section 3005(b) of the FAST Act, $2,338,063,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA 
TRANSIT AUTHORITY 
For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area Tran-
sit Authority as authorized under section 601 of division 
B of Public Law 110–432, $150,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Trans-
portation shall approve grants for capital and preventive 
maintenance expenditures for the Washington Metropolitan 
Area Transit Authority only after receiving and reviewing 
a request for each specific project: Provided further, That 
prior to approving such grants, the Secretary shall certify 
that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority 
is making progress to improve its safety management sys-
tem in response to the Federal Transit Administration’s 
2015 safety management inspection: Provided further, That 
prior to approving such grants, the Secretary shall certify 
that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority 
is making progress toward full implementation of the cor-
rective actions identified in the 2014 Financial Manage-
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ment Oversight Review Report: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall determine that the Washington Metropolitan 
Area Transit Authority has placed the highest priority on 
those investments that will improve the safety of the system 
before approving such grants: Provided further, That the 
Secretary, in order to ensure safety throughout the rail sys-
tem, may waive the requirements of section 601(e)(1) of di-
vision B of Public Law 110–432 (112 Stat. 4968). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
SEC. 160. The limitations on obligations for the pro-
grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not 
apply to any authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously 
made available for obligation, or to any other authority pre-
viously made available for obligation. 
SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds appropriated or limited by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Fixed Guideway Capital Investment’’ of the Federal Tran-
sit Administration for projects specified in this Act or iden-
tified in reports accompanying this Act not obligated by 
September 30, 2021, and other recoveries, shall be directed 
to projects eligible to use the funds for the purposes for 
which they were originally provided. 
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SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
any funds appropriated before October 1, 2016, under any 
section of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, that 
remain available for expenditure, may be transferred to and 
administered under the most recent appropriation heading 
for any such section. 
SEC. 163. Section 5303(r)(2)(C) of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘and 25 square miles of land 
area’’ after ‘‘145,000’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘and 12 square miles of land 
area’’ after ‘‘65,000’’. 
SEC. 164. Any unobligated amounts made available 
for fiscal year 2012 or prior fiscal years to carry out the 
discretionary job access and reverse commute program 
under section 3037 of the transportation equity act for the 
21st century are hereby rescinded: Provided, That such 
amounts are made available for projects eligible under 49 
U.S.C. 5309(q). 
SEC. 165. Section 5307(a) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE.—The Secretary may make 
grants under this section to finance the operating cost 
of equipment and facilities for use in public transpor-
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tation, excluding rail fixed guideway, in an urban-
ized area with a population of not fewer than 200,000 
individuals, as determined by the Bureau of the Cen-
sus— 
‘‘(A) for public transportation systems 
that— 
‘‘(i) operate 75 or fewer buses in fixed 
route service or demand response service, ex-
cluding ADA complementary paratransit 
service, during peak service hours, in an 
amount not to exceed 75 percent of the share 
of the apportionment which is attributable 
to such systems within the urbanized area, 
as measured by vehicle revenue hours; or 
‘‘(ii) operate a minimum of 76 buses 
and a maximum of 100 buses in fixed route 
service or demand response service, exclud-
ing ADA complementary paratransit serv-
ice, during peak service hours, in an 
amount not to exceed 50 percent of the share 
of the apportionment which is attributable 
to such systems within the urbanized area, 
as measured by vehicle revenue hours; or 
‘‘(B) subject to paragraph (3), for public 
transportation systems that— 
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‘‘(i) operate 75 or fewer buses in fixed 
route service or demand response service, ex-
cluding ADA complementary paratransit 
service, during peak service hours, in an 
amount not to exceed 75 percent of the share 
of the apportionment allocated to such sys-
tems within the urbanized area, as deter-
mined by the local planning process and in-
cluded in the designated recipient’s final 
program of projects prepared under sub-
section (b); or 
‘‘(ii) operate a minimum of 76 buses 
and a maximum of 100 buses in fixed route 
service or demand response service, exclud-
ing ADA complementary paratransit service 
during peak service hours, in an amount 
not to exceed 50 percent of the share of the 
apportionment allocated to such systems 
within the urbanized area, as determined by 
the local planning process and included in 
the designated recipient’s final program of 
projects prepared under subsection (b). 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—The amount available to a 
public transportation system under subparagraph (B) 
of paragraph (2) shall be not more than 10 percent 
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greater than the amount that would otherwise be 
available to the system under subparagraph (A) of 
that paragraph.’’. 
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora-
tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within 
the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to 
the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make such 
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 
limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 
Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary 
in carrying out the programs set forth in the Corporation’s 
budget for the current fiscal year. 
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses to conduct the operations, 
maintenance, and capital asset renewal activities of those 
portions of the St. Lawrence Seaway owned, operated, and 
maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development 
Corporation, $36,028,000, to be derived from the Harbor 
Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99–662. 
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a 
U.S.-flag merchant fleet to serve the national security needs 
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of the United States, $275,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the Maritime Administra-
tion may make a reduction in payment pro rata in the 
event sufficient funds have not been appropriated to pay 
the full annual payment authorized for the Maritime Secu-
rity Fleet pursuant to section 53106 of title 46: Provided 
further, That the Maritime Administration shall allocate 
the funds across 60 ships. 
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities authorized by law, $175,160,000, of which 
$22,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
maintenance and repair of training ships at State Mari-
time Academies, and of which $6,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended for National Security Multi-Mis-
sion Vessel Program for State Maritime Academies and Na-
tional Security, and of which $2,400,000 shall remain 
available through September 30, 2018, for the Student In-
centive Program at State Maritime Academies, and of 
which $1,200,000 shall remain available until expended for 
training ship fuel assistance payments, and of which 
$18,000,000 shall remain available until expended for fa-
cilities maintenance and repair, equipment, and capital 
improvements at the United States Merchant Marine Acad-
emy, and of which $3,000,000 shall remain available 
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through September 30, 2018, for Maritime Environment 
and Technology Assistance grants, contracts, and coopera-
tive agreement, and of which $5,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended for the Short Sea Transportation Pro-
gram (America’s Marine Highways) to make grants for the 
purposes provided in title 46 sections 55601(b)(1) and 
55601(b)(3): Provided further, That not later than January 
12, 2017, the Administrator of the Maritime Administra-
tion shall transmit to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations the annual report on sexual assault and 
sexual harassment at the United States Merchant Marine 
Academy as required pursuant to section 3507 of Public 
Law 110–417. 
ASSISTANCE TO SMALL SHIPYARDS 
To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized 
under section 54101 of title 46, United States Code, as 
amended by Public Law 113–281, $10,000,000 to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary shall 
issue the Notice of Funding Availability no later than 15 
days after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 
from applications submitted under the previous proviso, the 
Secretary of Transportation shall make grants no later than 
120 days after enactment of this Act in such amounts as 
the Secretary determines: Provided further, That not to ex-
ceed 2 percent of the funds appropriated under this heading 
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shall be available for necessary costs of grant administra-
tion. 
SHIP DISPOSAL 
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obso-
lete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Mar-
itime Administration, $20,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which $8,000,000 shall be for the decom-
missioning of the Nuclear Ship Savannah. 
MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized, 
$5,000,000, of which $2,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended: Provided, That such costs, including the 
cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be 
available for administrative expenses to carry out the guar-
anteed loan program, which shall be transferred to and 
merged with the appropriations for ‘‘Operations and Train-
ing’’, Maritime Administration. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, in addition to any existing authority, the Maritime 
Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and serv-
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ices and make necessary repairs in connection with any 
lease, contract, or occupancy involving Government prop-
erty under control of the Maritime Administration: Pro-
vided, That payments received therefor shall be credited to 
the appropriation charged with the cost thereof and shall 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
rental payments under any such lease, contract, or occu-
pancy for items other than such utilities, services, or repairs 
shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 
PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline and 
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, $23,207,000: 
Provided, That no later than June 30, 2016, the Secretary 
of Transportation shall initiate a rulemaking to expand the 
applicability of comprehensive oil spill response plans, and 
shall issue a final rule no later than December 18, 2016: 
Provided further, That $1,500,000 shall be transferred to 
‘‘Pipeline Safety’’ in order to fund ‘‘Pipeline Safety Infor-
mation Grants to Communities’’ as authorized under sec-
tion 60130 of title 49, United States Code. 
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HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous ma-
terials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Ma-
terials Safety Administration, $57,619,000, of which 
$7,570,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2019: Provided, That up to $800,000 in fees collected under 
49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited in the general fund 
of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided further, That 
there may be credited to this appropriation, to be available 
until expended, funds received from States, counties, mu-
nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources 
for expenses incurred for training, for reports publication 
and dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred in per-
formance of hazardous materials exemptions and approvals 
functions. 
PIPELINE SAFETY 
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND) 
For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of the 
pipeline safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out a 
pipeline safety program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60107, 
and to discharge the pipeline program responsibilities of 
the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $149,959,000, of which 
$20,288,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability 
Trust Fund and shall remain available until September 30, 
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2019; and of which $129,671,000 shall be derived from the 
Pipeline Safety Fund, of which $59,835,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That not less 
than $1,058,000 of the funds provided under this heading 
shall be for the One-Call state grant program. 
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS 
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND) 
Notwithstanding the fiscal year limitation specified in 
49 U.S.C. 5116, not more than $28,318,000 shall be made 
available for obligation in fiscal year 2017 from amounts 
made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(h), and 5128(b) and (c): 
Provided 
further, 
That 
notwithstanding 
U.S.C. 
5116(h)(4), not more than 4 percent of the amounts made 
available from this account shall be available to pay admin-
istrative costs: Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(h), 5128(b), or 5128(c) 
shall be made available for obligation by individuals other 
than the Secretary of Transportation, or his or her designee: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 5128(b) 
and (c) and the current year obligation limitation, prior 
year recoveries recognized in the current year shall be avail-
able to develop a hazardous materials response training 
curriculum for emergency responders, including response 
activities for the transportation of crude oil, ethanol and 
other flammable liquids by rail, consistent with National 
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Fire Protection Association standards, and to make such 
training available through an electronic format: Provided 
further, That the prior year recoveries made available under 
this heading shall also be available to carry out 49 U.S.C. 
5116(a)(1)(C) and 5116(i). 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, as amended, $93,550,000: Provided, That the 
Inspector General shall have all necessary authority, in car-
rying 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 Department of Transportation. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF 
TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 180. During the current fiscal year, applicable 
appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall 
be available for maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire 
of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of liabil-
ity insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign coun-
tries on official department business; and uniforms or al-
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lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901– 
5902). 
SEC. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for the 
Department of Transportation shall be available for 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 
an Executive Level IV. 
SEC. 182. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for salaries and expenses of more than 110 political 
and Presidential appointees in the Department of Trans-
portation: Provided, That none of the personnel covered by 
this provision may be assigned on temporary detail outside 
the Department of Transportation. 
SEC. 183. (a) No recipient of funds made available in 
this Act shall disseminate personal information (as defined 
in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State department of 
motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle record 
as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), except as provided in 18 
U.S.C. 2721 for a use permitted under 18 U.S.C. 2721. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall 
not withhold funds provided in this Act for any grantee 
if a State is in noncompliance with this provision. 
SEC. 184. Funds received by the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration and Federal Railroad Administration from 
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 
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and private sources for expenses incurred for training may 
be credited respectively to the Federal Highway Adminis-
tration’s ‘‘Federal-Aid Highways’’ account and to the Fed-
eral Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Operations’’ 
account, except for State rail safety inspectors participating 
in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105. 
SEC. 185. None of the funds in this Act to the Depart-
ment of Transportation may be used to make a loan, loan 
guarantee, line of credit, or grant unless the Secretary of 
Transportation notifies the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations not less than 3 full business days before 
any project competitively selected to receive a discretionary 
grant award, any discretionary grant award, letter of in-
tent, loan commitment, loan guarantee commitment, line 
of credit commitment, or full funding grant agreement. 
SEC. 186. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor 
fees and other funds received by the Department of Trans-
portation from travel management centers, charge card pro-
grams, the subleasing of building space, and miscellaneous 
sources are to be credited to appropriations of the Depart-
ment of Transportation and allocated to elements of the De-
partment of Transportation using fair and equitable cri-
teria and such funds shall be available until expended. 
SEC. 187. Amounts made available in this or any other 
Act that the Secretary determines represent improper pay-
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to the transfer of any such recovery to an appro-
priations account, the Secretary shall notify the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions of the amount and reasons for such trans-
fer: Provided further, That for purposes of this 
section, the term ‘‘improper payments’’ has the 
same meaning as that provided in section 
2(d)(2) of Public Law 107–300. 
SEC. 188. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
if any funds provided in or limited by this Act are subject 
to a reprogramming action that requires notice to be pro-
vided to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions, transmission of said reprogramming notice shall be 
provided solely to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations, and said reprogramming action shall be ap-
proved or denied solely by the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Transportation may provide notice to other congressional 
committees of the action of the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations on such reprogramming but not 
sooner than 30 days following the date on which the re-
programming action has been approved or denied by the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 189. Funds appropriated in this Act to the modal 
administrations may be obligated for the Office of the Sec-
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retary for the costs related to assessments or reimbursable 
agreements only when such amounts are for the costs of 
goods and services that are purchased to provide a direct 
benefit to the applicable modal administration or adminis-
trations. 
SEC. 190. The Secretary of Transportation is author-
ized to carry out a program that establishes uniform stand-
ards for developing and supporting agency transit pass and 
transit benefits authorized under section 7905 of title 5, 
United States Code, including distribution of transit bene-
fits by various paper and electronic media. 
SEC. 191. The Department of Transportation may use 
funds provided by this Act, or any other Act, to assist a 
contract under title 49 U.S.C. or title 23 U.S.C. utilizing 
geographic, economic, or any other hiring preference not 
otherwise authorized by law, except for such preferences au-
thorized in this Act, or to amend a rule, regulation, policy 
or other measure that forbids a recipient of a Federal High-
way Administration or Federal Transit Administration 
grant from imposing such hiring preference on a contract 
or construction project with which the Department of 
Transportation is assisting, only if the grant recipient cer-
tifies the following: 
(1) that except with respect to apprentices or 
trainees, a pool of readily available but unemployed 
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individuals possessing the knowledge, skill, and abil-
ity to perform the work that the contract requires re-
sides in the jurisdiction; 
(2) that the grant recipient will include appro-
priate provisions in its bid document ensuring that 
the contractor does not displace any of its existing 
employees in order to satisfy such hiring preference; 
and 
(3) that any increase in the cost of labor, train-
ing, or delays resulting from the use of such hiring 
preference does not delay or displace any transpor-
tation project in the applicable Statewide Transpor-
tation Improvement Program or Transportation Im-
provement Program. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation Appropriations Act, 2017’’. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
EXECUTIVE OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Of-
fices, which shall be comprised of the offices of the Secretary, 
Deputy Secretary, Adjudicatory Services, Congressional 
and Intergovernmental Relations, Public Affairs, Small 
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and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, the Departmental 
Enforcement Center, and the Center for Faith-Based and 
Neighborhood Partnerships, $30,608,000: Provided, That 
not to exceed $25,000 of the amount made available under 
this heading shall be available to the Secretary for official 
reception and representation expenses as the Secretary may 
determine. 
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Administrative 
Support Offices, $503,852,000, of which $53,451,000 shall 
be available for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer; 
$79,053,000 shall be available for the Office of the General 
Counsel; $202,823,000 shall be available for the Office of 
Administration; $41,641,000 shall be available for the Of-
fice of the Chief Human Capital Officer; $52,568,000 shall 
be available for the Office of Field Policy and Management; 
$19,130,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief 
Procurement Officer; $3,891,000 shall be available for the 
Office of Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity; 
$5,147,000 shall be available for the Office of Strategic 
Planning and Management; and $46,148,000 shall be avail-
able for the Office of the Chief Information Officer: Pro-
vided, That funds provided under this heading may be used 
for necessary administrative and non-administrative ex-
penses of the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
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ment, not otherwise provided for, including purchase of uni-
forms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, funds appro-
priated under this heading may be used for advertising and 
promotional activities that directly support program activi-
ties funded in this title: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall provide the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations quarterly written notification regarding the 
status of pending congressional reports: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall provide in electronic form all 
signed reports required by Congress. 
PROGRAM OFFICE SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Public and Indian Housing, $220,500,000. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Community Planning and Development, $110,000,000. 
HOUSING 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Housing, $393,000,000. 
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POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Policy Development and Research, $24,500,000. 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, $74,235,000. 
OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY HOMES 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes, $8,075,000. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the working capital fund for the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development (referred to in this para-
graph as the ‘‘Fund’’), pursuant, in part, to section 7(f) 
of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act 
(42 U.S.C. 3535(f)), amounts transferred to the Fund under 
this heading shall be available for Federal shared services 
used by offices and agencies of the Department, and for such 
portion of any office or agency’s printing, records manage-
ment, space renovation, furniture, or supply services as the 
Secretary determines shall be derived from centralized 
sources made available by the Department to all offices and 
agencies and funded through the Fund: Provided, That of 
the amounts made available in this title for salaries and 
expenses under the headings ‘‘Executive Offices’’, ‘‘Adminis-
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trative Support Offices’’, ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, and ‘‘Government National Mortgage Association’’, 
the Secretary shall transfer to the Fund such amounts, to 
remain available until expended, as are necessary to fund 
services, specified in the first proviso, for which the appro-
priation would otherwise have been available, and may 
transfer not to exceed an additional $10,000,000, in aggre-
gate, from all such appropriations, to be merged with the 
Fund and to remain available until expended for use for 
any office or agency: Provided further, That amounts in 
the Fund shall be the only amounts available to each office 
or agency of the Department for the services, or portion of 
services, specified in the first proviso: Provided further, 
That with respect to the Fund, the authorities and condi-
tions under this heading shall supplement the authorities 
and conditions provided under section 7(f). 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities and assistance for the provision of ten-
ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United 
States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 
et seq.) (‘‘the Act’’ herein), not otherwise provided for, 
$16,431,696,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be available on October 1, 2016 (in addition to the 
$4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this heading 
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that shall be available on October 1, 2016), and 
$4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be available on October 1, 2017: Provided, That the 
amounts made available under this heading are provided 
as follows: 
(1) $18,355,000,000 shall be available for renew-
als of expiring section 8 tenant-based annual con-
tributions contracts (including renewals of enhanced 
vouchers under any provision of law authorizing such 
assistance under section 8(t) of the Act) and includ-
ing renewal of other special purpose incremental 
vouchers: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, from amounts provided under this 
paragraph and any carryover, the Secretary for the 
calendar year 2017 funding cycle shall provide re-
newal funding for each public housing agency based 
on validated voucher management system (VMS) leas-
ing and cost data for the prior calendar year and by 
applying an inflation factor as established by the Sec-
retary, by notice published in the Federal Register, 
and by making any necessary adjustments for the 
costs associated with the first-time renewal of vouch-
ers under this paragraph including tenant protection, 
HOPE VI, and Choice Neighborhoods vouchers: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds provided under 
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this paragraph may be used to fund a total number 
of unit months under lease which exceeds a public 
housing agency’s authorized level of units under con-
tract, except for public housing agencies participating 
in the MTW demonstration, which are instead gov-
erned by the terms and conditions of their MTW 
agreements: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall, to the extent necessary to stay within the 
amount specified under this paragraph (except as oth-
erwise modified under this paragraph), prorate each 
public housing agency’s allocation otherwise estab-
lished pursuant to this paragraph: Provided further, 
That except as provided in the following provisos, the 
entire amount specified under this paragraph (except 
as otherwise modified under this paragraph) shall be 
obligated to the public housing agencies based on the 
allocation and pro rata method described above, and 
the Secretary shall notify public housing agencies of 
their annual budget by the latter of 60 days after en-
actment of this Act or March 1, 2017: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary may extend the notification 
period with the prior written approval of the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That public housing agencies participating in 
the MTW demonstration shall be funded pursuant to 
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their MTW agreements and shall be subject to the 
same pro rata adjustments under the previous pro-
visos: Provided further, That the Secretary may offset 
public housing agencies’ calendar year 2017 alloca-
tions based on the excess amounts of public housing 
agencies’ net restricted assets accounts, including 
HUD held programmatic reserves (in accordance with 
VMS data in calendar year 2016 that is verifiable 
and complete), as determined by the Secretary: Pro-
vided further, That public housing agencies partici-
pating in the MTW demonstration shall also be sub-
ject to the offset, as determined by the Secretary, ex-
cluding amounts subject to the single fund budget au-
thority provisions of their MTW agreements, from the 
agencies’ calendar year 2017 MTW funding alloca-
tion: Provided further, That the Secretary shall use 
any offset referred to in the previous two provisos 
throughout the calendar year to prevent the termi-
nation of rental assistance for families as the result 
of insufficient funding, as determined by the Sec-
retary, and to avoid or reduce the proration of re-
newal funding allocations: Provided further, That up 
to $75,000,000 shall be available only: (1) for adjust-
ments in the allocations for public housing agencies, 
after application for an adjustment by a public hous-
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ing agency that experienced a significant increase, as 
determined by the Secretary, in renewal costs of 
vouchers resulting from unforeseen circumstances or 
from portability under section 8(r) of the Act; (2) for 
vouchers that were not in use during the previous 12- 
month period in order to be available to meet a com-
mitment pursuant to section 8(o)(13) of the Act; (3) 
for adjustments for costs associated with HUD-Vet-
erans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD–VASH) 
vouchers; and (4) for public housing agencies that de-
spite taking reasonable cost savings measures, as de-
termined by the Secretary, would otherwise be re-
quired to terminate rental assistance for families as 
a result of insufficient funding: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall allocate amounts under the 
previous proviso based on need, as determined by the 
Secretary; 
(2) $110,000,000 shall be for section 8 rental as-
sistance for relocation and replacement of housing 
units that are demolished or disposed of pursuant to 
section 18 of the Act, conversion of section 23 projects 
to assistance under section 8, the family unification 
program under section 8(x) of the Act, relocation of 
witnesses in connection with efforts to combat crime 
in public and assisted housing pursuant to a request 
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from a law enforcement or prosecution agency, en-
hanced vouchers under any provision of law author-
izing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act, 
HOPE VI and Choice Neighborhood vouchers, manda-
tory and voluntary conversions, and tenant protection 
assistance including replacement and relocation as-
sistance or for project-based assistance to prevent the 
displacement of unassisted elderly tenants currently 
residing in section 202 properties financed between 
1959 and 1974 that are refinanced pursuant to Pub-
lic Law 106–569, as amended, or under the authority 
as provided under this Act: Provided, That when a 
public housing development is submitted for demoli-
tion or disposition under section 18 of the Act, the 
Secretary may provide section 8 rental assistance 
when the units pose an imminent health and safety 
risk to residents: Provided further, That the Secretary 
may provide section 8 rental assistance from amounts 
made available under this paragraph for units as-
sisted under a project-based subsidy contract funded 
under the ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’ heading 
under this title where the owner has received a Notice 
of Default and the units pose an imminent health and 
safety risk to residents: Provided further, That to the 
extent that the Secretary determines that such units 
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are not feasible for continued rental assistance pay-
ments or transfer of the subsidy contract associated 
with such units to another project or projects and 
owner or owners, any remaining amounts associated 
with such units under such contract shall be recap-
tured and used to reimburse amounts used under this 
paragraph for rental assistance under the preceding 
proviso: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
only provide replacement vouchers for units that were 
occupied within the previous 24 months that cease to 
be available as assisted housing, subject only to the 
availability of funds: Provided further, That any ten-
ant protection voucher made available from amounts 
under this paragraph shall not be reissued by any 
public housing agency, except the replacement vouch-
ers as defined by the Secretary by notice, when the 
initial family that received any such voucher no 
longer receives such voucher, and the authority for 
any public housing agency to issue any such voucher 
shall cease to exist; 
(3) $1,768,696,000 shall be for administrative 
and other expenses of public housing agencies in ad-
ministering the section 8 tenant-based rental assist-
ance program, of which up to $10,000,000 shall be 
available to the Secretary to allocate to public hous-
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ing agencies that need additional funds to administer 
their section 8 programs, including fees associated 
with section 8 tenant protection rental assistance, the 
administration of disaster related vouchers, Veterans 
Affairs Supportive Housing vouchers, and other spe-
cial purpose incremental vouchers: Provided, That no 
less than $1,758,696,000 of the amount provided in 
this paragraph shall be allocated to public housing 
agencies for the calendar year 2017 funding cycle 
based on section 8(q) of the Act (and related Appro-
priation Act provisions) as in effect immediately be-
fore the enactment of the Quality Housing and Work 
Responsibility Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–276): 
Provided further, That if the amounts made available 
under this paragraph are insufficient to pay the 
amounts determined under the previous proviso, the 
Secretary may decrease the amounts allocated to 
agencies by a uniform percentage applicable to all 
agencies receiving funding under this paragraph or 
may, to the extent necessary to provide full payment 
of amounts determined under the previous proviso, 
utilize unobligated balances, including recaptures and 
carryovers, remaining from funds appropriated to the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development 
under this heading from prior fiscal years, excluding 
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special purpose vouchers, notwithstanding the pur-
poses for which such amounts were appropriated: Pro-
vided further, That all public housing agencies par-
ticipating in the MTW demonstration shall be funded 
pursuant to their MTW agreements, and shall be sub-
ject to the same uniform percentage decrease as under 
the previous proviso: Provided further, That amounts 
provided under this paragraph shall be only for ac-
tivities related to the provision of tenant-based rental 
assistance authorized under section 8, including re-
lated development activities; 
(4) $110,000,000 for the renewal of tenant-based 
assistance contracts under section 811 of the Cran-
ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 
U.S.C. 8013), including necessary administrative ex-
penses: Provided, That administrative and other ex-
penses of public housing agencies in administering 
the special purpose vouchers in this paragraph shall 
be funded under the same terms and be subject to the 
same pro rata reduction as the percent decrease for 
administrative and other expenses to public housing 
agencies under paragraph (3) of this heading; 
(5) $7,000,000 shall be for rental assistance and 
associated administrative fees for Tribal HUD–VA 
Supportive Housing to serve Native American vet-
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erans that are homeless or at-risk of homelessness liv-
ing on or near a reservation or other Indian areas: 
Provided, That such amount shall be made available 
for renewal grants to the recipients that received as-
sistance under the rental assistance and supportive 
housing demonstration program for Native American 
veterans authorized under the heading ‘‘Tenant-Based 
Rental Assistance’’ in title II of division K of the 
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations 
Act, 2015 (Public Law 113–235, 128 Stat. 2733): 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall be author-
ized to specify criteria for renewal grants, including 
data on the utilization of assistance reported by grant 
recipients under the demonstration program: Pro-
vided further, That any amounts remaining after 
such renewal assistance is awarded may be available 
for new grants to recipients eligible to receive block 
grants under the Native American Housing Assist-
ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 
section 4101 et seq.) for rental assistance and associ-
ated administrative fees for Tribal HUD–VA Sup-
portive Housing to serve Native American veterans 
that are homeless or at-risk of homelessness living on 
or near a reservation or other Indian areas: Provided 
further, That funds shall be awarded based on need 
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and administrative capacity established by the Sec-
retary in a Notice published in the Federal Register 
after coordination with the Secretary of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs: Provided further, That re-
newal grants and new grants under this paragraph 
shall be administered by block grant recipients in ac-
cordance with program requirements under the Native 
American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination 
Act of 1996: Provided further, That assistance under 
this paragraph shall be modeled after, with necessary 
and appropriate adjustments for Native American 
grant recipients and veterans, the rental assistance 
and supportive housing program known as HUD– 
VASH program, including administration in con-
junction with the Department of Veterans Affairs and 
overall implementation of section 8(o)(19) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment may waive, or specify alternative requirements 
for any provision of any statute or regulation that the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development ad-
ministers in connection with the use of funds made 
available under this paragraph (except for require-
ments related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, 
labor stands, and the environment), upon a finding 
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by the Secretary that any such waivers or alternative 
requirements are necessary for the effective delivery 
and administration of such assistance: Provided fur-
ther, That grant recipients shall report to the Sec-
retary on utilization of such rental assistance and 
other program data, as prescribed by the Secretary; 
(6) $50,000,000 for incremental rental voucher 
assistance for use through a supported housing pro-
gram administered in conjunction with the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs as authorized under section 
8(o)(19) of the United States Housing Act of 1937: 
Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall make such funding available, not-
withstanding section 204 (competition provision) of 
this title, to public housing agencies that partner with 
eligible VA Medical Centers or other entities as des-
ignated by the Secretary of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs, based on geographical need for such as-
sistance as identified by the Secretary of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs, public housing agency ad-
ministrative performance, and other factors as speci-
fied by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment in consultation with the Secretary of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
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may waive, or specify alternative requirements for (in 
consultation with the Secretary of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs), any provision of any statute or reg-
ulation that the Secretary of Housing and Urban De-
velopment administers in connection with the use of 
funds made available under this paragraph (except 
for requirements related to fair housing, non-
discrimination, labor standards, and the environ-
ment), upon a finding by the Secretary that any such 
waivers or alternative requirements are necessary for 
the effective delivery and administration of such 
voucher assistance: Provided further, That assistance 
made available under this paragraph shall continue 
to remain available for homeless veterans upon turn- 
over; 
(7) $20,000,000 shall be made available for new 
incremental voucher assistance through the family 
unification program as authorized by section 8(x) of 
the Act: Provided, That the assistance made available 
under this paragraph shall continue to remain avail-
able for family unification upon turnover: Provided 
further, That for any public housing agency admin-
istering voucher assistance appropriated in a prior 
Act under the family unification program that deter-
mines that it no longer has an identified need for 
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such assistance upon turnover, such agency shall no-
tify the Secretary, and the Secretary shall recapture 
such assistance from the agency and reallocate it to 
any other public housing agency or agencies based on 
need for voucher assistance in connection with such 
program; 
(8) $11,000,000 shall be made available for the 
housing choice voucher mobility demonstration au-
thorized under section 243 of this title; and 
(9) the Secretary shall separately track all spe-
cial purpose vouchers funded under this heading. 
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
Unobligated balances, including recaptures and carry-
over, remaining from funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development under this head-
ing, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Hous-
ing’’ and the heading ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’, 
for fiscal year 2017 and prior years may be used for re-
newal of or amendments to section 8 project-based contracts 
and for performance-based contract administrators, not-
withstanding the purposes for which such funds were appro-
priated: Provided, That any obligated balances of contract 
authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior that have been 
terminated shall be rescinded: Provided further, That 
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amounts heretofore recaptured, or recaptured during the 
current fiscal year, from section 8 project-based contracts 
from source years fiscal year 1975 through fiscal year 1987 
are hereby rescinded, and an amount of additional new 
budget authority, equivalent to the amount rescinded is 
hereby appropriated, to remain available until expended, 
for the purposes set forth under this heading, in addition 
to amounts otherwise available. 
PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND 
For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to 
carry out capital and management activities for public 
housing agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g) (the 
‘‘Act’’) $1,925,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2020: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law or regulation, during fiscal year 2017, the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development may not dele-
gate to any Department official other than the Deputy Sec-
retary and the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing any authority under paragraph (2) of section 9(j) 
regarding the extension of the time periods under such sec-
tion: Provided further, That for purposes of such section 
9(j), the term ‘‘obligate’’ means, with respect to amounts, 
that the amounts are subject to a binding agreement that 
will result in outlays, immediately or in the future: Pro-
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vided further, That up to $10,000,000 shall be to support 
ongoing public housing financial and physical assessment 
activities: Provided further, That up to $1,000,000 shall be 
to support the costs of administrative and judicial receiver-
ships: Provided further, That of the total amount provided 
under this heading, not to exceed $21,500,000 shall be avail-
able for the Secretary to make grants, notwithstanding sec-
tion 204 of this Act, to public housing agencies for emer-
gency capital needs including safety and security measures 
necessary to address crime and drug-related activity as well 
as needs resulting from unforeseen or unpreventable emer-
gencies and natural disasters excluding Presidentially de-
clared emergencies and natural disasters under the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Act (42 U.S.C. 
5121 et seq.) occurring in fiscal year 2017: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amount made available under the previous 
proviso, not less than $5,000,000 shall be for safety and se-
curity measures: Provided further, That in addition to the 
amount in the previous proviso for such safety and security 
measures, any amounts that remain available, after all ap-
plications received on or before September 30, 2018, for 
emergency capital needs have been processed, shall be allo-
cated to public housing agencies for such safety and security 
measures: Provided further, That of the total amount pro-
vided under this heading $35,000,000 shall be for sup-
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portive services, service coordinator and congregate services 
as authorized by section 34 of the Act (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.): Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount made available 
under this heading, $15,000,000 shall be for a Jobs-Plus 
initiative modeled after the Jobs-Plus demonstration: Pro-
vided further, That the funding provided under the previous 
proviso shall provide competitive grants to partnerships be-
tween public housing authorities, local workforce investment 
boards established under section 117 of the Workforce In-
vestment Act of 1998, and other agencies and organizations 
that provide support to help public housing residents obtain 
employment and increase earnings: Provided further, That 
applicants must demonstrate the ability to provide services 
to residents, partner with workforce investment boards, and 
leverage service dollars: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may allow public housing agencies to request exemp-
tions from rent and income limitation requirements under 
sections 3 and 6 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
as necessary to implement the Jobs-Plus program, on such 
terms and conditions as the Secretary may approve upon 
a finding by the Secretary that any such waivers or alter-
native requirements are necessary for the effective imple-
mentation of the Jobs-Plus initiative as a voluntary pro-
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gram for residents: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall publish by notice in the Federal Register any waivers 
or alternative requirements pursuant to the preceding pro-
viso no later than 10 days before the effective date of such 
notice: Provided further, That for funds provided under this 
heading, the limitation in section 9(g)(1) of the Act shall 
be 25 percent: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
waive the limitation in the previous proviso to allow public 
housing agencies to fund activities authorized under section 
9(e)(1)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall notify public housing agencies requesting waivers 
under the previous proviso if the request is approved or de-
nied within 14 days of submitting the request: Provided fur-
ther, That from the funds made available under this head-
ing, the Secretary shall provide bonus awards in fiscal year 
2017 to public housing agencies that are designated high 
performers: Provided further, That the Department shall 
notify public housing agencies of their formula allocation 
within 60 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, 
That of the total amount provided under this heading, 
$25,000,000 shall be available for competitive grants to 
public housing agencies to evaluate and reduce lead-based 
paint hazards in public housing by carrying out the activi-
ties of risk assessments, abatement, and interim controls (as 
those terms are defined in section 1004 of the Residential 
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Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 (42 
U.S.C. 4851b)): Provided further, That for purposes of envi-
ronmental review, a grant under the previous proviso shall 
be considered funds for projects or activities under title I 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 
et seq.) for purposes of section 26 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
1437x) and shall be subject to the regulations implementing 
such section. 
PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND 
For 2017 payments to public housing agencies for the 
operation and management of public housing, as authorized 
by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $4,675,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2018. 
CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE 
For competitive grants under the Choice Neighborhoods 
Initiative (subject to section 24 of the United States Hous-
ing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v), unless otherwise speci-
fied under this heading), for transformation, rehabilitation, 
and replacement housing needs of both public and HUD- 
assisted housing and to transform neighborhoods of poverty 
into functioning, sustainable mixed income neighborhoods 
with appropriate services, schools, public assets, transpor-
tation and access to jobs, $80,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2019: Provided, That grant funds may 
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be used for resident and community services, community 
development, and affordable housing needs in the commu-
nity, and for conversion of vacant or foreclosed properties 
to affordable housing: Provided further, That the use of 
funds made available under this heading shall not be 
deemed to be public housing notwithstanding section 3(b)(1) 
of such Act: Provided further, That grantees shall commit 
to an additional period of affordability determined by the 
Secretary of not fewer than 20 years: Provided further, That 
grantees shall provide a match in State, local, other Federal 
or private funds: Provided further, That grantees may in-
clude local governments, tribal entities, public housing au-
thorities, and nonprofits: Provided further, That for-profit 
developers may apply jointly with a public entity: Provided 
further, That for purposes of environmental review, a grant-
ee shall be treated as a public housing agency under section 
26 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437x), and grants under this heading shall be subject to 
the regulations issued by the Secretary to implement such 
section: Provided further, That of the amount provided, not 
less than $48,000,000 shall be awarded to public housing 
agencies: Provided further, That such grantees shall create 
partnerships with other local organizations including as-
sisted housing owners, service agencies, and resident organi-
zations: Provided further, That no more than $5,000,000 
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of funds made available under this heading may be pro-
vided as grants to undertake comprehensive local planning 
with input from residents and the community: Provided 
further, That unobligated balances, including recaptures, 
remaining from funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Re-
vitalization of Severely Distressed Public Housing (HOPE 
VI)’’ in fiscal year 2011 and prior fiscal years may be used 
for purposes under this heading, notwithstanding the pur-
poses for which such amounts were appropriated: Provided 
further, That implementation grants awarded under this 
heading may only be awarded to grantees that have pre-
viously been awarded planning grants. 
FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY 
For the Family Self-Sufficiency program to support 
family self-sufficiency coordinators under section 23 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937, to promote the develop-
ment of local strategies to coordinate the use of assistance 
under sections 8(o) and 9 of such Act with public and pri-
vate resources, and enable eligible families to achieve eco-
nomic independence and self-sufficiency, $75,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That 
the Secretary may, by Federal Register notice, waive or 
specify alternative requirements under sections b(3), b(4), 
b(5), or c(1) of section 23 of such Act in order to facilitate 
the operation of a unified self-sufficiency program for indi-
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viduals receiving assistance under different provisions of 
the Act, as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, 
That owners of a privately owned multifamily property 
with a section 8 contract may voluntarily make a Family 
Self-Sufficiency program available to the assisted tenants 
of such property in accordance with procedures established 
by the Secretary: Provided further, That such procedures 
established pursuant to the previous proviso shall permit 
participating tenants to accrue escrow funds in accordance 
with section 23(d)(2) and shall allow owners to use funding 
from residual receipt accounts to hire coordinators for their 
own Family Self-Sufficiency program. 
INDIAN BLOCK GRANTS 
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. 
5306(a)(1)), and related technical assistance, $714,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, 
That the amounts made available under this heading are 
provided as follows: 
(1) $646,500,000 shall be available for the In-
dian Housing Block Grant program, as authorized 
under title I of NAHASDA: Provided, That, notwith-
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standing NAHASDA, to determine the amount of the 
allocation under title I of such Act for each Indian 
tribe, the Secretary shall apply the formula under sec-
tion 302 of such Act with the need component based 
on single-race census data and with the need compo-
nent 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: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding section 302(d) of 
NAHASDA, if on January 1, 2017, a recipient’s total 
amount of undisbursed block grant funds in the De-
partment’s line of credit control system is greater 
than three times the formula allocation it would oth-
erwise receive under the first proviso under this para-
graph, the Secretary shall adjust that recipient’s for-
mula allocation down by the difference between its 
total amount of undisbursed block grant funds in the 
Department’s line of credit control system on Janu-
ary 1, 2017, and three times the formula allocation 
it would otherwise receive: Provided further, That not-
withstanding the previous two provisos, no Indian 
tribe shall receive an allocation amount greater than 
10 percent of the total amount made available under 
this 
paragraph: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
grant 
amounts not allocated to a recipient pursuant to the 
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previous two provisos shall be allocated under the 
need component of the formula proportionately among 
all other Indian tribes not subject to an adjustment 
under such provisos: Provided further, That the sec-
ond and third provisos shall not apply to any Indian 
tribe that would otherwise receive a formula alloca-
tion of less than $8,000,000: Provided further, That to 
take effect, the four previous provisos do not require 
issuance or amendment of any regulation, and shall 
not be construed to confer hearing rights under any 
section of NAHASDA or its implementing regula-
tions: Provided further, That the Department will no-
tify grantees of their formula allocation within 60 
days of the date of enactment of this Act; 
(2) $2,000,000 shall be made available for the 
cost of guaranteed notes and other obligations, as au-
thorized 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: Provided further, That these funds are 
available to subsidize the total principal amount of 
any notes and other obligations, any part of which is 
to be guaranteed, not to exceed $17,857,142 to remain 
available until September 30, 2021; 
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(3) $60,000,000 shall be for grants to Indian 
tribes for carrying out the Community Development 
Block Grant program as authorized under title I of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 
1974, notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such Act, 
of which, up to $4,000,000 may be used for emer-
gencies that constitute imminent threats to health and 
safety notwithstanding any other provision of law 
(including section 204 of this title) and, notwith-
standing title I of that Act (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), 
eligible Indian tribes may use funds made available 
under this paragraph for the construction of housing 
for law enforcement, health care, educational, tech-
nical, and other skilled workers: Provided, That not 
to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with funds 
appropriated under this paragraph shall be expended 
for planning and management development and ad-
ministration; and 
(4) $5,500,000 shall be to support the inspection 
of Indian housing units, contract expertise, training, 
and technical assistance needs in Indian country re-
lated to funding provided under this heading. 
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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), $5,500,000, 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 these funds are available to subsidize 
total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, 
up to $1,341,463,415, to remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That up to $750,000 of this amount may 
be for administrative contract expenses including manage-
ment processes and systems to carry out the loan guarantee 
program: Provided further, That an additional $1,000,000 
shall be available until expended for such costs of guaran-
teed loans authorized under such section 184 issued to tribes 
and Indian housing authorities for the construction of rent-
al housing for law enforcement, healthcare, educational, 
technical and other skilled workers: Provided further, That 
the funds specified in the previous proviso are available to 
subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be 
guaranteed, up to $243,902,439 to remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That the Secretary may specify 
any additional program requirements with respect to the 
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previous two provisos through publication of a Mortgagee 
Letter or Notice. 
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.), $5,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2021. 
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.), 
$335,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2018, except that amounts allocated pursuant to section 
854(c)(3) of such Act shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew 
all expiring contracts for permanent supportive housing 
that initially were funded under section 854(c)(3) of such 
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 notwithstanding sec-
tion 854(c)(1) of such Act or any implementing regulation, 
the Secretary shall allocate 90 percent of the funds by for-
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mula, of which 75 percent shall be among cities that are 
the most populous unit of general local government in a 
metropolitan statistical area with a population greater 
than 500,000 and have more than 2,000 persons living with 
the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or AIDS, and 
States with more than 2,000 persons living with HIV or 
AIDS outside of metropolitan statistical areas, as reported 
to and confirmed by the Director of the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC) as of December 31 of the 
most recent calendar year for which such data is available, 
and of which 25 percent shall be among such eligible States 
and cities that are the most populous unit of general local 
government in a metropolitan statistical area based on fair 
market rents and area poverty indexes, as determined by 
the Secretary: Provided further, That a grantee’s share shall 
not reflect a loss greater than 5 percent or a gain greater 
than 10 percent of the share of total available formula funds 
that the grantee received in the preceding fiscal year: Pro-
vided further, That any grantee that received a formula al-
location in fiscal year 2016 shall continue to be eligible for 
formula allocation in this fiscal year: Provided further, 
That the Department shall notify grantees of their formula 
allocation within 60 days of enactment of this Act. 
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For assistance to units of State and local government, 
and to other entities, for economic and community develop-
ment activities, and for other purposes, $3,000,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2019, unless otherwise 
specified: Provided, That of the total amount provided, 
$3,000,000,000 is for carrying out the community develop-
ment block grant program under title I of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1974, as amended (‘‘the 
Act’’ herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.): Provided further, 
That unless explicitly provided for under this heading, not 
to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with funds appro-
priated under this heading shall be expended for planning 
and management development and administration: Pro-
vided further, That a metropolitan city, urban county, unit 
of general local government, or 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 exchange for any 
other funds, credits or non-Federal considerations, 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 heading may be pro-
vided to a for-profit entity for an economic development 
project under section 105(a)(17) unless such project has 
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been evaluated and selected in accordance with guidelines 
required under subparagraph (e)(2): Provided further, That 
the Department shall notify grantees of their formula allo-
cation 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 2017, 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 
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. 
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, $950,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That 
notwithstanding the amount made available under this 
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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 require-
ments under provisos 2 through 6 under this heading for 
fiscal year 2012 and such requirements applicable pursuant 
to the ‘‘Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013’’, 
shall not apply to any project to which funds were com-
mitted on or after August 23, 2013, but such projects shall 
instead be governed by the Final Rule titled ‘‘Home Invest-
ment Partnerships Program; Improving Performance and 
Accountability; Updating Property Standards’’ which be-
came effective on such date: Provided further, That the De-
partment shall notify grantees of their formula allocation 
within 60 days of enactment of this Act. 
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, $50,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2019: Provided, That of the total amount provided 
under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be made available to 
the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Opportunity 
Program as authorized under section 11 of the Housing Op-
portunity Program Extension Act of 1996, as amended: 
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Provided further, That of the total amount provided under 
this heading, $35,000,000 shall be made available for the 
second, third, and fourth capacity building activities au-
thorized 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 build-
ing activities: Provided further, That of the total amount 
provided under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be made 
available for capacity building by national rural housing 
organizations with experience assessing national rural con-
ditions and providing financing, training, technical assist-
ance, information, and research to local nonprofits, local 
governments and Indian Tribes serving high need rural 
communities: Provided further, That an additional 
$4,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for 
a program to rehabilitate and modify homes of disabled or 
low-income veterans as authorized under section 1079 of 
Public Law 113–291. 
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For the emergency solutions grants program as author-
ized 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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$2,330,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019: Provided, That any rental assistance amounts that 
are recaptured under such continuum of care program shall 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
not less than $250,000,000 of the funds appropriated under 
this heading shall be available for such emergency solutions 
grants program: Provided further, That not less than 
$2,013,000,000 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 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 continuum of care pro-
gram 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 further, 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 none of the funds provided under this heading 
shall be available to provide funding for new projects, except 
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for projects created through reallocation, unless the Sec-
retary determines that the continuum of care has dem-
onstrated 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 continuum of care pro-
gram to continuums of care that have demonstrated a ca-
pacity to reallocate funding from lower performing projects 
to higher performing projects: Provided further, That any 
unobligated amounts remaining from funds appropriated 
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 bal-
ances for Shelter Plus Care renewals previously funded from 
the Shelter Plus Care Renewal account 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 allo-
cation from amounts allocated (which may represent initial 
or final amounts allocated) for the emergency solutions 
grant program within 60 days of enactment of this Act: 
Provided further, That up to $40,000,000 of the funds ap-
propriated under this heading shall be to implement 
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projects to demonstrate how a comprehensive approach to 
serving homeless youth, age 24 and under, in up to 11 com-
munities, including at least five rural communities, can 
dramatically reduce youth homelessness: 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 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 funded 
under this heading: Provided further, That none of the 
funds provided under this heading shall be available for the 
continuum of care program unless the Secretary ensures 
that zero-tolerance recovery housing programs are eligible 
to receive funds under the continuum of care program. 
HOUSING PROGRAMS 
RENTAL ASSISTANCE DEMONSTRATION 
For continuing activities under the heading ‘‘Rental 
Assistance Demonstration’’ in the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public 
Law 112–55), $4,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
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tember 30, 2020: Provided, That such funds shall only be 
available to properties converting from assistance under sec-
tion 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 
1701q(c)(2)). 
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 remain 
available until expended, shall be available on October 1, 
2016 (in addition to the $400,000,000 previously appro-
priated under this heading that became available October 
1, 2016), and $400,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be available on October 1, 2017: 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 
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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 
further, That of the total amounts provided under this head-
ing, not to exceed $235,000,000 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 of Housing and Urban 
Development may also use such amounts in the previous 
proviso for performance-based contract administrators for 
the administration of: interest reduction payments pursu-
ant to section 236(a) of the National Housing Act (12 
U.S.C. 1715z–1(a)); rent supplement payments pursuant to 
section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 
1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); section 236(f)(2) rental assistance 
payments (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(f)(2)); project rental assist-
ance contracts for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of the 
Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); project rental as-
sistance contracts for supportive housing for persons with 
disabilities under section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gon-
zalez 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 86–372; 
73 Stat. 667); and loans under section 202 of the Housing 
Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667): Provided 
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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 section 8 project-based con-
tracts 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 Development, project funds that are 
held in residual receipts accounts for any project subject 
to a section 8 project-based Housing Assistance Payments 
contract that authorizes HUD or a Housing Finance Agen-
cy 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 remitted to the Department and deposited in this ac-
count, to be available until expended: Provided further, 
That amounts deposited pursuant to the previous proviso 
shall be available in addition to the amount otherwise pro-
vided by this heading for uses authorized under this head-
ing. 
HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY 
For amendments to capital advance contracts for hous-
ing for the elderly, as authorized by section 202 of the Hous-
ing Act of 1959, as amended, and for project rental assist-
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ance for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of such Act, in-
cluding amendments to contracts for such assistance and 
renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance for up to 
a 1-year term, and for senior preservation rental assistance 
contracts, including renewals, as authorized by section 
811(e) of the American Housing and Economic Oppor-
tunity Act of 2000, as amended, and for supportive services 
associated with the housing, $505,000,000 to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2020: Provided, That of the 
amount provided under this heading, up to $75,000,000 
shall be for service coordinators and the continuation of ex-
isting congregate service grants for residents of assisted 
housing projects: Provided further, That amounts under this 
heading shall be available for Real Estate Assessment Cen-
ter inspections and inspection-related activities associated 
with section 202 projects: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may waive the provisions of section 202 governing 
the terms and conditions of project rental assistance, except 
that the initial contract term for such assistance shall not 
exceed 5 years in duration: Provided further, That upon 
request of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment, project funds that are held in residual receipts ac-
counts for any project subject to a section 202 project rental 
assistance contract, and that upon termination of such con-
tract are in excess of an amount to be determined by the 
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Secretary, shall be remitted to the Department and depos-
ited in this account, to be available until September 30, 
2020: Provided further, That amounts deposited in this ac-
count pursuant to the previous proviso shall be available, 
in addition to the amounts otherwise provided by this head-
ing, for amendments and renewals: Provided further, That 
unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, 
remaining 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 sup-
portive housing for persons with disabilities, as authorized 
by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), for project rental assistance 
for supportive housing for persons with disabilities under 
section 811(d)(2) of such Act and for project assistance con-
tracts pursuant to section 202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959 
(Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667), including amendments 
to contracts for such assistance and renewal of expiring con-
tracts 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-Gonzalez National Housing Act, 
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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 Sep-
tember 30, 2020: Provided, That amounts made available 
under this heading shall be available for Real Estate Assess-
ment Center inspections and inspection-related activities 
associated with section 811 projects: Provided further, That, 
in this fiscal year, upon the request of the Secretary of 
Housing 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 remitted 
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 other-
wise provided by this heading for the purposes authorized 
under this heading: Provided further, That unobligated bal-
ances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining from 
funds transferred to or appropriated under this heading 
may be used for the current purposes authorized under this 
heading notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds 
originally were appropriated. 
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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, $47,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2018, including 
up to $4,500,000 for administrative contract services: Pro-
vided, 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 
homeowners, both current and prospective, with respect to 
property maintenance, financial management/literacy, and 
such other matters as may be appropriate to assist them 
in improving their housing conditions, meeting their finan-
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 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 
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(12 U.S.C. 1715z–1) in State-aided, noninsured rental 
housing projects, $20,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That such amount, together with unobli-
gated balances from recaptured amounts appropriated 
prior to fiscal year 2006 from terminated contracts under 
such sections of law, and any unobligated balances, includ-
ing recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds appro-
priated 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 Standards 
Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), up to $10,500,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which $10,500,000 
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 2017 so as to re-
sult in a final fiscal year 2017 appropriation from the gen-
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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 2017 appropriation: Provided further, 
That for the dispute resolution and installation programs, 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may as-
sess and collect fees from any program participant: Pro-
vided 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, 
notwithstanding the requirements of section 620 of such Act, 
the Secretary may carry out responsibilities of the Sec-
retary 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, 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 further, That the fore-
going amount in the previous proviso shall be for loans to 
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nonprofit and governmental entities in connection with 
sales of single family real properties owned by the Secretary 
and formerly insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance 
Fund: Provided further, That for administrative contract 
expenses 
of 
the 
Federal 
Housing 
Administration, 
$130,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2018. 
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 ob-
ligations 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 entities 
in connection with the sale of single family real properties 
owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under such 
Act. 
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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 nec-
essary salaries and expenses of the Office of Government 
National Mortgage Association: Provided further, That to 
the extent that guaranteed loan commitments exceed 
$155,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 2017, an additional 
$100 for necessary salaries and expenses shall be available 
until expended for each $1,000,000 in additional guaran-
teed 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 Commitment 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 
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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, $90,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That 
with respect to amounts made available under this heading, 
notwithstanding section 204 of this title, the Secretary may 
enter into cooperative agreements funded with philan-
thropic entities, other Federal agencies, or State or local 
governments and their agencies 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 
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, for approval, 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on 
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how it will allocate funding for this activity: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds provided 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, 2018: 
Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Sec-
retary 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 Govern-
ment 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 Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development for the creation and 
promotion of translated materials and other programs that 
support the assistance of persons with limited English pro-
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ficiency 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, $135,000,000, 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 Development 
Act of 1970, that shall include research, studies, testing, and 
demonstration efforts, including education and outreach 
concerning lead-based paint poisoning and other housing- 
related diseases and hazards: Provided, That for purposes 
of environmental review, pursuant to the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and 
other provisions of the law that further the purposes of such 
Act, a grant under the Healthy Homes Initiative, or the 
Lead Technical Studies program under this heading or 
under prior appropriations Acts for such purposes under 
this heading, shall be considered to be funds for a special 
project for purposes of section 305(c) of the Multifamily 
Housing Property Disposition Reform Act of 1994: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount made available 
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under this heading, $55,000,000 shall be made available on 
a competitive basis for areas with the highest lead-based 
paint abatement needs: Provided further, That each recipi-
ent of funds provided under the previous proviso shall con-
tribute an amount not less than 25 percent of the total: Pro-
vided 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, and that still remain available, may be used for any 
purpose under this heading notwithstanding the purpose for 
which such amounts were appropriated if a program com-
petition is undersubscribed and there are other program 
competitions under this heading that are oversubscribed. 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUND 
For the development of, modifications to, and infra-
structure for Department-wide and program-specific infor-
mation technology systems, for the continuing operation 
and maintenance of both Department-wide and program- 
specific information systems, and for program-related 
maintenance 
activities, 
$273,000,000, 
of 
which 
$250,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2018, and of which $23,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2019: Provided, That any amounts 
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transferred to this Fund under this Act shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided further, That any amounts 
transferred to this Fund from amounts appropriated 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 
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 
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of 1978, as amended, $129,000,000: Provided, That the In-
spector General shall have independent authority over all 
personnel issues within this office. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 
URBAN DEVELOPMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
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 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. 
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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 law-
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. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the amount allocated for fiscal year 2017 under section 
854(c) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 
12903(c)), to the city of New York, New York, on behalf 
of the New York–Wayne–White Plains, New York–New Jer-
sey Metropolitan Division (hereafter ‘‘metropolitan divi-
sion’’) of the New York–Newark–Edison, NY–NJ–PA Metro-
politan Statistical Area, shall be adjusted by the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development by: (1) allocating to 
the city of Jersey City, New Jersey, the proportion of the 
metropolitan area’s or division’s amount that is based on 
the number of persons living with HIV or AIDS, poverty 
and fair market rents, in the portion of the metropolitan 
area or division that is located in Hudson County, New 
Jersey; and (2) allocating to the city of Paterson, New Jer-
sey, the proportion of the metropolitan area’s or division’s 
amount that is based on the number of persons living with 
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HIV or AIDS, poverty and fair market rents, in the portion 
of the metropolitan area or division that is located in Ber-
gen County and Passaic County, New Jersey. The recipient 
cities shall use amounts allocated under this subsection to 
carry out eligible activities under section 855 of the AIDS 
Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) in their re-
spective portions of the metropolitan division that is located 
in New Jersey. 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
amount allocated for fiscal year 2017 under section 854(c) 
of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 
12903(c)), to the city of Wilmington, Delaware, on behalf 
of the Wilmington, Delaware–Maryland–New Jersey Metro-
politan Division (hereafter ‘‘metropolitan division’’), shall 
be adjusted by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment by allocating to the State of New Jersey the propor-
tion of the metropolitan division’s amount that is based on 
the number of persons living with HIV or AIDS, poverty 
and fair market rents, in the portion of the metropolitan 
division that is located in New Jersey. The State of New 
Jersey shall use amounts allocated to the State under this 
subsection to carry out eligible activities under section 855 
of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) 
in the portion of the metropolitan division that is located 
in New Jersey. 
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(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall allocate 
to Wake County, North Carolina, the amounts that other-
wise would be allocated for fiscal year 2017 under section 
854(c) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 
12903(c)) to the city of Raleigh, North Carolina, on behalf 
of the Raleigh-Cary North Carolina Metropolitan Statis-
tical Area. Any amounts allocated to Wake County shall 
be used to carry out eligible activities under section 855 
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) within such metropolitan sta-
tistical area. 
(d) Notwithstanding section 854(c) of the AIDS Hous-
ing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)), the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development may adjust the alloca-
tion of the amounts that otherwise would be allocated for 
fiscal year 2017 under section 854(c) of such Act, upon the 
written request of an applicant, in conjunction with the 
State(s), for a formula allocation on behalf of a metropoli-
tan statistical area, to designate the State or States in 
which the metropolitan statistical area is located as the eli-
gible grantee(s) of the allocation. In the case that a metro-
politan statistical area involves more than one State, such 
amounts allocated to each State shall be based on the pro-
portion of the metropolitan statistical area’s amount that 
is based on the number of persons living with HIV or AIDS, 
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poverty and fair market rents, in the portion of the metro-
politan statistical area that is located in that State. Any 
amounts allocated to a State under this section shall be used 
to carry out eligible activities within the portion of the met-
ropolitan statistical area located in that State. 
SEC. 204. 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. 205. Funds of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development subject to the Government Corporation 
Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of 1950 shall 
be available, without regard to the limitations on 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. 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 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. 207. 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 2017 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. 208. 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. 209. The President’s formal budget request for fis-
cal year 2018, as well as the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development’s congressional budget justifications to 
be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, shall use the iden-
tical account and sub-account structure provided under this 
Act. 
SEC. 210. A public housing agency or such other entity 
that administers Federal housing assistance for the Housing 
Authority of the county of Los Angeles, California, and the 
States of Alaska, Iowa, and Mississippi shall not be re-
quired to include a resident of public housing or a recipient 
of assistance provided under section 8 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 on the board of directors or a similar 
governing board of such agency or entity as required under 
section (2)(b) of such Act. Each public housing agency or 
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other entity that administers Federal housing assistance 
under section 8 for the Housing Authority of the county 
of Los Angeles, California and the States of Alaska, Iowa 
and Mississippi that chooses not to include a resident of 
public housing or a recipient of section 8 assistance on the 
board of directors or a similar governing board shall estab-
lish an advisory board of not less than six residents of pub-
lic housing or recipients of section 8 assistance to provide 
advice and comment to the public housing agency or other 
administering entity on issues related to public housing and 
section 8. Such advisory board shall meet not less than 
quarterly. 
SEC. 211. 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. 212. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, subject to the conditions listed under this section, for 
fiscal years 2017 and 2018, 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. 
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(b) PHASED TRANSFERS.—Transfers of project-based 
assistance under this section may be done in phases to ac-
commodate the financing and other requirements related to 
rehabilitating or constructing the project or projects to 
which the assistance is transferred, to ensure that such 
project or projects meet the standards under subsection (c). 
(c) The transfer authorized in subsection (a) is subject 
to the following conditions: 
(1) NUMBER AND BEDROOM SIZE OF UNITS.— 
(A) For occupied units in the transferring 
project: The number of low-income and very low- 
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 
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provided there is no increase in the project-based 
assistance budget authority. 
(2) The transferring project shall, as determined 
by the Secretary, be either physically obsolete or 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 
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by the owner shall be subordinate to any FHA-in-
sured mortgage lien transferred to, or placed on, such 
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, as amended) of any FHA-insured mortgage, 
except to the extent that appropriations are provided 
in advance for the amount of any such increased cost. 
(d) For purposes of this section— 
(1) the terms ‘‘low-income’’ and ‘‘very low-in-
come’’ shall have the meanings provided by the 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, as amended by 
section 801 of the Cranston-Gonzales National 
Affordable Housing Act; 
(D) housing that is assisted under section 
202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as such section 
existed before the enactment of the Cranston- 
Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act; 
(E) housing that is assisted under section 
811 of the Cranston-Gonzales National Afford-
able Housing Act; 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; 
(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; 
(D) interest reduction payments under sec-
tion 236 and/or additional assistance payments 
under section 236(f)(2) of the National Housing 
Act; 
(E) assistance payments made under sec-
tion 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959; and 
(F) assistance payments made under section 
811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af-
fordable Housing Act; 
(4) the term ‘‘receiving project or projects’’ 
means the multifamily housing project or projects to 
which some or all of the project-based assistance, debt, 
and statutorily required low-income and very low-in-
come use restrictions are to be transferred; 
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(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. 213. (a) No assistance shall be provided under 
section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f) to any individual who— 
(1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of 
higher education (as defined under section 102 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)); 
(2) is under 24 years of age; 
(3) is not a veteran; 
(4) is unmarried; 
(5) does not have a dependent child; 
(6) is not a person with disabilities, as such 
term is defined in section 3(b)(3)(E) of the United 
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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 the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)), shall be considered income to that 
individual, except for a person over the age of 23 with de-
pendent children. 
SEC. 214. The funds made available for Native Alas-
kans under the heading ‘‘Indian Block Grants’’ in title II 
of this Act shall be allocated to the same Native Alaskan 
housing block grant recipients that received funds in fiscal 
year 2005. 
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SEC. 215. Notwithstanding the limitation in the first 
sentence of section 255(g) of the National Housing Act (12 
U.S.C. 1715z–20(g)), the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development may, until September 30, 2017, insure and 
enter into commitments to insure mortgages under such sec-
tion 255. 
SEC. 216. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
in fiscal year 2017, 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 or other Federal pro-
grams, 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 dwell-
ing units in the property. To the extent the Secretary deter-
mines, in consultation with the tenants and the local gov-
ernment, that such a multifamily property owned or held 
by the Secretary is not feasible for continued rental assist-
ance 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 resources, including rent adjustments under section 
524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Af-
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fordability Act of 1997 (‘‘MAHRAA’’) and (2) environ-
mental conditions that cannot be remedied in a cost-effec-
tive fashion, the Secretary may, in consultation with the 
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. 217. The commitment authority funded by fees 
as provided under the heading ‘‘Community Development 
Loan Guarantees Program Account’’ may be used to guar-
antee, or make commitments to guarantee, notes, or other 
obligations issued by any State on behalf of non-entitlement 
communities in the State in accordance with the require-
ments of section 108 of the Housing and Community Devel-
opment Act of 1974: Provided, That any State receiving 
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such a guarantee or commitment shall distribute all funds 
subject to such guarantee to the units of general local gov-
ernment in non-entitlement areas that received the commit-
ment. 
SEC. 218. 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. 219. 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-
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 
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