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the basis of area incidence reported over a three year pe-
riod. 
SEC. 204. Except as explicitly provided in law, any 
grant, cooperative agreement or other assistance made 
pursuant to title II of this Act shall be made on a competi-
tive basis and in accordance with section 102 of the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act 
of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545). 
SEC. 205. Funds of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development subject to the Government Corpora-
tion Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of 
1950 shall be available, without regard to the limitations 
on administrative expenses, for legal services on a contract 
or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment for 
services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage 
Association, Government National Mortgage Association, 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Fi-
nancing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any member 
thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured bank 
within the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Cor-
poration Act (12 U.S.C. 1811 et seq.). 
SEC. 206. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act 
or through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any ap-
propriation for the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development shall be available for any program, project 
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or activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget 
estimates submitted to Congress. 
SEC. 207. Corporations and agencies of the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development which are sub-
ject to the Government Corporation Control Act, are here-
by authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits 
of funds and borrowing authority available to each such 
corporation or agency and in accordance with law, and to 
make such contracts and commitments without regard to 
fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of such 
Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set 
forth in the budget for 2008 for such corporation or agen-
cy except as hereinafter provided: Provided, That collec-
tions of these corporations and agencies may be used for 
new loan or mortgage purchase commitments only to the 
extent expressly provided for in this Act (unless such loans 
are in support of other forms of assistance provided for 
in this or prior appropriations Acts), except that this pro-
viso shall not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty 
operations of these corporations, or where loans or mort-
gage purchases are necessary to protect the financial in-
terest of the United States Government. 
SEC. 208. None of the funds provided in this title 
for technical assistance, training, or management improve-
ments may be obligated or expended unless the Secretary 
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of Housing and Urban Development provides to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations a description of each proposed 
activity and a detailed budget estimate of the costs associ-
ated with each program, project or activity as part of the 
Budget Justifications. For fiscal year 2008, the Secretary 
shall transmit this information to the Committees by 
March 15, 2008 for 30 days of review. 
SEC. 209. The Secretary of Housing and Urban De-
velopment shall provide quarterly reports to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding all 
uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured and excess funds in 
each program and activity within the jurisdiction of the 
Department and shall submit additional, updated budget 
information to these Committees upon request. 
SEC. 210. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the amount allocated for fiscal year 2008 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 Metropolitan Division (‘‘metropolitan division’’), 
shall be adjusted by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development by allocating to the State of New Jersey the 
proportion of the metropolitan division’s amount that is 
based on the number of cases of AIDS reported in the 
portion of the metropolitan division that is located in New 
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Jersey, and adjusting for the proportion of the metropoli-
tan division’s high incidence bonus if this area in New Jer-
sey also has a higher than average per capita incidence 
of AIDS. The State of New Jersey shall use amounts allo-
cated to the State under this subsection to carry out eligi-
ble activities under section 855 of the AIDS Housing Op-
portunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) in the portion of the met-
ropolitan division that is located in New Jersey. 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall allo-
cate to Wake County, North Carolina, the amounts that 
otherwise would be allocated for fiscal year 2008 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 Metropoli-
tan Statistical 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 statistical area. 
(c) Notwithstanding section 854(c) of the AIDS 
Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)), the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development may adjust the 
allocation of the amounts that otherwise would be allo-
cated for fiscal year 2008 under section 854(c) of such 
Act, upon the written request of an applicant, in conjunc-
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tion with the State(s), for a formula allocation on behalf 
of a metropolitan statistical area, to designate the State 
or States in which the metropolitan statistical area is lo-
cated as the eligible grantee(s) of the allocation. In the 
case that a metropolitan statistical area involves more 
than one State, such amounts allocated to each State shall 
be in proportion to the number of cases of AIDS reported 
in the portion of the metropolitan statistical area 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 metropolitan statistical area located in 
that State. 
SEC. 211. The Secretary of Housing and Urban De-
velopment shall submit an annual report no later than Au-
gust 30, 2008 and annually thereafter to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding the num-
ber of Federally assisted units under lease and the per 
unit cost of these units to the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development. 
SEC. 212. The Department of Housing and Urban 
Development shall submit the Department’s fiscal year 
2009 congressional budget justifications to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate using the identical structure provided 
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under this Act and only in accordance with the direction 
specified in the report accompanying this Act. 
SEC. 213. Incremental vouchers previously made 
available under the heading ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’ 
or renewed under the heading, ‘‘Tenant-Based Rental As-
sistance,’’ for non-elderly disabled families shall, to the ex-
tent practicable, continue to be provided to non-elderly dis-
abled families upon turnover. 
SEC. 214. A public housing agency or such other enti-
ty that administers Federal housing assistance in the 
States of Alaska, Iowa, and Mississippi shall not be re-
quired to include a resident of public housing or a recipi-
ent 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 re-
quired under section (2)(b) of such Act. Each public hous-
ing agency or other entity that administers Federal hous-
ing assistance under section 8 in the States of Alaska, 
Iowa, and Mississippi shall establish an advisory board of 
not less than 6 residents of public 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. 
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