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‘‘(A) by regulation, set forth prohibited 
uses of affordable housing fund grant amounts, 
which shall include use for—
‘‘(i) political activities; 
‘‘(ii) advocacy; 
‘‘(iii) lobbying, whether directly or 
through other parties; 
‘‘(iv) counseling services; 
‘‘(v) travel expenses; and 
‘‘(vi) preparing or providing advice on 
tax returns; 
‘‘(B) by regulation, provide that, except as 
provided in subparagraph (C), affordable hous-
ing fund grant amounts of a grantee may not 
be used for administrative, outreach, or other 
costs of—
‘‘(i) the grantee; or 
‘‘(ii) any recipient of such grant 
amounts; and 
‘‘(C) by regulation, limit the amount of 
any affordable housing fund grant amounts of 
the grantee for a year that may be used for ad-
ministrative costs of the grantee of carrying out 
the program required under this section to a 
percentage of such grant amounts of the grant-
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ee for such year, which may not exceed 10 per-
cent. 
‘‘(7) PROHIBITION OF CONSIDERATION OF USE 
FOR
MEETING
HOUSING
GOALS
OR
DUTY
TO 
SERVE.—In determining compliance with the hous-
ing goals under this subpart and the duty to serve 
underserved markets under section 1335, the Direc-
tor may not consider any affordable housing fund 
grant amounts used under this section for eligible 
activities under subsection (g). The Director shall 
give credit toward the achievement of such housing 
goals and such duty to serve underserved markets to 
purchases by the enterprises of mortgages for hous-
ing that receives funding from affordable housing 
fund grant amounts, but only to the extent that 
such purchases by the enterprises are funded other 
than with such grant amounts. 
‘‘(8) ACCEPTABLE
IDENTIFICATION
REQUIRE-
MENT FOR OCCUPANCY OR ASSISTANCE.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Any assistance pro-
vided with any affordable housing grant 
amounts may not be made available to, or on 
behalf of, any individual or household unless the 
individual provides, or, in the case of a house-
hold, all adult members of the household pro-
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vide, personal identification in one of the fol-
lowing forms: 
‘‘(i) SOCIAL
SECURITY
CARD
WITH 
PHOTO IDENTIFICATION CARD OR REAL ID 
ACT IDENTIFICATION.—
‘‘(I) A social security card ac-
companied by a photo identification 
card issued by the Federal Govern-
ment or a State Government; or 
‘‘(II) A driver’s license or identi-
fication card issued by a State in the 
case of a State that is in compliance 
with title II of the REAL ID Act of 
2005 (title II of division B of Public 
Law 109-13; 49 U.S.C. 30301 note). 
‘‘(ii) PASSPORT.—A passport issued 
by the United States or a foreign govern-
ment. 
‘‘(iii) USCIS PHOTO IDENTIFICATION 
CARD.—A photo identification card issued 
by the Secretary of Homeland Security 
(acting through the Director of the United 
States Citizenship and Immigration Serv-
ices).
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‘‘(B) REGULATIONS.—The Director shall, 
by regulation, require that each grantee and re-
cipient take such actions as the Director con-
siders necessary to ensure compliance with the 
requirements of subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(j) ACCOUNTABILITY OF RECIPIENTS AND GRANT-
EES.—
‘‘(1) RECIPIENTS.—
‘‘(A) TRACKING OF FUNDS.—The Director 
shall—
‘‘(i) require each grantee to develop 
and maintain a system to ensure that each 
recipient of assistance from affordable 
housing fund grant amounts of the grantee 
uses such amounts in accordance with this 
section, the regulations issued under this 
section, and any requirements or condi-
tions under which such amounts were pro-
vided; and 
‘‘(ii) establish minimum requirements 
for agreements, between the grantee and 
recipients, regarding assistance from the 
affordable housing fund grant amounts of 
the grantee, which shall include—