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fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be avail-
able until expended. 
SEC. 189. Amounts made available in this or any 
other Act that the Secretary determines represent im-
proper payments by the Department of Transportation to 
a third party contractor under a financial assistance 
award, which are recovered pursuant to law, shall be avail-
able— 
(1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred 
by the Department of Transportation in recovering 
improper payments; and 
(2) to pay contractors for services provided in 
recovering improper payments or contractor support 
in the implementation of the Improper Payments In-
formation Act of 2002: Provided, That amounts in 
excess of that required for paragraphs (1) and (2)— 
(A) shall be credited to and merged with 
the appropriation from which the improper pay-
ments were made, and shall be available for the 
purposes and period for which such appropria-
tions are available; or 
(B) if no such appropriation remains avail-
able, shall be deposited in the Treasury as mis-
cellaneous receipts: Provided, That the Sec-
retary shall report annually to the House and
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Senate Committees on Appropriations the 
amount and reasons for these transfers: Pro-
vided 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. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation Appropriations Act, 2007’’. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices 
including operation and maintenance of the Treasury 
Building and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
maintenance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase 
of commercial insurance policies for, real properties leased 
or owned overseas, when necessary for the performance 
of official business, $223,786,000, of which not to exceed 
$8,760,000 is for executive direction program activities; 
not to exceed $8,741,000 is for general counsel program 
activities; not to exceed $41,947,000 is for economic poli-
cies and programs activities; not to exceed $27,086,000 
is for financial policies and programs activities; not to ex-
ceed $45,401,000 is for terrorism and financial intel-
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ligence activities; not to exceed $18,534,000 is for Treas-
ury-wide management policies and programs activities; 
and not to exceed $73,317,000 is for administration pro-
grams activities: Provided, That the Secretary of the 
Treasury is authorized to transfer funds appropriated for 
any program activity of the Departmental Offices to any 
other program activity of the Departmental Offices upon 
notification to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations: Provided further, That no appropriation for 
any program activity shall be increased or decreased by 
more than three percent by all such transfers: Provided 
further, That any change in funding greater than three 
percent shall be submitted for approval to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 
That of the amount appropriated under this heading, not 
to exceed $3,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2008, for information technology modernization re-
quirements; not to exceed $100,000 for official reception 
and representation expenses; and not to exceed $258,000 
for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be 
allocated and expended under the direction of the Sec-
retary of the Treasury and to be accounted for solely on 
his certificate: Provided further, That of the amount ap-
propriated under this heading, $5,114,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2008, is for the Treasury-
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wide Financial Statement Audit and Internal Control Pro-
gram, of which such amounts as may be necessary may 
be transferred to accounts of the Department’s offices and 
bureaus to conduct audits: Provided further, That this 
transfer authority shall be in addition to any other pro-
vided in this Act. 
DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL 
INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For development and acquisition of automatic data 
processing equipment, software, and services for the De-
partment of the Treasury, $34,032,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2009: Provided, That these funds 
shall be transferred to accounts and in amounts as nec-
essary to satisfy the requirements of the Department’s of-
fices, bureaus, and other organizations: Provided further, 
That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any 
other transfer authority provided in this Act: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds appropriated under this head-
ing shall be used to support or supplement ‘‘Internal Rev-
enue Service, Operations Support’’ or ‘‘Internal Revenue 
Service, Business Systems Modernization’’.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, not to exceed $2,000,000 for official 
travel expenses, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
and not to exceed $100,000 for unforeseen emergencies 
of a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended 
under the direction of the Inspector General of the Treas-
ury, $17,352,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 shall be 
available for official reception and representation ex-
penses. 
TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX 
ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector 
General for Tax Administration in carrying out the In-
spector General Act of 1978, including purchase (not to 
exceed 150 for replacement only for police-type use) and 
hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); 
services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as 
may be determined by the Inspector General for Tax Ad-
ministration; not to exceed $6,000,000 for official travel 
expenses; and not to exceed $500,000 for unforeseen 
emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated and
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expended under the direction of the Inspector General for 
Tax Administration, $136,469,000; and of which not to 
exceed $1,500 shall be available for official reception and 
representation expenses. 
AIR TRANSPORTATION STABILIZATION PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
In fiscal year 2007, the Air Transportation Stabiliza-
tion Board may charge fees to a borrower for the costs 
to the Air Transportation Stabilization Board associated 
with bankruptcy proceedings of the borrower. Such fees 
shall be collected and deposited in the Air Transportation 
Stabilization Program Account, to be available for such 
costs. 
FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En-
forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles; travel and training expenses of non-Federal and 
foreign government personnel to attend meetings and 
training concerned with domestic and foreign financial in-
telligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regula-
tion; not to exceed $14,000 for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses; and for assistance to Federal law en-
forcement agencies, with or without reimbursement, 
$84,066,000, of which not to exceed $14,012,000 shall re-
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main available until September 30, 2009; and of which 
$8,651,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2008: Provided, That funds appropriated in this account 
may be used to procure personal services contracts. 
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Financial Management 
Service, $233,654,000, of which not to exceed $9,220,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2009, for infor-
mation systems modernization initiatives; and of which not 
to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, including hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, $92,604,000; of which not to ex-
ceed $6,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses; not to exceed $50,000 for cooperative research and 
development programs for laboratory services; and provi-
sion of laboratory assistance to State and local agencies 
with or without reimbursement.
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UNITED STATES MINT 
UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND 
Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States 
Code, the United States Mint is provided funding through 
the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs 
associated with the production of circulating coins, numis-
matic coins, and protective services, including both oper-
ating expenses and capital investments. The aggregate 
amount of new liabilities and obligations incurred during 
fiscal year 2007 under such section 5136 for circulating 
coinage and protective service capital investments of the 
United States Mint shall not exceed $30,200,000. 
BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT 
ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT 
For necessary expenses connected with any public- 
debt issues of the United States, $180,789,000, of which 
not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official recep-
tion and representation expenses, and of which not to ex-
ceed $2,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2009, for systems modernization: Provided, That the 
sum appropriated herein from the general fund for fiscal 
year 2007 shall be reduced by not more than $3,000,000 
as definitive security issue fees and Treasury Direct Inves-
tor Account Maintenance fees are collected, so as to result 
in a final fiscal year 2007 appropriation from the general
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fund estimated at $177,789,000. In addition, $70,000 to 
be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to reim-
burse the Bureau for administrative and personnel ex-
penses for financial management of the Fund, as author-
ized by section 1012 of Public Law 101–380. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
To carry out the Community Development Banking 
and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 (Public Law 103– 
325), including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but 
at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate 
equivalent to the rate for ES–3, $40,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2008, of which up to 
$12,800,000 may be used for administrative expenses, in-
cluding administration of the New Markets Tax Credit, 
up to $6,000,000 may be used for the cost of direct loans, 
and up to $250,000 may be used for administrative ex-
penses to carry out the direct loan program: Provided, 
That the cost of direct loans, including the cost of modi-
fying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 
these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for 
the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed 
$11,000,000.
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INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE 
TAXPAYER SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice to provide taxpayer services, including pre-filing assist-
ance and education, filing and account services, taxpayer 
advocacy services, and other services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the 
Commissioner, 
$2,059,151,000, 
of 
which 
up 
to 
$4,100,000 shall be for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly 
Program, and of which $8,000,000 shall be available for 
low-income taxpayer clinic grants. 
ENFORCEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice to determine and collect owed taxes, to provide legal 
and litigation support, to conduct criminal investigations, 
to enforce criminal statutes related to violations of inter-
nal revenue laws and other financial crimes, to purchase 
(for police-type use, not to exceed 850) and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)), and to provide 
other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such 
rates as may be determined by the Commissioner, 
$4,757,126,000, of which not less than $55,584,000 shall 
be for the Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement pro-
gram: Provided, That up to $10,000,000 may be trans-
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ferred as necessary from this account to the Internal Rev-
enue Service Operations Support appropriation solely for 
the purposes of the Interagency Crime and Drug Enforce-
ment program: Provided further, That this transfer au-
thority shall be in addition to any other transfer authority 
provided in this Act. 
OPERATIONS SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice to operate and support taxpayer services and tax law 
enforcement programs, including rent payments; facilities 
services; printing; postage; physical security; headquarters 
and other IRS-wide administration activities; research and 
statistics of income; telecommunications; information tech-
nology development, enhancement, operations, mainte-
nance, and security; the hire of passenger motor vehicles 
(31 US.C. 1343(b)); and other services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by 
the 
Commissioner; 
$3,438,404,000, 
of 
which 
$1,447,451,000 shall be for information systems and tele-
communications support; of which not to exceed 
$1,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2009, for research; of which not to exceed $1,500,000 
shall be for the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board; 
and of which not to exceed $25,000 shall be for official 
reception and representation: Provided, That of the
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amount made available for information systems and tele-
communication support, $75,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2008, for information technology 
support. 
BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice for the business systems modernization program, 
$212,310,000, of which not less than $167,310,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2009, for the capital 
asset acquisition of information technology systems, in-
cluding management and related contractual costs of said 
acquisitions, including contractual costs associated with 
operations authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That 
none of the funds for capital asset acquisition of informa-
tion technology systems may be obligated until the Inter-
nal Revenue Service submits to the Committees on Appro-
priations, and such Committees approve, a plan for ex-
penditure that: (1) meets the capital planning and invest-
ment control review requirements established by the Office 
of Management and Budget, including Circular A–11; (2) 
complies with the Internal Revenue Service’s enterprise 
architecture, including the modernization blueprint; (3) 
conforms with the Internal Revenue Service’s enterprise 
life cycle methodology; (4) is approved by the Internal 
Revenue Service, the Department of the Treasury, and the
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Office of Management and Budget; (5) has been reviewed 
by the Government Accountability Office; and (6) complies 
with the acquisition rules, requirements, guidelines, and 
systems acquisition management practices of the Federal 
Government. 
HEALTH INSURANCE TAX CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses necessary to implement the health in-
surance tax credit included in the Trade Act of 2002 
(Public Law 107–210), $14,846,000. 
ADMINISTRATRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE 
SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 
Service or not to exceed 3 percent of appropriations under 
the heading ‘‘Enforcement’’ may be transferred to any 
other Internal Revenue Service appropriation upon the ad-
vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 202. The Internal Revenue Service shall main-
tain a training program to ensure that Internal Revenue 
Service employees are trained in taxpayers’ rights, in deal-
ing courteously with taxpayers, and in cross-cultural rela-
tions.
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SEC. 203. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti-
tute and enforce policies and procedures that will safe-
guard the confidentiality of taxpayer information. 
SEC. 204. Funds made available by this or any other 
Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for 
improved facilities and increased manpower to provide suf-
ficient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers. 
The Commissioner shall continue to make the improve-
ment of the Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help line serv-
ice a priority and allocate resources necessary to increase 
phone lines and staff to improve the Internal Revenue 
Service 1–800 help line service. 
SEC. 205. Of the funds made available by this Act 
to the Internal Revenue Service, not less than 
$166,249,000 shall be available for operating expenses of 
the Taxpayer Advocate Service, of which not less than 
$166,101,000 shall be made available from the ‘‘Taxpayer 
Services’’ account and $148,000 shall be made available 
from the ‘‘Operations Support’’ account. 
SEC. 206. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act or source 
in this or any future fiscal year may be used to develop 
or provide taxpayers with free individual income tax elec-
tronic preparation and filing products or services other 
than through the Free File program and the Internal Rev-
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enue Service’s Taxpayer Assistance Centers, Tax Coun-
seling for the Elderly, and volunteer income tax assistance 
programs: Provided, That no such funds may be used to 
develop or implement direct interactive online electronic 
individual income tax preparation or filing services or 
products, or a return-free system as described in section 
2004 of the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and 
Reform Act of 1998. 
SEC. 207. Appropriations for the Internal Revenue 
Service for the taxpayer service and tax law enforcement 
programs for fiscal year 2007 and thereafter shall be 
made up of three accounts, ‘‘Taxpayer Services’’, ‘‘En-
forcement’’, and ‘‘Operations Support’’ for fulfilling the 
taxpayer service and enforcement programs. 
SEC. 208. Amounts made available for fiscal year 
2007 under the ‘‘Taxpayer Services’’, ‘‘Enforcement’’, and 
‘‘Operations Support’’ accounts may be transferred be-
tween the accounts to the extent necessary to implement 
the restructuring of the Internal Revenue Service accounts 
after notice of the amount and purpose of the transfer 
is provided to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and House of Representatives and a period of 30 
days has elapsed: Provided, That the limitation on trans-
fers is 20 percent in fiscal year 2007.
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SEC. 209. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to enter into, renew, extend, administer, 
implement, enforce, or provide oversight of any qualified 
tax collection contract (as defined in section 6306 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE 
TREASURY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 210. Appropriations to the Department of the 
Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 
including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of 
insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign 
countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the 
general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased 
and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into 
contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing 
of health and medical services to employees and their de-
pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
SEC. 211. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
tions in this Act made available to the Departmental Of-
fices—Salaries and Expenses, Office of Inspector General, 
Financial Management Service, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax 
and Trade Bureau, Financial Crimes Enforcement Net-
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work, and Bureau of the Public Debt, may be transferred 
between such appropriations upon the advance approval 
of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That no 
transfer may increase or decrease any such appropriation 
by more than 2 percent. 
SEC. 212. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 
Service may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector Gen-
eral for Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the ad-
vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided, That no transfer may increase or decrease any such 
appropriation by more than 2 percent. 
SEC. 213. Of the funds available for the purchase of 
law enforcement vehicles, no funds may be obligated until 
the Secretary of the Treasury certifies that the purchase 
by the respective Treasury bureau is consistent with De-
partmental vehicle management principles: Provided, That 
the Secretary may delegate this authority to the Assistant 
Secretary for Management. 
SEC. 214. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury 
or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used 
to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note. 
SEC. 215. The Secretary of the Treasury may trans-
fer funds from Financial Management Services, Salaries
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and Expenses to Debt Collection Fund as necessary to 
cover the costs of debt collection: Provided, That such 
amounts shall be reimbursed to such salaries and expenses 
account from debt collections received in the Debt Collec-
tion Fund. 
SEC. 216. Section 122(g)(1) of Public Law 105–119 
(5 U.S.C. 3104 note), is further amended by striking ‘‘8 
years’’ and inserting ‘‘9 years’’. 
SEC. 217. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 
by the United States Mint to construct or operate any mu-
seum without the explicit approval of the House Com-
mittee on Financial Services and the Senate Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 
SEC. 218. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act or source 
to the Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engrav-
ing and Printing, and the United States Mint, individually 
or collectively, may be used to consolidate any or all func-
tions of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the 
United States Mint without the explicit approval of the 
House Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Com-
mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; the 
House Committee on Appropriations; and the Senate 
Committee on Appropriations.
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SEC. 219. Section 3333(a) of title 31, United States 
Code, is amended by striking paragraph (3) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(3) The amount of the relief, and the amount of any 
relief granted to an official or agent of the Department 
of the Treasury under section 3527 of this title, shall be 
charged to the Check Forgery Insurance Fund under sec-
tion 3343 of this title. A recovery or repayment of a loss 
for which replacement is made out of the fund shall be 
credited to the fund and is available for the purposes for 
which the fund was established.’’ 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the 
Treasury Appropriations Act, 2007’’. 
TITLE III 
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
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, 
$15,776,400,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $11,576,400,000 shall be available on October 1, 
2006, and $4,200,000,000 shall be available on October
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1, 2007: Provided, That the amounts made available under 
this heading are provided as follows: 
(1) $14,436,200,000 for renewals of expiring 
section 8 tenant-based annual contributions con-
tracts (including renewals of enhanced vouchers 
under any provision of law authorizing such assist-
ance under section 8(t) of the Act): Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, from 
amounts provided under this paragraph, the Sec-
retary for the calendar year 2007 funding cycle shall 
provide renewal funding for each public housing 
agency based on the amount public housing agencies 
were eligible to receive in calendar year 2006, and 
by applying the 2007 Annual Adjustment Factor as 
established by the Secretary, and by making any 
necessary adjustments for the costs associated with 
deposits to Family Self-Sufficiency Program escrow 
accounts or the first-time renewal of tenant protec-
tion or HOPE VI vouchers: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall, to the extent necessary to stay 
within the amount provided under this paragraph, 
pro rate each public housing agency’s allocation oth-
erwise established pursuant to this paragraph: Pro-
vided further, That public housing agencies partici-
pating in the Moving to Work demonstration shall
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be funded pursuant to their Moving to Work agree-
ments and shall be subject to the same pro rata ad-
justments under the previous proviso: Provided fur-
ther, That up to $100,000,000 shall be available for 
additional rental subsidy due to unforeseen exigen-
cies as determined by the Secretary and for the one- 
time funding of housing assistance payments result-
ing from the portability provisions of the housing 
choice voucher program; 
(2) $149,300,000 for section 8 rental assistance 
for relocation and replacement of housing units 
under lease that are demolished or disposed of pur-
suant to the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and 
Appropriations Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–134), 
conversion of section 23 projects to assistance under 
section 8, the family unification program under sec-
tion 8(x) of the Act, relocation of witnesses in con-
nection with efforts to combat crime in public and 
assisted housing pursuant to a request from a law 
enforcement or prosecution agency, enhanced vouch-
ers under any provision of law authorizing such as-
sistance under section 8(t) of the Act, HOPE VI 
vouchers, mandatory and voluntary conversions, and 
tenant protection assistance including replacement 
and relocation assistance: Provided, That additional
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section 8 tenant protection rental assistance costs 
may be funded in 2007 by utilizing unobligated bal-
ances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining 
from funds appropriated to the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development under this head-
ing, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted 
Housing’’, the heading ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’, 
and the heading ‘‘Project-based rental assistance’’, 
for fiscal year 2006 and prior years notwithstanding 
the purposes for which such amounts were appro-
priated; 
(3) $47,500,000 for family self-sufficiency coor-
dinators under section 23 of the Act; 
(4) $5,900,000 shall be transferred to the 
Working Capital Fund; and 
(5) $1,137,500,000 for administrative and 
other expenses of public housing agencies in admin-
istering the section 8 tenant-based rental assistance 
program, of which up to $30,000,000 shall be avail-
able to the Secretary to allocate to public housing 
agencies that need additional funds to administer 
their section 8 programs, with up to $20,000,000 to 
be for fees associated with section 8 tenant protec-
tion 
rental 
assistance: 
Provided, 
That 
$1,107,500,000 of the amount provided in this para-
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graph shall be allocated for the calendar year 2007 
funding cycle on a pro rata basis to public housing 
agencies based on the amount public housing agen-
cies were eligible to receive in calendar year 2006: 
Provided further, That all amounts provided under 
this paragraph shall be only for activities related to 
the provision of tenant-based rental assistance au-
thorized under section 8, including related develop-
ment activities. 
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances, including recaptures and 
carryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development under this 
heading, the heading ‘‘Annual contributions for assisted 
housing’’, the heading ‘‘Tenant-based rental assistance’’, 
and the heading ‘‘Project-based rental assistance’’, for fis-
cal year 2006 and prior years, $2,000,000,000 is re-
scinded, to be effected by the Secretary no later than Sep-
tember 30, 2007: Provided, That, if insufficient funds 
exist under these headings, the remaining balance may be 
derived from any other heading under this title: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees 
on Appropriations 30 days in advance of the rescission of 
any funds derived from the headings specified above: Pro-
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vided further, That any such balances governed by re-
allocation provisions under the statute authorizing the 
program for which the funds were originally appropriated 
shall be available for the rescission. 
PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
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, as amended (42 
U.S.C. 1437g) (the ‘‘Act’’) $2,178,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law or regulation, dur-
ing fiscal year 2007, the Secretary may not delegate to 
any Department official other than the Deputy Secretary 
and the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Hous-
ing any authority under paragraph (2) of section 9(j) re-
garding 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-
vided further, That of the total amount provided under 
this heading, up to $10,890,000 shall be for carrying out 
activities under section 9(h) of such Act: Provided further,
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That up to $14,850,000 shall be transferred to the Work-
ing Capital Fund: Provided further, That no funds may 
be used under this heading for the purposes specified in 
section 9(k) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, 
as amended: Provided further, That of the total amount 
provided under this heading, up to $19,800,000 shall be 
available for the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment to make grants, notwithstanding section 305 of 
this Act, to public housing agencies for emergency capital 
needs resulting from unforeseen or unpreventable emer-
gencies and natural disasters occurring in fiscal years 
2007 and 2008: Provided further, That of the total amount 
provided under this heading, $23,760,000 shall be for sup-
portive services, service coordinators and congregate serv-
ices as authorized by section 34 of the Act and the Native 
American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 
of 1996: Provided further, That of the total amount pro-
vided under this heading up to $7,920,000 is to support 
the costs of administrative and judicial receiverships: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount provided under 
this heading up to $15,345,000 shall be to support the 
ongoing Public Housing Financial and Physical Assess-
ment activities of the Real Estate Assessment Center 
(REAC).
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PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND 
For 2007 payments to public housing agencies for the 
operation and management of public housing, as author-
ized by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $3,564,000,000: 
Provided, That all funds made available under this head-
ing shall be allocated to public housing agencies in accord-
ance with the terms, conditions, criteria and methodology 
set forth in the Housing and Urban Development Depart-
ment Correction for Formula Implementation Date notice 
(Correction Notice) published in the Federal Register on 
October 24, 2005 and shall not be allocated using any 
other formula unless approved by the Committee: Provided 
further, That of the total amount provided under this 
heading $9,900,000 in bonus funds shall be provided to 
public housing agencies that assist program participants 
in moving away from dependency on housing assistance 
programs: Provided further, That of the total amount pro-
vided under this heading, $5,940,000 shall be for technical 
assistance related to the transition and implementation of 
asset-based management in public housing: Provided fur-
ther, That, in fiscal year 2007 and all fiscal years here-
after, no amounts under this heading in any appropria-
tions Act may be used for payments to public housing 
agencies for the costs of operation and management of
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public housing for any year prior to the current year of 
such Act: Provided further, That no funds may be used 
under this heading for the purposes specified in section 
9(k) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amend-
ed. 
NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the Native American Housing Block Grants pro-
gram, as authorized under title I of the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 
(NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $625,680,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That, notwith-
standing the Native American Housing Assistance and 
Self-Determination Act of 1996, to determine the amount 
of the allocation under title I of such Act for each Indian 
tribe, the Secretary shall apply the formula under section 
302 of such Act with the need component based on single- 
race Census data and with the need component based on 
multi-race Census data, and the amount of the allocation 
for each Indian tribe shall be the greater of the two result-
ing allocation amounts: Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading, $990,000 
shall be contracted through the Secretary as technical as-
sistance and capacity building to be used by the National 
American Indian Housing Council in support of the imple-
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mentation of NAHASDA; $3,465,000 shall be to support 
the inspection of Indian housing units, contract expertise, 
training, and technical assistance in the training, over-
sight, and management of such Indian housing and ten-
ant-based assistance: Provided further, That of the amount 
provided under this heading, $1,980,000 shall be made 
available for the cost of guaranteed notes and other obliga-
tions, as authorized by title VI of NAHASDA: Provided 
further, 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 $14,938,825: Provided further, That for ad-
ministrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan 
program, up to $148,500 from amounts in the third pro-
viso, which shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’. 
NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANT 
For the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant pro-
gram, as authorized under title VIII of the Native Amer-
ican Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 
1996 (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $8,815,000, to remain
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available until expended, of which $299,211 shall be for 
training and technical activities. 
INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 
section 184 of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a), $3,960,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That such costs, 
including the costs of modifying such loans, 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 total loan principal, any part of 
which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $116,276,000, 
to remain available until committed. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the guaranteed loan program, up to $247,500 from 
amounts in the first paragraph which shall be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and 
Expenses’’. 
NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 
section 184A of the Housing and Community Develop-
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ment Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13b), $1,010,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That such 
costs, including the costs of modifying such loans, 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 total loan principal, any 
part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 
$43,000,000, to remain available until committed. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the guaranteed loan program, up to $35,000 from 
amounts in the first paragraph which shall be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and 
Expenses’’. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Per-
sons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS 
Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), 
$300,100,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2008, except that amounts allocated pursuant to section 
854(c)(3) of such Act shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2009: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew 
all expiring contracts for permanent supportive housing 
that were funded under section 854(c)(3) of such Act that
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meet all program requirements before awarding funds for 
new contracts and activities authorized under this section: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may use up to 
$1,485,000 of the funds under this heading for training, 
oversight, 
and 
technical 
assistance 
activities 
and 
$1,485,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital 
Fund. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For assistance to units of State and local govern-
ment, and to other entities, for economic and community 
development 
activities, 
and 
for 
other 
purposes, 
$4,200,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2009, unless otherwise specified: Provided, That of the 
amount provided, $3,872,580,000 is for carrying out the 
community development 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 (except for planning grants provided 
in the second paragraph and amounts made available 
under the third paragraph), not to exceed 20 percent of 
any grant made with funds appropriated under this head-
ing shall be expended for planning and management devel-
opment and administration: Provided further, That 
$57,420,000 shall be for grants to federally-recognized In-
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dian tribes notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such Act, 
of which, notwithstanding any other provision of law (in-
cluding section 305 of this Act), up to $3,960,000 may 
be used for emergencies that constitute imminent threats 
to health and safety. 
Of the amount made available under this heading, 
$250,000,000 shall be available for grants for the Eco-
nomic Development Initiative (EDI) to finance a variety 
of targeted economic investments in accordance with the 
terms and conditions specified in the statement of man-
agers accompanying this Act: Provided, That none of the 
funds provided under this paragraph may be used for pro-
gram operations: Provided further, That, for fiscal years 
2005, 2006, and 2007, no unobligated funds for EDI 
grants may be used for any purpose except acquisition, 
planning, design, purchase of equipment, revitalization, re-
development or construction: Provided further, That funds 
awarded to each grantee under this paragraph shall be 
matched by 40 percent in funding by each grantee. 
Of the amount made available under this heading, 
$20,000,000 shall be available for neighborhood initiatives 
that are utilized to improve the conditions of distressed 
and blighted areas and neighborhoods, to stimulate invest-
ment, economic diversification, and community revitaliza-
tion in areas with population outmigration or a stagnating
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or declining economic base, or to determine whether hous-
ing benefits can be integrated more effectively with welfare 
reform initiatives: Provided, That amounts made available 
under this paragraph shall be provided in accordance with 
the terms and conditions specified in the statement of 
managers accompanying this Act: Provided further, That 
funds awarded to each grantee under this paragraph shall 
be matched by 40 percent in funding by each grantee. 
HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the HOME investment partnerships program, as 
authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-
tional 
Affordable 
Housing 
Act, 
as 
amended, 
$1,891,890,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2009: Provided, That of the total amount provided in this 
paragraph, up to $41,580,000 shall be available for hous-
ing counseling under section 106 of the Housing and 
Urban Development Act of 1968, and $9,000,000 shall be 
available for contracts to provide counseling of prospective 
HECM borrowers as required by subsection (f) of section 
255 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–20): 
Provided further, That $3,465,000 shall be transferred to 
the Working Capital Fund: Provided further, That up to 
$9,900,000 shall be available for technical assistance.