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for expenditure, may be transferred to and administered under 
the most recent appropriation heading for any such section. 
SEC. 163. None of the funds made available by this Act or 
any other Act shall be used to adjust apportionments or withhold 
funds from apportionments pursuant to section 9503(e)(4) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9503(e)(4)). 
SEC. 164. None of the funds made available by this Act or 
any other Act shall be used to impede or hinder project advancement 
or approval for any project seeking a Federal contribution from 
the capital investment grant program of greater than 40 percent 
of project costs as authorized under section 5309 of title 49, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 165. Of the unobligated amounts made available for prior 
fiscal years to Formula Grants in Treasury Account 69–X–1129, 
a total of $6,734,356 are hereby permanently rescinded: Provided, 
That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency or disaster relief require-
ment pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 166. Any unexpended balances from amounts previously 
appropriated for low or no emission vehicle component assessment 
under 49 U.S.C. 5312(h) under the headings ‘‘Transit Formula 
Grants’’ and ‘‘Transit Infrastructure Grants’’ in fiscal years 2021 
and 2022 may be used by the facilities selected for such vehicle 
component assessment for capital projects in order to build new 
infrastructure and enhance existing facilities in order to expand 
component testing capability, in accordance with the industry stake-
holder testing objectives and capabilities as outlined through the 
work of the Federal Transit Administration Transit Vehicle Innova-
tion and Deployment Centers program and included in the Center 
for Transportation and the Environment report submitted to the 
Federal Transit Administration for review. 
GREAT LAKES ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 
The Great Lakes St. 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 commit-
ments without regard to fiscal year limitations, as provided by 
section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, 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 infrastructure activities on portions of the St. Lawrence 
Seaway owned, operated, and maintained by the Great Lakes St. 
Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, $38,000,000, to be 
derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to 
section 210 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 
U.S.C. 2238): Provided, That of the amounts made available under 
this heading, not less than $14,500,000 shall be for the seaway 
infrastructure program: Provided further, That not more than 
$1,500,000 of the unobligated balances from the amounts made
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available for capital asset renewal activities under the heading 
‘‘Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation—Operations 
and Maintenance’’ in any prior Act shall be for activities pursuant 
to section 984(a)(12) of title 33, United States Code. 
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a U.S.-flag 
merchant fleet as authorized under chapter 531 of title 46, United 
States Code, to serve the national security needs of the United 
States, $318,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
CABLE SECURITY FLEET 
For the cable security fleet program, as authorized under 
chapter 532 of title 46, United States Code, $10,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
TANKER SECURITY PROGRAM 
For the tanker security fleet program, as authorized under 
section 53406 of title 46, United States Code, $60,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of operations and training activities 
authorized by law, $172,204,000: Provided, That of the amounts 
made available under this heading— 
(1) $85,032,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2023, shall be for the operations of the United States Merchant 
Marine Academy; 
(2) $5,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be for facilities maintenance and repair, and equipment, at 
the United States Merchant Marine Academy; 
(3) $6,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2023, shall be for the Maritime Environmental and Technical 
Assistance program authorized under section 50307 of title 
46, United States Code; and 
(4) $14,819,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be for the America’s Marine Highways Program to make grants 
for the purposes authorized under paragraphs (1) and (3) of 
section 55601(b) of title 46, United States Code: 
Provided further, That the Administrator of the Maritime Adminis-
tration 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 3510 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for fiscal year 2017 (46 U.S.C. 51318): Provided 
further, That available balances under this heading for the Short 
Sea Transportation Program (now known as the America’s Marine 
Highway Program) from prior year recoveries shall be available 
to carry out activities authorized under paragraphs (1) and (3) 
of section 55601(b) of title 46, United States Code.
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STATE MARITIME ACADEMY OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of operations, support, and training 
activities for State Maritime Academies, $423,300,000: Provided, 
That of the amounts made available under this heading— 
(1) $30,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be for maintenance, repair, life extension, insurance, and 
capacity improvement of National Defense Reserve Fleet 
training ships, and for support of training ship operations at 
the State Maritime Academies, of which not more than 
$8,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for 
expenses related to training mariners; and for costs associated 
with training vessel sharing pursuant to section 51504(g)(3) 
of title 46, United States Code, for costs associated with mobi-
lizing, operating and demobilizing the vessel, including travel 
costs for students, faculty and crew, the costs of the general 
agent, crew costs, fuel, insurance, operational fees, and vessel 
hire costs, as determined by the Secretary; 
(2) $380,600,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be for the National Security Multi-Mission Vessel Program, 
including funds for construction, planning, administration, and 
design of school ships; 
(3) $2,400,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2026, shall be for the Student Incentive Program; 
(4) $3,800,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be for training ship fuel assistance; and 
(5) $6,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2023, shall be for direct payments for State Maritime Acad-
emies. 
ASSISTANCE TO SMALL SHIPYARDS 
To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized under 
section 54101 of title 46, United States Code, $20,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
SHIP DISPOSAL 
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obsolete ves-
sels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Maritime Adminis-
tration, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan 
program, $3,000,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriations for ‘‘Maritime Administration—Operations 
and Training’’. 
PORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 
To make grants to improve port facilities as authorized under 
section 54301 of title 46, United States Code, $234,310,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That projects eligible 
for amounts made available under this heading in this Act shall 
be projects for coastal seaports, inland river ports, or Great Lakes
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ports: Provided further, That of the amounts made available under 
this heading in this Act, not less than $209,310,000 shall be for 
coastal seaports or Great Lakes ports: Provided further, That the 
requirements under section 3501(a)(12) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81) shall 
apply to amounts made available under this heading in this Act: 
Provided further, That for grants awarded under this heading in 
this Act, the minimum grant size shall be $1,000,000: Provided 
further, That for amounts made available under this heading in 
this Act, the requirement under section 54301(a)(6)(A)(ii) of title 
46, United States Code, shall not apply to projects located in non-
contiguous states or territories. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—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 services and make necessary 
repairs in connection with any lease, contract, or occupancy 
involving Government property under control of the Maritime 
Administration: Provided, 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 occupancy for 
items other than such utilities, services, or repairs shall be depos-
ited into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 
PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline and Haz-
ardous Materials Safety Administration, $29,100,000, of which 
$4,500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2024: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of Transportation shall issue a final 
rule on automatic and remote-controlled shut-off valves and haz-
ardous liquid pipeline facilities leak detection systems as required 
under section 4 and section 8 of the Pipeline Safety, Regulatory 
Certainty, and Job Creation Act of 2011 (Public Law 112–90), 
respectively, not later than 120 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act: Provided further, That the amounts made available 
under this heading shall be reduced by $5,000 per day for each 
day that such rule has not been issued following the expiration 
of the deadline set forth in the preceding proviso. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous materials 
safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 
Administration, $66,829,000, of which $12,070,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2024, of which $1,000,000 shall be 
made available for carrying out section 5107(i) of title 49, United 
States Code: Provided, That up to $800,000 in fees collected under 
section 5108(g) of title 49, United States Code, 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, 
municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources for
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expenses incurred for training, for reports publication and dissemi-
nation, and for travel expenses incurred in performance of haz-
ardous materials exemptions and approvals functions. 
PIPELINE SAFETY 
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND) 
For expenses necessary to carry out a pipeline safety program, 
as authorized by section 60107 of title 49, United States Code, 
and to discharge the pipeline program responsibilities of the Oil 
Pollution Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–380), $182,650,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2024, of which $27,650,000 shall 
be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which 
$146,600,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund; of 
which $400,000 shall be derived from the fees collected under 
section 60303 of title 49, United States Code, and deposited in 
the Liquefied Natural Gas Siting Account for compliance reviews 
of liquefied natural gas facilities; and of which $8,000,000 shall 
be derived from fees collected under section 60302 of title 49, 
United States Code, and deposited in the Underground Natural 
Gas Storage Facility Safety Account for the purpose of carrying 
out section 60141 of title 49, United States Code: Provided, That 
not less than $1,058,000 of the amounts made available under 
this heading shall be for the One-Call State grant program: Provided 
further, That any amounts made available under this heading in 
this Act or in prior Acts for research contracts, grants, cooperative 
agreements or research other transactions agreements (‘‘OTAs’’) 
shall require written notification to the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations not less than 3 full business days before 
such research contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or research 
OTAs are announced by the Department of Transportation: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall transmit to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations the report on pipeline safety 
testing enhancement as required pursuant to section 105 of the 
Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety 
Act of 2020 (division R of Public Law 116–260): Provided further, 
That the Secretary may obligate amounts made available under 
this heading to engineer, erect, alter, and repair buildings or make 
any other public improvements for research facilities at the 
Transportation Technology Center after the Secretary submits an 
updated research plan and the report in the preceding proviso 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and after 
such plan and report in the preceding proviso are approved by 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND) 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Emergency Prepared-
ness Grants program, not more than $28,318,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2024, from amounts made available 
by section 5116(h) and subsections (b) and (c) of section 5128
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of title 49, United States Code: Provided, That notwithstanding 
section 5116(h)(4) of title 49, United States Code, not more than 
4 percent of the amounts made available from this account shall 
be available to pay the administrative costs of carrying out sections 
5116, 5107(e), and 5108(g)(2) of title 49, United States Code: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding subsections (b) and (c) of sec-
tion 5128 of title 49, United States Code, and the limitation on 
obligations provided under this heading, prior year recoveries recog-
nized in the current year shall be available to develop and deliver 
hazardous materials emergency response training for emergency 
responders, including response activities for the transportation of 
crude oil, ethanol, flammable liquids, and other hazardous commod-
ities by rail, consistent with National Fire Protection Association 
standards, and to make such training available through an elec-
tronic format: Provided further, That the prior year recoveries made 
available under this heading shall also be available to carry out 
sections 5116(a)(1)(C), 5116(h), 5116(i), 5116(j), and 5107(e) of title 
49, United States Code. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General to 
carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
as amended, $103,150,000: Provided, That the Inspector General 
shall have all necessary authority, in carrying out the duties speci-
fied 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. (a) During the current fiscal year, applicable appro-
priations to the Department of Transportation shall be available 
for maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles and aircraft; purchase of liability insurance for motor 
vehicles operating in foreign countries on official department busi-
ness; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 
5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code. 
(b) During the current fiscal year, applicable appropriations 
to the Department and its operating administrations shall be avail-
able for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and deployment 
of unmanned aircraft systems that advance the missions of the 
Department of Transportation or an operating administration of 
the Department of Transportation. 
(c) Any unmanned aircraft system purchased, procured, or con-
tracted for by the Department prior to the date of enactment of 
this Act shall be deemed authorized by Congress as if this provision 
was in effect when the system was purchased, procured, or con-
tracted for. 
SEC. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for the Depart-
ment of Transportation shall be available for services as authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for 
individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate 
for an Executive Level IV.
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SEC. 182. (a) No recipient of amounts made available by this 
Act shall disseminate personal information (as defined in section 
2725(3) of title 18, United States Code) obtained by a State depart-
ment of motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle record 
as defined in section 2725(1) of title 18, United States Code, except 
as provided in section 2721 of title 18, United States Code, for 
a use permitted under section 2721 of title 18, United States Code. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall not with-
hold amounts made available by this Act for any grantee if a 
State is in noncompliance with this provision. 
SEC. 183. None of the funds made available by this Act shall 
be available for salaries and expenses of more than 125 political 
and Presidential appointees in the Department of Transportation: 
Provided, That none of the personnel covered by this provision 
may be assigned on temporary detail outside the Department of 
Transportation. 
SEC. 184. Funds received by the Federal Highway Administra-
tion and Federal Railroad Administration from States, counties, 
municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources for 
expenses incurred for training may be credited respectively to the 
Federal Highway Administration’s ‘‘Federal-Aid Highways’’ account 
and to the Federal Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Oper-
ations’’ account, except for State rail safety inspectors participating 
in training pursuant to section 20105 of title 49, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 185. None of the funds made available by this Act or 
in title VIII of division J of Public Law 117–58 to the Department 
of Transportation may be used to make a loan, loan guarantee, 
line of credit, letter of intent, federally funded cooperative agree-
ment, full funding grant agreement, or discretionary 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 any discretionary 
grant award, letter of intent, loan commitment, loan guarantee 
commitment, line of credit commitment, federally funded coopera-
tive agreement, or full funding grant agreement is announced by 
the Department or its operating administrations: Provided, That 
the Secretary of Transportation shall provide the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations with a comprehensive list of all 
such loans, loan guarantees, lines of credit, letters of intent, feder-
ally funded cooperative agreements, full funding grant agreements, 
and discretionary grants prior to the notification required under 
the preceding proviso: Provided further, That the Secretary gives 
concurrent notification to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations for any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds from the emergency 
relief program: Provided further, That no notification shall involve 
funds that are not available for obligation. 
SEC. 186. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor fees, 
and other funds received by the Department of Transportation 
from travel management centers, charge card programs, the sub-
leasing of building space, and miscellaneous sources are to be 
credited to appropriations of the Department of Transportation 
and allocated to organizational units of the Department of Transpor-
tation using fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be 
available until expended.
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SEC. 187. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if any 
funds provided by or limited by this Act are subject to a reprogram-
ming action that requires notice to be provided to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations, transmission of such re-
programming notice shall be provided solely to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations, and such reprogramming 
action shall be approved or denied solely by the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Transportation may provide notice to other congressional commit-
tees of the action of the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations on such reprogramming but not sooner than 30 days 
after the date on which the reprogramming action has been 
approved or denied by the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations. 
SEC. 188. Funds appropriated by this Act to the operating 
administrations may be obligated for the Office of the Secretary 
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 
operating administration or administrations. 
SEC. 189. The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to 
carry out a program that establishes uniform standards for devel-
oping and supporting agency transit pass and transit benefits 
authorized under section 7905 of title 5, United States Code, 
including distribution of transit benefits by various paper and elec-
tronic media. 
SEC. 190. The Department of Transportation may use funds 
provided by this Act, or any other Act, to assist a contract under 
title 49 or 23 of the United States Code utilizing geographic, eco-
nomic, or any other hiring preference not otherwise authorized 
by law, or to amend a rule, regulation, policy or other measure 
that forbids a recipient of a Federal Highway 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 certifies the following: 
(1) that except with respect to apprentices or trainees, 
a pool of readily available but unemployed individuals pos-
sessing the knowledge, skill, and ability to perform the work 
that the contract requires resides in the jurisdiction; 
(2) that the grant recipient will include appropriate provi-
sions 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, training, or 
delays resulting from the use of such hiring preference does 
not delay or displace any transportation project in the 
applicable Statewide Transportation Improvement Program or 
Transportation Improvement Program. 
SEC. 191. The Secretary of Transportation shall coordinate with 
the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that best practices 
for Industrial Control Systems Procurement are up-to-date and 
shall ensure that systems procured with funds provided under 
this title were procured using such practices. 
SEC. 192. Amounts made available by this Act or any prior 
Act that the Secretary determines represent improper payments 
by the Department of Transportation to a third-party contractor
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under a financial assistance award, which are recovered pursuant 
to law, shall be available— 
(1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred by the 
Department of Transportation in recovering improper pay-
ments: Provided, That amounts made available by this Act 
shall be available until expended; and 
(2) to pay contractors for services provided in recovering 
improper payments or contractor support in the implementation 
of the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 (Public Law 
116–117): Provided, That amounts in excess of that required 
for paragraphs (1) and (2)— 
(A) shall be credited to and merged with the appropria-
tion from which the improper payments were made, and 
shall be available for the purposes and period for which 
such appropriations are available: Provided further, That 
where specific project or accounting information associated 
with the improper payment or payments is not readily 
available, the Secretary may credit the amounts to an 
appropriate account as offsetting collections and such 
amounts shall be available for the purposes and period 
associated with the account so credited: Provided further, 
That amounts credited to programs under this subpara-
graph shall not be subject to any limitation on obligations 
in this or any other Act; or 
(B) if no such appropriation remains available, shall 
be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: 
Provided further, That prior to depositing such recovery 
in the Treasury, the Secretary shall notify the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations of the amount and 
reasons for such transfer: Provided further, That for pur-
poses of this section, the term ‘‘improper payment’’ has 
the same meaning as that provided in section 3351(4) of 
title 31, United States Code. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Transportation 
Appropriations Act, 2022’’. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
EXECUTIVE OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Offices, 
which shall be comprised of the offices of the Secretary, Deputy 
Secretary, Adjudicatory Services, Congressional and Intergovern-
mental Relations, Public Affairs, Small and Disadvantaged Business 
Utilization, and the Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Part-
nerships, $15,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2023: Provided, That not to exceed $25,000 of the amount made 
available under this heading shall be available to the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development (referred to in this title as 
‘‘the Secretary’’) for official reception and representation expenses 
as the Secretary may determine.
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ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Administrative Support 
Offices, $607,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023: 
Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading— 
(1) $82,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Chief Financial Officer; 
(2) $114,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
General Counsel, of which not less than $18,500,000 shall 
be for the Departmental Enforcement Center; 
(3) $212,000,000 shall be available for the Office of 
Administration, of which not more than $5,000,000 may be 
for modernization and deferred maintenance of the Weaver 
Building; 
(4) $46,200,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Chief Human Capital Officer; 
(5) $25,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Chief Procurement Officer; 
(6) $60,500,000 shall be available for the Office of Field 
Policy and Management; 
(7) $4,300,000 shall be available for the Office of Depart-
mental Equal Employment Opportunity; and 
(8) $63,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Chief Information Officer: 
Provided further, That funds made available under this heading 
may be used for necessary administrative and non-administrative 
expenses of the Department, not otherwise provided for, including 
purchase of uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 
sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; and services as authorized by section 
3109 of title 5, United States Code: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, funds appropriated under 
this heading may be used for advertising and promotional activities 
that directly support program activities funded in this title: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary 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 OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Program Offices, 
$965,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023: Pro-
vided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading— 
(1) $253,500,000 shall be available for the Office of Public 
and Indian Housing; 
(2) $147,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Commu-
nity Planning and Development; 
(3) $431,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Housing, 
of which not less than $13,000,000 shall be for the Office 
of Recapitalization; 
(4) $35,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Policy 
Development and Research; 
(5) $88,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Fair 
Housing and Equal Opportunity; and 
(6) $11,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Lead 
Hazard Control and Healthy Homes.
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WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the working capital fund for the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development (referred to in this paragraph 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, including reimbursements pursuant to section 7(f), to 
the Fund under this heading shall be available only for Federal 
shared services used by offices and agencies of the Department, 
and for any such portion of any office or agency’s printing, records 
management, space renovation, furniture, or supply services the 
Secretary has determined shall be provided through the Fund, 
and the operational expenses of the Fund: Provided, That amounts 
within the Fund shall not be available to provide services not 
specifically authorized under this heading: Provided further, That 
upon a determination by the Secretary that any other service (or 
portion thereof) authorized under this heading shall be provided 
through the Fund, amounts made available in this title for salaries 
and expenses under the headings ‘‘Executive Offices’’, ‘‘Administra-
tive Support Offices’’, ‘‘Program Offices’’, and ‘‘Government National 
Mortgage Association’’, for such services shall be transferred to 
the Fund, to remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall notify the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations of its plans for executing such transfers at least 
15 days in advance of such transfers. 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities and assistance for the provision of tenant-based 
rental assistance authorized under the United States Housing Act 
of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (in this title ‘‘the 
Act’’), not otherwise provided for, $23,369,641,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, which shall be available on October 1, 2021 
(in addition to the $4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under 
this heading that shall be available on October 1, 2021), and 
$4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, which shall 
be available on October 1, 2022: Provided, That the amounts made 
available under this heading are provided as follows: 
(1) $24,095,029,000 shall be available for renewals of 
expiring section 8 tenant-based annual contributions contracts 
(including renewals of enhanced vouchers under any provision 
of law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) of the 
Act) and including 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 2022 funding 
cycle shall provide renewal funding for each public housing 
agency based on validated voucher management system (VMS) 
leasing and cost data for the prior calendar year and by 
applying an inflation factor as established by the Secretary, 
by notice published in the Federal Register, and by making 
any necessary adjustments for the costs associated with the 
first-time renewal of vouchers under this paragraph including 
tenant protection and Choice Neighborhoods vouchers: Provided
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further, That none of the funds provided under 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 contract, except for public housing agencies 
participating in the Moving to Work (MTW) demonstration, 
which are instead governed in accordance with the require-
ments of the MTW demonstration program or their MTW agree-
ments, if any: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to 
the extent necessary to stay within the amount specified under 
this paragraph (except as otherwise modified under this para-
graph), prorate each public housing agency’s allocation other-
wise established 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 
enactment of this Act or March 1, 2022: Provided further, 
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 agen-
cies participating in the MTW demonstration shall be funded 
in accordance with the requirements of the MTW demonstration 
program or their MTW agreements, if any, and shall be subject 
to the same pro rata adjustments under the preceding provisos: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may offset public housing 
agencies’ calendar year 2022 allocations 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 2021 that is 
verifiable and complete), as determined by the Secretary: Pro-
vided further, That public housing agencies participating in 
the MTW demonstration shall also be subject to the offset, 
as determined by the Secretary, excluding amounts subject 
to the single fund budget authority provisions of their MTW 
agreements, from the agencies’ calendar year 2022 MTW 
funding allocation: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
use any offset referred to in the preceding two provisos through-
out the calendar year to prevent the termination of rental 
assistance for families as the result of insufficient funding, 
as determined by the Secretary, and to avoid or reduce the 
proration of renewal funding allocations: Provided further, That 
up to $200,000,000 shall be available only: (1) for adjustments 
in the allocations for public housing agencies, after application 
for an adjustment by a public housing agency that experienced 
a significant increase, as determined by the Secretary, in 
renewal costs of vouchers resulting from unforeseen cir-
cumstances 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 commitment 
pursuant to section 8(o)(13) of the Act, or an adjustment for 
a funding obligation not yet expended in the previous calendar 
year for a MTW-eligible activity to develop affordable housing 
for an agency added to the MTW demonstration under the 
expansion authority provided in section 239 of the Transpor-
tation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
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Appropriations Act, 2016 (division L of Public Law 114–113); 
(3) for adjustments for costs associated with HUD–Veterans 
Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD–VASH) vouchers; (4) for 
public housing agencies that despite taking reasonable cost 
savings measures, as determined by the Secretary, would other-
wise be required to terminate rental assistance for families 
as a result of insufficient funding; (5) for adjustments in the 
allocations for public housing agencies that (i) are leasing a 
lower-than-average percentage of their authorized vouchers, 
(ii) have low amounts of budget authority in their net restricted 
assets accounts and HUD-held programmatic reserves, relative 
to other agencies, and (iii) are not participating in the Moving 
to Work demonstration, to enable such agencies to lease more 
vouchers; (6) for withheld payments in accordance with section 
8(o)(8)(A)(ii) of the Act for months in the previous calendar 
year that were subsequently paid by the public housing agency 
after the agency’s actual costs were validated; and (7) for public 
housing agencies that have experienced increased costs or loss 
of units in an area for which the President declared a disaster 
under title IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 et seq.): Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall allocate amounts under the 
preceding proviso based on need, as determined by the Sec-
retary; 
(2) $100,000,000 shall be for section 8 rental assistance 
for relocation and replacement of housing units that are demol-
ished or disposed of pursuant to section 18 of the Act, conversion 
of section 23 projects to assistance under section 8, relocation 
of witnesses (including victims of violent crimes) in connection 
with efforts to combat crime in public and assisted housing 
pursuant to a request from a law enforcement or prosecution 
agency, enhanced vouchers under any provision of law author-
izing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act, Choice 
Neighborhood vouchers, mandatory and voluntary conversions, 
and tenant protection assistance including replacement and 
relocation assistance 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 Public Law 106–569, 
as amended, or under the authority as provided under this 
Act: Provided, That when a public housing development is 
submitted for demolition 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 assisted 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 of the amounts made 
available under this paragraph, no less than $5,000,000 may 
be available to provide tenant protection assistance, not other-
wise provided under this paragraph, to residents residing in 
low vacancy areas and who may have to pay rents greater 
than 30 percent of household income, as the result of: (A) 
the maturity of a HUD-insured, HUD-held or section 202 loan
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that requires the permission of the Secretary prior to loan 
prepayment; (B) the expiration of a rental assistance contract 
for which the tenants are not eligible for enhanced voucher 
or tenant protection assistance under existing law; or (C) the 
expiration of affordability restrictions accompanying a mortgage 
or preservation program administered by the Secretary: Pro-
vided further, That such tenant protection assistance made 
available under the preceding proviso may be provided under 
the authority of section 8(t) or section 8(o)(13) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)): Provided fur-
ther, That any tenant protection voucher made available from 
amounts under this paragraph shall not be reissued by any 
public housing agency, except the replacement vouchers 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: 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 avail-
ability of funds; 
(3) $2,410,612,000 shall be for administrative and other 
expenses of public housing agencies in administering the section 
8 tenant-based rental assistance program, of which up to 
$30,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary to allocate to 
public housing agencies that need additional funds to admin-
ister their section 8 programs, including fees associated with 
section 8 tenant protection rental assistance, the administration 
of disaster related vouchers, HUD–VASH vouchers, and other 
special purpose incremental vouchers: Provided, That no less 
than $2,380,612,000 of the amount provided in this paragraph 
shall be allocated to public housing agencies for the calendar 
year 2022 funding cycle based on section 8(q) of the Act (and 
related Appropriation Act provisions) as in effect immediately 
before the enactment of the Quality Housing and Work Respon-
sibility 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 preceding 
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 preceding proviso, utilize unobligated balances, including 
recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds appropriated 
to the Department of Housing and Urban Development under 
this heading from prior fiscal years, excluding special purpose 
vouchers, notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts 
were appropriated: Provided further, That all public housing 
agencies participating in the MTW demonstration shall be 
funded in accordance with the requirements of the MTW dem-
onstration program or their MTW agreements, if any, and 
shall be subject to the same uniform percentage decrease as 
under the preceding proviso: Provided further, That amounts 
provided under this paragraph shall be only for activities 
related to the provision of tenant-based rental assistance 
authorized under section 8, including related development 
activities;