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5318, 5322(d), 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, 
as
amended
by
Public
Law
112–141,
and
section 
20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, $9,500,000,000, to be 
derived from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway 
Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That funds available for the implementation or exe-
cution of programs authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5305, 
5307, 5310, 5311, 5318, 5322(d), 5329(e)(6), 5335, 
5337, 5339, and 5340, as amended by Public Law 112– 
141, and section 20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, shall 
not exceed total obligations of $8,595,000,000 in fiscal 
year 2016. 
TRANSIT RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5312, 
$26,000,000. 
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5314 
$3,000,000 (increased by $2,000,000). 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5309, 
$1,921,395,000, to remain available until expended. 
GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA 
TRANSIT AUTHORITY 
For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area 
Transit Authority as authorized under section 601 of divi-
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sion B of Public Law 110–432, $100,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary 
shall approve grants for capital and preventive mainte-
nance expenditures for the Washington Metropolitan Area 
Transit Authority only after receiving and reviewing a re-
quest for each specific project: Provided further, That 
prior to approving such grants, the Secretary shall certify 
that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority 
is making significant progress in eliminating the material 
weaknesses, significant deficiencies, and minor control de-
ficiencies identified in the most recent Financial Manage-
ment Oversight Review: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall determine that the Washington Metropolitan 
Area Transit Authority has placed the highest priority on 
those investments that will improve the safety of the sys-
tem before approving such grants: Provided further, That 
the Secretary, in order to ensure safety throughout the 
rail system, may waive the requirements of section 
601(e)(1) of title VI of Public Law 110–432 (112 Stat. 
4968). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 160. The limitations on obligations for the pro-
grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not 
apply to any authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously 
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made available for obligation, or to any other authority 
previously made available for obligation. 
SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds appropriated or limited by this Act under the 
heading Fixed Guideway Capital Investment of the Fed-
eral Transit Administration for projects specified in this 
Act or identified in reports accompanying this Act not ob-
ligated by September 30, 2020, and other recoveries, shall 
be directed to projects eligible to use the funds for the 
purposes for which they were originally provided. 
SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 2015, under 
any section of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, 
that remain available for expenditure, may be transferred 
to and administered under the most recent appropriation 
heading for any such section. 
SEC. 163. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds made available in this Act shall 
be used to enter into a full funding grant agreement for 
a project with a New Starts share greater than 50 percent. 
SEC. 164. (a) LOSS OF ELIGIBILITY.—Except as pro-
vided in subsection (b), none of the funds in this or any 
other Act may be available to advance in any way a new 
light or heavy rail project towards a full funding grant 
agreement as defined by 49 U.S.C. 5309 for the Metro-
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politan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas if the 
proposed capital project is constructed on or planned to 
be constructed on Richmond Avenue west of South Shep-
herd Drive or on Post Oak Boulevard north of Richmond 
Avenue in Houston, Texas. 
(b) EXCEPTION FOR A NEW ELECTION.—The Metro-
politan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas, may 
attempt to construct or construct a new fixed guideway 
capital project, including light rail, in the locations re-
ferred to in subsection (a) if— 
(1) voters in the jurisdiction that includes such 
locations approve a ballot proposition that specifies 
routes on Richmond Avenue west of South Shepherd 
Drive or on Post Oak Boulevard north of Richmond 
Avenue in Houston, Texas; and 
(2) the proposed construction of such routes is 
part of a comprehensive, multi-modal, service-area 
wide transportation plan that includes multiple addi-
tional segments of fixed guideway capital projects, 
including light rail for the jurisdiction set forth in 
the ballot proposition. The ballot language shall in-
clude reasonable cost estimates, sources of revenue 
to be used and the total amount of bonded indebted-
ness to be incurred as well as a description of each 
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route and the beginning and end point of each pro-
posed transit project. 
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT 
CORPORATION 
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora-
tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, with-
in the limits of funds and borrowing authority available 
to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make 
such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal 
year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be 
necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the 
Corporation’s budget for the current fiscal year. 
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses to conduct the operations, 
maintenance, and capital asset renewal activities of those 
portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway owned, operated, 
and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Develop-
ment Corporation, $32,042,000 (reduced by $3,000,000), 
to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, 
pursuant to Public Law 99–662. 
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MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a 
U.S.-flag merchant fleet to serve the national security 
needs of the United States, $186,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities
authorized
by
law,
$164,158,000,
of
which 
$22,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
maintenance and repair of training ships at State Mari-
time Academies, and of which $5,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended for National Security Multi-Mis-
sion Vessel design for State Maritime Academies and Na-
tional Security, and of which $2,400,000 shall remain 
available through September 30, 2017, for the Student In-
centive Program at State Maritime Academies, and of 
which $1,200,000 shall remain available until expended 
for training ship fuel assistance payments, and of which 
$19,700,000 shall remain available until expended for fa-
cilities maintenance and repair, equipment, and capital 
improvements at the United States Merchant Marine 
Academy, and of which $3,000,000 shall remain available 
through September 30, 2017, for Maritime Environment 
and Technology Assistance grants, contracts, and coopera-
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Maritime Administration, $4,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary administrative expenses of the mari-
time guaranteed loan program, $3,135,000 shall be paid 
to the appropriations for ‘‘Maritime Administration—Op-
erations and Training’’. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, in addition to any existing authority, the Mari-
time 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 cred-
ited 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 covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous 
receipts. 
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SEC. 171. None of the funds available or appro-
priated in this Act shall be used by the United States De-
partment of Transportation or the United States Maritime 
Administration to negotiate or otherwise execute, enter 
into, facilitate or perform fee-for-service contracts for ves-
sel disposal, scrapping or recycling, unless there is no 
qualified domestic ship recycler that will pay any sum of 
money to purchase and scrap or recycle a vessel owned, 
operated or managed by the Maritime Administration or 
that is part of the National Defense Reserve Fleet: Pro-
vided, That such sales offers must be consistent with the 
solicitation and provide that the work will be performed 
in a timely manner at a facility qualified within the mean-
ing of section 3502 of Public Law 106–398: Provided fur-
ther, That nothing contained herein shall affect the Mari-
time Administration’s authority to award contracts at 
least cost to the Federal Government and consistent with 
the requirements of 54 U.S.C. 308704, section 3502, or 
otherwise authorized under the Federal Acquisition Regu-
lation. 
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PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline 
and
Hazardous
Materials
Safety
Administration, 
$20,725,000 (increased by $500,000). 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous 
materials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous 
Materials Safety Administration, $60,500,000, of which 
$7,570,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2018: Provided, That up to $800,000 in fees collected 
under 49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited in the general 
fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided fur-
ther, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to 
be available until expended, funds received from States, 
counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and pri-
vate sources for expenses incurred for training, for reports 
publication and dissemination, and for travel expenses in-
curred in performance of hazardous materials exemptions 
and approvals functions. 
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PIPELINE SAFETY 
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND) 
For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of 
the pipeline safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out 
a pipeline safety program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 
60107, and to discharge the pipeline program responsibil-
ities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $145,870,000, of 
which $19,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability Trust Fund and shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2018; and of which $124,500,000 shall be de-
rived
from
the
Pipeline
Safety
Fund,
of
which 
$66,309,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2018: Provided, That not less than $1,000,000 of the 
funds provided under this heading shall be for the One- 
Call state grant program: Provided further, That not less 
than $1,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading 
shall be for the finalization and implementation of rules 
required under section 60102(n) of title 49, United States 
Code, and section 8(b)(3) of the Pipeline Safety, Regu-
latory Certainty, and Job Creation Act of 2011 (49 U.S.C. 
60108 note; 125 Stat. 1911). 
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EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS 
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND) 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 
5128(b), $188,000, to be derived from the Emergency 
Preparedness Fund, to remain available until September 
30, 2017: Provided, That notwithstanding the fiscal year 
limitation specified in 49 U.S.C. 5116, not more than 
$28,318,000 shall be made available for obligation in fis-
cal year 2016 from amounts made available by 49 U.S.C. 
5116(i), and 5128 (b) and (c): Provided further, That not-
withstanding 49 U.S.C. 5116(i)(4), not more than 4 per-
cent of the amounts made available from this account shall 
be available to pay administrative costs: Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available by 49 U.S.C. 
5116(i), 5128(b), or 5128(c) shall be made available for 
obligation by individuals other than the Secretary of 
Transportation, or his or her designee. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978, as amended, $86,223,000: Provided, 
That the Inspector General shall have all necessary au-
thority, in carrying out the duties specified in the Inspec-
tor General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to inves-
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tigate 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: Provided 
further, That the funds made available under this heading 
may be used to investigate, pursuant to section 41712 of 
title 49, United States Code: (1) unfair or deceptive prac-
tices and unfair methods of competition by domestic and 
foreign air carriers and ticket agents; and (2) the compli-
ance of domestic and foreign air carriers with respect to 
item (1) of this proviso: Provided further, That hereafter 
funds transferred to the Office of the Inspector General 
through forfeiture proceedings or from the Department of 
Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund or the Department of the 
Treasury Forfeiture Fund, as a participating agency, as 
an equitable share from the forfeiture of property in inves-
tigations in which the Office of Inspector General partici-
pates, or through the granting of a Petition for Remission 
or Mitigation, shall be deposited to the credit of this ac-
count for law enforcement activities authorized under the 
Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, to remain 
available until expended. 
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transpor-
tation Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
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3109, $31,375,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, not to exceed $1,250,000 from fees 
established by the Chairman of the Surface Transpor-
tation Board shall be credited to this appropriation as off-
setting collections and used for necessary and authorized 
expenses under this heading: Provided further, That the 
sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be 
reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting col-
lections are received during fiscal year 2016, to result in 
a final appropriation from the general fund estimated at 
no more than $30,125,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF 
TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 180. During the current fiscal year, applicable 
appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall 
be available for maintenance and operation of aircraft; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of 
liability insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign 
countries on official department business; and uniforms or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901– 
5902). 
SEC. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for 
the Department of Transportation shall be available for 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for 
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individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to 
the rate for an Executive Level IV. 
SEC. 182. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for salaries and expenses of more than 110 political 
and Presidential appointees in the Department of Trans-
portation: Provided, That none of the personnel covered 
by this provision may be assigned on temporary detail out-
side the Department of Transportation. 
SEC. 183. (a) No recipient of funds made available 
in this Act shall disseminate personal information (as de-
fined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State depart-
ment of motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle 
record as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), except as provided 
in 18 U.S.C. 2721 for a use permitted under 18 U.S.C. 
2721. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall not withhold funds provided in this Act for any 
grantee if a State is in noncompliance with this provision. 
SEC. 184. Funds received by the Federal Highway 
Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and Fed-
eral Railroad Administration from States, counties, mu-
nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources 
for expenses incurred for training may be credited respec-
tively to the Federal Highway Administration’s ‘‘Federal- 
Aid Highways’’ account, the Federal Transit Administra-
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tion’s ‘‘Technical Assistance and Training’’ account, and 
to the Federal Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Op-
erations’’ account, except for State rail safety inspectors 
participating in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105. 
SEC. 185. None of the funds in this Act to the De-
partment of Transportation may be used to make a loan, 
loan guarantee, line of credit, or grant unless the Sec-
retary of Transportation notifies the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations not less than 3 full busi-
ness days before any project competitively selected to re-
ceive a discretionary grant award, any discretionary grant 
award, letter of intent, loan commitment, loan guarantee 
commitment, line of credit commitment, or full funding 
grant agreement totaling $750,000 or more is announced 
by the department or its modal administrations from— 
(1) any discretionary grant or federal credit 
program of the Federal Highway Administration in-
cluding the emergency relief program; 
(2) the airport improvement program of the 
Federal Aviation Administration; 
(3) any program of the Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration; 
(4) any program of the Federal Transit Admin-
istration other than the formula grants and fixed 
guideway modernization programs; 
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(5) any program of the Maritime Administra-
tion; or 
(6) any funding provided under the headings 
‘‘National Infrastructure Investments’’ in this Act: 
Provided, That the Secretary gives concurrent notifi-
cation to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions 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 subleasing of building space, 
and miscellaneous sources are to be credited to appropria-
tions of the Department of Transportation and allocated 
to elements of the Department of Transportation using 
fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be avail-
able until expended. 
SEC. 187. 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— 
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(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:
Provided
further,
That 
where specific project or accounting information 
associated with the improper payment or pay-
ments is not readily available, the Secretary 
may credit an appropriate account, which shall 
be available for the purposes and period associ-
ated with the account so credited; or 
(B) if no such appropriation remains avail-
able, shall be deposited in the Treasury as mis-
cellaneous receipts: Provided further, That prior 
to the transfer of any such recovery to an ap-
propriations account, the Secretary shall notify 
the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
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priations of the amount and reasons for such 
transfer: Provided further, That for purposes of 
this section, the term ‘‘improper payments’’ has 
the same meaning as that provided in section 
2(d)(2) of Public Law 107–300. 
SEC. 188. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, if any funds provided in or limited by this Act are 
subject to a reprogramming action that requires notice to 
be provided to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations, transmission of said reprogramming notice 
shall be provided solely to the Committees on Appropria-
tions, and said reprogramming action shall be approved 
or denied solely by the Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided, That the Secretary may provide notice to other 
congressional committees of the action of the Committees 
on Appropriations on such reprogramming but not sooner 
than 30 days following the date on which the reprogram-
ming action has been approved or denied by the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 189. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available under this Act may be used by the 
Surface Transportation Board of the Department of 
Transportation to charge or collect any filing fee for rate 
or practice complaints filed with the Board in an amount 
in excess of the amount authorized for district court civil 
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suit filing fees under section 1914 of title 28, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 190. Funds appropriated in this Act to the 
modal administrations may be obligated for the Office of 
the Secretary for the costs related to assessments or reim-
bursable agreements only when such amounts are for the 
costs of goods and services that are purchased to provide 
a direct benefit to the applicable modal administration or 
administrations. 
SEC. 191. The Secretary of Transportation is author-
ized to carry out a program that establishes uniform 
standards for developing 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 electronic media. 
SEC. 192. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be used by the Surface Transportation Board 
to take any actions with respect to the construction of a 
high speed rail project in California unless the permit is 
issued by the Board with respect to the project in its en-
tirety. 
SEC. 193. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to facilitate new scheduled air transpor-
tation originating from the United States if such flights 
would land on, or pass through, property confiscated by 
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the Cuban Government, including property in which a mi-
nority interest was confiscated, as the terms confiscated, 
Cuban Government, and property are defined in para-
graphs (4), (5), and (12)(A), respectively, of section 4 of 
the
Cuban
Liberty
and
Democratic
Solidarity 
(LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6023 (4), (5), and 
(12)(A)): Provided, That for this section, new scheduled 
air transportation shall include any flights not already reg-
ularly scheduled prior to March 31, 2015. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation Appropriations Act, 2016’’. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
EXECUTIVE OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Of-
fices, which shall be comprised of the offices of the Sec-
retary, Deputy Secretary, Adjudicatory Services, Congres-
sional and Intergovernmental Relations, Public Affairs, 
Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and the 
Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, 
$14,500,000: Provided, That not to exceed $25,000 of the 
amount made available under this heading shall be avail-
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able to the Secretary for official reception and representa-
tion expenses as the Secretary may determine. 
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OFFICES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Administra-
tive
Support
Offices,
$547,000,000,
of
which 
$45,600,000, to remain available until expended, in addi-
tion to amounts made available under this heading for the 
Office of the Chief Financial Officer and the Office of the 
Chief Human Capital Officer, shall be for funding shared 
service agreements between the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development and the Department of the 
Treasury; $39,000,000 shall be available for the Office of 
the Chief Financial Officer; $93,000,000 shall be available 
for the Office of the General Counsel; $199,000,000 shall 
be available for the Office of Administration; $40,000,000 
shall be available for the Office of the Chief Human Cap-
ital Officer; $49,000,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Field Policy and Management; $16,000,000 shall be 
available for the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer; 
$3,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Depart-
mental Equal Employment Opportunity; $4,000,000 shall 
be available for the Office of Strategic Planning and Man-
agement; $44,000,000 shall be available for the Office of 
the Chief Information Officer; and of which the remaining 
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amount shall be available through September 30, 2017, 
for transfer to the appropriations for offices specified 
under this heading or the heading ‘‘Program Office Sala-
ries and Expenses’’ in this title: Provided, That funds pro-
vided under this heading may be used for necessary ad-
ministrative and non-administrative expenses of the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development, not other-
wise provided for, including purchase of uniforms, or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, funds appropriated 
under this heading may be used for advertising and pro-
motional activities that directly support program activities 
funded in this title: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall provide the Committees on Appropriations quarterly 
written notification regarding the status of pending con-
gressional reports: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall provide in electronic form all signed reports required 
by Congress. 
PROGRAM OFFICE SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Public and Indian Housing, $203,000,000. 
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COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Community Planning and Development, $102,000,000. 
HOUSING 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Housing, $372,000,000. 
POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Policy Development and Research, $22,700,000. 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, $73,000,000. 
OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY 
HOMES 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes, $6,700,000. 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING PROGRAMS 
TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities and assistance for the provision of ten-
ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United 
States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 
et seq.) (‘‘the Act’’ herein), not otherwise provided for, 
$15,918,643,000 to remain available until September 30, 
2018, shall be available on October 1, 2015 (in addition 
to the $4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this 
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heading that became available on October 1, 2015), and 
$4,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019, shall be available on October 1, 2016: Provided, 
That the amounts made available under this heading are 
provided as follows: 
(1) $18,151,000,000 shall be available for re-
newals of expiring section 8 tenant-based annual 
contributions contracts (including renewals of en-
hanced vouchers under any provision of law author-
izing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act) 
and including renewal of other special purpose or in-
cremental vouchers: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, from amounts provided 
under this paragraph and any carryover, the Sec-
retary for the calendar year 2016 funding cycle shall 
provide renewal funding for each public housing 
agency based on validated voucher management sys-
tem (VMS) leasing and cost data for the prior cal-
endar year and by applying an inflation factor as es-
tablished 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 in-
cluding tenant protection, HOPE VI, and Choice 
Neighborhoods vouchers: Provided further, That in 
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determining calendar year 2016 funding allocations 
under this heading for public housing agencies, in-
cluding agencies participating in the Moving To 
Work (MTW) demonstration, the Secretary may 
take into account the anticipated impact of changes 
in targeting and utility allowances, on public housing 
agencies’ contract renewal needs: Provided further, 
That none of the funds provided under this para-
graph 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, ex-
cept for public housing agencies participating in the 
MTW demonstration, which are instead governed by 
the terms and conditions of their MTW agreements: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to the ex-
tent necessary to stay within the amount specified 
under this paragraph (except as otherwise modified 
under this paragraph), prorate each public housing 
agency’s allocation otherwise 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 Sec-
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retary shall notify public housing agencies of their 
annual budget by the latter of 60 days after enact-
ment of this Act or March 1, 2016: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may extend the notification pe-
riod with the prior written approval of the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That public housing agencies participating 
in the MTW demonstration shall be funded pursuant 
to their MTW agreements and shall be subject to 
the same pro rata adjustments under the previous 
provisos: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
offset public housing agencies’ calendar year 2016 
allocations based on the excess amounts of public 
housing agencies’ net restricted assets accounts, in-
cluding HUD held programmatic reserves (in ac-
cordance with VMS data in calendar year 2015 that 
is verifiable and complete), as determined by the 
Secretary: Provided 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 sin-
gle fund budget authority provisions of their MTW 
agreements, from the agencies’ calendar year 2016 
MTW funding allocation: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall use any offset referred to in the pre-
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vious two provisos throughout the calendar year to 
prevent the termination of rental assistance for fam-
ilies as the result of insufficient funding, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, and to avoid or reduce the 
proration of renewal funding allocations: Provided 
further, That up to $75,000,000 shall be available 
only: (A) for adjustments in the allocations for pub-
lic housing agencies, after application for an adjust-
ment by a public housing agency that experienced a 
significant increase, as determined by the Secretary, 
in renewal costs of vouchers resulting from unfore-
seen circumstances or from portability under section 
8(r) of the Act; (B) for vouchers that were not in 
use during the 12-month period in order to be avail-
able to meet a commitment pursuant to section 
8(o)(13) of the Act; (C) for adjustments for costs 
associated with HUD–Veterans Affairs Supportive 
Housing (HUD–VASH) vouchers; (D) for adjust-
ments for public housing agencies with voucher leas-
ing rates at the end of the calendar year that exceed 
the average leasing for the 12-month period used to 
establish the allocation, and for additional leasing of 
vouchers that were issued but not leased prior to the 
end of such calendar year; (E) for public housing 
agencies that despite taking reasonable cost savings 
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measures, as determined by the Secretary, would 
otherwise be required to terminate rental assistance 
for families as a result of insufficient funding; and 
(F) for adjustments in the allocations for public 
housing agencies that experienced a significant in-
crease, as determined by the Secretary, in renewal 
costs as a result of participation in the Small Area 
Fair Market Rent demonstration: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall allocate amounts under the 
previous proviso based on need, as determined by 
the Secretary; 
(2) $130,000,000 shall be for section 8 rental 
assistance for relocation and replacement of housing 
units that are demolished or disposed of pursuant to 
section 18 of the Act, conversion of section 23 
projects to assistance under section 8, the family 
unification program under section 8(x) of the Act, 
relocation of witnesses in connection with efforts to 
combat crime in public and assisted housing pursu-
ant to a request from a law enforcement or prosecu-
tion agency, enhanced vouchers under any provision 
of law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) 
of the Act, HOPE VI and Choice Neighborhood 
vouchers, mandatory and voluntary conversions, and 
tenant protection assistance including replacement 
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and relocation assistance or for project-based assist-
ance to prevent the displacement of unassisted elder-
ly tenants currently residing in section 202 prop-
erties financed between 1959 and 1974 that are refi-
nanced pursuant to Public Law 106–569, as amend-
ed, or under the authority as provided under this 
Act: Provided, That when a public housing develop-
ment is submitted for demolition or disposition 
under section 18 of the Act, the Secretary may pro-
vide section 8 rental assistance when the units pose 
an imminent health and safety risk to residents: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may only pro-
vide replacement vouchers for units that were occu-
pied within the previous 24 months that cease to be 
available as assisted housing, subject only to the 
availability of funds: Provided further, That of the 
amounts
made
available
under
this
paragraph, 
$5,000,000 may be available to provide tenant pro-
tection assistance, not otherwise 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 sec-
tion 202 loan that requires the permission of the 
Secretary prior to loan prepayment; (B) the expira-
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tion of a rental assistance contract for which the 
tenants are not eligible for enhanced voucher or ten-
ant protection assistance under existing law; or (C) 
the expiration of affordability restrictions accom-
panying a mortgage or preservation program admin-
istered by the Secretary: Provided further, That such 
tenant protection assistance made available under 
the previous proviso may be provided under the au-
thority of section 8(t) or section 8(o)(13) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f(t)): Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
issue guidance to implement the previous provisos, 
including, but not limited to, requirements for defin-
ing eligible at-risk households within 120 days of the 
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That any 
tenant
protection
voucher
made
available
from 
amounts under this paragraph shall not be reissued 
by any public housing agency, except the replace-
ment vouchers as defined by the Secretary by notice, 
when the initial family that received any such vouch-
er 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, for the purpose under this paragraph, 
may use unobligated balances, including recaptures 
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and carryovers, remaining from amounts appro-
priated in prior fiscal years under this heading for 
voucher assistance for nonelderly disabled families 
and for disaster assistance made available under 
Public Law 110–329; 
(3) $1,530,000,000 shall be for administrative 
and other expenses of public housing agencies in ad-
ministering the section 8 tenant-based rental assist-
ance program, of which up to $10,000,000 shall be 
available to the Secretary to allocate to public hous-
ing agencies that need additional funds to admin-
ister their section 8 programs, including fees associ-
ated with section 8 tenant protection rental assist-
ance, the administration of disaster related vouchers, 
Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing vouchers, and 
other special purpose incremental vouchers: Pro-
vided, That no less than $1,520,000,000 of the 
amount provided in this paragraph shall be allocated 
to public housing agencies for the calendar year 
2016 funding cycle based on section 8(q) of the Act 
(and related Appropriation Act provisions) as in ef-
fect immediately before the enactment of the Quality 
Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (Pub-
lic Law 105–276): Provided further, That if the 
amounts made available under this paragraph are 
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insufficient to pay the amounts determined under 
the previous proviso, the Secretary may decrease the 
amounts allocated to agencies by a uniform percent-
age applicable to all agencies receiving funding 
under this paragraph or may, to the extent nec-
essary to provide full payment of amounts deter-
mined under the previous proviso, utilize unobligated 
balances, including recaptures and carryovers, re-
maining 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 partici-
pating in the MTW demonstration shall be funded 
pursuant to their MTW agreements, and shall be 
subject to the same uniform percentage decrease as 
under the previous 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, includ-
ing related development activities; 
(4) $107,643,210 for the renewal of tenant- 
based assistance contracts under section 811 of the 
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 
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(42 U.S.C. 8013), including necessary administra-
tive expenses: Provided, That administrative and 
other expenses of public housing agencies in admin-
istering the special purpose vouchers in this para-
graph shall be funded under the same terms and be 
subject to the same pro rata reduction as the per-
cent decrease for administrative and other expenses 
to public housing agencies under paragraph (3) of 
this heading; 
(5) the Secretary shall separately track all spe-
cial purpose vouchers funded under this heading. 
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
Unobligated balances, including recaptures and car-
ryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development under this 
heading, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted 
Housing’’ and the heading ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assist-
ance’’, for fiscal year 2016 and prior years may be used 
for renewal of or amendments to section 8 project-based 
contracts and for performance-based contract administra-
tors, notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds 
were appropriated: Provided, That any obligated balances 
of contract authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior that 
have been terminated shall be rescinded: Provided further, 
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That amounts heretofore recaptured, or recaptured during 
the current fiscal year, from section 8 project-based con-
tracts from source years fiscal year 1975 through fiscal 
year 1987 are hereby rescinded, and an amount of addi-
tional new budget authority, equivalent to the amount re-
scinded is hereby appropriated, to remain available until 
expended, for the purposes set forth under this heading, 
in addition to amounts otherwise available. 
PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND 
For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to 
carry out capital and management activities for public 
housing agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g) 
(‘‘the Act’’), $1,681,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2019: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law or regulation, during fiscal year 
2016 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
may not delegate to any Department official other than 
the Deputy Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for 
Public and Indian Housing any authority under paragraph 
(2) of section 9(j) regarding the extension of the time peri-
ods under such section: Provided further, That for pur-
poses 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 
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or in the future: Provided further, That up to $3,000,000 
shall be to support ongoing Public Housing Financial and 
Physical Assessment activities: Provided further, That of 
the total amount provided under this heading, not to ex-
ceed $20,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary to 
make grants, notwithstanding section 204 of this Act, to 
public housing agencies for emergency capital needs in-
cluding safety and security measures necessary to address 
crime and drug-related activity as well as needs resulting 
from unforeseen or unpreventable emergencies and nat-
ural disasters excluding Presidentially declared emer-
gencies and natural disasters under the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et 
seq.) occurring in fiscal year 2016: Provided further, That 
of
the
total
amount
provided
under
this
heading 
$30,000,000 shall be for supportive services, service coor-
dinator and congregate services as authorized by section 
34 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437z–6) and the Native Amer-
ican Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 
1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.): Provided further, That of 
the total amount made available under this heading, up 
to $15,000,000 may be used for a Jobs-Plus initiative 
modeled after the Jobs-Plus demonstration: Provided fur-
ther, That the funding provided under the previous proviso 
shall provide competitive grants to partnerships between 
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public housing authorities, local workforce investment 
boards established under section 117 of the Workforce In-
vestment Act of 1998, and other agencies and organiza-
tions that provide support to help public housing residents 
obtain employment and increase earnings: Provided fur-
ther, That applicants must demonstrate the ability to pro-
vide services to residents, partner with workforce invest-
ment boards, and leverage service dollars: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary may set aside a portion of the 
funds provided for the Resident Opportunity and Self-Suf-
ficiency program to support the services element of the 
Jobs-Plus Pilot initiative: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may allow PHAs to request exemptions from rent 
and income limitation requirements under sections 3 and 
6 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 as necessary 
to implement the Jobs-Plus program, on such terms and 
conditions as the Secretary may approve upon a finding 
by the Secretary that any such waivers or alternative re-
quirements are necessary for the effective implementation 
of the Jobs-Plus initiative as a voluntary program for resi-
dents: Provided further, That the Secretary shall publish 
by notice in the Federal Register any waivers or alter-
native requirements pursuant to the preceding proviso no 
later than 10 days before the effective date of such notice: 
Provided further, That for funds provided under this head-
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ing, the limitation in section 9(g)(1) of the Act shall be 
25 percent: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
waive the limitation in the previous proviso to allow public 
housing agencies to fund activities authorized under sec-
tion 9(e)(1)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That from 
the funds made available under this heading, the Secretary 
shall provide bonus awards in fiscal year 2016 to public 
housing agencies that are designated high performers: 
Provided further, That the Department shall notify public 
housing agencies of their formula allocation within 60 
days of enactment of this Act. 
PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND 
For 2016 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 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $4,440,000,000. 
CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE 
For competitive grants under the Choice Neighbor-
hoods Initiative (subject to section 24 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v), unless otherwise 
specified under this heading), for transformation, rehabili-
tation, and replacement housing needs of both public and 
HUD-assisted housing and to transform neighborhoods of 
poverty into functioning, sustainable mixed income neigh-
borhoods with appropriate services, schools, public assets, 
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transportation and access to jobs, $20,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That grant 
funds may be used for resident and community services, 
community development, and affordable housing needs in 
the community, and for conversion of vacant or foreclosed 
properties to affordable housing: Provided further, That 
the use of funds made available under this heading shall 
not be deemed to be public housing notwithstanding sec-
tion 3(b)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That grantees 
shall commit to an additional period of affordability deter-
mined by the Secretary of not fewer than 20 years: Pro-
vided further, That grantees shall undertake comprehen-
sive local planning with input from residents and the com-
munity, and that grantees shall provide a match in State, 
local, other Federal or private funds: Provided further, 
That grantees may include local governments, tribal enti-
ties, public housing authorities, and nonprofits: Provided 
further, That for-profit developers may apply jointly with 
a public entity: Provided further, That for purposes of en-
vironmental review, a grantee shall be treated as a public 
housing agency under section 26 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437x), and grants under 
this heading shall be subject to the regulations issued by 
the Secretary to implement such section: Provided further, 
That such grantees shall create partnerships with other 
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local organizations including assisted housing owners, 
service agencies, and resident organizations: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall consult with the Secretaries 
of Education, Labor, Transportation, Health and Human 
Services, Agriculture, and Commerce, the Attorney Gen-
eral, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency to coordinate and leverage other appropriate 
Federal resources: Provided further, That unobligated bal-
ances, including recaptures, remaining from funds appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Revitalization of Severely Dis-
tressed Public Housing (HOPE VI)’’ in fiscal year 2011 
and prior fiscal years may be used for purposes under this 
heading, notwithstanding the purposes for which such 
amounts were appropriated. 
FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY 
For the Family Self-Sufficiency program to support 
family self-sufficiency coordinators under section 23 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937, to promote the devel-
opment of local strategies to coordinate the use of assist-
ance under sections 8 and 9 of such Act with public and 
private resources, and enable eligible families to achieve 
economic independence and self-sufficiency, $75,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2017: Provided, 
That the Secretary may, by Federal Register notice, waive 
or specify alternative requirements under section b(3), 
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b(4), b(5), or c(1) of section 23 of such Act in order to 
facilitate the operation of a unified self-sufficiency pro-
gram for individuals receiving assistance under different 
provisions of the Act, as determined by the Secretary: Pro-
vided further, That owners of multifamily properties with 
project-based subsidy contracts under section 8 may com-
pete for funding under this heading and/or voluntarily 
make a Family Self-Sufficiency program available to the 
assisted tenants of such property in accordance with pro-
cedures established by the Secretary: Provided further, 
That such procedures established pursuant to the previous 
proviso shall permit participating tenants to accrue escrow 
funds in accordance with section 23(d)(2) and shall allow 
owners to use funding from residual receipt accounts to 
hire coordinators for their own Family Self-Sufficiency 
program. 
NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS 
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.), $650,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, 
That, notwithstanding the Native American Housing As-
sistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, to determine 
the amount of the allocation under title I of such Act for 
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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 compo-
nent based on multi-race census data, and the amount of 
the allocation for each Indian tribe shall be the greater 
of the two resulting allocation amounts: Provided further, 
That of the amounts made available under this heading, 
$3,500,000 shall be contracted for assistance for national 
or regional organizations representing Native American 
housing interests for providing training and technical as-
sistance to Indian housing authorities and tribally des-
ignated housing entities as authorized under NAHASDA: 
Provided further, That of the funds made available under 
the previous proviso, not less than $2,000,000 shall be 
made available for a national organization as authorized 
under section 703 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4212): Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts made available under 
this heading, $2,000,000 shall be to support the inspection 
of Indian housing units, contract expertise, training, and 
technical assistance in the training, oversight, and man-
agement of such Indian housing and tenant-based assist-
ance, including up to $300,000 for related travel: Provided 
further, That of the amount provided under this heading, 
$2,000,000 shall be made available for the cost of guaran-
teed notes and other obligations, as authorized by title VI 
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of NAHASDA: Provided further, That such costs, includ-
ing the costs of modifying such notes and other obliga-
tions, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, 
That these funds are available to subsidize the total prin-
cipal amount of any notes and other obligations, any part 
of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $17,452,007: 
Provided further, That the Department will notify grantees 
of their formula allocation within 60 days of the date of 
enactment of this Act: Provided further, notwithstanding 
section 302(d) of NAHASDA, if on January 1, 2016, a 
recipient’s total amount of undisbursed block grants in the 
Department’s line of credit control system is greater than 
three times the formula allocation it would otherwise re-
ceive under this heading, the Secretary shall adjust that 
recipient’s formula allocation down by the difference be-
tween its total amount of undisbursed block grants in the 
Department’s line of credit control system on January 1, 
2016, and three times the formula allocation it would oth-
erwise receive: Provided further, That grant amounts not 
allocated to a recipient pursuant to the previous proviso 
shall be allocated under the need component of the for-
mula proportionately among all other Indian tribes not 
subject to an adjustment: Provided further, That the 2 
previous provisos shall not apply to any Indian tribe that 
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would otherwise receive a formula allocation of less than 
$5,000,000: Provided further, That to take effect, the 
three previous provisos do not require the issuance of any 
regulation. 
INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
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), $8,000,000, 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: Provided further, That these funds are available 
to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to 
be guaranteed, up to $1,269,841,270, to remain available 
until expended: Provided further, That up to $750,000 of 
this amount may be for administrative contract expenses 
including management processes and systems to carry out 
the loan guarantee program. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS 
For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Per-
sons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS 
Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), 
$332,000,000 (increased by $3,000,000), to remain avail-
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able until September 30, 2017, except that amounts allo-
cated pursuant to section 854(c)(3) of such Act shall re-
main available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That 
the Secretary shall renew all expiring contracts for perma-
nent supportive housing that initially were funded under 
section 854(c)(3) of such Act from funds made available 
under this heading in fiscal year 2010 and prior fiscal 
years that meet all program requirements before awarding 
funds for new contracts under such section: Provided fur-
ther, That the Department shall notify grantees of their 
formula allocation within 60 days of enactment of this Act. 
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, 
$3,060,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2018, unless otherwise specified: Provided, That of the 
total amount provided, $3,000,000,000 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, not to exceed 20 percent of any 
grant made with funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be expended for planning and management develop-
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ment and administration: Provided further, That a metro-
politan city, urban county, unit of general local govern-
ment, or Indian tribe, or insular area that directly or indi-
rectly receives funds under this heading may not sell, 
trade, or otherwise transfer all or any portion of such 
funds to another such entity in exchange for any other 
funds, credits or non-Federal considerations, but must use 
such funds for activities eligible under title I of the Act: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 105(e)(1) 
of the Act, no funds provided under this heading may be 
provided to a for-profit entity for an economic develop-
ment project under section 105(a)(17) unless such project 
has been evaluated and selected in accordance with guide-
lines required under subparagraph (e)(2): Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds made available under this 
heading may be used for grants for the Economic Develop-
ment Initiative (‘‘EDI’’) or Neighborhood Initiatives ac-
tivities, Rural Innovation Fund, or for grants pursuant to 
section 107 of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5307): Provided further, That the 
Department shall notify grantees of their formula alloca-
tion within 60 days of enactment of this Act: Provided 
further, That of the total amount provided under this 
heading $60,000,000 shall be for grants to Indian tribes 
notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such Act, of which, 
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notwithstanding any other provision of law (including sec-
tion 204 of this Act), up to $3,960,000 may be used for 
emergencies that constitute imminent threats to health 
and safety. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2016, commitments to 
guarantee loans under section 108 of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5308), 
any part of which is guaranteed, shall not exceed a total 
principal amount of $300,000,000, notwithstanding any 
aggregate limitation on outstanding obligations guaran-
teed in subsection (k) of such section 108: Provided, That 
the Secretary shall collect fees from borrowers, notwith-
standing subsection (m) of such section 108, to result in 
a credit subsidy cost of zero for guaranteeing such loans, 
and any such fees shall be collected in accordance with 
section 502(7) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: 
Provided further, That all unobligated balances, including 
recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds appro-
priated to the Department of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment under this heading are hereby permanently re-
scinded. 
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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, 
$767,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019: Provided, That notwithstanding the amount made 
available under this heading, the threshold reduction re-
quirements in sections 216(10) and 217(b)(4) of such Act 
shall not apply to allocations of such amount: Provided 
further, That the requirements under provisos 2 through 
6 under this heading for fiscal year 2012 and such re-
quirements applicable pursuant to the ‘‘Full-Year Con-
tinuing Appropriations Act, 2013’’, shall not apply to any 
project to which funds were committed on or after August 
23, 2013, but such projects shall instead be governed by 
the Final Rule titled ‘‘Home Investment Partnerships 
Program; Improving Performance and Accountability; Up-
dating Property Standards’’ which became effective on 
such date: Provided further, That notwithstanding para-
graph (1)(B)(i) or (2)(B)(i) of section 1337(a) of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 
U.S.C. 4567(a)), amounts allocated under such para-
graphs shall be credited to, made available, and merged 
with this account: Provided further, That no amounts 
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made available by any provision of law may be transferred, 
reprogrammed, or credited to the Housing Trust Fund. 
SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP 
OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM 
For the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Op-
portunity Program, as authorized under section 11 of the 
Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, as 
amended, $50,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2018: Provided, That of the total amount pro-
vided under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be made 
available to the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership 
Opportunity Program as authorized under section 11 of 
the Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, 
as amended: Provided further, That of the total amount 
provided under this heading, $35,000,000 shall be made 
available for the second, third, and fourth capacity build-
ing activities authorized under section 4(a) of the HUD 
Demonstration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), of 
which not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available 
for rural capacity building activities: Provided further, 
That of the total amount provided under this heading, 
$5,000,000 shall be made available for capacity building 
by national rural housing organizations with experience 
assessing national rural conditions and providing financ-
ing, training, technical assistance, information, and re-
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search to local nonprofits, local governments and Indian 
Tribes serving high need rural communities. 
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the emergency solutions grants program as au-
thorized under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended; the con-
tinuum of care program as authorized under subtitle C 
of title IV of such Act; and the rural housing stability as-
sistance program as authorized under subtitle D of title 
IV of such Act, $2,185,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2018: Provided, That any rental assistance 
amounts that are recaptured under such continuum of 
care program shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That not less than $250,000,000 of the 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 
for such emergency solutions grants program: Provided 
further, That not less than $1,905,000,000 of the funds 
appropriated under this heading shall be available for such 
continuum of care and rural housing stability assistance 
programs: Provided further, That up to $5,000,000 of the 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 
for the national homeless data analysis project: Provided 
further, That all funds awarded for supportive services 
under the continuum of care program and the rural hous-
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ing stability assistance program shall be matched by not 
less than 25 percent in cash or in kind by each grantee: 
Provided further, That for all match requirements applica-
ble to funds made available under this heading for this 
fiscal year and prior years, a grantee may use (or could 
have used) as a source of match funds other funds admin-
istered by the Secretary and other Federal agencies unless 
there is (or was) a specific statutory prohibition on any 
such use of any such funds: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall establish minimum project performance 
thresholds for each grantee under the continuum of care 
program based on program performance data: Provided 
further, That none of the funds provided under this head-
ing shall be available to renew any expiring contract or 
amendment to a contract funded under the continuum of 
care program unless the Secretary determines that the ex-
piring contract or amendment to a contract is needed 
under the applicable continuum of care and meets appro-
priate program requirements, financial standards, and 
performance measures, including the minimum perform-
ance thresholds established in the previous proviso: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall prioritize funding 
under the continuum of care program to grant applica-
tions that demonstrate a capacity to reallocate funding 
from lower performing projects to higher performing 
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projects: Provided further, That all awards of assistance 
under this heading shall be required to coordinate and in-
tegrate homeless programs with other mainstream health, 
social services, and employment programs for which home-
less populations may be eligible: Provided further, That 
with respect to funds provided under this heading for the 
continuum of care program for fiscal years 2013, 2014, 
2015, and 2016 provision of permanent housing rental as-
sistance may be administered by private nonprofit organi-
zations: Provided further, That any unobligated amounts 
remaining from funds appropriated under this heading in 
fiscal year 2012 and prior years for project-based rental 
assistance for rehabilitation projects with 10-year grant 
terms may be used for purposes under this heading, not-
withstanding the purposes for which such funds were ap-
propriated: Provided further, That all balances for Shelter 
Plus Care renewals previously funded from the Shelter 
Plus Care Renewal account and transferred to this ac-
count shall be available, if recaptured, for continuum of 
care renewals in fiscal year 2016: Provided further, That 
the Department shall notify grantees of their formula allo-
cation from amounts allocated (which may represent ini-
tial or final amounts allocated) for the emergency solu-
tions grant program within 60 days of enactment of this 
Act. 
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HOUSING PROGRAMS 
PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities and assistance for the provision of 
project-based subsidy contracts under the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (‘‘the 
Act’’), not otherwise provided for, $10,254,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, shall be available on Octo-
ber 1, 2015 (in addition to the $400,000,000 previously 
appropriated under this heading that became available Oc-
tober 1, 2015), and $400,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be available on October 1, 2016: Pro-
vided, That the amounts made available under this head-
ing shall be available for expiring or terminating section 
8 project-based subsidy contracts (including section 8 
moderate rehabilitation contracts), for amendments to sec-
tion 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including section 
8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for contracts entered 
into pursuant to section 441 of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11401), for renewal 
of section 8 contracts for units in projects that are subject 
to approved plans of action under the Emergency Low In-
come Housing Preservation Act of 1987 or the Low-In-
come Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership 
Act of 1990, and for administrative and other expenses 
associated with project-based activities and assistance 
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funded under this paragraph: Provided further, That of 
the total amounts provided under this heading, not to ex-
ceed $150,000,000 shall be available for performance- 
based contract administrators for section 8 project-based 
assistance, for carrying out 42 U.S.C. 1437(f): Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment may also use such amounts in the previous proviso 
for performance-based contract administrators for the ad-
ministration of: (1) interest reduction payments pursuant 
to section 236(a) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 
1715z–1(a)); (2) rent supplement payments pursuant to 
section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act 
of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); (3) section 236(f)(2) rental 
assistance
payments
(12
U.S.C.
1715z–1(f)(2));
(4) 
project rental assistance contracts for the elderly under 
section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 
1701q); (5) project rental assistance contracts for sup-
portive housing for persons with disabilities under section 
811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)); (6) project assist-
ance contracts pursuant to section 202(h) of the Housing 
Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667); and (7) 
loans under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (Pub-
lic Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667): Provided further, That 
amounts recaptured under this heading, the heading ‘‘An-
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nual Contributions for Assisted Housing’’, or the heading 
‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’, may be used for renewals of 
or amendments to section 8 project-based contracts or for 
performance-based
contract
administrators,
notwith-
standing the purposes for which such amounts were appro-
priated: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, upon the request of the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development, project funds that are 
held in residual receipts accounts for any project subject 
to a section 8 project-based Housing Assistance Payments 
contract that authorizes HUD or a Housing Finance 
Agency to require that surplus project funds be deposited 
in an interest-bearing residual receipts account and that 
are in excess of an amount to be determined by the Sec-
retary, shall be remitted to the Department and deposited 
in this account, to be available until expended: Provided 
further, That amounts deposited pursuant to the previous 
proviso shall be available in addition to the amount other-
wise provided by this heading for uses authorized under 
this heading. 
HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY 
For amendments to capital advance contracts for 
housing for the elderly, as authorized by section 202 of 
the Housing Act of 1959, as amended, and for project 
rental assistance for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) 
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of such Act, including amendments to contracts for such 
assistance and renewal of expiring contracts for such as-
sistance for up to a 1-year term, and for senior preserva-
tion rental assistance contracts, including renewals, as au-
thorized by section 811(e) of the American Housing and 
Economic Opportunity Act of 2000, as amended, and for 
supportive
services
associated
with
the
housing, 
$414,000,000 (increased by $2,500,000) to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2019: Provided, That of the 
amount provided under this heading, up to $77,000,000 
shall be for service coordinators and the continuation of 
existing congregate service grants for residents of assisted 
housing projects: Provided further, That amounts under 
this heading shall be available for Real Estate Assessment 
Center inspections and inspection-related activities associ-
ated with section 202 projects: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may waive the provisions of section 202 gov-
erning the terms and conditions of project rental assist-
ance, except that the initial contract term for such assist-
ance shall not exceed 5 years in duration: Provided further, 
That upon request of the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development, project funds that are held in residual re-
ceipts accounts for any project subject to a section 202 
project rental assistance contract, and that upon termi-
nation of such contract are in excess of an amount to be 
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determined by the Secretary, shall be remitted to the De-
partment and deposited in this account, to be available 
until September 30, 2019, for purposes under this head-
ing, and shall be in addition to the amounts otherwise pro-
vided under this heading for such purposes: Provided fur-
ther, That in addition, of the prior year unobligated bal-
ances of funds, including recaptures and carryover, made 
available under this heading, $47,000,000 shall be used 
for an additional amount for the purposes provided under 
this heading, notwithstanding any purpose for which origi-
nally appropriated. 
HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 
For amendments to capital advance contracts for 
supportive housing for persons with disabilities, as author-
ized by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af-
fordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), for project rental 
assistance for supportive housing for persons with disabil-
ities under section 811(d)(2) of such Act and for project 
assistance contracts pursuant to section 202(h) of the 
Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667), 
including amendments to contracts for such assistance 
and renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance for 
up to a 1-year term, for project rental assistance to State 
housing finance agencies and other appropriate entities as 
authorized under section 811(b)(3) of the Cranston-Gon-
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zalez National Housing Act, and for supportive services 
associated with the housing for persons with disabilities 
as
authorized
by
section
811(b)(1)
of
such
Act, 
$152,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019: Provided, That amounts made available under this 
heading shall be available for Real Estate Assessment 
Center inspections and inspection-related activities associ-
ated with section 811 projects: Provided further, That, in 
this fiscal year, upon the request of the Secretary of Hous-
ing and Urban Development, project funds that are held 
in residual receipts accounts for any project subject to a 
section 811 project rental assistance contract and that 
upon termination of such contract are in excess of an 
amount to be determined by the Secretary shall be remit-
ted to the Department and deposited in this account, to 
be available until September 30, 2019: Provided further, 
That amounts deposited in this account pursuant to the 
previous proviso shall be available in addition to the 
amounts otherwise provided by this heading for the pur-
poses authorized under this heading: Provided further, 
That unobligated balances, including recaptures and car-
ryover, remaining from funds transferred to or appro-
priated under this heading may be used for the current 
purposes authorized under this heading notwithstanding 
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the purposes for which such funds originally were appro-
priated. 
HOUSING COUNSELING ASSISTANCE 
For contracts, grants, and other assistance excluding 
loans, as authorized under section 106 of the Housing and 
Urban
Development
Act
of
1968,
as
amended, 
$47,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2017, including up to $4,500,000 for administrative con-
tract services: Provided, That grants made available from 
amounts provided under this heading shall be awarded 
within 180 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, 
That funds shall be used for providing counseling and ad-
vice to tenants and homeowners, both current and pro-
spective, with respect to property maintenance, financial 
management/literacy, and such other matters as may be 
appropriate to assist them in improving their housing con-
ditions, meeting their financial needs, and fulfilling the re-
sponsibilities of tenancy or homeownership; for program 
administration; and for housing counselor training: Pro-
vided further, That for purposes of providing such grants 
from amounts provided under this heading, the Secretary 
may enter into multiyear agreements as is appropriate, 
subject to the availability of annual appropriations. 
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RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE 
For amendments to contracts under section 101 of 
the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 
U.S.C. 1701s) and section 236(f)(2) of the National 
Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1) in State-aided, non-
insured rental housing projects, $30,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such amount, to-
gether
with
unobligated
balances
from
recaptured 
amounts appropriated prior to fiscal year 2006 from ter-
minated contracts under such sections of law, and any un-
obligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, re-
maining from funds appropriated under this heading after 
fiscal year 2005, shall also be available for extensions of 
up to one year for expiring contracts under such sections 
of law. 
PAYMENT TO MANUFACTURED HOUSING FEES TRUST 
FUND 
For necessary expenses as authorized by the National 
Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Stand-
ards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), up to 
$11,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$11,000,000 is to be derived from the Manufactured 
Housing Fees Trust Fund: Provided, That not to exceed 
the total amount appropriated under this heading shall be 
available from the general fund of the Treasury to the ex-
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tent necessary to incur obligations and make expenditures 
pending the receipt of collections to the Fund pursuant 
to section 620 of such Act: Provided further, That the 
amount made available under this heading from the gen-
eral fund shall be reduced as such collections are received 
during fiscal year 2016 so as to result in a final fiscal 
year 2016 appropriation from the general fund estimated 
at zero, and fees pursuant to such section 620 shall be 
modified as necessary to ensure such a final fiscal year 
2016 appropriation: Provided further, That for the dispute 
resolution and installation programs, the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development may assess and collect 
fees from any program participant: Provided further, That 
such collections shall be deposited into the Fund, and the 
Secretary, as provided herein, may use such collections, 
as well as fees collected under section 620, for necessary 
expenses of such Act: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing the requirements of section 620 of such Act, the 
Secretary may carry out responsibilities of the Secretary 
under such Act through the use of approved service pro-
viders that are paid directly by the recipients of their serv-
ices. 
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FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION 
MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
New commitments to guarantee single family loans 
insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund shall 
not exceed $400,000,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2017: Provided, That during fiscal year 
2016, obligations to make direct loans to carry out the 
purposes of section 204(g) of the National Housing Act, 
as amended, shall not exceed $5,000,000: Provided fur-
ther, That the foregoing amount in the previous proviso 
shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities 
in connection with sales of single family real properties 
owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under the 
Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund: Provided Further, That 
for administrative contract expenses of the Federal Hous-
ing Administration, $130,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2017. 
GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
New commitments to guarantee loans insured under 
the General and Special Risk Insurance Funds, as author-
ized by sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act 
(12
U.S.C.
1715z–3
and
1735c),
shall
not
exceed 
$30,000,000,000 in total loan principal, any part of which 
is to be guaranteed, to remain available until September 
30, 2017: Provided, That during fiscal year 2016, gross 
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obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, as au-
thorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 519(a) of 
the National Housing Act, shall not exceed $5,000,000, 
which shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental en-
tities in connection with the sale of single family real prop-
erties owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under 
such Act. 
GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION 
GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN 
GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out 
the purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act, 
as amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed 
$500,000,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2017: Provided, That $23,000,000 shall be available 
for necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Gov-
ernment National Mortgage Association: Provided further, 
That receipts from Commitment and Multiclass fees col-
lected pursuant to title III of the National Housing Act, 
as amended, shall be credited as offsetting collections to 
this account. 
POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 
For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of pro-
grams of research and studies relating to housing and 
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urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized 
by title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act 
of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), including carrying 
out the functions of the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development under section 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization 
Plan
No.
of
1968,
$52,500,000
(reduced
by 
$2,500,000), to remain available until September 30, 
2017: Provided, That with respect to amounts made avail-
able under this heading, notwithstanding section 204 of 
this title, the Secretary may enter into cooperative agree-
ments funded with philanthropic entities, other Federal 
agencies, or State or local governments and their agencies 
for research projects: Provided further, That with respect 
to the previous proviso, such partners to the cooperative 
agreements must contribute at least a 50 percent match 
toward the cost of the project: Provided further, That for 
non-competitive agreements entered into in accordance 
with the previous two provisos, the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development shall comply with section 2(b) of 
the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency 
Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–282, 31 U.S.C. note) in lieu 
of compliance with section 102(a)(4)(C) with respect to 
documentation of award decisions: Provided further, That 
prior to obligation of technical assistance funding, the Sec-
retary shall submit a plan, for approval, to the House and 
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ments by the Department of Transportation to a third- 
party contractor 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 im-
proper payments; and 
(2) to pay contractors for services provided in re-
covering improper payments or contractor support in 
the implementation of the Improper Payments Infor-
mation 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: Provided further, That where 
specific project or accounting information associ-
ated with the improper payment or payments is 
not readily available, the Secretary may credit 
an appropriate account, which shall be available 
for the purposes and period associated with the 
account so credited; or 
(B) if no such appropriation remains avail-
able, shall be deposited in the Treasury as mis-
cellaneous receipts: Provided further, That prior 
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