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may transfer an amount equal to the total amount 
that would have been allocated for tenant protection 
voucher assistance for properties that have requested 
such conversions from amounts made available for 
tenant protection voucher assistance under the head-
ing ‘Tenant-Based Rental Assistance’ to the heading 
‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’: Provided further, 
That at properties with assistance previously con-
verted hereunder to assistance under the heading 
‘Project Based Rental Assistance,’ which are also sep-
arately assisted under section 8(o)(13) of the Act, the 
Secretary may, with the consent of the public housing 
agency and owner, terminate such project-based sub-
sidy contracts and immediately enter into one new 
project-based subsidy contract under section 8 of the 
Act, which shall be eligible for renewal under section 
524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and 
Affordability Act of 1997, subject to the requirement 
that any residents assisted under section 8(o)(13) of 
the Act at the time of such termination of such 
project-based subsidy contract shall retain all rights 
accrued under section 8(o)(13)(E) of the Act under 
the new project-based subsidy contract and section 
8(o)(13)(F)(iv) of the Act shall not apply: Provided 
further, That to carry out the previous proviso, the
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Secretary may transfer from the heading ‘Tenant- 
Based Rental Assistance’ to the heading ‘Project- 
Based Rental Assistance’ an amount equal to the 
amounts associated with such terminating contract 
under section 8(o)(13) of the Act:’’; 
(4) in the thirteenth proviso, as reordered above, 
by— 
(A) inserting ‘‘ ‘Public Housing Fund’, 
‘Self-Sufficiency Programs’, ‘Family Self-Suffi-
ciency’ ’’ following ‘‘ ‘Public Housing Operating 
Fund’,’’; and 
(B) inserting ‘‘or the ongoing availability of 
services for residents’’ after ‘‘effective conversion 
of assistance under the demonstration’’; 
(5) after the twenty-third proviso, as reordered 
above, by inserting the following proviso: ‘‘Provided 
further, That owners of properties with a senior pres-
ervation rental assistance contract under section 811 
of the American Homeownership and Economic Op-
portunity Act of 2000 (12 U.S.C. 1701q note), shall 
be eligible, subject to requirements established by the 
Secretary as necessary to facilitate the conversion of 
assistance while maintaining the affordability period 
and the designation of the property as serving elderly 
families, and tenant consultation procedures, for con-
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version of assistance available for such assistance con-
tracts to assistance under a long-term project-based 
subsidy contract under section 8 of the Act:’’; 
(6) in the twenty-eighth proviso, as reordered 
above, by inserting ‘‘, section 811 of the American 
Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 
2000,’’ after ‘‘Housing Act of 1959’’; and 
(7) in the thirty-third proviso, as reordered 
above, by striking ‘‘any section 202 project rental as-
sistance contract or section 811 project rental assist-
ance contract conversions’’ and inserting ‘‘the conver-
sion of assistance from section 202(c)(2) of the Hous-
ing Act of 1959, section 811 of the American Home-
ownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000, or 
section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
Affordable Housing Act’’. 
SEC. 240. There is hereby established in the Treasury 
of the United States a fund to be known as the ‘‘Department 
of Housing and Urban Development Nonrecurring Expenses 
Fund’’ (the Fund): Provided, That unobligated balances of 
expired discretionary funds appropriated for this or any 
succeeding fiscal year from the General Fund of the Treas-
ury to the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
by this or any other Act may be transferred (not later than 
the end of the fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal year for
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which such funds are available for the purposes for which 
they were appropriated) into the Fund: Provided further, 
That amounts deposited in the Fund shall be available until 
expended, in addition to such other funds as may be avail-
able for such purposes, for capital needs of the Department, 
including facilities infrastructure and information tech-
nology infrastructure, subject to approval by the Office of 
Management and Budget: Provided further, That amounts 
in the Fund may be obligated only after the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified at least 
15 days in advance of the planned use of funds. 
SEC. 241. Amounts made available for the Office of 
Housing under the heading ‘‘Program Offices’’ in this and 
prior Acts shall also be available, without additional com-
petition, for cooperative agreements with Participating Ad-
ministrative Entities that have been selected under section 
513(b) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Af-
fordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) (MAHRAA) 
to provide direct support, including carrying out due dili-
gence and underwriting functions for owners and for tech-
nical assistance activities, on conditions established by the 
Secretary for small properties and owners converting assist-
ance under the First Component or the Second Component 
under the heading ‘‘Rental Assistance Demonstration’’ in 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development Ap-
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propriations Act, 2012 (title II of division C of Public Law 
112–55). 
SEC. 242. Of the amounts made available for the Office 
of Policy Development and Research under the heading 
‘‘Program Offices’’, up to $3,500,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2026, may be transferred to the heading 
‘‘Information Technology Fund’’ to be available for the 
needs of the Chief Data Officer, in addition to amounts oth-
erwise available, including for additional development, 
modernization, and enhancement: Provided, That the Sec-
retary shall notify the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations no fewer than three business days in ad-
vance of any such transfer. 
SEC. 243. For fiscal year 2024, the costs of any rent 
incentives as authorized pursuant to waivers or alternative 
requirements of the Jobs-Plus initiative as described under 
the heading ‘‘Self-Sufficiency Programs’’ shall not be 
charged against the competitive grant amounts made avail-
able under such heading: Provided, That the amount of any 
forgone increases in tenant rent payments due to the imple-
mentation of such rent incentives shall be factored into the 
public housing agency’s general operating fund eligibility 
pursuant to the formula under the heading ‘‘Public Hous-
ing Fund’’: Provided further, That the amount of any fore-
gone increases in tenant rent payments due to the imple-
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mentation of such rent incentives implemented on behalf of 
residents of a project with assistance converted from public 
housing to project-based rental assistance under section 8 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) 
or assistance under section 8(o)(13) of such Act under the 
heading ‘‘Rental Assistance Demonstration’’ in the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations 
Act, 2012 (title II of division C of Public Law 112–55), 
as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) shall be factored into 
(A) housing assistance payments made pursuant to project- 
based subsidy contracts provided under the heading 
‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’; and (B) housing assist-
ance payments made by public housing agencies pursuant 
to project-based assistance contracts under section 8(o)(13) 
of such Act, with these costs being renewed under the head-
ing ‘‘Tenant-Based Rental Assistance’’. 
SEC. 244. (a) With respect to the funds made available 
for the Continuum of Care program authorized under sub-
title C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) under the heading 
‘‘Homeless Assistance Grants’’ in this and prior Acts and 
under section 231 of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development 
Appropriations 
Act, 
2020 
(42 
U.S.C. 
11364a)—
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(1) title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 
U.S.C. 2000d et seq.) and title VIII of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.) shall not 
apply to applications by or awards for projects to be 
carried out— 
(A) on or off reservation or trust lands for 
awards made to Indian tribes or tribally des-
ignated housing entities; or 
(B) on reservation or trust lands for awards 
made to eligible entities as defined in section 401 
of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 11360); 
(2) Indian tribes and tribally designated housing 
entities shall also be eligible to administer permanent 
housing rental assistance under section 423(g) of the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
11383(g)). 
(b) With respect to funds made available for the Con-
tinuum of Care program authorized under subtitle C of title 
IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) under the heading ‘‘Homeless Assist-
ance Grants’’ in this title or under section 231 of the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development Appropria-
tions Act, 2020 (42 U.S.C. 11364a)—
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(1) applications for projects to be carried out on 
reservations or trust land shall contain a certification 
of consistency with an approved Indian housing plan 
developed under section 102 of the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 
(NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4112), notwithstanding sec-
tion 106 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12706) and section 403 of the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
11361); 
(2) Indian tribes and tribally designated housing 
entities that are recipients of awards for projects on 
reservations or trust land shall certify that they are 
following an approved housing plan developed under 
section 102 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4112); and 
(3) a collaborative applicant for a Continuum of 
Care whose geographic area includes only reservation 
and trust land is not required to meet the require-
ment in section 402(f)(2) of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360a(f)(2)). 
SEC. 245. (a) Section 184(a) of the Housing and Com-
munity Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a(a)) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—To provide access to sources of pri-
vate financing to Indian families, Indian housing authori-
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ties, and Indian tribes, who otherwise could not acquire 
housing financing because of the unique legal status of In-
dian lands and the unique nature of tribal economies; and 
to expand homeownership opportunities to Indian families, 
Indian housing authorities and Indian tribes on fee simple 
lands, the Secretary may guarantee not to exceed 100 per-
cent of the unpaid principal and interest due on any loan 
eligible under subsection (b) made to an Indian family, In-
dian housing authority, or Indian tribe on trust land and 
fee simple land.’’. 
(b) Section 184(b)(2) of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a(b)(2)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE
HOUSING.—The loan shall be 
used to construct, acquire, refinance, or rehabilitate 1- 
to 4-family dwellings that are standard housing.’’. 
(c) Section 184A of the Housing and Community De-
velopment Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13b) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘, and to ex-
pand homeownership opportunities to Native Hawai-
ian families who are eligible to receive a homestead 
under the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920 
(42 Stat. 108) on fee simple lands in the State of Ha-
waii’’ after ‘‘markets’’; and
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(2) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (2) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE
HOUSING.—The loan shall be 
used to construct, acquire, refinance, or rehabilitate 1- 
to 4-family dwellings that are standard housing.’’. 
SEC. 246. (a) Section 184(b)(5)(A) of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z– 
13a(b)(5)(A)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(5) TERMS.—The loan shall— 
‘‘(A) be made for a term not exceeding 30 
years, except as determined by the Secretary, 
when there is a loan modification under sub-
section (h)(1)(B), the loan shall not exceed 40 
years;’’. 
(b) Section 184A(c)(5)(A) of the Housing and Commu-
nity Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z– 
13b(c)(5)(A)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(5) TERMS.—The loan shall— 
‘‘(A) be made for a term not exceeding 30 
years; except, as determined by the Secretary, 
when there is a loan modification under sub-
section (i)(1)(B) the term of the loan shall not 
exceed 40 years;’’.
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SEC. 247. Section 105 of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(j) SPECIAL ACTIVITIES BY INDIAN TRIBES.—Indian 
tribes receiving grants under section 5306(a)(1) of this title 
(section 106(a)(1) of this Act) shall be authorized to carry 
out activities described in subsection (a)(15) directly.’’. 
SEC. 248. Section 184A(c) of the Housing and Com-
munity Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13b(c)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(6) PROHIBITION ON PACE PRIMING.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, no property with 
a loan guaranteed under this section shall be subject 
to a new residential Property Assessed Clean Energy 
(PACE or R-PACE) loan or equivalent financing 
without the PACE loan or equivalent financing pro-
vider obtaining prior written consent from the Sec-
retary, subject to such terms and conditions as the 
Secretary may prescribe. Any new residential PACE 
or R-PACE loan or equivalent financing that is en-
tered into by a PACE Provider absent such consent 
shall be deemed void ab initio and the PACE Pro-
vider shall bear all costs associated with the trans-
actions with no recourse against the borrower result-
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ing from the PACE transaction, including all costs 
incurred by any holder of a guaranteed loan or the 
Secretary in obtaining good and marketable title.’’. 
SEC. 249. Section 184(b) of the Housing and Commu-
nity Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a(b)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) PROHIBITION ON PACE PRIMING.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, no property with 
a loan guaranteed under this section, shall be subject 
to a new residential Property Assessed Clean Energy 
(PACE or R-PACE) loan or equivalent financing 
without the PACE loan or equivalent financing pro-
vider obtaining prior written consent from the Sec-
retary, subject to such terms and conditions as the 
Secretary may prescribe. Any new residential PACE 
or R-PACE loan or equivalent financing that is en-
tered into by a PACE Provider absent such consent 
shall be deemed void ab initio and the PACE Pro-
vider shall bear all costs associated with the trans-
actions with no recourse against the borrower result-
ing from the PACE transaction, including all costs 
incurred by any holder of a guaranteed loan or the 
Secretary in obtaining good and marketable title.’’.
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SEC. 250. Title V of the National Housing Act (12 
U.S.C. 1731a et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 543. PROHIBITION ON PACE PRIMING. 
‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law, includ-
ing section 208 of this Act, no 1 to 4 unit property with 
a mortgage insured, guaranteed, made, or held by the Sec-
retary after the date of enactment of this section, shall be 
subject to a new residential Property Assessed Clean Energy 
(PACE or R-PACE) loan or equivalent financing without 
the PACE loan or equivalent financing provider obtaining 
prior written consent from the Secretary, subject to such 
terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe. Any 
new PACE or R-PACE loan or equivalent financing that 
is entered into by a PACE provider absent such consent 
shall be deemed void ab initio and the PACE provider shall 
bear all costs associated with the transactions with no re-
course against the homeowner resulting from the PACE 
transaction, including all costs incurred by any holder of 
an insured or guaranteed mortgage or the Secretary in ob-
taining good and marketable title.’’. 
SEC. 251. Notwithstanding section 3(b)(6) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (the Act) and chapter 
63 of title 31, United States Code, amounts made available 
to the Secretary in this or any prior Act under the headings
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‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’ or ‘‘Housing Certificate 
Fund’’ for performance-based contract administrators to 
carry out section 8 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437f), as imple-
mented by the Secretary in chapter VIII of title 24, Code 
of Federal Regulations, may be awarded through a Notice 
of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) not subject to procure-
ment laws or regulations: Provided, That such awards shall 
be deemed for all purposes to be cooperative agreements: 
Provided further, That for purposes of such NOFO, eligible 
applicants are public housing agencies as defined by section 
3(b)(6)(A) of the Act and nonprofits of such agencies when 
operating outside of the State or territory in which such 
agency is established, notwithstanding any provisions of 
such section 8(b) to the contrary: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall award one cooperative agreement for 
each State or territory, except that the Secretary may 
award more than one agreement for a State or territory 
if the population of such State or territory exceeds 
35,000,000: Provided further, That any cooperative agree-
ments issued by the Secretary shall, at minimum, assign 
the rights and responsibilities as provided in section 8 of 
the Act: Provided further, That the Secretary shall assign 
such rights and responsibilities to the furthest extent pos-
sible to ensure effective and efficient program oversight and 
monitoring: Provided further, That when selecting a per-
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formance-based contract administrator, the Secretary shall 
provide a preference to applicants that have demonstrated 
experience with properties receiving project-based assist-
ance, experience in multifamily housing preservation, ad-
dressing the concerns of low-income tenants, making assist-
ance payments to owners, and performing the other func-
tions assigned to a public housing agency under section 8(b) 
of the Act: Provided further, That if no qualified applicant 
applies under NOFO, the Secretary may utilize a procure-
ment contract subject to all procurement laws and regula-
tions to assist in carrying out section 8 of the Act: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall provide for incentive-based 
fees as part of such awards. 
SEC. 252. Section 239 of division L of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2016 is amended by striking ‘‘2028’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2043’’. 
SEC. 253. For fiscal years 2024 and 2025, the Sec-
retary may issue a 2-year notification of funding oppor-
tunity, including any alternative procedures or require-
ments as may be necessary to allocate future appropriations 
in the second year, for the award of amounts made available 
for the Continuum of Care program under subtitle C of title 
IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11381 et seq.), notwithstanding any conflict with the 
requirements of the Continuum of Care program.
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SEC. 254. The Secretary may, upon a finding that a 
waiver or alternative requirement is necessary for the effec-
tive delivery and administration of funds made available 
for new incremental voucher assistance or renewals for the 
Mainstream program and the family unification program 
(including the Foster Youth to Independence program) in 
this and prior Acts, waive or specify alternative require-
ments, other than requirements related to tenant rights and 
protections, rent setting, fair housing, nondiscrimination, 
labor standards, and the environment, for— 
(1) section 8(o)(6)(A) of the United States Hous-
ing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(6)(A)) and regu-
latory provisions related to the administration of 
waiting lists, local preferences, and the initial term 
and extensions of tenant-based vouchers; and 
(2) section 8(x)(2) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(x)(2)) regarding the 
timing of referral of youth leaving foster care. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Housing 
and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2024’’.
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TITLE III 
RELATED AGENCIES 
ACCESS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Access Board, as author-
ized by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 
U.S.C. 792), $9,955,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, there may be credited to this 
appropriation funds received for publications and training 
expenses. 
FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime Com-
mission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Merchant 
Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 46107), including 
services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized 
by section 1343(b) of title 31, United States Code; and uni-
forms or allowances therefore, as authorized by sections 
5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code, $43,720,000, 
of which $2,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2025: Provided, That not to exceed $3,500 shall be for 
official reception and representation expenses.
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NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to 
carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 
1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 3), $29,240,000: Provided, That the 
Inspector General shall have all necessary authority, in car-
rying out the duties specified in such Act, to investigate 
allegations of fraud, including false statements to the Gov-
ernment under section 1001 of title 18, United States Code, 
by any person or entity that is subject to regulation by the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Provided fur-
ther, That the Inspector General may enter into contracts 
and other arrangements for audits, studies, analyses, and 
other services with public agencies and with private per-
sons, subject to the applicable laws and regulations that 
govern the obtaining of such services within the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation: Provided further, That the 
Inspector General may select, appoint, and employ such of-
ficers and employees as may be necessary for carrying out 
the functions, powers, and duties of the Office of Inspector 
General, subject to the applicable laws and regulations that 
govern such selections, appointments, and employment 
within the National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Pro-
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vided further, That concurrent with the President’s budget 
request for fiscal year 2025, the Inspector General shall sub-
mit to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
a budget request for fiscal year 2025 in similar format and 
substance to budget requests submitted by executive agencies 
of the Federal Government. 
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Transportation 
Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 
and aircraft; 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 a GS– 
15; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by sec-
tions 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code, 
$134,300,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 may be used 
for official reception and representation expenses: Provided, 
That the amounts made available to the National Transpor-
tation Safety Board in this Act include amounts necessary 
to make lease payments on an obligation incurred in fiscal 
year 2001 for a capital lease.
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NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT 
CORPORATION 
For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor-
poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, as 
authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation 
Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $168,000,000: Provided, That 
an additional $2,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027, shall be for the promotion and development 
of shared equity housing models. 
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation 
Board, including services authorized by section 3109 of title 
5, United States Code, $47,452,000: Provided, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed 
$1,250,000 from fees established by 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 
amounts made available under this heading from the gen-
eral fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as 
such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 
2024, to result in a final appropriation from the general 
fund estimated at not more than $46,202,000.
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UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON 
HOMELESSNESS 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including payment of salaries, 
authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rent-
al of conference rooms, and the employment of experts and 
consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, of the United States Interagency Council on Home-
lessness in carrying out the functions pursuant to title II 
of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amend-
ed, $4,300,000.
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TITLE IV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
SEC. 401. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 
expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 
intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings fund-
ed in this Act. 
SEC. 402. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fis-
cal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-
tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 403. The expenditure of any appropriation under 
this Act for any consulting service through a procurement 
contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such expendi-
tures are a matter of public record and available for public 
inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing 
law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to 
existing law. 
SEC. 404. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be obligated or expended for any employee training 
that— 
(1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, 
skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the perform-
ance of official duties;
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(2) contains elements likely to induce high levels 
of emotional response or psychological stress in some 
participants; 
(3) does not require prior employee notification 
of the content and methods to be used in the training 
and written end of course evaluation; 
(4) contains any methods or content associated 
with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 
‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Employ-
ment Opportunity Commission Notice N–915.022, 
dated September 2, 1988; or 
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, partici-
pants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the work-
place. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 
otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 
bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 
SEC. 405. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by previous 
appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities funded in 
this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 
in fiscal year 2024, or provided from any accounts in the 
Treasury derived by the collection of fees and available to 
the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obliga-
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tion or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds 
that— 
(1) creates a new program; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel for any pro-
gram, project, or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted by the Congress; 
(4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 
activity by either the House or Senate Committees on 
Appropriations for a different purpose; 
(5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, which-
ever is less; 
(6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activi-
ties by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or 
(7) creates, reorganizes, or restructures a branch, 
division, office, bureau, board, commission, agency, 
administration, or department different from the 
budget justifications submitted to the Committees on 
Appropriations or the report accompanying this Act, 
whichever is more detailed, unless prior approval is 
received from the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations: 
Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, each agency funded by this Act shall
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submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and of the House of Representatives to establish the 
baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer au-
thorities for the current fiscal year: Provided further, That 
the report shall include— 
(A) a table for each appropriation with a 
separate column to display the prior year en-
acted level, the President’s budget request, adjust-
ments made by Congress, adjustments due to en-
acted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal 
year enacted level; 
(B) a delineation in the table for each ap-
propriation and its respective prior year enacted 
level by object class and program, project, and 
activity as detailed in this Act, the table in the 
report accompanying this Act, accompanying re-
ports of the House and Senate Committee on Ap-
propriations, or in the budget appendix for the 
respective appropriations, whichever is more de-
tailed, and shall apply to all items for which a 
dollar amount is specified and to all programs 
for which new budget (obligational) authority is 
provided, as well as to discretionary grants and 
discretionary grant allocations; and
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(C) an identification of items of special con-
gressional interest. 
SEC. 406. Except as otherwise specifically provided by 
law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances re-
maining available at the end of fiscal year 2024 from ap-
propriations made available for salaries and expenses for 
fiscal year 2024 in this Act, shall remain available through 
September 30, 2025 for each such account for the purposes 
authorized: Provided, That a request shall be submitted to 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations for 
approval prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided 
further, That these requests shall be made in compliance 
with reprogramming guidelines under section 405 of this 
Act. 
SEC. 407. No funds in this Act may be used to support 
any Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use the 
power of eminent domain, unless eminent domain is em-
ployed only for a public use: Provided, That for purposes 
of this section, public use shall not be construed to include 
economic development that primarily benefits private enti-
ties: Provided further, That any use of funds for mass tran-
sit, railroad, airport, seaport or highway projects, as well 
as utility projects which benefit or serve the general public 
(including energy-related, communication-related, water-re-
lated and wastewater-related infrastructure), other struc-
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tures designated for use by the general public or which have 
other common-carrier or public-utility functions that serve 
the general public and are subject to regulation and over-
sight by the government, and projects for the removal of an 
immediate threat to public health and safety or brownfields 
as defined in the Small Business Liability Relief and 
Brownfields Revitalization Act (Public Law 107–118) shall 
be considered a public use for purposes of eminent domain. 
SEC. 408. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except pur-
suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 
in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 409. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act 
may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that 
in expending the assistance the entity will comply with sec-
tions 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 
8301–8305, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’). 
SEC. 410. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act shall be made available to any per-
son or entity that has been convicted of violating the Buy 
American Act (41 U.S.C. 8301–8305). 
SEC. 411. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for first-class airline accommodations in
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contravention of sections 301–10.122 and 301–10.123 of 
title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 412. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance 
of more than 50 employees of a single agency or department 
of the United States Government, who are stationed in the 
United States, at any single international conference unless 
the relevant Secretary reports to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations at least 5 days in advance 
that such attendance is important to the national interest: 
Provided, That for purposes of this section the term ‘‘inter-
national conference’’ shall mean a conference occurring out-
side of the United States attended by representatives of the 
United States Government and of foreign governments, 
international organizations, or nongovernmental organiza-
tions. 
SEC. 413. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available under this Act may be used by the Surface 
Transportation Board 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 suit filing fees under section 1914 of title 28, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 414. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net-
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work unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, 
and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 415. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to deny an Inspector General funded under 
this Act timely access to any records, documents, or other 
materials available to the department or agency over which 
that Inspector General has responsibilities under the In-
spector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), or to prevent 
or impede that Inspector General’s access to such records, 
documents, or other materials, under any provision of law, 
except a provision of law that expressly refers to the Inspec-
tor General and expressly limits the Inspector General’s 
right of access. 
(b) A department or agency covered by this section 
shall provide its Inspector General with access to all such 
records, documents, and other materials in a timely man-
ner. 
(c) Each Inspector General shall ensure compliance 
with statutory limitations on disclosure relevant to the in-
formation provided by the establishment over which that In-
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spector General has responsibilities under the Inspector 
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 
(d) Each Inspector General covered by this section 
shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate within 5 calendar 
days any failures to comply with this requirement. 
SEC. 416. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used to pay award or 
incentive fees for contractors whose performance has been 
judged to be below satisfactory, behind schedule, over budget, 
or has failed to meet the basic requirements of a contract, 
unless the Agency determines that any such deviations are 
due to unforeseeable events, government-driven scope 
changes, or are not significant within the overall scope of 
the project and/or program unless such awards or incentive 
fees are consistent with 16.401(e)(2) of the Federal Acquisi-
tion Regulations. 
SEC. 417. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person 
filling a position, other than a temporary position, formerly 
held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed Forces 
of the United States and has satisfactorily completed his 
or her period of active military or naval service, and has 
within 90 days after his or her release from such service 
or from hospitalization continuing after discharge for a pe-
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riod of not more than 1 year, made application for restora-
tion to his or her former position and has been certified 
by the Office of Personnel Management as still qualified to 
perform the duties of his or her former position and has 
not been restored thereto. 
SEC. 418. (a) None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to approve a new foreign air carrier per-
mit under sections 41301 through 41305 of title 49, United 
States Code, or exemption application under section 40109 
of that title of an air carrier already holding an air opera-
tors certificate issued by a country that is party to the U.S.- 
E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agreement where such 
approval would contravene United States law or Article 17 
bis of the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agree-
ment. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict or 
otherwise preclude the Secretary of Transportation from 
granting a foreign air carrier permit or an exemption to 
such an air carrier where such authorization is consistent 
with the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agree-
ment and United States law. 
SEC. 419. None of the funds made available by this 
Act to the Department of Transportation may be used in 
contravention of section 306108 of title 54, United States 
Code.
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SEC. 420. In the table of projects entitled ‘‘Community 
Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in-
cluded in the explanatory statement that accompanied the 
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 (division L of 
Public Law 117–328) the item relating to ‘‘B–360 Edu-
cational Campus’’ is deemed to be amended by striking ‘‘I 
Am Mentality, Inc.’’ and inserting ‘‘B–360 Baltimore, 
Inc.’’. 
SEC. 421. Each amount designated in this Act by the 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available (or rescinded, 
if applicable) only if the President subsequently so des-
ignates all such amounts and transmits such designations 
to the Congress. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, 
Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2024’’. 
Attest: 
Secretary.