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ers under section 8(o) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) 
in poor, low-opportunity neighborhoods; 
and 
(ii) have an adequate number of mod-
erately priced rental units in higher-oppor-
tunity areas. 
(B) Planned consortia or partial consortia 
of public housing agencies that— 
(i) include at least one agency with a 
high-performing Family Self-Sufficiency 
(FSS) program; and 
(ii) will enable participating families 
to continue in such program if they relo-
cate to the jurisdiction served by any other 
agency of the consortium. 
(C) Planned consortia or partial consortia 
of public housing agencies that— 
(i) serve jurisdictions within a single 
region; 
(ii) include one or more small agen-
cies; and 
(iii) will consolidate mobility focused 
operations. 
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(D) Such other public housing agencies as 
the Secretary considers appropriate. 
(2) SELECTION CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall 
establish competitive selection criteria for public 
housing agencies eligible under paragraph (1) to 
participate in the demonstration program under this 
section. 
(3) RANDOM
SELECTION
OF
FAMILIES.—The 
Secretary may require participating agencies to use 
a randomized selection process to select among the 
families eligible to receive mobility assistance under 
the demonstration program. 
(c) REGIONAL HOUSING MOBILITY PLAN.—The Sec-
retary shall require each public housing agency applying 
to participate in the demonstration program under this 
section to submit a Regional Housing Mobility Plan (in 
this section referred to as a ‘‘Plan’’), which shall— 
(1) identify the public housing agencies that 
will participate under the Plan and the number of 
vouchers each participating agency will make avail-
able out of their existing programs in connection 
with the demonstration; 
(2) identify any community-based organizations, 
nonprofit organizations, businesses, and other enti-
ties that will participate under the Plan and describe 
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the commitments for such participation made by 
each such entity; 
(3) identify any waivers or alternative require-
ments requested for the execution of the Plan; 
(4) identify any specific actions that the public 
housing agencies and other entities will undertake to 
accomplish the goals of the demonstration, which 
shall include a comprehensive approach to enable a 
successful transition to opportunity areas and may 
include counseling and continued support for fami-
lies; 
(5) specify the criteria that the public housing 
agencies would use to identify opportunity areas 
under the plan; 
(6) provide for establishment of priority and 
preferences for participating families, including a 
preference for families with young children, as such 
term is defined by the Secretary, based on regional 
housing needs and priorities; and 
(7) comply with any other requirements estab-
lished by the Secretary. 
(d) FUNDING FOR MOBILITY-RELATED SERVICES.— 
(1) USE
OF
ADMINISTRATIVE
FEES.—Public 
housing agencies participating in the demonstration 
program under this section may use administrative 
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fees under section 8(q) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(q)), their administra-
tive fee reserves, and funding from private entities 
to provide mobility-related services in connection 
with the demonstration program, including services 
such as counseling, portability coordination, landlord 
outreach, security deposits, and administrative ac-
tivities associated with establishing and operating re-
gional mobility programs. 
(2) USE
OF
HOUSING
ASSISTANCE
FUNDS.— 
Public housing agencies participating in the dem-
onstration under this section may use housing as-
sistance payments funds under section 8(o) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f(o)) for security deposits if necessary to enable 
families to lease units with vouchers in designated 
opportunity areas. 
(e) WAIVERS; ALTERNATIVE REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) WAIVERS.—To allow for public housing 
agencies to implement and administer their Regional 
Housing Mobility Plans, the Secretary may waive or 
specify alternative requirements for the following 
provisions of the United States Housing Act of 
1937: 
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(A) Sections 8(o)(7)(A) and 8(o)(13)(E)(i) 
(relating to the term of a lease and mobility re-
quirements). 
(B) Section 8(o)(13)(C)(i) (relating to the 
public housing plan for an agency). 
(C) Section 8(r)(2) (relating to the respon-
sibility of a public housing agency to administer 
ported assistance). 
(2) ALTERNATIVE REQUIREMENTS.—The Sec-
retary shall provide additional authority for public 
housing agencies in a selected region to form a con-
sortium that has a single housing choice voucher 
funding contract, or to enter into a partial consor-
tium to operate all or portions of the Regional Hous-
ing Mobility Plan, including agencies participating in 
the Moving To Work Demonstration program. 
(3) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—Any waiver or alter-
native requirements pursuant to this subsection shall 
not take effect before the expiration of the 10-day 
period beginning upon publication of notice of such 
waiver or alternative requirement in the Federal 
Register. 
(f) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary may imple-
ment the demonstration, including its terms, procedures, 
requirements, and conditions, by notice. 
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(g) EVALUATION.—Not later than five years after im-
plementation of the regional housing mobility programs 
under the demonstration program under this section, the 
Secretary shall submit to the Congress and publish in the 
Federal Register a report evaluating the effectiveness of 
the strategies pursued under the demonstration, subject 
to the availability of funding to conduct the evaluation. 
Through official websites and other methods, the Sec-
retary shall disseminate interim findings as they become 
available, and shall, if promising strategies are identified, 
notify the Congress of the amount of funds that would 
be required to expand the testing of these strategies in 
additional types of public housing agencies and housing 
markets. 
SEC. 239. Section 221 of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2015 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f-1; Public Law 113-235; 128 Stat 2754) is 
repealed. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 
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TITLE III 
RELATED AGENCIES 
ACCESS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Access Board, as au-
thorized by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 
as amended, $8,400,000: 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 
Commission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Mer-
chant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 307), in-
cluding services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 
1343(b); and uniforms or allowances therefore, as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, $27,490,000: Provided, That 
not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for official recep-
tion 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 
General for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation 
to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 
of 1978, as amended, $23,274,000: Provided, That the In-
spector General shall have all necessary authority, in car-
rying out the duties specified in the Inspector General Act, 
as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate allegations 
of fraud, including false statements to the government (18 
U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that is subject to 
regulation by the National Railroad Passenger Corpora-
tion: Provided further, That the Inspector General may 
enter into contracts and other arrangements for audits, 
studies, analyses, and other services with public agencies 
and with private persons, subject to the applicable laws 
and regulations that govern the obtaining of such services 
within the National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Pro-
vided further, That the Inspector General may select, ap-
point, and employ such officers and employees as may be 
necessary for carrying out the functions, powers, and du-
ties of the Office of Inspector General, subject to the appli-
cable laws and regulations that govern such selections, ap-
pointments, and employment within the Corporation: Pro-
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vided further, That concurrent with the President’s budget 
request for fiscal year 2020, the Inspector General shall 
submit to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations a budget request for fiscal year 2020 in similar 
format and substance to those submitted by executive 
agencies of the Federal Government. 
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Transpor-
tation Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles and aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, 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 law (5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902), $110,400,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 
may be used for official reception and representation ex-
penses. The amounts made available to the National 
Transportation Safety Board in this Act include amounts 
necessary to make lease payments on an obligation in-
curred in fiscal year 2001 for a capital lease. 
NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT 
CORPORATION 
For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor-
poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, 
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as authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $150,000,000, of which 
$5,000,000 shall be for a multi-family rental housing pro-
gram. 
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transpor-
tation Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $37,100,000: 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 2019, to result in 
a final appropriation from the general fund estimated at 
no more than $35,850,000. 
UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON 
HOMELESSNESS 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses (including payment of sala-
ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
the rental of conference rooms, and the employment of ex-
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perts and consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code) of the United States Interagency Council on 
Homelessness in carrying out the functions pursuant to 
title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, 
as amended, $3,600,000. 
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