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homeowners, both current and prospective, with respect to property 
maintenance, financial management/literacy, and such other mat-
ters as may be appropriate to assist them in improving their housing 
conditions, meeting their financial needs, and fulfilling the respon-
sibilities of tenancy or homeownership; for program administration; 
and for housing counselor training: Provided further, That for pur-
poses 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. 
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, noninsured rental housing projects, $18,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such amount, together 
with unobligated balances from recaptured amounts appropriated 
prior to fiscal year 2006 from terminated contracts under such 
sections of law, and any unobligated balances, including recaptures 
and carryover, remaining 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 Manufac-
tured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 
U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), up to $10,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which $10,000,000 is to be derived from the Manufac-
tured 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 extent 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 general fund shall be reduced as such collections 
are received during fiscal year 2015 so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2015 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 2015 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, notwithstanding the require-
ments of section 620 of such Act, the Secretary may carry out 
responsibilities of the Secretary under such Act through the use 
of approved service providers that are paid directly by the recipients 
of their services.
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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, 2016: 
Provided, That during fiscal year 2015, obligations to make direct 
loans to carry out the purposes of section 204(g) of the National 
Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed $20,000,000: Provided 
further, 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 Housing Administration, $130,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2016: Provided further, That to the extent 
guaranteed loan commitments exceed $200,000,000,000 on or before 
April 1, 2015, an additional $1,400 for administrative contract 
expenses shall be available for each $1,000,000 in additional 
guaranteed loan commitments (including a pro rata amount for 
any amount below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made 
available by this proviso exceed $30,000,000. 
GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
New commitments to guarantee loans insured under the Gen-
eral and Special Risk Insurance Funds, as authorized 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, 2016: Provided, That during fiscal year 2015, gross 
obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized 
by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 519(a) of the National Housing 
Act, shall not exceed $20,000,000, which shall be for loans to non-
profit and governmental entities in connection with the sale of 
single family real properties owned by the Secretary and formerly 
insured under such Act: Provided further, That $10,000,000 pre-
viously provided under this heading is hereby permanently 
rescinded. 
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, 2016: Provided, That $23,000,000 shall be 
available for necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Government National Mortgage Association: Provided further, That 
to the extent that guaranteed loan commitments will and do exceed 
$155,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 2015, an additional $100 
for necessary salaries and expenses shall be available until
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expended for each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan commit-
ments (including a pro rata amount for any amount below 
$1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made available by this 
proviso exceed $3,000,000: Provided further, That receipts from 
Commitment and Multiclass fees collected 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 programs of 
research and studies relating to housing and 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. 2 of 1968, and for technical assistance, $72,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2016, of which $22,000,000 
shall be for technical assistance: Provided, That with respect to 
amounts made available under this heading, notwithstanding sec-
tion 204 of this title, the Secretary may enter into cooperative 
agreements funded with philanthropic entities, other Federal agen-
cies, 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 accord-
ance with the previous two provisos, the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development shall comply with section 2(b) of the Fed-
eral 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: Pro-
vided further, That prior to obligation of technical assistance 
funding, the Secretary shall submit a plan, for approval, to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on how it will 
allocate funding for this activity. 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES 
For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not otherwise pro-
vided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 
1968, as amended by the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, 
and section 561 of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1987, as amended, $65,300,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2016, of which $40,100,000 shall be to carry out activities 
pursuant to such section 561: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary may assess and collect fees to cover 
the costs of the Fair Housing Training Academy, and may use 
such funds to provide such training: Provided further, That no 
funds made available under this heading shall be used to lobby 
the executive or legislative branches of the Federal Government 
in connection with a specific contract, grant, or loan: Provided 
further, That of the funds made available under this heading, 
$300,000 shall be available to the Secretary of Housing and Urban
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Development for the creation and promotion of translated materials 
and other programs that support the assistance of persons with 
limited English proficiency in utilizing the services provided by 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 
OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY HOMES 
LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION 
For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as authorized by 
section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction 
Act of 1992, $110,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2016: Provided, That up to $15,000,000 of that amount shall 
be for the Healthy Homes Initiative, pursuant to sections 501 
and 502 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 that 
shall include research, studies, testing, and demonstration efforts, 
including education and outreach concerning lead-based paint poi-
soning and other housing-related diseases and hazards: Provided 
further, That for purposes of environmental review, pursuant to 
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 
et seq.) and other provisions of the law that further the purposes 
of such Act, a grant under the Healthy Homes Initiative, or the 
Lead Technical Studies program under this heading or under prior 
appropriations Acts for such purposes under this heading, shall 
be considered to be funds for a special project for purposes of 
section 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing Property Disposition 
Reform Act of 1994: Provided further, That of the total amount 
made available under this heading, $45,000,000 shall be made 
available on a competitive basis for areas with the highest lead 
paint abatement needs: Provided further, That each recipient of 
funds provided under the third proviso shall make a matching 
contribution in an amount not less than 25 percent: Provided fur-
ther, That each applicant shall certify adequate capacity that is 
acceptable to the Secretary to carry out the proposed use of funds 
pursuant to a notice of funding availability: Provided further, That 
amounts made available under this heading in this or prior appro-
priations Acts, and that still remain available, may be used for 
any purpose under this heading notwithstanding the purpose for 
which such amounts were appropriated if a program competition 
is undersubscribed and there are other program competitions under 
this heading that are oversubscribed. 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUND 
For the development of, modifications to, and infrastructure 
for Department-wide and program-specific information technology 
systems, for the continuing operation and maintenance of both 
Department-wide and program-specific information systems, and 
for program-related maintenance activities, $250,000,000, which 
shall remain available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That 
any amounts transferred to this Fund under this Act shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That any amounts trans-
ferred to this Fund from amounts appropriated by previously 
enacted appropriations Acts may be used for the purposes specified 
under this Fund, in addition to any other information technology 
purposes for which such amounts were appropriated.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended, $126,000,000: Provided, That the Inspector General shall 
have independent authority over all personnel issues within this 
office. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 201. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget authority, 
or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts associated with 
such budget authority, that are recaptured from projects described 
in section 1012(a) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance 
Amendments Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 1437 note) shall be rescinded 
or in the case of cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and 
such amounts of budget authority or cash recaptured and not 
rescinded or remitted to the Treasury shall be used by State housing 
finance agencies or local governments or local housing agencies 
with projects approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development for which settlement occurred after January 1, 1992, 
in accordance with such section. Notwithstanding the previous sen-
tence, the Secretary may award up to 15 percent of the budget 
authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to 
the Treasury to provide project owners with incentives to refinance 
their project at a lower interest rate. 
SEC. 202. None of the amounts made available under this 
Act may be used during fiscal year 2015 to investigate or prosecute 
under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise lawful activity engaged 
in by one or more persons, including the filing or maintaining 
of a nonfrivolous legal action, that is engaged in solely for the 
purpose of achieving or preventing action by a Government official 
or entity, or a court of competent jurisdiction. 
SEC. 203. Sections 203 and 209 of division C of Public Law 
112–55 (125 Stat. 693–694) shall apply during fiscal year 2015 
as if such sections were included in this title, except that during 
such fiscal year such sections shall be applied by substituting 
‘‘fiscal year 2015’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 2011’’ and for ‘‘fiscal year 2012’’ 
each place such terms appear, and shall be amended to reflect 
revised delineations of statistical areas established by the Office 
of Management and Budget pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 3504(e)(3), 31 
U.S.C. 1104(d), and Executive Order No. 10253. 
SEC. 204. Except as explicitly provided in law, any grant, 
cooperative agreement or other assistance made pursuant to title 
II of this Act shall be made on a competitive basis and in accordance 
with section 102 of the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment Reform Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545). 
SEC. 205. Funds of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development subject to the Government Corporation Control Act 
or section 402 of the Housing Act of 1950 shall be available, without 
regard to the limitations on administrative expenses, for legal serv-
ices on a contract or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment
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for services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage Associa-
tion, Government National Mortgage Association, Federal Home 
Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Federal 
Reserve banks or any member thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, 
and any insured bank within the meaning of the Federal Deposit 
Insurance Corporation Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811–1). 
SEC. 206. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or through 
a reprogramming of funds, no part of any appropriation for the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development shall be available 
for any program, project or activity in excess of amounts set forth 
in the budget estimates submitted to Congress. 
SEC. 207. Corporations and agencies of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development which are subject to the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act are hereby authorized to make such 
expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority 
available to each such corporation or agency and in accordance 
with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without 
regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of 
such Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set 
forth in the budget for 2015 for such corporation or agency except 
as hereinafter provided: Provided, That collections of these corpora-
tions and agencies may be used for new loan or mortgage purchase 
commitments only to the extent expressly provided for in this 
Act (unless such loans are in support of other forms of assistance 
provided for in this or prior appropriations Acts), except that this 
proviso shall not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty 
operations of these corporations, or where loans or mortgage pur-
chases are necessary to protect the financial interest of the United 
States Government. 
SEC. 208. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
shall provide quarterly reports to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations regarding all uncommitted, unobligated, recap-
tured and excess funds in each program and activity within the 
jurisdiction of the Department and shall submit additional, updated 
budget information to these Committees upon request. 
SEC. 209. The President’s formal budget request for fiscal year 
2016, as well as the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment’s congressional budget justifications to be submitted to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate, shall use the identical account and sub-account struc-
ture provided under this Act. 
SEC. 210. A public housing agency or such other entity that 
administers Federal housing assistance for the Housing Authority 
of the county of Los Angeles, California, and the States of Alaska, 
Iowa, and Mississippi shall not be required to include a resident 
of public housing or a recipient of assistance provided under section 
8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 on the board of directors 
or a similar governing board of such agency or entity as required 
under section (2)(b) of such Act. Each public housing agency or 
other entity that administers Federal housing assistance under 
section 8 for the Housing Authority of the county of Los Angeles, 
California and the States of Alaska, Iowa and Mississippi that 
chooses not to include a resident of public housing or a recipient 
of section 8 assistance on the board of directors or a similar gov-
erning board shall establish an advisory board of not less than 
six residents of public housing or recipients of section 8 assistance 
to provide advice and comment to the public housing agency or
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other administering entity on issues related to public housing and 
section 8. Such advisory board shall meet not less than quarterly. 
SEC. 211. No funds provided under this title may be used 
for an audit of the Government National Mortgage Association 
that makes applicable requirements under the Federal Credit 
Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.). 
SEC. 212. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, sub-
ject to the conditions listed under this section, for fiscal years 
2015 and 2016, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
may authorize the transfer of some or all project-based assistance, 
debt held or insured by the Secretary and statutorily required 
low-income and very low-income use restrictions if any, associated 
with one or more multifamily housing project or projects to another 
multifamily housing project or projects. 
(b) PHASED TRANSFERS.—Transfers of project-based assistance 
under this section may be done in phases to accommodate the 
financing and other requirements related to rehabilitating or con-
structing the project or projects to which the assistance is trans-
ferred, to ensure that such project or projects meet the standards 
under subsection (c). 
(c) The transfer authorized in subsection (a) is subject to the 
following conditions: 
(1) NUMBER AND BEDROOM SIZE OF UNITS.— 
(A) For occupied units in the transferring project: the 
number of low-income and very low-income units and the 
configuration (i.e., bedroom size) provided by the transfer-
ring project shall be no less than when transferred to 
the receiving project or projects and the net dollar amount 
of Federal assistance provided to the transferring project 
shall remain the same in the receiving project or projects. 
(B) For unoccupied units in the transferring project: 
the Secretary may authorize a reduction in the number 
of dwelling units in the receiving project or projects to 
allow for a reconfiguration of bedroom sizes to meet current 
market demands, as determined by the Secretary and pro-
vided there is no increase in the project-based assistance 
budget authority. 
(2) The transferring project shall, as determined by the 
Secretary, be either physically obsolete or economically non-
viable. 
(3) The receiving project or projects shall meet or exceed 
applicable physical standards established by the Secretary. 
(4) The owner or mortgagor of the transferring project 
shall notify and consult with the tenants residing in the 
transferring project and provide a certification of approval by 
all appropriate local governmental officials. 
(5) The tenants of the transferring project who remain 
eligible for assistance to be provided by the receiving project 
or projects shall not be required to vacate their units in the 
transferring project or projects until new units in the receiving 
project are available for occupancy. 
(6) The Secretary determines that this transfer is in the 
best interest of the tenants. 
(7) If either the transferring project or the receiving project 
or projects meets the condition specified in subsection (d)(2)(A), 
any lien on the receiving project resulting from additional 
financing obtained by the owner shall be subordinate to any
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FHA-insured mortgage lien transferred to, or placed on, such 
project by the Secretary, except that the Secretary may waive 
this requirement upon determination that such a waiver is 
necessary to facilitate the financing of acquisition, construction, 
and/or rehabilitation of the receiving project or projects. 
(8) If the transferring project meets the requirements of 
subsection (d)(2), the owner or mortgagor of the receiving 
project or projects shall execute and record either a continuation 
of the existing use agreement or a new use agreement for 
the project where, in either case, any use restrictions in such 
agreement are of no lesser duration than the existing use 
restrictions. 
(9) The transfer does not increase the cost (as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 
amended) of any FHA-insured mortgage, except to the extent 
that appropriations are provided in advance for the amount 
of any such increased cost. 
(d) For purposes of this section— 
(1) the terms ‘‘low-income’’ and ‘‘very low-income’’ shall 
have the meanings provided by the statute and/or regulations 
governing the program under which the project is insured or 
assisted; 
(2) the term ‘‘multifamily housing project’’ means housing 
that meets one of the following conditions— 
(A) housing that is subject to a mortgage insured under 
the National Housing Act; 
(B) housing that has project-based assistance attached 
to the structure including projects undergoing mark to 
market debt restructuring under the Multifamily Assisted 
Housing Reform and Affordability Housing Act; 
(C) housing that is assisted under section 202 of the 
Housing Act of 1959, as amended by section 801 of the 
Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act; 
(D) housing that is assisted under section 202 of the 
Housing Act of 1959, as such section existed before the 
enactment of the Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable 
Housing Act; 
(E) housing that is assisted under section 811 of the 
Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act; or 
(F) housing or vacant land that is subject to a use 
agreement; 
(3) the term ‘‘project-based assistance’’ means— 
(A) assistance provided under section 8(b) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937; 
(B) assistance for housing constructed or substantially 
rehabilitated pursuant to assistance provided under section 
8(b)(2) of such Act (as such section existed immediately 
before October 1, 1983); 
(C) rent supplement payments under section 101 of 
the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965; 
(D) interest reduction payments under section 236 and/ 
or additional assistance payments under section 236(f)(2) 
of the National Housing Act; 
(E) assistance payments made under section 202(c)(2) 
of the Housing Act of 1959; and 
(F) assistance payments made under section 811(d)(2) 
of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act;
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(4) the term ‘‘receiving project or projects’’ means the multi-
family housing project or projects to which some or all of 
the project-based assistance, debt, and statutorily required low- 
income and very low-income use restrictions are to be trans-
ferred; 
(5) the term ‘‘transferring project’’ means the multifamily 
housing project which is transferring some or all of the project- 
based assistance, debt, and the statutorily required low-income 
and very low-income use restrictions to the receiving project 
or projects; and 
(6) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development. 
(e) PUBLIC NOTICE AND RESEARCH REPORT.— 
(1) The Secretary shall publish by notice in the Federal 
Register the terms and conditions, including criteria for HUD 
approval, of transfers pursuant to this section no later than 
30 days before the effective date of such notice. 
(2) The Secretary shall conduct an evaluation of the 
transfer authority under this section, including the effect of 
such transfers on the operational efficiency, contract rents, 
physical and financial conditions, and long-term preservation 
of the affected properties. 
SEC. 213. (a) No assistance shall be provided under section 
8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) 
to any individual who— 
(1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of higher 
education (as defined under section 102 of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)); 
(2) is under 24 years of age; 
(3) is not a veteran; 
(4) is unmarried; 
(5) does not have a dependent child; 
(6) is not a person with disabilities, as such term is defined 
in section 3(b)(3)(E) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(3)(E)) and was not receiving assistance 
under such section 8 as of November 30, 2005; and 
(7) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has parents 
who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, to receive assist-
ance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f). 
(b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a person 
to receive assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any financial assistance (in excess 
of amounts received for tuition and any other required fees and 
charges) that an individual receives under the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), from private sources, or 
an institution of higher education (as defined under the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)), shall be considered income 
to that individual, except for a person over the age of 23 with 
dependent children. 
SEC. 214. The funds made available for Native Alaskans under 
the heading ‘‘Native American Housing Block Grants’’ in title II 
of this Act shall be allocated to the same Native Alaskan housing 
block grant recipients that received funds in fiscal year 2005. 
SEC. 215. Notwithstanding the limitation in the first sentence 
of section 255(g) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z– 
20(g)), the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may,
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until September 30, 2015, insure and enter into commitments to 
insure mortgages under such section 255. 
SEC. 216. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in fiscal 
year 2015, in managing and disposing of any multifamily property 
that is owned or has a mortgage held by the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development, and during the process of foreclosure 
on any property with a contract for rental assistance payments 
under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 or other 
Federal programs, the Secretary shall maintain any rental assist-
ance payments under section 8 of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 and other programs that are attached to any dwelling 
units in the property. To the extent the Secretary determines, 
in consultation with the tenants and the local government, that 
such a multifamily property owned or held by the Secretary is 
not feasible for continued rental assistance payments under such 
section 8 or other programs, based on consideration of (1) the 
costs of rehabilitating and operating the property and all available 
Federal, State, and local resources, including rent adjustments 
under section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform 
and Affordability Act of 1997 (‘‘MAHRAA’’) and (2) environmental 
conditions that cannot be remedied in a cost-effective fashion, the 
Secretary may, in consultation with the tenants of that property, 
contract for project-based rental assistance payments with an owner 
or owners of other existing housing properties, or provide other 
rental assistance. The Secretary shall also take appropriate steps 
to ensure that project-based contracts remain in effect prior to 
foreclosure, subject to the exercise of contractual abatement rem-
edies to assist relocation of tenants for imminent major threats 
to health and safety after written notice to and informed consent 
of the affected tenants and use of other available remedies, such 
as partial abatements or receivership. After disposition of any multi-
family property described under this section, the contract and allow-
able rent levels on such properties shall be subject to the require-
ments under section 524 of MAHRAA. 
SEC. 217. The commitment authority funded by fees as provided 
under the heading ‘‘Community Development Loan Guarantees Pro-
gram Account’’ may be used to guarantee, or make commitments 
to guarantee, notes, or other obligations issued by any State on 
behalf of non-entitlement communities in the State in accordance 
with the requirements of section 108 of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974: Provided, That any State receiving such 
a guarantee or commitment shall distribute all funds subject to 
such guarantee to the units of general local government in non- 
entitlement areas that received the commitment. 
SEC. 218. Public housing agencies that own and operate 400 
or fewer public housing units may elect to be exempt from any 
asset management requirement imposed by the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development in connection with the operating 
fund rule: Provided, That an agency seeking a discontinuance of 
a reduction of subsidy under the operating fund formula shall 
not be exempt from asset management requirements. 
SEC. 219. With respect to the use of amounts provided in 
this Act and in future Acts for the operation, capital improvement 
and management of public housing as authorized by sections 9(d) 
and 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437g(d) and (e)), the Secretary shall not impose any requirement 
or guideline relating to asset management that restricts or limits
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in any way the use of capital funds for central office costs pursuant 
to section 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)(1), (2)): Provided, That a public housing 
agency may not use capital funds authorized under section 9(d) 
for activities that are eligible under section 9(e) for assistance 
with amounts from the operating fund in excess of the amounts 
permitted under section 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2). 
SEC. 220. No official or employee of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development shall be designated as an allotment holder 
unless the Office of the Chief Financial Officer has determined 
that such allotment holder has implemented an adequate system 
of funds control and has received training in funds control proce-
dures and directives. The Chief Financial Officer shall ensure that 
there is a trained allotment holder for each HUD sub-office under 
the accounts ‘‘Executive Offices’’ and ‘‘Administrative Support 
Offices,’’ as well as each account receiving appropriations for ‘‘Pro-
gram Office Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Government National Mort-
gage Association—Guarantees of Mortgage-Backed Securities Loan 
Guarantee Program Account’’, and ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ 
within the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 
SEC. 221. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
shall report annually to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations on the status of all section 8 project-based housing, 
including the number of all project-based units by region as well 
as an analysis of all federally subsidized housing being refinanced 
under the Mark-to-Market program. The Secretary shall identify 
all existing units maintained by region as section 8 project-based 
units, all project-based units that have opted out or have otherwise 
been eliminated, and the reasons these units opted out or otherwise 
were lost as section 8 project-based units. 
SEC. 222. The Secretary of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development shall, for fiscal year 2015, notify the public 
through the Federal Register and other means, as determined 
appropriate, of the issuance of a notice of the availability of assist-
ance or notice of funding availability (NOFA) for any program 
or discretionary fund administered by the Secretary that is to 
be competitively awarded. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, for fiscal year 2015, the Secretary may make the NOFA avail-
able only on the Internet at the appropriate Government Web 
site or through other electronic media, as determined by the Sec-
retary. 
SEC. 223. Payment of attorney fees in program-related litigation 
must be paid from the individual program office and Office of 
General Counsel personnel funding. The annual budget submissions 
for program offices and Office of General Counsel personnel funding 
must include program-related litigation costs for attorney fees as 
a separate line item request. 
SEC. 224. The Secretary of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development is authorized to transfer up to 5 percent or 
$5,000,000, whichever is less, of the funds appropriated for any 
office funded under the heading ‘‘Administrative Support Offices’’ 
to any other office funded under such heading: Provided, That 
no appropriation for any office funded under the heading ‘‘Adminis-
trative Support Offices’’ shall be increased or decreased by more 
than 5 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, without prior writ-
ten approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to transfer
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up to 5 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, of the funds 
appropriated for any account funded under the general heading 
‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses’’ to any other account funded 
under such heading: Provided further, That no appropriation for 
any account funded under the general heading ‘‘Program Office 
Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be increased or decreased by more 
than 5 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, without prior writ-
ten approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That the Secretary may transfer funds 
made available for salaries and expenses between any office funded 
under the heading ‘‘Administrative Support Offices’’ and any 
account funded under the general heading ‘‘Program Office Salaries 
and Expenses’’, but only with the prior written approval of the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 225. The Disaster Housing Assistance Programs, adminis-
tered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, shall 
be considered a ‘‘program of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development’’ under section 904 of the McKinney Act for the pur-
pose of income verifications and matching. 
SEC. 226. (a) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
shall take the required actions under subsection (b) when a multi-
family housing project with a section 8 contract or contract for 
similar project-based assistance: 
(1) receives a Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC) score 
of 30 or less; or 
(2) receives a REAC score between 31 and 59 and: 
(A) fails to certify in writing to HUD within 60 days 
that all deficiencies have been corrected; or 
(B) receives consecutive scores of less than 60 on REAC 
inspections. 
Such requirements shall apply to insured and noninsured projects 
with assistance attached to the units under section 8 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), but do not apply 
to such units assisted under section 8(o)(13) (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)) 
or to public housing units assisted with capital or operating funds 
under section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437g). 
(b) The Secretary shall take the following required actions 
as authorized under subsection (a)— 
(1) The Secretary shall notify the owner and provide an 
opportunity for response within 30 days. If the violations 
remain, the Secretary shall develop a Compliance, Disposition 
and Enforcement Plan within 60 days, with a specified time-
table for correcting all deficiencies. The Secretary shall provide 
notice of the Plan to the owner, tenants, the local government, 
any mortgagees, and any contract administrator. 
(2) At the end of the term of the Compliance, Disposition 
and Enforcement Plan, if the owner fails to fully comply with 
such plan, the Secretary may require immediate replacement 
of project management with a management agent approved 
by the Secretary, and shall take one or more of the following 
actions, and provide additional notice of those actions to the 
owner and the parties specified above: 
(A) impose civil money penalties; 
(B) abate the section 8 contract, including partial 
abatement, as determined by the Secretary, until all defi-
ciencies have been corrected;
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(C) pursue transfer of the project to an owner, approved 
by the Secretary under established procedures, which will 
be obligated to promptly make all required repairs and 
to accept renewal of the assistance contract as long as 
such renewal is offered; or 
(D) seek judicial appointment of a receiver to manage 
the property and cure all project deficiencies or seek a 
judicial order of specific performance requiring the owner 
to cure all project deficiencies. 
(c) The Secretary shall also take appropriate steps to ensure 
that project-based contracts remain in effect, subject to the exercise 
of contractual abatement remedies to assist relocation of tenants 
for imminent major threats to health and safety after written 
notice to and informed consent of the affected tenants and use 
of other remedies set forth above. To the extent the Secretary 
determines, in consultation with the tenants and the local govern-
ment, that the property is not feasible for continued rental assist-
ance payments under such section 8 or other programs, based 
on consideration of (1) the costs of rehabilitating and operating 
the property and all available Federal, State, and local resources, 
including rent adjustments under section 524 of the Multifamily 
Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (‘‘MAHRAA’’) 
and (2) environmental conditions that cannot be remedied in a 
cost-effective fashion, the Secretary may, in consultation with the 
tenants of that property, contract for project-based rental assistance 
payments with an owner or owners of other existing housing prop-
erties, or provide other rental assistance. The Secretary shall report 
semi-annually on all properties covered by this section that are 
assessed through the Real Estate Assessment Center and have 
physical inspection scores of less than 30 or have consecutive phys-
ical inspection scores of less than 60. The report shall include: 
(1) The enforcement actions being taken to address such 
conditions, including imposition of civil money penalties and 
termination of subsidies, and identify properties that have such 
conditions multiple times; and 
(2) Actions that the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development is taking to protect tenants of such identified 
properties. 
SEC. 227. None of the funds made available by this Act, or 
any other Act, for purposes authorized under section 8 (only with 
respect to the tenant-based rental assistance program) and section 
9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et 
seq.), may be used by any public housing agency for any amount 
of salary, including bonuses, for the chief executive officer of which, 
or any other official or employee of which, that exceeds the annual 
rate of basic pay payable for a position at level IV of the Executive 
Schedule at any time during any public housing agency fiscal year 
2015. 
SEC. 228. None of the funds in this Act may be available 
for the doctoral dissertation research grant program at the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development. 
SEC. 229. Section 24 of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (m)(1), by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and all 
that follows through the period at the end and inserting ‘‘fiscal 
year 2015.’’; and
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(2) in subsection (o), by striking ‘‘September’’ and all that 
follows through the period at the end and inserting ‘‘September 
30, 2015.’’. 
SEC. 230. None of the funds in this Act provided to the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development may be used to make 
a grant award unless the Secretary notifies the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations not less than 3 full business days 
before any project, State, locality, housing authority, tribe, nonprofit 
organization, or other entity selected to receive a grant award 
is announced by the Department or its offices. 
SEC. 231. Of the amounts made available for salaries and 
expenses under all accounts under this title (except for the Office 
of Inspector General account), a total of up to $2,500,000 may 
be transferred to and merged with amounts made available in 
the ‘‘Information Technology Fund’’ account under this title. 
SEC. 232. Section 579 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing 
Reform and Affordability Act (MAHRA) of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f 
note) is amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2015’’ each place it appears 
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘October 1, 2017’’. 
SEC. 233. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to require or enforce the Physical Needs Assessment (PNA). 
SEC. 234. The language under the heading Rental Assistance 
Demonstration in the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–55), is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(except for funds allocated under such 
section for single room occupancy dwellings as authorized by 
title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act)’’ in 
both places it appears; 
(2) in the second proviso, by striking ‘‘2015’’ and inserting 
‘‘2018’’; 
(3) in the third proviso, after ‘‘associated with such conver-
sion’’, by inserting ‘‘in excess of amounts made available under 
this heading’’; 
(4) in the fourth proviso, by striking ‘‘60,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘185,000’’; 
(5) in the penultimate proviso, by— 
(A) striking ‘‘for fiscal years 2012 through December 
31, 2014’’; 
(B) striking ‘‘and agreement of the administering public 
housing agency’’; and 
(C) inserting ‘‘a long-term project-based subsidy con-
tract under section 8 of the Act, which shall have a term 
of no less than 20 years, with rent adjustments only by 
an operating cost factor established by the Secretary, which 
shall be eligible for renewal under section 524 of the Multi-
family Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 
1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note), or, subject to agreement of 
the administering public housing agency, to assistance 
under’’ following ‘‘vouchers to assistance under’’; 
(6) by inserting the following provisos before the final pro-
viso: ‘‘Provided further, That amounts made available under 
the heading ‘Rental Housing Assistance’ during the period of 
conversion under the previous proviso, which may extend 
beyond fiscal year 2016 as necessary to allow processing of 
all timely applications, shall be available for project-based sub-
sidy contracts entered into pursuant to the previous proviso: 
Provided further, That amounts, including contract authority,