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EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND) 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Emergency 
Preparedness 
Grants 
program, 
not 
more 
than 
$28,318,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2024, from amounts made available by section 5116(h) 
and subsections (b) and (c) of section 5128 of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided, That notwithstanding sec-
tion 5116(h)(4) of title 49, United States Code, not more 
than 4 percent of the amounts made available from this 
account shall be available to pay administrative costs of 
carrying out sections 5116, 5107(e), and 5108(g)(2) of 
title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That not-
withstanding subsections (b) and (c) of section 5128 of 
title 49, United States Code, and the limitation on obliga-
tions provided under this heading, prior year recoveries 
recognized in the current year shall be available to develop 
and deliver hazardous materials emergency response train-
ing for emergency responders, including response activities 
for the transportation of crude oil, ethanol, flammable liq-
uids, and other hazardous commodities by rail, consistent 
with National Fire Protection Association standards, and 
to make such training available through an electronic for-
mat: Provided further, That the prior year recoveries made 
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available under this heading shall also be available to carry 
out sections 5116(a)(1)(C), 5116(h), 5116(i), and 5107(e) 
of title 49, United States Code. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978, as amended, $103,150,000: Provided, 
That the Inspector General shall have all necessary au-
thority, in carrying out the duties specified in the Inspec-
tor General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to inves-
tigate allegations of fraud, including false statements to 
the government (18 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity 
that is subject to regulation by the Department of Trans-
portation. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF 
TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 180. (a) During the current fiscal year, applica-
ble appropriations to the Department of Transportation 
shall be available for maintenance and operation of air-
craft; hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; pur-
chase of liability insurance for motor vehicles operating 
in foreign countries on official department business; and 
uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 
5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code. 
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(b) During the current fiscal year, applicable appro-
priations to the Department and its operating administra-
tions shall be available for the purchase, maintenance, op-
eration, and deployment of unmanned aircraft systems 
that advance the missions of the Department of Transpor-
tation or an operating administration of the Department 
of Transportation. 
(c) Any unmanned aircraft system purchased, pro-
cured, or contracted for by the Department prior to the 
date of enactment of this Act shall be deemed authorized 
by Congress as if this provision was in effect when the 
system was purchased, procured, or contracted for. 
SEC. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for 
the Department of Transportation shall be available for 
services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the 
per diem rate equivalent to the rate for an Executive Level 
IV. 
SEC. 182. (a) No recipient of amounts made available 
by this Act shall disseminate personal information (as de-
fined in section 2725(3) of title 18, United States Code) 
obtained by a State department of motor vehicles in con-
nection with a motor vehicle record as defined in section 
2725(1) of title 18, United States Code, except as pro-
vided in section 2721 of title 18, United States Code, for 
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a use permitted under section 2721 of title 18, United 
States Code. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall not withhold amounts made available by this Act for 
any grantee if a State is in noncompliance with this provi-
sion. 
SEC. 183. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be available for salaries and expenses of more 
than 125 political and Presidential appointees in the De-
partment of Transportation: Provided, That none of the 
personnel covered by this provision may be assigned on 
temporary detail outside the Department of Transpor-
tation. 
SEC. 184. Funds received by the Federal Highway 
Administration and Federal Railroad Administration from 
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 
and private sources for expenses incurred for training may 
be credited respectively to the Federal Highway Adminis-
tration’s ‘‘Federal-Aid Highways’’ account and to the Fed-
eral Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Operations’’ 
account, except for State rail safety inspectors partici-
pating in training pursuant to section 20105 of title 49, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 185. None of the funds made available by this 
Act to the Department of Transportation may be used to 
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make a loan, loan guarantee, line of credit, letter of intent, 
federally funded cooperative agreement, full funding grant 
agreement, or discretionary grant unless the Secretary of 
Transportation notifies the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations not less than 3 full business days before 
any project competitively selected to receive any discre-
tionary grant award, letter of intent, loan commitment, 
loan guarantee commitment, line of credit commitment, 
federally funded cooperative agreement, or full funding 
grant agreement is announced by the Department or its 
operating administrations: Provided, That the Secretary 
of Transportation shall provide the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations with a comprehensive list 
of all such loans, loan guarantees, lines of credit, letters 
of intent, federally funded cooperative agreements, full 
funding grant agreements, and discretionary grants prior 
to the notification required under the preceding proviso: 
Provided further, That the Secretary gives concurrent noti-
fication to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations for any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds from the emer-
gency relief program: Provided further, That no notifica-
tion shall involve funds that are not available for obliga-
tion. 
SEC. 186. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, 
minor fees, and other funds received by the Department 
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of Transportation from travel management centers, 
charge card programs, the subleasing of building space, 
and miscellaneous sources are to be credited to appropria-
tions of the Department of Transportation and allocated 
to organizational units of the Department of Transpor-
tation using fair and equitable criteria and such funds 
shall be available until expended. 
SEC. 187. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, if any funds provided by or limited by this Act are 
subject to a reprogramming action that requires notice to 
be provided to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations, transmission of such reprogramming notice 
shall be provided solely to the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations, and such reprogramming action 
shall be approved or denied solely by the House and Sen-
ate Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That the 
Secretary of Transportation may provide notice to other 
congressional committees of the action of the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations on such reprogram-
ming but not sooner than 30 days after the date on which 
the reprogramming action has been approved or denied by 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 188. Funds appropriated by this Act to the op-
erating administrations may be obligated for the Office of 
the Secretary for the costs related to assessments or reim-
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bursable agreements only when such amounts are for the 
costs of goods and services that are purchased to provide 
a direct benefit to the applicable operating administration 
or administrations. 
SEC. 189. The Secretary of Transportation is author-
ized to carry out a program that establishes uniform 
standards for developing and supporting agency transit 
pass and transit benefits authorized under section 7905 
of title 5, United States Code, including distribution of 
transit benefits by various paper and electronic media. 
SEC. 190. The Department of Transportation may 
use funds provided by this Act, or any other Act, to assist 
a contract under title 49 or 23 of the United States Code 
utilizing geographic, economic, or any other hiring pref-
erence not otherwise authorized by law, or to amend a 
rule, regulation, policy or other measure that forbids a re-
cipient of a Federal Highway Administration or Federal 
Transit Administration grant from imposing such hiring 
preference on a contract or construction project with 
which the Department of Transportation is assisting, only 
if the grant recipient certifies the following: 
(1) that except with respect to apprentices or 
trainees, a pool of readily available but unemployed 
individuals possessing the knowledge, skill, and abil-
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ity to perform the work that the contract requires 
resides in the jurisdiction; 
(2) that the grant recipient will include appro-
priate provisions in its bid document ensuring that 
the contractor does not displace any of its existing 
employees in order to satisfy such hiring preference; 
and 
(3) that any increase in the cost of labor, train-
ing, or delays resulting from the use of such hiring 
preference does not delay or displace any transpor-
tation project in the applicable Statewide Transpor-
tation Improvement Program or Transportation Im-
provement Program. 
SEC. 191. The Secretary of Transportation shall co-
ordinate with the Secretary of Homeland Security to en-
sure that best practices for Industrial Control Systems 
Procurement are up-to-date and shall ensure that systems 
procured with funds provided under this title were pro-
cured using such practices. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation Appropriations Act, 2022’’. 
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TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
EXECUTIVE OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Of-
fices, which shall be comprised of the offices of the Sec-
retary, Deputy Secretary, Adjudicatory Services, Congres-
sional and Intergovernmental Relations, Public Affairs, 
Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and the 
Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, 
$15,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2023: Provided, That not to exceed $25,000 of the amount 
made available under this heading shall be available to the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (referred 
to in this title as the ‘‘Secretary’’) for official reception 
and representation expenses as the Secretary may deter-
mine. 
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Administra-
tive Support Offices, $594,418,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2023: Provided, That of the sums ap-
propriated under this heading— 
(1) $77,906,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Chief Financial Officer; 
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(2) $112,274,000 shall be available for the Of-
fice of the General Counsel, of which not less than 
$20,000,000 shall be for the Departmental Enforce-
ment Center; 
(3) $276,843,000 shall be available for the Of-
fice of the Assistant Secretary for Administration 
(which includes the Office of Administration, the Of-
fice of the Chief Human Capital Officer, and the Of-
fice of the Chief Procurement Officer), of which not 
more than $5,143,000 may be for modernization and 
deferred maintenance of the Weaver Building; 
(4) $59,652,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Field Policy and Management; 
(5) $4,300,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity; 
and 
(6) $63,443,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Chief Information Officer: 
Provided further, That funds made available under this 
heading may be used for necessary administrative and 
non-administrative expenses of the Department, not other-
wise provided for, including purchase of uniforms, or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 
5902 of title 5, United States Code; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; and services as authorized by section 3109 
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of title 5, United States Code: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, funds appro-
priated under this heading may be used for advertising 
and promotional activities that directly support program 
activities funded in this title: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall provide the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations quarterly written notification regarding 
the status of pending congressional reports: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall provide in electronic form 
all signed reports required by Congress. 
PROGRAM OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Program Of-
fices, $950,329,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2023: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under 
this heading— 
(1) $258,896,000 shall be available for the Of-
fice of Public and Indian Housing, of which not less 
than $39,000,000 shall be for the Office of Native 
American Programs; 
(2) $142,381,000 shall be available for the Of-
fice of Community Planning and Development; 
(3) $412,703,000 shall be available for the Of-
fice of Housing, of which not less than $13,300,000 
shall be for the Office of Recapitalization; 
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(4) $37,320,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Policy Development and Research; 
(5) $88,726,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity; and 
(6) $10,303,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the working capital fund for the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development (referred to in this para-
graph as the ‘‘Fund’’), pursuant, in part, to section 7(f) 
of the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(f)), amounts transferred, including 
reimbursements pursuant to section 7(f), to the Fund 
under this heading shall be available only for Federal 
shared services used by offices and agencies of the Depart-
ment, and for any such portion of any office or agency’s 
printing, records management, space renovation, fur-
niture, or supply services the Secretary has determined 
shall be provided through the Fund, and the operational 
expenses of the Fund: Provided, That amounts within the 
Fund shall not be available to provide services not specifi-
cally authorized under this heading: Provided further, 
That upon a determination by the Secretary that any 
other service (or portion thereof) authorized under this 
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heading shall be provided through the Fund, amounts 
made available in this title for salaries and expenses under 
the headings ‘‘Executive Offices’’, ‘‘Administrative Sup-
port Offices’’, ‘‘Program Offices’’, and ‘‘Government Na-
tional Mortgage Association’’, for such services shall be 
transferred to the Fund, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of 
its plans for executing such transfers at least 15 days in 
advance of such transfers. 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities and assistance for the provision of ten-
ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United 
States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 
et seq.) (in this title ‘‘the Act’’), not otherwise provided 
for, $25,215,714,000, to remain available until expended, 
which shall be available on October 1, 2021 (in addition 
to the $4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this 
heading that shall be available on October 1, 2021), and 
$4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, which 
shall be available on October 1, 2022: Provided, That the 
amounts made available under this heading are provided 
as follows: 
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(1) $24,950,926,000 shall be available for re-
newals of expiring section 8 tenant-based annual 
contributions contracts (including renewals of en-
hanced vouchers under any provision of law author-
izing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act) 
and including renewal of other special purpose incre-
mental vouchers: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, from amounts provided 
under this paragraph and any carryover, the Sec-
retary for the calendar year 2022 funding cycle shall 
provide renewal funding for each public housing 
agency based on validated voucher management sys-
tem (VMS) leasing and cost data for the prior cal-
endar year and by applying an inflation factor as es-
tablished by the Secretary, by notice published in 
the Federal Register, and by making any necessary 
adjustments for the costs associated with the first- 
time renewal of vouchers under this paragraph, in-
cluding tenant protection and Choice Neighborhoods 
vouchers: Provided further, That costs associated 
with any foregone increases in tenant rent payments 
due to the implementation of rent incentives as au-
thorized pursuant to waivers or alternative require-
ments of the Jobs-Plus initiative as described under 
the heading ‘‘Self-Sufficiency Programs’’ shall be re-
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newed: Provided further, That funds provided under 
this paragraph in this Act and prior Acts may be 
used to fund a total number of unit months under 
lease which exceeds a public housing agency’s au-
thorized level of units under contract, except for 
public housing agencies participating in the Moving 
to Work (MTW) demonstration, which are instead 
governed in accordance with the requirements of the 
MTW demonstration program or their MTW agree-
ments, if any: Provided further, That amounts 
repurposed pursuant to the preceding proviso that 
were previously designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
or a concurrent resolution on the budget are des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 1(f), or as being for dis-
aster relief pursuant to section 1(g), respectively, of 
H. Res. 467 as engrossed in the House of Rep-
resentatives on June 14, 2021: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall, to the extent necessary to 
stay within the amount specified under this para-
graph (except as otherwise modified under this para-
graph), prorate each public housing agency’s alloca-
tion otherwise established pursuant to this para-
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graph: Provided further, That except as provided in 
the following provisos, the entire amount specified 
under this paragraph (except as otherwise modified 
under this paragraph) shall be obligated to the pub-
lic housing agencies based on the allocation and pro 
rata method described above, and the Secretary shall 
notify public housing agencies of their annual budget 
by the latter of 60 days after enactment of this Act 
or March 1, 2022: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may extend the notification period with the 
prior written approval of the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 
That public housing agencies participating in the 
MTW demonstration shall be funded in accordance 
with the requirements of the MTW demonstration 
program or their MTW agreements, if any, and shall 
be subject to the same pro rata adjustments under 
the previous provisos: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may offset public housing agencies’ cal-
endar year 2022 allocations based on the excess 
amounts of public housing agencies’ net restricted 
assets accounts, including HUD-held programmatic 
reserves (in accordance with VMS data in calendar 
year 2021 that is verifiable and complete), as deter-
mined by the Secretary: Provided further, That pub-
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lic housing agencies participating in the MTW dem-
onstration shall also be subject to the offset, as de-
termined by the Secretary, excluding amounts sub-
ject to the single fund budget authority provisions of 
their MTW agreements, from the agencies’ calendar 
year 2022 MTW funding allocation: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall use any offset referred 
to in the previous two provisos throughout the cal-
endar year to prevent the termination of rental as-
sistance for families as the result of insufficient 
funding, as determined by the Secretary, and to 
avoid or reduce the proration of renewal funding al-
locations: Provided further, That up to $100,000,000 
shall be available only: (1) for adjustments in the al-
locations for public housing agencies, after applica-
tion for an adjustment by a public housing agency 
that experienced a significant increase, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, in renewal costs of vouchers 
(including Mainstream vouchers) resulting from un-
foreseen circumstances or from portability under 
section 8(r) of the Act; (2) for vouchers that were 
not in use during the previous 12-month period in 
order to be available to meet a commitment pursu-
ant to section 8(o)(13) of the Act, or an adjustment 
for a funding obligation not yet expended in the pre-
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vious calendar year for a MTW-eligible activity to 
develop affordable housing for an agency added to 
the MTW demonstration under the expansion au-
thority provided in section 239 of the Transpor-
tation, Housing and Urban Development, and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (division L 
of Public Law 114–113); (3) for adjustments for 
costs associated with HUD–Veterans Affairs Sup-
portive Housing (HUD–VASH) vouchers; (4) for 
public housing agencies that despite taking reason-
able cost savings measures, as determined by the 
Secretary, would otherwise be required to terminate 
rental assistance for families, including Mainstream 
families, as a result of insufficient funding; (5) for 
adjustments in the allocations for public housing 
agencies that (i) are leasing a lower-than-average 
percentage of their authorized vouchers, (ii) have low 
amounts of budget authority in their net restricted 
assets accounts and HUD-held programmatic re-
serves, relative to other agencies, and (iii) are not 
participating in the Moving to Work demonstration, 
to enable such agencies to lease more vouchers; and 
(6) for public housing agencies that have experi-
enced increased costs or loss of units in an area for 
which the President declared a disaster under title 
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IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 et seq.): 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate 
amounts under the previous proviso based on need, 
as determined by the Secretary; 
(2) $100,000,000 shall be for section 8 rental 
assistance for relocation and replacement of housing 
units that are demolished or disposed of pursuant to 
section 18 of the Act, conversion of section 23 
projects to assistance under section 8, the family 
unification program under section 8(x) of the Act, 
relocation of witnesses (including victims of violent 
crimes) in connection with efforts to combat crime 
in public and assisted housing pursuant to a request 
from a law enforcement or prosecution agency, en-
hanced vouchers under any provision of law author-
izing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act, 
Choice Neighborhood vouchers, mandatory and vol-
untary conversions, and tenant protection assistance 
including replacement and relocation assistance or 
for project-based assistance to prevent the displace-
ment of unassisted elderly tenants currently residing 
in section 202 properties financed between 1959 and 
1974 that are refinanced pursuant to Public Law 
106–569, as amended, or under the authority as 
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provided under this Act: Provided, That of the 
amounts made available under this paragraph, up to 
$10,000,000 shall be available to provide public 
housing agencies with enhanced vouchers for fami-
lies residing in State-assisted projects financed be-
tween 1970 and 1979 that were subject to a use 
agreement under the Low-Income Housing Preserva-
tion and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 (title 
VI of Public Law 101–625; LIHPRHA) or the 
Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation Act 
of 1987 (title II of Public Law 100–242; ELIHPA) 
on the date the affordability protections at such 
projects expire or terminate during calendar years 
2021 and 2022: Provided further, That the State 
housing finance agency shall submit the request to 
the Secretary for enhanced vouchers for families re-
siding in such eligible State-assisted projects no 
later than the latter of 120 days prior to the expira-
tion or termination of affordability protections at 
such projects or 120 days after enactment of this 
Act: Provided further, That such enhanced vouchers 
shall not be considered replacement vouchers: Pro-
vided further, That when a public housing develop-
ment is submitted for demolition or disposition 
under section 18 of the Act, the Secretary shall pro-
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vide section 8 rental assistance when the units pose 
an imminent health and safety risk to residents: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may provide 
section 8 rental assistance from amounts made 
available under this paragraph for units assisted 
under a project-based subsidy contract funded under 
the ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’ heading 
under this title where the owner has received a No-
tice of Default and the units pose an imminent 
health and safety risk to residents: Provided further, 
That to the extent that the Secretary determines 
that such units are not feasible for continued rental 
assistance payments or transfer of the subsidy con-
tract associated with such units to another project 
or projects and owner or owners, any remaining 
amounts associated with such units under such con-
tract shall be recaptured and such recaptured 
amounts, in an amount equal to the cost of rental 
assistance provided pursuant to the previous proviso, 
up to the total amounts recaptured, shall be trans-
ferred to and merged with amounts used under this 
paragraph: Provided further, That of the amounts 
made available under this paragraph, no less than 
$5,000,000 may be available to provide tenant pro-
tection assistance, not otherwise provided under this 
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paragraph, to residents residing in low vacancy 
areas and who may have to pay rents greater than 
30 percent of household income, as the result of: (A) 
the maturity of a HUD-insured, HUD-held, or sec-
tion 202 loan that requires the permission of the 
Secretary prior to loan prepayment; (B) the expira-
tion of a rental assistance contract for which the 
tenants are not eligible for enhanced voucher or ten-
ant protection assistance under existing law; or (C) 
the expiration of affordability restrictions accom-
panying a mortgage or preservation program admin-
istered by the Secretary: Provided further, That such 
tenant protection assistance made available under 
the previous proviso may be provided under the au-
thority of section 8(t) or section 8(o)(13) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f(t)): Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
issue guidance to implement the previous provisos, 
including, but not limited to, requirements for defin-
ing eligible at-risk households not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act: Provided 
further, That any tenant protection voucher made 
available from amounts under this paragraph shall 
not be reissued by any public housing agency, except 
the replacement vouchers as defined by the Sec-
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specify alternative requirements for (in consultation 
with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs), any provi-
sion of any statute or regulation that the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development administers in 
connection with the use of funds made available 
under this paragraph (except for requirements re-
lated to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor stand-
ards, and the environment), upon a finding by the 
Secretary that any such waivers or alternative re-
quirements are necessary for the effective delivery 
and administration of such voucher assistance: Pro-
vided further, That assistance made available under 
this paragraph shall continue to remain available for 
homeless veterans upon turn-over; 
(7) $25,000,000 shall be made available for the 
family unification program as authorized under sec-
tion 8(x) of the Act: Provided, That the amounts 
made available under this paragraph are provided as 
follows: 
(A) $5,000,000 shall be for new incre-
mental voucher assistance: Provided, That the 
assistance made available under this subpara-
graph shall continue to remain available for 
family unification upon turnover; and 
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