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(1) identify the public housing agencies that will participate 
under the Plan and the number of vouchers each participating 
agency will make available out of their existing programs in 
connection with the demonstration; 
(2) identify any community-based organizations, nonprofit 
organizations, businesses, and other entities that will partici-
pate under the Plan and describe the commitments for such 
participation made by each such entity; 
(3) identify any waivers or alternative requirements under 
subparagraph (e) 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 families; 
(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 established 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 fees under section 8(q) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(q)), their adminis-
trative 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 adminis-
trative activities associated with establishing and operating 
regional mobility programs. 
(2) USE OF HOUSING ASSISTANCE FUNDS.—Public housing 
agencies participating in the demonstration under this section 
may use housing assistance 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 require-
ments for the following provisions of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937: 
(A) Sections 8(o)(7)(A) and 8(o)(13)(E)(i) (relating to 
the term of a lease and mobility requirements). 
(B) Section 8(o)(13)(C)(i) (relating to the public housing 
plan for an agency). 
(C) Section 8(r)(2) (relating to the responsibility of 
a public housing agency to administer ported assistance). 
(2) ALTERNATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR CONSORTIA.—The Sec-
retary shall provide alternative administrative requirements 
for public housing agencies in a selected region to— 
(A) form a consortium that has a single housing choice 
voucher funding contract; or
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(B) enter into a partial consortium to operate all or 
portions of the Regional Housing Mobility Plan, which may 
include agencies participating in the Moving To Work Dem-
onstration program. 
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Any waiver or alternative require-
ments 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 implement the dem-
onstration, including its terms, procedures, requirements, and condi-
tions, by notice. 
(g) EVALUATION.—Not later than five years after implementa-
tion of the regional housing mobility programs under the demonstra-
tion program under this section, the Secretary shall submit to 
the Congress and publish in the Federal Register a report evalu-
ating the effectiveness of the strategies pursued under the dem-
onstration, 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. 
(h) TERMINATION.—The demonstration program under this sec-
tion shall terminate on October 1, 2028. 
SEC. 236. 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. 
SEC. 237. The Promise Zone designations and Promise Zone 
Designation Agreements entered into pursuant to such designations, 
made by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in 
prior fiscal years, shall remain in effect in accordance with the 
terms and conditions of such agreements. 
SEC. 238. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to establish and apply review criteria, including rating 
factors or preference points, for participation in or coordination 
with EnVision Centers, in the evaluation, selection, and award 
of any funds made available and requiring competitive selection 
under this Act, except with respect to any such funds otherwise 
authorized for EnVision Center purposes under this Act. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Housing and 
Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 
TITLE III 
RELATED AGENCIES 
ACCESS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Access Board, as authorized 
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.
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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime Commission 
as authorized by section 201(d) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, 
as amended (46 U.S.C. 307), including 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 reception and represen-
tation expenses. 
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 provi-
sions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $23,274,000: 
Provided, That the Inspector General shall have all necessary 
authority, in carrying 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 Corporation: 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: Provided fur-
ther, That the Inspector General may select, appoint, and employ 
such officers 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 Corporation: 
Provided 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 Appropriations 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 Transportation Safety 
Board, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 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 expenses. The amounts 
made available to the National Transportation 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 Corporation 
for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, as authorized by 
the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 8101– 
8107), $150,000,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be for a multi-family 
rental housing program: Provided, That an additional $2,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2023, 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 5 U.S.C. 3109, $37,100,000: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to 
exceed $1,250,000 from fees established by the Chairman of the 
Surface Transportation Board shall be credited to this appropriation 
as offsetting 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 collections 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 salaries, author-
ized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental 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 Homelessness in carrying out the functions pursuant 
to title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as 
amended, $3,600,000: Provided, That the first proviso in Public 
Law 115–141 under the heading ‘‘United States Interagency Council 
on Homelessness—Operating Expenses’’ is amended by striking 
‘‘2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2028’’. 
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 funded in this Act. 
SEC. 402. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, nor 
may any be transferred to other appropriations, 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