ity to sustain the project: Provided further, That the Fed-
eral share payable of the costs for which a grant or cooper-
ative agreements is made under this heading shall not ex-
ceed 80 percent: Provided further, That in addition to the 
provisions of title 49, United States Code, that apply to 
each of the individual programs funded under this head-
ing, subsections 24402(a)(2), 24402(f), 24402(i), and 
24403(a) and (c) of title 49, United States Code, shall 
also apply to the provision of funds provided under this 
heading: Provided further, That a project need not be in 
a State rail plan developed under Chapter 227 of title 49, 
United States Code, to be eligible for assistance under this 
heading: Provided further, That recipients of grants under 
this paragraph shall conduct all procurement transactions 
using such grant funds in a manner that provides full and 
open competition, as determined by the Secretary, in com-
pliance with existing labor agreements. 
OPERATING GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD 
PASSENGER CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
quarterly grants to the National Railroad Passenger Cor-
poration for the operation of intercity passenger rail, as 
authorized by section 101 of the Passenger Rail Invest-
ment and Improvement Act of 2008 (division B of Public 
Law 110–432), $563,000,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That each grant request shall be ac-
companied by a detailed financial analysis, revenue projec-
tion, and capital expenditure projection justifying the Fed-
eral support to the Secretary’s satisfaction: Provided fur-
ther, That concurrent with the President’s budget request 
for fiscal year 2012, the Corporation shall submit to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a budget 
request for fiscal year 2012 in similar format and sub-
stance to those submitted by executive agencies of the 
Federal Government. 
CAPITAL AND DEBT SERVICE GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL 
RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for 
capital investments as authorized by section 101(c) and 
219(b) of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improve-
ment Act of 2008 (division B of Public Law 110–432), 
$1,203,500,000 to remain available until expended, of 
which not to exceed $305,000,000 shall be for debt service 
obligations as authorized by section 102 of such Act: Pro-
vided, That after an initial distribution of up to 
$200,000,000 which shall be used by the Corporation as 
a working capital account, all remaining funds shall be 
provided to the Corporation only on a reimbursable basis: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may retain up to one-
half of 1 percent of the funds provided under this heading 
to fund the costs of project management oversight of cap-
ital projects funded by grants provided under this heading, 
as authorized by subsection 101(d) of division B of Public 
Law 110–432: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
approve funding for capital expenditures, including ad-
vance purchase orders of materials, for the Corporation 
only after receiving and reviewing a grant request for each 
specific capital project justifying the Federal support to 
the Secretary’s satisfaction: Provided further, That none 
of the funds under this heading may be used to subsidize 
operating losses of the Corporation: Provided further, That 
none of the funds under this heading may be used for cap-
ital projects not approved by the Secretary of Transpor-
tation or on the Corporation’s fiscal year 2010 business 
plan: Provided further, That in addition to the project 
management oversight funds authorized under section 
101(d) of division B of Public Law 110–432, the Sec-
retary may retain up to an additional one-half of one per-
cent of the funds provided under this heading to fund ex-
penses associated with implementing section 212 of divi-
sion B of Public Law 110–432, including the amendments 
made by section 212 to section 24905 of title 49, United 
States Code, and other mandates of Division B of Public 
Law 110–432.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 150. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, funds provided in this Act for the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation shall immediately cease 
to be available to said Corporation in the event that the 
Corporation contracts to have services provided at or from 
any location outside the United States. For purposes of 
this section, the word ‘‘services’’ shall mean any service 
that was, as of July 1, 2006, performed by a full-time 
or part-time Amtrak employee whose base of employment 
is located within the United States. 
SEC. 151. The Secretary of Transportation may re-
ceive and expend cash, or receive and utilize spare parts 
and similar items, from non-United States Government 
sources to repair damages to or replace United States 
Government owned automated track inspection cars and 
equipment as a result of third party liability for such dam-
ages, and any amounts collected under this section shall 
be credited directly to the Safety and Operations account 
of the Federal Railroad Administration, and shall remain 
available until expended for the repair, operation and 
maintenance of automated track inspection cars and 
equipment in connection with the automated track inspec-
tion program.
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal 
Transit Administration’s programs authorized by chapter 
53 of title 49, United States Code, $106,559,000: Pro-
vided, That for an additional amount to carry out public 
transportation fixed guideway safety oversight activities, 
$24,139,000, if legislation authorizing such activities is 
enacted into law prior to September 30, 2011: Provided 
further, That of the funds available under this heading, 
not to exceed $2,200,000 shall be available for travel: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds provided or limited 
in this Act may be used to create a permanent office of 
transit security under this heading: Provided further, That 
upon submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2012 
President’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall 
transmit to Congress the annual report on new starts, in-
cluding proposed allocations of funds for fiscal year 2012. 
FORMULA AND BUS GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5308, 5309, 
5310, 5311, 5316, 5317, 5320, 5335, 5339, and 5340 and
section 3038 of Public Law 105–178, as amended, 
$9,200,000,000 to be derived from the Mass Transit Ac-
count of the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That funds available for the im-
plementation or execution of programs authorized under 
49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5308, 5309, 5310, 5311, 5316, 
5317, 5320, 5335, 5339, and 5340 and section 3038 of 
Public Law 105–178, as amended, shall not exceed total 
obligations of $8,961,348,000 in fiscal year 2011: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts made available under 
this heading, $250,000,000 shall be available for the Sec-
retary of Transportation to make grants for the operating 
costs of equipment and facilities for use in public transpor-
tation, if legislation authorizing such activities is enacted 
into law prior to September 30, 2011: Provided further, 
That eligible recipients under the previous proviso shall 
include States and designated recipients that receive fund-
ing under sections 5307 and 5311 of title 49, United 
States Code. 
RESEARCH AND UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTERS 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5306, 
5312–5315, 5322, and 5506, $65,376,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That $10,000,000 is 
available to carry out the transit cooperative research pro-
gram under section 5313 of title 49, United States Code,
$4,300,000 is available for the National Transit Institute 
under section 5315 of title 49, United States Code, and 
$7,000,000 is available for university transportation cen-
ters program under section 5506 of title 49, United States 
Code: Provided further, That $44,076,000 is available to 
carry out national research programs under sections 5312, 
5313, 5314, and 5322 of title 49, United States Code. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 5309 of 
title 49, United States Code, $2,000,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY 
For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area 
Transit Authority as authorized under section 601 of divi-
sion B of Public Law 110–432, $150,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary 
shall approve grants for capital and preventive mainte-
nance expenditures for the Washington Metropolitan Area 
Transit Authority only after receiving and reviewing a re-
quest for each specific project: Provided further, That 
prior to approving such grants, the Secretary shall deter-
mine that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Au-
thority has placed the highest priority on those invest-
ments that will improve the safety of the system.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 160. The limitations on obligations for the pro-
grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not 
apply to any authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously 
made available for obligation, or to any other authority 
previously made available for obligation. 
SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds appropriated or limited by this Act under ‘‘Fed-
eral Transit Administration, Capital Investment Grants’’ 
and for bus and bus facilities under ‘‘Federal Transit Ad-
ministration, Formula and Bus Grants’’ for projects speci-
fied in this Act or identified in reports accompanying this 
Act not obligated by September 30, 2013, and other recov-
eries, shall be directed to projects eligible to use the funds 
for the purposes for which they were originally provided. 
SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 2010, under 
any section of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, 
that remain available for expenditure, may be transferred 
to and administered under the most recent appropriation 
heading for any such section. 
SEC. 163. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, unobligated funds made available for new fixed guide-
way system projects under the heading ‘‘Federal Transit
Administration, Capital investment grants’’ in any appro-
priations Act prior to this Act may be used during this 
fiscal year to satisfy expenses incurred for such projects. 
SEC. 164. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, unobligated funds or recoveries under section 5309 
of title 49, United States Code, that are available to the 
Secretary of Transportation for reallocation shall be di-
rected to projects eligible to use the funds for the purposes 
for which they were originally provided. 
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT 
CORPORATION 
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora-
tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, with-
in the limits of funds and borrowing authority available 
to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make 
such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal 
year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be 
necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the 
Corporation’s budget for the current fiscal year. 
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses for operations, maintenance, 
and capital asset renewal of those portions of the Saint 
Lawrence Seaway owned, operated, and maintained by the
Saint 
Lawrence 
Seaway 
Development 
Corporation, 
$33,868,000, to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance 
Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99–662. 
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a 
U.S.-flag merchant fleet to serve the national security 
needs of the United States, $174,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities authorized by law, $169,353,000, of which 
$11,240,000 shall remain available until expended for 
maintenance and repair of training ships at State Mari-
time Academies, and of which $30,900,000 shall remain 
available until expended for capital improvements at the 
United States Merchant Marine Academy, and of which 
$63,120,000 shall be available for operations at the 
United States Merchant Marine Academy, and of which 
$6,000,000 shall be available until expended for the Sec-
retary’s reimbursement of overcharged midshipmen fees: 
Provided, That the Secretary, through such structure and 
administration as the Secretary establishes, shall reim-
burse current and former midshipmen of United States 
Merchant Marine Academy in such amounts as the Sec-
retary determines, in his sole discretion, to be appropriate 
to address claims regarding the overcharging of mid-
shipman fees, pertaining first to academic years 2003/ 
2004 through 2008/2009, and then pertaining to earlier 
academic years to the extent that the Secretary determines 
to be appropriate and subject to the amounts specifically 
appropriated herein for such reimbursements: Provided 
further, That amounts apportioned for the United States 
Merchant Marine Academy shall be available only upon 
allotments made personally by the Secretary of Transpor-
tation or the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Pro-
grams: Provided further, That the Superintendent, Deputy 
Superintendent and the Director of the Office of Resource 
Management of the United States Merchant Marine Acad-
emy may not be allotment holders for the United States 
Merchant Marine Academy, and the Administrator of 
Maritime Administration shall hold all allotments made by 
the Secretary of Transportation or the Assistant Secretary 
for Budget and Programs under the previous proviso: Pro-
vided further, That 50 percent of the funding made avail-
able for the United States Merchant Marine Academy 
under this heading shall be available only after the Sec-
retary, in consultation with the Superintendent and the 
Maritime Administration, completes a plan detailing by 
program or activity and by object class how such funding
will be expended at the Academy, and this plan is sub-
mitted to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations. 
SHIP DISPOSAL 
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of ob-
solete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the 
Maritime Administration, $10,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary administrative expenses of the mari-
time guaranteed loan program, $3,688,000 shall be paid 
to the appropriation for ‘‘Operations and Training’’, Mari-
time Administration. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, the Maritime Administration is authorized to fur-
nish utilities and services and make necessary repairs in 
connection with any lease, contract, or occupancy involving 
Government property under control of the Maritime Ad-
ministration, and payments received therefor shall be cred-
ited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof: 
Provided, That rental payments under any such lease, con-
tract, or occupancy for items other than such utilities, 
services, or repairs shall be covered into the Treasury as 
miscellaneous receipts. 
PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline 
and 
Hazardous 
Materials 
Safety 
Administration, 
$22,383,000, of which $639,000 shall be derived from the 
Pipeline Safety Fund: Provided, That $1,000,000 shall be 
transferred to ‘‘Pipeline Safety’’ in order to fund ‘‘Pipeline 
Safety Information Grants to Communities’’ as authorized 
under section 60130 of title 49, United States Code. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous 
materials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous 
Materials Safety Administration, $40,434,000, of which 
$1,707,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2013: Provided, That up to $800,000 in fees collected 
under 49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited in the general 
fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided fur-
ther, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to 
be available until expended, funds received from States,
counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and pri-
vate sources for expenses incurred for training, for reports 
publication and dissemination, and for travel expenses in-
curred in performance of hazardous materials exemptions 
and approvals functions. 
PIPELINE SAFETY 
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND) 
For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of 
the pipeline safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out 
a pipeline safety program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 
60107, and to discharge the pipeline program responsibil-
ities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $111,111,000, of 
which $18,905,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability Trust Fund and shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2013; and of which $92,206,000 shall be de-
rived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which 
$51,206,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2013: Provided, That not less than $1,053,000 of the 
funds provided under this heading shall be for the one- 
call State grant program. 
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS 
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND) 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 
5128(b), $188,000, to be derived from the Emergency
Preparedness Fund, to remain available until September 
30, 2012: Provided, That not more than $28,318,000 shall 
be made available for obligation in fiscal year 2011 from 
amounts made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and 
5128(b)-(c): Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i), 5128(b), or 5128(c) 
shall be made available for obligation by individuals other 
than the Secretary of Transportation, or his designee. 
RESEARCH AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY 
ADMINISTRATION 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Research and Innova-
tive Technology Administration, $18,900,000, of which 
$11,765,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2013: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro-
priation, to be available until expended, funds received 
from States, counties, municipalities, other public authori-
ties, and private sources for expenses incurred for train-
ing. 
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, $86,406,000, of which 
$285,000 shall be derived from the Highway Trust Fund
(other than the Mass Transit Account) for costs associ-
ated with the annual audits of the Highway Trust Fund 
financial statements in accordance with section 104(i) of 
title 23, United States Code, and section 3521 of title 31, 
United States Code: Provided, That the Inspector General 
shall have all necessary authority, in carrying out the du-
ties specified in the Inspector General Act, as amended 
(5 U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate allegations of fraud, in-
cluding false statements to the government (18 U.S.C. 
1001), by any person or entity that is subject to regulation 
by the Department: Provided further, That the funds made 
available under this heading may be used to investigate, 
pursuant to section 41712 of title 49, United States Code: 
(1) unfair or deceptive practices and unfair methods of 
competition by domestic and foreign air carriers and ticket 
agents; and (2) the compliance of domestic and foreign 
air carriers with respect to item (1) of this proviso. 
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transpor-
tation Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $31,249,000: 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 2011, to result in 
a final appropriation from the general fund estimated at 
no more than $29,999,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF 
TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 180. During the current fiscal year applicable 
appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall 
be available for maintenance and operation of aircraft; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of 
liability insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign 
countries on official department business; and uniforms or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901– 
5902). 
SEC. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for 
the Department of Transportation shall be available for 
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 an Executive Level IV. 
SEC. 182. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for salaries and expenses of more than 110 political 
and Presidential appointees in the Department of Trans-
portation: Provided, That none of the personnel covered 
by this provision may be assigned on temporary detail out-
side the Department of Transportation. 
SEC. 183. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
to implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code. 
SEC. 184. (a) No recipient of funds made available 
in this Act shall disseminate personal information (as de-
fined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State depart-
ment of motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle 
record as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), except as provided 
in 18 U.S.C. 2721 for a use permitted under 18 U.S.C. 
2721. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall not withhold funds provided in this Act for any 
grantee if a State is in noncompliance with this provision. 
SEC. 185. Funds received by the Federal Highway 
Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and Fed-
eral Railroad Administration from States, counties, mu-
nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources 
for expenses incurred for training may be credited respec-
tively to the Federal Highway Administration’s ‘‘Federal- 
Aid Highways’’ account, the Federal Transit Administra-
tion’s ‘‘Research and University Research Centers’’ ac-
count, and to the Federal Railroad Administration’s 
‘‘Safety and Operations’’ account, except for State rail
safety inspectors participating in training pursuant to 49 
U.S.C. 20105. 
SEC. 186. Funds provided or limited in this Act 
under the appropriate accounts within the Federal High-
way Administration, the Federal Railroad Administration 
and the Federal Transit Administration shall be for the 
eligible programs, projects and activities in the cor-
responding amounts identified in the committee report ac-
companying this Act for ‘‘Ferry Boats and Ferry Ter-
minal Facilities’’, ‘‘Federal Lands’’, ‘‘Interstate Mainte-
nance Discretionary’’, ‘‘Transportation, Community and 
System Preservation Program’’, ‘‘Delta Region Transpor-
tation Development Program’’, ‘‘Rail Line Relocation and 
Improvement Program’’, ‘‘Rail-highway crossing hazard 
eliminations’’, ‘‘Capital Investment Grants’’, ‘‘Alternatives 
analysis’ ’’’, and ‘‘Bus and bus facilities’’. 
SEC. 187. Notwithstanding any other provisions of 
law, rule or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation 
is authorized to allow the issuer of any preferred stock 
heretofore sold to the Department to redeem or repur-
chase such stock upon the payment to the Department of 
an amount determined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 188. None of the funds in this Act to the De-
partment of Transportation may be used to make a grant 
unless the Secretary of Transportation notifies the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 
3 full business days before any discretionary grant award, 
letter of intent, or full funding grant agreement totaling 
$1,000,000 or more is announced by the department or 
its modal administrations from: (1) any discretionary 
grant program of the Federal Highway Administration in-
cluding the emergency relief program; (2) the airport im-
provement program of the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion; (3) any grant from the Federal Railroad Administra-
tion; or (4) any program of the Federal Transit Adminis-
tration other than the formula grants and fixed guideway 
modernization programs: Provided, That the Secretary 
gives concurrent notification to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations for any ‘‘quick release’’ of 
funds from the emergency relief program: Provided fur-
ther, That no notification shall involve funds that are not 
available for obligation. 
SEC. 189. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, 
minor fees and other funds received by the Department 
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 elements of the Department of Transportation using
fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be avail-
able until expended. 
SEC. 190. Amounts made available in this or any 
other Act that the Secretary determines represent im-
proper payments by the Department of Transportation to 
a third-party contractor under a financial assistance 
award, which are recovered pursuant to law, shall be avail-
able— 
(1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred 
by the Department of Transportation in recovering 
improper payments; and 
(2) to pay contractors for services provided in 
recovering improper payments or contractor support 
in the implementation of the Improper Payments In-
formation Act of 2002: Provided, That amounts in 
excess of that required for paragraphs (1) and (2)— 
(A) shall be credited to and merged with 
the appropriation from which the improper pay-
ments were made, and shall be available for the 
purposes and period for which such appropria-
tions are available; or 
(B) if no such appropriation remains avail-
able, shall be deposited in the Treasury as mis-
cellaneous receipts: Provided further, That prior 
to the transfer of any such recovery to an ap-
propriations account, the Secretary shall notify 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations of the amount and reasons for such 
transfer: Provided further, That for purposes of 
this section, the term ‘‘improper payments’’, 
has the same meaning as that provided in sec-
tion 2(d)(2) of Public Law 107–300. 
SEC. 191. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, if any funds provided in 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, said reprogramming action shall be approved 
or denied solely by the Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided, That the Secretary may provide notice to other 
congressional committees of the action of the Committees 
on Appropriations on such reprogramming but not sooner 
than 30 days following the date on which the reprogram-
ming action has been approved or denied by the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 192. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available under this Act may be used by the 
Surface Transportation Board of the Department of 
Transportation to charge or collect any filing fee for rate 
complaints filed with the Board in an amount in excess
of the amount authorized for district court civil suit filing 
fees under section 1914 of title 28, United States Code. 
SEC. 193. Notwithstanding section 3324 of Title 31, 
United States Code, in addition to authority provided by 
section 327 of title 49, United States Code, the Depart-
ment’s Working Capital Fund is hereby authorized to pro-
vide payments in advance to vendors that are necessary 
to carry out the Federal transit pass transportation fringe 
benefit program under Executive Order No. 13150 and 
section 3049 of Public Law 109–59: Provided, that the 
Department shall include adequate safeguards in the con-
tract with the vendors to ensure timely and high quality 
performance under the contract. 
SEC. 194. For an additional amount for the ‘‘Salaries 
and Expenses’’account, $7,622,655, to increase the De-
partment’s acquisition workforce capacity and capabilities: 
Provided, That such funds may be transferred by the Sec-
retary to any other account in the Department to carry 
out the purposes provided herein: Provided further, That 
such transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer 
authority provided in this Act: Provided further, That such 
funds shall be available only to supplement and not to sup-
plant existing acquisition workforce activities: Provided 
further, That such funds shall be available for training, 
recruitment, retention, and hiring additional members of
the acquisition workforce as defined by the Office of Fed-
eral Procurement Policy Act, as amended (41 U.S.C. 401 
et seq.): Provided further, That such funds shall be avail-
able for information technology in support of acquisition 
workforce effectiveness or for management solutions to 
improve acquisition management. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation Appropriations Act, 2011’’. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
EXECUTIVE DIRECTION 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Di-
rection, $30,265,000, of which not to exceed $7,674,000 
shall be available for the immediate Office of the Secretary 
and Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $1,706,000 shall be 
available for the Office of Hearings and Appeals; not to 
exceed $719,000 shall be available for the Office of Small 
and Disadvantaged Business Utilization; not to exceed 
$999,000 shall be available for the immediate Office of 
the Chief Financial Officer; not to exceed $1,503,000 shall 
be available for the immediate Office of the General Coun-
sel; not to exceed $2,709,000 shall be available to the Of-
fice of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional and
Intergovernmental Relations; not to exceed $4,861,000 
shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Public Affairs; not to exceed $2,163,000 shall be avail-
able to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public 
and Indian Housing; not to exceed $1,755,000 shall be 
available to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Com-
munity Planning and Development; not to exceed 
$3,565,000 shall be available to the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Housing, Federal Housing Commissioner; 
not to exceed $1,117,000 shall be available to the Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Re-
search; not to exceed $945,000 shall be available to the 
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and 
Equal Opportunity; and not to exceed $549,000 shall be 
available to the Office of the Chief Operating Officer: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development is authorized to transfer funds 
appropriated for any office funded under this heading to 
any other office funded under this heading following the 
written notification to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations: Provided further, That no appropria-
tion for any office shall be increased or decreased by more 
than 5 percent by all such transfers: Provided further, 
That notice of any change in funding greater than 5 per-
cent shall be submitted for prior approval to the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall provide the Committees on 
Appropriations quarterly written notification regarding 
the status of pending congressional reports: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall provide all signed reports 
required by Congress electronically: Provided further, That 
not to exceed $25,000 of the amount made available under 
this paragraph for the immediate Office of the Secretary 
shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses as the Secretary may determine: Provided Fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations one month before any of the funds made 
available under this heading may be used for international 
travel. 
ADMINISTRATION, OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT 
For necessary salaries and expenses for administra-
tion, operations and management for the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, $538,552,000 (reduced 
by $21,000,000) (reduced by $20,000,000), of which not 
to exceed $65,049,000 shall be available for the personnel 
compensation and benefits of the Office of the Chief 
Human Capital Officer; not to exceed $9,122,000 shall be 
available for the personnel compensation and benefits of 
the Office of Departmental Operations and Coordination; 
not to exceed $49,090,000 shall be available for the per-
Provided, That, funds provided under this heading may 
be used for necessary administrative and non-administra-
tive expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, not otherwise provided for, including pur-
chase of uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
appropriated under this heading may be used for adver-
tising and promotional activities that support the housing 
mission area: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development is authorized to transfer 
funds appropriated for any office included in Administra-
tion, Operations and Management to any other office in-
cluded in Administration, Operations and Management 
only after such transfer has been submitted to, and re-
ceived prior written approval by, the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That no 
appropriation for any office shall be increased or de-
creased by more than 10 percent by all such transfers. 
Provided Further,That the Secretary shall notify the Com-
mittees on Appropriations one month before any of the 
funds made available under this heading may be used for 
international travel.
PERSONNEL COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
For necessary personnel compensation and benefits 
expenses of the Office of Public and Indian Housing, 
$197,282,000. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary personnel compensation and benefits 
expenses of the Office of Community Planning and Devel-
opment mission area, $105,768,000. 
HOUSING 
For necessary personnel compensation and benefits 
expenses of the Office of Housing, $395,917,000. 
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE 
ASSOCIATION 
For necessary personnel compensation and benefits 
expenses of the Office of the Government National Mort-
gage Association, $10,902,000, to be derived from the 
GNMA guarantees of mortgage backed securities guaran-
teed loan receipt account. 
POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 
For necessary personnel compensation and benefits 
expenses of the Office of Policy Development and Re-
search, $23,588,000 (reduced by $2,978,450).
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
For necessary personnel compensation and benefits 
expenses of the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Oppor-
tunity, $67,964,000. 
OFFICE OF HEALTHY HOMES AND LEAD HAZARD 
CONTROL 
For necessary personnel compensation and benefits 
expenses of the Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Haz-
ard Control, $6,762,000. 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
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.) (‘‘the Act’’ herein), not otherwise provided for, 
$15,395,663,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be available on October 1, 2010 (in addition to the 
$4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this head-
ing that will become available on October 1, 2010), and 
$4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be available on October 1, 2011: Provided, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading are provided 
as follows:
(1) $17,080,000,000 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 
vouchers initially funded in fiscal years 2009 and 
2010 (such as Family Unification, Veterans Affairs 
Supportive Housing Vouchers and Non-elderly Dis-
abled 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 2011 funding cycle shall 
provide renewal funding for each public housing 
agency based on validated voucher management sys-
tem (VMS) leasing and cost data for calendar year 
2010 and by applying the most recent 12 months of 
the Annual Adjustment Factor as established by the 
Secretary, and by making any necessary adjustments 
for the costs associated with the first-time renewal 
of vouchers under this paragraph including tenant 
protection, and HOPE VI vouchers: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds provided under this 
paragraph may be used to fund a total number of 
unit months under lease which exceeds a public
housing agency’s authorized level of units under con-
tract, except for public housing agencies partici-
pating in the Moving to Work demonstration, which 
are instead governed by the terms and conditions of 
their MTW agreements: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall, to the extent necessary to stay with-
in the amount specified under this paragraph, pro 
rate each public housing agency’s allocation other-
wise established pursuant to this paragraph: Pro-
vided further, That except as provided in the fol-
lowing provisos, the entire amount specified under 
this paragraph shall be obligated to the public hous-
ing agencies based on the allocation and pro rata 
method described above, and the Secretary shall no-
tify public housing agencies of their annual budget 
not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may extend the 
60-day notification period with prior written ap-
proval of the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations: Provided further, That public housing 
agencies participating in the Moving to Work dem-
onstration shall be funded pursuant to their Moving 
to Work agreements and shall be subject to the 
same pro rata adjustments under the previous pro-
visos: Provided further, That up to $150,000,000
shall be available only: (1) to adjust the allocations 
for public housing agencies, after application for an 
adjustment by a public housing agency that experi-
enced a significant increase, as determined by the 
Secretary, in renewal costs of tenant-based rental 
assistance resulting from unforeseen circumstances 
or from portability under section 8(r) of the Act; (2) 
for vouchers that were not in use during the 12- 
month period in order to be available to meet a com-
mitment pursuant to section 8(o)(13) of the Act; (3) 
for any increase in the costs associated with deposits 
to family self-sufficiency program escrow accounts; 
(4) for onetime adjustments of renewal funding for 
Public Housing Agencies in receivership with ap-
proved fungibility plans for calendar year 2009 as 
authorized in Section 11003 of the Consolidated Se-
curity, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appro-
priations Act, 2009 (Public Law 110–329); or (5) to 
adjust allocations for public housing agencies to pre-
vent termination of assistance to families receiving 
assistance under the disaster voucher program, as 
authorized by Public Law 109–148 under the head-
ing ‘‘Tenant-Based Rental Assistance’’: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall allocate amounts 
under the previous proviso based on need as deter-
mined by the Secretary: Provided further, That of 
the amounts made available under this paragraph, 
up to $100,000,000 may be transferred to and 
merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Transformation 
Initiative’’; 
(2) $125,000,000 shall be for section 8 rental 
assistance for relocation and replacement of housing 
units that are demolished or disposed of pursuant to 
the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appro-
priations Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–134), con-
version of section 23 projects to assistance under 
section 8, the family unification program under sec-
tion 8(x) of the Act, relocation of witnesses in con-
nection with efforts to combat crime in public and 
assisted housing pursuant to a request from a law 
enforcement or prosecution agency, enhanced vouch-
ers under any provision of law authorizing such as-
sistance under section 8(t) of the Act, HOPE VI 
vouchers, mandatory and voluntary conversions, and 
tenant protection assistance including replacement 
and relocation assistance or for project based assist-
ance to prevent the displacement of unassisted elder-
ly tenants currently residing in section 202 prop-
erties financed between 1959 and 1974 that are refi-
nanced pursuant to Public Law 106–569, as amend-
ed, or under the authority as provided under this 
Act: Provided, That the Secretary shall provide re-
placement vouchers for all units that were occupied 
within the previous 24 months that cease to be avail-
able as assisted housing, subject only to the avail-
ability of funds; 
(3) $1,851,000,000 shall be for administrative 
and other expenses of public housing agencies in ad-
ministering the section 8 tenant-based rental assist-
ance program, of which up to $50,000,000 shall be 
available to the Secretary to allocate to public hous-
ing agencies that need additional funds to admin-
ister their section 8 programs, including fees associ-
ated with section 8 tenant protection rental assist-
ance, the administration of disaster related vouchers, 
Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing vouchers, and 
other incremental vouchers: Provided, That no less 
than $1,741,000,000 of the amount provided in this 
paragraph shall be allocated to public housing agen-
cies for the calendar year 2011 funding cycle based 
on section 8(q) of the Act (and related Appropria-
tion Act provisions) as in effect immediately before 
the enactment of the Quality Housing and Work Re-
sponsibility Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–276): Pro-
vided further, That if the amounts made available
under this paragraph are insufficient to pay the 
amounts determined under the previous proviso, the 
Secretary may decrease the amounts allocated to 
agencies by a uniform percentage applicable to all 
agencies receiving funding under this paragraph or 
may, to the extent necessary to provide full payment 
of amounts determined under the previous proviso, 
utilize unobligated balances, including recaptures 
and carryovers, remaining from funds appropriated 
to the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment under this heading, for fiscal year 2010 and 
prior fiscal years, notwithstanding the purposes for 
which such amounts were appropriated: Provided 
further, That amounts provided under this para-
graph shall be only for activities related to the provi-
sion of tenant-based rental assistance authorized 
under section 8, including related development ac-
tivities: Provided further, That $60,000,000 shall be 
available for family self-sufficiency coordinators 
under section 23 of the Act: Provided further, That 
amounts provided for family self-sufficiency coordi-
nators shall be obligated to the public housing agen-
cies not later than 60 days after enactment of this 
Act;
(4) $113,663,183 for renewal of tenant-based 
assistance contracts under section 811 of the Cran-
ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 
U.S.C. 8013) entered into prior to fiscal year 2007; 
(5) $75,000,000 for incremental rental voucher 
assistance for use through a supported housing pro-
gram administered in conjunction with the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs as authorized under section 
8(o)(19) of the United States Housing Act of 1937: 
Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall make such funding available, not-
withstanding section 204 (competition provision) of 
this title, to public housing agencies that partner 
with eligible VA Medical Centers or other entities as 
designated by the Secretary of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, based on geographical need for 
such assistance as identified by the Secretary of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, public housing 
agency administrative performance, and other fac-
tors as specified by the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development in consultation with the Sec-
retary of the Department of Veterans Affairs: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development may waive, or specify alter-
native requirements for (in consultation with the
Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs), 
any provision of any statute or regulation that the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development ad-
ministers in connection with the use of funds made 
available under this paragraph (except for require-
ments related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, 
labor standards, and the environment), upon a find-
ing by the Secretary that any such waivers or alter-
native requirements are necessary for the effective 
delivery and administration of such voucher assist-
ance: Provided further, That assistance made avail-
able under this paragraph shall continue to remain 
available for homeless veterans upon turn-over; 
(6) Up to $66,000,000 for incremental tenant- 
based assistance for eligible families assisted under 
the Disaster Housing Assistance Program for Hurri-
canes Ike and Gustav: Provided, That these vouchers 
will not be re-issued when families leave the pro-
gram; 
(7) $85,000,000 for incremental voucher assist-
ance under section 8(o) of the United States Hous-
ing Act of 1937, including related administrative ex-
penses, for two competitive demonstration programs 
to address the needs of families and individuals who 
are homeless or at risk of homelessness, as defined
by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment, to be administered by the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development in conjunction 
with the Department of Health and Human Services 
and the Department of Education: Provided, That 
one demonstration program shall make funding 
available to public housing agencies that: (1) partner 
with eligible state or local entities responsible for 
distributing Temporary Assistance for Needy Fami-
lies (TANF) and other health and human services as 
designated by the Secretary of the Department of 
Health and Human Services; and (2) partner with 
school homelessness liaisons funded through the De-
partment of Education’s Education for Homeless 
Children and Youths program: Provided further, 
That the other demonstration program shall make 
funding available to public housing agencies that 
partner with eligible state Medicaid agencies and 
state behavioral health entities as designated by the 
Secretary of the Department of Health and Human 
Services to provide housing in conjunction with Med-
icaid case management, substance abuse treatment, 
and mental health services: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
shall make the funding specified in this subsection
available through such allocation procedures as the 
Secretary determines to be appropriate, notwith-
standing section 213 of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 1439) and sec-
tion 204 (competition provision) of this title, to enti-
ties with demonstrated experience and that meet 
such other requirements as determined by the Sec-
retary: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development may waive, or 
specify alternative requirements for any provision 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 the Secretary shall publish in the 
Federal Register any waiver of any statute or regu-
lation that the Secretary administers pursuant to 
this subsection no later than 10 days before the ef-
fective date of such waiver: Provided further, That 
assistance made available under this subsection shall
continue to remain available for these purposes upon 
turn-over. 
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND 
Unobligated balances, including recaptures and car-
ryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development under this 
heading, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted 
Housing’’ and the heading ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assist-
ance’’, for fiscal year 2011 and prior years may be used 
for renewal of or amendments to section 8 project-based 
contracts and for performance-based contract administra-
tors, notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds 
were appropriated: Provided, That any obligated balances 
of contract authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior that 
have been terminated shall be cancelled: Provided further, 
That amounts heretofore recaptured, or recaptured during 
the current fiscal year, from project-based Section 8 con-
tracts from source years fiscal year 1975 through fiscal 
year 1987 are hereby rescinded, and an amount of addi-
tional new budget authority, equivalent to the amount re-
scinded is hereby appropriated, to remain available until 
expended, for the purposes set forth under this heading, 
in addition to amounts otherwise available.
PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND 
For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to 
carry out capital and management activities for public 
housing agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g) 
(the ‘‘Act’’) $2,500,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2014: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law or regulation, during fiscal year 
2011 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
may not delegate to any Department official other than 
the Deputy Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for 
Public and Indian Housing any authority under paragraph 
(2) of section 9(j) regarding the extension of the time peri-
ods under such section: Provided further, That for pur-
poses of such section 9(j), the term ‘‘obligate’’ means, with 
respect to amounts, that the amounts are subject to a 
binding agreement that will result in outlays, immediately 
or in the future: Provided further, That up to $15,345,000 
shall be to support the ongoing Public Housing Financial 
and Physical Assessment activities of the Real Estate As-
sessment Center (REAC): Provided further, That of the 
total amount provided under this heading, not to exceed 
$20,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary to make 
grants, notwithstanding section 204 of this Act, to public 
housing agencies for emergency capital needs resulting
from unforeseen or unpreventable emergencies and nat-
ural disasters excluding Presidentially declared emer-
gencies and natural disasters under the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et 
seq.) occurring in fiscal year 2011: Provided further, That 
of the total amount provided under this heading, 
$50,000,000 shall be for supportive services, service coor-
dinators and congregate services as authorized by section 
34 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437z–6) and the Native Amer-
ican Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 
1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.): Provided further, That a 
Notice of Funding Availability for the funds provided in 
the previous proviso shall be issued not later than 60 days 
after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That of the 
total amount provided under this heading up to 
$8,820,000 is to support the costs of administrative and 
judicial receiverships: Provided further, That from the 
funds made available under this heading, the Secretary 
shall provide bonus awards in fiscal year 2011 to public 
housing agencies that are designated high performers. 
PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND 
For 2011 payments to public housing agencies for the 
operation and management of public housing, as author-
ized by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $4,829,000,000.
REVITALIZATION OF SEVERELY DISTRESSED PUBLIC 
HOUSING (HOPE VI) 
For grants to public housing agencies for demolition, 
site revitalization, replacement housing, and tenant-based 
assistance grants to projects as authorized by section 24 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437v), $200,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2012, of which the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development may use up to $5,000,000 for tech-
nical assistance and contract expertise, to be provided di-
rectly or indirectly by grants, contracts or cooperative 
agreements, including training and cost of necessary travel 
for participants in such training, by or to officials and em-
ployees of the department and of public housing agencies 
and to residents: Provided, That none of such funds shall 
be used directly or indirectly by granting competitive ad-
vantage in awards to settle litigation or pay judgments, 
unless expressly permitted herein: Provided further, That 
a Notice of Funding Availability for the funds provided 
under this heading shall be issued not later than 60 days 
after enactment of this Act. 
NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS 
For the Native American Housing Block Grants pro-
gram, as authorized under title I of the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996
(NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $700,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That, notwith-
standing the Native American Housing Assistance and 
Self-Determination Act of 1996, to determine the amount 
of the allocation under title I of such Act for each Indian 
tribe, the Secretary shall apply the formula under section 
302 of such Act with the need component based on single- 
race Census data and with the need component based on 
multi-race Census data, and the amount of the allocation 
for each Indian tribe shall be the greater of the two result-
ing allocation amounts: Provided further, That the Depart-
ment shall notify grantees of their formula allocation with-
in 60 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 
of the amounts made available under this heading, 
$3,500,000 shall be contracted for assistance for a na-
tional organization representing Native American housing 
interests for providing training and technical assistance to 
Indian housing authorities and tribally designated housing 
entities as authorized under NAHASDA; and $4,250,000 
shall be to support the inspection of Indian housing units, 
contract expertise, training, and technical assistance in 
the training, oversight, and management of such Indian 
housing and tenant-based assistance, including up to 
$300,000 for related travel: Provided further, That of the 
amount provided under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be
made available for the cost of guaranteed notes and other 
obligations, as authorized by title VI of NAHASDA: Pro-
vided further, That such costs, including the costs of modi-
fying such notes and other obligations, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
as amended: Provided further, That these funds are avail-
able to subsidize the total principal amount of any notes 
and other obligations, any part of which is to be guaran-
teed, not to exceed $20,000,000. 
NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANT 
For the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant pro-
gram, as authorized under title VIII of the Native Amer-
ican Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 
1996 (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $10,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of this amount, 
$300,000 shall be for training and technical assistance ac-
tivities, including up to $100,000 for related travel by Ha-
waii-based HUD employees. 
INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 
section 184 of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z), $9,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such costs, in-
cluding the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to 
subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be 
guaranteed, up to $994,000,000: Provided further, That 
up to $750,000 shall be for administrative contract ex-
penses including management processes and systems to 
carry out the loan guarantee program. 
NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 
section 184A of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z), $1,044,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That such costs, 
including the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as 
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available 
to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to 
be guaranteed, not to exceed $41,504,255. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS 
For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Per-
sons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS 
Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), 
$350,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2012, except that amounts allocated pursuant to section
854(c)(3) of such Act shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2013: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew 
all expiring contracts for permanent supportive housing 
that were funded under section 854(c)(3) of such Act that 
meet all program requirements before awarding funds for 
new contracts and activities authorized under this section: 
Provided further, That the Department shall notify grant-
ees of their formula allocation within 60 days of enactment 
of this Act. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For assistance to units of State and local govern-
ment, and to other entities, for economic and community 
development 
activities, 
and 
for 
other 
purposes, 
$4,352,100,000 (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by 
$20,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 
2013, unless otherwise specified: Provided, That of the 
total amount provided, $3,997,755,000 is for carrying out 
the community development block grant program under 
title I of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1974, as amended (the ‘‘Act’’ herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301 
et seq.): Provided further, That unless explicitly provided 
for under this heading (except for planning grants pro-
vided in the second paragraph and amounts made avail-
able under the third paragraph), not to exceed 20 percent 
of any grant made with funds appropriated under this
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heading shall be expended for planning and management 
development and administration: Provided further, That 
the Department shall notify grantees of their formula allo-
cation within 60 days of enactment of this Act: Provided 
further, That $65,000,000 shall be for grants to Indian 
tribes notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such Act, of 
which, notwithstanding any other provision of law (includ-
ing section 204 of this Act), up to $3,960,000 may be 
used for emergencies that constitute imminent threats to 
health and safety. 
Of the amount made available under this heading, 
$77,145,000 shall be available for grants for the Economic 
Development Initiative (EDI) to finance a variety of tar-
geted economic investments in accordance with the terms 
and conditions specified in the explanatory statement ac-
companying this Act: Provided, That none of the funds 
provided under this paragraph may be used for program 
operations: Provided further, That, for fiscal years 2008, 
2009 and 2010, no unobligated funds for EDI grants may 
be used for any purpose except acquisition, planning, de-
sign, purchase of equipment, revitalization, redevelopment 
or construction. 
Of the amount made available under this heading, 
$12,200,000 shall be available for neighborhood initiatives 
that are utilized to improve the conditions of distressed
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and blighted areas and neighborhoods, to stimulate invest-
ment, economic diversification, and community revitaliza-
tion in areas with population outmigration or a stagnating 
or declining economic base, or to determine whether hous-
ing benefits can be integrated more effectively with welfare 
reform initiatives: Provided, That amounts made available 
under this paragraph shall be provided in accordance with 
the terms and conditions specified in the explanatory 
statement accompanying this Act. 
The referenced statement of managers under the 
heading ‘‘Community Planning and Development’’ in title 
II in division I of Public Law 111–8 is deemed to be 
amended by striking ‘‘City of Wilson, NC, for demolition 
of dilapidated structures from downtown Wilson to further 
downtown redevelopment’’ and inserting ‘‘City of Wilson, 
NC, for the renovation of blighted structures to enhance 
downtown development’’. 
The referenced statement of managers under the 
heading ‘‘Community Planning and Development’’ in title 
II in division I of Public Law 111–8 is deemed to be 
amended by striking ‘‘Catskill Visitor Interpretative Cen-
ter, Shandaken, NY, for construction of a visitor’s center’’ 
and inserting ‘‘New York State Department of Environ-
mental Conservation, NY, for planning and design of the 
Catskill Visitor Interpretative Center’’.
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The referenced statement of managers under the 
heading ‘‘Community Planning and Development’’ in title 
II in division I of Public Law 111–8 is deemed to be 
amended by striking ‘‘Charles County Department of 
Human Services, Maryland, Port Tobacco, MD, for acqui-
sition and rehabilitation of the former Changing Point 
South facility as a homeless shelter and transitional hous-
ing’’ and inserting ‘‘Charles County Department of 
Human Services, Port Tobacco, MD, for acquisition and 
rehabilitation of a facility’’. 
Of the amounts made available under this heading, 
$150,000,000 shall be made available for a Sustainable 
Communities Initiative to improve regional planning ef-
forts that integrate housing and transportation decisions, 
and increase the capacity to improve land use and zoning: 
Provided, That grants under such Initiative may only be 
made to metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), 
rural planning organizations, States or other units of gen-
eral local government, and housing- and transportation- 
related nonprofit organizations: Provided further, That 
$100,000,000 shall be for Regional Integrated Planning 
Grants to support the linking of transportation and land 
use planning: Provided further, That not less than 
$25,000,000 of the funding made available for Regional 
Integrated Planning Grants shall be awarded to metropoli-
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tan areas of less than 500,000: Provided further, That 
$40,000,000 shall be for Community Challenge Planning 
Grants to foster reform and reduce barriers to achieve af-
fordable, economically vital, and sustainable communities: 
Provided further, That before funding is made available 
for Regional Integrated Planning Grants or Community 
Challenge Planning Grants, the Secretary, in coordination 
with the Secretary of Transportation, shall submit a plan 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, 
the Senate Committee on Banking and Urban Affairs, and 
the House Committee on Financial Services establishing 
grant criteria as well as performance measures by which 
the success of grantees will be measured: Provided further, 
That the Secretary will consult with the Secretary of 
Transportation in evaluating grant proposals: Provided 
further, That up to $10,000,000 shall be for a joint De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development and De-
partment of Transportation research effort that shall in-
clude a rigorous evaluation of the Regional Integrated 
Planning Grants and Community Challenge Planning 
Grants programs, as well as to provide funding for a clear-
inghouse and capacity building efforts: Provided further, 
That of the amounts made available under this heading, 
$25,000,000 shall be made available for the Rural Innova-
tion Fund for grants to Indian tribes, State housing fi-
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nance agencies, State community and/or economic devel-
opment agencies, local rural nonprofits and community de-
velopment corporations to address the problems of con-
centrated rural housing distress and community poverty: 
Provided further, That of the funding made available 
under the previous proviso, at least $5,000,000 shall be 
made available to promote economic development and en-
trepreneurship for federally recognized Indian Tribes, 
through activities including the capitalization of revolving 
loan programs and business planning and development, 
funding is also made available for technical assistance to 
increase capacity through training and outreach activities: 
Provided further, That of the amounts made available 
under 
this 
heading, 
$25,000,000 
(increased 
by 
$10,000,000) is for grants pursuant to section 107 of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 
U.S.C. 5307). 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $10,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2012, as authorized 
by section 108 of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5308): Provided, That such 
costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act
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of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available 
to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to 
be guaranteed, not to exceed $427,000,000, notwith-
standing any aggregate limitation on outstanding obliga-
tions guaranteed in section 108(k) of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1974, as amended. 
BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT 
For competitive economic development grants, as au-
thorized by section 108(q) of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974, as amended, for Brownfields 
redevelopment projects, $17,500,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2012: Provided, That no funds made 
available under this heading may be used to establish loan 
loss reserves for the section 108 Community Development 
Loan Guarantee program: Provided further, That a Notice 
of Funding Availability shall be issued not later than 90 
days after enactment of this Act. 
HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM 
For the HOME investment partnerships program, as 
authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-
tional 
Affordable 
Housing 
Act, 
as 
amended, 
$1,825,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2013: Provided, That, funds provided in prior appropria-
tions Acts for technical assistance, that were made avail-
able for Community Housing Development Organizations
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homeless data analysis project: Provided further, That for 
all match requirements applicable to funds made available 
under this heading for this fiscal year and prior years, 
a grantee may use (or could have used) as a source of 
match funds other funds administered by the Secretary 
and other Federal agencies unless there is (or was) a spe-
cific statutory prohibition on any such use of any such 
funds: Provided further, That the Secretary shall renew 
on an annual basis expiring contracts or amendments to 
contracts funded under the continuum of care program if 
the program is determined to be needed under the applica-
ble continuum of care and meets appropriate program re-
quirements and financial standards, as determined by the 
Secretary: Provided further, That all awards of assistance 
under this heading shall be required to coordinate and in-
tegrate homeless programs with other mainstream health, 
social services, and employment programs for which home-
less populations may be eligible, including Medicaid, State 
Children’s Health Insurance Program, Temporary Assist-
ance for Needy Families, Food Stamps, and services fund-
ing through the Mental Health and Substance Abuse 
Block Grant, Workforce Investment Act, and the Welfare- 
to-Work grant program: Provided further, That all bal-
ances for Shelter Plus Care renewals previously funded 
from the Shelter Plus Care Renewal account and trans-
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ferred to this account shall be available, if recaptured, for 
continuum of care renewals in fiscal year 2011. 
HOUSING PROGRAMS 
PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities and assistance for the provision of 
project-based subsidy contracts under the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (‘‘the 
Act’’), not otherwise provided for, $8,982,328,000, to re-
main available until expended, shall be available on Octo-
ber 1, 2010 (in addition to the $393,672,000 previously 
appropriated under this heading that will become available 
October 1, 2010), and $400,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be available on October 1, 2011: Pro-
vided, That the amounts made available under this head-
ing shall be available for expiring or terminating section 
8 project-based subsidy contracts (including section 8 
moderate rehabilitation contracts), for amendments to sec-
tion 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including section 
8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for contracts entered 
into pursuant to section 441 of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11401), for renewal 
of section 8 contracts for units in projects that are subject 
to approved plans of action under the Emergency Low In-
come Housing Preservation Act of 1987 or the Low-In-
come Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership
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Act of 1990, and for administrative and other expenses 
associated with project-based activities and assistance 
funded under this paragraph: Provided further, That of 
the total amounts provided under this heading, not to ex-
ceed $315,000,000 shall be available for performance- 
based contract administrators for section 8 project-based 
assistance: Provided further, That the Secretary of Hous-
ing and Urban Development may also use such amounts 
in the previous proviso for performance-based contract ad-
ministrators for the administration of: interest reduction 
payments pursuant to section 236(a) of the National 
Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(a)); rent supplement 
payments pursuant to section 101 of the Housing and 
Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); sec-
tion 236(f)(2) rental assistance payments (12 U.S.C. 
1715z–1(f)(2)); project rental assistance contracts for the 
elderly under section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 
1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); project rental assistance con-
tracts for supportive housing for persons with disabilities 
under section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-
tional Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)); 
project assistance contracts pursuant to section 202(h) of 
the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 
667); and loans under section 202 of the Housing Act of 
1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667): Provided fur-
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ther, That amounts recaptured under this heading, the 
heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing’’, or 
the heading ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’ may be used for 
renewals of or amendments to section 8 project-based con-
tracts or for performance-based contract administrators, 
notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts 
were appropriated. 
HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY 
For capital advances, including amendments to cap-
ital advance contracts, for housing for the elderly, as au-
thorized by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as 
amended, and for project rental assistance for the elderly 
under section 202(c)(2) of such Act, including amend-
ments to contracts for such assistance and renewal of ex-
piring contracts for such assistance for up to a 1-year 
term, and for supportive services associated with the hous-
ing, $825,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2014, of which up to $491,300,000 shall be for capital 
advance and project-based rental assistance awards: Pro-
vided, That amounts for project rental assistance con-
tracts are to remain available for the liquidation of valid 
obligations for 10 years following the date of such obliga-
tion: Provided further, That of the amount provided under 
this heading, up to $90,000,000 shall be for service coordi-
nators and the continuation of existing congregate service
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grants for residents of assisted housing projects, and of 
which up to $40,000,000 shall be for grants under section 
202b of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q–2) 
for conversion of eligible projects under such section to 
assisted living or related use and for substantial and emer-
gency capital repairs as determined by the Secretary: Pro-
vided further, That of the amount made available under 
this heading, $20,000,000 shall be available to the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development only for mak-
ing competitive grants to private nonprofit organizations 
and consumer cooperatives for covering costs of architec-
tural and engineering work, site control, and other plan-
ning relating to the development of supportive housing for 
the elderly that is eligible for assistance under section 202 
of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q): Provided 
further, That amounts under this heading shall be avail-
able for Real Estate Assessment Center inspections and 
inspection-related activities associated with section 202 
capital advance projects: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may waive the provisions of section 202 governing 
the terms and conditions of project rental assistance, ex-
cept that the initial contract term for such assistance shall 
not exceed 5 years in duration.
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HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 
For capital advance contracts, including amendments 
to capital advance contracts, for supportive housing for 
persons with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of 
the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 
(42 U.S.C. 8013), for project rental assistance for sup-
portive housing for persons with disabilities under section 
811(d)(2) of such Act, including amendments to contracts 
for such assistance and renewal of expiring contracts for 
such assistance for up to a 1-year term, and for supportive 
services associated with the housing for persons with dis-
abilities as authorized by section 811(b)(1) of such Act, 
and for tenant-based rental assistance contracts entered 
into pursuant to section 811 of such Act, $300,000,000, 
of which up to $209,900,000 shall be for capital advances 
and project-based rental assistance contracts, to remain 
available until September 30, 2014: Provided, That 
amounts for project rental assistance contracts are to re-
main available for the liquidation of valid obligations for 
10 years following the date of such obligation: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may waive the provisions of 
section 811 governing the terms and conditions of project 
rental assistance, except that the initial contract term for 
such assistance shall not exceed 5 years in duration: Pro-
vided further, That amounts made available under this
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heading shall be available for Real Estate Assessment 
Center inspections and inspection-related activities associ-
ated with section 811 Capital Advance Projects. 
HOUSING COUNSELING ASSISTANCE 
For contracts, grants, and other assistance excluding 
loans, as authorized under section 106 of the Housing and 
Urban 
Development 
Act 
of 
1968, 
as 
amended, 
$88,000,000, including up to $2,500,000 for administra-
tive contract services, to remain available until September 
30, 2012: Provided, That funds shall be used for providing 
counseling and advice to tenants and homeowners, both 
current and prospective, with respect to property mainte-
nance, 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 responsibilities of tenancy or homeowner-
ship; for program administration; and for housing coun-
selor training. 
OTHER ASSISTED HOUSING PROGRAMS 
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, non-in-
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sured rental housing projects, $40,600,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
RENT SUPPLEMENT 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the amounts recaptured from terminated con-
tracts under section 101 of the Housing and Urban Devel-
opment Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s) and section 236 
of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1) 
$40,600,000 are rescinded: Provided, That no amounts 
may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by 
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
amended. 
PAYMENT TO MANUFACTURED HOUSING FEES TRUST 
FUND 
For necessary expenses as authorized by the National 
Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Stand-
ards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), up to 
$14,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$7,000,000 is to be derived from the Manufactured Hous-
ing 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 ex-
tent necessary to incur obligations and make expenditures
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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 gen-
eral fund shall be reduced as such collections are received 
during fiscal year 2011 so as to result in a final fiscal 
year 2011 appropriation from the general fund estimated 
at not more than $7,000,000 and fees pursuant to such 
section 620 shall be modified as necessary to ensure such 
a final fiscal year 2011 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: Pro-
vided 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 requirements 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 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
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, 2012: Provided, That for the cost of new 
guaranteed loans, as authorized by section 255 of the Na-
tional Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 17152–20), $150,000,000 
(reduced by $10,000,000): Provided further, That during 
fiscal year 2011, obligations to make direct loans to carry 
out the purposes of section 204(g) of the National Hous-
ing Act, as amended, shall not exceed $50,000,000: Pro-
vided 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 prop-
erties owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under 
the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund. For administrative 
contract expenses of the Federal Housing Administration, 
$207,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2012, of which up to $71,500,000 may be transferred to 
the Working Capital Fund: Provided further, That to the 
extent 
guaranteed 
loan 
commitments 
exceed 
$200,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 2011, an addi-
tional $1,400 for administrative contract expenses shall be
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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 
During fiscal year 2011, commitments to guarantee 
loans incurred under the General and Special Risk Insur-
ance Funds, as authorized by sections 238 and 519 of the 
National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–3 and 1735c), 
shall not exceed $20,000,000,000 in total loan principal, 
any part of which is to be guaranteed. 
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 for-
merly insured under such Act. 
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
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$500,000,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2012. 
POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 
For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of pro-
grams 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, $50,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2012. 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES 
For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not oth-
erwise provided 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, 
$72,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2012, of which $42,500,000 shall be to carry out activities 
pursuant to such section 561: Provided, That notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary may assess and 
collect fees to cover the costs of the Fair Housing Training
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Academy, and may use such funds to provide such train-
ing: Provided further, That no funds made available under 
this heading shall be used to lobby the executive or legisla-
tive branches of the Federal Government in connection 
with a specific contract, grant or loan. 
OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY 
HOMES 
LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION 
For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as author-
ized by section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint 
Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, $140,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2012, of which not less than 
$40,000,000 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 re-
search, studies, testing, and demonstration efforts, includ-
ing education and outreach concerning lead-based paint 
poisoning and other housing-related diseases and hazards: 
Provided, That for purposes of environmental review, pur-
suant 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, Operation Lead Elimination 
Action Plan (LEAP), or the Lead Technical Studies pro-
gram under this heading or under prior appropriations