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shall be administered by the Office of Policy Development 
and Research for Alaska Native serving institutions and 
Native Hawaiian serving institutions as defined under the 
Higher Education Act as amended, tribal colleges and uni-
versities, the Historically Black Colleges and Universities 
program, and the Hispanic Serving Institutions Programs. 
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, 
$44,550,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2008, of which $18,800,000 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 
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.
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OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL 
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, $114,840,000 (increased 
by $35,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 
2008, of which $8,712,000 shall be for the Healthy Homes 
Initiative, pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of the Hous-
ing and Urban Development Act of 1970 that shall include 
research, studies, testing, and demonstration efforts, in-
cluding education and outreach concerning lead-based 
paint poisoning and other housing-related diseases and 
hazards: Provided, That for purposes of environmental re-
view, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act 
of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and other provisions of 
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 
Acts for such purposes under this heading, shall be consid-
ered to be funds for a special project for purposes of sec-
tion 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing Property Disposi-
tion Reform Act of 1994: Provided further, That not less 
than 90 percent of the funds made available under this 
paragraph shall be used exclusively for abatement, inspec-
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tions, risk assessments, temporary relocations and interim 
control of lead-based hazards as defined by 42 U.S.C. 
4851: Provided further, That each recipient of funds pro-
vided under the first proviso shall make a matching con-
tribution in an amount not less than 25 percent: Provided 
further, That each applicant shall submit a detailed plan 
and strategy that demonstrates adequate capacity that is 
acceptable to the Secretary to carry out the proposed use 
of funds pursuant to a Notice of Funding Availability. 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary administrative and non-administrative 
expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, not otherwise provided for, including purchase of 
uniforms, or allowances therefore, as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; serv-
ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed 
$25,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$1,141,117,000 (reduced by $30,000,000) (reduced by 
$12,000,000) (reduced by $35,000,000), of which 
$556,776,000 shall be provided from the various funds of 
the Federal Housing Administration, $10,700,000 shall be 
provided from funds of the Government National Mort-
gage Association, $148,500 shall be provided by transfer 
from the ‘‘Native American housing block grants’’ ac-
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count, $247,500 shall be provided by transfer from the 
‘‘Indian housing loan guarantee fund program’’ account 
and $35,000 shall be transferred from the ‘‘Native Hawai-
ian housing loan guarantee fund’’ account: Provided, That 
funds made available under this heading shall only be allo-
cated in the manner specified in the statement of the man-
agers accompanying this Act unless the Committees on 
Appropriations of both the House of Representatives and 
the Senate are notified of any changes in an operating 
plan or reprogramming: Provided further, That no official 
or employee of the Department shall be designated as an 
allotment holder unless the Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer (OCFO) has determined that such allotment hold-
er has implemented an adequate system of funds control 
and has received training in funds control procedures and 
directives: Provided further, That the Chief Financial Offi-
cer shall establish positive control of and maintain ade-
quate systems of accounting for appropriations and other 
available funds as required by 31 U.S.C. 1514: Provided 
further, That for purposes of funds control and deter-
mining whether a violation exists under the Anti-Defi-
ciency Act (31 U.S.C. 1341 et seq.), the point of obligation 
shall be the executed agreement or contract, except with 
respect to insurance and guarantee programs, certain 
types of salaries and expenses funding, and incremental
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funding that is authorized under an executed agreement 
or contract, and shall be designated in the approved funds 
control plan: Provided further, That the Chief Financial 
Officer shall: (1) appoint qualified personnel to conduct 
investigations of potential or actual violations; (2) estab-
lish minimum training requirements and other qualifica-
tions for personnel that may be appointed to conduct in-
vestigations; (3) establish guidelines and timeframes for 
the conduct and completion of investigations; (4) prescribe 
the content, format and other requirements for the sub-
mission of final reports on violations; and (5) prescribe 
such additional policies and procedures as may be required 
for conducting investigations of, and administering, proc-
essing, and reporting on, potential and actual violations 
of the Anti-Deficiency Act and all other statutes and regu-
lations governing the obligation and expenditure of funds 
made available in this or any other Act: Provided further, 
That up to $15,000,000 may be transferred to the Work-
ing Capital Fund: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall fill 7 out of 10 vacancies at the GS–14 and GS–
15 levels until the total number of GS–14 and GS–15 posi-
tions in the Department has been reduced from the num-
ber of GS–14 and GS–15 positions on the date of enact-
ment of Public Law 106–377 by 21⁄2 percent.
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WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For additional capital for the Working Capital Fund 
(42 U.S.C. 3535) for the development of, modifications 
to, and infrastructure for Department-wide information 
technology systems, for the continuing operation and 
maintenance of both Department-wide and program-spe-
cific information systems, and for program-related devel-
opment 
activities, 
$100,000,000 
(reduced 
by 
$100,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 
2008: Provided, That any amounts transferred to this 
Fund under this Act shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That any amounts transferred to this 
Fund from amounts appropriated by previously enacted 
appropriations Acts or from within this Act may be used 
for the purposes specified under this Fund, in addition 
to the purposes for which such amounts were appro-
priated. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
as amended, $107,000,000, of which $23,760,000 shall be 
provided from the various funds of the Federal Housing 
Administration: Provided, That the Inspector General
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shall have independent authority over all personnel issues 
within this office. 
OFFICE OF FEDERAL HOUSING ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out the Federal Housing Enterprises 
Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, including 
not to exceed $500 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $62,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, to be derived from the Federal Housing Enter-
prises Oversight Fund: Provided, That the Director shall 
submit a spending plan for the amounts provided under 
this heading no later than January 15, 2007: Provided 
further, That not less than 80 percent of the total amount 
made available under this heading shall be used only for 
examination, supervision, and capital oversight of the en-
terprises (as such term is defined in section 1303 of the 
Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Sound-
ness Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4502)) to ensure that the 
enterprises are operating in a financially safe and sound 
manner and complying with the capital requirements 
under subtitle B of such Act: Provided further, That not 
to exceed the amount provided herein shall be available 
from the general fund of the Treasury to the extent nec-
essary to incur obligations and make expenditures pending 
the receipt of collections to the Fund: Provided further,
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That the general fund amount shall be reduced as collec-
tions are received during the fiscal year so as to result 
in a final appropriation from the general fund estimated 
at not more than $0. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
SEC. 301. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget au-
thority, or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts 
associated with such budget authority, that are recaptured 
from projects described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart 
B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 
1988 (42 U.S.C. 1437 note) shall be rescinded, or in the 
case of cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such 
amounts of budget authority or cash recaptured and not 
rescinded or remitted to the Treasury shall be used by 
State housing finance agencies or local governments or 
local housing agencies with projects approved by the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development for which set-
tlement occurred after January 1, 1992, in accordance 
with such section. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, 
the Secretary may award up to 15 percent of the budget 
authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted 
to the Treasury to provide project owners with incentives 
to refinance their project at a lower interest rate.
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SEC. 302. None of the amounts made available under 
this Act may be used during fiscal year 2007 to investigate 
or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise 
lawful activity engaged in by one or more persons, includ-
ing the filing or maintaining of a non-frivolous legal ac-
tion, that is engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving 
or preventing action by a Government official or entity, 
or a court of competent jurisdiction. 
SEC. 303. (a) Notwithstanding section 854(c)(1)(A) 
of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 
12903(c)(1)(A)), from any amounts made available under 
this title for fiscal year 2007 that are allocated under such 
section, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
shall allocate and make a grant, in the amount determined 
under subsection (b), for any State that—
(1) received an allocation in a prior fiscal year 
under clause (ii) of such section; and 
(2) is not otherwise eligible for an allocation for 
fiscal year 2007 under such clause (ii) because the 
areas in the State outside of the metropolitan statis-
tical areas that qualify under clause (i) in fiscal year 
2007 do not have the number of cases of acquired 
immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) required under 
such clause.
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(b) The amount of the allocation and grant for any 
State described in subsection (a) shall be an amount based 
on the cumulative number of AIDS cases in the areas of 
that State that are outside of metropolitan statistical 
areas that qualify under clause (i) of such section 
854(c)(1)(A) in fiscal year 2007, in proportion to AIDS 
cases among cities and States that qualify under clauses 
(i) and (ii) of such section and States deemed eligible 
under subsection (a). 
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
amount allocated for fiscal year 2007 under section 854(c) 
of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 
12903(c)), to the City of New York, New York, on behalf 
of the New York-Wayne-White Plains, New York-New 
Jersey Metropolitan Division (hereafter ‘‘metropolitan di-
vision’’) of the New York-Newark-Edison, NY-NJ-PA 
Metropolitan Statistical Area, shall be adjusted by the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by: (1) allo-
cating to the City of Jersey City, New Jersey, the propor-
tion of the metropolitan area’s or division’s amount that 
is based on the number of cases of AIDS reported in the 
portion of the metropolitan area or division that is located 
in Hudson County, New Jersey, and adjusting for the pro-
portion of the metropolitan division’s high incidence bonus 
if this area in New Jersey also has a higher than average
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per capita incidence of AIDS; and (2) allocating to the 
City of Paterson, New Jersey, the proportion of the metro-
politan area’s or division’s amount that is based on the 
number of cases of AIDS reported in the portion of the 
metropolitan area or division that is located in Bergen 
County and Passaic County, New Jersey, and adjusting 
for the proportion of the metropolitan division’s high inci-
dence bonus if this area in New Jersey also has a higher 
than average per capita incidence of AIDS. The recipient 
cities shall use amounts allocated under this subsection 
to carry out eligible activities under section 855 of the 
AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) in 
their respective portions of the metropolitan division that 
is located in New Jersey. 
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
amount allocated for fiscal year 2007 under section 854(c) 
of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 
12903(c)) to areas with a higher than average per capita 
incidence of AIDS, shall be adjusted by the Secretary on 
the basis of area incidence reported over a three year pe-
riod. 
SEC. 304. During fiscal year 2007, in the provision 
of rental assistance under section 8(o) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) in con-
nection with a program to demonstrate the economy and
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effectiveness of providing such assistance for use in as-
sisted living facilities that is carried out in the counties 
of the State of Michigan notwithstanding paragraphs (3) 
and (18)(B)(iii) of such section 8(o), a family residing in 
an assisted living facility in any such county, on behalf 
of which a public housing agency provides assistance pur-
suant to section 8(o)(18) of such Act, may be required, 
at the time the family initially receives such assistance, 
to pay rent in an amount exceeding 40 percent of the 
monthly adjusted income of the family by such a percent-
age or amount as the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development determines to be appropriate. 
SEC. 305. Except as explicitly provided in law, any 
grant, cooperative agreement or other assistance made 
pursuant to title III of this Act shall be made on a com-
petitive basis and in accordance with section 102 of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform 
Act of 1989. 
SEC. 306. Funds of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development subject to the Government Corpora-
tion Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of 
1950 shall be available, without regard to the limitations 
on administrative expenses, for legal services on a contract 
or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment for 
services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage
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Association, Government National Mortgage Association, 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Fi-
nancing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any member 
thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured bank 
within the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Cor-
poration Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811–1831). 
SEC. 307. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act 
or through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any ap-
propriation for the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development shall be available for any program, project 
or activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget 
estimates submitted to Congress. 
SEC. 308. Corporations and agencies of the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development which are sub-
ject to the Government Corporation Control Act, as 
amended, are hereby authorized to make such expendi-
tures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority 
available to each such corporation or agency and in ac-
cordance with law, and to make such contracts and com-
mitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as pro-
vided by section 104 of such Act as may be necessary in 
carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for 2007 
for such corporation or agency except as hereinafter pro-
vided: Provided, That collections of these corporations and 
agencies may be used for new loan or mortgage purchase
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commitments only to the extent expressly provided for in 
this Act (unless such loans are in support of other forms 
of assistance provided for in this or prior appropriations 
Acts), except that this proviso shall not apply to the mort-
gage insurance or guaranty operations of these corpora-
tions, or where loans or mortgage purchases are necessary 
to protect the financial interest of the United States Gov-
ernment. 
SEC. 309. None of the funds provided in this title 
for technical assistance, training, or management improve-
ments may be obligated or expended unless HUD provides 
to the Committees on Appropriations a description of each 
proposed activity and a detailed budget estimate of the 
costs associated with each program, project or activity as 
part of the budget justifications. For fiscal year 2007, 
HUD shall transmit this information to the Committees 
by March 15, 2007 for 30 days of review. 
SEC. 310. The Secretary of Housing and Urban De-
velopment shall provide quarterly reports to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding all 
uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured and excess funds in 
each program and activity within the jurisdiction of the 
Department and shall submit additional, updated budget 
information to these Committees upon request.
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SEC. 311. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the amount allocated for fiscal year 2007 under 
section 854(c) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 
U.S.C. 12903(c)), to the City of Wilmington, Delaware, 
on behalf of the Wilmington, Delaware-Maryland-New 
Jersey Metropolitan Division (hereafter ‘‘metropolitan di-
vision’’), shall be adjusted by the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development by allocating to the State of New 
Jersey the proportion of the metropolitan division’s 
amount that is based on the number of cases of AIDS 
reported in the portion of the metropolitan division that 
is located in New Jersey, and adjusting for the proportion 
of the metropolitan division’s high incidence bonus if this 
area in New Jersey also has a higher than average per 
capita incidence of AIDS. The State of New Jersey shall 
use amounts allocated to the State under this subsection 
to carry out eligible activities under section 855 of the 
AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) in the 
portion of the metropolitan division that is located in New 
Jersey. 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall allo-
cate to Wake County, North Carolina, the amounts that 
otherwise would be allocated for fiscal year 2007 under 
section 854(c) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42
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U.S.C. 12903(c)) to the City of Raleigh, North Carolina, 
on behalf of the Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina Metropoli-
tan Statistical Area. Any amounts allocated to Wake 
County shall be used to carry out eligible activities under 
section 855 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) within such 
metropolitan statistical area. 
(c) Notwithstanding section 854(c) of the AIDS 
Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)), the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development may adjust the 
allocation of the amounts that otherwise would be allo-
cated for fiscal year 2007 under section 854(c) of such 
Act, upon the written request of an applicant, in conjunc-
tion with the State(s), for a formula allocation on behalf 
of a metropolitan statistical area, to designate the State 
or States in which the metropolitan statistical area is lo-
cated as the eligible grantee(s) of the allocation. In the 
case that a metropolitan statistical area involves more 
than one State, such amounts allocated to each State shall 
be in proportion to the number of cases of AIDS reported 
in the portion of the metropolitan statistical area located 
in that State. Any amounts allocated to a State under this 
section shall be used to carry out eligible activities within 
the portion of the metropolitan statistical area located in 
that State.
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SEC. 312. The Department of Housing and Urban 
Development shall submit the Department’s fiscal year 
2007 congressional budget justifications to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate using the identical structure provided 
under this Act and only in accordance with the direction 
specified in the report accompanying this Act. 
SEC. 313. That incremental vouchers previously made 
available under the heading ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’ 
or renewed under the heading, ‘‘Tenant-Based Rental As-
sistance,’’ for non-elderly disabled families shall, to the ex-
tent practicable, continue to be provided to non-elderly dis-
abled families upon turnover. 
SEC. 314. A public housing agency or such other enti-
ty that administers Federal housing assistance in the 
States of Alaska, Iowa, and Mississippi shall not be re-
quired to include a resident of public housing or a recipi-
ent of assistance provided under section 8 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 on the board of directors or 
a similar governing board of such agency or entity as re-
quired under section (2)(b) of such Act. Each public hous-
ing agency or other entity that administers Federal hous-
ing assistance under section 8 in the States of Alaska, 
Iowa and Mississippi shall establish an advisory board of 
not less than 6 residents of public housing or recipients
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of section 8 assistance to provide advice and comment to 
the public housing agency or other administering entity 
on issues related to public housing and section 8. Such 
advisory board shall meet not less than quarterly. 
SEC. 315. The funds made available for Native Alas-
kans under the heading ‘‘Native American Housing Block 
Grants’’ in title III of this Act shall be allocated to the 
same Native Alaskan housing block grant recipients that 
received funds in fiscal year 2005. 
SEC. 316. No funds provided under this title may be 
used for an audit of the Government National Mortgage 
Association that makes applicable requirements under the 
Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.). 
SEC. 317. Incremental vouchers previously made 
available under the heading, ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’ 
or renewed under the heading, ‘‘Tenant-Based Rental As-
sistance’’, for family unification shall, to the extent prac-
ticable, continue to be provided for family unification. 
SEC. 318. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the recipient of a grant under section 202b of the 
Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q–2) after Decem-
ber 26, 2000, in accordance with the unnumbered para-
graph at the end of section 202b(b) of such Act, may, at 
its option, establish a single-asset nonprofit entity to own 
the project and may lend the grant funds to such entity,