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PAYMENT TO MANUFACTURED HOUSING FEES TRUST FUND 
For necessary expenses as authorized by the National Manufac-
tured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 
U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), up to $10,500,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which $10,500,000 is to be derived from the Manufac-
tured Housing Fees Trust Fund: Provided, That not to exceed 
the total amount appropriated under this heading shall be available 
from the general fund of the Treasury to the extent necessary 
to incur obligations and make expenditures pending the receipt 
of collections to the Fund pursuant to section 620 of such Act: 
Provided further, That the amount made available under this 
heading from the general fund shall be reduced as such collections 
are received during fiscal year 2016 so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2016 appropriation from the general fund estimated 
at zero, and fees pursuant to such section 620 shall be modified 
as necessary to ensure such a final fiscal year 2016 appropriation: 
Provided further, That for the dispute resolution and installation 
programs, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may 
assess and collect fees from any program participant: Provided 
further, That such collections shall be deposited into the Fund, 
and the Secretary, as provided herein, may use such collections, 
as well as fees collected under section 620, for necessary expenses 
of such Act: Provided further, That, notwithstanding the require-
ments of section 620 of such Act, the Secretary may carry out 
responsibilities of the Secretary under such Act through the use 
of approved service providers that are paid directly by the recipients 
of their services. 
FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION 
MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
New commitments to guarantee single family loans insured 
under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund shall not exceed 
$400,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017: 
Provided, That during fiscal year 2016, obligations to make direct 
loans to carry out the purposes of section 204(g) of the National 
Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed $5,000,000: Provided 
further, That the foregoing amount in the previous proviso shall 
be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in connection 
with sales of single family real properties owned by the Secretary 
and formerly insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund: 
Provided further, That for administrative contract expenses of the 
Federal Housing Administration, $130,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2017: Provided further, That to the extent 
guaranteed loan commitments exceed $200,000,000,000 on or before 
April 1, 2016, an additional $1,400 for administrative contract 
expenses shall be available for each $1,000,000 in additional 
guaranteed loan commitments (including a pro rata amount for 
any amount below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made 
available by this proviso exceed $30,000,000. 
GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
New commitments to guarantee loans insured under the Gen-
eral and Special Risk Insurance Funds, as authorized by sections 
238 and 519 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–3 and
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1735c), shall not exceed $30,000,000,000 in total loan principal, 
any part of which is to be guaranteed, to remain available until 
September 30, 2017: Provided, That during fiscal year 2016, 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 $5,000,000, which shall be for loans to non-
profit and governmental entities in connection with the sale of 
single family real properties owned by the Secretary and formerly 
insured under such Act. 
GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION 
GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN GUARANTEE 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out the purposes 
of section 306 of the National Housing Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 
1721(g)), shall not exceed $500,000,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2017: Provided, That $23,000,000 shall be 
available for necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Government National Mortgage Association: Provided further, That 
to 
the 
extent 
that 
guaranteed 
loan 
commitments 
exceed 
$155,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 2016, an additional $100 
for necessary salaries and expenses shall be available until 
expended for each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan commit-
ments (including a pro rata amount for any amount below 
$1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made available by this 
proviso exceed $3,000,000: Provided further, That receipts from 
Commitment and Multiclass fees collected pursuant to title III 
of the National Housing Act, as amended, shall be credited as 
offsetting collections to this account. 
POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 
For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of programs of 
research and studies relating to housing and urban problems, not 
otherwise provided for, as authorized by title V of the Housing 
and Urban Development Act of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), 
including carrying out the functions of the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development under section 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization 
Plan No. 2 of 1968, and for technical assistance, $85,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That with 
respect to amounts made available under this heading, notwith-
standing section 204 of this title, the Secretary may enter into 
cooperative agreements funded with philanthropic entities, other 
Federal agencies, or State or local governments and their agencies 
for research projects: Provided further, That with respect to the 
previous proviso, such partners to the cooperative agreements must 
contribute at least a 50 percent match toward the cost of the 
project: Provided further, That for non-competitive agreements 
entered into in accordance with the previous two provisos, the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall comply with 
section 2(b) of the Federal Funding Accountability and Trans-
parency Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–282, 31 U.S.C. note) in lieu 
of compliance with section 102(a)(4)(C) with respect to documenta-
tion of award decisions: Provided further, That prior to obligation
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of technical assistance funding, the Secretary shall submit a plan, 
for approval, to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions on how it will allocate funding for this activity. 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES 
For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not otherwise pro-
vided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 
1968, as amended by the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, 
and section 561 of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1987, as amended, $65,300,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2017: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, 
the Secretary may assess and collect fees to cover the costs of 
the Fair Housing Training Academy, and may use such funds 
to provide such training: Provided further, That no funds made 
available under this heading shall be used to lobby the executive 
or legislative branches of the Federal Government in connection 
with a specific contract, grant, or loan: Provided further, That 
of the funds made available under this heading, $300,000 shall 
be available to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
for the creation and promotion of translated materials and other 
programs that support the assistance of persons with limited 
English proficiency in utilizing the services provided by the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development. 
OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY HOMES 
LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION 
For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as authorized by 
section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction 
Act of 1992, $110,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2017, of which $20,000,000 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 research, studies, 
testing, and demonstration efforts, including education and outreach 
concerning lead-based paint poisoning and other housing-related 
diseases and hazards: Provided, That for purposes of environmental 
review, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and other provisions of the law that further 
the purposes of such Act, a grant under the Healthy Homes Initia-
tive, or the Lead Technical Studies program under this heading 
or under prior appropriations Acts for such purposes under this 
heading, shall be considered to be funds for a special project for 
purposes of section 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing Property 
Disposition Reform Act of 1994: Provided further, That of the total 
amount made available under this heading, $45,000,000 shall be 
made available on a competitive basis for areas with the highest 
lead paint abatement needs: Provided further, That each recipient 
of funds provided under the previous proviso shall contribute an 
amount not less than 25 percent of the total: Provided further, 
That each applicant shall certify adequate capacity that is accept-
able to the Secretary to carry out the proposed use of funds pursuant 
to a notice of funding availability: Provided further, That amounts 
made available under this heading in this or prior appropriations 
Acts, and that still remain available, may be used for any purpose
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under this heading notwithstanding the purpose for which such 
amounts were appropriated if a program competition is undersub-
scribed and there are other program competitions under this 
heading that are oversubscribed. 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUND 
For the development of, modifications to, and infrastructure 
for Department-wide and program-specific information technology 
systems, for the continuing operation and maintenance of both 
Department-wide and program-specific information systems, and 
for program-related maintenance activities, $250,000,000, shall 
remain available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That any 
amounts transferred to this Fund under this Act shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That any amounts trans-
ferred to this Fund from amounts appropriated by previously 
enacted appropriations Acts may be used for the purposes specified 
under this Fund, in addition to any other information technology 
purposes for which such amounts were appropriated. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended, $126,000,000: Provided, That the Inspector General shall 
have independent authority over all personnel issues within this 
office. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 201. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget authority, 
or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts associated with 
such budget authority, that are recaptured from projects described 
in section 1012(a) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance 
Amendments Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 1437 note) shall be rescinded 
or in the case of cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and 
such amounts of budget authority or cash recaptured and not 
rescinded or remitted to the Treasury shall be used by State housing 
finance agencies or local governments or local housing agencies 
with projects approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development for which settlement occurred after January 1, 1992, 
in accordance with such section. Notwithstanding the previous sen-
tence, the Secretary may award up to 15 percent of the budget 
authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to 
the Treasury to provide project owners with incentives to refinance 
their project at a lower interest rate. 
SEC. 202. None of the amounts made available under this 
Act may be used during fiscal year 2016 to investigate or prosecute 
under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise lawful activity engaged 
in by one or more persons, including the filing or maintaining 
of a nonfrivolous legal action, that is engaged in solely for the 
purpose of achieving or preventing action by a Government official 
or entity, or a court of competent jurisdiction.