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MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary administrative expenses of the maritime 
guaranteed loan program, $3,100,000 shall be paid to the 
appropriations for ‘‘Maritime Administration–Operations 
and Training’’. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, the Maritime Administration is authorized to furnish 
utilities and services and make necessary repairs in connec-
tion with any lease, contract, or occupancy involving Gov-
ernment property under control of the Maritime Adminis-
tration: Provided, That payments received therefor shall be 
credited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof 
and shall remain available until expended: Provided fur-
ther, That rental payments under any such lease, contract, 
or occupancy for items other than such utilities, services, 
or repairs shall be covered into the Treasury as miscella-
neous receipts. 
SEC. 171. None of the funds available or appropriated 
in this Act shall be used by the United States Department 
of Transportation or the United States Maritime Adminis-
tration to negotiate or otherwise execute, enter into, facili-
tate or perform fee-for-service contracts for vessel disposal,
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scrapping or recycling, unless there is no qualified domestic 
ship recycler that will pay any sum of money to purchase 
and scrap or recycle a vessel owned, operated or managed 
by the Maritime Administration or that is part of the Na-
tional Defense Reserve Fleet: Provided, That such sales of-
fers must be consistent with the solicitation and provide 
that the work will be performed in a timely manner at a 
facility qualified within the meaning of section 3502 of 
Public Law 106–398: Provided further, That nothing con-
tained herein shall affect the Maritime Administration’s 
authority to award contracts at least cost to the Federal 
Government and consistent with the requirements of 16 
U.S.C. 5405(c), section 3502, or otherwise authorized under 
the Federal Acquisition Regulation. 
PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline and 
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, $22,225,000: 
Provided, That $1,500,000 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.
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HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous ma-
terials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Ma-
terials Safety Administration, $52,000,000, of which 
$7,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2017: 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 further, That 
there may be credited to this appropriation, to be available 
until expended, funds received from States, counties, mu-
nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources 
for expenses incurred for training, for reports publication 
and dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred in per-
formance of hazardous materials exemptions and approvals 
functions. 
PIPELINE SAFETY 
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND) 
(PIPELINE SAFETY DESIGN REVIEW 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 responsibilities of 
the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $146,000,000, of which 
$19,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability
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Trust Fund and shall remain available until September 30, 
2017; and of which $124,500,000 shall be derived from the 
Pipeline Safety Fund, of which $66,309,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2017; and of which 
$2,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be de-
rived from the Pipeline Safety Design Review Fund as au-
thorized in 49 U.S.C. 60117(n): Provided, That not less 
than $1,058,000 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 carryout 49 U.S.C. 5128(b), 
$188,000, to be derived from the Emergency Preparedness 
Fund, to remain available until September 30, 2016: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding the fiscal year limitation spec-
ified in 49 U.S.C. 5116, not more than $28,318,000 shall 
be made available for obligation in fiscal year 2015 from 
amounts made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i), and 5128(b) 
and (c): Provided further, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 
5116(i)(4), not more than 4 percent of the amounts made 
available from this account shall be available to pay admin-
istrative costs: 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 or her designee:
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Provided further, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 5128(b) 
and (c) and the current year obligation limitation, prior 
year recoveries recognized in the current year shall be avail-
able to develop a hazardous materials response training 
curriculum for emergency responders, including response 
activities for the transportation of crude oil, ethanol and 
other flammable liquids by rail, consistent with National 
Fire Protection Association standards, and to make such 
training available through an electronic format: Provided 
further, That the prior year recoveries made available under 
this heading shall also be available to carry out 49 U.S.C. 
5116(b) and (j). 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, as amended, $86,223,000: Provided, That the 
Inspector General shall have all necessary authority, in car-
rying out the duties specified in the Inspector General Act, 
as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate allegations 
of fraud, including false statements to the government (18 
U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that is subject to 
regulation by the Department: Provided further, That the 
funds made available under this heading may be used to 
investigate, pursuant to section 41712 of title 49, United
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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: 
Provided further, That hereafter funds transferred to the Of-
fice of the Inspector General through forfeiture proceedings 
or from the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund 
or the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund, as a 
participating agency, as an equitable share from the for-
feiture of property in investigations in which the Office of 
Inspector General participates, or through the granting of 
a Petition for Remission or Mitigation, shall be deposited 
to the credit of this account for law enforcement activities 
authorized under the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended, to remain available until expended. 
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation 
Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$31,375,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, not to exceed $1,250,000 from fees estab-
lished by the Chairman of the Surface Transportation 
Board shall be credited to this appropriation as offsetting 
collections and used for necessary and authorized expenses 
under this heading: Provided further, That the sum herein
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appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced on a 
dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting collections are re-
ceived during fiscal year 2015, to result in a final appro-
priation from the general fund estimated at no more than 
$30,125,000. 
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 liabil-
ity insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign coun-
tries on official department business; and uniforms or al-
lowances 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
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this provision may be assigned on temporary detail outside 
the Department of Transportation. 
SEC. 183. (a) No recipient of funds made available in 
this Act shall disseminate personal information (as defined 
in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State department 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. 184. Funds received by the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration, Federal Transit Administration, and Federal 
Railroad Administration from States, counties, municipali-
ties, other public authorities, and private sources for ex-
penses incurred for training may be credited respectively 
to the Federal Highway Administration’s ‘‘Federal-Aid 
Highways’’ account, the Federal Transit Administration’s 
‘‘Technical Assistance and Training’’ account, and to the 
Federal Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Oper-
ations’’ account, except for State rail safety inspectors par-
ticipating in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105. 
SEC. 185. None of the funds in this Act to the Depart-
ment of Transportation may be used to make a loan, loan 
guarantee, line of credit, or grant unless the Secretary of
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Transportation notifies the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations not less than 3 full business days before 
any project competitively selected to receive a discretionary 
grant award, any discretionary grant award, letter of in-
tent, loan commitment, loan guarantee commitment, line 
of credit commitment, or full funding grant agreement is 
announced by the department or its modal administrations 
from: 
(1) any discretionary grant or federal credit pro-
gram of the Federal Highway Administration includ-
ing the emergency relief program; 
(2) the airport improvement program of the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration; 
(3) any program of the Federal Railroad Admin-
istration; 
(4) any program of the Federal Transit Admin-
istration other than the formula grants and fixed 
guideway modernization programs; 
(5) any program of the Maritime Administra-
tion; or 
(6) any funding provided under the headings 
‘‘National Infrastructure Investments’’ in this Act: 
Provided, That the Secretary gives concurrent notifi-
cation to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations for any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds from the
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emergency relief program: Provided further, That no 
notification shall involve funds that are not available 
for obligation. 
SEC. 186. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor 
fees and other funds received by the Department of Trans-
portation from travel management centers, charge card pro-
grams, the subleasing of building space, and miscellaneous 
sources are to be credited to appropriations of the Depart-
ment of Transportation and allocated to elements of the De-
partment of Transportation using fair and equitable cri-
teria and such funds shall be available until expended. 
SEC. 187. Amounts made available in this or any other 
Act that the Secretary determines represent improper pay-
ments by the Department of Transportation to a third- 
party contractor under a financial assistance award, which 
are recovered pursuant to law, shall be available— 
(1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred by 
the Department of Transportation in recovering im-
proper payments; and 
(2) to pay contractors for services provided in re-
covering improper payments or contractor support in 
the implementation of the Improper Payments Infor-
mation Act of 2002: Provided, That amounts in excess 
of that required for paragraphs (1) and (2)—
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(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: Provided further, That where 
specific project or accounting information associ-
ated with the improper payment or payments is 
not readily available, the Secretary may credit 
an appropriate account, which shall be available 
for the purposes and period associated with the 
account so credited; 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 appro-
priations account, the Secretary shall notify the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions of the amount and reasons for such trans-
fer: Provided further, That for purposes of this 
section, the term ‘‘improper payments’’ has the 
same meaning as that provided in section 
2(d)(2) of Public Law 107–300. 
SEC. 188. 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 pro-
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vided to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions, transmission of said reprogramming notice shall be 
provided solely to the Committees on Appropriations, and 
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 Appropria-
tions on such reprogramming but not sooner than 30 days 
following the date on which the reprogramming action has 
been approved or denied by the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 189. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
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 or practice com-
plaints 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. 190. Funds appropriated in this Act to the modal 
administrations may be obligated for the Office of the Sec-
retary for the costs related to assessments or reimbursable 
agreements only when such amounts are for the costs of 
goods and services that are purchased to provide a direct 
benefit to the applicable modal administration or adminis-
trations.
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SEC. 191. The Secretary of Transportation is author-
ized to carry out a program that establishes uniform stand-
ards for developing and supporting agency transit pass and 
transit benefits authorized under section 7905 of title 5, 
United States Code, including distribution of transit bene-
fits by various paper and electronic media. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
EXECUTIVE OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Of-
fices, which shall be comprised of the offices of the Secretary, 
Deputy Secretary, Adjudicatory Services, Congressional 
and Intergovernmental Relations, Public Affairs, Small 
and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and the Center for 
Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, $14,500,000: 
Provided, That not to exceed $25,000 of the amount made 
available under this heading shall be available to the Sec-
retary for official reception and representation expenses as 
the Secretary may determine.
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OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY HOMES 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes, $6,700,000. 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities and assistance for the provision of ten-
ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United 
States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 
et seq.) (‘‘the Act’’ herein), not otherwise provided for, 
$15,304,160,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be available on October 1, 2014 (in addition to the 
$4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this heading 
that became available on October 1, 2014), and 
$4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be available on October 1, 2015: Provided, That the 
amounts made available under this heading are provided 
as follows: 
(1) $17,486,000,000 shall be available for renew-
als of expiring section 8 tenant-based annual con-
tributions contracts (including renewals of enhanced 
vouchers under any provision of law authorizing such 
assistance under section 8(t) of the Act) and includ-
ing renewal of other special purpose incremental 
vouchers: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, from amounts provided under this
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paragraph and any carryover, the Secretary for the 
calendar year 2015 funding cycle shall provide re-
newal funding for each public housing agency based 
on validated voucher management system (VMS) leas-
ing and cost data for the prior calendar year and by 
applying an inflation factor as established by the Sec-
retary, by notice published in the Federal Register, 
and by making any necessary adjustments for the 
costs associated with the first-time renewal of vouch-
ers under this paragraph including tenant protection, 
HOPE VI, and Choice Neighborhoods vouchers: Pro-
vided further, That in determining calendar year 
2015 funding allocations under this heading for pub-
lic housing agencies, including agencies participating 
in the Moving To Work (MTW) demonstration, the 
Secretary may take into account the anticipated im-
pact of changes in targeting and utility allowances, 
on public housing agencies’ contract renewal needs: 
Provided further, 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 contract, except for public housing agencies 
participating in the MTW demonstration, which are 
instead governed by the terms and conditions of their
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MTW agreements: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall, to the extent necessary to stay within the 
amount specified under this paragraph (except as oth-
erwise modified under this paragraph), prorate each 
public housing agency’s allocation otherwise estab-
lished pursuant to this paragraph: Provided further, 
That except as provided in the following provisos, the 
entire amount specified under this paragraph (except 
as otherwise modified under this paragraph) shall be 
obligated to the public housing agencies based on the 
allocation and pro rata method described above, and 
the Secretary shall notify public housing agencies of 
their annual budget by the latter of 60 days after en-
actment of this Act or March 1, 2015: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary may extend the notification 
period with the prior written approval of the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That public housing agencies participating in 
the MTW demonstration shall be funded pursuant to 
their MTW agreements and shall be subject to the 
same pro rata adjustments under the previous pro-
visos: Provided further, That the Secretary may offset 
public housing agencies’ calendar year 2015 alloca-
tions based on the excess amounts of public housing 
agencies’ net restricted assets accounts, including
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HUD held programmatic reserves (in accordance with 
VMS data in calendar year 2014 that is verifiable 
and complete), as determined by the Secretary: Pro-
vided further, That public housing agencies partici-
pating in the MTW demonstration shall also be sub-
ject to the offset, as determined by the Secretary, ex-
cluding amounts subject to the single fund budget au-
thority provisions of their MTW agreements, from the 
agencies’ calendar year 2015 MTW funding alloca-
tion: Provided further, That the Secretary shall use 
any offset referred to in the previous two provisos 
throughout the calendar year to prevent the termi-
nation of rental assistance for families as the result 
of insufficient funding, as determined by the Sec-
retary, and to avoid or reduce the proration of re-
newal funding allocations: Provided further, That up 
to $120,000,000 shall be available only: (1) for adjust-
ments in the allocations for public housing agencies, 
after application for an adjustment by a public hous-
ing agency that experienced a significant increase, as 
determined by the Secretary, in renewal costs of 
vouchers 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 commitment
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pursuant to section 8(o)(13) of the Act; (3) for adjust-
ments for costs associated with HUD-Veterans Affairs 
Supportive Housing (HUD–VASH) vouchers; (4) for 
adjustments for public housing agencies with voucher 
leasing rates at the end of the calendar year that ex-
ceed the average leasing for the 12-month period used 
to establish the allocation, and for additional leasing 
of vouchers that were issued but not leased prior to 
the end of such calendar year; and (5) for public 
housing agencies that despite taking reasonable cost 
savings measures, as determined by the Secretary, 
would otherwise be required to terminate rental as-
sistance for families as a result of insufficient fund-
ing: Provided further, That the Secretary shall allo-
cate amounts under the previous proviso based on 
need, as determined by the Secretary; 
(2) $130,000,000 shall be for section 8 rental as-
sistance for relocation and replacement of housing 
units that are demolished or disposed of pursuant to 
section 18 of the Act, conversion of section 23 projects 
to assistance under section 8, the family unification 
program under section 8(x) of the Act, relocation of 
witnesses in connection with efforts to combat crime 
in public and assisted housing pursuant to a request 
from a law enforcement or prosecution agency, en-
1431 
hanced vouchers under any provision of law author-
izing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act, 
HOPE VI and Choice Neighborhood vouchers, manda-
tory and voluntary conversions, and tenant protection 
assistance including replacement and relocation as-
sistance or for project-based assistance to prevent the 
displacement of unassisted elderly tenants currently 
residing in section 202 properties financed between 
1959 and 1974 that are refinanced pursuant to Pub-
lic Law 106–569, as amended, or under the authority 
as provided under this Act: Provided, That when a 
public housing development is submitted for demoli-
tion or disposition under section 18 of the Act, the 
Secretary may provide section 8 rental assistance 
when the units pose an imminent health and safety 
risk to residents: Provided further, That the Secretary 
may only provide replacement vouchers for units that 
were occupied within the previous 24 months that 
cease to be available as assisted housing, subject only 
to the availability of funds: Provided further, That of 
the amounts made available under this paragraph, 
$5,000,000 may be available to provide tenant protec-
tion assistance, not otherwise provided under this 
paragraph, to residents residing in low vacancy areas 
and who may have to pay rents greater than 30 per-
1432 
cent of household income, as the result of (1) the ma-
turity of a HUD-insured, HUD-held or section 202 
loan that requires the permission of the Secretary 
prior to loan prepayment; (2) the expiration of a 
rental assistance contract for which the tenants are 
not eligible for enhanced voucher or tenant protection 
assistance under existing law; or (3) the expiration of 
affordability restrictions accompanying a mortgage or 
preservation program administered by the Secretary: 
Provided further, That such tenant protection assist-
ance made available under the previous proviso may 
be provided under the authority of section 8(t) or sec-
tion 8(o)(13) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)): Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall issue guidance to implement the pre-
vious provisos, including, but not limited to, require-
ments for defining eligible at-risk households within 
120 days of the enactment of this Act: Provided fur-
ther, That any tenant protection voucher made avail-
able from amounts under this paragraph shall not be 
reissued by any public housing agency, except the re-
placement vouchers as defined by the Secretary by no-
tice, when the initial family that received any such 
voucher no longer receives such voucher, and the au-
thority for any public housing agency to issue any
1433 
such voucher shall cease to exist: Provided further, 
That the Secretary, for the purpose under this para-
graph, may use unobligated balances, including re-
captures and carryovers, remaining from amounts 
appropriated in prior fiscal years under this heading 
for voucher assistance for nonelderly disabled families 
and for disaster assistance made available under Pub-
lic Law 110–329; 
(3) $1,530,000,000 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 $10,000,000 shall be 
available to the Secretary to allocate to public hous-
ing agencies that need additional funds to administer 
their section 8 programs, including fees associated 
with section 8 tenant protection rental assistance, the 
administration of disaster related vouchers, Veterans 
Affairs Supportive Housing vouchers, and other spe-
cial purpose incremental vouchers: Provided, That no 
less than $1,520,000,000 of the amount provided in 
this paragraph shall be allocated to public housing 
agencies for the calendar year 2015 funding cycle 
based on section 8(q) of the Act (and related Appro-
priation Act provisions) as in effect immediately be-
fore the enactment of the Quality Housing and Work
1434 
Responsibility Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–276): 
Provided 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 Development 
under this heading from prior fiscal years, excluding 
special purpose vouchers, notwithstanding the pur-
poses for which such amounts were appropriated: Pro-
vided further, That all public housing agencies par-
ticipating in the MTW demonstration shall be funded 
pursuant to their MTW agreements, and shall be sub-
ject to the same uniform percentage decrease as under 
the previous proviso: Provided further, That amounts 
provided under this paragraph shall be only for ac-
tivities related to the provision of tenant-based rental 
assistance authorized under section 8, including re-
lated development activities;
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(4) $83,160,000 for the renewal of tenant-based 
assistance contracts under section 811 of the Cran-
ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 
U.S.C. 8013), including necessary administrative ex-
penses: Provided, That administrative and other ex-
penses of public housing agencies in administering 
the special purpose vouchers in this paragraph shall 
be funded under the same terms and be subject to the 
same pro rata reduction as the percent decrease for 
administrative and other expenses to public housing 
agencies under paragraph (3) of this heading; 
(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 des-
ignated by the Secretary of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs, based on geographical need for such as-
sistance as identified by the Secretary of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs, public housing agency ad-
1436 
ministrative performance, and other factors as speci-
fied by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment in consultation with the Secretary of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
may waive, or specify alternative requirements for (in 
consultation with the Secretary of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs), any provision of any statute or reg-
ulation that the Secretary of Housing and Urban De-
velopment administers in connection with the use of 
funds made available under this paragraph (except 
for requirements related to fair housing, non-
discrimination, labor standards, and the environ-
ment), upon a finding by the Secretary that any such 
waivers or alternative requirements are necessary for 
the effective delivery and administration of such 
voucher assistance: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall set aside an amount provided under this 
paragraph for a rental assistance and supportive 
housing demonstration program for Native American 
veterans that are homeless or at-risk of homelessness 
living on or near a reservation or other Indian areas: 
Provided further, That such demonstration program 
shall be modeled after, with necessary and appro-
priate adjustments for Native American grant recipi-
1437 
ents and veterans, the rental assistance and sup-
portive housing program funded under this para-
graph, including administration in conjunction with 
the Department of Veterans Affairs and overall imple-
mentation of section 8(o)(19) of the Act: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts for rental assistance and associ-
ated administrative costs shall be made available by 
grants to recipients eligible to receive block grants 
under the Native American Housing Assistance and 
Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. section 
4101 et seq.): Provided further, That funds shall be 
awarded based on need, administrative capacity, and 
any other funding criteria established by the Sec-
retary in a Notice published in the Federal Register 
after coordination with the Secretary of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs within 180 days of enact-
ment of this Act: Provided further, That such rental 
assistance shall be administered by block grant recipi-
ents in accordance with program requirements under 
the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-De-
termination Act of 1996: Provided further, That the 
first and second provisos under this paragraph shall 
apply to use of funds made available for this dem-
onstration, as appropriate: Provided further, That the 
Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of the
1438 
Department of Veterans Affairs, shall coordinate with 
block grant recipients and any other appropriate trib-
al organizations on the design of such demonstration 
and shall ensure the effective delivery of supportive 
services to Native American veterans that are home-
less or at-risk of homelessness eligible to receive assist-
ance under this demonstration: Provided further, 
That grant recipients shall report to the Secretary, as 
prescribed by the Secretary, utilization of such rental 
assistance provided under this demonstration: Pro-
vided further, That assistance made available under 
this paragraph shall continue to remain available for 
homeless veterans upon turn-over; and 
(6) The Secretary shall separately track all spe-
cial purpose vouchers funded under this heading. 
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
Unobligated balances, including recaptures and carry-
over, remaining from funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development under this head-
ing, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Hous-
ing’’ and the heading ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’, 
for fiscal year 2015 and prior years may be used for re-
newal of or amendments to section 8 project-based contracts 
and for performance-based contract administrators, not-
1439 
withstanding the purposes for which such funds were appro-
priated: Provided, That any obligated balances of contract 
authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior that have been 
terminated shall be rescinded: Provided further, That 
amounts heretofore recaptured, or recaptured during the 
current fiscal year, from section 8 project-based contracts 
from source years fiscal year 1975 through fiscal year 1987 
are hereby rescinded, and an amount of additional new 
budget authority, equivalent to the amount rescinded 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’’) $1,875,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2018: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law or regulation, during fiscal year 2015 the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development may not dele-
gate to any Department official other than the Deputy Sec-
retary and the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing any authority under paragraph (2) of section 9(j) 
regarding the extension of the time periods under such sec-
1440 
tion: Provided further, That for purposes 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: Pro-
vided further, That up to $5,000,000 shall be to support 
ongoing Public Housing Financial and Physical Assess-
ment activities: Provided further, That up to $3,000,000 
shall be to support the costs of administrative and judicial 
receiverships: Provided further, That of the total amount 
provided under this heading, not to exceed $23,000,000 shall 
be available for the Secretary to make grants, notwith-
standing section 204 of this Act, to public housing agencies 
for emergency capital needs including safety and security 
measures necessary to address crime and drug-related activ-
ity as well as needs resulting from unforeseen or unprevent-
able emergencies and natural disasters excluding Presi-
dentially declared emergencies and natural disasters under 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) occurring in fiscal year 2015: Pro-
vided further, That of the amount made available under the 
previous proviso, not less than $6,000,000 shall be for safety 
and security measures: Provided further, That of the total 
amount provided under this heading $45,000,000 shall be 
for supportive services, service coordinator and congregate 
services as authorized by section 34 of the Act (42 U.S.C.
1441 
1437z–6) and the Native American Housing Assistance and 
Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.): 
Provided further, That of the total amount made available 
under this heading, up to $15,000,000 may be used for in-
centives as part of a Jobs-Plus Pilot initiative modeled after 
the Jobs-Plus demonstration: Provided further, That the 
funding provided under the previous proviso shall provide 
competitive grants to partnerships between public housing 
authorities, local workforce investment boards established 
under section 117 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, 
and other agencies and organizations that provide support 
to help public housing residents obtain employment and in-
crease earnings: Provided further, That applicants must 
demonstrate the ability to provide services to residents, 
partner with workforce investment boards, and leverage 
service dollars: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
set aside a portion of the funds provided for the Resident 
Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency program to support the 
services element of the Jobs-Plus Pilot initiative: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may allow PHAs to request ex-
emptions from rent and income limitation requirements 
under sections 3 and 6 of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 as necessary to implement the Jobs-Plus program, 
on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may approve 
upon a finding by the Secretary that any such waivers or
1442 
alternative requirements are necessary for the effective im-
plementation of the Jobs-Plus Pilot initiative as a vol-
untary program for residents: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall publish by notice in the Federal Register 
any waivers or alternative requirements pursuant to the 
preceding proviso no later than 10 days before the effective 
date of such notice: Provided further, That for funds pro-
vided under this heading, the limitation in section 9(g)(1) 
of the Act shall be 25 percent: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may waive the limitation in the previous proviso 
to allow public housing agencies to fund activities author-
ized under section 9(e)(1)(C) of the Act: Provided further, 
That from the funds made available under this heading, the 
Secretary shall provide bonus awards in fiscal year 2015 
to public housing agencies that are designated high per-
formers: Provided further, That the Department shall notify 
public housing agencies of their formula allocation within 
60 days of enactment of this Act. 
PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND 
For 2015 payments to public housing agencies for the 
operation and management of public housing, as authorized 
by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $4,440,000,000.
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CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE 
For competitive grants under the Choice Neighborhoods 
Initiative (subject to section 24 of the United States Hous-
ing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v), unless otherwise speci-
fied under this heading), for transformation, rehabilitation, 
and replacement housing needs of both public and HUD- 
assisted housing and to transform neighborhoods of poverty 
into functioning, sustainable mixed income neighborhoods 
with appropriate services, schools, public assets, transpor-
tation and access to jobs, $80,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2017: Provided, That grant funds may 
be used for resident and community services, community 
development, and affordable housing needs in the commu-
nity, and for conversion of vacant or foreclosed properties 
to affordable housing: Provided further, That the use of 
funds made available under this heading shall not be 
deemed to be public housing notwithstanding section 3(b)(1) 
of such Act: Provided further, That grantees shall commit 
to an additional period of affordability determined by the 
Secretary of not fewer than 20 years: Provided further, That 
grantees shall undertake comprehensive local planning with 
input from residents and the community, and that grantees 
shall provide a match in State, local, other Federal or pri-
vate funds: Provided further, That grantees may include 
local governments, tribal entities, public housing authori-
1444 
ties, and nonprofits: Provided further, That for-profit devel-
opers may apply jointly with a public entity: Provided fur-
ther, That for purposes of environmental review, a grantee 
shall be treated as a public housing agency under section 
26 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437x), and grants under this heading shall be subject to 
the regulations issued by the Secretary to implement such 
section: Provided further, That of the amount provided, not 
less than $50,000,000 shall be awarded to public housing 
authorities: Provided further, That such grantees shall cre-
ate partnerships with other local organizations including 
assisted housing owners, service agencies, and resident orga-
nizations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall consult 
with the Secretaries of Education, Labor, Transportation, 
Health and Human Services, Agriculture, and Commerce, 
the Attorney General, and the Administrator of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency to coordinate and leverage 
other appropriate Federal resources: Provided further, That 
no more than $5,000,000 of funds made available under this 
heading may be provided to assist communities in devel-
oping comprehensive strategies for implementing this pro-
gram or implementing other revitalization efforts in con-
junction with community notice and input: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall develop and publish guide-
lines for the use of such competitive funds, including but
1445 
not limited to eligible activities, program requirements, and 
performance metrics: Provided further, That unobligated 
balances, including recaptures, remaining from funds ap-
propriated under the heading ‘‘Revitalization of Severely 
Distressed Public Housing (HOPE VI)’’ in fiscal year 2011 
and prior fiscal years may be used for purposes under this 
heading, notwithstanding the purposes for which such 
amounts were appropriated. 
FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY 
For the Family Self-Sufficiency program to support 
family self-sufficiency coordinators under section 23 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937, to promote the develop-
ment of local strategies to coordinate the use of assistance 
under sections 8(o) and 9 of such Act with public and pri-
vate resources, and enable eligible families to achieve eco-
nomic independence and self-sufficiency, $75,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That 
the Secretary may, by Federal Register notice, waive or 
specify alternative requirements under sections b(3), b(4), 
b(5), or c(1) of section 23 of such Act in order to facilitate 
the operation of a unified self-sufficiency program for indi-
viduals receiving assistance under different provisions of 
the Act, as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, 
That owners of a privately owned multifamily property 
with a section 8 contract may voluntarily make a Family
1446 
Self-Sufficiency program available to the assisted tenants 
of such property in accordance with procedures established 
by the Secretary: Provided further, That such procedures 
established pursuant to the previous proviso shall permit 
participating tenants to accrue escrow funds in accordance 
with section 23(d)(2) and shall allow owners to use funding 
from residual receipt accounts to hire coordinators for their 
own Family Self-Sufficiency program: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may carry out a demonstration testing 
the effectiveness of combining vouchers for homeless youth 
under the Family Unification Program authorized under 
section 8(x) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (‘‘the Act’’ herein) with assistance 
under the Family Self-Sufficiency program authorized 
under section 23 of the Act: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may establish alternative requirements to those con-
tained in section 8(x) of the Act to facilitate such a dem-
onstration: Provided further, That any public housing agen-
cy that has existing Family Unification Program vouchers 
and an established Family Self-Sufficiency program may 
participate in such demonstration provided that they can 
demonstrate (1) an agreement with the public child welfare 
agency or agencies to serve the target population; (2) capac-
ity to serve the target population; (3) the success of the 
agency’s existing Family Self-Sufficiency program in serv-
1447 
ing residents; (4) partnerships with local organizations that 
serve homeless youth; and (5) any other factors established 
by the Secretary: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
monitor and evaluate the demonstration and report on 
whether the demonstration helped homeless youth achieve 
self-sufficiency. 
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.), $650,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That, 
notwithstanding 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 resulting 
allocation amounts: Provided further, That of the amounts 
made available under this heading, $3,500,000 shall be con-
tracted for assistance for national or regional organizations 
representing Native American housing interests for pro-
viding training and technical assistance to Indian housing
1448 
authorities and tribally designated housing entities as au-
thorized under NAHASDA: Provided further, That of the 
funds made available under the previous proviso, not less 
than $2,000,000 shall be made available for a national or-
ganization as authorized under section 703 of NAHASDA 
(25 U.S.C. 4212): Provided further, That of the amounts 
made available under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be to 
support the inspection of Indian housing units, contract ex-
pertise, training, and technical assistance in the training, 
oversight, and management of such Indian housing and ten-
ant-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: Provided further, That such costs, 
including the costs of modifying such notes and other obli-
gations, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, 
That these funds are available to subsidize the total prin-
cipal amount of any notes and other obligations, any part 
of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $16,530,000: Pro-
vided further, That the Department will notify grantees of 
their formula allocation within 60 days of the date of enact-
ment of this Act.
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NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANT 
For the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant pro-
gram, as authorized under title VIII of the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 
U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $9,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2019: 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 employees of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development. 
INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sec-
tion 184 of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a), $7,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such costs, includ-
ing the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Pro-
vided further, That these funds are available to subsidize 
total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, 
up to $744,047,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That up to $750,000 of this amount may 
be for administrative contract expenses including manage-
ment processes and systems to carry out the loan guarantee 
program.
1450 
NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sec-
tion 184A of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13b) and for such costs for loans 
used for refinancing, $100,000, to remain 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 prin-
cipal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, up to 
$16,130,000, to remain available until expended. 
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 Hous-
ing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), 
$330,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2016, except that amounts allocated pursuant to section 
854(c)(3) of such Act shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2017: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew 
all expiring contracts for permanent supportive housing 
that initially were funded under section 854(c)(3) of such 
Act from funds made available under this heading in fiscal 
year 2010 and prior fiscal years that meet all program re-
1451 
quirements before awarding funds for new contracts under 
such section: Provided further, That the Department shall 
notify grantees of their formula allocation within 60 days 
of enactment of this Act. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For assistance to units of State and local government, 
and to other entities, for economic and community develop-
ment activities, and for other purposes, $3,066,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2017, unless otherwise 
specified: Provided, That of the total amount provided, 
$3,000,000,000 is for carrying out the community develop-
ment 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, not 
to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with funds appro-
priated under this heading shall be expended for planning 
and management development and administration: Pro-
vided further, That a metropolitan city, urban county, unit 
of general local government, or Indian tribe, or insular area 
that directly or indirectly receives funds under this heading 
may not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer all or any portion 
of such funds to another such entity in exchange for any 
other funds, credits or non-Federal considerations, but must 
use such funds for activities eligible under title I of the Act:
1452 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 105(e)(1) of 
the Act, no funds provided under this heading may be pro-
vided to a for-profit entity for an economic development 
project under section 105(a)(17) unless such project has 
been evaluated and selected in accordance with guidelines 
required under subparagraph (e)(2): Provided further, That 
none of the funds made available under this heading may 
be used for grants for the Economic Development Initiative 
(‘‘EDI’’) or Neighborhood Initiatives activities, Rural Inno-
vation Fund, or for grants pursuant to section 107 of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 
U.S.C. 5307): Provided further, That the Department shall 
notify grantees of their formula allocation within 60 days 
of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 
$66,000,000 shall be for grants to Indian tribes notwith-
standing section 106(a)(1) of such Act, of which, notwith-
standing any other provision of law (including section 204 
of this Act), up to $3,960,000 may be used for emergencies 
that constitute imminent threats to health and safety: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts made available under 
the previous proviso, $6,000,000 shall be for grants for mold 
remediation and prevention that shall be awarded through 
one national competition to Native American tribes with 
the greatest need.
1453 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, during fiscal year 2015, commitments to guarantee 
loans under section 108 of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5308), any part of 
which is guaranteed, shall not exceed a total principal 
amount of $500,000,000, notwithstanding any aggregate 
limitation on outstanding obligations guaranteed in sub-
section (k) of such section 108: Provided, That the Secretary 
shall collect fees from borrowers, notwithstanding subsection 
(m) of such section 108, to result in a credit subsidy cost 
of zero for guaranteeing such loans, and any such fees shall 
be collected in accordance with section 502(7) of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974. 
HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM 
For the HOME investment partnerships program, as 
authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
Affordable Housing Act, as amended, $900,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That 
notwithstanding the amount made available under this 
heading, the threshold reduction requirements in sections 
216(10) and 217(b)(4) of such Act shall not apply to alloca-
tions of such amount: Provided further, That the require-
ments under provisos 2 through 6 under this heading for
1454 
fiscal year 2012 and such requirements applicable pursuant 
to the ‘‘Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013’’, 
shall not apply to any project to which funds were com-
mitted on or after August 23, 2013, but such projects shall 
instead be governed by the Final Rule titled ‘‘Home Invest-
ment Partnerships Program; Improving Performance and 
Accountability; Updating Property Standards’’ which be-
came effective on such date: Provided further, That the De-
partment shall notify grantees of their formula allocation 
within 60 days of enactment of this Act. 
SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY 
PROGRAM 
For the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Op-
portunity Program, as authorized under section 11 of the 
Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, as 
amended, $50,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2017: Provided, That of the total amount provided 
under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be made available to 
the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Opportunity 
Program as authorized under section 11 of the Housing Op-
portunity Program Extension Act of 1996, as amended: 
Provided further, That $35,000,000 shall be made available 
for the second, third, and fourth capacity building activities 
authorized under section 4(a) of the HUD Demonstration 
Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), of which not less than
1455 
$5,000,000 shall be made available for rural capacity build-
ing activities: Provided further, That $5,000,000 shall be 
made available for capacity building by national rural 
housing organizations with experience assessing national 
rural conditions and providing financing, training, tech-
nical assistance, information, and research to local non-
profits, local governments and Indian Tribes serving high 
need rural communities. 
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For the emergency solutions grants program as author-
ized under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act, as amended; the continuum of 
care program as authorized under subtitle C of title IV of 
such Act; and the rural housing stability assistance pro-
gram as authorized under subtitle D of title IV of such Act, 
$2,135,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2017: Provided, That any rental assistance amounts that 
are recaptured under such continuum of care program shall 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
not less than $250,000,000 of the funds appropriated under 
this heading shall be available for such emergency solutions 
grants program: Provided further, That not less than 
$1,862,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this head-
ing shall be available for such continuum of care and rural 
housing stability assistance programs: Provided further,
1456 
That up to $7,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this 
heading shall be available for the national homeless data 
analysis project: Provided further, That all funds awarded 
for supportive services under the continuum of care pro-
gram and the rural housing stability assistance program 
shall be matched by not less than 25 percent in cash or 
in kind by each grantee: 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 specific statutory 
prohibition on any such use of any such funds: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may renew on an annual basis 
expiring contracts or amendments to contracts funded 
under the continuum of care program if the program is de-
termined to be needed under the applicable continuum of 
care and meets appropriate program requirements, per-
formance measures, and financial standards, as determined 
by the Secretary: Provided further, That all awards of as-
sistance under this heading shall be required to coordinate 
and integrate homeless programs with other mainstream 
health, social services, and employment programs for which 
homeless populations may be eligible: Provided further, 
That with respect to funds provided under this heading for
1457 
the continuum of care program for fiscal years 2012, 2013, 
2014, and 2015 provision of permanent housing rental as-
sistance may be administered by private nonprofit organi-
zations: Provided further, That the Department shall notify 
grantees of their formula allocation from amounts allocated 
(which may represent initial or final amounts allocated) 
for the emergency solutions grant program within 60 days 
of enactment of this Act. 
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, $9,330,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, shall be available on October 1, 2014 
(in addition to the $400,000,000 previously appropriated 
under this heading that became available October 1, 2014), 
and $400,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be available on October 1, 2015: Provided, That the 
amounts made available under this heading shall be avail-
able for expiring or terminating section 8 project-based sub-
sidy contracts (including section 8 moderate rehabilitation 
contracts), for amendments to section 8 project-based sub-
sidy contracts (including section 8 moderate rehabilitation 
contracts), for contracts entered into pursuant to section
1458 
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 Income Housing Preservation 
Act of 1987 or the Low-Income Housing Preservation and 
Resident Homeownership Act of 1990, and for administra-
tive and other expenses associated with project-based activi-
ties and assistance funded under this paragraph: Provided 
further, That of the total amounts provided under this head-
ing, not to exceed $210,000,000 shall be available for per-
formance-based contract administrators for section 8 
project-based assistance, for carrying out 42 U.S.C. 1437(f): 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development may also use such amounts in the previous 
proviso for performance-based contract administrators for 
the administration of: interest reduction payments pursu-
ant 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); section 236(f)(2) rental assistance 
payments (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(f)(2)); project rental assist-
ance contracts for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of the 
Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); project rental as-
sistance contracts for supportive housing for persons with 
disabilities under section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gon-
1459 
zalez National 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 
further, 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: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, upon the request of the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development, project funds that are 
held in residual receipts accounts for any project subject 
to a section 8 project-based Housing Assistance Payments 
contract that authorizes HUD or a Housing Finance Agen-
cy to require that surplus project funds be deposited in an 
interest-bearing residual receipts account and that are in 
excess of an amount to be determined by the Secretary, shall 
be remitted to the Department and deposited in this ac-
count, to be available until expended: Provided further, 
That amounts deposited pursuant to the previous proviso 
shall be available in addition to the amount otherwise pro-
1460 
vided by this heading for uses authorized under this head-
ing. 
HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY 
For amendments to capital advance contracts for hous-
ing for the elderly, as authorized by section 202 of the Hous-
ing Act of 1959, as amended, and for project rental assist-
ance for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of such Act, in-
cluding amendments to contracts for such assistance and 
renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance for up to 
a 1-year term, and for senior preservation rental assistance 
contracts, including renewals, as authorized by section 
811(e) of the American Housing and Economic Oppor-
tunity Act of 2000, as amended, and for supportive services 
associated with the housing, $420,000,000 to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2018: Provided, That of the 
amount provided under this heading, up to $70,000,000 
shall be for service coordinators and the continuation of ex-
isting congregate service grants for residents of assisted 
housing projects: Provided further, That amounts under this 
heading shall be available for Real Estate Assessment Cen-
ter inspections and inspection-related activities associated 
with section 202 projects: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may waive the provisions of section 202 governing 
the terms and conditions of project rental assistance, except 
that the initial contract term for such assistance shall not
1461 
exceed 5 years in duration: Provided further, That upon 
request of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment, project funds that are held in residual receipts ac-
counts for any project subject to a section 202 project rental 
assistance contract, and that upon termination of such con-
tract are in excess of an amount to be determined by the 
Secretary, up to $16,000,000 in any such excess amounts 
shall be remitted to the Department and deposited in this 
account, to be available until September 30, 2018, for pur-
poses under this heading, and shall be in addition to the 
amounts otherwise provided under this heading for such 
purposes. 
HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 
For amendments to capital advance contracts for sup-
portive 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 supportive housing for persons with disabilities under 
section 811(d)(2) of such Act and for project assistance con-
tracts pursuant to section 202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959 
(Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667), including amendments 
to contracts for such assistance and renewal of expiring con-
tracts for such assistance for up to a 1-year term, for project 
rental assistance to State housing finance agencies and 
other appropriate entities as authorized under section
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811(b)(3) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Housing Act, 
and for supportive services associated with the housing for 
persons with disabilities as authorized by section 811(b)(1) 
of such Act, $135,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2018: Provided, That amounts made available 
under this heading shall be available for Real Estate Assess-
ment Center inspections and inspection-related activities 
associated with section 811 projects: Provided further, That, 
in this fiscal year, upon the request of the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development, project funds that are 
held in residual receipts accounts for any project subject 
to a section 811 project rental assistance contract and that 
upon termination of such contract are in excess of an 
amount to be determined by the Secretary shall be remitted 
to the Department and deposited in this account, to be 
available until September 30, 2018: Provided further, That 
amounts deposited in this account pursuant to the previous 
proviso shall be available in addition to the amounts other-
wise provided by this heading for the purposes authorized 
under this heading: Provided further, That unobligated bal-
ances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining from 
funds transferred to or appropriated under this heading 
may be used for the current purposes authorized under this 
heading notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds 
originally were appropriated.
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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, $47,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2016, including 
up to $4,500,000 for administrative contract services: Pro-
vided, That grants made available from amounts provided 
under this heading shall be awarded within 180 days of 
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That funds shall 
be used for providing counseling and advice to tenants and 
homeowners, both current and prospective, with respect to 
property maintenance, financial management/literacy, and 
such other matters as may be appropriate to assist them 
in improving their housing conditions, meeting their finan-
cial needs, and fulfilling the responsibilities of tenancy or 
homeownership; for program administration; and for hous-
ing counselor training: Provided further, That for purposes 
of providing such grants from amounts provided under this 
heading, the Secretary may enter into multiyear agree-
ments as is appropriate, subject to the availability of an-
nual appropriations. 
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
1464 
(12 U.S.C. 1715z–1) in State-aided, noninsured rental 
housing projects, $18,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That such amount, together with unobli-
gated balances from recaptured amounts appropriated 
prior to fiscal year 2006 from terminated contracts under 
such sections of law, and any unobligated balances, includ-
ing recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds appro-
priated under this heading after fiscal year 2005, shall also 
be available for extensions of up to one year for expiring 
contracts under such sections of law. 
PAYMENT TO MANUFACTURED HOUSING FEES TRUST FUND 
For necessary expenses as authorized by the National 
Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards 
Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), up to $10,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which $10,000,000 
is to be derived from the Manufactured Housing Fees Trust 
Fund: Provided, That not to exceed the total amount appro-
priated under this heading shall be available from the gen-
eral 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 2015 so as to re-
sult in a final fiscal year 2015 appropriation from the gen-
1465 
eral fund estimated at zero, and fees pursuant to such sec-
tion 620 shall be modified as necessary to ensure such a 
final fiscal year 2015 appropriation: Provided further, 
That for the dispute resolution and installation programs, 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may as-
sess 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 Sec-
retary 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 in-
sured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund shall not 
exceed $400,000,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2016: Provided, That during fiscal year 2015, 
obligations to make direct loans to carry out the purposes 
of section 204(g) of the National Housing Act, as amended, 
shall not exceed $20,000,000: Provided further, That the 
foregoing amount in the previous proviso shall be for loans
1466 
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, 
2016: Provided further, That to the extent guaranteed loan 
commitments exceed $200,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 
2015, an additional $1,400 for administrative contract ex-
penses 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 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
New commitments to guarantee loans insured under 
the General and Special Risk Insurance Funds, as author-
ized by sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act 
(12 U.S.C. 1715z–3 and 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, 2016: Provided, That during fiscal year 2015, gross ob-
ligations for the principal amount of direct loans, as au-
thorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 519(a) of the
1467 
National Housing Act, shall not exceed $20,000,000, which 
shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities 
in connection with the sale of single family real properties 
owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under such 
Act: Provided further, That $10,000,000 previously pro-
vided under this heading is hereby permanently rescinded. 
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, 
2016: Provided, That $23,000,000 shall be available for nec-
essary salaries and expenses of the Office of Government 
National Mortgage Association: Provided further, That to 
the extent that guaranteed loan commitments will and do 
exceed $155,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 2015, an ad-
ditional $100 for necessary salaries and expenses shall be 
available until expended 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 
$3,000,000: Provided further, That receipts from Commit-
ment and Multiclass fees collected pursuant to title III of
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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 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 Devel-
opment under section 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 
2 of 1968, and for technical assistance, $72,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2016, of which 
$22,000,000 shall be for technical assistance: Provided, That 
with respect to amounts made available under this heading, 
notwithstanding section 204 of this title, the Secretary may 
enter into cooperative agreements funded with philan-
thropic entities, other Federal agencies, or State or local 
governments and their agencies for research projects: Pro-
vided 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 en-
tered into in accordance with the previous two provisos, the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall comply
1469 
with section 2(b) of the Federal Funding Accountability 
and Transparency 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 documentation of award decisions: Provided 
further, That prior to obligation of technical assistance 
funding, the Secretary shall submit a plan, for approval, 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on 
how it will allocate funding for this activity. 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES 
For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not other-
wise 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, 
$65,300,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016, 
of which $40,100,000 shall be to carry out activities pursu-
ant to such section 561: 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 fur-
ther, 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
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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 pro-
vided by the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment. 
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, $110,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That up to 
$15,000,000 of that amount 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, including 
education and outreach concerning lead-based paint poi-
soning and other housing-related diseases and hazards: Pro-
vided further, 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 Initiative, or the Lead Technical Studies
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program 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 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 fur-
ther, That each recipient of funds provided under the third 
proviso shall make a matching contribution in an amount 
not less than 25 percent: Provided further, That each appli-
cant shall certify adequate capacity that is acceptable to 
the Secretary to carry out the proposed use of funds pursu-
ant 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 avail-
able, may be used for any purpose under this heading not-
withstanding the purpose for which such amounts were ap-
propriated if a program competition is undersubscribed 
and there are other program competitions under this head-
ing that are oversubscribed. 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUND 
For the development of, modifications to, and infra-
structure for Department-wide and program-specific infor-
mation technology systems, for the continuing operation
1472 
and maintenance of both Department-wide and program- 
specific information systems, and for program-related 
maintenance activities, $250,000,000, which shall remain 
available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That any 
amounts transferred to this Fund under this Act shall re-
main available until expended: Provided further, That any 
amounts transferred to this Fund from amounts appro-
priated 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 In-
spector General in carrying out the Inspector General Act 
of 1978, as amended, $126,000,000: Provided, That the In-
spector 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 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
1473 
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 agen-
cies with projects approved by the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development for which settlement occurred after 
January 1, 1992, in accordance with such section. Notwith-
standing 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. 
SEC. 202. None of the amounts made available under 
this Act may be used during fiscal year 2015 to investigate 
or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise law-
ful 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. 
SEC. 203. Sections 203 and 209 of division C of Public 
Law 112–55 (125 Stat. 693–694) shall apply during fiscal 
year 2015 as if such sections were included in this title,
1474 
except that during such fiscal year such sections shall be 
applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2015’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 
2011’’ and for ‘‘fiscal year 2012’’ each place such terms ap-
pear, and shall be amended to reflect revised delineations 
of statistical areas established by the Office of Management 
and Budget pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 3504(e)(3), 31 U.S.C. 
1104(d), and Executive Order No. 10253. 
SEC. 204. Except as explicitly provided in law, any 
grant, cooperative agreement or other assistance made pur-
suant to title II of this Act shall be made on a competitive 
basis and in accordance with section 102 of the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 
(42 U.S.C. 3545). 
SEC. 205. Funds of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development subject to the Government Corporation 
Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of 1950 shall 
be available, without regard to the limitations on adminis-
trative expenses, for legal services on a contract or fee basis, 
and for utilizing and making payment for services and fa-
cilities of the Federal National Mortgage Association, Gov-
ernment National Mortgage Association, Federal Home 
Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Fed-
eral Reserve banks or any member thereof, Federal Home 
Loan banks, and any insured bank within the meaning of
1475 
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, as amended 
(12 U.S.C. 1811–1). 
SEC. 206. 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 De-
velopment shall be available for any program, project or 
activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget esti-
mates submitted to Congress. 
SEC. 207. Corporations and agencies of the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development which are subject 
to the Government Corporation Control Act are hereby au-
thorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of 
funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor-
poration or agency and in accordance with law, and to 
make such contracts and commitments without regard to 
fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of such 
Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set 
forth in the budget for 2015 for such corporation or agency 
except as hereinafter provided: Provided, That collections 
of these corporations and agencies may be used for new loan 
or mortgage purchase commitments only to the extent ex-
pressly 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 mortgage insurance or guaranty operations
1476 
of these corporations, or where loans or mortgage purchases 
are necessary to protect the financial interest of the United 
States Government. 
SEC. 208. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment shall provide quarterly reports to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding all uncom-
mitted, unobligated, recaptured and excess funds in each 
program and activity within the jurisdiction of the Depart-
ment and shall submit additional, updated budget informa-
tion to these Committees upon request. 
SEC. 209. The President’s formal budget request for fis-
cal year 2016, as well as the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development’s congressional budget justifications to 
be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, shall use the iden-
tical account and sub-account structure provided under this 
Act. 
SEC. 210. A public housing agency or such other entity 
that administers Federal housing assistance for the Housing 
Authority of the county of Los Angeles, California, and the 
States of Alaska, Iowa, and Mississippi shall not be re-
quired to include a resident of public housing or a recipient 
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 required under
1477 
section (2)(b) of such Act. Each public housing agency or 
other entity that administers Federal housing assistance 
under section 8 for the Housing Authority of the county 
of Los Angeles, California and the States of Alaska, Iowa 
and Mississippi that chooses not to include a resident of 
public housing or a recipient of section 8 assistance on the 
board of directors or a similar governing board shall estab-
lish an advisory board of not less than six residents of pub-
lic housing or recipients 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. 211. No funds provided under this title may be 
used for an audit of the Government National Mortgage As-
sociation that makes applicable requirements under the 
Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.). 
SEC. 212. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, subject to the conditions listed under this section, for 
fiscal years 2015 and 2016, the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development may authorize the transfer of some or 
all project-based assistance, debt held or insured by the Sec-
retary and statutorily required low-income and very low- 
income use restrictions if any, associated with one or more
1478 
multifamily housing project or projects to another multi-
family housing project or projects. 
(b) PHASED TRANSFERS.—Transfers of project-based 
assistance under this section may be done in phases to ac-
commodate the financing and other requirements related to 
rehabilitating or constructing the project or projects to 
which the assistance is transferred, to ensure that such 
project or projects meet the standards under subsection (c). 
(c) The transfer authorized in subsection (a) is subject 
to the following conditions: 
(1) NUMBER AND BEDROOM SIZE OF UNITS.— 
(A) For occupied units in the transferring 
project: the number of low-income and very low- 
income units and the configuration (i.e., bed-
room size) provided by the transferring project 
shall be no less than when transferred to the re-
ceiving project or projects and the net dollar 
amount of Federal assistance provided to the 
transferring project shall remain the same in the 
receiving project or projects. 
(B) For unoccupied units in the transfer-
ring project: the Secretary may authorize a re-
duction in the number of dwelling units in the 
receiving project or projects to allow for a recon-
figuration of bedroom sizes to meet current mar-
1479 
ket demands, as determined by the Secretary and 
provided there is no increase in the project-based 
assistance budget authority. 
(2) The transferring project shall, as determined 
by the Secretary, be either physically obsolete or eco-
nomically nonviable. 
(3) The receiving project or projects shall meet or 
exceed applicable physical standards established by 
the Secretary. 
(4) The owner or mortgagor of the transferring 
project shall notify and consult with the tenants re-
siding in the transferring project and provide a cer-
tification of approval by all appropriate local govern-
mental officials. 
(5) The tenants of the transferring project who 
remain eligible for assistance to be provided by the re-
ceiving project or projects shall not be required to va-
cate their units in the transferring project or projects 
until new units in the receiving project are available 
for occupancy. 
(6) The Secretary determines that this transfer is 
in the best interest of the tenants. 
(7) If either the transferring project or the re-
ceiving project or projects meets the condition speci-
fied in subsection (d)(2)(A), any lien on the receiving
1480 
project resulting from additional financing obtained 
by the owner shall be subordinate to any FHA-in-
sured mortgage lien transferred to, or placed on, such 
project by the Secretary, except that the Secretary 
may waive this requirement upon determination that 
such a waiver is necessary to facilitate the financing 
of acquisition, construction, and/or rehabilitation of 
the receiving project or projects. 
(8) If the transferring project meets the require-
ments of subsection (d)(2), the owner or mortgagor of 
the receiving project or projects shall execute and 
record either a continuation of the existing use agree-
ment or a new use agreement for the project where, 
in either case, any use restrictions in such agreement 
are of no lesser duration than the existing use restric-
tions. 
(9) The transfer does not increase the cost (as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, as amended) of any FHA-insured mortgage, 
except to the extent that appropriations are provided 
in advance for the amount of any such increased cost. 
(d) For purposes of this section— 
(1) the terms ‘‘low-income’’ and ‘‘very low-in-
come’’ shall have the meanings provided by the statute
1481 
and/or regulations governing the program under 
which the project is insured or assisted; 
(2) the term ‘‘multifamily housing project’’ 
means housing that meets one of the following condi-
tions— 
(A) housing that is subject to a mortgage 
insured under the National Housing Act; 
(B) housing that has project-based assist-
ance attached to the structure including projects 
undergoing mark to market debt restructuring 
under the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform 
and Affordability Housing Act; 
(C) housing that is assisted under section 
202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended by 
section 801 of the Cranston-Gonzales National 
Affordable Housing Act; 
(D) housing that is assisted under section 
202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as such section 
existed before the enactment of the Cranston- 
Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act; 
(E) housing that is assisted under section 
811 of the Cranston-Gonzales National Afford-
able Housing Act; or 
(F) housing or vacant land that is subject 
to a use agreement;
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(5) the term ‘‘transferring project’’ means the 
multifamily housing project which is transferring 
some or all of the project-based assistance, debt, and 
the statutorily required low-income and very low-in-
come use restrictions to the receiving project or 
projects; and 
(6) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development. 
(e) PUBLIC NOTICE AND RESEARCH REPORT.— 
(1) The Secretary shall publish by notice in the 
Federal Register the terms and conditions, including 
criteria for HUD approval, of transfers pursuant to 
this section no later than 30 days before the effective 
date of such notice. 
(2) The Secretary shall conduct an evaluation of 
the transfer authority under this section, including 
the effect of such transfers on the operational effi-
ciency, contract rents, physical and financial condi-
tions, and long-term preservation of the affected prop-
erties. 
SEC. 213. (a) No assistance shall be provided under 
section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f) to any individual who—
1484 
(1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of 
higher education (as defined under section 102 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)); 
(2) is under 24 years of age; 
(3) is not a veteran; 
(4) is unmarried; 
(5) does not have a dependent child; 
(6) is not a person with disabilities, as such 
term is defined in section 3(b)(3)(E) of the United 
States 
Housing 
Act 
of 
1937 
(42 
U.S.C. 
1437a(b)(3)(E)) and was not receiving assistance 
under such section 8 as of November 30, 2005; and 
(7) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has 
parents who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, 
to receive assistance under section 8 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f). 
(b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a per-
son to receive assistance under section 8 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any financial as-
sistance (in excess of amounts received for tuition and any 
other required fees and charges) that an individual receives 
under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 
et seq.), from private sources, or an institution of higher 
education (as defined under the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)), shall be considered income to that
1485 
individual, except for a person over the age of 23 with de-
pendent children. 
SEC. 214. The funds made available for Native Alas-
kans under the heading ‘‘Native American Housing Block 
Grants’’ in title II of this Act shall be allocated to the same 
Native Alaskan housing block grant recipients that received 
funds in fiscal year 2005. 
SEC. 215. Notwithstanding the limitation in the first 
sentence of section 255(g) of the National Housing Act (12 
U.S.C. 1715z–20(g)), the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development may, until September 30, 2015, insure and 
enter into commitments to insure mortgages under such sec-
tion 255. 
SEC. 216. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
in fiscal year 2015, in managing and disposing of any mul-
tifamily property that is owned or has a mortgage held by 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and dur-
ing the process of foreclosure on any property with a con-
tract for rental assistance payments under section 8 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 or other Federal pro-
grams, the Secretary shall maintain any rental assistance 
payments under section 8 of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 and other programs that are attached to any dwell-
ing units in the property. To the extent the Secretary deter-
mines, in consultation with the tenants and the local gov-
1486 
ernment, that such a multifamily property owned or held 
by the Secretary is not feasible for continued rental assist-
ance payments under such section 8 or other programs, 
based on consideration of (1) the costs of rehabilitating and 
operating the property and all available Federal, State, and 
local resources, including rent adjustments under section 
524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Af-
fordability Act of 1997 (‘‘MAHRAA’’) and (2) environ-
mental conditions that cannot be remedied in a cost-effec-
tive fashion, the Secretary may, in consultation with the 
tenants of that property, contract for project-based rental 
assistance payments with an owner or owners of other exist-
ing housing properties, or provide other rental assistance. 
The Secretary shall also take appropriate steps to ensure 
that project-based contracts remain in effect prior to fore-
closure, subject to the exercise of contractual abatement rem-
edies to assist relocation of tenants for imminent major 
threats to health and safety after written notice to and in-
formed consent of the affected tenants and use of other avail-
able remedies, such as partial abatements or receivership. 
After disposition of any multifamily property described 
under this section, the contract and allowable rent levels 
on such properties shall be subject to the requirements under 
section 524 of MAHRAA.
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SEC. 217. The commitment authority funded by fees 
as provided under the heading ‘‘Community Development 
Loan Guarantees Program Account’’ may be used to guar-
antee, or make commitments to guarantee, notes, or other 
obligations issued by any State on behalf of non-entitlement 
communities in the State in accordance with the require-
ments of section 108 of the Housing and Community Devel-
opment Act of 1974: Provided, That any State receiving 
such a guarantee or commitment shall distribute all funds 
subject to such guarantee to the units of general local gov-
ernment in non-entitlement areas that received the commit-
ment. 
SEC. 218. Public housing agencies that own and oper-
ate 400 or fewer public housing units may elect to be exempt 
from any asset management requirement imposed by the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in connec-
tion with the operating fund rule: Provided, That an agency 
seeking a discontinuance of a reduction of subsidy under 
the operating fund formula shall not be exempt from asset 
management requirements. 
SEC. 219. With respect to the use of amounts provided 
in this Act and in future Acts for the operation, capital 
improvement and management of public housing as author-
ized by sections 9(d) and 9(e) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d) and (e)), the Secretary
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shall not impose any requirement or guideline relating to 
asset management that restricts or limits in any way the 
use of capital funds for central office costs pursuant to sec-
tion 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2) of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)(1), (2)): Provided, That a pub-
lic housing agency may not use capital funds authorized 
under section 9(d) for activities that are eligible under sec-
tion 9(e) for assistance with amounts from the operating 
fund in excess of the amounts permitted under section 
9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2). 
SEC. 220. No official or employee of the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development shall be designated as 
an allotment holder unless the Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer has determined that such allotment holder has im-
plemented an adequate system of funds control and has re-
ceived training in funds control procedures and directives. 
The Chief Financial Officer shall ensure that there is a 
trained allotment holder for each HUD sub-office under the 
accounts ‘‘Executive Offices’’ and ‘‘Administrative Support 
Offices,’’ as well as each account receiving appropriations 
for ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Government 
National Mortgage Association—Guarantees of Mortgage- 
Backed Securities Loan Guarantee Program Account’’, and 
‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ within the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development.
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SEC. 221. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment shall report annually to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations on the status of all section 
8 project-based housing, including the number of all project- 
based units by region as well as an analysis of all federally 
subsidized housing being refinanced under the Mark-to- 
Market program. The Secretary shall identify all existing 
units maintained by region as section 8 project-based units, 
all project-based units that have opted out or have otherwise 
been eliminated, and the reasons these units opted out or 
otherwise were lost as section 8 project-based units. 
SEC. 222. The Secretary of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development shall, for fiscal year 2015, notify 
the public through the Federal Register and other means, 
as determined appropriate, of the issuance of a notice of 
the availability of assistance or notice of funding avail-
ability (NOFA) for any program or discretionary fund ad-
ministered by the Secretary that is to be competitively 
awarded. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
fiscal year 2015, the Secretary may make the NOFA avail-
able only on the Internet at the appropriate Government 
Web site or through other electronic media, as determined 
by the Secretary. 
SEC. 223. Payment of attorney fees in program-related 
litigation must be paid from the individual program office
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propriations: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
transfer funds made available for salaries and expenses be-
tween any office funded under the heading ‘‘Administrative 
Support Offices’’ and any account funded under the general 
heading ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses’’, but only 
with the prior written approval of the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 225. The Disaster Housing Assistance Programs, 
administered by the Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment, shall be considered a ‘‘program of the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development’’ under section 
904 of the McKinney Act for the purpose of income 
verifications and matching. 
SEC. 226. (a) The Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall take the required actions under sub-
section (b) when a multifamily housing project with a sec-
tion 8 contract or contract for similar project-based assist-
ance: 
(1) receives a Real Estate Assessment Center 
(REAC) score of 30 or less; or 
(2) receives a REAC score between 31 and 59 
and: 
(A) fails to certify in writing to HUD with-
in 60 days that all deficiencies have been cor-
rected; or
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(B) receives consecutive scores of less than 
60 on REAC inspections. 
Such requirements shall apply to insured and noninsured 
projects with assistance attached to the units under section 
8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f), but do not apply to such units assisted under section 
8(o)(13) (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)) or to public housing units 
assisted with capital or operating funds under section 9 of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g). 
(b) The Secretary shall take the following required ac-
tions as authorized under subsection (a)— 
(1) The Secretary shall notify the owner and 
provide an opportunity for response within 30 days. 
If the violations remain, the Secretary shall develop 
a Compliance, Disposition and Enforcement Plan 
within 60 days, with a specified timetable for cor-
recting all deficiencies. The Secretary shall provide 
notice of the Plan to the owner, tenants, the local gov-
ernment, any mortgagees, and any contract adminis-
trator. 
(2) At the end of the term of the Compliance, 
Disposition and Enforcement Plan, if the owner fails 
to fully comply with such plan, the Secretary may re-
quire immediate replacement of project management 
with a management agent approved by the Secretary,
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and shall take one or more of the following actions, 
and provide additional notice of those actions to the 
owner and the parties specified above: 
(A) impose civil money penalties; 
(B) abate the section 8 contract, including 
partial abatement, as determined by the Sec-
retary, until all deficiencies have been corrected; 
(C) pursue transfer of the project to an 
owner, approved by the Secretary under estab-
lished procedures, which will be obligated to 
promptly make all required repairs and to ac-
cept renewal of the assistance contract as long as 
such renewal is offered; or 
(D) seek judicial appointment of a receiver 
to manage the property and cure all project defi-
ciencies or seek a judicial order of specific per-
formance requiring the owner to cure all project 
deficiencies. 
(c) The Secretary shall also take appropriate steps to 
ensure that project-based contracts remain in effect, subject 
to the exercise of contractual abatement remedies to assist 
relocation of tenants for imminent major threats to health 
and safety after written notice to and informed consent of 
the affected tenants and use of other remedies set forth 
above. To the extent the Secretary determines, in consulta-
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tion with the tenants and the local government, that the 
property is not feasible for continued rental assistance pay-
ments under such section 8 or other programs, based on con-
sideration of (1) the costs of rehabilitating and operating 
the property and all available Federal, State, and local re-
sources, including rent adjustments under section 524 of the 
Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability 
Act of 1997 (‘‘MAHRAA’’) and (2) environmental condi-
tions that cannot be remedied in a cost-effective fashion, the 
Secretary may, in consultation with the tenants of that 
property, contract for project-based rental assistance pay-
ments with an owner or owners of other existing housing 
properties, or provide other rental assistance. The Secretary 
shall report semi-annually on all properties covered by this 
section that are assessed through the Real Estate Assessment 
Center and have physical inspection scores of less than 30 
or have consecutive physical inspection scores of less than 
60. The report shall include: 
(1) The enforcement actions being taken to ad-
dress such conditions, including imposition of civil 
money penalties and termination of subsidies, and 
identify properties that have such conditions multiple 
times; and
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(2) Actions that the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development is taking to protect tenants of 
such identified properties. 
SEC. 227. None of the funds made available by this 
Act, or any other Act, for purposes authorized under section 
8 (only with respect to the tenant-based rental assistance 
program) and section 9 of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), may be used by any public 
housing agency for any amount of salary, including bo-
nuses, for the chief executive officer of which, or any other 
official or employee of which, that exceeds the annual rate 
of basic pay payable for a position at level IV of the Execu-
tive Schedule at any time during any public housing agen-
cy fiscal year 2015. 
SEC. 228. None of the funds in this Act may be avail-
able for the doctoral dissertation research grant program 
at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 
SEC. 229. Section 24 of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (m)(1), by striking ‘‘fiscal 
year’’ and all that follows through the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2015.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (o), by striking ‘‘September’’ 
and all that follows through the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘September 30, 2015.’’.
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SEC. 230. None of the funds in this Act provided to 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development may 
be used to make a grant award unless the Secretary notifies 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations not 
less than 3 full business days before any project, State, lo-
cality, housing authority, tribe, nonprofit organization, or 
other entity selected to receive a grant award is announced 
by the Department or its offices. 
SEC. 231. Of the amounts made available for salaries 
and expenses under all accounts under this title (except for 
the Office of Inspector General account), a total of up to 
$2,500,000 may be transferred to and merged with amounts 
made available in the ‘‘Information Technology Fund’’ ac-
count under this title. 
SEC. 232. Section 579 of the Multifamily Assisted 
Housing Reform and Affordability Act (MAHRA) of 1997 
(42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 
2015’’ each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof 
‘‘October 1, 2017’’. 
SEC. 233. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to require or enforce the Physical Needs 
Assessment (PNA). 
SEC. 234. The language under the heading Rental As-
sistance Demonstration in the Department of Housing and
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Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 
112–55), is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(except for funds allocated under 
such section for single room occupancy dwellings as 
authorized by title IV of the McKinney-Vento Home-
less Assistance Act)’’ in both places it appears; 
(2) in the second proviso, by striking ‘‘2015’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2018’’; 
(3) in the third proviso, after ‘‘associated with 
such conversion’’, by inserting ‘‘in excess of amounts 
made available under this heading’’; 
(4) in the fourth proviso, by striking ‘‘60,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘185,000’’; 
(5) in the penultimate proviso, by— 
(A) striking ‘‘for fiscal years 2012 through 
December 31, 2014’’ ; 
(B) striking ‘‘and agreement of the admin-
istering public housing agency’’; and 
(C) inserting ‘‘a long-term project-based 
subsidy contract under section 8 of the Act, 
which shall have a term of no less than 20 years, 
with rent adjustments only by an operating cost 
factor established by the Secretary, which shall 
be eligible for renewal under section 524 of the 
Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Af-
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fordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note), 
or, subject to agreement of the administering 
public housing agency, to assistance under’’ fol-
lowing ‘‘vouchers to assistance under’’; 
(6) by inserting the following provisos before the 
final proviso: ‘‘Provided further, That amounts made 
available under the heading ‘Rental Housing Assist-
ance’ during the period of conversion under the pre-
vious proviso, which may extend beyond fiscal year 
2016 as necessary to allow processing of all timely 
applications, shall be available for project-based sub-
sidy contracts entered into pursuant to the previous 
proviso: Provided further, That amounts, including 
contract authority, recaptured from contracts fol-
lowing a conversion under the previous two provisos 
are hereby rescinded and an amount of additional 
new budget authority, equivalent to the amount re-
scinded is hereby appropriated, to remain available 
until expended for such conversions: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may transfer amounts made avail-
able under the heading ‘Rental Housing Assistance’, 
amounts made available for tenant protection vouch-
ers under the heading ‘Tenant-Based Rental Assist-
ance’ and specifically associated with any such con-
versions, and amounts made available under the pre-
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vious proviso as needed to the account under the 
‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’ heading to facilitate 
conversion under the three previous provisos and any 
increase in cost for ‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’ 
associated with such conversion shall be equal to 
amounts so transferred:’’; and 
(7) in the final proviso, by— 
(A) striking ‘‘with respect to the previous 
proviso’’ and inserting ‘‘with respect to the pre-
vious four provisos’’; and 
(B) striking ‘‘impact of the previous pro-
viso’’ and inserting ‘‘impact of the fiscal year 
2012 and 2013 conversion of tenant protection 
vouchers to assistance under section 8(o)(13) of 
the Act’’. 
SEC. 235. None of the funds made available by this 
Act nor any receipts or amounts collected under any Fed-
eral Housing Administration program may be used to im-
plement the Homeowners Armed with Knowledge (HAWK) 
program. 
SEC. 236. None of the funds made available in this 
Act shall be used by the Federal Housing Administration, 
the Government National Mortgage Administration, or the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development to insure, 
securitize, or establish a Federal guarantee of any mortgage
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or mortgage backed security that refinances or otherwise re-
places a mortgage that has been subject to eminent domain 
condemnation or seizure, by a state, municipality, or any 
other political subdivision of a state. 
SEC. 237. All unobligated balances, including recap-
tures and carryover, remaining from funds appropriated 
to the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
under the heading ‘‘Brownfields Redevelopment’’ are hereby 
permanently rescinded: Provided, That all unobligated bal-
ances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining from 
funds appropriated to the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development under the heading ‘‘Drug Elimination 
Grants for Low Income Housing’’ are hereby permanently 
rescinded: Provided further, That all unobligated balances, 
including recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds 
appropriated to the Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment for Youthbuild program activities authorized by 
subtitle D of title IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af-
fordable Housing Act are hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 238. Clause (i) of section 3(a)(2)(B) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(a)(2)(B)(i)), 
as amended by section 210 of the Transportation, Housing 
and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2014 (division L of Public Law 113–76; 128 Stat. 
625), is amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘which shall not be lower’’ in the 
matter preceding subclause (I) and all that follows 
through the end of subclause (I) and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘which— 
‘‘(I) shall not be lower than 80 
percent of— 
‘‘(aa) the applicable fair 
market rental established under 
section 8(c) of this Act; or 
‘‘(bb) at the discretion of the 
Secretary, such other applicable 
fair market rental established by 
the Secretary that the Secretary 
determines more accurately re-
flects local market conditions and 
is based on an applicable market 
area that is geographically small-
er than the applicable market 
area used for purposes of the ap-
plicable fair market rental under 
section 8(c); 
except that a public housing agency 
may apply to the Secretary for excep-
tion allowing for a flat rental amount 
for a property that is lower than the
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amount otherwise determined pursuant 
to item (aa) or (bb) and the Secretary 
may grant such exception if the Sec-
retary determines that the fair market 
rental for the applicable market area 
pursuant to item (aa) or (bb) does not 
reflect the market value of the property 
and the proposed lower flat rental 
amount is based on a market analysis 
of the applicable market and complies 
with subclause (II) and’’; 
(2) in subclause (II), by inserting ‘‘shall’’ before 
‘‘be designed’’; and 
(3) in the matter after and below subclause (II), 
by striking ‘‘Public housing agencies must comply by 
June 1, 2014, with the requirement of this clause, ex-
cept that if’’ and inserting ‘‘If’’. 
SEC. 239. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to require the relocation, or to carry out 
any required relocation, of any asset management positions 
of the Office of Multifamily Housing of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development in existence as of the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 240. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to terminate the status of a unit of general
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when the plan emerges from endangered or critical 
status. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, once 
the plan emerges from critical or endangered status, 
increases in the contribution rate disregarded pursu-
ant to paragraph (3) shall continue to be disregarded 
in determining the highest contribution rate under 
section 4219(c) for plan years during which the plan 
was in endangered or critical status. 
‘‘(5) SIMPLIFIED CALCULATIONS.—The Pension 
Benefit Guaranty Corporation shall prescribe sim-
plified methods for the application of this subsection 
in determining withdrawal liability and payment 
amounts under section 4219(c).’’. 
(b) AMENDMENTS TO INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.— 
Section 432 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (e), by striking paragraph (9), 
(2) in subsection (f)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (3) and redesig-
nating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3); and 
(B) in paragraph (4) (as redesignated by 
subparagraph (A)), striking ‘‘During the reha-
bilitation plan adoption period—’’ and inserting 
‘‘During the period beginning on the date of the 
certification under subsection (b)(3)(A) for the
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initial critical year and ending on the date of 
the adoption of a rehabilitation plan—’’; 
(3) by redesignating subsections (g), (h), and (i) 
as subsections (h), (i), and (j), respectively; and 
(4) by inserting after subsection (f) the following: 
‘‘(g) ADJUSTMENTS DISREGARDED IN WITHDRAWAL 
LIABILITY DETERMINATION.— 
‘‘(1) BENEFIT REDUCTION.—Any benefit reduc-
tions under subsection (e)(8) or (f) shall be dis-
regarded in determining a plan’s unfunded vested 
benefits for purposes of determining an employer’s 
withdrawal liability under section 4201 of the Em-
ployee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. 
‘‘(2) SURCHARGES.—Any surcharges under sub-
section (e)(7) shall be disregarded in determining the 
allocation of unfunded vested benefits to an employer 
under section 4211 of the Employee Retirement In-
come Security Act of 1974 and in determining the 
highest contribution rate under section 4219(c) of 
such Act, except for purposes of determining the un-
funded vested benefits attributable to an employer 
under section 4211(c)(4) of such Act or a comparable 
method approved under section 4211(c)(5) of such 
Act.