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vided further, That up to $10,000,000 shall be to support 
ongoing public housing financial and physical assessment 
activities: Provided further, That up to $1,000,000 shall be 
to support the costs of administrative and judicial receiver-
ships: Provided further, That of the total amount provided 
under this heading, not to exceed $21,500,000 shall be avail-
able for the Secretary to make grants, notwithstanding sec-
tion 204 of this Act, to public housing agencies for emer-
gency capital needs including safety and security measures 
necessary to address crime and drug-related activity as well 
as needs resulting from unforeseen or unpreventable emer-
gencies and natural disasters excluding Presidentially de-
clared 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 2017: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amount made available under the previous 
proviso, not less than $5,000,000 shall be for safety and se-
curity measures: Provided further, That in addition to the 
amount in the previous proviso for such safety and security 
measures, any amounts that remain available, after all ap-
plications received on or before September 30, 2018, for 
emergency capital needs have been processed, shall be allo-
cated to public housing agencies for such safety and security 
measures: Provided further, That of the total amount pro-
vided under this heading $35,000,000 shall be for sup-
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portive services, service coordinator and congregate services 
as authorized by section 34 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437z– 
6) and the Native American Housing Assistance and Self- 
Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.): Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount made available 
under this heading, $15,000,000 shall be for a Jobs-Plus 
initiative modeled after the Jobs-Plus demonstration: Pro-
vided further, That the funding provided under the previous 
proviso shall provide competitive grants to partnerships be-
tween public housing authorities, local workforce investment 
boards established under section 117 of the Workforce In-
vestment Act of 1998, and other agencies and organizations 
that provide support to help public housing residents obtain 
employment and increase 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 Sec-
retary may allow public housing agencies to request exemp-
tions 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 alter-
native requirements are necessary for the effective imple-
mentation of the Jobs-Plus initiative as a voluntary pro-
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gram for residents: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall publish by notice in the Federal Register any waivers 
or alternative requirements pursuant to the preceding pro-
viso no later than 10 days before the effective date of such 
notice: Provided further, That for funds provided 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 authorized under section 
9(e)(1)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall notify public housing agencies requesting waivers 
under the previous proviso if the request is approved or de-
nied within 14 days of submitting the request: Provided fur-
ther, That from the funds made available under this head-
ing, the Secretary shall provide bonus awards in fiscal year 
2017 to public housing agencies that are designated high 
performers: Provided further, That the Department shall 
notify public housing agencies of their formula allocation 
within 60 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, 
That of the total amount provided under this heading, 
$25,000,000 shall be available for competitive grants to 
public housing agencies to evaluate and reduce lead-based 
paint hazards in public housing by carrying out the activi-
ties of risk assessments, abatement, and interim controls (as 
those terms are defined in section 1004 of the Residential
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Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 (42 
U.S.C. 4851b)): Provided further, That for purposes of envi-
ronmental review, a grant under the previous proviso shall 
be considered funds for projects or activities under title I 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 
et seq.) for purposes of section 26 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
1437x) and shall be subject to the regulations implementing 
such section. 
PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND 
For 2017 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)), $4,675,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2018. 
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, 2019: Provided, That grant funds may
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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 provide a match in State, local, other Federal 
or private funds: Provided further, That grantees may in-
clude local governments, tribal entities, public housing au-
thorities, and nonprofits: Provided further, That for-profit 
developers may apply jointly with a public entity: Provided 
further, That for purposes of environmental review, a grant-
ee 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 $48,000,000 shall be awarded to public housing 
agencies: Provided further, That such grantees shall create 
partnerships with other local organizations including as-
sisted housing owners, service agencies, and resident organi-
zations: Provided further, That no more than $5,000,000
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of funds made available under this heading may be pro-
vided as grants to undertake comprehensive local planning 
with input from residents and the community: Provided 
further, That unobligated balances, including recaptures, 
remaining from funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Re-
vitalization 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 pur-
poses for which such amounts were appropriated: Provided 
further, That implementation grants awarded under this 
heading may only be awarded to grantees that have pre-
viously been awarded planning grants. 
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, 2018: 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-
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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 
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. 
INDIAN BLOCK GRANTS 
For activities and assistance authorized under title I 
of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Deter-
mination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et 
seq.), title I of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1974 with respect to Indian tribes (42 U.S.C. 
5306(a)(1)), and related technical assistance, $714,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, 
That the amounts made available under this heading are 
provided as follows: 
(1) $646,500,000 shall be available for the In-
dian Housing Block Grant program, as authorized 
under title I of NAHASDA: Provided, That, notwith-
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standing NAHASDA, to determine the amount of the 
allocation under title I of such Act for each Indian 
tribe, the Secretary shall apply the formula under sec-
tion 302 of such Act with the need component based 
on single-race census data and with the need compo-
nent 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: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding section 302(d) of 
NAHASDA, if on January 1, 2017, a recipient’s total 
amount of undisbursed block grant funds in the De-
partment’s line of credit control system is greater 
than three times the formula allocation it would oth-
erwise receive under the first proviso under this para-
graph, the Secretary shall adjust that recipient’s for-
mula allocation down by the difference between its 
total amount of undisbursed block grant funds in the 
Department’s line of credit control system on Janu-
ary 1, 2017, and three times the formula allocation 
it would otherwise receive: Provided further, That not-
withstanding the previous two provisos, no Indian 
tribe shall receive an allocation amount greater than 
10 percent of the total amount made available under 
this 
paragraph: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
grant 
amounts not allocated to a recipient pursuant to the
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previous two provisos shall be allocated under the 
need component of the formula proportionately among 
all other Indian tribes not subject to an adjustment 
under such provisos: Provided further, That the sec-
ond and third provisos shall not apply to any Indian 
tribe that would otherwise receive a formula alloca-
tion of less than $8,000,000: Provided further, That to 
take effect, the four previous provisos do not require 
issuance or amendment of any regulation, and shall 
not be construed to confer hearing rights under any 
section of NAHASDA or its implementing regula-
tions: Provided further, That the Department will no-
tify grantees of their formula allocation within 60 
days of the date of enactment of this Act; 
(2) $2,000,000 shall be made available for the 
cost of guaranteed notes and other obligations, as au-
thorized by title VI of NAHASDA: Provided, That 
such costs, including the costs of modifying such notes 
and other obligations, shall be as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 
amended: Provided further, That these funds are 
available to subsidize the total principal amount of 
any notes and other obligations, any part of which is 
to be guaranteed, not to exceed $17,857,142 to remain 
available until September 30, 2021;
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(3) $60,000,000 shall be for grants to Indian 
tribes for carrying out the Community Development 
Block Grant program as authorized under title I of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 
1974, notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such Act, 
of which, up to $4,000,000 may be used for emer-
gencies that constitute imminent threats to health and 
safety notwithstanding any other provision of law 
(including section 204 of this title) and, notwith-
standing title I of that Act (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), 
eligible Indian tribes may use funds made available 
under this paragraph for the construction of housing 
for law enforcement, health care, educational, tech-
nical, and other skilled workers: Provided, That not 
to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with funds 
appropriated under this paragraph shall be expended 
for planning and management development and ad-
ministration; and 
(4) $5,500,000 shall be to support the inspection 
of Indian housing units, contract expertise, training, 
and technical assistance needs in Indian country re-
lated to funding provided under this heading.
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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), $5,500,000, 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 $1,341,463,415, 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: Provided further, That an additional $1,000,000 
shall be available until expended for such costs of guaran-
teed loans authorized under such section 184 issued to tribes 
and Indian housing authorities for the construction of rent-
al housing for law enforcement, healthcare, educational, 
technical and other skilled workers: Provided further, That 
the funds specified in the previous proviso are available to 
subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be 
guaranteed, up to $243,902,439 to remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That the Secretary may specify 
any additional program requirements with respect to the
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previous two provisos through publication of a Mortgagee 
Letter or Notice. 
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.), $5,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2021. 
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.), 
$335,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2018, except that amounts allocated pursuant to section 
854(c)(3) of such Act shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019: 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-
quirements before awarding funds for new contracts under 
such section: Provided further, That notwithstanding sec-
tion 854(c)(1) of such Act or any implementing regulation, 
the Secretary shall allocate 90 percent of the funds by for-
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mula, of which 75 percent shall be among cities that are 
the most populous unit of general local government in a 
metropolitan statistical area with a population greater 
than 500,000 and have more than 2,000 persons living with 
the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or AIDS, and 
States with more than 2,000 persons living with HIV or 
AIDS outside of metropolitan statistical areas, as reported 
to and confirmed by the Director of the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC) as of December 31 of the 
most recent calendar year for which such data is available, 
and of which 25 percent shall be among such eligible States 
and cities that are the most populous unit of general local 
government in a metropolitan statistical area based on fair 
market rents and area poverty indexes, as determined by 
the Secretary: Provided further, That a grantee’s share shall 
not reflect a loss greater than 5 percent or a gain greater 
than 10 percent of the share of total available formula funds 
that the grantee received in the preceding fiscal year: Pro-
vided further, That any grantee that received a formula al-
location in fiscal year 2016 shall continue to be eligible for 
formula allocation in this fiscal year: Provided further, 
That the Department shall notify grantees of their formula 
allocation within 60 days of enactment of this Act.
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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, $3,000,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2019, 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: 
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
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been evaluated and selected in accordance with guidelines 
required under subparagraph (e)(2): Provided further, That 
the Department shall notify grantees of their formula allo-
cation within 60 days of enactment of this Act. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, during fiscal year 2017, 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 $300,000,000, 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, $950,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That 
notwithstanding the amount made available under this
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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 
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, 2019: 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:
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Provided further, That of the total amount provided under 
this heading, $35,000,000 shall be made available for the 
second, third, and fourth capacity building activities au-
thorized under section 4(a) of the HUD Demonstration Act 
of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), of which not less than 
$5,000,000 shall be made available for rural capacity build-
ing activities: Provided further, That of the total amount 
provided under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be made 
available for capacity building by national rural housing 
organizations with experience assessing national rural con-
ditions and providing financing, training, technical assist-
ance, information, and research to local nonprofits, local 
governments and Indian Tribes serving high need rural 
communities: Provided further, That an additional 
$4,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for 
a program to rehabilitate and modify homes of disabled or 
low-income veterans as authorized under section 1079 of 
Public Law 113–291. 
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,
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$2,330,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019: 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 
$2,013,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this head-
ing shall be available for such continuum of care and rural 
housing stability assistance programs: Provided further, 
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 none of the funds provided under this heading 
shall be available to provide funding for new projects, except
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for projects created through reallocation, unless the Sec-
retary determines that the continuum of care has dem-
onstrated that projects are evaluated and ranked based on 
the degree to which they improve the continuum of care’s 
system performance: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall prioritize funding under the continuum of care pro-
gram to continuums of care that have demonstrated a ca-
pacity to reallocate funding from lower performing projects 
to higher performing projects: Provided further, That any 
unobligated amounts remaining from funds appropriated 
under this heading in fiscal year 2012 and prior years for 
project-based rental assistance for rehabilitation projects 
with 10-year grant terms may be used for purposes under 
this heading, notwithstanding the purposes for which such 
funds were appropriated: Provided further, That all bal-
ances for Shelter Plus Care renewals previously funded from 
the Shelter Plus Care Renewal account and transferred to 
this account shall be available, if recaptured, for continuum 
of care renewals in fiscal year 2017: Provided further, That 
the Department shall notify grantees of their formula allo-
cation 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: 
Provided further, That up to $40,000,000 of the funds ap-
propriated under this heading shall be to implement
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projects to demonstrate how a comprehensive approach to 
serving homeless youth, age 24 and under, in up to 11 com-
munities, including at least five rural communities, can 
dramatically reduce youth homelessness: Provided further, 
That such projects shall be eligible for renewal under the 
continuum of care program subject to the same terms and 
conditions as other renewal applicants: Provided further, 
That youth aged 24 and under seeking assistance under this 
heading shall not be required to provide third party docu-
mentation to establish their eligibility under 42 U.S.C. 
11302(a) or (b) to receive services: Provided further, That 
unaccompanied youth aged 24 and under or families head-
ed by youth aged 24 and under who are living in unsafe 
situations may be served by youth-serving providers funded 
under this heading: Provided further, That none of the 
funds provided under this heading shall be available for the 
continuum of care program unless the Secretary ensures 
that zero-tolerance recovery housing programs are eligible 
to receive funds under the continuum of care program. 
HOUSING PROGRAMS 
RENTAL ASSISTANCE DEMONSTRATION 
For continuing activities under the heading ‘‘Rental 
Assistance Demonstration’’ in the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public 
Law 112–55), $4,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
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tember 30, 2020: Provided, That such funds shall only be 
available to properties converting from assistance under sec-
tion 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 
1701q(c)(2)). 
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, $10,501,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be available on October 1, 
2016 (in addition to the $400,000,000 previously appro-
priated under this heading that became available October 
1, 2016), and $400,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be available on October 1, 2017: Provided, 
That the amounts made available under this heading shall 
be available for expiring or terminating section 8 project- 
based subsidy contracts (including section 8 moderate reha-
bilitation contracts), for amendments to section 8 project- 
based subsidy contracts (including section 8 moderate reha-
bilitation contracts), for contracts entered into pursuant to 
section 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 11401), for renewal of section 8 contracts for 
units in projects that are subject to approved plans of action 
under the Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation 
Act of 1987 or the Low-Income Housing Preservation and
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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 $235,000,000 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-
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
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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-
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-
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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, $505,000,000 to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2020: Provided, That of the 
amount provided under this heading, up to $75,000,000 
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 
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
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Secretary, shall be remitted to the Department and depos-
ited in this account, to be available until September 30, 
2020: Provided further, That amounts deposited in this ac-
count pursuant to the previous proviso shall be available, 
in addition to the amounts otherwise provided by this head-
ing, for amendments and renewals: Provided further, That 
unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, 
remaining from funds transferred to or appropriated under 
this heading shall be available for amendments and renew-
als notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds 
originally were appropriated. 
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 
811(b)(3) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Housing Act,
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and for supportive services associated with the housing for 
persons with disabilities as authorized by section 811(b)(1) 
of such Act, $154,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020: 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, 2020: 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, 2018, 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 appropriate, subject to the availability of annual 
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
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(12 U.S.C. 1715z–1) in State-aided, noninsured rental 
housing projects, $20,000,000, 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 $10,500,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which $10,500,000 
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 2017 so as to re-
sult in a final fiscal year 2017 appropriation from the gen-
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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 2017 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, 2018: Provided, That during fiscal year 2017, 
obligations to make direct loans to carry out the purposes 
of section 204(g) of the National Housing Act, as amended, 
shall not exceed $5,000,000: Provided further, That the fore-
going amount in the previous proviso shall be for loans to
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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, 
2018. 
GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
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, 2018: Provided, That during fiscal year 2017, 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 
National Housing Act, shall not exceed $5,000,000, 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.
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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, 
2018: 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 exceed 
$155,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 2017, an additional 
$100 for necessary salaries and expenses shall be available 
until expended for each $1,000,000 in additional guaran-
teed 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 Commitment and Multiclass fees 
collected pursuant to title III of the National Housing Act, 
as amended, shall be credited as offsetting collections to this 
account. 
POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 
For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of pro-
grams of research and studies relating to housing and
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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, $90,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2018: 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 
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
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how it will allocate funding for this activity: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds provided under this heading 
may be available for the doctoral dissertation research grant 
program. 
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, 2018: 
Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Sec-
retary may assess and collect fees to cover the costs of the 
Fair Housing Training Academy, and may use such funds 
to provide such training: Provided further, That no funds 
made available under this heading shall be used to lobby 
the executive or legislative branches of the Federal Govern-
ment in connection with a specific contract, grant, or loan: 
Provided further, That of the funds made available under 
this heading, $300,000 shall be available to the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development for the creation and 
promotion of translated materials and other programs that 
support the assistance of persons with limited English pro-
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ficiency in utilizing the services provided by the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development. 
OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY 
HOMES 
LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION 
For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as author-
ized by section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint 
Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, $135,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2018, of which $20,000,000 
shall be for the Healthy Homes Initiative, pursuant to sec-
tions 501 and 502 of the Housing and Urban Development 
Act of 1970, that shall include research, studies, testing, and 
demonstration efforts, including education and outreach 
concerning lead-based paint poisoning and other housing- 
related diseases and hazards: Provided, That for purposes 
of environmental review, pursuant to the National Environ-
mental 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 program under this heading or 
under prior appropriations Acts for such purposes under 
this heading, shall be considered to be funds for a special 
project for purposes of section 305(c) of the Multifamily 
Housing Property Disposition Reform Act of 1994: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount made available
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under this heading, $55,000,000 shall be made available on 
a competitive basis for areas with the highest lead-based 
paint abatement needs: Provided further, That each recipi-
ent of funds provided under the previous proviso shall con-
tribute an amount not less than 25 percent of the total: Pro-
vided further, That each applicant shall certify adequate 
capacity that is acceptable to the Secretary to carry out 
the proposed use of funds pursuant to a notice of funding 
availability: Provided further, That amounts made avail-
able under this heading in this or prior appropriations 
Acts, and that still remain available, may be used for any 
purpose under this heading notwithstanding the purpose for 
which such amounts were appropriated if a program com-
petition is undersubscribed and there are other program 
competitions under this heading 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 
and maintenance of both Department-wide and program- 
specific information systems, and for program-related 
maintenance 
activities, 
$273,000,000, 
of 
which 
$250,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2018, and of which $23,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2019: Provided, That any amounts
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transferred to this Fund under this Act shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided further, That any amounts 
transferred to this Fund from amounts appropriated by 
previously enacted appropriations Acts may be used for the 
purposes specified under this Fund, in addition to any 
other information technology purposes for which such 
amounts were appropriated: Provided further, That not 
more than 10 percent of the funds made available under 
this heading for development, modernization and enhance-
ment may be obligated until the Secretary submits to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, for ap-
proval, a plan for expenditure that—(A) identifies for each 
modernization project: (i) the functional and performance 
capabilities to be delivered and the mission benefits to be 
realized, (ii) the estimated life-cycle cost, and (iii) key mile-
stones to be met; and (B) demonstrates that each moderniza-
tion project is: (i) compliant with the department’s enter-
prise architecture, (ii) being managed in accordance with 
applicable life-cycle management policies and guidance, 
(iii) subject to the department’s capital planning and in-
vestment control requirements, and (iv) supported by an 
adequately staffed project office. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of In-
spector General in carrying out the Inspector General Act
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of 1978, as amended, $129,000,000: 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 RESCISSION) 
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 
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.
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SEC. 202. None of the amounts made available under 
this Act may be used during fiscal year 2017 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. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the amount allocated for fiscal year 2017 under section 
854(c) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 
12903(c)), to the city of New York, New York, on behalf 
of the New York–Wayne–White Plains, New York–New Jer-
sey Metropolitan Division (hereafter ‘‘metropolitan divi-
sion’’) of the New York–Newark–Edison, NY–NJ–PA Metro-
politan Statistical Area, shall be adjusted by the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development by: (1) allocating to 
the city of Jersey City, New Jersey, the proportion of the 
metropolitan area’s or division’s amount that is based on 
the number of persons living with HIV or AIDS, poverty 
and fair market rents, in the portion of the metropolitan 
area or division that is located in Hudson County, New 
Jersey; and (2) allocating to the city of Paterson, New Jer-
sey, the proportion of the metropolitan area’s or division’s 
amount that is based on the number of persons living with
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HIV or AIDS, poverty and fair market rents, in the portion 
of the metropolitan area or division that is located in Ber-
gen County and Passaic County, New Jersey. The recipient 
cities shall use amounts allocated under this subsection to 
carry out eligible activities under section 855 of the AIDS 
Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) in their re-
spective portions of the metropolitan division that is located 
in New Jersey. 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
amount allocated for fiscal year 2017 under section 854(c) 
of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 
12903(c)), to the city of Wilmington, Delaware, on behalf 
of the Wilmington, Delaware–Maryland–New Jersey Metro-
politan Division (hereafter ‘‘metropolitan division’’), shall 
be adjusted by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment by allocating to the State of New Jersey the propor-
tion of the metropolitan division’s amount that is based on 
the number of persons living with HIV or AIDS, poverty 
and fair market rents, in the portion of the metropolitan 
division that is located in New Jersey. The State of New 
Jersey shall use amounts allocated to the State under this 
subsection to carry out eligible activities under section 855 
of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) 
in the portion of the metropolitan division that is located 
in New Jersey.
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(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall allocate 
to Wake County, North Carolina, the amounts that other-
wise would be allocated for fiscal year 2017 under section 
854(c) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 
12903(c)) to the city of Raleigh, North Carolina, on behalf 
of the Raleigh-Cary North Carolina Metropolitan Statis-
tical Area. Any amounts allocated to Wake County shall 
be used to carry out eligible activities under section 855 
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) within such metropolitan sta-
tistical area. 
(d) Notwithstanding section 854(c) of the AIDS Hous-
ing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)), the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development may adjust the alloca-
tion of the amounts that otherwise would be allocated for 
fiscal year 2017 under section 854(c) of such Act, upon the 
written request of an applicant, in conjunction with the 
State(s), for a formula allocation on behalf of a metropoli-
tan statistical area, to designate the State or States in 
which the metropolitan statistical area is located as the eli-
gible grantee(s) of the allocation. In the case that a metro-
politan statistical area involves more than one State, such 
amounts allocated to each State shall be based on the pro-
portion of the metropolitan statistical area’s amount that 
is based on the number of persons living with HIV or AIDS,
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poverty and fair market rents, in the portion of the metro-
politan statistical area that is located in that State. Any 
amounts allocated to a State under this section shall be used 
to carry out eligible activities within the portion of the met-
ropolitan statistical area located in that State. 
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 
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, as amended 
(12 U.S.C. 1811–1).
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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 2017 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 
of these corporations, or where loans or mortgage purchases
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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 2018, 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 
section (2)(b) of such Act. Each public housing agency or
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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 2017 and 2018, 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 
multifamily housing project or projects to another multi-
family housing project or projects.
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(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-
ket demands, as determined by the Secretary and
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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 
project resulting from additional financing obtained
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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 
and/or regulations governing the program under 
which the project is insured or assisted;
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(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; 
(3) the term ‘‘project-based assistance’’ means—
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(A) assistance provided under section 8(b) 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937; 
(B) assistance for housing constructed or 
substantially rehabilitated pursuant to assistance 
provided under section 8(b)(2) of such Act (as 
such section existed immediately before October 
1, 1983); 
(C) rent supplement payments under sec-
tion 101 of the Housing and Urban Development 
Act of 1965; 
(D) interest reduction payments under sec-
tion 236 and/or additional assistance payments 
under section 236(f)(2) of the National Housing 
Act; 
(E) assistance payments made under sec-
tion 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959; and 
(F) assistance payments made under section 
811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af-
fordable Housing Act; 
(4) the term ‘‘receiving project or projects’’ 
means the multifamily housing project or projects to 
which some or all of the project-based assistance, debt, 
and statutorily required low-income and very low-in-
come use restrictions are to be transferred;
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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) RESEARCH REPORT.—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 conditions, 
and long-term preservation of the affected properties. 
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— 
(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
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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; 
(7) is not a youth who left foster care at age 14 
or older and is at risk of becoming homeless; and 
(8) 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 
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 ‘‘Indian 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.
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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, 2017, insure and 
enter into commitments to insure mortgages under such sec-
tion 255. 
SEC. 216. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
in fiscal year 2017, 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-
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-
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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. 
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
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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 
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
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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. 
SEC. 221. The Secretary of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development shall, for fiscal year 2017 and 
hereafter, 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 
availability (NOFA) for any program or discretionary fund 
administered by the Secretary that is to be competitively 
awarded. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for
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fiscal year 2017 and hereafter, the Secretary may make the 
NOFA available only on the Internet at the appropriate 
Government web site or through other electronic media, as 
determined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 222. Payment of attorney fees in program-related 
litigation shall be paid from the individual program office 
and Office of General Counsel salaries and expenses appro-
priations. The annual budget submission for the program 
offices and the Office of General Counsel shall include any 
such projected litigation costs for attorney fees as a separate 
line item request. No funds provided in this title may be 
used to pay any such litigation costs for attorney fees until 
the Department submits for review a spending plan for such 
costs to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
SEC. 223. The Secretary is authorized to transfer up 
to 10 percent or $4,000,000, whichever is less, of funds ap-
propriated for any office under the heading ‘‘Administra-
tive Support Offices’’ or for any account under the general 
heading ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses’’ to any 
other such office or account: Provided, That no appropria-
tion for any such office or account shall be increased or 
decreased by more than 10 percent or $4,000,000, whichever 
is less, without prior written approval of the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further,
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That the Secretary shall provide notification to such Com-
mittees three business days in advance of any such transfers 
under this section up to 10 percent or $4,000,000, whichever 
is less. 
SEC. 224. For fiscal year 2017 and hereafter the Dis-
aster Housing Assistance Programs, administered by the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, shall be 
considered a ‘‘program of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development’’ under section 904 of the McKinney 
Act for the purpose of income verifications and matching. 
SEC. 225. (a) Any entity receiving housing assistance 
payments shall maintain decent, safe, and sanitary condi-
tions, as determined by the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’), and comply with any standards under applicable 
State or local laws, rules, ordinances, or regulations relat-
ing to the physical condition of any property covered under 
a housing assistance payment contract. 
(b) The Secretary shall take action under subsection 
(c) when a multifamily housing project with a section 8 
contract or contract for similar project-based assistance— 
(1) receives a Uniform Physical Condition 
Standards (UPCS) score of 30 or less; 
(2) fails to certify in writing to the Secretary 
within 3 days that all Exigent Health and Safety de-
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ficiencies identified by the inspector at the project 
have been corrected; or 
(3) receives a UPCS score between 31 and 59 
and has received consecutive scores of less than 60 on 
UPCS 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). 
(c)(1) The Secretary shall notify the owner and pro-
vide an opportunity for response within 15 days after the 
results of the UPCS inspection are issued. If the violations 
remain, the Secretary shall develop a plan to bring the 
property into compliance within 30 days after the results 
of the UPCS inspection are issued and must provide the 
owner with a Notice of Default with a specified timetable, 
determined by the Secretary, for correcting all deficiencies. 
The Secretary must also provide a copy of the Notice of 
Default to the tenants, the local government, any mortga-
gees, and any contract administrator. If the owner’s appeal
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results in a UPCS score of 60 or above, the Secretary may 
withdraw the Notice of Default. 
(2) At the end of the time period for correcting all defi-
ciencies specified in the Notice of Default, if the owner fails 
to fully correct such deficiencies, the Secretary may— 
(A) require immediate replacement of project 
management with a management agent approved by 
the Secretary; 
(B) impose civil money penalties, which shall be 
used solely for the purpose of supporting safe and 
sanitary conditions at applicable properties, as des-
ignated by the Secretary, with priority given to the 
tenants of the property affected by the penalty; 
(C) abate the section 8 contract, including par-
tial abatement, as determined by the Secretary, until 
all deficiencies have been corrected; 
(D) pursue transfer of the project to an owner, 
approved by the Secretary under established proce-
dures, which will be obligated to promptly make all 
required repairs and to accept renewal of the assist-
ance contract as long as such renewal is offered; 
(E) transfer the existing section 8 contract to an-
other project or projects and owner or owners; 
(F) pursue exclusionary sanctions, including 
suspensions or debarments from Federal programs;
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(G) seek judicial appointment of a receiver to 
manage the property and cure all project deficiencies 
or seek a judicial order of specific performance requir-
ing the owner to cure all project deficiencies; 
(H) work with the owner, lender, or other related 
party to stabilize the property in an attempt to pre-
serve the property through compliance, transfer of 
ownership, or an infusion of capital provided by a 
third-party that requires time to effectuate; or 
(I) take any other regulatory or contractual rem-
edies available as deemed necessary and appropriate 
by the Secretary. 
(d) 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 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 consultation with the 
tenants and the local government, that the property is not 
feasible for continued rental assistance 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, includ-
ing rent adjustments under section 524 of the Multifamily
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Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 
(‘‘MAHRAA’’) and (2) environmental conditions that can-
not be remedied in a cost-effective fashion, the Secretary 
may, in consultation with the tenants of that property, con-
tract for project-based rental assistance payments with an 
owner or owners of other existing housing properties, or 
provide other rental assistance. 
(e) The Secretary shall report quarterly on all prop-
erties covered by this section that are assessed through the 
Real Estate Assessment Center and have UPCS physical in-
spection scores of less than 60 or have received an unsatis-
factory management and occupancy review within the past 
36 months. 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; 
(2) actions that the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development is taking to protect tenants of 
such identified properties; and 
(3) any administrative or legislative rec-
ommendations to further improve the living condi-
tions at properties covered under a housing assistance 
payment contract.
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SEC. 226. 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 2017. 
SEC. 227. 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 2017.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (o), by striking ‘‘September’’ 
and all that follows through the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘September 30, 2017.’’. 
SEC. 228. 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
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other entity selected to receive a grant award is announced 
by the Department or its offices. 
SEC. 229. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to require or enforce the Physical Needs 
Assessment (PNA). 
SEC. 230. 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. 231. 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 
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. 232. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to terminate the status of a unit of general 
local government as a metropolitan city (as defined in sec-
tion 102 of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) with respect to grants under sec-
tion 106 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5306).
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SEC. 233. Amounts made available under this Act 
which are either appropriated, allocated, advanced on a re-
imbursable basis, or transferred to the Office of Policy De-
velopment and Research in the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development and functions thereof, for research, 
evaluation, or statistical purposes, and which are unex-
pended at the time of completion of a contract, grant, or 
cooperative agreement, may be deobligated and shall imme-
diately become available and may be reobligated in that fis-
cal year or the subsequent fiscal year for the research, eval-
uation, or statistical purposes for which the amounts are 
made available to that Office subject to reprogramming re-
quirements in section 405 of this Act. 
SEC. 234. None of the funds under this title may be 
used for awards, including performance, special act, or 
spot, for any employee of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development who is subject to administrative dis-
cipline in fiscal year 2017, including suspension from work. 
SEC. 235. Funds made available in this title under 
the heading ‘‘Homeless Assistance Grants’’ may be used by 
the Secretary to participate in Performance Partnership 
Pilots authorized under section 526 of division H of Public 
Law 113–76, section 524 of division G of Public Law 113– 
235, section 525 of division H of Public Law 114–113, and 
such authorities as are enacted for Performance Partnership
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Pilots in an appropriations Act for fiscal year 2017: Pro-
vided, That such participation shall be limited to no more 
than 10 continuums of care and housing activities to im-
prove outcomes for disconnected youth. 
SEC. 236. With respect to grant amounts awarded 
under the heading ‘‘Homeless Assistance Grants’’ for fiscal 
years 2015, 2016, and 2017 for the continuum of care (CoC) 
program as authorized under subtitle C of title IV of the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, costs paid by 
program income of grant recipients may count toward 
meeting the recipient’s matching requirements, provided the 
costs are eligible CoC costs that supplement the recipients 
CoC program. 
SEC. 237. Unobligated balances, including recaptures 
and carryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development for ad-
ministrative costs of the Office of Community Planning and 
Development associated with funds appropriated to the De-
partment for specific disaster relief and related purposes 
and designated by Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to a Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, in-
cluding information technology costs and costs for admin-
istering and overseeing such specific disaster related funds, 
shall be transferred to the Program Office Salaries and Ex-
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penses, Community Planning and Development account for 
the Department, shall remain available until expended, and 
may be used for such administrative costs for administering 
any funds appropriated to the Department for any disaster 
relief and related purposes in any prior or future act, not-
withstanding the purposes for which such funds were appro-
priated: Provided, That the amounts transferred pursuant 
to this section that were previously designated by Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to a Concurrent 
Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act are designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985 and shall be transferred only 
if the President subsequently so designates the entire trans-
fer and transmits such designation to the Congress. 
SEC. 238. (a) Section 302 of the Lead-Based Paint 
Poisoning Prevention Act (42 U.S.C. 4822) is amended in 
subsection (e)— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘handicapped’’ and inserting 
‘‘persons with disabilities, or any 0-bedroom 
dwelling’’; 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘or’’ after ‘‘expected to re-
side;’’; and
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(iii) by striking ‘‘less than 7 years of age’’ 
and inserting ‘‘under age 6’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘; or’’ and in-
serting ‘‘.’’; and 
(3) by striking paragraph (3). 
(b) Section 1004 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint 
Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4851b) is amend-
ed in paragraph (27)— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘or any 0-bedroom dwelling’’ 
after ‘‘disabilities,’’; and 
(2) by deleting ‘‘housing for the elderly or per-
sons with disabilities) or any 0 bedroom dwelling’’ 
and inserting ‘‘housing)’’. 
(c) Section 401 of the Toxic Substances Control Act 
(15 U.S.C. 2681) is amended in paragraph (17)— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘or any 0-bedroom dwelling’’ 
after ‘‘disabilities,’’; and 
(2) by deleting ‘‘housing for the elderly or per-
sons with disabilities) or any 0 bedroom dwelling’’ 
and inserting ‘‘housing)’’. 
SEC. 239. (a) CAPITAL FUND REPLACEMENT RE-
SERVES.—Section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (j), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph:
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‘‘(7) TREATMENT OF REPLACEMENT RESERVE.— 
The requirements of this subsection shall not apply to 
funds held in replacement reserves established pursu-
ant to subsection (n).’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(n) 
ESTABLISHMENT
OF
REPLACEMENT
RE-
SERVES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Public housing agencies shall 
be permitted to establish a replacement reserve to 
fund any of the capital activities listed in subsection 
(d)(1). 
‘‘(2) SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS FOR RE-
PLACEMENT RESERVE.—At any time, a public hous-
ing agency may deposit funds from such agency’s 
Capital Fund into a replacement reserve, subject to 
the following: 
‘‘(A) At the discretion of the Secretary, pub-
lic housing agencies may transfer and hold in a 
replacement reserve funds originating from addi-
tional sources. 
‘‘(B) No minimum transfer of funds to a re-
placement reserve shall be required. 
‘‘(C) At any time, a public housing agency 
may not hold in a replacement reserve more than
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the amount the public housing authority has de-
termined necessary to satisfy the anticipated 
capital needs of properties in its portfolio as-
sisted under this section, as outlined in its Cap-
ital Fund 5-Year Action Plan, or a comparable 
plan, as determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(D) The Secretary may establish, by regu-
lation, a maximum replacement reserve level or 
levels that are below amounts determined under 
subparagraph (C), which may be based upon the 
size of the portfolio assisted under this section or 
other factors. 
‘‘(3) TRANSFER OF OPERATING FUNDS.—In first 
establishing a replacement reserve, the Secretary may 
allow public housing agencies to transfer more than 
20 percent of its operating funds into its replacement 
reserve. 
‘‘(4) EXPENDITURE.—Funds in a replacement 
reserve may be used for purposes authorized by sub-
section (d)(1) and contained in its Capital Fund 5- 
Year Action Plan. 
‘‘(5) MANAGEMENT AND REPORT.—The Secretary 
shall establish appropriate accounting and reporting 
requirements to ensure that public housing agencies 
are spending funds on eligible projects and that funds
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in the replacement reserve are connected to capital 
needs.’’. 
(b) FLEXIBILITY OF OPERATING FUND AMOUNTS.— 
Paragraph (1) of section 9(g) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)(1)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(1)’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘—Of’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) FLEXIBILITY IN USE OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) FLEXIBILITY
FOR
CAPITAL
FUND 
AMOUNTS.—Of’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(B) FLEXIBILITY
FOR
OPERATING
FUND 
AMOUNTS.—Of any amounts appropriated for 
fiscal year 2017 or any fiscal year thereafter 
that are allocated for fiscal year 2017 or any fis-
cal year thereafter from the Operating Fund for 
any public housing agency, the agency may use 
not more than 20 percent for activities that are 
eligible under subsection (d) for assistance with 
amounts from the Capital Fund, but only if the 
public housing plan under section 5A for the 
agency provides for such use.’’. 
SEC. 240. Section 8(x)(2) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(x)) is amended by striking
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‘‘(B)’’ and all that follows up to the period and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(B)(i) for a period not to exceed 36 
months, otherwise eligible youths who have at-
tained at least 18 years of age and not more 
than 24 years of age and who, at age 16 or older, 
have left or will leave foster care within 90 days, 
in accordance with a transition plan described 
in section 475(5)(H) of the Social Security Act, 
and is homeless or is at risk of becoming home-
less, or (ii) except that an applicant may extend 
the 36-month period, if the applicant enrolls an 
eligible youth in a program authorized under 
section 23, in accordance with the length of the 
contract of participation for that eligible youth 
under section 23(c)(3)’’. 
SEC. 241. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development may establish, through 
notice in the Federal Register, a demonstration program 
to incentivize public housing agencies, as defined in section 
3(b)(6) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (in this 
section referred to as ‘‘the Act’’), to implement measures to 
reduce their energy and water consumption. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—Public housing agencies that oper-
ate public housing programs that meet the demonstration
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requirements, as determined by the Secretary, shall be eligi-
ble for participation in the demonstration. 
(c) INCENTIVE.—The Secretary may provide an incen-
tive to an eligible public housing agency that uses capital 
funds, operating funds, grants, utility rebates, and other re-
sources to reduce its energy and/or water consumption in 
accordance with a plan approved by the Secretary. 
(1) BASE
UTILITY
CONSUMPTION
LEVEL.—The 
initial base utility consumption level under the ap-
proved plan shall be set at the public housing agency’s 
rolling base consumption level immediately prior to 
the installation of energy conservation measures. 
(2) FIRST YEAR UTILITY COST SAVINGS.—For the 
first year that an approved plan is in effect, the Sec-
retary shall allocate the utility consumption level in 
the public housing operating fund using the base util-
ity consumption level. 
(3) SUBSEQUENT YEAR SAVINGS.—For each sub-
sequent year that the plan is in effect, the Secretary 
shall decrease the utility consumption level by one 
percent of the initial base utility consumption level 
per year until the utility consumption level equals the 
public housing agency’s actual consumption level that 
followed the installation of energy conservation meas-
ures, at which time the plan will terminate.
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(4) USE OF UTILITY COST SAVINGS.—The public 
housing agency may use the funds resulting from the 
energy conservation measures, in accordance with 
paragraphs (2) and (3), for either operating expenses, 
as defined by section 9(e)(1) of the Act, or capital im-
provements, as defined by section 9(d)(1) of the Act. 
(5) DURATION OF PLAN.—The length in years of 
the utility conservation plan shall not exceed the 
number of percentage points in utility consumption 
reduction a public housing agency achieves through 
the energy conservation measures implemented under 
this demonstration, but in no case shall it exceed 20 
years. 
(6) OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary may 
establish such other requirements as necessary to fur-
ther the purposes of this demonstration. 
(7) EVALUATION.—Each public housing agency 
participating in the demonstration shall submit to 
the Secretary such performance and evaluation re-
ports concerning the reduction in energy consumption 
and compliance with the requirements of this section 
as the Secretary may require. 
(d) TERMINATION.—Public housing agencies may 
enter into this demonstration for 5 years after the date on 
which the demonstration program is commenced.
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SEC. 242. Section 211 of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008, is re-
pealed. 
SEC. 243. (a) AUTHORITY.—To encourage families to 
move to lower-poverty areas and expand access to oppor-
tunity areas, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment (hereafter referred to as ‘‘Secretary’’) may implement 
a mobility demonstration to administer Housing Choice 
Voucher assistance under section 8(o) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (hereafter referred to as ‘‘1937 Act’’) 
(42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) for fiscal year 2017 through fiscal year 
2021. 
(b) DEMONSTRATION REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary must establish 
the competitive selection criteria and requirements for 
participation in the demonstration. The Secretary 
may require participating PHAs to use a randomized 
selection process among the families eligible to receive 
mobility assistance under this demonstration. 
(2) REGIONAL HOUSING MOBILITY PLAN.—Appli-
cant PHAs must submit a Regional Housing Mobility 
Plan (hereafter referred to as ‘‘the Plan’’). 
(A) The Plan must meet all requirements 
established by the Secretary and must identify—
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(i) the PHAs that will participate in 
the regional housing mobility program and 
the number of vouchers each participating 
PHA will make available out of its existing 
programs in support of the mobility dem-
onstration; 
(ii) any community-based organiza-
tions, nonprofit organizations, businesses, 
and other entities that commit to partici-
pate; 
(iii) any waivers or alternative re-
quirements requested for the execution of the 
Plan; and 
(iv) specific actions that the PHAs and 
other entities will undertake to accomplish 
the goals of the demonstration, which must 
include a comprehensive approach to enable 
a successful transition to opportunity areas 
and may include counseling and continued 
support for families. 
(B) The Plan may also establish preferences 
for participating families, including a preference 
for families with children, based on regional 
housing needs and priorities.
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(C) The Plan may provide for the use of ex-
ception payment standards that do not exceed 
110 percent of the HUD-published small area 
Fair Market Rent for the covered exception pay-
ment standard area. 
(D) Units contributed by a PHA partici-
pating in a regional housing mobility program 
to a pool of vouchers that will be project-based 
within the jurisdiction of that program are ex-
empt from the percentage limitation in section 
8(o)(13)(B) of the 1937 Act. 
(c) FUNDING FOR MOBILITY-RELATED SERVICES.—In 
order to provide mobility-related services, PHAs partici-
pating in this demonstration may use administrative fees 
under section 8(q) of the 1937 Act (42 U.S.C. 1437f(q)), 
their administrative fee reserves, and funding from private 
entities. Mobility-related services may include but are not 
limited to such things as counseling, portability coordina-
tion, landlord outreach, and administrative activities asso-
ciated with establishing and operating a regional housing 
mobility program. 
(d) WAIVERS OR ALTERNATIVE REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) In order to allow for PHAs to implement 
and administer their Plans, the Secretary may waive
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or specify alternative requirements for the following 
provisions of the 1937 Act: 
(A) Sections 8(o)(7)(A) and 8(o)(13)(E)(i) 
(related to the term of a family’s assisted lease 
and associated mobility requirements). 
(B) Section 8(o)(13)(C)(i) (related to the 
ability of a PHA participating in a regional 
housing mobility program to administer assist-
ance contributed to the program consistent with 
the Plan identified in paragraph (2)). 
(C) Section 8(o)(13)(F) (related to the term 
of a housing assistance payments (HAP) con-
tract). 
(D) Section 8(r)(2) (related to the ability of 
a PHA participating in a regional housing mo-
bility program to administer assistance under 
section 8(o) anywhere within the jurisdiction of 
that program). 
(E) Section 8(x)(2) (related to the length of 
time a PHA may provide assistance under sec-
tion 8(o) to youth participating in the Family 
Unification Program (FUP)). 
(2) The Secretary must publish by notice in the 
Federal Register any waivers or alternative require-
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ments for statutory provisions no later than 10 days 
before the effective date of such notice. 
(e) IMPLEMENTATION BY NOTICE.—The Secretary may 
implement the demonstration, including its terms, proce-
dures, requirements, and conditions, by notice. 
(f) EVALUATION.—No later than five years following 
implementation of the regional housing mobility programs, 
the Secretary must publish an evaluation of the effectiveness 
of the demonstration, subject to the availability of funding 
to conduct the evaluation. 
SEC. 244. The language under the heading Rental As-
sistance Demonstration in the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 
112–55), is amended— 
(1) in the undesignated paragraph before the 
first proviso, by inserting the following before the 
colon: ‘‘(‘First Component’ herein)’’; 
(2) in the second proviso, by striking ‘‘until Sep-
tember 30, 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘for fiscal year 2012 
and thereafter’’; 
(3) in the fourth proviso, by striking ‘‘185,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘250,000’’; 
(4) in the fourteenth, by— 
(A) inserting ‘‘or nonprofit’’ before ‘‘entity, 
then a capable entity,’’; and
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(B) striking ‘‘preserves its interest’’ and in-
serting ‘‘or a nonprofit entity preserves an inter-
est’’; 
(5) by amending the eighteenth proviso to read 
as follows— 
‘‘Provided further, That for fiscal year 2012 and 
hereafter, owners of properties assisted or pre-
viously assisted under section 101 of the Housing 
and Urban Development Act of 1965, section 
236(f)(2) of the National Housing Act, or section 
8(e)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937, for which a contract expires or terminates 
due to prepayment on or after October 1, 2006 
has caused or results in the termination of rental 
assistance or affordability restrictions or both 
and the issuance of tenant protection vouchers 
under section 8(o) or section 8(t) of the Act, or 
with a project rental assistance contract under 
section 202(c)(2) of Housing Act of 1959, shall 
be eligible, subject to requirements established by 
the Secretary, including but not limited to ten-
ant consultation procedures, for conversion of as-
sistance available or provided for such vouchers 
or assistance contracts, to assistance under a 
long-term project-based subsidy contract under
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section 8 of the Act, which shall have a term of 
no less than 20 years, which shall have initial 
rents set at comparable market rents for the 
market area, with subsequent rent adjustments 
only by an operating cost factor established by 
the Secretary, and which shall be eligible for re-
newal under section 524 of the Multifamily As-
sisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 
1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note), or, subject to agree-
ment of the administering public housing agen-
cy, to assistance under section 8(o)(13) of the 
Act, to which the limitation under subparagraph 
(B) of section 8(o)(13) of the Act shall not apply 
and for which the Secretary may waive or alter 
the provisions of subparagraphs (C) and (D) of 
section 8(o)(13) of the Act (‘‘Second Component’’ 
herein):’’; 
(6) by inserting the following proviso before the 
nineteenth: ‘‘Provided further, That conversions of as-
sistance under the Second Component may not be the 
basis for re-screening or termination of assistance or 
eviction of any tenant family in a property partici-
pating in the demonstration:’’; 
(7) in the twentieth, as amended (reordered) 
above, by striking ‘‘previous proviso’’ and all that fol-
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lows through the end of the proviso and inserting 
‘‘Second Component, except for conversion of Section 
202 project rental assistance contracts, shall be avail-
able for project-based subsidy contracts entered into 
pursuant to the Second Component:’’; 
(8) in the twenty-first proviso, as amended (reor-
dered) above, by striking ‘‘previous two provisos’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Second Component, except for conversion 
of section 202 project rental assistance contracts,’’; 
(9) in the twenty-second proviso, as amended 
(reordered) above, by striking ‘‘three previous pro-
visos’’ and inserting ‘‘Second Component, except for 
conversion of section 202 project rental assistance 
contracts,’’; 
(10) by inserting the following proviso before the 
twenty-third proviso, as amended (reordered) above: 
‘‘Provided further, That the Secretary may transfer 
amounts made available under the heading ‘Housing 
for the Elderly’ to the accounts under the headings 
‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’ or ‘Tenant-Based 
Rental Assistance’ to facilitate any Section 202 
project rental assistance contract conversions under 
the Second Component, and any increase in cost for 
‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’ or ‘Tenant-Based
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Rental Assistance’ associated with such conversion 
shall be equal to amounts so transferred:’’; and 
(11) in the twenty-fourth proviso, as amended 
(reordered) above, by striking ‘‘previous four pro-
visos’’ and inserting ‘‘Second Component, as applica-
ble,’’. 
SEC. 245. The Secretary shall establish by notice such 
requirements as may be necessary to implement section 
78001 of title LXXVIII of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act (Public Law 114–94), and the notice 
shall take effect upon issuance: Provided, That the Secretary 
shall commence rulemaking based on the initial notice no 
later than the expiration of the 6-month period following 
issuance of the notice and the rulemaking shall allow for 
the opportunity for public comment. 
SEC. 246. For fiscal year 2017 and hereafter, the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development may use 
amounts made available for the continuum of care program 
under the ‘‘Homeless Assistance Grants’’ heading under this 
title to renew the grant originally awarded under the head-
ing ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development— 
Permanent Supportive Housing’’ in chapter 6 of title III 
of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 
110–252; 122 Stat. 2351) in the continuum of care pro-
gram, authorized under subtitle C of title IV of the McKin-
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ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11301 et 
seq.). Notwithstanding any provision of law, for purposes 
of grant application and renewal, the State of Louisiana 
may continue to permit a program participant to receive 
or retain tenant-based rental assistance outside the con-
tinuum of care’s geographic area, and the funding of such 
assistance shall not be considered operation of a continuum 
of care in more than one geographic area. 
SEC. 247. Section 428 of the McKinney-Vento Home-
less Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11386b) is amended by add-
ing at the end of the section, subsection (f) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(f) TRANSITION FOR REALLOCATED GRANT.— 
‘‘(1) From amounts under this subtitle made 
available to carry out subtitle B and this subtitle, the 
Secretary may award one-year transition grants to 
recipients to transition from one Continuum of Care 
program component to another. 
‘‘(2) In order to be eligible to receive a transition 
grant, the project must have the consent of the Con-
tinuum of Care, and meet standards determined by 
the Secretary.’’. 
SEC. 248. Section 218(g) of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-
tional Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12748(g)) shall 
not apply with respect to the right of a jurisdiction to draw
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funds from its HOME Investment Trust Fund that other-
wise expired or would expire in 2016, 2017, 2018, or 2019 
under that section. 
SEC. 249. None of the funds made available under this 
Act shall be used to provide housing assistance benefits for 
an individual who is convicted of— 
(1) aggravated sexual abuse under section 2241 
of title 18, United States Code; 
(2) murder under section 1111 of title 18, United 
States Code; or 
(3) any other Federal or State offense involv-
ing— 
(A) severe forms of trafficking in persons or 
sex trafficking, as those terms are defined in 
paragraphs (9) and (10), respectively, of section 
103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 
2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102); or 
(B) child pornography, as defined in section 
2256 of title 18, United States Code. 
SEC. 250. (a) Not later than 90 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development shall prepare a report, and post the 
report on the public website of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘Department’’), regarding Real Estate Assessment Center
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(in this section referred to as ‘‘REAC’’) inspections of all 
properties assisted, insured, or both, under a program of 
the Department, which shall include— 
(1) the percentage of all inspected properties that 
received a REAC-inspected score of less than 65 with-
in the last 48 months; 
(2) the number of properties in which the most 
recent REAC-inspected score represented a decline rel-
ative to the previous REAC score; 
(3) a list of the 10 metropolitan statistical areas 
with the lowest average REAC-inspected scores for all 
inspected properties; and 
(4) a list of the 10 States with the lowest average 
REAC-inspected scores for all inspected properties. 
(b) The Comptroller General of the United States shall 
prepare a report, and post the report on the public website 
of the Government Accountability Office, regarding areas 
in which REAC inspections of all properties assisted, in-
sured, or both, under a program of the Department should 
be reformed and improved. 
SEC. 251. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development to direct a grantee to undertake specific 
changes to existing zoning laws as part of carrying out the 
final rule entitled ‘‘Affirmatively Furthering Fair Hous-
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ing’’ (80 Fed. Reg. 42272 (July 16, 2015)) or the notice 
entitled ‘‘Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Assess-
ment Tool’’ (79 Fed. Reg. 57949 (September 26, 2014)). 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Housing 
and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2017’’. 
TITLE III 
RELATED AGENCIES 
ACCESS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Access Board, as author-
ized by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as 
amended, $8,190,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, there may be credited to this appro-
priation funds received for publications and training ex-
penses. 
FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime Com-
mission, as authorized by section 201(d) of the Merchant 
Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 307), including 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b); and uni-
forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902, $27,490,000: Provided, That not to exceed
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$2,000 shall be available for official reception and represen-
tation expenses. 
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to 
carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 
1978, as amended, $23,274,000: Provided, That the Inspec-
tor General shall have all necessary authority, in carrying 
out the duties specified in the Inspector General Act, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate allegations of 
fraud, including false statements to the government (18 
U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that is subject to 
regulation by the National Railroad Passenger Corpora-
tion: Provided further, That the Inspector General may 
enter into contracts and other arrangements for audits, 
studies, analyses, and other services with public agencies 
and with private persons, subject to the applicable laws and 
regulations that govern the obtaining of such services within 
the National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Provided 
further, That the Inspector General may select, appoint, 
and employ such officers and employees as may be nec-
essary for carrying out the functions, powers, and duties 
of the Office of Inspector General, subject to the applicable
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laws and regulations that govern such selections, appoint-
ments, and employment within the Corporation: Provided 
further, That concurrent with the President’s budget request 
for fiscal year 2018, the Inspector General shall submit to 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a 
budget request for fiscal year 2018 in similar format and 
substance to those submitted by executive agencies of the 
Federal Government. 
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Transportation 
Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 
and aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but 
at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate 
equivalent to the rate for a GS–15; uniforms, or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902), 
$106,000,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 may be used 
for official reception and representation expenses. The 
amounts made available to the National Transportation 
Safety Board in this Act include amounts necessary to 
make lease payments on an obligation incurred in fiscal 
year 2001 for a capital lease.
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NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT 
CORPORATION 
For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor-
poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, as 
authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation 
Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $135,000,000, of which 
$5,000,000 shall be for a multi-family rental housing pro-
gram. 
UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON 
HOMELESSNESS 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, 
authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rent-
al of conference rooms, and the employment of experts and 
consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code) of the United States Interagency Council on Home-
lessness in carrying out the functions pursuant to title II 
of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amend-
ed, $3,600,000: Provided, That title II of the McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11319) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘October 1, 2017’’ in section 209 and insert-
ing ‘‘October 1, 2018’’ and in section 204(a) by striking 
‘‘level V’’ and inserting ‘‘level IV’’.
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SEC. 301. Not later than 24 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the United States Interagency Coun-
cil on Homelessness shall submit to Congress a report that 
assesses how Federal housing programs and Federal health 
programs could better collaborate to reduce costs and im-
prove health and housing outcomes, in particular for— 
(1) chronically homeless individuals; 
(2) homeless individuals with behavioral health 
conditions; and 
(3) homeless children, including infants, in fami-
lies that— 
(A) receive housing assistance under pro-
grams administered by the Federal Government; 
or 
(B) could benefit from grant programs ad-
ministered by the Federal Government. 
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation 
Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$37,000,000: 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
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under this heading: Provided further, That the sum herein 
appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced by a 
dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting collections are re-
ceived during fiscal year 2017, to result in a final appro-
priation from the general fund estimated at no more than 
$35,750,000. 
TITLE IV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
SEC. 401. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 
expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 
intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings fund-
ed in this Act. 
SEC. 402. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fis-
cal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-
tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 403. The expenditure of any appropriation under 
this Act for any consulting service through a procurement 
contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such expendi-
tures are a matter of public record and available for public 
inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing 
law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to 
existing law.
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SEC. 404. (a) None of the funds made available in the 
Act may be obligated or expended for any employee training 
that— 
(1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, 
skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the perform-
ance of official duties; 
(2) contains elements likely to induce high levels 
of emotional response or psychological stress in some 
participants; 
(3) does not require prior employee notification 
of the content and methods to be used in the training 
and written end of course evaluation; 
(4) contains any methods or content associated 
with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 
‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Employ-
ment Opportunity Commission Notice 915.022, dated 
September 2, 1988; or 
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, partici-
pants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the work-
place. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 
otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 
bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 
SEC. 405. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by previous
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appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities funded in 
this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 
in fiscal year 2017, or provided from any accounts in the 
Treasury derived by the collection of fees and available to 
the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds 
that— 
(1) creates a new program; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel for any pro-
gram, project, or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted by the Congress; 
(4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 
activity by either the House or Senate Committees on 
Appropriations for a different purpose; 
(5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, which-
ever is less; 
(6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activi-
ties by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or 
(7) creates, reorganizes, or restructures a branch, 
division, office, bureau, board, commission, agency, 
administration, or department different from the 
budget justifications submitted to the Committees on 
Appropriations or the table accompanying the explan-
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atory statement accompanying this Act, whichever is 
more detailed, unless prior approval is received from 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, each agency funded by this 
Act shall submit a report to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the Senate and of the House of Rep-
resentatives to establish the baseline for application of 
reprogramming and transfer authorities for the cur-
rent fiscal year: Provided further, That the report 
shall include— 
(A) a table for each appropriation with a 
separate column to display the prior year en-
acted level, the President’s budget request, adjust-
ments made by Congress, adjustments due to en-
acted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal 
year enacted level; 
(B) a delineation in the table for each ap-
propriation and its respective prior year enacted 
level by object class and program, project, and 
activity as detailed in the budget appendix for 
the respective appropriation; and 
(C) an identification of items of special con-
gressional interest.
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SEC. 406. Except as otherwise specifically provided by 
law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances re-
maining available at the end of fiscal year 2017 from ap-
propriations made available for salaries and expenses for 
fiscal year 2017 in this Act, shall remain available through 
September 30, 2018, for each such account for the purposes 
authorized: Provided, That a request shall be submitted to 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations for 
approval prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided 
further, That these requests shall be made in compliance 
with reprogramming guidelines under section 405 of this 
Act. 
SEC. 407. No funds in this Act may be used to support 
any Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use the 
power of eminent domain, unless eminent domain is em-
ployed only for a public use: Provided, That for purposes 
of this section, public use shall not be construed to include 
economic development that primarily benefits private enti-
ties: Provided further, That any use of funds for mass tran-
sit, railroad, airport, seaport or highway projects, as well 
as utility projects which benefit or serve the general public 
(including energy-related, communication-related, water-re-
lated and wastewater-related infrastructure), other struc-
tures designated for use by the general public or which have 
other common-carrier or public-utility functions that serve
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the general public and are subject to regulation and over-
sight by the government, and projects for the removal of an 
immediate threat to public health and safety or brownfields 
as defined in the Small Business Liability Relief and 
Brownfields Revitalization Act (Public Law 107–118) shall 
be considered a public use for purposes of eminent domain. 
SEC. 408. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except pur-
suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 
in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 409. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person 
filling a position, other than a temporary position, formerly 
held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed Forces 
of the United States and has satisfactorily completed his 
or her period of active military or naval service, and has 
within 90 days after his or her release from such service 
or from hospitalization continuing after discharge for a pe-
riod of not more than 1 year, made application for restora-
tion to his or her former position and has been certified 
by the Office of Personnel Management as still qualified to 
perform the duties of his or her former position and has 
not been restored thereto.
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SEC. 410. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act 
may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that 
in expending the assistance the entity will comply with sec-
tions 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 
8301–8305, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’). 
SEC. 411. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act shall be made available to any per-
son or entity that has been convicted of violating the Buy 
American Act (41 U.S.C. 8301–8305). 
SEC. 412. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for first-class airline accommodations in 
contravention of sections 301–10.122 and 301–10.123 of 
title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 413. (a) None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to approve a new foreign air carrier per-
mit under sections 41301 through 41305 of title 49, United 
States Code, or exemption application under section 40109 
of that title of an air carrier already holding an air opera-
tors certificate issued by a country that is party to the U.S.- 
E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agreement where such 
approval would contravene United States law or Article 17 
bis of the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agree-
ment. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict or 
otherwise preclude the Secretary of Transportation from
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granting a foreign air carrier permit or an exemption to 
such an air carrier where such authorization is consistent 
with the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agree-
ment and United States law. 
SEC. 414. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance 
of more than 50 employees of a single agency or department 
of the United States Government, who are stationed in the 
United States, at any single international conference unless 
the relevant Secretary reports to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations at least 5 days in advance 
that such attendance is important to the national interest: 
Provided, That for purposes of this section the term ‘‘inter-
national conference’’ shall mean a conference occurring out-
side of the United States attended by representatives of the 
United States Government and of foreign governments, 
international organizations, or nongovernmental organiza-
tions. 
SEC. 415. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available under this Act may be used by the Surface 
Transportation Board to charge or collect any filing fee for 
rate or practice complaints filed with the Board in an 
amount in excess of the amount authorized for district court 
civil suit filing fees under section 1914 of title 28, United 
States Code.
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SEC. 416. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Department of Transportation, the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, or any 
other Federal agency under this Act to lease or purchase 
new light duty vehicles for any executive fleet, or for an 
agency’s fleet inventory, except in accordance with Presi-
dential Memorandum—Federal Fleet Performance, dated 
May 24, 2011. 
SEC. 417. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to deny an Inspector General funded under 
this Act timely access to any records, documents, or other 
materials available to the department or agency over which 
that Inspector General has responsibilities under the In-
spector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), or to prevent 
or impede that Inspector General’s access to such records, 
documents, or other materials, under any provision of law, 
except a provision of law that expressly refers to the Inspec-
tor General and expressly limits the Inspector General’s 
right of access. 
(b) A department or agency covered by this section 
shall provide its Inspector General with access to all such 
records, documents, and other materials in a timely man-
ner. 
(c) Each Inspector General shall ensure compliance 
with statutory limitations on disclosure relevant to the in-
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formation provided by the establishment over which that In-
spector General has responsibilities under the Inspector 
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 
(d) Each Inspector General covered by this section 
shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate within 5 calendar 
days any failures to comply with this requirement. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, Hous-
ing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2017’’. 
DIVISION B—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, 
THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF-
FAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
The following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for 
military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2017, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, military in-
stallations, facilities, and real property for the Army as 
currently authorized by law, including personnel in the
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Army Corps of Engineers and other personal services nec-
essary for the purposes of this appropriation, and for con-
struction and operation of facilities in support of the func-
tions of the Commander in Chief, $532,359,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2021. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, naval in-
stallations, facilities, and real property for the Navy and 
Marine Corps as currently authorized by law, including 
personnel in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command 
and other personal services necessary for the purposes of this 
appropriation, $1,087,572,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2021. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, military in-
stallations, facilities, and real property for the Air Force 
as currently authorized by law, $1,579,798,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2021. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, installa-
tions, facilities, and real property for activities and agen-
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cies of the Department of Defense (other than the military 
departments), 
as 
currently 
authorized 
by 
law, 
$2,038,980,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2021: Provided, That such amounts of this appropriation 
as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may be 
transferred to such appropriations of the Department of De-
fense available for military construction or family housing 
as the Secretary may designate, to be merged with and to 
be available for the same purposes, and for the same time 
period, as the appropriation or fund to which transferred. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Army National Guard, and contribu-
tions therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, 
United States Code, and Military Construction Authoriza-
tion Acts, $232,930,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2021. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Air National Guard, and contributions 
therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 
States Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts,
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$143,957,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2021. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Army Reserve as authorized by chapter 
1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military Con-
struction Authorization Acts, $68,230,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2021. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the reserve components of the Navy and Ma-
rine Corps as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 
States Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, 
$38,597,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Air Force Reserve as authorized by 
chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 
Construction Authorization Acts, $188,950,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2021.
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NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION 
SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM 
For the United States share of the cost of the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Pro-
gram for the acquisition and construction of military facili-
ties and installations (including international military 
headquarters) and for related expenses for the collective de-
fense of the North Atlantic Treaty Area as authorized by 
section 2806 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 
Construction Authorization Acts, $177,932,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT 
For deposit into the Department of Defense Base Clo-
sure Account, established by section 2906(a) of the Defense 
Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 
note), $205,237,000, to remain available until expended. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 
For expenses of family housing for the Army for oper-
ation and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, 
minor construction, principal and interest charges, and in-
surance premiums, as authorized by law, $325,995,000. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 
AND MARINE CORPS 
For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma-
rine Corps for operation and maintenance, including debt
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payment, leasing, minor construction, principal and inter-
est charges, and insurance premiums, as authorized by law, 
$300,915,000. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR 
FORCE 
For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 
operation and maintenance, including debt payment, leas-
ing, minor construction, principal and interest charges, 
and 
insurance 
premiums, 
as 
authorized 
by 
law, 
$274,429,000. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 
DEFENSE-WIDE 
For expenses of family housing for the activities and 
agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the mili-
tary departments) for operation and maintenance, leasing, 
and minor construction, as authorized by law, $59,157,000. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FAMILY HOUSING 
IMPROVEMENT FUND 
For the Department of Defense Family Housing Im-
provement Fund, $3,258,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for family housing initiatives undertaken pursuant 
to section 2883 of title 10, United States Code, providing 
alternative means of acquiring and improving military 
family housing and supporting facilities.
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FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
For expenses of family housing for the Army for con-
struction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, ex-
pansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 
$200,735,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2021. 
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE 
CORPS 
For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma-
rine Corps for construction, including acquisition, replace-
ment, addition, expansion, extension, and alteration, as au-
thorized by law, $94,011,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2021. 
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 
construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, 
expansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 
$61,352,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. None of the funds made available in this 
title shall be expended for payments under a cost-plus-a- 
fixed-fee contract for construction, where cost estimates ex-
ceed $25,000, to be performed within the United States, ex-
cept Alaska, without the specific approval in writing of the 
Secretary of Defense setting forth the reasons therefor.