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$10,700,000, to be derived from the GNMA guarantees 
of mortgage-backed securities guaranteed loan receipt ac-
count, of which not to exceed $10,700,000, shall be trans-
ferred to the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’. 
POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 
For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of pro-
grams of research and studies relating to housing and 
urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized 
by title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act 
of 1970, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), includ-
ing carrying out the functions of the Secretary under sec-
tion 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1968, 
$55,787,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2008: Provided, That of the total amount provided under 
this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for the Partnership for 
Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH) Initiative: 
Provided further, That of the amounts made available for 
PATH under this heading, $2,500,000 shall not be subject 
to the requirements of section 305 of this title: Provided 
further, That of the funds made available under this head-
ing, $20,394,000 is for grants pursuant to section 107 of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, 
as amended: Provided further, That activities for the Part-
nership for Advancing Technology in Housing Initiative
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shall be administered by the Office of Policy Development 
and Research for Alaska Native serving institutions and 
Native Hawaiian serving institutions as defined under the 
Higher Education Act as amended, tribal colleges and uni-
versities, the Historically Black Colleges and Universities 
program, and the Hispanic Serving Institutions Programs. 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES 
For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not oth-
erwise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing 
Amendments Act of 1988, and section 561 of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended, 
$44,550,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2008, of which $18,800,000 shall be to carry out activities 
pursuant to such section 561: Provided, That notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary may assess and 
collect fees to cover the costs of the Fair Housing Training 
Academy, and may use such funds to provide such train-
ing: Provided further, That no funds made available under 
this heading shall be used to lobby the executive or legisla-
tive branches of the Federal Government in connection 
with a specific contract, grant or loan.
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OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL 
LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION 
For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as author-
ized by section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint 
Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, $114,840,000 (increased 
by $35,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 
2008, of which $8,712,000 shall be for the Healthy Homes 
Initiative, pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of the Hous-
ing and Urban Development Act of 1970 that shall include 
research, studies, testing, and demonstration efforts, in-
cluding education and outreach concerning lead-based 
paint poisoning and other housing-related diseases and 
hazards: Provided, That for purposes of environmental re-
view, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act 
of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and other provisions of 
law that further the purposes of such Act, a grant under 
the Healthy Homes Initiative, Operation Lead Elimination 
Action Plan (LEAP), or the Lead Technical Studies pro-
gram under this heading or under prior appropriations 
Acts for such purposes under this heading, shall be consid-
ered to be funds for a special project for purposes of sec-
tion 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing Property Disposi-
tion Reform Act of 1994: Provided further, That not less 
than 90 percent of the funds made available under this 
paragraph shall be used exclusively for abatement, inspec-
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tions, risk assessments, temporary relocations and interim 
control of lead-based hazards as defined by 42 U.S.C. 
4851: Provided further, That each recipient of funds pro-
vided under the first proviso shall make a matching con-
tribution in an amount not less than 25 percent: Provided 
further, That each applicant shall submit a detailed plan 
and strategy that demonstrates adequate capacity that is 
acceptable to the Secretary to carry out the proposed use 
of funds pursuant to a Notice of Funding Availability. 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary administrative and non-administrative 
expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, not otherwise provided for, including purchase of 
uniforms, or allowances therefore, as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; serv-
ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed 
$25,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$1,141,117,000 (reduced by $30,000,000) (reduced by 
$12,000,000)
(reduced
by
$35,000,000),
of
which 
$556,776,000 shall be provided from the various funds of 
the Federal Housing Administration, $10,700,000 shall be 
provided from funds of the Government National Mort-
gage Association, $148,500 shall be provided by transfer 
from the ‘‘Native American housing block grants’’ ac-
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count, $247,500 shall be provided by transfer from the 
‘‘Indian housing loan guarantee fund program’’ account 
and $35,000 shall be transferred from the ‘‘Native Hawai-
ian housing loan guarantee fund’’ account: Provided, That 
funds made available under this heading shall only be allo-
cated in the manner specified in the statement of the man-
agers accompanying this Act unless the Committees on 
Appropriations of both the House of Representatives and 
the Senate are notified of any changes in an operating 
plan or reprogramming: Provided further, That no official 
or employee of the Department shall be designated as an 
allotment holder unless the Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer (OCFO) has determined that such allotment hold-
er has implemented an adequate system of funds control 
and has received training in funds control procedures and 
directives: Provided further, That the Chief Financial Offi-
cer shall establish positive control of and maintain ade-
quate systems of accounting for appropriations and other 
available funds as required by 31 U.S.C. 1514: Provided 
further, That for purposes of funds control and deter-
mining whether a violation exists under the Anti-Defi-
ciency Act (31 U.S.C. 1341 et seq.), the point of obligation 
shall be the executed agreement or contract, except with 
respect to insurance and guarantee programs, certain 
types of salaries and expenses funding, and incremental
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funding that is authorized under an executed agreement 
or contract, and shall be designated in the approved funds 
control plan: Provided further, That the Chief Financial 
Officer shall: (1) appoint qualified personnel to conduct 
investigations of potential or actual violations; (2) estab-
lish minimum training requirements and other qualifica-
tions for personnel that may be appointed to conduct in-
vestigations; (3) establish guidelines and timeframes for 
the conduct and completion of investigations; (4) prescribe 
the content, format and other requirements for the sub-
mission of final reports on violations; and (5) prescribe 
such additional policies and procedures as may be required 
for conducting investigations of, and administering, proc-
essing, and reporting on, potential and actual violations 
of the Anti-Deficiency Act and all other statutes and regu-
lations governing the obligation and expenditure of funds 
made available in this or any other Act: Provided further, 
That up to $15,000,000 may be transferred to the Work-
ing Capital Fund: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall fill 7 out of 10 vacancies at the GS–14 and GS– 
15 levels until the total number of GS–14 and GS–15 posi-
tions in the Department has been reduced from the num-
ber of GS–14 and GS–15 positions on the date of enact-
ment of Public Law 106–377 by 21⁄2 percent.
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WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For additional capital for the Working Capital Fund 
(42 U.S.C. 3535) for the development of, modifications 
to, and infrastructure for Department-wide information 
technology systems, for the continuing operation and 
maintenance of both Department-wide and program-spe-
cific information systems, and for program-related devel-
opment
activities,
$100,000,000
(reduced
by 
$100,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 
2008: Provided, That any amounts transferred to this 
Fund under this Act shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That any amounts transferred to this 
Fund from amounts appropriated by previously enacted 
appropriations Acts or from within this Act may be used 
for the purposes specified under this Fund, in addition 
to the purposes for which such amounts were appro-
priated. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
as amended, $107,000,000, of which $23,760,000 shall be 
provided from the various funds of the Federal Housing 
Administration: Provided, That the Inspector General
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shall have independent authority over all personnel issues 
within this office. 
OFFICE OF FEDERAL HOUSING ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out the Federal Housing Enterprises 
Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, including 
not to exceed $500 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $62,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, to be derived from the Federal Housing Enter-
prises Oversight Fund: Provided, That the Director shall 
submit a spending plan for the amounts provided under 
this heading no later than January 15, 2007: Provided 
further, That not less than 80 percent of the total amount 
made available under this heading shall be used only for 
examination, supervision, and capital oversight of the en-
terprises (as such term is defined in section 1303 of the 
Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Sound-
ness Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4502)) to ensure that the 
enterprises are operating in a financially safe and sound 
manner and complying with the capital requirements 
under subtitle B of such Act: Provided further, That not 
to exceed the amount provided herein shall be available 
from the general fund of the Treasury to the extent nec-
essary to incur obligations and make expenditures pending 
the receipt of collections to the Fund: Provided further,
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That the general fund amount shall be reduced as collec-
tions are received during the fiscal year so as to result 
in a final appropriation from the general fund estimated 
at not more than $0. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
SEC. 301. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget au-
thority, or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts 
associated with such budget authority, that are recaptured 
from projects described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart 
B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 
1988 (42 U.S.C. 1437 note) shall be rescinded, or in the 
case of cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such 
amounts of budget authority or cash recaptured and not 
rescinded or remitted to the Treasury shall be used by 
State housing finance agencies or local governments or 
local housing agencies with projects approved by the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development for which set-
tlement occurred after January 1, 1992, in accordance 
with such section. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, 
the Secretary may award up to 15 percent of the budget 
authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted 
to the Treasury to provide project owners with incentives 
to refinance their project at a lower interest rate.
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SEC. 302. None of the amounts made available under 
this Act may be used during fiscal year 2007 to investigate 
or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise 
lawful activity engaged in by one or more persons, includ-
ing the filing or maintaining of a non-frivolous legal ac-
tion, that is engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving 
or preventing action by a Government official or entity, 
or a court of competent jurisdiction. 
SEC. 303. (a) Notwithstanding section 854(c)(1)(A) 
of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 
12903(c)(1)(A)), from any amounts made available under 
this title for fiscal year 2007 that are allocated under such 
section, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
shall allocate and make a grant, in the amount determined 
under subsection (b), for any State that— 
(1) received an allocation in a prior fiscal year 
under clause (ii) of such section; and 
(2) is not otherwise eligible for an allocation for 
fiscal year 2007 under such clause (ii) because the 
areas in the State outside of the metropolitan statis-
tical areas that qualify under clause (i) in fiscal year 
2007 do not have the number of cases of acquired 
immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) required under 
such clause.
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(b) The amount of the allocation and grant for any 
State described in subsection (a) shall be an amount based 
on the cumulative number of AIDS cases in the areas of 
that State that are outside of metropolitan statistical 
areas that qualify under clause (i) of such section 
854(c)(1)(A) in fiscal year 2007, in proportion to AIDS 
cases among cities and States that qualify under clauses 
(i) and (ii) of such section and States deemed eligible 
under subsection (a). 
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
amount allocated for fiscal year 2007 under section 854(c) 
of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 
12903(c)), to the City of New York, New York, on behalf 
of the New York-Wayne-White Plains, New York-New 
Jersey Metropolitan Division (hereafter ‘‘metropolitan di-
vision’’) of the New York-Newark-Edison, NY-NJ-PA 
Metropolitan Statistical Area, shall be adjusted by the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by: (1) allo-
cating to the City of Jersey City, New Jersey, the propor-
tion of the metropolitan area’s or division’s amount that 
is based on the number of cases of AIDS reported in the 
portion of the metropolitan area or division that is located 
in Hudson County, New Jersey, and adjusting for the pro-
portion of the metropolitan division’s high incidence bonus 
if this area in New Jersey also has a higher than average
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per capita incidence of AIDS; and (2) allocating to the 
City of Paterson, New Jersey, the proportion of the metro-
politan area’s or division’s amount that is based on the 
number of cases of AIDS reported in the portion of the 
metropolitan area or division that is located in Bergen 
County and Passaic County, New Jersey, and adjusting 
for the proportion of the metropolitan division’s high inci-
dence bonus if this area in New Jersey also has a higher 
than average per capita incidence of AIDS. The recipient 
cities shall use amounts allocated under this subsection 
to carry out eligible activities under section 855 of the 
AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) in 
their respective portions of the metropolitan division that 
is located in New Jersey. 
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
amount allocated for fiscal year 2007 under section 854(c) 
of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 
12903(c)) to areas with a higher than average per capita 
incidence of AIDS, shall be adjusted by the Secretary on 
the basis of area incidence reported over a three year pe-
riod. 
SEC. 304. During fiscal year 2007, in the provision 
of rental assistance under section 8(o) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) in con-
nection with a program to demonstrate the economy and