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is undersubscribed and there are other program competitions under 
this heading that are oversubscribed. 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUND 
For the development of, modifications to, and infrastructure 
for Department-wide and program-specific information technology 
systems, for the continuing operation and maintenance of both 
Department-wide and program-specific information systems, and 
for program-related maintenance activities, $250,000,000, of which 
$205,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2015, and 
of which $45,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2016 for Development, Modernization and Enhancement: 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 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 25 percent of the funds 
made available under this heading for Development, Modernization 
and Enhancement, including development and deployment of a 
Next Generation Management System and development and deploy-
ment of modernized Federal Housing Administration systems may 
be obligated until the Secretary submits to the Committees on 
Appropriations and the Comptroller General of the United States 
a plan for expenditure that—(A) provides for all information tech-
nology investments: (i) the cost and schedule baselines with expla-
nations for each associated variance, (ii) the status of functional 
and performance capabilities delivered or planned to be delivered, 
and (iii) mitigation strategies to address identified risks; (B) outlines 
activities to ensure strategic, consistent, and effective application 
of information technology management controls: (i) enterprise 
architecture, (ii) project management, (iii) investment management, 
and (iv) human capital management. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended, $125,000,000: Provided, That the Inspector General shall 
have independent authority over all personnel issues within this 
office. 
TRANSFORMATION INITIATIVE 
For necessary expenses of research, evaluation, and program 
metrics activities; program demonstrations; and technical assistance 
and capacity building, $40,000,000 to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2016: Provided, That prior to obligation of technical 
assistance and capacity building funding, the Secretary shall submit 
a plan, for approval, to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations on how it will allocate funding for this activity: 
Provided further, That with respect to amounts made available 
under this heading for research, evaluation and program metrics 
or program demonstrations, notwithstanding section 204 of this 
title, the Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements funded 
with philanthropic entities, other Federal agencies, or State or
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local governments and their agencies for such projects: Provided 
further, That with respect to the previous proviso, such partners 
to the cooperative agreements must contribute at least a 50 percent 
match toward the cost of the project. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget authority, 
or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts associated with 
such budget authority, that are recaptured from projects described 
in section 1012(a) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance 
Amendments Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 1437 note) shall be rescinded 
or in the case of cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and 
such amounts of budget authority or cash recaptured and not 
rescinded or remitted to the Treasury shall be used by State housing 
finance agencies or local governments or local housing agencies 
with projects approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development for which settlement occurred after January 1, 1992, 
in accordance with such section. Notwithstanding the previous sen-
tence, the Secretary may award up to 15 percent of the budget 
authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to 
the Treasury to provide project owners with incentives to refinance 
their project at a lower interest rate. 
SEC. 202. None of the amounts made available under this 
Act may be used during fiscal year 2014 to investigate or prosecute 
under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise lawful activity engaged 
in by one or more persons, including the filing or maintaining 
of a nonfrivolous legal action, that is engaged in solely for the 
purpose of achieving or preventing action by a Government official 
or entity, or a court of competent jurisdiction. 
SEC. 203. Sections 203 and 209 of division C of Public Law 
112–55 (125 Stat. 693–694) shall apply during fiscal year 2014 
as if such sections were included in this title, except that during 
such fiscal year such sections shall be applied by substituting 
‘‘fiscal year 2014’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 2011’’ and ‘‘fiscal year 2012’’ 
each place such terms appear. 
SEC. 204. Except as explicitly provided in law, any grant, 
cooperative agreement or other assistance made pursuant 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 Develop-
ment 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 administrative expenses, for legal serv-
ices on a contract or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment 
for services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage Associa-
tion, Government National Mortgage Association, Federal Home 
Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Federal 
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). 
SEC. 206. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or through 
a reprogramming of funds, no part of any appropriation for the
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Department of Housing and Urban Development shall be available 
for any program, project or activity in excess of amounts set forth 
in the budget estimates submitted to Congress. 
SEC. 207. Corporations and agencies of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development which are subject to the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act are hereby authorized to make such 
expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority 
available to each such corporation 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 2014 for such corporation or agency except 
as hereinafter provided: Provided, That collections of these corpora-
tions and agencies may be used for new loan or mortgage purchase 
commitments only to the extent expressly provided for in this 
Act (unless such loans are in support of other forms of assistance 
provided for in this or prior appropriations Acts), except that this 
proviso shall not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty 
operations of these corporations, or where loans or mortgage pur-
chases are necessary to protect the financial interest of the United 
States Government. 
SEC. 208. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
shall provide quarterly reports to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations regarding all uncommitted, unobligated, recap-
tured and excess funds in each program and activity within the 
jurisdiction of the Department and shall submit additional, updated 
budget information to these Committees upon request. 
SEC. 209. The President’s formal budget request for fiscal year 
2015, as well as the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment’s congressional budget justifications to be submitted to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate, shall use the identical account and sub-account struc-
ture provided under this Act. 
SEC. 210. Paragraph (2)(B)(i) of section 3(a) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(a)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subclause (I)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Except as otherwise provided under 
this clause, each’’ and inserting ‘‘Each’’; and 
(B) by inserting after ‘‘which shall’’ the following: ‘‘not 
be lower than 80 percent of the applicable fair market 
rental established under section 8(c) of this Act and which 
shall’’; and 
(2) by striking the undesignated matter following subclause 
(II) and inserting the following: ‘‘Public housing agencies must 
comply by June 1, 2014, with the requirement of this clause, 
except that if a new flat rental amount for a dwelling unit 
will increase a family’s existing rental payment by more than 
35 percent, the new flat rental amount shall be phased in 
as necessary to ensure that the family’s existing rental payment 
does not increase by more than 35 percent annually. The pre-
ceding sentence shall not be construed to require establishment 
of rental amounts equal to 80 percent of the fair market rental 
in years when the fair market rental falls from the prior year.’’. 
SEC. 211. A public housing agency or such other entity that 
administers Federal housing assistance for the Housing Authority 
of the county of Los Angeles, California, the States of Alaska, 
Iowa, and Mississippi shall not be required to include a resident
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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 
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 gov-
erning board shall establish an advisory board of not less than 
six residents of public 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. 212. Subparagraph (A) of section 3(b)(6) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(6)(A)) is amended 
by inserting before the period at the end the following: ‘‘, or a 
consortium of such entities or bodies as approved by the Secretary’’. 
SEC. 213. No funds provided under this title may be used 
for an audit of the Government National Mortgage Association 
that makes applicable requirements under the Federal Credit 
Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.). 
SEC. 214. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, sub-
ject to the conditions listed under this section, for fiscal years 
2014 and 2015, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
may authorize the transfer of some or all project-based assistance, 
debt held or insured by the Secretary 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 
multifamily housing project or projects. 
(b) PHASED TRANSFERS.—Transfers of project-based assistance 
under this section may be done in phases to accommodate the 
financing and other requirements related to rehabilitating or con-
structing the project or projects to which the assistance is trans-
ferred, 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. bedroom size) provided by the transfer-
ring project shall be no less than when transferred to 
the receiving 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 transferring project: 
the Secretary may authorize a reduction in the number 
of dwelling units in the receiving project or projects to 
allow for a reconfiguration of bedroom sizes to meet current 
market demands, as determined by the Secretary and pro-
vided 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 economically non-
viable.