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That funds available for the implementation or execution 
of motor carrier safety programs shall not exceed total ob-
ligations of $506,200,000 in fiscal year 2021 for ‘‘Motor 
Carrier Safety Grants’’: Provided further, That of the 
sums appropriated under this heading— 
(1) $389,212,000 shall be available for the 
motor carrier safety assistance program; 
(2) $56,880,000 shall be available for the com-
mercial driver’s license program implementation pro-
gram; 
(3) $59,108,000 shall be available for the high 
priority activities program; and 
(4) $1,000,000 shall be made available for com-
mercial motor vehicle operators grants. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL MOTOR 
CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 130. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Admin-
istration shall send notice of section 385.308 of title 49, 
Code of Federal Regulations, violations by certified mail, 
registered mail, or another manner of delivery, which 
records the receipt of the notice by the persons responsible 
for the violations. 
SEC. 131. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Admin-
istration shall update annual inspection regulations under 
appendix G to subchapter B of chapter III of title 49,
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Code of Federal Regulations, as recommended by GAO– 
19–264. 
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of 
the Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety 
authorized under chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI 
of title 49, United States Code, $214,073,440, of which 
$40,000,000 shall remain available through September 
30, 2022. 
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
the provisions of section 403 of title 23, United States 
Code, including behavioral research on Automated Driving 
Systems and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems and im-
proving consumer responses to safety recalls, section 4011 
of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (Pub-
lic Law 114–94) or any successor surface transportation 
reauthorization Act authorizing appropriations for fiscal 
year 2021, and chapter 303 of title 49, United States 
Code, $170,612,000 to be derived from the Highway 
Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) and
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to remain available until expended: Provided, That none 
of the funds made available by this Act shall be available 
for the planning or execution of programs the total obliga-
tions for which, in fiscal year 2021, are in excess of 
$170,612,000: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading— 
(1) $165,112,000 shall be for programs author-
ized under section 403 of title 23, United States 
Code, including behavioral research on Automated 
Driving Systems and Advanced Driver Assistance 
Systems and improving consumer responses to safety 
recalls, and section 4011 of the Fixing America’s 
Surface Transportation Act (Public Law 114–94); 
and 
(2) $5,500,000 shall be for the National Driver 
Register authorized under chapter 303 of title 49, 
United States Code: 
Provided further, That of the $170,612,000 obligation lim-
itation for operations and research, $20,000,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2022, and $3,000,000, 
for impaired driving detection, shall remain available until 
expended, and shall be in addition to the amount of any 
limitation imposed on obligations for future years: Pro-
vided further, That amounts for behavioral research on 
Automated Driving Systems and Advanced Driver Assist-
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ance Systems and improving consumer responses to safety 
recalls are in addition to any other funds provided for 
those purposes for fiscal year 2021 in this Act. 
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
provisions of sections 402, 404, and 405 of title 23, 
United States Code, and section 4001(a)(6) of the Fixing 
America’s Surface Transportation Act, to remain available 
until expended, $855,488,000, to be derived from the 
Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac-
count): Provided, That none of the funds made available 
by this Act shall be available for the planning or execution 
of programs for which the total obligations in fiscal year 
2021 are in excess of $855,488,000 for programs author-
ized under sections 402, 404, and 405 of title 23, United 
States Code, and section 4001(a)(6) of the Fixing Amer-
ica’s Surface Transportation Act: Provided further, That 
of the sums appropriated under this heading— 
(1) $384,800,000 shall be for ‘‘Highway Safety 
Programs’’ under section 402 of title 23, United 
States Code;
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(2) $390,900,000 shall be for ‘‘National Pri-
ority Safety Programs’’ under section 405 of title 
23, United States Code; 
(3) $49,702,000 shall be for the ‘‘High Visi-
bility Enforcement Program’’ under section 404 of 
title 23, United States Code; and 
(4) $30,086,000 shall be for ‘‘Administrative 
Expenses’’ under section 4001(a)(6) of the Fixing 
America’s Surface Transportation Act: 
Provided further, That for amounts subject to the obliga-
tion limitation under this heading during fiscal year 2021, 
the Federal share of activities undertaken pursuant to 
chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code, shall be, at the 
option of the recipient, up to 100 percent: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds made available by this Act 
shall be used for construction, rehabilitation, or remod-
eling costs, or for office furnishings and fixtures for State, 
local, or private buildings or structures: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $500,000 of the funds made available 
for ‘National Priority Safety Programs’ under section 405 
of title 23, United States Code, for ‘Impaired Driving 
Countermeasures’ (as described in subsection (d) of that 
section) shall be available for technical assistance to the 
States: Provided further, That with respect to the ‘Trans-
fers’ provision under section 405(a)(8) of title 23, United
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States Code, any amounts transferred to increase the 
amounts made available under section 402 shall include 
the obligation authority for such amounts: Provided fur-
ther, That the Administrator shall notify the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations of any exercise of 
the authority granted under the preceding proviso or 
under section 405(a)(8) of title 23, United States Code, 
not later than 5 days after exercising such authority. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—NATIONAL HIGHWAY 
TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 140. An additional $130,000 shall be made 
available to the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis-
tration, out of the amount limited for section 402 of title 
23, United States Code, to pay for travel and related ex-
penses for State management reviews and to pay for core 
competency development training and related expenses for 
highway safety staff. 
SEC. 141. The limitations on obligations for the pro-
grams of the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis-
tration set in this Act shall not apply to obligations for 
which obligation authority was made available in previous 
public laws but only to the extent that the obligation au-
thority has not lapsed or been used. 
SEC. 142. In addition to the amounts made available 
under the heading, ‘‘Operations and Research (Liquida-
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tion of Contract Authorization) (Limitation on Obliga-
tions) (Highway Trust Fund)’’ for carrying out the provi-
sions of section 403 of title 23, United States Code, 
$17,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2022, shall be made available to the National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration from the general fund: Pro-
vided, That of the sums provided under this provision— 
(1) not to exceed $7,000,000 shall be available 
to provide funding for grants, pilot program activi-
ties, and innovative solutions to reduce impaired- 
driving fatalities in collaboration with eligible enti-
ties under section 403 of title 23, United States 
Code; and 
(2) not to exceed $10,000,000 shall be available 
to continue a high visibility enforcement paid-media 
campaign regarding highway-rail grade crossing 
safety in collaboration with the Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration. 
SEC. 143. None of the funds in this Act or any other 
Act shall be used to enforce the requirements of section 
405(a)(9) of title 23, United States Code. 
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
SAFETY AND OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration, not otherwise provided for, $236,134,000
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(reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (in-
creased by $2,000,000) (reduced by $2,000,000), of which 
$30,000,000 shall remain available until expended. 
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for railroad research and de-
velopment, $41,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
FEDERAL-STATE PARTNERSHIP FOR STATE OF GOOD 
REPAIR 
For necessary expenses related to Federal-State part-
nership for state of good repair grants as authorized by 
section 24911 of title 49, United States Code, 
$200,000,000 (reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by 
$5,000,000), to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That the Secretary may withhold up to 2 percent of the 
amounts made available under this heading for the costs 
of award and project management oversight of grants car-
ried out under section 24911 of title 49, United States 
Code: Provided further, That expenses incidental to the ac-
quisition or construction (including designing, engineer-
ing, location surveying, mapping, environmental studies, 
and acquiring rights-of-way) of a capital project as defined 
under section 24911(a)(2) of title 49, United States Code, 
are eligible for funding independently or in conjunction 
with proposed funding for construction: Provided further,
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That section 24911(d)(1)(C) of title 49, United States 
Code, shall not apply to amounts made available under 
this 
heading: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
section 
24911(d)(1)(C) of title 49, United States Code, shall not 
apply to amounts made available under this heading in 
previous fiscal years if such funds are announced in a No-
tice of Funding Opportunity that includes funds made 
available under this heading: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall issue the Notice of Funding Opportunity 
for amounts made available under this heading not later 
than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall announce the selec-
tion of projects to receive awards for amounts made avail-
able under this heading not later than 240 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
CONSOLIDATED RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY 
IMPROVEMENTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses related to consolidated rail 
infrastructure and safety improvements grants, as author-
ized by section 22907 of title 49, United States Code, 
$500,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading—
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(1) not less than $60,000,000 shall be for 
projects eligible under section 22907(c)(5) of title 
49, United States Code; 
(2) not less than $90,000,000 shall be for 
projects eligible under section 22907(c)(2) of title 
49, United States Code, that support the develop-
ment of new intercity passenger rail service routes 
including alignments for existing routes: Provided, 
That the Secretary shall give preference for pre-con-
struction elements including preliminary engineering 
and final design of such projects; and 
(3) not less than $25,000,000 shall be for cap-
ital projects and engineering solutions targeting tres-
passing: Provided, That the Secretary shall give 
preference for such projects that are located in coun-
ties with the most pedestrian trespasser casualties as 
identified in the Federal Railroad Administration’s 
National Strategy to Prevent Trespassing on Rail-
road Property: 
Provided further, That section 22905(f) of title 49, United 
States Code, shall not apply to projects for the implemen-
tation of positive train control systems otherwise eligible 
under section 22907(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided further, That amounts made available under this 
heading for projects selected for commuter rail passenger
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transportation may be transferred by the Secretary, after 
selection, to the appropriate agencies to be administered 
in accordance with chapter 53 of title 49, United States 
Code: Provided further, That the Secretary shall not limit 
eligible projects from consideration for funding for plan-
ning, engineering, environmental, construction, and design 
elements of the same project in the same application: Pro-
vided further, That for amounts made available under this 
heading eligible recipients under section 22907(b) of title 
49, United States Code, shall include any non-profit asso-
ciation representing Class II railroads or Class III rail-
roads (as such terms are defined in section 20102 of title 
49, United States Code) or rail carriers that provide inter-
city rail passenger transportation (as defined in section 
24102 of title 49, United States Code) and any holding 
company of a Class II railroad or Class III railroad (as 
such terms are defined in section 20102 of title 49, United 
States 
Code): 
Provided 
further, 
That 
section 
22907(e)(1)(A) of title 49, United States Code, shall not 
apply to amounts made available under this heading: Pro-
vided further, That section 22907(e)(1)(A) of title 49, 
United States Code, shall not apply to amounts made 
available under this heading in previous fiscal years if such 
funds are announced in a Notice of Funding Opportunity 
that includes funds made available under this heading:
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Provided further, That unobligated balances remaining 
after 6 years from the date of enactment of this Act may 
be used for any eligible project under section 22907(c) of 
title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may withhold up to 2 percent of the amounts 
made available under this heading for the costs of award 
and project management oversight of grants carried out 
under section 22907 of title 49, United States Code: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall issue the Notice 
of Funding Opportunity for amounts made available under 
this heading not later than 30 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act: Provided further, That such Notice of 
Funding Opportunity shall require application submis-
sions 90 days after the publishing of such Notice: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall announce the selection 
of projects to receive awards for amounts made available 
under this heading not later than 210 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
MAGNETIC LEVITATION TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT 
PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses related to the deployment of 
magnetic levitation transportation projects, consistent 
with language in subsections (a) through (c) of section 
1307 of SAFETEA–LU (Public Law 109–59), as amend-
ed by section 102 of the SAFETEA–LU Technical Correc-
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tions Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–244) (23 U.S.C. 322 
note), $5,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
NORTHEAST CORRIDOR GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL 
RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for 
activities associated with the Northeast Corridor as au-
thorized by section 11101(a) of the Fixing America’s Sur-
face Transportation Act (division A of Public Law 114– 
94), $750,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That the Secretary may retain up to one half 
of 1 percent of the amounts made available under both 
this heading and the ‘‘National Network Grants to the Na-
tional Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ heading to fund 
the costs of project management and oversight of activities 
authorized by section 11101(c) of the Fixing America’s 
Surface Transportation Act (division A of Public Law 
114–94): Provided further, That in addition to the project 
management oversight funds authorized under section 
11101(c) of such Act, the Secretary may retain up to an 
additional $5,000,000 of the amounts made available 
under this heading to fund expenses associated with the 
Northeast Corridor Commission established under section 
24905 of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, 
That of the amounts made available under this heading,
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not less than $200,000,000 shall be made available to ad-
vance capital projects, including rehabilitation and up-
grade of railroad infrastructure, that increase reliability 
or expand passenger rail capacity on the Amtrak-owned 
portion of the Northeast Corridor (as defined in section 
24102(8) of title 49, United States Code) on which more 
than 380 trains traveled per day in fiscal year 2019: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts made available under 
this heading and the ‘‘National Network Grants to the Na-
tional Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ heading, not less 
than $75,000,000 shall be made available to bring Am-
trak-served facilities and stations into compliance with the 
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 2101 
et seq.). 
NATIONAL NETWORK GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL 
RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for 
activities associated with the National Network as author-
ized by section 11101(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act (division A of Public Law 114–94), 
$1,300,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may retain up to an additional 
$2,000,000 of the amounts made available under this 
heading to fund expenses associated with the State-Sup-
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ported Route Committee established under section 24712 
of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That 
none of the funds provided under this heading shall be 
used by Amtrak to give notice under subsection (a) or (b) 
of section 24706 of title 49, United States Code, with re-
spect to long-distance routes (as defined in section 24102 
of title 49, United States Code) on which Amtrak is the 
sole operator on a host railroad’s line and a positive train 
control system is not required by law or regulation, or, 
except in an emergency or during maintenance or con-
struction outages impacting such routes, to otherwise dis-
continue, reduce the frequency of, suspend, or substan-
tially alter the route of rail service on any portion of such 
route operated in fiscal year 2018, including implementa-
tion of service permitted by section 24305(a)(3)(A) of title 
49, United States Code, in lieu of rail service. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 150. None of the funds made available to the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation may be used to 
fund any overtime costs in excess of $35,000 for any indi-
vidual employee: Provided, That the President of Amtrak 
may waive the cap set in the preceding proviso for specific 
employees when the President of Amtrak determines such
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a cap poses a risk to the safety and operational efficiency 
of the system: Provided further, That the President of Am-
trak shall report to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations no later than 60 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, a summary of all overtime payments 
incurred by Amtrak for 2020 and the 3 prior calendar 
years: Provided further, That such summary shall include 
the total number of employees that received waivers and 
the total overtime payments Amtrak paid to employees re-
ceiving waivers for each month for 2020 and for the 3 
prior calendar years. 
SEC. 151. None of the funds made available to the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation under the head-
ings ‘‘Northeast Corridor Grants to the National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation’’ and ‘‘National Network Grants to 
the National Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ may be 
used to reduce the total number of Amtrak Police Depart-
ment uniformed officers patrolling on board passenger 
trains or at stations, facilities or rights-of-way below the 
staffing level on May 1, 2019. 
SEC. 152. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the National Railroad Passenger Cor-
poration in contravention of the Worker Adjustment and 
Retraining Notification Act (29 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.).
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SEC. 153. The matter under the heading ‘‘Depart-
ment of Transportation—Federal Railroad Administra-
tion—Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Im-
provements’’— 
(1) in division G of the Consolidated Appropria-
tions Act, 2019 (Public Law 116–6) is amended by 
striking ‘‘4 years’’ and inserting ‘‘6 years’’ in the 
fourth proviso; and 
(2) in division H of the Further Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94) is 
amended by striking ‘‘4 years’’ and inserting ‘‘6 
years’’ in the fourth proviso. 
SEC. 154. Of the unobligated balances of funds re-
maining from— 
(1) ‘‘Capital and Debt Service Grants to the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ accounts 
totaling $10,414,449.82 appropriated by the fol-
lowing public laws are hereby permanently rescinded: 
(A) Public Law 112–10 a total of 
$289,234.48; 
(B) Public Law 112–55 a total of 
$4,760,000.00; 
(C) Public Law 113–76 a total of 
$792,502.52;
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(D) Public Law 113–235 a total of 
$1,698,806.61; and 
(E) Public Law 114–113 a total of 
$2,873,906.21; 
(2) ‘‘Railroad Safety Technology Program’’ ac-
count totaling $613,252.29 appropriated by Public 
Law 111–117 is hereby permanently rescinded; 
(3) ‘‘Capital Assistance to States—Intercity 
Passenger 
Rail 
Service’’ 
account 
totaling 
$9,867,630.69 appropriated by Public Law 111–8 is 
hereby permanently rescinded; 
(4) ‘‘Rail Line Relocation and Improvement 
Program’’ accounts totaling $12,650,365.14 appro-
priated by the following public laws are hereby per-
manently rescinded: 
(A) Public Law 110–161 a total of 
$923,214.63; 
(B) 
Public 
Law 
111–8 
a 
total 
of 
$5,558,233.95; 
(C) Public Law 111–117 a total of 
$3,763,767.95; and 
(D) Public Law 112–10 a total of 
$2,405,148.61; and 
(5) ‘‘Next Generation High-Speed Rail’’ ac-
counts totaling $3,019,483.21 appropriated by the
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following public laws are hereby permanently re-
scinded: 
(A) Public Law 104–50 a total of 
$610,807.00; 
(B) Public Law 104–205 a total of 
$5,963.71; 
(C) Public Law 105–66 a total of 
$1,218,742.47; 
(D) Public Law 105–277 a total of 
$17,097.00; 
(E) Public Law 106–69 a total of 
$1,005,969.00; 
(F) 
Public 
Law 
108–7 
a 
total 
of 
$43,951.57; 
(G) Public Law 108–199 a total of 
$24,263.48; and 
(H) Public Law 108–447 a total of 
$92,688.98. 
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal 
Transit Administration’s programs authorized by chapter 
53 of title 49, United States Code, $121,052,000, of which 
$15,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2022, and up to $1,000,000 shall be available to carry
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out the provisions of section 5326 of such title: Provided, 
That upon submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 
2022 President’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation 
shall transmit to Congress the annual report on Capital 
Investment Grants, including proposed allocations for fis-
cal year 2022. 
TRANSIT FORMULA GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in the Federal 
Public Transportation Assistance Program in this ac-
count, and for payment of obligations incurred in carrying 
out the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 
5312, 5314, 5318, 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 
5340, as amended by the Fixing America’s Surface Trans-
portation Act, section 20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, 
and section 3006(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act, or any successor surface transpor-
tation reauthorization Act authorizing appropriations for 
fiscal year 2021, $16,595,000,000, to be derived from the 
Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund and 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 
available for the implementation or execution of programs 
authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311,
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5312, 5314, 5318, 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 
5340, as amended by the Fixing America’s Surface Trans-
portation Act, section 20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, 
and section 3006(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act, or any successor surface transpor-
tation reauthorization Act authorizing appropriations for 
fiscal year 2021, shall not exceed total obligations of 
$15,945,200,000 in fiscal year 2021: Provided further, 
That the Federal share of the cost of activities carried 
out under 49 U.S.C. 5312 shall not exceed 80 percent, 
except that if there is substantial public interest or benefit, 
the Secretary may approve a greater Federal share: Pro-
vided further, That until September 30, 2021, for amounts 
subject to the obligation limitation under this heading dur-
ing fiscal year 2021, the Federal share of costs for any 
grant made for activities undertaken pursuant to chapter 
53 of title 49, United States Code, shall be, at the option 
of the recipient, up to 100 percent but solely for funds 
that have not been obligated to a grant prior to September 
30, 2020: Provided further, That the preceding proviso 
shall not apply to grants made pursuant to a competitive 
application process in fiscal year 2021 or any prior fiscal 
year: Provided further, That not including any amounts 
provided under the heading ‘‘Transit Infrastructure 
Grants’’ in title XII of division B of the CARES Act (Pub-
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lic Law 116–136), an urbanized area or State may obli-
gate not more than 50 percent of its unobligated balances 
authorized under sections 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 
5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340 of title 49, 
United States Code, as of September 30, 2020, under this 
proviso. 
TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS 
For an additional amount for buses and bus facilities 
grants under section 5339 of title 49, United States Code, 
low or no emission grants under section 5339(c) of such 
title, the passenger ferry grant program as authorized 
under section 5307(h) of such title, and the demonstration 
and deployment of innovative mobility solutions as author-
ized under section 5312 of such title, $510,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading— 
(1) $374,000,000 (reduced by $1,500,000) 
shall be available for the buses and bus facilities 
competitive grants as authorized under section 
5339(b) of title 49, United States Code: Provided, 
That activities that increase green space sur-
rounding a bus transportation hub structure are eli-
gible for a grant under this paragraph: Provided fur-
ther, That the minimum grant award shall be not 
less than $1,000,000;
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(2) $125,000,000 (increased by $1,500,000) 
shall be available for the low or no emission grants 
as authorized under section 5339(c) of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided, That the minimum 
grant award shall be not less than $1,250,000; 
(3) $10,000,000 shall be available for the pas-
senger ferry grant program as authorized under sec-
tion 5307(h) of title 49, United States Code: Pro-
vided, That the funds provided under this heading 
shall only be available for low or zero-emission fer-
ries or ferries using electric battery or fuel cell com-
ponents and the infrastructure to support such fer-
ries; and 
(4) $1,000,000 shall be shall be available for 
the demonstration and deployment of innovative mo-
bility solutions as authorized under section 5312 of 
title 49, United States Code: Provided, that such 
amounts shall be available for competitive grants or 
cooperative agreements for the development of soft-
ware to facilitate the provision of demand-response 
public transportation service that dispatches public 
transportation fleet vehicles through riders mobile 
devices or other advanced means: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall evaluate the potential for 
software developed with grants or cooperative agree-
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ments to be shared for use by public transportation 
agencies: 
Provided further, That the Federal share of the costs for 
which any grant is made under this heading shall be, at 
the option of the recipient, up to 100 percent: Provided 
further, That amounts made available under this heading 
shall be derived from the general fund and shall not be 
subject to any limitation on obligation for transit pro-
grams set forth in any Act. 
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 5314 of 
title 49, United States Code, $7,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2022: Provided, That the assist-
ance provided under this heading does not duplicate the 
activities of section 5311(b) or section 5312 of title 49, 
United States Code. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out fixed guideway 
capital investment grants under section 5309 of title 49, 
United States Code, and section 3005(b) of the Fixing 
America’s Surface Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 5309 
note), $2,175,000,000 (increased by $2,000,000), to re-
main available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That 
of the amounts made available under this heading, 
$1,848,000,000 shall be allocated by December 31, 2022:
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Provided further, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading, $1,250,000,000 shall be available for 
projects authorized under section 5309(d) of title 49, 
United States Code, $525,000,000 shall be available for 
projects authorized under section 5309(e) of title 49, 
United States Code, $300,000,000 shall be available for 
projects authorized under section 5309(h) of title 49, 
United States Code, and $100,000,000 shall be available 
for projects authorized under section 3005(b) of the Fix-
ing America’s Surface Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 
5309 note): Provided further, That funds made available 
under this heading in this or any other Act may be avail-
able for amendments to current full-funding grant agree-
ments that require additional Federal funding as a result 
of coronavirus: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
continue to administer the capital investment grants pro-
gram in accordance with the procedural and substantive 
requirements of section 5309 of title 49, United States 
Code, of section 3005(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 5309 note), and of section 
5309(i) of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, 
That projects that receive a grant agreement under the 
Expedited Project Delivery for Capital Investment Grants 
Pilot Program under section 3005(b) of the Fixing Amer-
ica’s Surface Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 5309 note)
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shall be deemed eligible for funding provided for projects 
under section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, with-
out further evaluation or rating under such section: Pro-
vided further, That such funding shall not exceed the Fed-
eral share under section 3005(b). 
GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA 
TRANSIT AUTHORITY 
For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area 
Transit Authority as authorized under section 601 of divi-
sion B of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement 
Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–432), $150,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of Transportation shall approve grants for capital 
and preventive maintenance expenditures for the Wash-
ington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority only after re-
ceiving and reviewing a request for each specific project: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall determine that 
the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has 
placed the highest priority on those investments that will 
improve the safety of the system before approving such 
grants: Provided further, That the Secretary, in order to 
ensure safety throughout the rail system, may waive the 
requirements of section 601(e)(1) of division B of the Pas-
senger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 
(Public Law 110–432).
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 160. The limitations on obligations for the pro-
grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not 
apply to any authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously 
made available for obligation, or to any other authority 
previously made available for obligation. 
SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds appropriated or limited by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Capital Investment Grants’’ of the Federal 
Transit Administration for projects specified in this Act 
or identified in reports accompanying this Act not obli-
gated by September 30, 2024, and other recoveries, shall 
be directed to projects eligible to use the funds for the 
purposes for which they were originally provided. 
SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 2019, for 
any section of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, 
that remain available for expenditure, may be transferred 
to and administered under the most recent appropriation 
heading for any such section. 
SEC. 163. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other Act shall be used to adjust apportion-
ments or withhold funds from apportionments pursuant
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to section 9503(e)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 (26 U.S.C. 9503(e)(4)). 
SEC. 164. An eligible recipient of a grant under sec-
tion 5339(c) may submit an application in partnership 
with other entities, including a transit vehicle manufac-
turer, that intend to participate in the implementation of 
a project under section 5339(c) of title 49, United States 
Code, and a project awarded with such partnership shall 
be treated as satisfying the requirement for a competitive 
procurement under section 5325(a) of title 49, United 
States Code, for the named entity. 
SEC. 165. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other Act shall be used to impede or hinder 
project advancement or approval for any project seeking 
a Federal contribution from the capital investment grant 
program of greater than 40 percent of project costs as 
authorized under section 5309 of title 49, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 166. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for the implementation or furtherance 
of new policies detailed in the ‘‘Dear Colleague’’ letter dis-
tributed by the Federal Transit Administration to capital 
investment grant program project sponsors on June 29, 
2018.
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SEC. 167. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Department of Transportation 
to implement any policy that requires a capital investment 
grant project to receive a medium or higher project rating 
before taking actions to finalize an environmental impact 
statement. 
SEC. 168. Of the unobligated amounts made available 
for prior fiscal years to Formula Grants in Treasury Ac-
count 69–X–1129, a total of $1,606,849 are hereby per-
manently rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be 
rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency or disaster relief requirement pur-
suant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 169. Of the unobligated amounts made available 
for the Job Access and Reverse Commute program, as au-
thorized by Public Law 105–178, as amended, a total of 
$320,230 are hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 169A. Of the unobligated amounts made avail-
able for Research, Training, and Human Resources, as 
authorized by Public Law 95–599, as amended, a total 
of $31,634 are hereby permanently rescinded.
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SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT 
CORPORATION 
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora-
tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, with-
in the limits of funds and borrowing authority available 
to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make 
such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal 
year limitations, as provided by section 9104 of title 31, 
United States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out 
the programs set forth in the Corporation’s budget for the 
current fiscal year. 
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses to conduct the operations, 
maintenance, and capital infrastructure activities on por-
tions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway owned, operated, and 
maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development 
Corporation, $40,000,000, to be derived from the Harbor 
Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to section 210 of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 
2238): Provided, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading, not less than $15,800,000 shall be for 
the seaway infrastructure program.
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MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a 
U.S.-flag merchant fleet as authorized under chapter 531 
of title 46, United States Code, to serve the national secu-
rity needs of the United States, $314,007,780, to remain 
available until expended. 
CABLE SECURITY FLEET PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to establish and maintain a 
fleet of United States-documented cable vessels as author-
ized under chapter 532 of title 46, United States Code, 
to meet the national security requirements of the United 
States, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities authorized by law, $161,417,000: Provided, That 
of the amounts made available under this heading— 
(1) $82,289,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2022, shall be for the operations of the 
United States Merchant Marine Academy; 
(2) $5,500,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for facilities maintenance and re-
pair, and equipment, at the United States Merchant 
Marine Academy;
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(3) $3,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2022, shall be for the Maritime Environ-
mental and Technical Assistance program authorized 
under section 50307 of title 46, United States Code; 
and 
(4) $14,775,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for the Short Sea Transportation 
Program (America’s Marine Highways) to make 
grants for the purposes authorized under paragraphs 
(1) and (3) of section 55601(b) of title 46, United 
States Code: 
Provided further, That not later than 120 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 
Maritime Administration shall transmit to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations the annual report 
on sexual assault and sexual harassment at the United 
States Merchant Marine Academy as required pursuant 
to section 3507 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (46 U.S.C. 51301 
note): Provided further, That available balances under this 
heading for the Short Sea Transportation Program 
(America’s Marine Highways) from prior year recoveries 
shall be available to carry out activities authorized under 
paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 55601(b) of title 46, 
United States Code: Provided further, That for amounts
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made available under paragraphs (3) and (4) of the first 
proviso, the Secretary of Transportation shall make grants 
not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act in such amounts as the Secretary determines: 
Provided further, That any unobligated balances and obli-
gated balances not yet expended from previous appropria-
tions under this heading for programs and activities sup-
porting State Maritime Academies shall be transferred to 
and merged with the appropriations for ‘‘Maritime Admin-
istration—State Maritime Academy Operations’’ and shall 
be made available for the same purposes as the appropria-
tions for ‘‘Maritime Administration—State Maritime 
Academy Operations’’. 
STATE MARITIME ACADEMY OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of operations, support, and 
training 
activities 
for 
State 
Maritime 
Academies, 
$431,700,000: Provided, That of the amounts made avail-
able under this heading— 
(1) $30,500,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for maintenance, repair, life exten-
sion, marine insurance, and capacity improvement of 
National Defense Reserve Fleet training ships in 
support of State Maritime Academies, of which 
$8,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be for expenses related to training mariners for costs
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associated with training vessel sharing pursuant to 
section 51504(g)(3) of title 46, United States Code, 
for costs associated with mobilizing, operating, and 
demobilizing the vessel, including travel costs for 
students, faculty, and crew, the costs of the general 
agent, crew costs, fuel, insurance, operational fees, 
and vessel hire costs, as determined by the Sec-
retary; 
(2) $389,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for the National Security Multi-Mis-
sion Vessel Program, including funds for construc-
tion, planning, administration, and design of school 
ships; 
(3) $2,400,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2022, shall be for the Student Incentive 
Program; 
(4) $3,800,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for training ship fuel assistance; 
and 
(5) $6,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2022, shall be for direct payments for 
State Maritime Academies.
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ASSISTANCE TO SMALL SHIPYARDS 
To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized 
under section 54101 of title 46, United States Code, 
$20,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
SHIP DISPOSAL 
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of ob-
solete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the 
Maritime Administration, $5,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the guaran-
teed loan program, $3,000,000, which shall be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriations for ‘‘Maritime Ad-
ministration—Operations and Training’’. 
PORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 
To make grants to improve port facilities as author-
ized under section 50302(c) of title 46, United States 
Code, $300,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That projects eligible for amounts made avail-
able under this heading shall be projects for coastal sea-
ports, inland river ports, or Great Lakes ports: Provided 
further, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading, not less than $275,000,000 shall be for coastal
935 
seaports or Great Lakes ports: Provided further, That the 
Maritime Administration shall distribute amounts made 
available under this heading as discretionary grants to 
port authorities or commissions or their subdivisions and 
agents under existing authority, as well as to a State or 
political subdivision of a State or local government, a Trib-
al Government, a public agency or publicly chartered au-
thority established by one or more States, a special pur-
pose district with a transportation function, a multistate 
or multijurisdictional group of entities, or a lead entity 
described above jointly with a private entity or group of 
private entities: Provided further, That projects eligible for 
amounts made available under this heading shall be de-
signed to improve the safety, efficiency, or reliability of 
the movement of goods into, out of, around, or within a 
port and located— 
(1) within the boundary of a port; or 
(2) outside the boundary of a port, and directly 
related to port operations, or to an intermodal con-
nection to a port: 
Provided further, That project awards eligible under this 
heading shall be only for— 
(1) port gate improvements; 
(2) road improvements both within and con-
necting to the port;
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(3) rail improvements both within and con-
necting to the port; 
(4) 
berth 
improvements 
(including 
docks, 
wharves, piers and dredging incidental to the im-
provement project); 
(5) fixed landside improvements in support of 
cargo operations (such as silos, elevators, conveyors, 
container terminals, Ro/Ro structures including 
parking garages necessary for intermodal freight 
transfer, warehouses including refrigerated facilities, 
lay-down areas, transit sheds, and other such facili-
ties); 
(6) utilities necessary for safe operations (in-
cluding lighting, stormwater, and other such im-
provements that are incidental to a larger infrastruc-
ture project); or 
(7) a combination of activities described above: 
Provided further, That the Federal share of the costs for 
which an amount is provided under this heading shall be 
up to 80 percent: Provided further, That section 
50302(c)(6)(B)(i) of title 46, United States Code, shall 
not apply to amounts made available under this heading: 
Provided further, That for grants awarded under this 
heading, the minimum grant size shall be $1,000,000: 
Provided further, That for grant awards less than
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$10,000,000, the Secretary shall prioritize ports that han-
dled less than 10,000,000 short tons in 2017, as identified 
by the Corps of Engineers: Provided further, That for 
grant awards less than $10,000,000, the Secretary may 
increase the Federal share of costs above 80 percent: Pro-
vided further, That the proceeds of Federal credit assist-
ance under chapter 6 of title 23, United States Code, or 
sections 501 through 504 of the Railroad and Revitaliza-
tion and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94– 
210) shall be considered to be part of the non-Federal 
share of project costs if the loan is repayable from non- 
Federal funds, unless otherwise requested by the project 
sponsor: Provided further, That not to exceed 2 percent 
of the amounts made available under this heading shall 
be available for necessary costs of grant administration. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, in addition to any existing authority, the Mari-
time Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and 
services and make necessary repairs in connection with 
any lease, contract, or occupancy involving Government 
property under control of the Maritime Administration: 
Provided, That payments received therefor shall be cred-
ited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof and
938 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That rental payments under any such lease, contract, or 
occupancy for items other than such utilities, services, or 
repairs shall be deposited into the Treasury as miscella-
neous receipts. 
SEC. 171. For fiscal year 2021, in addition to pay-
ments made pursuant to section 53106 of title 46, United 
States Code, the Secretary shall pay to the contractor for 
an operating agreement entered into pursuant to chapter 
531 of title 46, United States Code, for each vessel that 
is covered by such operating agreement as of the date of 
enactment of this Act, an amount equal to $500,000: Pro-
vided, That payments authorized by this section shall be 
paid not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act: Provided further, That any unobligated bal-
ances remaining from the amounts made available for pay-
ments under the heading ‘‘Maritime Administration— 
Maritime Security Program’’ in any prior Act may be used 
for such payments. 
PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline 
and 
Hazardous 
Materials 
Safety 
Administration, 
$25,715,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by
939 
$1,000,000), of which $1,500,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2023. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous 
materials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous 
Materials Safety Administration, $62,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2023: Provided, That up to 
$800,000 in fees collected under section 5108(g) of title 
49, United States Code, shall be deposited in the general 
fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided fur-
ther, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to 
be available until expended, funds received from States, 
counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and pri-
vate sources for expenses incurred for training, for reports 
publication and dissemination, and for travel expenses in-
curred in performance of hazardous materials exemptions 
and approvals functions. 
PIPELINE SAFETY 
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND) 
For expenses necessary to carry out a pipeline safety 
program, as authorized by section 60107 of title 49, 
United States Code, and to discharge the pipeline program 
responsibilities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (Public 
Law 101–380), $173,000,000, to remain available until
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September 30, 2023, of which $23,000,000 shall be de-
rived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which 
$140,000,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety 
Fund; and of which $10,000,000 shall be derived from 
fees collected under section 60302 of title 49, United 
States Code, and deposited in the Underground Natural 
Gas Storage Facility Safety Account for the purpose of 
carrying out section 60141 of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided, That not less than $1,058,000 of the amounts 
made available under this heading shall be for the One- 
Call State grant program. 
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND) 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Emergency 
Preparedness 
Grants 
program, 
not 
more 
than 
$28,318,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2023, from amounts made available by section 5116(h) 
and subsections (b) and (c) of section 5128 of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided, That notwithstanding sec-
tion 5116(h)(4) of title 49, United States Code, not more 
than 4 percent of the amounts made available from this 
account shall be available to pay administrative costs: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding subsections (b) and 
(c) of section 5128 of title 49, United States Code, and
941 
the limitation on obligations provided under this heading, 
prior year recoveries recognized in the current year shall 
be available to develop and deliver hazardous materials 
emergency response training for emergency responders, in-
cluding response activities for the transportation of crude 
oil, ethanol, flammable liquids, and other hazardous com-
modities by rail, consistent with National Fire Protection 
Association standards, and to make such training avail-
able through an electronic format: Provided further, That 
the prior year recoveries made available under this head-
ing shall also be available to carry out sections 
5116(a)(1)(C), 5116(h), 5116(i), and 5107(e) of title 49, 
United States Code. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978, as amended, $98,150,000: Provided, 
That the Inspector General shall have all necessary au-
thority, in carrying out the duties specified in the Inspec-
tor General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to inves-
tigate allegations of fraud, including false statements to 
the Government (18 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity 
that is subject to regulation by the Department of Trans-
portation.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF 
TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 180. (a) During the current fiscal year, applica-
ble appropriations to the Department of Transportation 
shall be available for maintenance and operation of air-
craft; hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; pur-
chase of liability insurance for motor vehicles operating 
in foreign countries on official department business; and 
uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 
5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code. 
(b) During the current fiscal year, applicable appro-
priations to the Department and its operating administra-
tions shall be available for the purchase, maintenance, op-
eration, and deployment of unmanned aircraft systems 
that advance the missions of the Department of Transpor-
tation or an operating administration of the Department 
of Transportation. 
(c) Any unmanned aircraft system purchased, pro-
cured, or contracted for by the Department prior to the 
date of enactment of this Act shall be deemed authorized 
by Congress as if this provision was in effect when the 
system was purchased, procured, or contracted for. 
SEC. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for 
the Department of Transportation shall be available for 
services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United
943 
States Code, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the 
per diem rate equivalent to the rate for an Executive Level 
IV. 
SEC. 182. (a) No recipient of amounts made available 
by this Act shall disseminate personal information (as de-
fined in section 2725(3) of title 18, United States Code) 
obtained by a State department of motor vehicles in con-
nection with a motor vehicle record as defined in section 
2725(1) of title 18, United States Code, except as pro-
vided in section 2721 of title 18, United States Code, for 
a use permitted under section 2721 of title 18, United 
States Code. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall not withhold amounts made available by this Act for 
any grantee if a State is in noncompliance with this provi-
sion. 
SEC. 183. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be available for salaries and expenses of more 
than 125 political and Presidential appointees in the De-
partment of Transportation: Provided, That none of the 
personnel covered by this provision may be assigned on 
temporary detail outside the Department of Transpor-
tation. 
SEC. 184. Funds received by the Federal Highway 
Administration and Federal Railroad Administration from
944 
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 
and private sources for expenses incurred for training may 
be credited respectively to the Federal Highway Adminis-
tration’s ‘‘Federal-Aid Highways’’ account and to the Fed-
eral Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Operations’’ 
account, except for State rail safety inspectors partici-
pating in training pursuant to section 20105 of title 49, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 185. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this Act to the Department of Transportation may be used 
to make a loan, loan guarantee, line of credit, cooperative 
agreement, or discretionary grant unless the Secretary of 
Transportation notifies the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations not less than 3 full business days before 
any project competitively selected to receive any discre-
tionary grant award, letter of intent, loan commitment, 
loan guarantee commitment, line of credit commitment, 
cooperative agreement, or full funding grant agreement is 
announced by the Department or its operating administra-
tions: Provided, That the Secretary gives concurrent noti-
fication to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations for any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds from the emer-
gency relief program: Provided further, That no notifica-
tion shall involve funds that are not available for obliga-
tion.
945 
(b) In addition to the notification required in sub-
section (a), none of the funds made available by this Act 
to the Department of Transportation may be used to make 
a loan, loan guarantee, line of credit, cooperative agree-
ment, or discretionary grant unless the Secretary of 
Transportation provides the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations a comprehensive list of all such 
loans, loan guarantees, lines of credit, cooperative agree-
ments, or discretionary grants that will be announced not 
less the 3 full business days before such announcement: 
Provided, That the Department of Transportation shall 
provide the list required in this subsection prior to the no-
tification required in subsection (a): Provided further, 
That the requirement to provide a list in this subsection 
does not apply to any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds from the 
emergency relief program: Provided further, That no list 
shall involve funds that are not available for obligation. 
SEC. 186. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, 
minor fees, and other funds received by the Department 
of Transportation from travel management centers, 
charge card programs, the subleasing of building space, 
and miscellaneous sources are to be credited to appropria-
tions of the Department of Transportation and allocated 
to elements of the Department of Transportation using
946 
fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be avail-
able until expended. 
SEC. 187. Amounts made available by this Act or any 
prior Act that the Secretary determines represent im-
proper payments by the Department of Transportation to 
a third-party contractor under a financial assistance 
award, which are recovered pursuant to law, shall be avail-
able— 
(1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred 
by the Department of Transportation in recovering 
improper payments: Provided, That amounts made 
available by this Act shall be available until ex-
pended; and 
(2) to pay contractors for services provided in 
recovering improper payments or contractor support 
in the implementation of the Improper Payments In-
formation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–300), as 
amended by the Improper Payments Elimination 
and Recovery Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–204) 
and Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery 
Improvement Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–248), 
and Fraud Reduction and Data Analytics Act of 
2015 (Public Law 114–186): Provided, That 
amounts in excess of that required for paragraphs 
(1) and (2)—
947 
(A) shall be credited to and merged with 
the appropriation from which the improper pay-
ments were made, and shall be available for the 
purposes and period for which such appropria-
tions are available: Provided further, That 
where specific project or accounting information 
associated with the improper payment or pay-
ments is not readily available, the Secretary 
may credit an appropriate account, which shall 
be available for the purposes and period associ-
ated with the account so credited; or 
(B) if no such appropriation remains avail-
able, shall be deposited in the Treasury as mis-
cellaneous receipts: Provided further, That prior 
to depositing such recovery in the Treasury, the 
Secretary shall notify the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations of the amount 
and reasons for such transfer: Provided further, 
That for purposes of this section, the term ‘‘im-
proper payments’’ has the same meaning as 
that provided in section 2(e)(2) of the Improper 
Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 
2010 (Public Law 111–204). 
SEC. 188. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, if any funds provided by or limited by this Act are
949 
of title 5, United States Code, including distribution of 
transit benefits by various paper and electronic media. 
SEC. 191. The Department of Transportation may 
use funds provided by this Act, or any other Act, to assist 
a contract under title 49 or title 23 of the United States 
Code utilizing geographic, economic, or any other hiring 
preference not otherwise authorized by law, or to amend 
a rule, regulation, policy or other measure that forbids a 
recipient of a Federal Highway Administration or Federal 
Transit Administration grant from imposing such hiring 
preference on a contract or construction project with 
which the Department of Transportation is assisting, only 
if the grant recipient certifies the following: 
(1) That except with respect to apprentices or 
trainees, a pool of readily available but unemployed 
individuals possessing the knowledge, skill, and abil-
ity to perform the work that the contract requires 
resides in the jurisdiction. 
(2) That the grant recipient will include appro-
priate provisions in its bid document ensuring that 
the contractor does not displace any of its existing 
employees in order to satisfy such hiring preference. 
(3) That any increase in the cost of labor, 
training, or delays resulting from the use of such 
hiring preference does not delay or displace any
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transportation project in the applicable Statewide 
Transportation Improvement Program or Transpor-
tation Improvement Program. 
SEC. 192. The Secretary of Transportation shall co-
ordinate with the Secretary of Homeland Security to en-
sure that best practices for Industrial Control Systems 
Procurement are up-to-date and shall ensure that systems 
procured with funds provided under this title were pro-
cured using such practices. 
SEC. 193. Notwithstanding the Department of Trans-
portation Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111– 
117), de-obligated funds associated with Cooperative 
Agreement No. FR–HSR–0118–12–01–01 may not be 
made available for any purpose, including award, transfer, 
or obligation to any other program or recipient, until the 
final determination of any litigation concerning such 
funds. 
SEC. 194. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be available to consolidate governmental affairs 
activities across the Department of Transportation in the 
Office of Governmental Affairs in the Office of the Sec-
retary or public affairs activities across the Department 
of Transportation in the Office of Public Affairs in the 
Office of the Secretary: Provided, That the operating ad-
ministrations of the Department of Transportation shall
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not transfer personnel to the Office of Governmental Af-
fairs in the Office of the Secretary or the Office of Public 
Affairs in the Office of the Secretary. 
SEC. 195. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to eliminate dining services on long-dis-
tance routes (as such term is defined in section 24102 of 
title 49, United States Code). 
SEC. 196. None of the funds made available by divi-
sion G of this Act to the Department of Transportation 
may be used in contravention of section 306108 of title 
54, United States Code. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation Appropriations Act, 2021’’. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
EXECUTIVE OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Of-
fices, which shall be comprised of the offices of the Sec-
retary, Deputy Secretary, Adjudicatory Services, Congres-
sional and Intergovernmental Relations, Public Affairs, 
Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and the 
Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, 
$15,000,000 (reduced by $2,000,000), to remain available
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until September 30, 2022: Provided, That not to exceed 
$20,000 of the amount made available under this heading 
shall be available to the Secretary for official reception and 
representation expenses as the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development (in this title ‘‘the Secretary’’) may de-
termine: Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue 
the report required by House Report 114–129 not later 
than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act: Pro-
vided further, that such report shall include (1) the De-
partment’s strategy for continuing to ensure that lesbian, 
gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals have access to 
Department of Housing and Urban Development (in this 
title the ‘‘Department’’ or ‘‘HUD’’) programs for which 
they are eligible, to be provided by the Office of Fair 
Housing and Equal Opportunity; and (2) the plan for dis-
seminating this information to public housing agencies, to 
be provided by the Office of Public and Indian Housing: 
Provided further, That the amount made available under 
this heading for the ‘‘Office of the Secretary’’ shall be re-
duced by $10,000 for each day after the date that is 30 
days after enactment of this Act that such report has not 
been submitted to the Congress. 
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Administra-
tive 
Support 
Offices, 
$600,000,000 
(reduced 
by
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$3,000,000) (reduced by $3,000,000), to remain available 
until September 30, 2022: Provided, That of the amounts 
made available under this heading— 
(1) not to exceed $71,576,000 shall be available 
for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer; 
(2) not to exceed $109,044,000 shall be avail-
able for the Office of the General Counsel, of which 
not less than $18,700,000 shall be for the Depart-
mental Enforcement Center; 
(3) not to exceed $286,258,000 (reduced by 
$3,000,000) (reduced by $3,000,000) shall be avail-
able for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Ad-
ministration, of which not less than $20,000,000 
shall be for modernizing the Weaver Building and 
space consolidation, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2023; 
(4) not to exceed $65,200,000 shall be available 
for the Office of Field Policy and Management; 
(5) not to exceed $4,535,000 shall be available 
for the Office of Departmental Equal Employment 
Opportunity; and 
(6) not less than $63,387,000 shall be available 
for the Office of the Chief Information Officer: 
Provided further, That funds made available under this 
heading may be used for necessary administrative and
954 
non-administrative expenses of the Department, not other-
wise provided for, including purchase of uniforms, or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 
5902 of title 5, United States Code; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; and services as authorized by section 3109 
of title 5, United States Code: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, funds appro-
priated under this heading may be used for advertising 
and promotional activities that directly support program 
activities funded in this title: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall provide the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations quarterly written notification regarding 
the status of pending congressional reports: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall provide in electronic form 
all signed reports required by Congress: Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available under this heading 
for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer for the finan-
cial transformation initiative shall be available for obliga-
tion until after the Secretary publishes the necessary ad-
ministrative requirements for amounts made available to 
provide enhanced or improved electrical power systems 
under the heading ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban 
Development—Community Development Fund’’ in Public 
Law 115–123: Provided further, That only after the terms 
and conditions of the preceding proviso have been met,
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not more than 10 percent of the funds made available 
under this heading for the Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer for the financial transformation initiative may be 
obligated until the Secretary submits to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations, for approval, a 
plan for expenditure that includes the financial and inter-
nal control capabilities to be delivered and the mission 
benefits to be realized, key milestones to be met, and the 
relationship between the proposed use of funds made avail-
able under this heading and the projected total cost and 
scope of the initiative. 
PROGRAM OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Program Of-
fices, $909,595,000 (reduced by $1,000,000), to remain 
available until September 30, 2022: Provided, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading— 
(1) not to exceed $245,000,000 shall be avail-
able for the Office of Public and Indian Housing; 
(2) not to exceed $138,290,000 (reduced by 
$1,000,000) shall be available for the Office of Com-
munity Planning and Development; 
(3) not to exceed $400,000,000 (reduced by 
$1,000,000) shall be available for the Office of 
Housing, of which not less than $12,300,000 shall 
be for the Office of Recapitalization;
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(4) not to exceed $35,443,000 shall be available 
for the Office of Policy Development and Research; 
(5) not less than $81,000,000 (increased by 
$1,000,000) shall be available for the Office of Fair 
Housing and Equal Opportunity; and 
(6) not less than $9,862,000 shall be available 
for the Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy 
Homes. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the working capital fund for the Department 
(‘‘the Fund’’), pursuant, in part, to section 7(f) of the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development Act (42 
U.S.C. 3535(f)), amounts transferred to the Fund under 
this heading, including reimbursements pursuant to sec-
tion 7(f), shall be available only for Federal shared serv-
ices used by offices and agencies of the Department, and 
for any such portion of any office or agency’s information 
technology customer devices and support; talent manage-
ment; printing; records management; space renovation; 
furniture; or supply services the Secretary has determined 
shall be provided through the Fund, and for the oper-
ational expenses of the Fund: Provided, That amounts 
from the Fund shall not be available to provide services 
not specifically authorized under this heading: Provided
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further, That upon a determination by the Secretary that 
any other service (or portion thereof) authorized under 
this heading shall be provided through the Fund, amounts 
made available under this title for salaries and expenses 
under the headings ‘‘Executive Offices’’, ‘‘Administrative 
Support Offices’’, ‘‘Program Offices’’, and ‘‘Government 
National Mortgage Association’’, for such services shall be 
transferred to the Fund, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of 
its plans for executing such transfers at least 15 days in 
advance of such transfers: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may transfer not to exceed an additional 
$10,000,000, in aggregate, from all such appropriations, 
to be merged with the Fund and to remain available until 
expended for any purpose under this heading. 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities and assistance for the provision of ten-
ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United 
States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 
et seq.) (in this title ‘‘the Act’’), not otherwise provided 
for, $21,739,312,000, to remain available until expended, 
which shall be available on October 1, 2020 (in addition 
to the $4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this
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heading that shall be available on October 1, 2020), and 
$4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, which 
shall be available on October 1, 2021: Provided, That the 
amounts made available under this heading are provided 
as follows— 
(1) $22,852,000,000 shall be for renewals of 
expiring section 8 tenant-based annual contributions 
contracts (including renewals of enhanced vouchers 
under any provision of law authorizing such assist-
ance under section 8(t) of the Act and as authorized 
under 613(b) of the Cranston-Gonzales National Af-
fordable Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 4125(b))) and in-
cluding renewal of other special purpose incremental 
vouchers: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, from amounts provided under this 
paragraph and any carryover, the Secretary shall for 
the calendar year 2021 funding cycle, provide re-
newal funding for each public housing agency based 
on validated voucher management system (VMS) 
leasing and cost data for the prior calendar year and 
by applying an inflation factor as established by the 
Secretary, by notice published in the Federal Reg-
ister, and by making any necessary adjustments for 
the costs associated with the first-time renewal of 
vouchers under this paragraph including tenant pro-
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tection and Choice Neighborhoods vouchers: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds provided under 
this paragraph may be used to fund a total number 
of unit months under lease that exceeds a public 
housing agency’s authorized level of units under con-
tract, except for public housing agencies partici-
pating in the Moving to Work (in this title ‘‘MTW’’) 
demonstration, which shall instead be governed by 
the terms and conditions of their MTW agreements: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to the ex-
tent necessary not to exceed the amount specified 
under this paragraph (except as otherwise modified 
under this paragraph), prorate each public housing 
agency’s allocation otherwise established pursuant to 
this paragraph: Provided further, That except as 
provided in the succeeding provisos, the entire 
amount specified under this paragraph (except as 
otherwise modified under this paragraph) shall be 
obligated to the public housing agencies based on the 
allocation and pro rata method described above, and 
the Secretary shall notify public housing agencies of 
their annual budgets by the latter of 60 days after 
enactment of this Act or March 1, 2021: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may extend the notifica-
tion period under the preceding proviso with the
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prior written approval of the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 
That public housing agencies participating in the 
MTW demonstration shall be funded pursuant to 
their MTW agreements and shall be subject to the 
same pro rata adjustments under the preceding pro-
visos: Provided further, That the Secretary may off-
set public housing agencies’ calendar year 2021 allo-
cations based on the excess amounts of public hous-
ing agencies’ net restricted assets accounts, includ-
ing HUD-held programmatic reserves (in accordance 
with VMS data in calendar year 2020 that is 
verifiable and complete), as determined by the Sec-
retary: Provided further, That public housing agen-
cies participating in the MTW demonstration shall 
also be subject to the offset, as determined by the 
Secretary, excluding amounts subject to the single 
fund budget authority provisions of their MTW 
agreements, from the agencies’ calendar year 2021 
MTW funding allocation: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall use any offset referred to in the pre-
ceding two provisos throughout the calendar year to 
prevent the termination of rental assistance for fam-
ilies as the result of insufficient funding, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, and to avoid or reduce the
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proration of renewal funding allocations: Provided 
further, That up to $100,000,000 shall be available 
only: (A) for adjustments in the allocations for pub-
lic housing agencies, after application for an adjust-
ment by a public housing agency that experienced a 
significant increase, as determined by the Secretary, 
in renewal costs of vouchers resulting from unfore-
seen circumstances or from portability under section 
8(r) of the Act; (B) for vouchers that were not in 
use during the previous 12-month period in order to 
be available to meet a commitment pursuant to sec-
tion 8(o)(13) of the Act; (C) for adjustments for 
costs associated with HUD-Veterans Affairs Sup-
portive Housing (HUD–VASH) vouchers under sec-
tion 8(o)(19) of the Act; (D) for public housing 
agencies that despite taking reasonable cost savings 
measures, as determined by the Secretary, would 
otherwise be required to terminate rental assistance 
for families as a result of insufficient funding; (E) 
for adjustments in the allocations for public housing 
agencies that (i) are leasing a lower-than-average 
percentage of their authorized vouchers, (ii) have low 
amounts of budget authority in their net restricted 
assets accounts and HUD-held programmatic re-
serves, relative to other agencies, and (iii) are not
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participating in the Moving to Work demonstration, 
to enable such agencies to lease more vouchers; and 
(F) for public housing agencies that have experi-
enced increased costs or loss of units in an area for 
which the President declared a disaster under title 
IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 et seq.): 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate 
amounts under the preceding proviso based on need, 
as determined by the Secretary; 
(2) $125,000,000 shall be for section 8 rental 
assistance for relocation and replacement of housing 
units that are demolished or disposed of pursuant to 
section 18 of the Act, conversion of section 23 
projects to assistance under section 8, the family 
unification program under section 8(x) of the Act, 
relocation of witnesses in connection with efforts to 
combat crime in public and assisted housing pursu-
ant to a request from a law enforcement or prosecu-
tion agency, enhanced vouchers under any provision 
of law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) 
of the Act, Choice Neighborhood vouchers, manda-
tory and voluntary conversions, and tenant protec-
tion assistance including replacement and relocation 
assistance or for project-based assistance to prevent
963 
the displacement of unassisted elderly tenants cur-
rently residing in properties financed under section 
202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q) 
between 1959 and 1974 that are refinanced pursu-
ant to Public Law 106–569 or under the authority 
as provided under this Act: Provided, That when a 
public housing development is submitted for demoli-
tion or disposition under section 18 of the Act, the 
Secretary may provide section 8 rental assistance 
when the units pose an imminent health and safety 
risk to residents: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may only provide replacement vouchers for 
units that were occupied within the previous 24 
months that cease to be available as assisted hous-
ing, subject only to the availability of funds: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts provided in this 
paragraph, at least $5,000,000 may be available to 
provide tenant protection assistance, not otherwise 
provided under this paragraph, to residents residing 
in low vacancy areas and who may have to pay rents 
greater than 30 percent of household income, as the 
result of: (A) the maturity of a HUD-insured, HUD- 
held, or section 202 loan that requires the permis-
sion of the Secretary prior to loan prepayment; (B) 
the expiration of a rental assistance contract for
964 
which the tenants are not eligible for enhanced 
voucher or tenant protection assistance under exist-
ing law; or (C) the expiration of affordability restric-
tions accompanying a mortgage or preservation pro-
gram administered by the Secretary: Provided fur-
ther, That such tenant protection assistance made 
available under the preceding proviso may be pro-
vided under the authority of section 8(t) or section 
8(o)(13) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437f(t), (o)(13)): Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall issue guidance to implement the 
preceding provisos, including requirements for defin-
ing eligible at-risk households within 60 days of the 
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That any 
tenant protection voucher made available from 
amounts provided in this paragraph shall not be re-
issued by any public housing agency, except the re-
placement vouchers as defined by the Secretary by 
notice, when the initial family that received any such 
voucher no longer receives such voucher, and the au-
thority for any public housing agency to issue any 
such voucher shall terminate: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may provide section 8 rental assist-
ance from amounts provided in this paragraph for 
units assisted under a project-based subsidy contract
965 
funded under the ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’ 
heading under this title if the owner has received a 
Notice of Default and the units pose an imminent 
health and safety risk to residents: Provided further, 
That to the extent that the Secretary determines 
that such units are not feasible for continued rental 
assistance payments or transfer of the subsidy con-
tract associated with such units to another project 
or projects and owner or owners, any remaining 
amounts associated with such units under such con-
tract shall be recaptured and used to reimburse 
amounts used under this paragraph for rental assist-
ance under the preceding proviso; 
(3) $2,154,812,000 shall be for administrative 
and other expenses of public housing agencies in ad-
ministering the section 8 tenant-based rental assist-
ance program, of which up to $30,000,000 shall be 
available to the Secretary to allocate to public hous-
ing agencies that need additional funds to admin-
ister their section 8 programs, including fees associ-
ated with section 8 tenant protection rental assist-
ance, the administration of disaster related vouchers, 
HUD–VASH vouchers, and other special purpose in-
cremental vouchers: Provided, That not less than 
$2,124,812,000 of the amount provided in this para-
966 
graph shall be allocated to public housing agencies 
for the calendar year 2021 funding cycle based on 
section 8(q) of the Act (and related appropriation 
Act provisions) as in effect immediately before the 
enactment of the Quality Housing and Work Re-
sponsibility Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–276): Pro-
vided further, That if the amounts provided in this 
paragraph are insufficient to pay the amounts deter-
mined under the preceding proviso, the Secretary 
may decrease the amounts allocated to agencies by 
a uniform percentage applicable to all agencies re-
ceiving funding under this paragraph or may, to the 
extent necessary to provide full payment of amounts 
determined under the preceding proviso, utilize un-
obligated 
balances, 
including 
recaptures 
and 
carryovers, remaining from funds appropriated to 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
under this heading from prior fiscal years, excluding 
special purpose vouchers, notwithstanding the pur-
poses for which such amounts were appropriated: 
Provided further, That all public housing agencies 
participating in the MTW demonstration shall be 
funded pursuant to their MTW agreements, and 
shall be subject to the same uniform percentage de-
crease as under the preceding proviso: Provided fur-
967 
ther, That amounts provided in this paragraph shall 
be only for activities related to the provision of ten-
ant-based rental assistance authorized under section 
8, including related development activities; 
(4) $310,000,000 shall be for the renewal of 
tenant-based assistance contracts under section 811 
of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Hous-
ing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), including necessary ad-
ministrative expenses: Provided, That administrative 
and other expenses of public housing agencies in ad-
ministering the special purpose vouchers under this 
paragraph shall be funded under the same terms 
and be subject to the same pro rata reduction as the 
percent decrease for administrative and other ex-
penses to public housing agencies under paragraph 
(3) of this heading: Provided further, That up to 
$10,000,000 shall be available only (A) for adjust-
ments in the allocations for public housing agencies, 
after applications for such an adjustment by a public 
housing agency that experienced a significant in-
crease, as determined by the Secretary, in Main-
stream renewal costs resulting from unforeseen cir-
cumstances, and (B) for public housing agencies 
that despite taking reasonable cost saving measures, 
as determined by the Secretary, would otherwise be
968 
required to terminate the rental assistance for Main-
stream families as a result of insufficient funding: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate 
amounts under the preceding proviso based on need, 
as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, 
That upon turnover, section 811 special purpose 
vouchers funded under this heading in this or prior 
Acts, or under any other heading in prior Acts, shall 
be available for non-elderly persons with disabilities; 
(5) $2,500,000 shall be for rental assistance 
and associated administrative fees for the Tribal 
HUD–VASH program to serve Native American vet-
erans that are homeless or at-risk of homelessness 
living on or near a reservation or other Indian areas: 
Provided, That amounts provided in this paragraph 
shall be made available for renewal grants to recipi-
ents that received assistance under prior Acts under 
the Tribal HUD–VASH program: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may specify criteria for renewal 
grants, including data on the utilization of assist-
ance reported by grant recipients: Provided further, 
That such assistance shall be administered in ac-
cordance with program requirements under the Na-
tive American Housing Assistance and Self-Deter-
mination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.) and
973 
section 103(a) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302(a)), at risk of home-
lessness, as defined in section 401(1) of the McKin-
ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
11360(1)), or fleeing, or attempting to flee, domestic 
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 
or for veterans and families that include a veteran 
family member: Provided, That of such amount not 
less than $40,000,000 shall be available for individ-
uals and families who are fleeing, or attempting to 
flee, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, or stalking, and not less than $40,000,000 
shall be available for veterans and families that in-
clude a veteran family member: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall make such funding avail-
able, notwithstanding section 203 of this title (com-
petition provision) to public housing agencies that 
partner with eligible Continuums of Care or other 
entities as designated by the Secretary, based on 
geographical need of such assistance, public housing 
agency administrative performance, and other fac-
tors as specified by the Secretary: Provided further, 
That, the Secretary shall give preference to appli-
cants that demonstrate a strategy to coordinate as-
sistance with services available in the community:
974 
Provided further, That the Secretary may waive, or 
specify alternative requirements for, any provision or 
statute or regulation that the Secretary administers 
in connection with the use of funds made available 
under this paragraph (except for requirements re-
lated to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor stand-
ards, and the environment) upon a finding by the 
Secretary that any such waivers or alternative re-
quirements are necessary for the effective delivery 
and administration of such voucher assistance: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds provided in 
this paragraph may be used to require people experi-
encing homelessness to receive treatment or perform 
any other prerequisite activities as a condition for 
receiving shelter, housing or other services: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall issue guidance to 
implement the preceding proviso. 
The Secretary shall separately track all special purpose 
vouchers funded under this heading. 
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
Unobligated balances, including recaptures and car-
ryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development under this 
heading, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted
975 
Housing’’ and the heading ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assist-
ance’’, for fiscal year 2021 and prior years may be used 
for renewal of or amendments to section 8 project-based 
contracts and for performance-based contract administra-
tors, notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds 
were appropriated: Provided, That any obligated balances 
of contract authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior fiscal 
years that have been terminated shall be rescinded: Pro-
vided further, That amounts heretofore recaptured, or re-
captured during the current fiscal year, from section 8 
project-based contracts from source years fiscal year 1975 
through fiscal year 1987 are hereby rescinded, and an 
amount of additional new budget authority, equivalent to 
the amount rescinded is hereby appropriated, to remain 
available until expended, for the purposes set forth under 
this heading, in addition to amounts otherwise available. 
PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND 
For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to 
carry out capital and management activities for public 
housing agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
1437g) 
$3,180,000,000 
(increased 
by 
$3,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 
2024: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law or regulation, during fiscal year 2021, the Secretary 
may not delegate to any Department official other than
976 
the Deputy Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for 
Public and Indian Housing any authority under paragraph 
(2) of section 9(j) regarding the extension of the time peri-
ods under such section: Provided further, That for pur-
poses of such section 9(j), the term ‘‘obligate’’ means, with 
respect to amounts, that the amounts are subject to a 
binding agreement that will result in outlays, immediately 
or in the future: Provided further, That of the total 
amount made available under this heading, up to 
$23,000,000 shall be to support ongoing public housing 
financial and physical assessment activities: Provided fur-
ther, That of the total amount made available under this 
heading, up to $1,000,000 shall be to support the costs 
of administrative and judicial receiverships: Provided fur-
ther, That of the total amount provided under this head-
ing, not to exceed $74,650,000 shall be available for the 
Secretary to make grants, notwithstanding section 203 of 
this Act, to public housing agencies for emergency capital 
needs including safety and security measures necessary to 
address crime and drug-related activity and needs result-
ing from unforeseen or unpreventable emergencies and 
natural disasters excluding Presidentially declared emer-
gencies and natural disasters under the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et 
seq.) occurring in fiscal year 2021, of which $34,650,000
977 
shall be available for public housing agencies under admin-
istrative and judicial receiverships or under the control of 
a Federal monitor: Provided further, That of the amount 
made available under the preceding proviso, not less than 
$20,000,000 shall be for safety and security measures: 
Provided further, That in addition to the amount in the 
preceding proviso for such safety and security measures, 
any amounts that remain available, after all applications 
received on or before September 30, 2022, for emergency 
capital needs have been processed, shall be allocated to 
public housing agencies for such safety and security meas-
ures: Provided further, That with respect to amounts made 
available under this heading, the limitation in section 
9(g)(1) of the Act shall be applied by substituting 25 per-
cent for the percentage specified in such section: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may waive the limitation in 
the preceding 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 pub-
lic housing agencies requesting waivers under the pre-
ceding proviso if the request is approved or denied within 
14 days of submitting the request: Provided further, That 
from the funds made available under this heading, the 
Secretary shall provide bonus awards in fiscal year 2021 
to public housing agencies that are designated high per-
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formers: Provided further, That the Department shall no-
tify 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, 
$125,000,000 shall be for competitive grants to public 
housing agencies to evaluate and reduce lead-based paint 
hazards and other housing-related hazards including car-
bon monoxide (including for activities supporting the in-
stallation and replacement of carbon monoxide alarms or 
of combination smoke detector-carbon monoxide alarm de-
vices) and mold in public housing: Provided further, That 
of the amounts available under the preceding proviso, not 
less than $25,000,000 shall be 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 Residen-
tial Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 (42 
U.S.C. 4851b)): Provided further, That of the total 
amount made available under this heading, up to 
$30,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2023 
for competitive grants to public housing agencies (in this 
title ‘‘PHAs’’), including agencies participating in the 
MTW demonstration, for full lead service line replace-
ment, with eligibility limited to PHAs where the relevant
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public water system will undergo or has recently under-
taken a comprehensive water main replacement program: 
Provided further, That for purposes of environmental re-
view, a grant under the preceding three provisos 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 imple-
menting such section: Provided further, That for funds 
made available under the preceding four provisos, the Sec-
retary shall allow a PHA to apply for up to 20 percent 
of the funds made available under the first two of such 
provisos and prioritize need when awarding grants: Pro-
vided further, That $5,000,000 (increased by $3,000,000) 
of the amounts made available under this heading shall 
be for a radon testing and mitigation resident safety dem-
onstration program (the radon demonstration) in public 
housing: Provided further, That the testing method, miti-
gation method, or action level used under the radon dem-
onstration shall be as specified by applicable State or local 
law, if such law is more protective of human health or 
the environment than the method or level specified by the 
Secretary: Provided further, That $25,000,000 of the 
amounts made available under this heading shall be for
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competitive grants to public housing agencies for the in-
stallation of automatic sprinkler systems. 
PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND 
For 2021 payments to public housing agencies for the 
operation and management of public housing, as author-
ized by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $4,649,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2022: Provided, That of the 
total amount made available under this heading, 
$25,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary to allocate 
pursuant to a need-based application process notwith-
standing section 203 of this title and not subject to the 
Operating Fund formula under part 990 of title 24, Code 
of Federal Regulations to public housing agencies that ex-
perience financial insolvency, as determined by the Sec-
retary: Provided further, That after all such insolvency 
needs are met, the Secretary may distribute any remaining 
funds to all public housing agencies on a pro-rata basis 
pursuant to the Operating Fund formula under part 990 
of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations. 
CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE 
For competitive grants under the Choice Neighbor-
hoods Initiative (subject to section 24 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v) unless otherwise 
specified under this heading), for transformation, rehabili-
981 
tation, and replacement housing needs of both public and 
HUD-assisted housing and to transform neighborhoods of 
poverty into functioning, sustainable mixed income neigh-
borhoods with appropriate services, schools, public assets, 
transportation and access to jobs, $250,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2023: Provided, That 
grant funds may be used for resident and community serv-
ices, community development, and affordable housing 
needs in the community, and for conversion of vacant or 
foreclosed properties to affordable housing: Provided fur-
ther, That the use of funds made available under this 
heading shall not be deemed to be for public housing not-
withstanding section 3(b)(1) of such Act: Provided further, 
That grantees shall commit to an additional period of af-
fordability 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: Pro-
vided further, That grantees may include local govern-
ments, Tribal entities, public housing agencies, and non-
profit organizations: Provided further, That for-profit de-
velopers may apply jointly with a public entity: Provided 
further, That for purposes of environmental review, a 
grantee shall be treated as a public housing agency under 
section 26 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437x), and grants made with amounts available
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under this heading shall be subject to the regulations 
issued by the Secretary to implement such section: Pro-
vided further, That of the amount provided under this 
heading, not less than $125,000,000 shall be awarded to 
public housing agencies: Provided further, That such 
grantees shall create partnerships with other local organi-
zations, including assisted housing owners, service agen-
cies, and resident organizations: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall consult with the Secretaries of Edu-
cation, Labor, Transportation, Health and Human Serv-
ices, Agriculture, and Commerce, the Attorney General, 
and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency to coordinate and leverage other appropriate Fed-
eral resources: Provided further, That not more than 
$5,000,000 of funds made available under this heading 
may be provided as grants to undertake comprehensive 
local planning with input from residents and the commu-
nity: Provided further, That unobligated balances, includ-
ing recaptures, remaining from funds appropriated under 
the heading ‘‘Revitalization of Severely Distressed Public 
Housing (HOPE VI)’’ in fiscal year 2011 and prior fiscal 
years may be used for purposes under this heading, not-
withstanding the purposes for which such amounts were 
appropriated: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
issue the Notice of Funding Availability for funds made
983 
available under this heading not later than 90 days after 
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall make grant awards not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act in such amounts that 
the Secretary determines: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 24(o) of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v(o)), the Secretary may, until 
September 30, 2024, obligate any available unobligated 
balances made available under this heading in this or any 
prior Act. 
SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAMS 
For activities and assistance related to Self-Suffi-
ciency Programs, to remain available until September 30, 
2024, $155,000,000: Provided, That the amounts made 
available under this heading are provided as follows— 
(1) $105,000,000 shall be for the Family Self- 
Sufficiency program to support family self-suffi-
ciency coordinators under section 23 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437u), to 
promote the development of local strategies to co-
ordinate the use of assistance under sections 8 and 
9 of such Act with public and private resources, and 
to enable eligible families to achieve economic inde-
pendence and self-sufficiency: Provided, That the 
Secretary may, by Federal Register notice, waive or
984 
specify alternative requirements for, the require-
ments under subsection (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 individuals receiving assistance under different 
provisions of the Act, as determined by the Sec-
retary: Provided further, That an owner or sponsor 
of a multifamily property receiving project-based 
rental assistance under section 8 shall be eligible to 
receive awards from the Secretary under this para-
graph to support family self-sufficiency coordinators: 
Provided further, That owners or sponsors of a mul-
tifamily property receiving project-based rental as-
sistance under section 8 may voluntarily make a 
Family Self-Sufficiency program available to the as-
sisted tenants of such property in accordance with 
procedures established by the Secretary: Provided 
further, That such procedures established pursuant 
to the preceding proviso shall permit participating 
tenants to accrue escrow funds in accordance with 
section 23(d)(2) and shall allow owners to use fund-
ing from residual receipt accounts to hire coordina-
tors for their own Family Self-Sufficiency program; 
(2) $35,000,000 shall be for the Resident Op-
portunity and Self-Sufficiency program to provide
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for supportive services, service coordinators, and 
congregate services as authorized by section 34 of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437z–6) and the Native American Housing Assist-
ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 
4101 et seq.); and 
(3) $15,000,000 shall be for a Jobs-Plus initia-
tive, modeled after the Jobs-Plus demonstration: 
Provided, That funding provided in this paragraph 
shall be available for competitive grants to partner-
ships between public housing agencies, local work-
force investment boards established under section 
107 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 
Act of 2014 (29 U.S.C. 3122), and other agencies 
and organizations that provide support to help pub-
lic housing residents obtain employment and in-
crease earnings: Provided further, That applicants 
shall demonstrate the ability to provide services to 
residents, partner with workforce investment boards, 
and leverage service dollars: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may allow public housing agencies to 
request exemptions from rent and income limitation 
requirements under sections 3 and 6 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a, 
1437d), as necessary to implement the Jobs-Plus
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program, on such terms and conditions as the Sec-
retary may approve upon a finding by the Secretary 
that any such waivers or alternative requirements 
are necessary for the effective implementation of the 
Jobs-Plus initiative as a voluntary program for resi-
dents: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
publish by notice in the Federal Register any waiv-
ers or alternative requirements pursuant to the pre-
ceding proviso not later than 10 days before the ef-
fective date of such notice: Provided further, That 
amounts made available for the Jobs-Plus initiative 
in prior acts under the heading ‘‘Public Housing 
Capital Fund’’ that remain available or are subse-
quently recaptured shall be transferred to this ac-
count and shall be available for the purposes of this 
paragraph. 
NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For activities and assistance authorized under title 
I of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self- 
Determination Act of 1996 (‘‘NAHASDA’’) (25 U.S.C. 
4111 et seq.), title I of the Housing and Community De-
velopment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) with re-
spect to Indian Tribes, and related training and technical 
assistance, $835,000,000 (increased by $5,000,000), to
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remain available until September 30, 2025, unless other-
wise specified: Provided, That the amounts made available 
under this heading are provided as follows— 
(1) $646,000,000 shall be for the Native Amer-
ican Housing Block Grants program, as authorized 
under title I of NAHASDA: Provided, That, not-
withstanding 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 section 302 of such Act with the need compo-
nent based on single-race census data and with the 
need component based on multi-race census data, 
and the amount of the allocation for each Indian 
Tribe shall be the greater of the two resulting alloca-
tion amounts: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall notify grantees of their formula allocation not 
later 60 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act; 
(2) $2,000,000 shall be for the cost of guaran-
teed notes and other obligations, as authorized 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 (2 U.S.C. 
661a): Provided further, That for fiscal year 2021,
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the Secretary may subsidize the total principal 
amount of any notes and other obligations, any part 
of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 
$61,298,904: Provided further, That any unobligated 
balances, including recaptures and carryover, re-
maining from amounts appropriated for this purpose 
under this heading or under the heading ‘‘Native 
American Housing Block Grants’’ in prior Acts may 
be used for costs of such guaranteed notes and other 
obligations, subject to the limitation under the pre-
ceding proviso on the total principal amount of such 
notes and obligations that may be guaranteed; 
(3) $110,000,000 shall be for competitive 
grants under the Native American Housing Block 
Grants program, as authorized under title I of 
NAHASDA: Provided, That the Secretary shall obli-
gate this additional amount for competitive grants to 
eligible recipients authorized under NAHASDA that 
apply for funds: Provided further, That in awarding 
this additional amount, the Secretary shall consider 
need and administrative capacity and shall give pri-
ority to projects that will spur construction and re-
habilitation: Provided further, That a grant funded 
pursuant to this paragraph shall be in an amount 
not less than $500,000 and not greater than
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$10,000,000: Provided further, That up to 1 percent 
of the amounts made available in this paragraph 
may be transferred, in aggregate, to ‘‘Program Of-
fices—Public and Indian Housing’’ for necessary 
costs of administering and overseeing the obligation 
and expenditure of this additional amount and of ad-
ditional amounts made available in prior fiscal years, 
to remain available until September 30, 2026: Pro-
vided further, That any amounts transferred pursu-
ant to the preceding proviso in prior Acts may also 
be used for the purposes described in the preceding 
proviso; 
(4) $70,000,000 (increased by $5,000,000) 
shall be for grants to Indian Tribes for carrying out 
the Indian Community Development Block Grant 
program under title I of the Housing and Commu-
nity Development Act of 1974, notwithstanding sec-
tion 106(a)(1) of such Act, of which, notwith-
standing any other provision of law (including sec-
tion 203 of this Act), up to $4,000,000 may be used 
for emergencies that constitute imminent threats to 
health and safety: Provided, That not to exceed 20 
percent of any grant made with amounts made avail-
able in this paragraph shall be expended for plan-
ning and management development and administra-
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tion: Provided further, That amounts made available 
in this paragraph shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2023; and 
(5) $7,000,000 shall be for providing training 
and technical assistance to Indian Tribes, Indian 
housing authorities, and tribally designated housing 
entities to support the inspection of Indian housing 
units, for contract expertise, and for training and 
technical assistance related to amounts made avail-
able under this heading and other headings in this 
Act for the needs of Native American families and 
Indian country: Provided, That of the amounts made 
available in this paragraph, not less than $2,000,000 
shall be for a national organization as authorized 
under section 703 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4212): 
Provided further, That amounts made available in 
this paragraph may be used, contracted, or com-
peted as determined by the Secretary: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding chapter 63 of title 31, 
United States Code (commonly known as the Fed-
eral Grant and Cooperative Agreements Act of 
1977), the amounts made available in this para-
graph may be used by the Secretary to enter into co-
operative agreements with public and private organi-
zations, agencies, institutions, and other technical
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assistance providers to support the administration of 
negotiated 
rulemaking 
under 
section 
106 
of 
NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4116), the administration of 
the allocation formula under section 302 of 
NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4152), and the administra-
tion of performance tracking and reporting under 
section 407 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4167). 
INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 
section 184 of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a), $1,100,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That such costs, 
including the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as 
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a): Provided further, That an addi-
tional $500,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be for administrative contract expenses, including manage-
ment processes to carry out the loan guarantee program: 
Provided further, That for fiscal year 2021, the Secretary 
may subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is 
to be guaranteed, up to $1,000,000,000: Provided further, 
That any unobligated balances, including recaptures and 
carryover, remaining from amounts made available under 
this heading in prior Acts may be used for costs of such
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guaranteed loans, subject to the total loan principal guar-
antee limitation under the preceding proviso. 
NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANT 
For the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant pro-
gram, as authorized under title VIII of the Native Amer-
ican Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 
1996 (25 U.S.C. 4221 et seq.), $4,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025: Provided, That not-
withstanding section 812(b) of such Act, the Department 
of Hawaiian Home Lands may not invest grant amounts 
made available under this heading in investment securities 
and other obligations: Provided further, That amounts 
made available under this heading in this and prior fiscal 
years may be used to provide rental assistance to eligible 
Native Hawaiian families both on and off the Hawaiian 
Home Lands, notwithstanding any other provision of law. 
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 
Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), 
$430,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2022, except that amounts allocated pursuant to section 
854(c)(5) of such Act shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2023: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew
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all expiring contracts for permanent supportive housing 
that initially were funded under section 854(c)(5) of such 
Act from funds made available under this heading in fiscal 
year 2010 and prior fiscal years that meet all program 
requirements before awarding funds for new contracts 
under such section: Provided further, That the Depart-
ment shall notify grantees of their formula allocation with-
in 60 days of enactment of this Act. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For carrying out the community development block 
grant program under title I of the Housing and Commu-
nity Development Act of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
5301 et seq.) (in this heading ‘‘the Act’’), $3,525,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2023, unless oth-
erwise specified: Provided, That unless explicitly provided 
for under this heading, not to exceed 20 percent of any 
grant made with funds made available under this heading 
shall be expended for planning and management develop-
ment and administration: Provided further, That a metro-
politan city, urban county, unit of general local govern-
ment, 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 shall use such funds for activi-
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ties eligible under title I of the Act: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding section 105(e)(1) of the Act, no funds 
made available under this heading may be provided to a 
for-profit entity for an economic development project 
under section 105(a)(17) unless such project has been 
evaluated and selected in accordance with guidelines re-
quired under subsection (e)(2) of section 105: Provided 
further, That of the total amount provided under this 
heading, $25,000,000 shall be for activities authorized 
under section 8071 of the SUPPORT for Patients and 
Communities Act (Public Law 115–271): Provided further, 
That the funds allocated pursuant to the preceding proviso 
shall not adversely affect the amount of any formula as-
sistance received by a State under this heading: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall allocate the funds for 
such activities based on the percentages shown in Table 
1 of the Notice establishing the funding formula published 
in Volume 84 of the Federal Register, on page 16027 
(April 17, 2019): Provided further, That the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development shall notify grantees 
of their formula allocation within 60 days of enactment 
of this Act: Provided further, That the Office of the Chief 
Financial Officer of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development and the Office of Management and 
Budget shall submit reports and accompanying briefings
995 
no less frequently than monthly, on the status of funds 
appropriated under this heading in Public Law 115–123, 
to include the information specified in the report accom-
panying this Act: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, amounts made available under 
this heading in Public Law 115–123 shall hereafter be ex-
empt from apportionment under chapter 15 of title 31, 
United States Code: Provided further, That amounts 
repurposed pursuant to the preceding proviso that were 
previously designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a), during fiscal year 2021, 
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, notwith-
standing any aggregate limitation on outstanding obliga-
tions guaranteed in subsection (k) of such section 108:
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Provided, That the Secretary shall collect fees from bor-
rowers, notwithstanding subsection (m) of such section 
108, to result in a credit subsidy cost of zero for guaran-
teeing such loans, and any such fees shall be collected in 
accordance with section 502(7) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That such commit-
ment authority funded by fees may be used to guarantee, 
or make commitments to guarantee, notes or other obliga-
tions issued by any State on behalf of non-entitlement 
communities in the State in accordance with the require-
ments of such section 108: Provided further, That any 
State receiving such a guarantee or commitment under the 
preceding proviso shall distribute all funds subject to such 
guarantee to the units of general local government in non-
entitlement areas that received the commitment. 
HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM 
For the HOME Investment Partnerships program, as 
authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-
tional Affordable Housing Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
12721 et seq.), $1,700,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2024: Provided, That notwithstanding the 
amount made available under this heading, the threshold 
reduction requirements in sections 216(10) and 217(b)(4) 
of such Act shall not apply to allocations of such amount: 
Provided further, That the Department shall notify grant-
997 
ees of their formula allocations within 60 days after enact-
ment of this Act: Provided further, That section 218(g) 
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12748(g)) shall not apply with re-
spect to the right of a jurisdiction to draw funds from 
its HOME Investment Trust Fund that otherwise expired 
or would expire in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 
2022, or 2023 under that section: Provided further, That 
section 231(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12771(b)) shall not 
apply to any uninvested funds that otherwise were de-
ducted or would be deducted from the line of credit in 
the participating jurisdiction’s HOME Investment Trust 
Fund in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, or 2023 under 
that section. 
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 (42 
U.S.C. 12805 note), $60,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2023: Provided, That of the total 
amount made available under this heading, $10,000,000 
shall be for the Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity 
Program as authorized under such section 11: Provided 
further, That of the total amount made available under 
this heading, $45,000,000 shall be for the second, third,
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and fourth capacity building entities specified in 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 
for rural capacity building activities: Provided further, 
That of the total amount made available under this head-
ing, $5,000,000 shall be for capacity building by national 
rural housing organizations having experience assessing 
national rural conditions and providing financing, train-
ing, technical assistance, information, and research to 
local nonprofit organizations, local governments, and In-
dian Tribes serving high need rural communities. 
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For assistance under title IV of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360 et seq.), 
$3,415,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2023: Provided, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading— 
(1) not less than $290,000,000 shall be for the 
Emergency Solutions Grants program authorized 
under subtitle B of such title IV (42 U.S.C. 11371 
et seq.): Provided further, That the Department shall 
notify grantees of their formula allocation from 
amounts allocated (which may represent initial or 
final amounts allocated) for the Emergency Solu-
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tions Grant program not later than 60 days after 
enactment of this Act; 
(2) not less than $2,586,000,000 shall be for 
the Continuum of Care program authorized under 
subtitle C of such title IV (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) 
and the Rural Housing Stability Assistance pro-
grams authorized under subtitle D of such title IV 
(42 U.S.C. 11408): Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall prioritize funding under the Continuum 
of Care program to continuums of care that have 
demonstrated a capacity to reallocate funding from 
lower performing projects to higher performing 
projects: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
provide incentives to create projects that coordinate 
with housing providers and healthcare organizations 
to provide permanent supportive housing and rapid 
re-housing services: Provided further, That amounts 
made available for the Continuum of Care program 
under this heading in this and prior Acts may be 
used to competitively or non-competitively renew or 
replace grants for youth homeless demonstration 
projects under the Continuum of Care program, not-
withstanding any conflict with the requirements of 
the Continuum of Care program;
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(3) up to $75,000,000 shall be for grants for 
rapid re-housing projects and supportive service 
projects providing coordinated entry, and for eligible 
activities the Secretary determines to be critical in 
order to assist survivors of domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, or stalking, except that the 
Secretary may make additional grants for such 
projects and purposes from amounts made available 
for such Continuum of Care program: Provided fur-
ther, That such projects shall be eligible for renewal 
under the Continuum of Care program subject to 
the same terms and conditions as other renewal ap-
plicants; 
(4) up to $7,000,000 shall be for the national 
homeless data analysis project; 
(5) up to $82,000,000 shall be for grants for 
projects awarded to communities for the purpose of 
providing housing and services to unaccompanied 
youth who are homeless, as defined in section 
103(a)(6) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302(a)(6)) or any other Fed-
eral statute, except that the Secretary may make ad-
ditional grants for such projects and purposes from 
amounts made available for such Continuum of Care 
program;
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this paragraph may be used to require people experi-
encing homelessness to receive treatment or perform 
any other prerequisite activities as a condition for 
receiving shelter, housing or other services; 
(9) $25,000,000 shall be for competitive grants 
to nonprofit or governmental entities to provide legal 
assistance (including assistance related to pretrial 
activities, trial activities, post-trial activities and al-
ternative dispute resolution) at no cost to eligible 
low-income tenants at risk of or subject to eviction: 
Provided further, That in awarding grants under the 
preceding proviso, the Secretary shall give preference 
to applicants that will use funds to provide services 
for residents of census tracts with high rates of evic-
tion, have experience providing no-cost legal assist-
ance to low-income individuals, including those with 
limited English proficiency or disabilities, and have 
sufficient capacity to administer such assistance: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall ensure, to 
the extent practicable, that the proportion of eligible 
tenants living in rural areas who will receive legal 
assistance with grants funds made available under 
this section is not less than the overall proportion of 
eligible tenants who live in rural areas; and
1003 
(10) $20,000,000 shall be for providing tech-
nical assistance as authorized under section 405 of 
the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11361b): 
Provided further, That youth aged 24 and under seeking 
assistance under this heading shall not be required to pro-
vide third party documentation to establish their eligibility 
under subsection (a) or (b) of section 103 of the McKin-
ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302) to 
receive services: Provided further, That unaccompanied 
youth aged 24 and under or families headed by youth aged 
24 and under who are living in unsafe situations may be 
served by youth-serving providers funded under this head-
ing: Provided further, That for all matching funds require-
ments applicable to funds made available under this head-
ing for this fiscal year and prior fiscal years, a grantee 
may use (or could have used) as a source of match funds 
other funds administered by the Secretary and other Fed-
eral 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 made available under this 
heading shall be available to provide funding for new 
projects, except for projects created through reallocation, 
unless the Secretary determines that the Continuum of 
Care has demonstrated that projects are evaluated and
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ranked based on the degree to which they improve the 
Continuum of Care’s system performance: Provided fur-
ther, That any unobligated amounts remaining from funds 
made available under this heading in fiscal year 2012 and 
prior years for project-based rental assistance for rehabili-
tation projects with 10-year grant terms may be used for 
purposes under this heading, notwithstanding the pur-
poses for which such funds were appropriated: Provided 
further, That all balances for Shelter Plus Care renewals 
previously funded from the Shelter Plus Care Renewal ac-
count and transferred to this account shall be available, 
if recaptured, for Continuum of Care renewals in fiscal 
year 2021: Provided further, That when awarding funds 
under the Continuum of Care program, the Secretary shall 
not deviate from the Fiscal Year 2018 Notice of Funding 
Availability with respect to the tier 2 funding process, the 
Continuum of Care application scoring, and, for new 
projects, the project quality threshold requirements, ex-
cept as otherwise provided under this Act or as necessary 
to award all available funds or consider the most recent 
data from each Continuum of Care: Provided further, That 
unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, 
remaining from funds transferred to or appropriated 
under this heading shall be available for the current pur-
1005 
poses authorized under this heading in addition to the pur-
poses for which such funds originally were appropriated. 
HOUSING PROGRAMS 
PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities and assistance for the provision of 
project-based subsidy contracts under the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (in this 
heading 
‘‘the 
Act’’), 
not 
otherwise 
provided 
for, 
$13,051,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
which shall be available on October 1, 2020 (in addition 
to the $400,000,000 previously appropriated under this 
heading that became available October 1, 2020), and 
$400,000,000, to remain available until expended, which 
shall be available on October 1, 2021: Provided, That the 
amounts made available under this heading shall be for 
expiring or terminating section 8 project-based subsidy 
contracts (including section 8 moderate rehabilitation con-
tracts), for amendments to section 8 project-based subsidy 
contracts (including section 8 moderate rehabilitation con-
tracts), 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 ac-
tivities and assistance funded under this heading: Provided 
further, That of the total amounts made available under 
this heading, not to exceed $350,000,000 shall be for per-
formance-based contract administrators or contractors for 
section 8 project-based assistance, as such term is defined 
in subsection (f) of such section: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may also use such amounts provided in the 
preceding proviso for performance-based contract adminis-
trators or contractors for the administration of: (1) inter-
est reduction payments pursuant to section 236(a) of the 
National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(a)); (2) rent 
supplement payments pursuant to section 101 of the 
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 
1701s); (3) rental assistance payments under section 
236(f)(2) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z– 
1(f)(2)); (4) project rental assistance contracts for hous-
ing for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of the Housing 
Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701(c)(2)); (5) 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)); (6) project assistance contracts pursuant to 
section 202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C.
1007 
1701q(h)); and (7) loans under section 202 of the Housing 
Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q): Provided further, That 
amounts recaptured under this heading, the heading ‘‘An-
nual Contributions for Assisted Housing’’, or the heading 
‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’, may be used for renewals of 
or amendments to section 8 project-based assistance con-
tracts or for performance-based contract administrators or 
contractors, notwithstanding the purposes for which such 
amounts were appropriated: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, upon the request 
of the Secretary, 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 the Department or a housing finance agency 
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 recaptured for use under this heading and shall 
be available until expended. 
HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY 
For capital advances, including amendments to cap-
ital advance contracts, for housing for the elderly, as au-
thorized by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 
U.S.C. 1701q), for project rental assistance for the elderly 
under section 202(c)(2) of such Act, including amend-
1008 
ments to contracts for such assistance and renewal of ex-
piring contracts for such assistance for up to a 1-year 
term, for senior preservation rental assistance contracts, 
including renewals, as authorized by section 811(e) of the 
American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act 
of 2000 (12 U.S.C. 1701q note), and for supportive serv-
ices associated with the housing, $893,000,000 to remain 
available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That of the 
amount made available under this heading, up to 
$110,000,000 shall be for service coordinators and the 
continuation of existing congregate service grants for resi-
dents of assisted housing projects: Provided further, That 
amounts made available under this heading shall be avail-
able for Real Estate Assessment Center inspections and 
inspection-related activities associated with section 202 
projects: Provided further, That the Secretary may waive 
the provisions of section 202 governing the terms and con-
ditions 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, project funds that are held in residual receipts 
accounts for any project subject to a section 202 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 recaptured for use for the pur-
1009 
poses authorized under this heading and shall remain 
available until September 30, 2024: Provided further, That 
unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, 
remaining from funds transferred to or made available 
under this heading shall be available for the purposes au-
thorized under this heading in addition to the purposes 
for which such funds originally were appropriated: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount made available 
under this heading, up to $14,000,000 shall be used by 
the Secretary to continue demonstration programs to test 
housing with services models for the elderly that dem-
onstrate the potential to delay or avoid the need for nurs-
ing home care: Provided further, That of the total amount 
made available under this heading, up to $10,000,000 
shall be used to expand the supply of intergenerational 
dwelling units (as such term is defined in section 202 of 
the Legacy Act of 2003 (12 U.S.C. 1701q note)) for elder-
ly caregivers raising children. 
HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 
For capital advances, including amendments to cap-
ital advance contracts, for supportive housing for persons 
with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of the Cran-
ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 
U.S.C. 8013), for project rental assistance for supportive 
housing for persons with disabilities under section
1010 
811(d)(2) of such Act, for project assistance contracts 
pursuant to subsection (h) of section 202 of the Housing 
Act of 1959, as added by section 205(a) of the Housing 
and Community Development Amendments of 1978 (Pub-
lic Law 95–557: 92 Stat. 2090), including amendments 
to contracts for such assistance and renewal of expiring 
contracts 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 Affordable 
Housing Act, and for supportive services associated with 
the housing for persons with disabilities as authorized by 
section 811(b)(1) of such Act, $227,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That 
amounts made available under this heading shall be avail-
able for Real Estate Assessment Center inspections and 
inspection-related activities associated with section 811 
projects: Provided further, That, upon the request of the 
Secretary, 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 recaptured for use for the pur-
poses authorized under this heading and shall remain 
available until September 30, 2024: Provided further, That
1011 
unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, 
remaining from funds transferred to or appropriated 
under this heading shall be used for the purposes author-
ized under this heading in addition to the purposes for 
which such funds originally were appropriated. 
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 (12 U.S.C. 1701x), 
$75,000,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by 
$1,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 
2022, of which up to $4,500,000 shall be for administra-
tive contract services: Provided, That grants using 
amounts made available under this heading shall be 
awarded within 180 days of enactment of this Act: Pro-
vided further, That funds shall be used for providing coun-
seling and advice to tenants and homeowners, current and 
prospective, with respect to property maintenance, finan-
cial management and literacy, foreclosure and eviction 
mitigation, and such other matters as may be appropriate 
to assist them in improving their housing conditions, meet-
ing their financial needs, and fulfilling the responsibilities 
of tenancy or homeownership; for program administration; 
and for housing counselor training: Provided further, That 
amounts made available under this heading may be used
1012 
to purchase equipment and technology to deliver services 
through use of the Internet or other electronic or virtual 
means in response to the public health emergency related 
to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) pandemic: 
Provided further, That for purposes of providing such 
grants from amounts made available under this heading, 
the Secretary may enter into multiyear agreements, as ap-
propriate, subject to the availability of annual appropria-
tions. 
PAYMENT TO MANUFACTURED HOUSING FEES TRUST 
FUND 
For necessary expenses as authorized by the National 
Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Stand-
ards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), up to 
$13,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$13,000,000 shall be derived from the Manufactured 
Housing Fees Trust Fund (established under section 
620(e) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5419(e)): Provided, That 
not to exceed the total amount appropriated under this 
heading shall be available from the general fund of the 
Treasury to the extent necessary to incur obligations and 
make expenditures pending the receipt of collections to the 
Fund pursuant to section 620 of such Act: Provided fur-
ther, That the amount made available under this heading 
from the general fund shall be reduced as such collections
1013 
are received during fiscal year 2021 so as to result in a 
final fiscal year 2021 appropriation from the general fund 
estimated at zero, and fees pursuant to such section 620 
shall be modified as necessary to ensure such a final fiscal 
year 2021 appropriation: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall issue a final rule to complete rulemaking initi-
ated by the proposed rule entitled ‘‘Manufactured Housing 
Program: Minimum Payments to the States’’ published in 
the Federal Register on December 16, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 
91083): Provided further, That for the dispute resolution 
and installation programs, the Secretary may assess and 
collect fees from any program participant: Provided fur-
ther, That such collections shall be deposited into the 
Trust Fund, and the Secretary, as provided herein, may 
use such collections, as well as fees collected under section 
620 of such Act, for necessary expenses of such Act: Pro-
vided further, That, notwithstanding the requirements of 
section 620 of such Act, the Secretary may carry out re-
sponsibilities of the Secretary under such Act through the 
use of approved service providers that are paid directly 
by the recipients of their services. 
FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION 
MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
New commitments to guarantee single family loans 
insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund (es-
1014 
tablished under section 202(a) of the National Housing 
Act 
(12 
U.S.C. 
1708(a)) 
shall 
not 
exceed 
$400,000,000,000 in aggregate loan principal, to remain 
available until September 30, 2022: Provided, That during 
fiscal year 2021, obligations to make direct loans to carry 
out the purposes of section 204(g) of the National Hous-
ing Act (12 U.S.C. 1710(g)) shall not exceed $1,000,000: 
Provided further, That the amount in the preceding pro-
viso shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental enti-
ties in connection with sales of single family real prop-
erties 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 (increased by 
$1,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 
2022: Provided further, That to the extent guaranteed 
loan commitments exceed $200,000,000,000 on or before 
April 1, 2021, an additional $1,400 for administrative 
contract expenses shall be available for each $1,000,000 
in additional guaranteed loan commitments (including a 
pro rata amount for any amount below $1,000,000), but 
in no case shall funds made available by this proviso ex-
ceed $30,000,000: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
the limitation in the first sentence of section 255(g) of 
the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–20(g)), dur-
1015 
ing fiscal year 2021 the Secretary may insure and enter 
into new commitments to insure mortgages under section 
255 of such Act only to the extent that the net credit sub-
sidy cost for such insurance does not exceed zero: Provided 
further, That for fiscal year 2021, the Secretary shall not 
take any action against a lender solely on the basis of com-
pare ratios that have been adversely affected by defaults 
on mortgages secured by properties in areas where a 
major disaster was declared in 2017 or 2018 pursuant to 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.). 
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 aggregate loan principal, any part of 
which is to be guaranteed, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2022: Provided, That during fiscal year 2021, 
gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, 
as authorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 519(a) 
of the National Housing Act, shall not exceed $1,000,000, 
which shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental en-
tities in connection with the sale of single family real prop-
1016 
erties owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under 
such Act. 
GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION 
GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN 
GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out 
the purposes of section 306(g) of the National Housing 
Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed 
$1,500,000,000,000 in aggregate principal, to remain 
available until September 30, 2022: Provided, That 
$55,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2022, shall be for necessary salaries and expenses of the 
Office of Government National Mortgage Association: Pro-
vided further, That to the extent that guaranteed loan 
commitments exceed $155,000,000,000 on or before April 
1, 2021, an additional $100 for necessary salaries and ex-
penses shall be available until expended for each 
$1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan commitments 
(including a pro rata amount for any amount below 
$1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made available by 
this proviso exceed $3,000,000: Provided further, That re-
ceipts from Commitment and Multiclass fees collected pur-
suant to title III of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 
1716 et seq.) shall be credited as offsetting collections to 
this account.
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POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 
For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of pro-
grams of research and studies relating to housing and 
urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized 
by title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act 
of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), including carrying 
out the functions of the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development under section 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization 
Plan No. 2 of 1968, and for technical assistance, 
$118,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2022: Provided, That with respect to amounts made avail-
able under this heading, notwithstanding section 203 of 
this title, the Secretary may enter into cooperative agree-
ments with philanthropic entities, other Federal agencies, 
State or local governments and their agencies, Indian 
Tribes, tribally designated housing entities, or colleges or 
universities for research projects: Provided further, That 
with respect to the preceding proviso, such partners to the 
cooperative agreements shall contribute at least a 50 per-
cent match toward the cost of the project: Provided fur-
ther, That for non-competitive agreements entered into in 
accordance with the preceding two provisos, the Secretary 
shall comply with section 2(b) of the Federal Funding Ac-
countability and Transparency Act of 2006 (Public Law
1018 
109–282, 31 U.S.C. note) in lieu of compliance with sec-
tion 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 
3545(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 to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions on how the Secretary will allocate funding for this 
activity at least 30 days prior to obligation: 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 oth-
erwise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.), and section 
561 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
1987 (42 U.S.C. 3616a), $80,300,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2022: Provided, That grants from 
amounts made available under this heading shall be 
awarded not later than 180 days after enactment of this 
Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 3302 
of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary may assess 
and collect fees to cover the costs of the Fair Housing
1019 
Training Academy, and may use such funds to develop on- 
line courses and provide such training: Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available under this heading 
may be used to lobby the executive or legislative branches 
of the Federal Government in connection with a specific 
contract, grant, or loan: Provided further, That of the 
funds made available under this heading, $350,000 shall 
be available to the Secretary for the creation and pro-
motion of translated materials and other programs that 
support the assistance of persons with limited English pro-
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 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as author-
ized by section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint 
Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4852), 
$340,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2023, of which $70,000,000 shall be for the Healthy 
Homes Initiative, pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of the 
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 
1701z–1, 1701z–2), which shall include research, studies, 
testing, and demonstration efforts, including education
1020 
and outreach concerning lead-based paint poisoning and 
other housing related diseases and hazards: Provided, 
That for purposes of environmental review, pursuant to 
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 
4321 et seq.) and other provisions of 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 (42 U.S.C. 3547(c)): Provided further, That 
not less than $95,000,000 of the amounts made available 
under this heading for the award of grants pursuant to 
section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard 
Reduction Act of 1992 shall be provided to areas with the 
highest lead-based paint abatement needs: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amounts made available for the Healthy 
Homes Initiative, $5,000,000 shall be for the implementa-
tion of projects in up to five communities that are served 
by both the Healthy Homes Initiative and the Department 
of Energy Weatherization Assistance Program to dem-
onstrate whether the coordination of Healthy Homes re-
mediation activities with weatherization activities achieves 
cost savings and better outcomes in improving the safety
1021 
and quality of homes: Provided further, That $30,000,000 
of the amounts made available under this heading shall 
be for a lead risk assessment demonstration for public 
housing agencies to conduct lead hazard screenings or lead 
risk assessments during housing quality standards inspec-
tions of units in which a family receiving assistance under 
section 8(o) of the U.S. Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f(o)) resides or expects to reside, and has or expects 
to have a child under age 6 residing in the unit, while 
preserving rental housing availability and affordability: 
Provided further, That each applicant shall certify ade-
quate 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 
available under this heading in this or prior appropriations 
Acts, still remaining available, may be used for any pur-
pose 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: 
Provided further, That up to $2,000,000 of the amounts 
made available under this heading may be transferred to 
the heading ‘‘Policy Development and Research’’ for the 
purposes of conducting research and studies and for use
1022 
in accordance with the provisos under that heading for 
non-competitive agreements. 
CYBERSECURITY AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the mitigation against the exploitation of infor-
mation technology systems and personal identifiable infor-
mation and for the development, modernization, and en-
hancement of, modifications to, and infrastructure for De-
partment-wide and program-specific information tech-
nology systems, for the continuing operation and mainte-
nance of both Department-wide and program-specific in-
formation systems, and for program-related maintenance 
activities, $293,000,000, of which $269,800,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2022, $20,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2023, and 
$3,200,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2024: 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 appro-
priated: Provided further, That not more than 10 percent 
of the funds made available under this heading for devel-
1023 
opment, modernization and enhancement may be obligated 
until the Secretary submits a performance plan to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations for ap-
proval. 
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, $145,514,000: Provided, That 
the Inspector General shall have independent authority 
over all personnel issues within this office. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 
URBAN DEVELOPMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 201. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget 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. 1437f 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-
1024 
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. 
SEC. 202. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used during fiscal year 2021 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 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. 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 competi-
tive basis and in accordance with section 102 of the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act 
of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545). 
SEC. 204. Funds of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development subject to chapter 91 of title 31, 
United States Code, commonly known as the Government 
Corporation Control Act, shall be available, without regard
1025 
to the limitations on administrative expenses, for legal 
services on a contract or fee basis, and for utilizing and 
making payment for services and facilities of the Federal 
National Mortgage Association, Government National 
Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Cor-
poration, Federal Financing Bank, Federal Reserve banks 
or any member thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and 
any insured bank within the meaning of the Federal De-
posit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1811 et seq.). 
SEC. 205. 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 
Development shall be available for any program, project 
or activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget 
estimates submitted to Congress. 
SEC. 206. Corporations and agencies of the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development that are subject 
to chapter 91 of title 31, United States Code, commonly 
known as the Government 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 re-
gard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 9104 
of title 31 as may be necessary in carrying out the pro-
1026 
grams set forth in the budget for 2021 for such corpora-
tion 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 expressly provided for in this Act (unless 
such loans are in support of other forms of assistance pro-
vided for in this or prior appropriations Acts), except that 
this proviso shall not apply to the mortgage insurance or 
guaranty operations of such corporations, or to loans or 
mortgage purchases that are necessary to protect the fi-
nancial interest of the United States Government. 
SEC. 207. The Secretary shall provide quarterly re-
ports to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions regarding all uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured 
and excess funds in each program and activity within the 
jurisdiction of the Department and shall submit addi-
tional, updated budget information to these Committees 
upon request. 
SEC. 208. None of the funds made available by 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. 209. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, subject to the conditions under this section, for
1027 
fiscal years 2021 and 2022, the Secretary 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, as-
sociated 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 re-
lated 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 sub-
ject 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
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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 re-
configuration of bedroom sizes to meet current 
market demands, as determined by the Sec-
retary and provided there is no increase in the 
project-based assistance budget authority. 
(2) The transferring project shall, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, be either physically obsolete 
or economically 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 
receiving project or projects shall not be required to 
vacate their units in the transferring project or
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projects until new units in the receiving project are 
available for occupancy. 
(6) The Secretary determines that the 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 receiv-
ing project resulting from additional financing ob-
tained by the owner shall be subordinate to any 
FHA-insured mortgage lien transferred to, or placed 
on, such project by the Secretary, except that the 
Secretary may waive this requirement upon deter-
mination that such a waiver is necessary to facilitate 
the financing of acquisition, construction, and/or re-
habilitation of the receiving project or projects. 
(8) If the transferring project meets the re-
quirements of subsection (d)(2), the owner or mort-
gagor of the receiving project or projects shall exe-
cute and record either a continuation of the existing 
use agreement or a new use agreement for the 
project, in either case, any use restrictions in such 
agreement are of no lesser duration than the exist-
ing use restrictions. 
(9) The transfer does not increase the cost (as 
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget
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Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a)) 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 stat-
ute and/or regulations governing the program under 
which the project is insured or assisted; 
(2) the term ‘‘multifamily housing project’’ 
means— 
(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 re-
structuring under the Multifamily Assisted 
Housing Reform and Affordability Housing Act; 
(C) housing that is assisted under section 
202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 
1701q); 
(D) housing that is assisted under section 
202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 
1701q), as such section existed before the en-
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actment of the Cranston-Gonzales National Af-
fordable Housing Act; 
(E) housing that is assisted under section 
811 of the Cranston-Gonzales National Afford-
able Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013); or 
(F) housing or vacant land that is subject 
to a use agreement; 
(3) 
the 
term 
‘‘project-based 
assistance’’ 
means— 
(A) assistance provided under section 8(b) 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f(b)); 
(B) assistance for housing constructed or 
substantially rehabilitated pursuant to assist-
ance provided under section 8(b)(2) of such Act 
(as such section existed immediately before Oc-
tober 1, 1983); 
(C) rent supplement payments under sec-
tion 101 of the Housing and Urban Develop-
ment Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); 
(D) interest reduction payments under sec-
tion 236 and/or additional assistance payments 
under section 236(f)(2) of the National Hous-
ing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–(f)(2));
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(E) assistance payments made under sec-
tion 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 
U.S.C. 1701q(c)(2)); and 
(F) assistance payments made under sec-
tion 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-
tional Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
8013(d)(2)); 
(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-income use restrictions are to be transferred; 
(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 con-
duct an evaluation of the transfer authority under this sec-
tion, including the effect of such transfers on the oper-
ational efficiency, contract rents, physical and financial
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(b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a 
person to receive assistance under section 8 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any finan-
cial assistance (in excess of amounts received for tuition 
and any other required fees and charges) that an indi-
vidual receives under the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), from private sources, or from 
an institution of higher education (as defined under sec-
tion 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1002)), shall be considered income to that individual, ex-
cept for a person over the age of 23 with dependent chil-
dren. 
SEC. 211. The funds made available for Native Alas-
kans under paragraph (1) under the heading ‘‘Native 
American Programs’’ in title II of this Act shall be allo-
cated to the same Native Alaskan housing block grant re-
cipients that received funds in fiscal year 2005, and only 
such recipients shall be eligible to apply for funds made 
available under paragraph (3) of such heading. 
SEC. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, in fiscal year 2021, in managing and disposing of any 
multifamily property that is owned or has a mortgage held 
by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and 
during the process of foreclosure on any property with a 
contract for rental assistance payments under section 8
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of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f) or any other Federal programs, the Secretary shall 
maintain any rental assistance payments under section 8 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 and other pro-
grams that are attached to any dwelling units in the prop-
erty. To the extent the Secretary determines, in consulta-
tion with the tenants and the local government that such 
a multifamily property owned or having a mortgage 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 Affordability Act of 1997 (‘‘MAHRAA’’) (42 
U.S.C. 1437f note), and (2) environmental conditions that 
cannot be remedied in a cost-effective fashion, the Sec-
retary may, in consultation with the tenants of that prop-
erty, contract for project-based rental assistance payments 
with an owner or owners of other existing housing prop-
erties, or provide other rental assistance. The Secretary 
shall also take appropriate steps to ensure that project- 
based contracts remain in effect prior to foreclosure, sub-
ject to the exercise of contractual abatement remedies to 
assist relocation of tenants for imminent major threats to
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health and safety after written notice to and informed con-
sent of the affected tenants and use of other available rem-
edies, such as partial abatements or receivership. After 
disposition of any multifamily property described in this 
section, the contract and allowable rent levels on such 
properties shall be subject to the requirements under sec-
tion 524 of MAHRAA. 
SEC. 213. Public housing agencies that own and oper-
ate 400 or fewer public housing units may elect to be ex-
empt from any asset management requirement imposed by 
the Secretary in connection 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. 214. With respect to the use of amounts pro-
vided in this Act and in future Acts for the operation, cap-
ital improvement, and management of public housing as 
authorized by sections 9(d) and 9(e) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d),(e)), the Sec-
retary shall not impose any requirement or guideline relat-
ing to asset management that restricts or limits in any 
way the use of capital funds for central office costs pursu-
ant to paragraph (1) or (2) of section 9(g) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)(1), (2)): 
Provided, That a public housing agency may not use cap-
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ital funds authorized under section 9(d) for activities that 
are eligible under section 9(e) for assistance with amounts 
from the operating fund in excess of the amounts per-
mitted under paragraph (1) or (2) of section 9(g). 
SEC. 215. 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 Fi-
nancial Officer has determined that such allotment holder 
has implemented an adequate system of funds control and 
has received training in funds control procedures and di-
rectives. The Chief Financial Officer shall ensure that 
there is a trained allotment holder for each HUD appro-
priation under the accounts ‘‘Executive Offices’’, ‘‘Admin-
istrative Support Offices’’, ‘‘Program Offices’’, ‘‘Govern-
ment 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. 216. The Secretary shall, for fiscal year 2021, 
notify the public through the Federal Register and other 
means, as determined appropriate, of the issuance of a no-
tice 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 competi-
tively awarded. Notwithstanding any other provision of
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law, for fiscal year 2021, the Secretary may make the 
NOFA available only on the Internet at the appropriate 
Government website or through other electronic media, as 
determined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 217. Payment of attorney fees in program-re-
lated litigation shall be paid from the individual program 
office and Office of General Counsel salaries and expenses 
appropriations. The annual budget submission for the pro-
gram offices and the Office of General Counsel shall in-
clude any such projected litigation costs for attorney fees 
as a separate line item request. 
SEC. 218. (a)(1) Except as provided in paragraph 
(2), the Secretary may transfer up to 10 percent or 
$5,000,000, whichever is less, of funds appropriated for 
any office under the headings ‘‘Administrative Support 
Offices’’ or ‘‘Program Offices’’ to any other such office 
under such heading: Provided, That no appropriation for 
any such office or account shall be increased or decreased 
by more than 10 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, 
without prior written approval of the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall provide notification to such Committees 
not less than 3 business days in advance of any such 
transfers under this section up to 10 percent or 
$5,000,000, whichever is less.
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(2) The authority under paragraph (1) to transfer 
funds shall not apply to the Office of Fair Housing and 
Equal Opportunity, the Office of Lead Hazard Control 
and Healthy Homes, or the Office of Departmental Equal 
Employment Opportunity. 
(b) The Secretary is authorized to transfer up to 10 
percent of funds appropriated for any office under the 
headings ‘‘Administrative Support Offices’’ or ‘‘Program 
Offices’’ to the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Oppor-
tunity, the Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy 
Homes, or the Office of Departmental Equal Employment 
Opportunity: Provided, That no amounts may be trans-
ferred pursuant to this subparagraph unless the Secretary 
shall provide notification to such Committees not less 3 
business days in advance of any such transfers under this 
subsection. 
SEC. 219. (a) Any entity receiving housing assistance 
payments shall maintain decent, safe, and sanitary condi-
tions, as determined by the Secretary, and comply with 
any standards under applicable State or local laws, rules, 
ordinances, or regulations relating to the physical condi-
tion 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 contract
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under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437f) or a contract for similar project-based 
assistance— 
(1) receives a Uniform Physical Condition 
Standards (UPCS) score of 60 or less; or 
(2) fails to certify in writing to the Secretary 
within 3 days that all Exigent Health and Safety de-
ficiencies identified by the inspector at the project 
have been corrected. 
Such requirements shall apply to insured and noninsured 
projects with assistance attached to the units under sec-
tion 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f), but shall not apply to such units assisted 
under section 8(o)(13) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
1437f(o)(13)) or to public housing units assisted with cap-
ital or operating funds under section 9 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g). 
(c)(1) Within 15 days of the issuance of the Real Es-
tate Assessment Center (‘‘REAC’’) inspection, the Sec-
retary shall provide the owner with a Notice of Default 
with a specified timetable, determined by the Secretary, 
for correcting all deficiencies. The Secretary shall provide 
a copy of the Notice of Default to the tenants, the local 
government, any mortgagees, and any contract adminis-
trator. If the owner’s appeal results in a UPCS score of
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60 or above, the Secretary may withdraw the Notice of 
Default. 
(2) At the end of the time period for correcting all 
deficiencies 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, who will be obligated to promptly make all re-
quired repairs and to accept renewal of the assist-
ance contract if such renewal is offered; 
(E) transfer the existing section 8 contract to 
another 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 re-
quiring the owner to cure all project deficiencies; 
(H) work with the owner, lender, or other re-
lated party to stabilize the property in an attempt 
to preserve the property through compliance, trans-
fer 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 
remedies available as deemed necessary and appro-
priate by the Secretary. 
(d) The Secretary shall take appropriate steps to en-
sure 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 the affected tenants. 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 sec-
tion 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
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524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform 
and Affordability Act of 1997 (‘‘MAHRAA’’); and 
(2) environmental conditions that cannot be 
remedied in a cost-effective fashion, the Secretary 
may contract for project-based rental assistance pay-
ments with an owner or owners of other existing 
housing properties, or provide other rental assist-
ance. 
(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 phys-
ical inspection scores of less than 60 or have received an 
unsatisfactory management and occupancy review within 
the past 36 months. The report shall include— 
(1) identification of the enforcement actions 
being taken to address such conditions, including 
imposition of civil money penalties and termination 
of subsidies, and identification of properties that 
have such conditions multiple times; 
(2) identification of actions that the Depart-
ment 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-
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tions at properties covered under a housing assist-
ance payment contract. 
This report shall be submitted to the Senate and House 
Committees on Appropriations not later than 30 days 
after the enactment of this Act, and on the first business 
day of each Federal fiscal year quarter thereafter while 
this section remains in effect. 
SEC. 220. None of the funds made available by this 
Act, or any other Act, for purposes authorized under sec-
tion 8 (only with respect to the tenant-based rental assist-
ance 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, in-
cluding bonuses, 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 Executive Schedule at any time during any pub-
lic housing agency fiscal year 2021. 
SEC. 221. None of the funds made available by this 
Act and 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 Com-
mittees on Appropriations not less than 3 full business 
days before any project, State, locality, housing authority, 
Tribe, nonprofit organization, or other entity selected to
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receive a grant award is announced by the Department 
or its offices. 
SEC. 222. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to require or enforce the Physical Needs 
Assessment (PNA). 
SEC. 223. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be used by the Federal Housing Administration, 
the Government National Mortgage Administration, or the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development to in-
sure, securitize, or establish a Federal guarantee of any 
mortgage or mortgage backed security that refinances or 
otherwise replaces a mortgage that has been subject to 
eminent domain condemnation or seizure, by a State, mu-
nicipality, or any other political subdivision of a State. 
SEC. 224. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to terminate the status of a unit of gen-
eral local government as a metropolitan city (as defined 
in section 102 of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) with respect to 
grants under section 106 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5306). 
SEC. 225. Amounts made available by this Act that 
are appropriated, allocated, advanced on a reimbursable 
basis, or transferred to the Office of Policy Development 
and Research of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development and functions thereof, for research, evalua-
1046 
tion, or statistical purposes, and that are unexpended at 
the time of completion of a contract, grant, or cooperative 
agreement, may be deobligated and shall immediately be-
come available and may be reobligated in that fiscal year 
or the subsequent fiscal year for the research, evaluation, 
or statistical purposes for which the amounts are made 
available to that Office subject to reprogramming require-
ments in section 405 of this Act. 
SEC. 226. Funds made available by this title under 
the heading ‘‘Homeless Assistance Grants’’ may be used 
by the Secretary to participate in Performance Partner-
ship Pilots authorized under section 526 of division H of 
Public Law 113–76 (42 U.S.C. 12301 note), section 524 
of division G of Public Law 113–235, section 525 of divi-
sion H of Public Law 114–113, section 525 of division 
H of Public Law 115–31, section 525 of division H of 
Public Law 115–141, section 524 of division B of Public 
Law 115–245, and such authorities as are enacted for 
Performance Partnership Pilots in an appropriations Act 
for fiscal year 2021: Provided, That such participation 
shall be limited to not more than 10 continuums of care 
and housing activities to improve outcomes for discon-
nected youth. 
SEC. 227. In this fiscal year and in each fiscal year 
thereafter, with respect to grant amounts awarded for the
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Continuum of Care (CoC) program authorized under sub-
title C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) with amounts made 
available under the heading ‘‘Homeless Assistance 
Grants’’, costs paid by program income of grant recipients 
may be counted toward meeting the recipient’s matching 
requirements, provided the costs are eligible CoC costs 
that supplement the recipient’s CoC program. 
SEC. 228. (a) In this fiscal year and in each fiscal 
year thereafter, from amounts made available by this title 
under the heading ‘‘Homeless Assistance Grants’’, the 
Secretary may award 1-year transition grants to recipients 
of funds for activities under subtitle C of the McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) 
to transition from one Continuum of Care program compo-
nent to another. 
(b) To be eligible to receive a transition grant under 
subsection (a), the funding recipient shall have the consent 
of the Continuum of Care and meet such standards as 
the Secretary may establish. 
SEC. 229. 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 spe-
cific changes to existing zoning laws as part of carrying 
out the final rule entitled ‘‘Affirmatively Furthering Fair
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Housing’’ (80 Fed. Reg. 42272 (July 16, 2015)) or the 
notice entitled ‘‘Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing 
Assessment Tool’’ (79 Fed. Reg. 57949 (September 26, 
2014)). 
SEC. 230. The Promise Zone designations and Prom-
ise Zone Designation Agreements entered into pursuant 
to such designations, made by the Secretary in prior fiscal 
years, shall remain in effect in accordance with the terms 
and conditions of such agreements. 
SEC. 231. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to establish and apply review criteria, 
including rating factors or preference points, for participa-
tion in or coordination with EnVision Centers, in the eval-
uation, selection, and award of any funds made available 
and requiring competitive selection under this Act, except 
with respect to any such funds otherwise authorized for 
EnVision Center purposes under this Act. 
SEC. 232. None of the funds made available by this 
or any prior Act may be used to require or enforce any 
changes to the terms and conditions of the public housing 
annual contributions contract between the Secretary and 
any public housing agency, as such contract was in effect 
as of December 31, 2017, unless such changes are mutu-
ally agreed upon by the Secretary and such agency: Pro-
vided, That such agreement by an agency may be indi-
1049 
cated only by a written amendment to the terms and con-
ditions containing the duly authorized signature of its 
chief executive: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
not withhold funds to compel such agreement by an agen-
cy which certifies to its compliance with its contract. 
SEC. 233. Any public housing agency designated as 
a Moving to Work agency pursuant to section 239 of divi-
sion L of Public Law 114–113 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note; 
129 Stat. 2897) may, upon such designation, use funds 
(except for special purpose funding, including special pur-
pose vouchers) previously allocated to any such public 
housing agency under section 8 or 9 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937, including any reserve funds held by 
the public housing agency or funds held by the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development, pursuant to the 
authority for use of section 8 or 9 funding provided under 
such section and section 204 of title II of the Departments 
of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development 
and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 
(Public Law 104–134; 110 Stat. 1321-28), notwith-
standing the purposes for which such funds were appro-
priated. 
SEC. 234. None of the amounts made available by 
this Act, by Public Law 116–94, or by Public Law 116– 
6 may be used to prohibit any public housing agency under
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receivership or the direction of a Federal monitor from 
applying for, receiving, or using funds made available 
under the heading ‘‘Public Housing Capital Fund’’ for 
competitive grants to evaluate and reduce lead-based paint 
hazards in this Act or that remain available and not 
awarded from prior Acts, or be used to prohibit a public 
housing agency from using such funds to carry out any 
required work pursuant to a settlement agreement, con-
sent decree, voluntary agreement, or similar document for 
a violation of the Lead Safe Housing or Lead Disclosure 
Rules. 
SEC. 235. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development by this 
or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 
enforce, or in any way make effective the proposed rule 
entitled ‘‘Making Admission or Placement Determinations 
Based on Sex in Facilities Under Community Planning 
and Development Housing Programs’’, transmitted to 
Congress for review by the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development on June 12, 2020 (Docket No. FR– 
6152–P–01), or any final rule based substantially on such 
proposed rule. 
SEC. 236. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the notice issued by the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development on February 20, 2015, and entitled
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‘‘Appropriate Placement for Transgender Persons in Sin-
gle-Sex Emergency Shelters and Other Facilities’’ (Notice 
CPD–15–02) shall have the force and effect of law. 
SEC. 237. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development by this 
or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 
enforce, or in any way make effective the proposed rule 
entitled ‘‘Housing and Community Development Act of 
1980: Verification of Eligible Status’’, issued by the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development on May 10, 
2019 (Docket No. FR–6124–P–01), or any final rule 
based substantially on such proposed rule. 
SEC. 238. There are hereby rescinded, from funds ap-
propriated under the heading ‘‘Department of Housing 
and Urban Development—Housing Programs—Rental 
Housing Assistance’’— 
(a) all unobligated balances from recaptured amounts 
appropriated prior to fiscal year 2006 from terminated 
contracts under section 236(f)(2) of the National Housing 
Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(f)(2)), and any unobligated bal-
ances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining from 
funds appropriated under such heading after fiscal year 
2005; and 
(b) any funds remaining from amounts appropriated 
under such heading in the prior fiscal year.