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mitted under the previous proviso, the Secretary of Trans-
portation shall make grants no later than 120 days after 
enactment of this Act in such amounts as the Secretary de-
termines. 
MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the necessary administrative expenses of the mari-
time guaranteed loan program, $4,000,000 shall be paid to 
the appropriation for ‘‘Operations and Training’’, Mari-
time Administration: Provided, That of the unobligated bal-
ance of funds made available for obligation under Public 
Law 110–329 and Public Law 111–118, $35,000,000 are 
permanently rescinded. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, the Maritime Administration is authorized to furnish 
utilities and services and make necessary repairs in connec-
tion with any lease, contract, or occupancy involving Gov-
ernment property under control of the Maritime Adminis-
tration, and payments received therefor shall be credited to 
the appropriation charged with the cost thereof: Provided, 
That rental payments under any such lease, contract, or 
occupancy for items other than such utilities, services, or 
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repairs shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous 
receipts. 
SEC. 171. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds provided in this or any other Act shall 
hereafter be used to make a determination of the nonavail-
ability of qualified United States flag capacity for purposes 
of 46 U.S.C. 501(b) for the transportation of crude oil dis-
tributed from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve unless as 
part of that determination the Secretary of Transportation, 
after consultation with representatives from the United 
States flag maritime industry, provides to the Secretary of 
Homeland Security a list of United States flag vessels with 
single or collective capacity that may be capable of pro-
viding the requested transportation services and a written 
justification for not using such United States flag vessels. 
PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline and 
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, $22,158,000, 
of which $639,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety 
Fund: Provided, That $1,000,000 shall be transferred to 
‘‘Pipeline Safety’’ in order to fund ‘‘Pipeline Safety Infor-
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mation Grants to Communities’’ as authorized under sec-
tion 60130 of title 49, United States Code. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous ma-
terials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Ma-
terials Safety Administration, $39,020,000, of which 
$1,716,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2014: Provided, That up to $800,000 in fees collected under 
49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited in the general fund 
of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided further, That 
there may be credited to this appropriation, to be available 
until expended, funds received from States, counties, mu-
nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources 
for expenses incurred for training, for reports publication 
and dissemination, and for travel incurred in performance 
of hazardous materials exemptions and approvals functions. 
PIPELINE SAFETY 
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND) 
For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of the 
pipeline safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out a 
pipeline safety program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60107, 
and to discharge the pipeline program responsibilities of 
the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $118,364,000, of which 
$21,510,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability 
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Trust Fund and shall remain available until September 30, 
2014; of which $93,854,000 shall be derived from the Pipe-
line Safety Fund, of which $54,265,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2014; of which $3,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, shall be derived from the 
Pipeline Safety Design Review Fund, as established by this 
Act. 
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS 
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND) 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5128(b), 
$188,000, to be derived from the Emergency Preparedness 
Fund, to remain available until September 30, 2013: Pro-
vided, That not more than $28,318,000 shall be made avail-
able for obligation in fiscal year 2012 from amounts made 
available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and 5128(b)–(c): Provided 
further, That none of the funds made available by 49 U.S.C. 
5116(i), 5128(b), or 5128(c) shall be made available for ob-
ligation by individuals other than the Secretary of Trans-
portation, or his designee: Provided further, That unobli-
gated balances of funds provided under this paragraph not 
needed for fiscal year 2012 from the sum made available 
herein shall remain available until expended to invest in 
the data management and information technology mod-
ernization efforts, including related equipment and non- 
payroll administrative expenses associated solely with this 
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information technology and telecommunications infrastruc-
ture. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS 
MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
COST RECOVERY FOR DESIGN REVIEWS 
SEC. 180. Section 60117(n) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(n) COST RECOVERY FOR DESIGN REVIEWS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary conducts fa-
cility design safety reviews in connection with a pro-
posal to construct, expand, or operate a gas or haz-
ardous liquid pipeline or liquefied natural gas pipe-
line facility, including construction inspections and 
oversight, the Secretary may require the person or en-
tity proposing the project to pay the costs incurred by 
the Secretary relating to such reviews. If the Sec-
retary exercises the cost recovery authority described 
in this section, the Secretary shall prescribe a fee 
structure and assessment methodology that is based on 
the costs of providing these reviews and shall prescribe 
procedures to collect fees under this section. This au-
thority is in addition to the authority provided in 
section 60301 of this title. 
‘‘(2) NOTIFICATION.—For any new pipeline con-
struction project in which the Secretary will conduct 
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design reviews, the person or entity proposing the 
project shall notify the Secretary and provide design 
specifications, construction plans and procedures, and 
related materials at least 120 days prior to the com-
mencement of construction. 
‘‘(3) DEPOSIT AND USE.—The Secretary shall de-
posit funds paid under this subsection into the Pipe-
line Safety Design Review Fund. Funds deposited 
under this section are authorized to be appropriated 
for the purposes set forth in this chapter. Fees author-
ized under this section shall be collected and available 
for obligation only to the extent and in the amount 
provided in advance in appropriations acts.’’. 
RESEARCH AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY 
ADMINISTRATION 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Research and Innovative 
Technology 
Administration, 
$15,981,000, 
of 
which 
$9,007,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2014: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro-
priation, to be available until expended, funds received from 
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 
and private sources for expenses incurred for training. 
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, as amended, $82,409,000: Provided, That the 
Inspector General shall have all necessary authority, in car-
rying out the duties specified in the Inspector General Act, 
as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate allegations 
of fraud, including false statements to the government (18 
U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that is subject to 
regulation by the Department: Provided further, That the 
funds made available under this heading may be used to 
investigate, pursuant to section 41712 of title 49, United 
States Code: 
(1) unfair or deceptive practices and unfair 
methods of competition by domestic and foreign air 
carriers and ticket agents; and 
(2) the compliance of domestic and foreign air 
carriers with respect to item (1) of this proviso. 
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation 
Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$29,310,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, not to exceed $1,250,000 from fees estab-
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lished by the Chairman of the Surface Transportation 
Board shall be credited to this appropriation as offsetting 
collections and used for necessary and authorized expenses 
under this heading: Provided further, That the sum herein 
appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced on a 
dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting collections are re-
ceived during fiscal year 2012, to result in a final appro-
priation from the general fund estimated at no more than 
$28,060,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF 
TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 190. During the current fiscal year, applicable 
appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall 
be available for maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire 
of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of liabil-
ity insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign coun-
tries on official department business; and uniforms or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901– 
5902). 
SEC. 191. Appropriations contained in this Act for the 
Department of Transportation shall be available for services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals 
not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for 
an Executive Level IV. 
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SEC. 192. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for salaries and expenses of more than 110 political 
and Presidential appointees in the Department of Trans-
portation: Provided, That none of the personnel covered by 
this provision may be assigned on temporary detail outside 
the Department of Transportation. 
SEC. 193. Funds received by the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration, Federal Transit Administration, and Federal 
Railroad Administration from States, counties, municipali-
ties, other public authorities, and private sources for ex-
penses incurred for training may be credited respectively 
to the Federal Highway Administration’s ‘‘Federal-Aid 
Highways’’ account, the Federal Transit Administration’s 
‘‘Research and University Research Centers’’ account, and 
to the Federal Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Op-
erations’’ account, except for State rail safety inspectors 
participating in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105. 
SEC. 194. None of the funds in this Act to the Depart-
ment of Transportation may be used to make a grant unless 
the Secretary of Transportation notifies the House and Sen-
ate Committees on Appropriations not less than 3 full busi-
ness days before any project competitively selected to receive 
a discretionary grant award, any discretionary grant 
award, letter of intent, or full funding grant agreement to-
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taling $1,000,000 or more is announced by the department 
or its modal administrations from: 
(1) any discretionary grant program of the Fed-
eral Highway Administration including the emer-
gency relief program; 
(2) the airport improvement program of the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration; 
(3) any program of the Federal Railroad Admin-
istration; 
(4) any program of the Federal Transit Admin-
istration other than the formula grants and fixed 
guideway modernization programs; or 
(5) any funding provided under the headings 
‘‘National Infrastructure Investments’’ and ‘‘Assist-
ance to Small Shipyards’’ in this Act: Provided, That 
the Secretary gives concurrent notification to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations for 
any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds from the emergency relief 
program: Provided further, That no notification shall 
involve funds that are not available for obligation. 
SEC. 195. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor 
fees and other funds received by the Department of Trans-
portation from travel management centers, charge card pro-
grams, the subleasing of building space, and miscellaneous 
sources are to be credited to appropriations of the Depart-
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ment of Transportation and allocated to elements of the De-
partment of Transportation using fair and equitable cri-
teria and such funds shall be available until expended. 
SEC. 196. Amounts made available in this or any other 
Act that the Secretary determines represent improper pay-
ments by the Department of Transportation to a third- 
party contractor under a financial assistance award, which 
are recovered pursuant to law, shall be available— 
(1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred by 
the Department of Transportation in recovering im-
proper payments; and 
(2) to pay contractors for services provided in re-
covering improper payments or contractor support in 
the implementation of the Improper Payments Infor-
mation Act of 2002: Provided, That amounts in excess 
of that required for paragraphs (1) and (2)— 
(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; or 
(B) if no such appropriation remains avail-
able, shall be deposited in the Treasury as mis-
cellaneous receipts: Provided further, That prior 
to the transfer of any such recovery to an appro-
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priations account, the Secretary shall notify to 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions of the amount and reasons for such trans-
fer: Provided further, That for purposes of this 
section, the term ‘‘improper payments’’, has the 
same meaning as that provided in section 
2(d)(2) of Public Law 107–300. 
SEC. 197. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
if any funds provided in or limited by this Act are subject 
to a reprogramming action that requires notice to be pro-
vided to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions, said reprogramming action shall be approved or de-
nied solely by the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, 
That the Secretary may provide notice to other congres-
sional committees of the action of the Committees on Appro-
priations on such reprogramming but not sooner than 30 
days following the date on which the reprogramming action 
has been approved or denied by the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 198. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available under this Act may be used by the Surface 
Transportation Board of the Department of Transportation 
to charge or collect any filing fee for rate or practice com-
plaints filed with the Board in an amount in excess of the 
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amount authorized for district court civil suit filing fees 
under section 1914 of title 28, United States Code. 
This title may be cited as the Department of Transpor-
tation Appropriations Act, 2012. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
ADMINISTRATION, OPERATIONS, AND MANAGEMENT 
For necessary salaries and expenses for administra-
tion, management and operations of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, $549,499,000, of which 
not to exceed $4,610,000 shall be available for the imme-
diate Office of the Secretary and Deputy Secretary; not to 
exceed $1,700,000 shall be available for the Office of Hear-
ings and Appeals; not to exceed $741,000 shall be available 
for the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utiliza-
tion; not to exceed $47,984,000 shall be available for the 
Office of the Chief Financial Officer; not to exceed 
$94,380,000 shall be available for the Office of the General 
Counsel; not to exceed $2,695,000 shall be available to the 
Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations; 
not to exceed $3,988,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Public Affairs; not to exceed $546,000 shall be available 
to the Office of the Chief Operating Officer, not to exceed 
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$256,744,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief 
Human Capital Officer; not to exceed $10,476,000 shall be 
available for the Office of Departmental Operations and Co-
ordination; not to exceed $47,543,000 shall be available for 
the Office of Field Policy and Management; not to exceed 
$14,654,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief 
Procurement Officer; not to exceed $3,708,000 shall be 
available for the Office of Departmental Equal Employment 
Opportunity; not to exceed $1,448,000 shall be available for 
the Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives; not 
to exceed $2,627,000 shall be available for the Office of Sus-
tainable Housing and Communities; not to exceed 
$5,605,000 shall be available for the Office of Strategic 
Planning and Management; not to exceed $7,415,000 shall 
be available for the Office of the Chief Disaster and Emer-
gency Management Officer; and not to exceed $42,635,000 
shall be available for the Office of the Chief Information 
Officer: Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide 
the Committees on Appropriations quarterly written notifi-
cation regarding the status of pending congressional re-
ports: Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide 
all signed reports required by Congress electronically: Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed $25,000 of the amount 
made available under this paragraph for the immediate Of-
fice of the Secretary shall be available for official reception 
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and representation expenses as the Secretary may deter-
mine. 
PROGRAM OFFICE SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Public and Indian Housing, $201,233,000. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Community Planning and Development mission area, 
$101,076,000. 
HOUSING 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Housing, $392,796,000, of which $8,200,000 shall be for the 
Office of Risk and Regulatory Affairs. 
POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Policy Development and Research, $23,016,000. 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, $74,766,000. 
OFFICE OF HEALTHY HOMES AND LEAD HAZARD CONTROL 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control, $7,502,000. 
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RENTAL ASSISTANCE DEMONSTRATION 
To conduct a demonstration designed to preserve and 
improve public housing through the voluntary conversion 
of properties with assistance under section 9 of the U.S. 
Housing Act of 1937, (hereinafter, ‘‘the Act’’), to properties 
with assistance under a project-based subsidy contract 
under section 8 of the Act, which shall be eligible for renewal 
under section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Re-
form and Affordability Act of 1997, or assistance under sec-
tion 8(o)(13) of the Act, the Secretary may transfer 
amounts provided under the headings ‘‘Public Housing 
Capital Fund’’ and ‘‘Public Housing Operating Fund’’ to 
the headings ‘‘Tenant-Based Rental Assistance’’ or ‘‘Project- 
Based Rental Assistance’’: Provided, That project applica-
tions may be received under this demonstration until Sep-
tember 30, 2015: Provided further, That any increase in 
cost for ‘‘Tenant-Based Rental Assistance’’ or ‘‘Project- 
Based Rental Assistance’’ associated with such conversion 
shall be equal to amounts transferred from ‘‘Public Housing 
Capital Fund’’ and ‘‘Public Housing Operating Fund’’: 
Provided further, That not more than 60,000 units shall 
be converted under the authority provided under this head-
ing: Provided further, That tenants of such converted prop-
erties shall, at a minimum, maintain the same rights under 
such conversion as those provided under section 9 of the Act: 
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Provided further, That the Secretary shall select properties 
from applications for conversion as part of this demonstra-
tion through a competitive process: Provided further, That 
in establishing criteria for such competition, the Secretary 
shall seek to demonstrate the feasibility of this conversion 
model to recapitalize and operate public housing properties 
(1) in different markets and geographic areas, (2) within 
portfolios managed by public housing agencies of varying 
sizes, and (3) by leveraging other sources of funding to re-
capitalize properties: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall provide an opportunity for public comment on draft 
eligibility and selection criteria and procedures that will 
apply to the selection of properties that will participate in 
the demonstration: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall provide an opportunity for comment from residents 
of properties to be proposed for participation in the dem-
onstration to the owners or public housing agencies respon-
sible for such properties: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may waive or specify alternative requirements for 
(except for requirements related to fair housing, non-
discrimination, labor standards, and the environment) any 
provision of section 8(o)(13) or any provision that governs 
the use of assistance from which a property is converted 
under the demonstration or funds made available under the 
headings of ‘‘Public Housing Capital Fund’’, ‘‘Public Hous-
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ing Operating Fund’’, and ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assist-
ance’’, under this Act or any prior Act or any Act enacted 
during the period of conversion of assistance under the dem-
onstration for properties with assistance converted under 
the demonstration, upon a finding by the Secretary that 
any such waivers or alternative requirements are necessary 
for the effective conversion of assistance under the dem-
onstration: Provided further, That the Secretary shall pub-
lish by notice in the Federal Register any waivers or alter-
native requirements pursuant to the previous proviso no 
later than 10 days before the effective date of such notice: 
Provided further, That the demonstration may proceed after 
the Secretary publishes notice of its terms in the Federal 
Register: Provided further, That notwithstanding sections 
3 and 16 of the Act, the conversion of assistance under the 
demonstration shall not be the basis for re-screening or ter-
mination of assistance or eviction of any tenant family in 
a property participating in the demonstration, and such 
a family shall not be considered a new admission for any 
purpose, including compliance with income targeting re-
quirements: Provided further, That in the case of a property 
with assistance converted under the demonstration from as-
sistance under section 9 of the Act, section 18 of the Act 
shall not apply to a property converting assistance under 
the demonstration for all or substantially all of its units, 
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the Secretary shall require ownership or control of assisted 
units by a public or nonprofit entity except as determined 
by the Secretary to be necessary pursuant to foreclosure, 
bankruptcy, or termination and transfer of assistance for 
material violations or substantial default, shall require 
long-term renewable use and affordability restrictions for 
assisted units, and may allow ownership to be transferred 
to a for-profit entity to facilitate the use of tax credits only 
if the public housing agency preserves its interest in the 
property in a manner approved by the Secretary: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may permit transfer of assist-
ance at or after conversion under the demonstration to re-
placement units subject to the requirements in the previous 
proviso: Provided further, That the Secretary may establish 
the requirements for converted assistance under the dem-
onstration through contracts, use agreements, regulations, 
or other means: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
assess and publish findings regarding the impact of the con-
version of assistance under the demonstration on the preser-
vation and improvement of public housing, the amount of 
private sector leveraging as a result of such conversion, and 
the effect of such conversion on tenants. 
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PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For activities and assistance for the provision of ten-
ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United 
States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 
et seq.) (‘‘the Act’’ herein), not otherwise provided for, 
$14,872,357,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be available on October 1, 2011 (in addition to the 
$4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this heading 
that will become available on October 1, 2011), and 
$4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be available on October 1, 2012: Provided, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading are provided 
as follows: 
(1) Not less than $17,143,905,000 shall be avail-
able for renewals of expiring section 8 tenant-based 
annual contributions contracts (including renewals of 
enhanced vouchers under any provision of law au-
thorizing such assistance under section 8(t) of the 
Act) and including 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 Sec-
retary for the calendar year 2012 funding cycle shall 
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provide renewal funding for each public housing 
agency based on validated voucher management sys-
tem (VMS) leasing and cost data for the prior cal-
endar year and by applying an inflation factor as es-
tablished by the Secretary, by notice published in the 
Federal Register, and by making any necessary ad-
justments for the costs associated with the first-time 
renewal of vouchers under this paragraph including 
tenant protection and HOPE VI vouchers: Provided 
further, That none of the funds provided under this 
paragraph may be used to fund a total number of 
unit months under lease which exceeds a public hous-
ing agency’s authorized level of units under contract, 
except for public housing agencies participating in 
the Moving to Work (MTW) demonstration, which are 
instead governed by the terms and conditions of their 
MTW agreements: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall, to the extent necessary to stay within the 
amount specified under this paragraph (except as oth-
erwise modified under this Act), pro rate each public 
housing agency’s allocation otherwise established pur-
suant to this paragraph: Provided further, That ex-
cept as provided in the following provisos, the entire 
amount specified under this paragraph (except as oth-
erwise modified under this Act) shall be obligated to 
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the public housing agencies based on the allocation 
and pro rata method described above, and the Sec-
retary shall notify public housing agencies of their 
annual budget not later than 60 days after enactment 
of this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
extend the 60-day notification period with the prior 
written approval of the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations: Provided further, That public 
housing agencies participating in the Moving to Work 
demonstration shall be funded pursuant to their Mov-
ing to Work agreements and shall be subject to the 
same pro rata adjustments under the previous pro-
visos: Provided further, That up to $103,000,000 shall 
be available only: (1) to adjust the allocations for 
public housing agencies, after application for an ad-
justment by a public housing agency that experienced 
a significant increase, as determined by the Sec-
retary, in renewal costs of tenant-based rental assist-
ance resulting from unforeseen circumstances or from 
portability under section 8(r) of the Act; (2) for 
vouchers that were not in use during the 12-month 
period in order to be available to meet a commitment 
pursuant to section 8(o)(13) of the Act; (3) for adjust-
ments for costs associated with HUD-Veterans Affairs 
Supportive Housing (HUD–VASH) vouchers; and (4) 
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for incremental tenant-based assistance for eligible 
families currently assisted under the Disaster Voucher 
Program as authorized by Public Law 109–148 under 
this heading and the Disaster Housing Assistance 
Program for Hurricanes Ike and Gustav on the condi-
tion that such vouchers will not be re-issued when 
families leave the program: Provided further, That of 
the amounts made available under this paragraph, up 
to $15,000,000 may be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriation for ‘‘Transformation Initia-
tive’’; 
(2) $75,000,000 shall be for section 8 rental as-
sistance for relocation and replacement of housing 
units that are demolished or disposed of pursuant to 
section 18 of the Act, conversion of section 23 projects 
to assistance under section 8, the family unification 
program under section 8(x) of the Act, relocation of 
witnesses in connection with efforts to combat crime 
in public and assisted housing pursuant to a request 
from a law enforcement or prosecution agency, en-
hanced vouchers under any provision of law author-
izing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act, 
HOPE VI vouchers, mandatory and voluntary con-
versions, and tenant protection assistance including 
replacement and relocation assistance or for project- 
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based assistance to prevent the displacement of unas-
sisted elderly tenants currently residing in section 
202 properties financed between 1959 and 1974 that 
are refinanced pursuant to Public Law 106–569, as 
amended, or under the authority as provided under 
this Act: Provided, That when a public housing devel-
opment is submitted for demolition or disposition 
under section 18 of the Act, the Secretary may pro-
vide section 8 rental assistance when the units pose 
an imminent health and safety risk to residents: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary may only provide 
replacement vouchers for units that were occupied 
within the previous 24 months that cease to be avail-
able as assisted housing, subject only to the avail-
ability of funds: Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available under this paragraph, 
$10,000,000 shall be available to provide tenant pro-
tection assistance, not otherwise provided under this 
paragraph, to residents residing in low-vacancy areas 
and who may have to pay rents greater than 30 per-
cent of household income, as the result of (1) the ma-
turity of a HUD-insured, HUD-held or section 202 
loan that requires the permission of the Secretary 
prior to loan prepayment; (2) the expiration of a 
rental assistance contract for which the tenants are 
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not eligible for enhanced voucher or tenant protection 
assistance under existing law; or (3) the expiration of 
affordability restrictions accompanying a mortgage or 
preservation program administered by the Secretary: 
Provided further, That such tenant protection assist-
ance made available under the previous proviso may 
be provided under the authority of section 8(t) or sec-
tion 8(o)(13) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)): Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall issue guidance to implement the pre-
vious provisos, including, but not limited to, require-
ments for defining eligible at-risk households within 
120 days of the enactment of this Act; 
(3) $1,400,000,000 shall be for administrative 
and other expenses of public housing agencies in ad-
ministering the section 8 tenant-based rental assist-
ance program, of which up to $50,000,000 shall be 
available to the Secretary to allocate to public hous-
ing agencies that need additional funds to administer 
their section 8 programs, including fees associated 
with section 8 tenant protection rental assistance, the 
administration of disaster related vouchers, Veterans 
Affairs Supportive Housing vouchers, and other in-
cremental vouchers: Provided, That no less than 
$1,350,000,000 of the amount provided in this para-
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graph shall be allocated to public housing agencies for 
the calendar year 2012 funding cycle based on section 
8(q) of the Act (and related Appropriation Act provi-
sions) as in effect immediately before the enactment 
of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act 
of 1998 (Public Law 105–276): Provided further, 
That if the amounts made available under this para-
graph are insufficient to pay the amounts determined 
under the previous proviso, the Secretary may de-
crease the amounts allocated to agencies by a uniform 
percentage applicable to all agencies receiving fund-
ing under this paragraph or may, to the extent nec-
essary to provide full payment of amounts determined 
under the previous proviso, utilize unobligated bal-
ances, including recaptures and carryovers, remain-
ing from funds appropriated to the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development under this heading 
from prior fiscal years, notwithstanding the purposes 
for which such amounts were appropriated: Provided 
further, That amounts provided under this paragraph 
shall be only for activities related to the provision of 
tenant-based rental assistance authorized under sec-
tion 8, including related development activities; 
(4) $60,000,000 shall be available for family self- 
sufficiency coordinators under section 23 of the Act; 
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(5) $113,452,000 for the renewal of tenant-based 
assistance contracts under section 811 of the Cran-
ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 
U.S.C. 8013), including necessary administrative ex-
penses; 
(6) $75,000,000 for incremental rental voucher 
assistance for use through a supported housing pro-
gram administered in conjunction with the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs as authorized under section 
8(o)(19) of the United States Housing Act of 1937: 
Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall make such funding available, not-
withstanding section 204 (competition provision) of 
this title, to public housing agencies that partner with 
eligible VA Medical Centers or other entities as des-
ignated by the Secretary of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs, based on geographical need for such as-
sistance as identified by the Secretary of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs, public housing agency ad-
ministrative performance, and other factors as speci-
fied by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment in consultation with the Secretary of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
may waive, or specify alternative requirements for (in 
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consultation with the Secretary of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs), any provision of any statute or reg-
ulation that the Secretary of Housing and Urban De-
velopment administers in connection with the use of 
funds made available under this paragraph (except 
for requirements related to fair housing, non-
discrimination, labor standards, and the environ-
ment), upon a finding by the Secretary that any such 
waivers or alternative requirements are necessary for 
the effective delivery and administration of such 
voucher assistance: Provided further, That assistance 
made available under this paragraph shall continue 
to remain available for homeless veterans upon turn- 
over; 
(7) $5,000,000 for payments to public housing 
authorities to be competitively awarded in order to 
demonstrate the effectiveness of leveraging mainstream 
resources to address the needs of families and individ-
uals who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, as 
defined by the Secretary of Housing and Urban De-
velopment, to be administered by the Secretary in 
conjunction with the Department of Health and 
Human Services and the Department of Education: 
Provided, That funds provided under this paragraph 
shall be awarded to public housing authorities that 
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(1) partner with eligible State and local entities re-
sponsible for distributing Temporary Assistance for 
Needy Families (TANF) and other health and human 
services, as designated by the Secretary of the Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services, and (2) partner 
with school homelessness liaisons funded through the 
Department of Education’s Education for Homeless 
Children and Youth Program: Provided further, That 
the funds may also be available to public housing au-
thorities that partner with eligible State Medicaid 
agencies and State behavioral health entities, as des-
ignated by the Secretary of the Department of Health 
and Human Services, to provide housing in conjunc-
tion with Medicaid case management, substance abuse 
treatment, and mental health services; and 
(8) The Secretary shall separately track all spe-
cial purpose vouchers funded under this heading. 
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances, including recaptures and 
carryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development under this 
heading, $200,000,000 are rescinded, to be effected by the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development no later than 
September 30, 2012: Provided, That if insufficient funds 
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exist under these headings, the remaining balance may be 
derived from any other unobligated balances available 
under any heading under this title funded in fiscal year 
2011 and prior years: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the unob-
ligated balances used to meet this rescission 30 days in ad-
vance of such rescission: Provided further, That any such 
balances governed by reallocation provisions under the stat-
ute authorizing the program for which the funds were origi-
nally appropriated shall be available for the rescission: Pro-
vided further, That any obligated balances of contract au-
thority from fiscal year 1974 and prior that have been ter-
minated shall be cancelled. 
PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND 
For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to 
carry out capital and management activities for public 
housing agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g) (the 
‘‘Act’’) $1,875,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2015: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law or regulation, during fiscal year 2012 the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development may not dele-
gate to any Department official other than the Deputy Sec-
retary and the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing any authority under paragraph (2) of section 9(j) 
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regarding the extension of the time periods under such sec-
tion: Provided further, That for purposes of such section 
9(j), the term ‘‘obligate’’ means, with respect to amounts, 
that the amounts are subject to a binding agreement that 
will result in outlays, immediately or in the future: Pro-
vided further, That up to $10,000,000 shall be to support 
the ongoing Public Housing Financial and Physical Assess-
ment activities of the Real Estate Assessment Center 
(REAC): Provided further, That of the total amount pro-
vided under this heading, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall 
be available for the Secretary to make grants, notwith-
standing section 204 of this Act, to public housing agencies 
for emergency capital needs including safety and security 
measures necessary to address crime and drug-related activ-
ity as well as needs resulting from unforeseen or unprevent-
able emergencies and natural disasters excluding Presi-
dentially declared emergencies and natural disasters under 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) occurring in fiscal year 2012: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount provided under this 
heading $50,000,000 shall be for supportive services, service 
coordinator and congregate services as authorized by section 
34 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437z–6) and the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 
U.S.C. 4101 et seq.): Provided further, That of the total 
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amount provided under this heading, up to $5,000,000 is 
to support the costs of administrative and judicial receiver-
ships: Provided further, That from the funds made available 
under this heading, the Secretary shall provide bonus 
awards in fiscal year 2012 to public housing agencies that 
are designated high performers. 
PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND 
For 2012 payments to public housing agencies for the 
operation and management of public housing, as authorized 
by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $3,961,850,000, of which $20,000,000 
shall be available until September 30, 2013: Provided, That 
in determining public housing agencies’, including Moving 
to Work agencies’, calendar year 2012 funding allocations 
under this heading, the Secretary shall take into account 
public housing agencies’ excess operating fund reserves, as 
determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That Moving 
to Work agencies shall receive a pro-rata reduction con-
sistent with their peer groups: Provided further, That no 
public housing agency shall be left with less than $100,000 
in operating reserves: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall not offset excess reserves by more than $750,000,000: 
Provided further, That in implementing such allocation re-
ductions, the Secretary shall establish a process by which 
public housing agencies can appeal the initial allocation 
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amounts and the Secretary shall consider adjustments based 
on such factors, including prior funding reservations, com-
mitments related to mixed finance developments, or report-
ing errors: Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify 
public housing agencies of such process and what docu-
mentation may be required as part of such appeal: Provided 
further, That following the appeals process established 
under the previous two provisos, the Secretary shall make 
final allocations: Provided further, That of the amount pro-
vided under this heading up to $20,000,000 may be set 
aside to provide assistance to any public housing authority 
who encounters financial hardship as a direct result of an 
excess reserve offset applied to an allocation of funding 
under this heading: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall provide flexibility to public housing agencies to use 
excess operating reserves for capital improvements. 
CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS 
For competitive grants under the Choice Neighborhoods 
Initiative (subject to section 24 of the United States Hous-
ing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v), unless otherwise speci-
fied under this heading), for transformation, rehabilitation, 
and replacement housing needs of both public and HUD- 
assisted housing and to transform neighborhoods of poverty 
into functioning, sustainable mixed income neighborhoods 
with appropriate services, schools, public assets, transpor-
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tation and access to jobs, $120,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2014: Provided, That grant funds may 
be used for resident and community services, community 
development, and affordable housing needs in the commu-
nity, and for conversion of vacant or foreclosed properties 
to affordable housing: Provided further, That grantees shall 
undertake comprehensive local planning with input from 
residents and the community, and that grantees shall pro-
vide a match in State, local, other Federal or private funds: 
Provided further, That grantees may include local govern-
ments, tribal entities, public housing authorities, and non-
profits: Provided further, That for-profit developers may 
apply jointly with a public entity: Provided further, That 
of the amount provided, not less than $80,000,000 shall be 
awarded to public housing authorities: Provided further, 
That such grantees shall create partnerships with other 
local organizations including assisted housing owners, serv-
ice agencies, and resident organizations: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall consult with the Secretaries of 
Education, Labor, Transportation, Health and Human 
Services, Agriculture, and Commerce and the Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agency to coordi-
nate and leverage other appropriate Federal resources: Pro-
vided further, That no more than $5,000,000 of funds made 
available under this heading may be provided to assist com-
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munities in developing comprehensive strategies for imple-
menting this program or implementing other revitalization 
efforts in conjunction with community notice and input: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall develop and pub-
lish guidelines for the use of such competitive funds, includ-
ing but not limited to eligible activities, program require-
ments, and performance metrics. 
NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS 
For the Native American Housing Block Grants pro-
gram, as authorized under title I of the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 
(NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $650,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That, notwith-
standing the Native American Housing Assistance and Self- 
Determination Act of 1996, to determine the amount of the 
allocation under title I of such Act for each Indian tribe, 
the Secretary shall apply the formula under section 302 of 
such Act with the need component based on single-race cen-
sus data and with the need component based on multi-race 
census data, and the amount of the allocation for each In-
dian tribe shall be the greater of the two resulting allocation 
amounts: Provided further, That of the amounts made 
available under this heading, $3,500,000 shall be contracted 
for assistance for a national organization representing Na-
tive American housing interests for providing training and 
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technical assistance to Indian housing authorities and trib-
ally designated housing entities as authorized under 
NAHASDA; and $4,250,000 shall be to support the inspec-
tion of Indian housing units, contract expertise, training, 
and technical assistance in the training, oversight, and 
management of such Indian housing and tenant-based as-
sistance, including up to $300,000 for related travel: Pro-
vided further, That of the amount provided under this head-
ing, $2,000,000 shall be made available for the cost of guar-
anteed notes and other obligations, as authorized by title 
VI of NAHASDA: Provided further, That such costs, includ-
ing the costs of modifying such notes and other obligations, 
shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budg-
et Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these 
funds are available to subsidize the total principal amount 
of any notes and other obligations, any part of which is 
to be guaranteed, not to exceed $20,000,000. 
NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANT 
For the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant pro-
gram, as authorized under title VIII of the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 
U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $13,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of this amount, $300,000 shall be 
for training and technical assistance activities, including 
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up to $100,000 for related travel by Hawaii-based HUD 
employees. 
INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sec-
tion 184 of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z), $7,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That such costs, including the 
costs of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur-
ther, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan 
principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, up to 
$428,000,000: Provided further, That up to $750,000 shall 
be for administrative contract expenses including manage-
ment processes and systems to carry out the loan guarantee 
program. 
NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sec-
tion 184A of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z) and for such costs for loans used 
for refinancing, $386,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That such costs, including the costs of 
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, 
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That these funds are available to subsidize total loan prin-
cipal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 
$41,504,000. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS 
For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Per-
sons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS Hous-
ing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), 
$330,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2013, except that amounts allocated pursuant to section 
854(c)(3) of such Act shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2014: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew 
all expiring contracts for permanent supportive housing 
that were funded under section 854(c)(3) of such Act that 
meet all program requirements before awarding funds for 
new contracts and activities authorized under this section. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For assistance to units of State and local government, 
and to other entities, for economic and community develop-
ment activities, and for other purposes, $3,001,027,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2013, unless otherwise 
specified: Provided, That of the total amount provided, 
$2,851,027,000 is for carrying out the community develop-
ment block grant program under title I of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1974, as amended (the 
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‘‘Act’’ herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.): Provided further, 
That unless explicitly provided for under this heading (ex-
cept for planning grants provided in the second paragraph 
and amounts made available under the third paragraph), 
not to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with funds ap-
propriated under this heading shall be expended for plan-
ning and management development and administration: 
Provided further, That $60,000,000 shall be for grants to 
Indian tribes notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such Act, 
of which, notwithstanding any other provision of law (in-
cluding section 204 of this Act), up to $3,960,000 may be 
used for emergencies that constitute imminent threats to 
health and safety. 
Of the amounts made available under this heading, 
$90,000,000 shall be made available for a Sustainable Com-
munities Initiative to improve regional planning efforts 
that integrate housing and transportation decisions, and 
increase the capacity to improve land use and zoning: Pro-
vided, That $63,000,000 shall be for Regional Integrated 
Planning Grants to support the linking of transportation 
and land use planning: Provided further, That not less than 
$15,750,000 of the funding made available for Regional In-
tegrated Planning Grants shall be awarded to metropolitan 
areas of less than 500,000: Provided further, That 
$27,000,000 shall be for Community Challenge Planning 
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Grants to foster reform and reduce barriers to achieve af-
fordable, economically vital, and sustainable communities: 
Provided further, That the Secretary will consult with the 
Secretary of Transportation in evaluating grant proposals. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT DISASTER 
FUNDING 
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Community Devel-
opment Fund’’, for necessary expenses related to disaster 
relief, long-term recovery, and restoration of infrastructure, 
housing, and economic revitalization resulting from a 
major disaster designation pursuant to the Robert T. Staf-
ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5122(2)) in 2011, $400,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, for activities authorized under title I of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (Public 
Law 93–383): Provided, That the amount provided under 
this heading is designated by Congress as being for disaster 
relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public 
Law 99–177), as amended: Provided further, That funds 
shall be awarded directly to the State or unit of general 
local government at the discretion of the Secretary: Pro-
vided further, That prior to the obligation of funds a grant-
ee shall submit a plan to the Secretary detailing the pro-
posed use of all funds, including criteria for eligibility and 
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how the use of these funds will address long-term recovery 
and restoration of infrastructure: Provided further, That 
funds provided under this heading may be used by a State 
or locality as a matching requirement, share, or contribu-
tion for any other Federal program: Provided further, That 
such funds may not be used for activities reimbursable by, 
or for which funds are made available by, the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency or the Army Corps of En-
gineers: Provided further, That funds allocated under this 
heading shall not adversely affect the amount of any for-
mula assistance received by a State or subdivision thereof 
under the Community Development Fund: Provided fur-
ther, That a State or subdivision thereof may use up to 
5 percent of its allocation for administrative costs: Provided 
further, That in administering the funds under this head-
ing, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may 
waive, or specify alternative requirements for, any provi-
sion of any statute or regulation that the Secretary admin-
isters in connection with the obligation by the Secretary 
or the use by the recipient of these funds or guarantees (ex-
cept for requirements related to fair housing, non-
discrimination, labor standards, and the environment), 
upon a request by a State or subdivision thereof explaining 
why such waiver is required to facilitate the use of such 
funds or guarantees, if the Secretary finds that such waiver 
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would not be inconsistent with the overall purpose of title 
I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall publish in the 
Federal Register any waiver of any statute or regulation 
that the Secretary administers pursuant to title I of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 no later 
than 5 days before the effective date of such waiver. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $4,960,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2012, as authorized by section 
108 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
1974 (42 U.S.C. 5308): Provided, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in sec-
tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 
further, That these funds are available to subsidize total 
loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not 
to exceed $200,000,000, notwithstanding any aggregate lim-
itation on outstanding obligations guaranteed in section 
108(k) of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1974, as amended. 
HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM 
For the HOME investment partnerships program, as 
authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
Affordable Housing Act, as amended, $1,000,000,000, to re-
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main available until September 30, 2013: Provided, That 
notwithstanding the amount made available under this 
heading, the threshold reduction requirements in sections 
216(10) and 217(b)(4) of such Act shall not apply to alloca-
tion of such amount: Provided further, That funds made 
available under this heading used for projects not completed 
within 4 years of the commitment date, as determined by 
a signature of each party to the agreement shall be repaid: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may extend the dead-
line for 1 year if the Secretary determines that the failure 
to complete the project is beyond the control of the partici-
pating jurisdiction: Provided further, That no funds pro-
vided under this heading may be committed to any project 
included as part of a participating jurisdiction’s plan 
under section 105(b), unless each participating jurisdiction 
certifies that it has conducted an underwriting review, as-
sessed developer capacity and fiscal soundness, and exam-
ined neighborhood market conditions to ensure adequate 
need for each project: Provided further, That any homeown-
ership units funded under this heading which cannot be sold 
to an eligible homeowner within 6 months of project comple-
tion shall be rented to an eligible tenant: Provided further, 
That no funds provided under this heading may be awarded 
for development activities to a community housing develop-
ment organization that cannot demonstrate that it is has 
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staff with demonstrated development experience: Provided 
further, That funds provided in prior appropriations Acts 
for technical assistance, that were made available for Com-
munity Housing Development Organizations technical as-
sistance, and that still remain available, may be used for 
HOME technical assistance notwithstanding the purposes 
for which such amounts were appropriated. 
SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY 
PROGRAM 
For the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Op-
portunity Program, as authorized under section 11 of the 
Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, as 
amended, $57,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2013: Provided, That of the total amount provided 
under this heading, $17,000,000 shall be made available to 
the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Opportunity 
Program as authorized under section 11 of the Housing Op-
portunity Program Extension Act of 1996, as amended: 
Provided further, That $35,000,000 shall be made available 
for the second, third and fourth capacity building activities 
authorized under section 4(a) of the HUD Demonstration 
Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), of which not less than 
$5,000,000 may be made available for rural capacity-build-
ing activities: Provided further, That $5,000,000 shall be 
made available for capacity-building activities for a na-
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tional organization with expertise in rural housing, includ-
ing experience working with rural housing organizations, 
local governments, and Indian tribes. 
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the emergency solutions grants program as author-
ized under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act, as amended; the continuum of 
care program as authorized under subtitle C of title IV of 
such Act; and the rural housing stability assistance pro-
gram as authorized under subtitle D of title IV of such Act, 
$1,901,190,000, of which $1,896,190,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2014, and of which 
$5,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
project-based rental assistance with rehabilitation projects 
with 10-year grant terms and any rental assistance 
amounts that are recaptured under such continuum of care 
program shall remain available until expended: Provided, 
That not less than $286,000,000 of the funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be available for such emergency 
solutions grants program: Provided further, That not less 
than $1,602,190,000 of the funds appropriated under this 
heading shall be available for such continuum of care and 
rural housing stability assistance programs: Provided fur-
ther, That up to $8,000,000 of the funds appropriated under 
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this heading shall be available for the national homeless 
data analysis project: Provided further, That for all match 
requirements applicable to funds made available under this 
heading for this fiscal year and prior years, a grantee may 
use (or could have used) as a source of match funds other 
funds administered by the Secretary and other Federal 
agencies unless there is (or was) a specific statutory prohi-
bition on any such use of any such funds: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall renew on an annual basis expiring 
contracts or amendments to contracts funded under the con-
tinuum of care program if the program is determined to 
be needed under the applicable continuum of care and meets 
appropriate program requirements and financial stand-
ards, as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, 
That all awards of assistance under this heading shall be 
required to coordinate and integrate homeless programs 
with other mainstream health, social services, and employ-
ment programs for which homeless populations may be eli-
gible, including Medicaid, State Children’s Health Insur-
ance Program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, 
Food Stamps, and services funding through the Mental 
Health and Substance Abuse Block Grant, Workforce In-
vestment Act, and the Welfare-to-Work grant program: Pro-
vided further, That all balances for Shelter Plus Care re-
newals previously funded from the Shelter Plus Care Re-
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newal account and transferred to this account shall be 
available, if recaptured, for continuum of care renewals in 
fiscal year 2012. 
HOUSING PROGRAMS 
PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities and assistance for the provision of 
project-based subsidy contracts under the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (‘‘the Act’’), 
not otherwise provided for, $9,018,672,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, shall be available on October 1, 2011 
(in addition to the $400,000,000 previously appropriated 
under this heading that will become available October 1, 
2012), and $400,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be available on October 1, 2012: Provided, 
That the amounts made available under this heading shall 
be available for expiring or terminating section 8 project- 
based subsidy contracts (including section 8 moderate reha-
bilitation contracts), for amendments to section 8 project- 
based subsidy contracts (including section 8 moderate reha-
bilitation contracts), for contracts entered into pursuant to 
section 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 11401), for renewal of section 8 contracts for 
units in projects that are subject to approved plans of action 
under the Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation 
Act of 1987 or the Low-Income Housing Preservation and 
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Resident Homeownership Act of 1990, and for administra-
tive and other expenses associated with project-based activi-
ties and assistance funded under this paragraph: Provided 
further, That of the total amounts provided under this head-
ing, not to exceed $289,000,000 shall be available for per-
formance-based contract administrators for section 8 
project-based assistance: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development may also use 
such amounts in the previous proviso for performance-based 
contract administrators for the administration of: interest 
reduction payments pursuant to section 236(a) of the Na-
tional Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(a)); rent supple-
ment payments pursuant to section 101 of the Housing and 
Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); section 
236(f)(2) rental assistance payments (12 U.S.C. 1715z– 
1(f)(2)); project rental assistance contracts for the elderly 
under section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 
U.S.C. 1701q); project rental assistance contracts for sup-
portive housing for persons with disabilities under section 
811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)); project assistance con-
tracts pursuant to section 202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959 
(Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667); and loans under section 
202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 
Stat. 667): Provided further, That amounts recaptured 
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under this heading may be used for renewals of or amend-
ments to section 8 project-based contracts or for perform-
ance-based contract administrators, notwithstanding the 
purposes for which such amounts were appropriated. 
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, as 
amended, and for project rental assistance for the elderly 
under section 202(c)(2) of such Act, including amendments 
to contracts for such assistance and renewal of expiring con-
tracts for such assistance for up to a 1-year term, and for 
senior preservation rental assistance contracts, as author-
ized by section 811(e) of the American Housing and Eco-
nomic Opportunity Act of 2000, as amended, and for sup-
portive services associated with the housing, $369,627,000 
to remain available until September 30, 2015: Provided, 
That of the amount provided under this heading, up to 
$91,000,000 shall be for service coordinators and the con-
tinuation of existing congregate service grants for residents 
of assisted housing projects, and of which up to $20,000,000 
shall be for grants under section 202b of the Housing Act 
of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q–2) for conversion of eligible 
projects under such section to assisted living, service-en-
riched housing, or related use for substantial and emergency 
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repairs as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, 
That amounts under this heading shall be available for Real 
Estate Assessment Center inspections and inspection-related 
activities associated with section 202 capital advance 
projects: Provided further, That the Secretary may waive 
the provisions of section 202 governing the terms and condi-
tions of project rental assistance, except that the initial con-
tract term for such assistance shall not exceed 5 years in 
duration. 
HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 
For capital advance contracts, including amendments 
to capital advance contracts, for supportive housing for per-
sons with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of the 
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 
U.S.C. 8013) and for project rental assistance for sup-
portive housing for persons with disabilities under section 
811(d)(2) of such Act, including amendments to contracts 
for such assistance and renewal of expiring contracts for 
such assistance for up to a 1-year term, and for supportive 
services associated with the housing for persons with dis-
abilities as authorized by section 811(b)(1) of such Act, 
$150,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2015: 
Provided, That the Secretary may waive the provisions of 
section 811 governing the terms and conditions of project 
rental assistance, except that the initial contract term for 
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such assistance shall not exceed 5 years in duration: Pro-
vided further, That amounts made available under this 
heading shall be available for Real Estate Assessment Cen-
ter inspections and inspection-related activities associated 
with section 811 Capital Advance Projects: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall conduct a demonstration pro-
gram to make available funds provided under this heading 
for project rental assistance to State housing finance agen-
cies and other appropriate entities as authorized under sec-
tion 811(b)(3) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(b)(3)). 
HOUSING COUNSELING ASSISTANCE 
For contracts, grants, and other assistance excluding 
loans, as authorized under section 106 of the Housing and 
Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended, $60,000,000, 
including up to $2,500,000 for administrative contract 
services, to remain available until September 30, 2012: Pro-
vided, That grants made available from amounts provided 
under this heading shall be awarded within 120 days of 
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That funds shall 
be used for providing counseling and advice to tenants and 
homeowners, both current and prospective, with respect to 
property maintenance, financial management/literacy, and 
such other matters as may be appropriate to assist them 
in improving their housing conditions, meeting their finan-
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cial needs, and fulfilling the responsibilities of tenancy or 
homeownership; for program administration; and for hous-
ing counselor training. 
OTHER ASSISTED HOUSING PROGRAMS 
RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE 
For amendments to or extensions for up to 1 year of 
contracts under section 101 of the Housing and Urban De-
velopment Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s) and section 
236(f)(2) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z– 
1) in State-aided, noninsured rental housing projects, 
$1,300,000, to remain available until expended. 
RENT SUPPLEMENT 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the amounts recaptured from terminated contracts 
under section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development 
Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s) and section 236 of the Na-
tional Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1) $231,600,000 are 
rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded 
from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolu-
tion on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 
PAYMENT TO MANUFACTURED HOUSING FEES TRUST FUND 
For necessary expenses as authorized by the National 
Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards 
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Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), up to $9,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which $4,000,000 is to 
be derived from the Manufactured Housing Fees Trust 
Fund: Provided, That not to exceed the total amount appro-
priated under this heading shall be available from the gen-
eral fund of the Treasury to the extent necessary to incur 
obligations and make expenditures pending the receipt of 
collections to the Fund pursuant to section 620 of such Act: 
Provided further, That the amount made available under 
this heading from the general fund shall be reduced as such 
collections are received during fiscal year 2011 so as to re-
sult in a final fiscal year 2011 appropriation from the gen-
eral fund estimated at not more than $5,000,000 and fees 
pursuant to such section 620 shall be modified as necessary 
to ensure such a final fiscal year 2011 appropriation: Pro-
vided further, That for the dispute resolution and installa-
tion programs, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment may assess and collect fees from any program par-
ticipant: Provided further, That such collections shall be de-
posited into the Fund, and the Secretary, as provided here-
in, may use such collections, as well as fees collected under 
section 620, for necessary expenses of such Act: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding the requirements of section 
620 of such Act, the Secretary may carry out responsibil-
ities of the Secretary under such Act through the use of ap-
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proved service providers that are paid directly by the recipi-
ents of their services. 
FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION 
MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
New commitments to guarantee single family loans in-
sured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund shall not 
exceed $400,000,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2013: Provided, That during fiscal year 2012, 
obligations to make direct loans to carry out the purposes 
of section 204(g) of the National Housing Act, as amended, 
shall not exceed $50,000,000: Provided further, That the 
foregoing amount in the previous proviso shall be for loans 
to nonprofit and governmental entities in connection with 
sales of single family real properties owned by the Secretary 
and formerly insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance 
Fund. For administrative contract expenses of the Federal 
Housing Administration, $206,586,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2013, of which up to $70,652,000 
may be transferred to and merged with the Working Capital 
Fund: Provided further, That to the extent guaranteed loan 
commitments exceed $200,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 
2012, an additional $1,400 for administrative contract ex-
penses shall be available for each $1,000,000 in additional 
guaranteed loan commitments (including a pro rata 
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amount for any amount below $1,000,000), but in no case 
shall funds made available by this proviso exceed 
$30,000,000. 
GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
During fiscal year 2012, commitments to guarantee 
loans incurred under the General and Special Risk Insur-
ance Funds, as authorized by sections 238 and 519 of the 
National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–3 and 1735c), shall 
not exceed $25,000,000,000 in total loan principal, any 
part of which is to be guaranteed. 
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 
$20,000,000, which shall be for loans to nonprofit and gov-
ernmental entities in connection with the sale of single fam-
ily real properties owned by the Secretary and formerly in-
sured 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 of the National Housing Act, as 
amended 
(12 
U.S.C. 
1721(g)), 
shall 
not 
exceed 
$500,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2013: Provided, That $20,000,000 shall be available for per-
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sonnel compensation and benefits, and other administrative 
expenses of the Government National Mortgage Association: 
Provided further, That to the extent that guaranteed loan 
commitments will and do exceed $300,000,000,000, an ad-
ditional $100 for personnel compensation and benefits, and 
administrative expenses shall be available until expended 
for each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan commit-
ments (including a pro rata amount for any amount below 
$1,000,000): Provided further, That receipts from Commit-
ment and Multiclass fees collected pursuant to title III of 
the National Housing Act, as amended, shall be credited 
as offsetting collections to this account. 
POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 
For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of pro-
grams of research and studies relating to housing and 
urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized 
by title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 
1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), including carrying out 
the functions of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment under section 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 
2 of 1968, $45,825,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2013: Provided, That with respect to amounts made 
available under this heading, notwithstanding section 204 
of this title, the Secretary may enter into cooperative agree-
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ments funded with philanthropic entities, other Federal 
agencies, or State or local governments and their agencies 
for research projects: Provided further, That with respect 
to the previous proviso, such partners to the cooperative 
agreements must contribute at least a 50 percent match to-
ward the cost of the project: Provided further, That for non- 
competitive agreements entered into in accordance with the 
previous two provisos, the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall comply with section 2(b) of the Federal 
Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 
(Public Law 109–282, 31 U.S.C. note) in lieu of compliance 
with section 102(a)(4)(C) with respect to documentation of 
award decisions. 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES 
For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not other-
wise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing 
Amendments Act of 1988, and section 561 of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended, 
$70,847,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013, 
of which $42,500,000 shall be to carry out activities pursu-
ant to such section 561: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary may assess and collect fees to 
cover the costs of the Fair Housing Training Academy, and 
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may use such funds to provide such training: Provided fur-
ther, That no funds made available under this heading shall 
be used to lobby the executive or legislative branches of the 
Federal Government in connection with a specific contract, 
grant or loan: Provided further, That of the funds made 
available under this heading, $300,000 shall be available 
to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for 
the creation and promotion of translated materials and 
other programs that support the assistance of persons with 
limited English proficiency in utilizing the services pro-
vided by the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment. 
OFFICE OF HEALTHY HOMES AND LEAD HAZARD 
CONTROL 
LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION 
For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as author-
ized by section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint 
Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, $120,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2013, pursuant to sections 
501 and 502 of the Housing and Urban Development Act 
of 1970 that shall include research, studies, testing, and 
demonstration efforts, including education and outreach 
concerning lead-based paint poisoning and other housing- 
related diseases and hazards: Provided, That for purposes 
of environmental review, pursuant to the National Environ-
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mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and 
other provisions of the law that further the purposes of such 
Act, a grant under the Healthy Homes Initiative, Oper-
ation Lead Elimination Action Plan (LEAP), 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: Provided further, 
That of the total amount made available under this head-
ing, $45,000,000 shall be made available on a competitive 
basis for areas with the highest lead paint abatement needs: 
Provided further, That each recipient of funds provided 
under the second proviso shall make a matching contribu-
tion in an amount not less than 25 percent: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary may waive the matching require-
ment cited in the preceding proviso on a case by case basis 
if the Secretary determines that such a waiver is necessary 
to advance the purposes of this program: Provided further, 
That each applicant shall submit a detailed plan and strat-
egy that demonstrates adequate capacity that is acceptable 
to the Secretary to carry out the proposed use of funds pur-
suant to a notice of funding availability: Provided further, 
That amounts made available under this heading in this 
or prior appropriations Acts, and that still remain avail-
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able, may be used for any purpose under this heading not-
withstanding the purpose for which such amounts were ap-
propriated if a program competition is undersubscribed 
and there are other program competitions under this head-
ing that are oversubscribed. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For additional capital for the Working Capital Fund 
(42 U.S.C. 3535) for the maintenance of infrastructure for 
Department-wide information technology systems, for the 
continuing operation and maintenance of both Department- 
wide and program-specific information systems, and for 
program-related maintenance activities, $192,475,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2013: 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 appro-
priated by previously enacted appropriations Acts may be 
used for the purposes specified under this Fund, in addition 
to any other information technology the purposes for which 
such amounts were appropriated: Provided further, That 
not more than 25 percent of the funds made available under 
this heading for Development, Modernization and Enhance-
ment, including development and deployment of a Next 
Generation of Voucher Management System and develop-
ment and deployment of modernized Federal Housing Ad-
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ministration systems may be obligated until the Secretary 
submits to the Committees on Appropriations a plan for 
expenditure that—(A) identifies for each modernization 
project: (i) the functional and performance capabilities to 
be delivered and the mission benefits to be realized, (ii) the 
estimated life-cycle cost, and (iii) key milestones to be met; 
(B) demonstrates that each modernization project is: (i) 
compliant with the department’s enterprise architecture, 
(ii) being managed in accordance with applicable life-cycle 
management policies and guidance, (iii) subject to the de-
partment’s capital planning and investment control re-
quirements, and (iv) supported by an adequately staffed 
project office; and (C) has been reviewed by the Government 
Accountability Office. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of In-
spector General in carrying out the Inspector General Act 
of 1978, as amended, $124,750,000: Provided, That the In-
spector General shall have independent authority over all 
personnel issues within this office. 
TRANSFORMATION INITIATIVE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Of the amounts made available in this Act under each 
of the following headings under this title, the Secretary may 
transfer to, and merge with, this account up to 0.5 percent 
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from each such account, and such transferred amounts shall 
be available until September 30, 2014, for: (1) research, 
evaluation, and program metrics; (2) program demonstra-
tions; and (3) technical assistance and capacity building: 
‘‘Choice Neighborhoods Initiative’’, ‘‘Housing Opportunities 
for Persons With AIDS’’, ‘‘Community Development 
Fund’’, ‘‘HOME Investment Partnerships Program’’, ‘‘Self- 
Help and Assisted Homeownership Opportunity Program’’, 
‘‘Homeless Assistance Grants’’, ‘‘Housing for the Elderly’’, 
‘‘Housing for Persons With Disabilities’’, ‘‘Housing Coun-
seling Assistance’’, ‘‘Payment to Manufactured Housing 
Fees Trust Fund’’, ‘‘Mutual Mortgage Insurance Program 
Account’’, ‘‘Lead Hazard Reduction’’, ‘‘Rental Housing As-
sistance’’, and ‘‘Fair Housing Activities’’: Provided, That 
of the amounts made available under this paragraph, not 
less than $45,000,000 shall be available for technical assist-
ance and capacity building: Provided further, That tech-
nical assistance activities shall include, technical assistance 
for HUD programs, including HOME, Community Devel-
opment Block Grant, homeless programs, HOPWA, HOPE 
VI, Public Housing, the Housing Choice Voucher Program, 
Fair Housing Initiative Program, Housing Counseling, 
Healthy Homes, Sustainable Communities, and other tech-
nical assistance as determined by the Secretary: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall submit a plan to the House 
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and Senate Committees on Appropriations for approval de-
tailing how the funding provided under this heading will 
be allocated to each of the four categories identified under 
this heading and for what projects or activities funding will 
be used: Provided further, That following the initial ap-
proval of this plan, the Secretary may amend the plan with 
the approval of the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations: Provided further, That with respect to 
amounts made available under this heading for research, 
evaluation, program metrics, and program demonstrations, 
notwithstanding section 204 of this title, the Secretary may 
make grants or enter into cooperative agreements that in-
clude a substantial match contribution. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 
URBAN DEVELOPMENT 
SEC. 201. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget au-
thority, or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts 
associated with such budget authority, that are recaptured 
from projects described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart 
B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 
(42 U.S.C. 1437 note) shall be rescinded or in the case of 
cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such amounts 
of budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded 
or remitted to the Treasury shall be used by State housing 
finance agencies or local governments or local housing agen-
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cies with projects approved by the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development for which settlement occurred after 
January 1, 1992, in accordance with such section. Notwith-
standing the previous sentence, the Secretary may award 
up to 15 percent of the budget authority or cash recaptured 
and not rescinded or remitted to the Treasury to provide 
project owners with incentives to refinance their project at 
a lower interest rate. 
SEC. 202. None of the amounts made available under 
this Act may be used during fiscal year 2012 to investigate 
or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise law-
ful activity engaged in by one or more persons, including 
the filing or maintaining of a nonfrivolous legal action, 
that is engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving or 
preventing action by a Government official or entity, or a 
court of competent jurisdiction. 
SEC. 203. (a) Notwithstanding section 854(c)(1)(A) of 
the 
AIDS 
Housing 
Opportunity 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
12903(c)(1)(A)), from any amounts made available under 
this title for fiscal year 2012 that are allocated under such 
section, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
shall allocate and make a grant, in the amount determined 
under subsection (b), for any State that— 
(1) received an allocation in a prior fiscal year 
under clause (ii) of such section; and 
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(2) is not otherwise eligible for an allocation for 
fiscal year 2012 under such clause (ii) because the 
areas in the State outside of the metropolitan statis-
tical areas that qualify under clause (i) in fiscal year 
2011 do not have the number of cases of acquired im-
munodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) required under 
such clause. 
(b) The amount of the allocation and grant for any 
State described in subsection (a) shall be an amount based 
on the cumulative number of AIDS cases in the areas of 
that State that are outside of metropolitan statistical areas 
that qualify under clause (i) of such section 854(c)(1)(A) 
in fiscal year 2012, in proportion to AIDS cases among 
cities and States that qualify under clauses (i) and (ii) of 
such section and States deemed eligible under subsection 
(a). 
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
amount allocated for fiscal year 2012 under section 854(c) 
of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 
12903(c)), to the city of New York, New York, on behalf 
of the New York-Wayne-White Plains, New York-New Jersey 
Metropolitan Division (hereafter ‘‘metropolitan division’’) 
of the New York-Newark-Edison, NY–NJ–PA Metropolitan 
Statistical Area, shall be adjusted by the Secretary of Hous-
ing and Urban Development by: 
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(1) allocating to the city of Jersey City, New 
Jersey, the proportion of the metropolitan area’s or 
division’s amount that is based on the number of 
cases of AIDS reported in the portion of the metro-
politan area or division that is located in Hudson 
County, New Jersey, and adjusting for the proportion 
of the metropolitan division’s high-incidence bonus if 
this area in New Jersey also has a higher than aver-
age per capita incidence of AIDS; and 
(2) allocating to the city of Paterson, New Jer-
sey, the proportion of the metropolitan area’s or divi-
sion’s amount that is based on the number of cases of 
AIDS reported in the portion of the metropolitan 
area or division that is located in Bergen County and 
Passaic County, New Jersey, and adjusting for the 
proportion of the metropolitan division’s high inci-
dence bonus if this area in New Jersey also has a 
higher than average per capita incidence of AIDS. 
The recipient cities shall use amounts allocated under 
this subsection to carry out eligible activities under 
section 855 of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act 
(42 U.S.C. 12904) in their respective portions of the 
metropolitan division that is located in New Jersey. 
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
amount allocated for fiscal year 2012 under section 854(c) 
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of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)) 
to areas with a higher than average per capita incidence 
of AIDS, shall be adjusted by the Secretary on the basis 
of area incidence reported over a 3-year period. 
SEC. 204. Except as explicitly provided in law, any 
grant, cooperative agreement or other assistance made pur-
suant to title II of this Act shall be made on a competitive 
basis and in accordance with section 102 of the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 
(42 U.S.C. 3545). 
SEC. 205. Funds of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development subject to the Government Corporation 
Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of 1950 shall 
be available, without regard to the limitations on adminis-
trative expenses, for legal services on a contract or fee basis, 
and for utilizing and making payment for services and fa-
cilities of the Federal National Mortgage Association, Gov-
ernment National Mortgage Association, Federal Home 
Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Fed-
eral Reserve banks or any member thereof, Federal Home 
Loan banks, and any insured bank within the meaning of 
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, as amended 
(12 U.S.C. 1811–1). 
SEC. 206. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act 
or through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any ap-
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propriation for the Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment shall be available for any program, project or 
activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget esti-
mates submitted to Congress. 
SEC. 207. Corporations and agencies of the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development which are subject 
to the Government Corporation Control Act are hereby au-
thorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of 
funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor-
poration or agency and in accordance with law, and to 
make such contracts and commitments without regard to 
fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of such 
Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set 
forth in the budget for 2012 for such corporation or agency 
except as hereinafter provided: Provided, That collections 
of these corporations and agencies may be used for new loan 
or mortgage purchase commitments only to the extent ex-
pressly provided for in this Act (unless such loans are in 
support of other forms of assistance provided for in this or 
prior appropriations Acts), except that this proviso shall 
not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty operations 
of these corporations, or where loans or mortgage purchases 
are necessary to protect the financial interest of the United 
States Government. 
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SEC. 208. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment shall provide quarterly reports to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding all uncom-
mitted, unobligated, recaptured and excess funds in each 
program and activity within the jurisdiction of the Depart-
ment and shall submit additional, updated budget informa-
tion to these Committees upon request. 
SEC. 209. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the amount allocated for fiscal year 2012 under section 
854(c) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 
12903(c)), to the city of Wilmington, Delaware, on behalf 
of the Wilmington, Delaware-Maryland-New Jersey Metro-
politan Division (hereafter ‘‘metropolitan division’’), shall 
be adjusted by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment by allocating to the State of New Jersey the propor-
tion of the metropolitan division’s amount that is based on 
the number of cases of AIDS reported in the portion of the 
metropolitan division that is located in New Jersey, and 
adjusting for the proportion of the metropolitan division’s 
high incidence bonus if this area in New Jersey also has 
a higher than average per capita incidence of AIDS. The 
State of New Jersey shall use amounts allocated to the State 
under this subsection to carry out eligible activities under 
section 855 of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 
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U.S.C. 12904) in the portion of the metropolitan division 
that is located in New Jersey. 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall allocate 
to Wake County, North Carolina, the amounts that other-
wise would be allocated for fiscal year 2012 under section 
854(c) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 
12903(c)) to the city of Raleigh, North Carolina, on behalf 
of the Raleigh-Cary North Carolina Metropolitan Statis-
tical Area. Any amounts allocated to Wake County shall 
be used to carry out eligible activities under section 855 
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) within such metropolitan sta-
tistical area. 
(c) Notwithstanding section 854(c) of the AIDS Hous-
ing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)), the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development may adjust the alloca-
tion of the amounts that otherwise would be allocated for 
fiscal year 2012 under section 854(c) of such Act, upon the 
written request of an applicant, in conjunction with the 
State(s), for a formula allocation on behalf of a metropoli-
tan statistical area, to designate the State or States in 
which the metropolitan statistical area is located as the eli-
gible grantee(s) of the allocation. In the case that a metro-
politan statistical area involves more than one State, such 
amounts allocated to each State shall be in proportion to 
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the number of cases of AIDS reported in the portion of the 
metropolitan statistical area located in that State. Any 
amounts allocated to a State under this section shall be used 
to carry out eligible activities within the portion of the met-
ropolitan statistical area located in that State. 
SEC. 210. The President’s formal budget request for fis-
cal year 2013, as well as the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development’s congressional budget justifications to 
be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, shall use the iden-
tical account and sub-account structure provided under this 
Act. 
SEC. 211. A public housing agency or such other entity 
that administers Federal housing assistance for the Housing 
Authority of the county of Los Angeles, California, the 
States of Alaska, Iowa, and Mississippi shall not be re-
quired to include a resident of public housing or a recipient 
of assistance provided under section 8 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 on the board of directors or a similar 
governing board of such agency or entity as required under 
section (2)(b) of such Act. Each public housing agency or 
other entity that administers Federal housing assistance 
under section 8 for the Housing Authority of the county 
of Los Angeles, California and the States of Alaska, Iowa 
and Mississippi that chooses not to include a resident of 
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public housing or a recipient of section 8 assistance on the 
board of directors or a similar governing board shall estab-
lish an advisory board of not less than six residents of pub-
lic housing or recipients of section 8 assistance to provide 
advice and comment to the public housing agency or other 
administering entity on issues related to public housing and 
section 8. Such advisory board shall meet not less than 
quarterly. 
SEC. 212. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, subject to the conditions listed in subsection (b), for 
fiscal years 2012 and 2013, the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development may authorize the transfer of some or 
all project-based assistance, debt and statutorily required 
low-income and very low-income use restrictions, associated 
with one or more multifamily housing project to another 
multifamily housing project or projects. 
(b) PHASED TRANSFERS.—Transfers of project-based 
assistance under this section may be done in phases to ac-
commodate the financing and other requirements related to 
rehabilitating or constructing the project or projects to 
which the assistance is transferred, to ensure that such 
project or projects meet the standards under section (c). 
(c) The transfer authorized in subsection (a) is subject 
to the following conditions: 
(1) NUMBER AND BEDROOM SIZE OF UNITS.— 
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(A) For occupied units in the transferring 
project: the number of low-income and very low- 
income units and the configuration (i.e. bedroom 
size) provided by the transferring project shall be 
no less than when transferred to the receiving 
project or projects and the net dollar amount of 
Federal assistance provided by the transferring 
project shall remain the same in the receiving 
project or projects. 
(B) For unoccupied units in the transfer-
ring project: the Secretary may authorize a re-
duction in the number of dwelling units in the 
receiving project or projects to allow for a recon-
figuration of bedroom sizes to meet current mar-
ket demands, as determined by the Secretary and 
provided there is no increase in the project-based 
section 8 budget authority. 
(2) The transferring project shall, as determined 
by the Secretary, be either physically obsolete or eco-
nomically nonviable. 
(3) The receiving project or projects shall meet or 
exceed applicable physical standards established by 
the Secretary. 
(4) The owner or mortgagor of the transferring 
project shall notify and consult with the tenants re-
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siding in the transferring project and provide a cer-
tification of approval by all appropriate local govern-
mental officials. 
(5) The tenants of the transferring project who 
remain eligible for assistance to be provided by the re-
ceiving project or projects shall not be required to va-
cate their units in the transferring project or projects 
until new units in the receiving project are available 
for occupancy. 
(6) The Secretary determines that this transfer is 
in the best interest of the tenants. 
(7) If either the transferring project or the re-
ceiving project or projects meets the condition speci-
fied in subsection (d)(2)(A), any lien on the receiving 
project resulting from additional financing obtained 
by the owner shall be subordinate to any FHA-in-
sured mortgage lien transferred to, or placed on, such 
project by the Secretary, except that the Secretary 
may waive this requirement upon determination that 
such a waiver is necessary to facilitate the financing 
of acquisition, construction, and/or rehabilitation of 
the receiving project or projects. 
(8) If the transferring project meets the require-
ments of subsection (c)(2)(E), the owner or mortgagor 
of the receiving project or projects shall execute and 
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record either a continuation of the existing use agree-
ment or a new use agreement for the project where, 
in either case, any use restrictions in such agreement 
are of no lesser duration than the existing use restric-
tions. 
(d) For purposes of this section— 
(1) the terms ‘‘low-income’’ and ‘‘very low-in-
come’’ shall have the meanings provided by the statute 
and/or regulations governing the program under 
which the project is insured or assisted; 
(2) the term ‘‘multifamily housing project’’ 
means housing that meets one of the following condi-
tions— 
(A) housing that is subject to a mortgage 
insured under the National Housing Act; 
(B) housing that has project-based assist-
ance attached to the structure including projects 
undergoing mark to market debt restructuring 
under the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform 
and Affordability Housing Act; 
(C) housing that is assisted under section 
202 of the Housing Act of 1959 as amended by 
section 801 of the Cranston-Gonzales National 
Affordable Housing Act; 
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(D) housing that is assisted under section 
202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as such section 
existed before the enactment of the Cranston- 
Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act; or 
(E) 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; 
(B) assistance for housing constructed or 
substantially rehabilitated pursuant to assistance 
provided under section 8(b)(2) of such Act (as 
such section existed immediately before October 
1, 1983); 
(C) rent supplement payments under sec-
tion 101 of the Housing and Urban Development 
Act of 1965; 
(D) interest reduction payments under sec-
tion 236 and/or additional assistance payments 
under section 236(f)(2) of the National Housing 
Act; 
(E) assistance payments made under sec-
tion 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959; and 
(F) assistance payments made under section 
811(d)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959; 
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(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 use low-income and very 
low-income 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. 
SEC. 213. The funds made available for Native Alas-
kans under the heading ‘‘Native American Housing Block 
Grants’’ in title III of this Act shall be allocated to the same 
Native Alaskan housing block grant recipients that received 
funds in fiscal year 2005. 
SEC. 214. No funds provided under this title may be 
used for an audit of the Government National Mortgage As-
sociation that makes applicable requirements under the 
Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.). 
SEC. 215. (a) No assistance shall be provided under 
section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f) to any individual who— 
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(1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of 
higher education (as defined under section 102 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)); 
(2) is under 24 years of age; 
(3) is not a veteran; 
(4) is unmarried; 
(5) does not have a dependent child; 
(6) is not a person with disabilities, as such 
term is defined in section 3(b)(3)(E) of the United 
States 
Housing 
Act 
of 
1937 
(42 
U.S.C. 
1437a(b)(3)(E)) and was not receiving assistance 
under such section 8 as of November 30, 2005; and 
(7) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has 
parents who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, 
to receive assistance under section 8 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f). 
(b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a per-
son to receive assistance under section 8 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any financial as-
sistance (in excess of amounts received for tuition) that an 
individual receives under the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), from private sources, or an institu-
tion of higher education (as defined under the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)), shall be considered 
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income to that individual, except for a person over the age 
of 23 with dependent children. 
SEC. 216. Notwithstanding the limitation in the first 
sentence of section 255(g) of the National Housing Act (12 
U.S.C. 1715z–g), the Secretary of Housing and Urban De-
velopment may, until September 30, 2012, insure and enter 
into commitments to insure mortgages under section 255(g) 
of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–20). 
SEC. 217. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
in fiscal year 2011, in managing and disposing of any mul-
tifamily property that is owned or has a mortgage held by 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and dur-
ing the process of foreclosure on any property with a con-
tract for rental assistance payments under section 8 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 or other Federal pro-
grams, the Secretary shall maintain any rental assistance 
payments under section 8 of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 and other programs that are attached to any dwell-
ing units in the property. To the extent the Secretary deter-
mines, in consultation with the tenants and the local gov-
ernment, that such a multifamily property owned or held 
by the Secretary is not feasible for continued rental assist-
ance payments under such section 8 or other programs, 
based on consideration of (1) the costs of rehabilitating and 
operating the property and all available Federal, State, and 
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local resources, including rent adjustments under section 
524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Af-
fordability Act of 1997 (‘‘MAHRAA’’) and (2) environ-
mental conditions that cannot be remedied in a cost-effec-
tive fashion, the Secretary may, in consultation with the 
tenants of that property, contract for project-based rental 
assistance payments with an owner or owners of other exist-
ing housing properties, or provide other rental assistance. 
The Secretary shall also take appropriate steps to ensure 
that project-based contracts remain in effect prior to fore-
closure, subject to the exercise of contractual abatement rem-
edies to assist relocation of tenants for imminent major 
threats to health and safety after written notice to and in-
formed consent of the affected tenants and use of other avail-
able remedies, such as partial abatements or receivership. 
After disposition of any multifamily property described 
under this section, the contract and allowable rent levels 
on such properties shall be subject to the requirements under 
section 524 of MAHRAA. 
SEC. 218. During fiscal year 2012, in the provision 
of rental assistance under section 8(o) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) in connection 
with a program to demonstrate the economy and effective-
ness of providing such assistance for use in assisted living 
facilities that is carried out in the counties of the State of 
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Michigan notwithstanding paragraphs (3) and (18)(B)(iii) 
of such section 8(o), a family residing in an assisted living 
facility in any such county, on behalf of which a public 
housing agency provides assistance pursuant to section 
8(o)(18) of such Act, may be required, at the time the family 
initially receives such assistance, to pay rent in an amount 
exceeding 40 percent of the monthly adjusted income of the 
family by such a percentage or amount as the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development determines to be ap-
propriate. 
SEC. 219. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment shall report quarterly to the House of Representa-
tives and Senate Committees on Appropriations on HUD’s 
use of all sole-source contracts, including terms of the con-
tracts, cost, and a substantive rationale for using a sole- 
source contract. 
SEC. 220. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the recipient of a grant under section 202b of the Housing 
Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q) after December 26, 2000, 
in accordance with the unnumbered paragraph at the end 
of section 202(b) of such Act, may, at its option, establish 
a single-asset nonprofit entity to own the project and may 
lend the grant funds to such entity, which may be a private 
nonprofit organization described in section 831 of the 
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American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act 
of 2000. 
SEC. 221. (a) The amounts provided under the sub-
heading ‘‘Program Account’’ under the heading ‘‘Commu-
nity Development Loan Guarantees’’ may be used to guar-
antee, or make commitments to guarantee, notes, or other 
obligations issued by any State on behalf of nonentitlement 
communities in the State in accordance with the require-
ments of section 108 of the Housing and Community Devel-
opment Act of 1974 in fiscal year 2012 and subsequent 
years: Provided, That, any State receiving such a guarantee 
or commitment shall distribute all funds subject to such 
guarantee to the units of general local government in non-
entitlement areas that received the commitment. 
(b) Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment shall promulgate regulations governing the adminis-
tration of the funds described under subsection (a). 
SEC. 222. Section 24 of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (m)(1), by striking ‘‘fiscal 
year’’ and all that follows through the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2012.’’; and 
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(2) in subsection (o), by striking ‘‘September’’ 
and all that follows through the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘September 30, 2012.’’. 
SEC. 223. Public housing agencies that own and oper-
ate 400 or fewer public housing units may elect to be exempt 
from any asset management requirement imposed by the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in connec-
tion with the operating fund rule: Provided, That an agency 
seeking a discontinuance of a reduction of subsidy under 
the operating fund formula shall not be exempt from asset 
management requirements. 
SEC. 224. With respect to the use of amounts provided 
in this Act and in future Acts for the operation, capital 
improvement and management of public housing as author-
ized by sections 9(d) and 9(e) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d) and (e)), the Secretary 
shall not impose any requirement or guideline relating to 
asset management that restricts or limits in any way the 
use of capital funds for central office costs pursuant to sec-
tion 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2) of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)(1), (2)): Provided, That a pub-
lic housing agency may not use capital funds authorized 
under section 9(d) for activities that are eligible under sec-
tion 9(e) for assistance with amounts from the operating 
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fund in excess of the amounts permitted under section 
9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2). 
SEC. 225. No official or employee of the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development shall be designated as 
an allotment holder unless the Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer has determined that such allotment holder has im-
plemented an adequate system of funds control and has re-
ceived training in funds control procedures and directives. 
The Chief Financial Officer shall ensure that, not later than 
90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, a trained 
allotment holder shall be designated for each HUD sub-
account under the heading ‘‘Administration, Operations, 
and Management’’ as well as each account receiving appro-
priations for ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses’’ 
within the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment. 
SEC. 226. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment shall report quarterly to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations on the status of all section 
8 project-based housing, including the number of all project- 
based units by region as well as an analysis of all federally 
subsidized housing being refinanced under the Mark-to- 
Market program. The Secretary shall in the report identify 
all existing units maintained by region as section 8 project- 
based units and all project-based units that have opted out 
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of section 8 or have otherwise been eliminated as section 
8 project-based units. The Secretary shall identify in detail 
and by project all the efforts made by the Department to 
preserve all section 8 project-based housing units and all 
the reasons for any units which opted out or otherwise were 
lost as section 8 project-based units. Such analysis shall in-
clude a review of the impact of the loss of any subsidized 
units in that housing marketplace, such as the impact of 
cost and the loss of available subsidized, low-income housing 
in areas with scarce housing resources for low-income fami-
lies. 
SEC. 227. Payment of attorney fees in program-related 
litigation must be paid from individual program office per-
sonnel benefits and compensation funding. The annual 
budget submission for program office personnel benefit and 
compensation funding must include program-related litiga-
tion costs for attorney fees as a separate line item request. 
SEC. 228. The Secretary of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development shall for fiscal year 2012 and sub-
sequent fiscal years, notify the public through the Federal 
Register and other means, as determined appropriate, of 
the issuance of a notice of the availability of assistance or 
notice of funding availability (NOFA) for any program or 
discretionary fund administered by the Secretary that is 
to be competitively awarded. Notwithstanding any other 
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provision of law, for fiscal year 2012 and subsequent fiscal 
years, the Secretary may make the NOFA available only 
on the Internet at the appropriate Government Web site or 
through other electronic media, as determined by the Sec-
retary. 
SEC. 229. No property identified by the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development as surplus Federal prop-
erty for use to assist the homeless shall be made available 
to any homeless group unless the group is a member in good 
standing under any of HUD’s homeless assistance programs 
or is in good standing with any other program which re-
ceives funds from any other Federal or State agency or enti-
ty: Provided, That an exception may be made for an entity 
not involved with Federal homeless programs to use surplus 
Federal property for the homeless only after the Secretary 
or another responsible Federal agency has fully and com-
prehensively reviewed all relevant finances of the entity, the 
track record of the entity in assisting the homeless, the abil-
ity of the entity to manage the property, including all costs, 
the ability of the entity to administer homeless programs 
in a manner that is effective to meet the needs of the home-
less population that is expected to use the property and any 
other related issues that demonstrate a commitment to as-
sist the homeless: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
not require the entity to have cash in hand in order to dem-
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onstrate financial ability but may rely on the entity’s prior 
demonstrated fund-raising ability or commitments for in- 
kind donations of goods and services: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall make all such information and its deci-
sion regarding the award of the surplus property available 
to the committees of jurisdiction, including a full justifica-
tion of the appropriateness of the use of the property to as-
sist the homeless as well as the appropriateness of the group 
seeking to obtain the property to use such property to assist 
the homeless: Provided further, That, this section shall 
apply to properties in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 made 
available as surplus Federal property for use to assist the 
homeless. 
SEC. 230. The Secretary of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development is authorized to transfer up to 5 
percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, of the funds made 
available for salaries and expenses under any account or 
any set-aside within any account under this title under the 
general heading ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses’’, 
and under the account heading ‘‘Administration, Oper-
ations and Management’’, to any other such account or any 
other such set-aside within any such account: Provided, 
That no appropriation for salaries and expenses in any 
such account or set-aside shall be increased or decreased by 
more than 5 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, with-
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out prior written approval of the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 231. The Disaster Housing Assistance Programs, 
administered by the Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment, shall be considered a ‘‘program of the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development’’ under section 
904 of the McKinney Act for the purpose of income 
verifications and matching. 
SEC. 232. Of the amounts made available for salaries 
and expenses under all accounts under this title (except for 
the Office of Inspector General account), a total of up to 
$10,000,000 may be transferred to and merged with 
amounts made available in the ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’ 
account under this title. 
SEC. 233. Title II of division I of Public Law 108– 
447 and title III of Public Law 109–115 are each amended 
by striking the item related to ‘‘Flexible Subsidy Fund’’. 
SEC. 234. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment may increase, pursuant to this section, the number 
of Moving-to-Work agencies authorized under section 204, 
title II, of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing 
and Urban Development and Independent Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104–134; 110 Stat. 1321) 
by adding to the program up to three Public Housing Agen-
cies that are High Performing Agencies under the Public 
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Housing Assessment System (PHAS) or the Section Eight 
Management Assessment Program (SEMAP). No PHA shall 
be granted this designation through this section that admin-
isters in excess of 20,000 aggregate housing vouchers and 
public housing units. No PHA granted this designation 
through this section shall receive more funding under sec-
tions 8 or 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 than 
they otherwise would have received absent this designation. 
In addition to other reporting requirements, all Moving-to- 
Work agencies shall report financial data to the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development as specified by 
the Secretary, so that the effect of Moving-to-Work policy 
changes can be measured. 
SEC. 235. Of the unobligated balances remaining from 
funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Tenant-Based 
Rental Assistance’’ under the ‘‘Full-Year Continuing Ap-
propriations Act, 2011’’, $750,000,000 are rescinded from 
the $4,000,000,000 which are available on October 1, 2011: 
Provided, That such amounts may be derived from reduc-
tions to public housing agencies’ calendar year 2012 alloca-
tions based on the excess amounts of public housing agen-
cies’ net restricted assets accounts, including the net re-
stricted assets of MTW agencies (in accordance with VMS 
data in calendar year 2011 that is verifiable and complete), 
as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That in 
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making such adjustments, the Secretary shall preserve pub-
lic housing authority reserves at no less than one month, 
to the extent practicable. 
SEC. 236. The United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437) is amended— 
(1) in section 3(a)(1) by inserting before the pe-
riod at the end of the second sentence the following: 
‘‘, except in the case of any family with a fixed in-
come, as defined by the Secretary, after the initial re-
view of the family’s income, the public housing agen-
cy or owner shall not be required to conduct a review 
of the family’s income for any year for which such 
family certifies, in accordance with such requirements 
as the Secretary shall establish, that 90 percent or 
more of the income of the family consists of fixed in-
come, and that the sources of such income have not 
changed since the previous year, except that the public 
housing agency or owner shall conduct a review of 
each such family’s income not less than once every 3 
years’’; 
(2) in section 3(b)(2) by inserting after the sec-
ond sentence the following new sentence: ‘‘The term 
‘extremely low-income families’ means very low-in-
come families whose incomes do not exceed the higher 
of (A) the poverty guidelines updated periodically by 
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