quest exception payment standards within fair market 
rental areas subject to criteria and procedures established 
by the Secretary’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect upon the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 108. PROHIBITION ON UTILITY REIMBURSEMENTS; 
COLLECTION OF UTILITY DATA. 
(a) HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS.—Section 8(o) of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f(o)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)(D), by adding at the end 
the following new clause: 
‘‘(iii) PROHIBITION ON PAYMENTS.— 
Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, no amount may be reimbursed or 
paid to, or credited for, any family assisted 
under this subsection by reason of any ex-
cess in the utility allowance for such fam-
ily.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(20) COLLECTION OF UTILITY DATA.— 
‘‘(A) PUBLICATION.—The Secretary shall, 
to the extent that data can be collected cost ef-
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fectively, regularly publish such data regarding 
utility consumption and costs in local areas as 
the Secretary determines will be useful for the 
establishment of allowances for tenant-paid util-
ities for families assisted under this subsection. 
‘‘(B) USE OF DATA.—The Secretary shall 
provide such data in a manner that— 
‘‘(i) avoids unnecessary administrative 
burdens for public housing agencies and 
owners; and 
‘‘(ii) protects families in various unit 
sizes and building types, and using various 
utilities, from high rent and utility cost 
burdens relative to income.’’. 
(b) PUBLIC HOUSING AND OTHER SECTION 8 PRO-
GRAMS.—Subsection (a) of section 3 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(a)), as amended 
by the preceding provisions of this Act, is further amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(8) PROHIBITION
ON
UTILITY
REIMBURSE-
MENTS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, no amount may be reimbursed or paid to, 
or credited for, any family residing in a public hous-
ing dwelling unit or assisted under section 8 (other 
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than under subsection (o)) by reason of any excess 
in the utility allowance for such family.’’. 
SEC. 109. PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL AND OPERATING 
FUNDS. 
(a) CAPITAL FUND REPLACEMENT RESERVES.—Sec-
tion 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437g) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (j), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(7) 
TREATMENT
OF
REPLACEMENT
RE-
SERVE.—The requirements of this subsection shall 
not apply to funds held in replacement reserves es-
tablished pursuant to subsection (n).’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(n) 
ESTABLISHMENT
OF
REPLACEMENT
RE-
SERVES.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Public housing agencies 
shall be permitted to establish a replacement reserve 
to fund any of the capital activities listed in sub-
section (d)(1). 
‘‘(2) SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS FOR RE-
PLACEMENT RESERVE.—At any time, a public hous-
ing agency may deposit funds from such agency’s 
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Capital Fund into a replacement reserve, subject to 
the following: 
‘‘(A) At the discretion of the Secretary, 
public housing agencies may transfer and hold 
in a replacement reserve funds originating from 
additional sources. 
‘‘(B) No minimum transfer of funds to a 
replacement reserve shall be required. 
‘‘(C) At any time, a public housing agency 
may not hold in a replacement reserve more 
than the amount the public housing authority 
has determined necessary to satisfy the antici-
pated capital needs of properties in its portfolio 
assisted under this section, as outlined in its 
Capital Fund 5-Year Action Plan, or a com-
parable plan, as determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(D) The Secretary may establish, by reg-
ulation, a maximum replacement reserve level 
or levels that are below amounts determined 
under subparagraph (C), which may be based 
upon the size of the portfolio assisted under 
this section or other factors. 
‘‘(3) TRANSFER
OF
OPERATING
FUNDS.—In 
first establishing a replacement reserve, the Sec-
retary may allow public housing agencies to transfer 
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more than 20 percent of its operating funds into its 
replacement reserve. 
‘‘(4) EXPENDITURE.—Funds in a replacement 
reserve may be used for purposes authorized by sub-
section (d)(1) and contained in its Capital Fund 5- 
Year Action Plan. 
‘‘(5) MANAGEMENT
AND
REPORT.—The Sec-
retary shall establish appropriate accounting and re-
porting requirements to ensure that public housing 
agencies are spending funds on eligible projects and 
that funds in the replacement reserve are connected 
to capital needs.’’. 
(b) FLEXIBILITY OF OPERATING FUND AMOUNTS.— 
Paragraph (1) of section 9(g) of the United States Hous-
ing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)(1)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(1)’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘—Of’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) FLEXIBILITY IN USE OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) FLEXIBILITY
FOR
CAPITAL
FUND 
AMOUNTS.—Of’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(B) FLEXIBILITY FOR OPERATING FUND 
AMOUNTS.—Of any amounts appropriated for 
fiscal year 2016 or any fiscal year thereafter 
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