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further, That amounts made available under this heading in this 
or prior appropriations Acts, and that still remain available, may 
be used for any purpose under this heading notwithstanding the 
purpose for which such amounts were appropriated if a program 
competition is undersubscribed and there are other program com-
petitions under this heading that are oversubscribed. 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
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 activi-
ties, $200,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2011: 
Provided, That any amounts transferred to this Fund under this 
Act shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
any amounts transferred to this Fund from amounts appropriated 
by previously enacted appropriations Acts or from within this Act 
may be used only for the purposes specified under this Fund, 
in addition to the purposes for which such amounts were appro-
priated: Provided further, That up to $15,000,000 may be trans-
ferred to this account from all other accounts in this title (except 
for the Office of the Inspector General account) that make funds 
available for salaries and expenses. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended, $125,000,000: Provided, That the Inspector General shall 
have independent authority over all personnel issues within this 
office. 
TRANSFORMATION INITIATIVE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for combating mortgage fraud, 
$20,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
In addition, 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 1 percent from 
each such account, and such transferred amounts shall be available 
until September 30, 2012, for (1) research, evaluation, and program 
metrics; (2) program demonstrations; (3) technical assistance and 
capacity building; and (4) information technology: ‘‘Public Housing 
Capital Fund’’, ‘‘Revitalization of Severely Distressed Public 
Housing’’, ‘‘Brownfields Redevelopment’’, ‘‘Section 108 Loan Guaran-
tees’’, ‘‘Energy Innovation Fund’’, ‘‘Housing Opportunities for Per-
sons With AIDS’’, ‘‘Community Development Fund’’, ‘‘HOME Invest-
ment Partnerships Program’’, ‘‘Self-Help and Assisted Homeowner-
ship Opportunity Program’’, ‘‘Housing for the Elderly’’, ‘‘Housing 
for Persons With Disabilities’’, ‘‘Housing Counseling Assistance’’,
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‘‘Payment to Manufactured Housing Fees Trust Fund’’, ‘‘Mutual 
Mortgage Insurance Program Account’’, ‘‘General and Special Risk 
Program Account’’, ‘‘Research and Technology’’, ‘‘Lead Hazard 
Reduction’’, ‘‘Rental Housing Assistance’’, and ‘‘Fair Housing Activi-
ties’’: Provided, That of the amounts made available under this 
paragraph, not less than $80,000,000 and not more than 
$180,000,000 shall be available for information technology mod-
ernization, including development and deployment of a Next 
Generation of Voucher Management System and development and 
deployment of modernized Federal Housing Administration systems: 
Provided further, That not more than 25 percent of the funds 
made available for information technology modernization may be 
obligated until the Secretary submits to the Committees on Appro-
priations a plan for expenditure that (1) identifies for each mod-
ernization project (a) the functional and performance capabilities 
to be delivered and the mission benefits to be realized, (b) the 
estimated lifecycle cost, and (c) key milestones to be met; (2) dem-
onstrates that each modernization project is (a) compliant with 
the department’s enterprise architecture, (b) being managed in 
accordance with applicable lifecycle management policies and guid-
ance, (c) subject to the department’s capital planning and invest-
ment control requirements, and (d) supported by an adequately 
staffed project office; and (3) has been reviewed by the Government 
Accountability Office: Provided further, That of the amounts made 
available under this paragraph, not less than $45,000,000 shall 
be available for technical assistance and capacity building: Provided 
further, That technical assistance activities shall include, technical 
assistance for HUD programs, including HOME, Community 
Development Block Grant, homeless programs, HOPWA, HOPE 
VI, Public Housing, the Housing Choice Voucher Program, Fair 
Housing Initiative Program, Housing Counseling, Healthy Homes, 
Sustainable Communities, Energy Innovation Fund and other tech-
nical assistance as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, 
That of the amounts made available for research, evaluation and 
program metrics and program demonstrations, the Secretary shall 
include an assessment of the housing needs of Native Americans, 
including sustainable building practices: Provided further, That of 
the amounts made available for research, evaluation and program 
metrics and program demonstrations, the Secretary shall include 
an evaluation of the Moving-to-Work demonstration program: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall submit a plan to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations for approval detailing 
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 approval of this plan, the Secretary may 
amend the plan with the approval of the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
SEC. 201. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget authority, 
or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts associated with 
such budget authority, that are recaptured from projects described 
in section 1012(a) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance 
Amendments Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 1437 note) shall be rescission
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or in the case of cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and 
such amounts of budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescis-
sion or remitted to the Treasury shall be used by State housing 
finance agencies or local governments or local housing agencies 
with projects approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development for which settlement occurred after January 1, 1992, 
in accordance with such section. Notwithstanding the previous sen-
tence, the Secretary may award up to 15 percent of the budget 
authority or cash recaptured and not rescission 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 2010 to investigate or prosecute 
under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise lawful activity engaged 
in by one or more persons, including the filing or maintaining 
of a non-frivolous 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 2010 that 
are allocated under such section, the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development shall allocate and make a grant, in the amount 
determined under subsection (b), for any State that— 
(1) received an allocation in a prior fiscal year under clause 
(ii) of such section; and 
(2) is not otherwise eligible for an allocation for fiscal 
year 2010 under such clause (ii) because the areas in the 
State outside of the metropolitan statistical areas that qualify 
under clause (i) in fiscal year 2010 do not have the number 
of cases of acquired immunodeficiency 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 cumu-
lative 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 2010, in proportion 
to AIDS cases among cities and States that qualify under clauses 
(i) and (ii) of such section and States deemed eligible under sub-
section (a). 
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amount 
allocated for fiscal year 2010 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 ‘‘metropoli-
tan division’’) of the New York-Newark-Edison, NY-NJ-PA Metro-
politan Statistical Area, shall be adjusted by the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development by: (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 metropolitan 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 average per 
capita incidence of AIDS; and (2) allocating to the City of Paterson, 
New Jersey, the proportion of the metropolitan area’s or division’s 
amount that is based on the number of cases of AIDS reported
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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 incidence 
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 2010 under section 854(c) of the AIDS 
Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)) to areas with a 
higher than average per capita incidence of AIDS, shall be adjusted 
by the Secretary on the basis of area incidence reported over a 
3-year period. 
SEC. 204. Except as explicitly provided in law, any grant, 
cooperative agreement or other assistance made pursuant to title 
II of this Act shall be made on a competitive basis and in accordance 
with section 102 of the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment Reform Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545). 
SEC. 205. Funds of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development subject to the Government Corporation Control Act 
or section 402 of the Housing Act of 1950 shall be available, without 
regard to the limitations on administrative expenses, for legal serv-
ices on a contract or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment 
for services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage Associa-
tion, Government National Mortgage Association, Federal Home 
Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Federal 
Reserve banks or any member thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, 
and any insured bank within the meaning of the Federal Deposit 
Insurance Corporation Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811–1). 
SEC. 206. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or through 
a reprogramming of funds, no part of any appropriation for the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development shall be available 
for any program, project or activity in excess of amounts set forth 
in the budget estimates submitted to Congress. 
SEC. 207. Corporations and agencies of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development which are subject to the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act, are hereby authorized to make such 
expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority 
available to each such corporation or agency and in accordance 
with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without 
regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of 
such Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set 
forth in the budget for 2010 for such corporation or agency except 
as hereinafter provided: Provided, That collections of these corpora-
tions and agencies may be used for new loan or mortgage purchase 
commitments only to the extent expressly provided for in this 
Act (unless such loans are in support of other forms of assistance 
provided for in this or prior appropriations Acts), except that this 
proviso shall not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty 
operations of these corporations, or where loans or mortgage pur-
chases are necessary to protect the financial interest of the United 
States Government. 
SEC. 208. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
shall provide quarterly reports to the House and Senate Committees