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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, $108,073,000: 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.), 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 of Transportation. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF 
TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 180. (a) During the current fiscal year, applica-
ble appropriations to the Department of Transportation 
shall be available for maintenance and operation of air-
craft; hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; pur-
chase of liability insurance for motor vehicles operating in 
foreign countries on official department business; and uni-
forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 
and 5902 of title 5, United States Code. 
(b) During the current fiscal year, applicable appro-
priations to the Department and its operating administra-
tions shall be available for the purchase, maintenance, oper-
ation, and deployment of unmanned aircraft systems that
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advance the missions of the Department of Transportation 
or an operating administration of the Department of 
Transportation. 
(c) Any unmanned aircraft system purchased, pro-
cured, or contracted for by the Department prior to the date 
of enactment of this Act shall be deemed authorized by Con-
gress as if this provision was in effect when the system was 
purchased, procured, or contracted for. 
SEC. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for the 
Department of Transportation shall be available for services 
as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate 
equivalent to the rate for an Executive Level IV. 
SEC. 182. (a) No recipient of amounts made available 
by this Act shall disseminate personal information (as de-
fined in section 2725(3) of title 18, United States Code) 
obtained by a State department of motor vehicles in connec-
tion with a motor vehicle record as defined in section 
2725(1) of title 18, United States Code, except as provided 
in section 2721 of title 18, United States Code, for a use 
permitted under section 2721 of title 18, United States 
Code. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall 
not withhold amounts made available by this Act for any 
grantee if a State is in noncompliance with this provision.
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SEC. 183. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be available for salaries and expenses of more than 
125 political and Presidential appointees in the Depart-
ment of Transportation: Provided, That none of the per-
sonnel covered by this provision may be assigned on tem-
porary detail outside the Department of Transportation. 
SEC. 184. Funds received by the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration and Federal Railroad Administration from 
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 
and private sources for expenses incurred for training may 
be credited respectively to the Federal Highway Adminis-
tration’s ‘‘Federal-Aid Highways’’ account and to the Fed-
eral Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Operations’’ 
account, except for State rail safety inspectors participating 
in training pursuant to section 20105 of title 49, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 185. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or in title VIII of division J of Public Law 117–58 
to the Department of Transportation may be used to make 
a loan, loan guarantee, line of credit, letter of intent, feder-
ally funded cooperative agreement, full funding grant agree-
ment, or discretionary grant unless the Secretary of Trans-
portation notifies the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations not less than 3 full business days before any 
project competitively selected to receive any discretionary
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grant award, letter of intent, loan commitment, loan guar-
antee commitment, line of credit commitment, federally 
funded cooperative agreement, or full funding grant agree-
ment is announced by the Department or its operating ad-
ministrations: Provided, That the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall provide the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations with a comprehensive list of all such loans, 
loan guarantees, lines of credit, letters of intent, federally 
funded cooperative agreements, full funding grant agree-
ments, and discretionary grants prior to the notification 
required under the preceding proviso: Provided further, 
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. 186. 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-
ment of Transportation and allocated to organizational 
units of the Department of Transportation using fair and 
equitable criteria and such funds shall be available until 
expended.
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SEC. 187. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
if any funds provided by 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, transmission of such reprogramming notice shall be 
provided solely to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations, and such reprogramming action shall be ap-
proved or denied solely by the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Transportation may provide notice to other congressional 
committees of the action of the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations on such reprogramming but not 
sooner than 30 days after the date on which the reprogram-
ming action has been approved or denied by the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 188. Funds appropriated by this Act to the oper-
ating administrations may be obligated for the Office of the 
Secretary for the costs related to assessments or reimburs-
able agreements only when such amounts are for the costs 
of goods and services that are purchased to provide a direct 
benefit to the applicable operating administration or ad-
ministrations. 
SEC. 189. The Secretary of Transportation is author-
ized to carry out a program that establishes uniform stand-
ards for developing and supporting agency transit pass and
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transit benefits authorized under section 7905 of title 5, 
United States Code, including distribution of transit bene-
fits by various paper and electronic media. 
SEC. 190. The Department of Transportation may use 
funds provided by this Act, or any other Act, to assist a 
contract under title 49 or 23 of the United States Code uti-
lizing geographic, economic, or any other hiring preference 
not otherwise authorized by law, or to amend a rule, regula-
tion, policy or other measure that forbids a recipient of a 
Federal Highway Administration or Federal Transit Ad-
ministration grant from imposing such hiring preference 
on a contract or construction project with which the De-
partment of Transportation is assisting, only if the grant 
recipient certifies the following: 
(1) that except with respect to apprentices or 
trainees, a pool of readily available but unemployed 
individuals possessing the knowledge, skill, and abil-
ity to perform the work that the contract requires re-
sides in the jurisdiction; 
(2) that the grant recipient will include appro-
priate provisions in its bid document ensuring that 
the contractor does not displace any of its existing 
employees in order to satisfy such hiring preference; 
and
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(3) that any increase in the cost of labor, train-
ing, or delays resulting from the use of such hiring 
preference does not delay or displace any transpor-
tation project in the applicable Statewide Transpor-
tation Improvement Program or Transportation Im-
provement Program. 
SEC. 191. The Secretary of Transportation shall co-
ordinate with the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure 
that best practices for Industrial Control Systems Procure-
ment are up-to-date and shall ensure that systems procured 
with funds provided under this title were procured using 
such practices. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation Appropriations Act, 2023’’.
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TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
EXECUTIVE OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Of-
fices, which shall be comprised of the offices of the Secretary, 
Deputy Secretary, Adjudicatory Services, Congressional 
and Intergovernmental Relations, Public Affairs, Small 
and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and the Center for 
Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, $18,500,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2024: Provided, 
That not to exceed $25,000 of the amount made available 
under this heading shall be available to the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development (referred to in this title 
as ‘‘the Secretary’’) for official reception and representation 
expenses as the Secretary may determine. 
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Administrative 
Support Offices, $659,600,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2024: Provided, That of the sums appro-
priated under this heading— 
(1) $90,000,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Chief Financial Officer;
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(2) $125,000,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the General Counsel, of which not less than 
$20,300,000 shall be for the Departmental Enforce-
ment Center; 
(3) $225,000,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Administration, of which not less than $3,500,000 
may be for modernization and deferred maintenance 
of the Weaver Building; 
(4) $51,500,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Chief Human Capital Officer; 
(5) $28,000,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Chief Procurement Officer; 
(6) $65,500,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Field Policy and Management; 
(7) $4,600,000 shall be available for the Office of 
Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity; and 
(8) $70,000,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Chief Information Officer: 
Provided further, That funds made available under this 
heading may be used for necessary administrative and non- 
administrative expenses of the Department, not otherwise 
provided for, including purchase of uniforms, or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 
5, United States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United
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States Code: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, funds appropriated under this head-
ing may be used for advertising and promotional activities 
that directly support program activities funded in this title: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations quarterly 
written notification regarding the status of pending con-
gressional reports: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall provide in electronic form all signed reports required 
by Congress. 
PROGRAM OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Program Of-
fices, $1,054,300,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2024: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under 
this heading— 
(1) $278,200,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Public and Indian Housing; 
(2) $163,400,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Community Planning and Development; 
(3) $465,000,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Housing, of which not less than $13,300,000 shall 
be for the Office of Recapitalization; 
(4) $39,600,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Policy Development and Research;
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(5) $97,000,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity; and 
(6) $11,100,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the working capital fund for the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development (referred to in this para-
graph as the ‘‘Fund’’), pursuant, in part, to section 7(f) 
of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act 
(42 U.S.C. 3535(f)), amounts transferred, including reim-
bursements pursuant to section 7(f), to the Fund under this 
heading shall be available only for Federal shared services 
used by offices and agencies of the Department, and for any 
such portion of any office or agency’s printing, records 
management, space renovation, furniture, or supply serv-
ices the Secretary has determined shall be provided through 
the Fund, and the operational expenses of the Fund: Pro-
vided, That amounts within the Fund shall not be available 
to provide services not specifically authorized under this 
heading: Provided further, That upon a determination by 
the Secretary that any other service (or portion thereof) au-
thorized under this heading shall be provided through the 
Fund, amounts made available in this title for salaries and 
expenses under the headings ‘‘Executive Offices’’, ‘‘Adminis-
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trative Support Offices’’, ‘‘Program Offices’’, and ‘‘Govern-
ment National Mortgage Association’’, for such services 
shall be transferred to the Fund, to remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of its 
plans for executing such transfers at least 15 days in ad-
vance of such transfers. 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities and assistance for the provision of ten-
ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United 
States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 
et seq.) (in this title ‘‘the Act’’), not otherwise provided for, 
$23,599,532,000, to remain available until expended, which 
shall be available on October 1, 2022 (in addition to the 
$4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this heading 
that shall be available on October 1, 2022), and 
$4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, which 
shall be available on October 1, 2023: Provided, That of the 
sums appropriated under this heading— 
(1) $23,748,420,000 shall be available for renew-
als of expiring section 8 tenant-based annual con-
tributions contracts (including renewals of enhanced 
vouchers under any provision of law authorizing such 
assistance under section 8(t) of the Act) and includ-
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ing renewal of other special purpose incremental 
vouchers: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, from amounts provided under this 
paragraph and any carryover, the Secretary for the 
calendar year 2023 funding cycle shall provide re-
newal funding for each public housing agency based 
on validated voucher management system (VMS) leas-
ing and cost data for the prior calendar year and by 
applying an inflation factor as established by the Sec-
retary, by notice published in the Federal Register, 
and by making any necessary adjustments for the 
costs associated with the first-time renewal of vouch-
ers under this paragraph including tenant protection 
and Choice Neighborhoods 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 housing 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 in accordance with the requirements of the 
MTW demonstration program or their MTW agree-
ments, if any: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall, to the extent necessary to stay within the 
amount specified under this paragraph (except as oth-
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erwise modified under this paragraph), prorate each 
public housing agency’s allocation otherwise estab-
lished pursuant to this paragraph: Provided further, 
That except as provided in the following provisos, the 
entire amount specified under this paragraph (except 
as otherwise modified under this paragraph) shall be 
obligated to the public housing agencies based on the 
allocation and pro rata method described above, and 
the Secretary shall notify public housing agencies of 
their annual budget by the latter of 60 days after en-
actment of this Act or March 1, 2023: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary may extend the notification 
period with the prior written approval of the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That public housing agencies participating in 
the MTW demonstration shall be funded in accord-
ance with the requirements of the MTW demonstra-
tion program or their MTW agreements, if any, and 
shall be subject to the same pro rata adjustments 
under the preceding provisos: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may offset public housing agencies’ cal-
endar year 2023 allocations based on the excess 
amounts of public housing agencies’ net restricted as-
sets accounts, including HUD-held programmatic re-
serves (in accordance with VMS data in calendar
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year 2022 that is verifiable and complete), as deter-
mined by the Secretary: Provided further, That public 
housing agencies participating in the MTW dem-
onstration shall also be subject to the offset, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, excluding amounts subject to 
the single fund budget authority provisions of their 
MTW agreements, from the agencies’ calendar year 
2023 MTW funding allocation: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall use any offset referred to in the 
preceding two provisos throughout the calendar year 
to prevent the termination of rental assistance for 
families as the result of insufficient funding, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, and to avoid or reduce the 
proration of renewal funding allocations: Provided 
further, That up to $200,000,000 shall be available 
only: 
(A) for adjustments in the allocations for 
public housing agencies, after application for an 
adjustment by a public housing agency that ex-
perienced a significant increase, as determined 
by the Secretary, in renewal costs of vouchers re-
sulting from unforeseen circumstances or from 
portability under section 8(r) of the Act; 
(B) for vouchers that were not in use during 
the previous 12-month period in order to be
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available to meet a commitment pursuant to sec-
tion 8(o)(13) of the Act, or an adjustment for a 
funding obligation not yet expended in the pre-
vious calendar year for a MTW-eligible activity 
to develop affordable housing for an agency 
added to the MTW demonstration under the ex-
pansion authority provided in section 239 of the 
Transportation, Housing and Urban Develop-
ment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2016 (division L of Public Law 114–113); 
(C) for adjustments for costs associated with 
HUD–Veterans 
Affairs 
Supportive 
Housing 
(HUD–VASH) vouchers; 
(D) for public housing agencies that despite 
taking reasonable cost savings measures, as de-
termined by the Secretary, would otherwise be 
required to terminate rental assistance for fami-
lies as a result of insufficient funding; 
(E) for adjustments in the allocations for 
public housing agencies that— 
(i) are leasing a lower-than-average 
percentage of their authorized vouchers, 
(ii) have low amounts of budget au-
thority in their net restricted assets ac-
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counts and HUD-held programmatic re-
serves, relative to other agencies, and 
(iii) are not participating in the Mov-
ing to Work demonstration, to enable such 
agencies to lease more vouchers; 
(F) for withheld payments in accordance 
with section 8(o)(8)(A)(ii) of the Act for months 
in the previous calendar year that were subse-
quently paid by the public housing agency after 
the agency’s actual costs were validated; and 
(G) for public housing agencies that have 
experienced increased costs or loss of units in an 
area for which the President declared a disaster 
under title IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5170 et seq.): 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate 
amounts under the preceding proviso based on need, 
as determined by the Secretary; 
(2) $337,000,000 shall be available for section 8 
rental assistance for relocation and replacement of 
housing units that are demolished or disposed of pur-
suant to section 18 of the Act, conversion of section 
23 projects to assistance under section 8, relocation of 
witnesses (including victims of violent crimes) in con-
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nection with efforts to combat crime in public and as-
sisted housing pursuant to a request from a law en-
forcement or prosecution agency, enhanced vouchers 
under any provision of law authorizing such assist-
ance under section 8(t) of the Act, Choice Neighbor-
hood vouchers, mandatory and voluntary conversions, 
and tenant protection assistance including replace-
ment and relocation assistance or for project-based as-
sistance to prevent the displacement of unassisted el-
derly tenants currently residing in section 202 prop-
erties financed between 1959 and 1974 that are refi-
nanced pursuant to Public Law 106–569, as amend-
ed, or under the authority as provided under this Act: 
Provided, That when a public housing development is 
submitted for demolition or disposition under section 
18 of the Act, the Secretary may provide section 8 
rental assistance when the units pose an imminent 
health and safety risk to residents: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may provide section 8 rental as-
sistance from amounts made available under this 
paragraph for units assisted under a project-based 
subsidy contract funded under the ‘‘Project-Based 
Rental Assistance’’ heading under this title where the 
owner has received a Notice of Default and the units 
pose an imminent health and safety risk to residents:
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Provided further, That of the amounts made available 
under this paragraph, no less than $5,000,000 may be 
available to provide tenant protection assistance, not 
otherwise provided under this paragraph, to residents 
residing in low vacancy areas and who may have to 
pay rents greater than 30 percent of household in-
come, as the result of: (A) the maturity of a HUD- 
insured, HUD-held or section 202 loan that requires 
the permission of the Secretary prior to loan prepay-
ment; (B) the expiration of a rental assistance con-
tract for which the tenants are not eligible for en-
hanced voucher or tenant protection assistance under 
existing law; or (C) the expiration of affordability re-
strictions accompanying a mortgage or preservation 
program administered by the Secretary: Provided fur-
ther, That such tenant protection assistance made 
available under the preceding proviso may be pro-
vided under the authority of section 8(t) or section 
8(o)(13) of the Act: Provided further, That any tenant 
protection voucher made available from amounts 
under this paragraph shall not be reissued by any 
public housing agency, except the replacement vouch-
ers as defined by the Secretary by notice, when the 
initial family that received any such voucher no 
longer receives such voucher, and the authority for
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any public housing agency to issue any such voucher 
shall cease to exist: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may only provide replacement vouchers for 
units that were occupied within the previous 24 
months that cease to be available as assisted housing, 
subject only to the availability of funds; 
(3) $2,777,612,000 shall be available for admin-
istrative and other expenses of public housing agencies 
in administering the section 8 tenant-based rental as-
sistance program, of which up to $30,000,000 shall be 
available to the Secretary to allocate to public hous-
ing agencies that need additional funds to administer 
their section 8 programs, including fees associated 
with section 8 tenant protection rental assistance, the 
administration of disaster related vouchers, HUD– 
VASH vouchers, and other special purpose incre-
mental vouchers: Provided, That no less than 
$2,747,612,000 of the amount provided in this para-
graph shall be allocated to public housing agencies for 
the calendar year 2023 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-
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graph are insufficient to pay the amounts determined 
under the preceding 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 preceding proviso, utilize unobligated bal-
ances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining 
from funds appropriated to the Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development under this heading from 
prior fiscal years, excluding special purpose vouchers, 
notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts 
were appropriated: Provided further, That all public 
housing agencies participating in the MTW dem-
onstration shall be funded in accordance with the re-
quirements of the MTW demonstration program or 
their MTW agreements, if any, and shall be subject to 
the same uniform percentage decrease as under the 
preceding proviso: Provided further, That amounts 
provided under this paragraph shall be only for ac-
tivities related to the provision of tenant-based rental 
assistance authorized under section 8, including re-
lated development activities; 
(4) $606,500,000 shall be available for the re-
newal of tenant-based assistance contracts under sec-
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tion 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), including necessary 
administrative expenses: Provided, That administra-
tive and other expenses of public housing agencies in 
administering the special purpose vouchers in this 
paragraph shall be funded under the same terms and 
be subject to the same pro rata reduction as the per-
cent decrease for administrative and other expenses to 
public housing agencies under paragraph (3) of this 
heading: Provided further, That up to $10,000,000 
shall be available only— 
(A) for adjustments in the allocation for 
public housing agencies, after applications for an 
adjustment by a public housing agency that ex-
perienced a significant increase, as determined 
by the Secretary, in Mainstream renewal costs 
resulting from unforeseen circumstances; and 
(B) for public housing agencies that despite 
taking reasonable cost savings measures, as de-
termined by the Secretary, would otherwise be 
required to terminate the rental assistance for 
Mainstream families as a result of insufficient 
funding: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate 
amounts under the preceding proviso based on need,
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as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, 
That upon turnover, section 811 special purpose 
vouchers funded under this heading in this or prior 
Acts, or under any other heading in prior Acts, shall 
be provided to non-elderly persons with disabilities; 
(5) Of the amounts provided under paragraph 
(1), up to $7,500,000 shall be available for rental as-
sistance and associated administrative fees for Tribal 
HUD–VASH to serve Native American veterans that 
are homeless or at-risk of homelessness living on or 
near a reservation or other Indian areas: Provided, 
That such amount shall be made available for renewal 
grants to recipients that received assistance under 
prior Acts under the Tribal HUD–VASH program: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall be author-
ized to specify criteria for renewal grants, including 
data on the utilization of assistance reported by grant 
recipients: Provided further, That such assistance 
shall be administered in accordance with program re-
quirements under the Native American Housing As-
sistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 and 
modeled after the HUD–VASH program: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall be authorized to 
waive, or specify alternative requirements for any 
provision of any statute or regulation that the Sec-
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retary 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 as-
sistance: Provided further, That grant recipients shall 
report to the Secretary on utilization of such rental 
assistance and other program data, as prescribed by 
the Secretary: Provided further, That the Secretary 
may reallocate, as determined by the Secretary, 
amounts returned or recaptured from awards under 
the Tribal HUD–VASH program under prior Acts to 
existing recipients under the Tribal HUD–VASH 
program; 
(6) $50,000,000 shall be available for incre-
mental rental voucher assistance for use through a 
supported housing program administered in conjunc-
tion with the Department of Veterans Affairs as au-
thorized 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, notwithstanding section 203 (com-
petition provision) of this title, to public housing
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agencies that partner with eligible VA Medical Cen-
ters or other entities as designated by the Secretary 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs, based on geo-
graphical need for such assistance as identified by the 
Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, pub-
lic housing agency administrative performance, and 
other factors as specified by the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development in consultation with the Sec-
retary of the Department of Veterans Affairs: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development may waive, or specify alternative 
requirements for (in consultation with the Secretary 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs), any provision 
of any statute or regulation that the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development administers in con-
nection with the use of funds made available under 
this paragraph (except for requirements related to 
fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and 
the environment), 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 as-
sistance made available under this paragraph shall 
continue to remain available for homeless veterans 
upon turn-over: Provided further, That of the total
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amount made available under this paragraph, up to 
$10,000,000 may be for additional fees established by 
and allocated pursuant to a method determined by the 
Secretary for administrative and other expenses (in-
cluding those eligible activities defined by notice to fa-
cilitate leasing, such as security deposit assistance 
and costs related to the retention and support of par-
ticipating owners) of public housing agencies in ad-
ministering HUD–VASH vouchers; 
(7) $30,000,000 shall be available for the family 
unification program as authorized under section 8(x) 
of the Act: Provided, That the amounts made avail-
able under this paragraph are provided as follows: 
(A) $5,000,000 shall be available for new 
incremental voucher assistance: Provided, That 
the assistance made available under this sub-
paragraph shall continue to remain available for 
family unification upon turnover; and 
(B) $25,000,000 shall be available for new 
incremental voucher assistance to assist eligible 
youth as defined by such section 8(x)(2)(B) of 
the Act: Provided, That assistance made avail-
able under this subparagraph shall continue to 
remain available for such eligible youth upon 
turnover: Provided further, That of the total
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amount made available under this subpara-
graph, up to $15,000,000 shall be available on a 
noncompetitive basis to public housing agencies 
that partner with public child welfare agencies 
to identify such eligible youth, that request such 
assistance to timely assist such eligible youth, 
and that meet any other criteria as specified by 
the Secretary: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall review utilization of the assistance 
made available under the preceding proviso, at 
an interval to be determined by the Secretary, 
and unutilized voucher assistance that is no 
longer needed shall be recaptured by the Sec-
retary and reallocated pursuant to the preceding 
proviso: 
Provided further, That for any public housing agency 
administering voucher assistance appropriated in a 
prior Act under the family unification program, or 
made available and competitively selected under this 
paragraph, that determines that it no longer has an 
identified need for such assistance upon turnover, 
such agency shall notify the Secretary, and the Sec-
retary shall recapture such assistance from the agency 
and reallocate it to any other public housing agency 
or agencies based on need for voucher assistance in
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connection with such specified program or eligible 
youth, as applicable; 
(8) $50,000,000 shall be available for new incre-
mental voucher assistance under section 8(o) of the 
Act to be allocated pursuant to a method, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, which may include a formula 
that may include such factors as severe cost burden, 
overcrowding, substandard housing for very low-in-
come renters, homelessness, and administrative capac-
ity, where such allocation method shall include both 
rural and urban areas: Provided, That the Secretary 
may specify additional terms and conditions to en-
sure that public housing agencies provide vouchers for 
use by survivors of domestic violence, or individuals 
and families who are homeless, as defined in section 
103(a) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 11302(a)), or at risk of homelessness, 
as defined in section 401(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
11360(1)); and 
(9) the Secretary shall separately track all spe-
cial purpose vouchers funded under this heading. 
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
Unobligated balances, including recaptures and carry-
over, remaining from funds appropriated to the Depart-
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ment of Housing and Urban Development under this head-
ing, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Hous-
ing’’ and the heading ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’, 
for fiscal year 2023 and prior years may be used for re-
newal of or amendments to section 8 project-based contracts 
and for performance-based contract administrators, not-
withstanding the purposes for which such funds were appro-
priated: Provided, That any obligated balances of contract 
authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior fiscal years that 
have been terminated shall be rescinded: Provided further, 
That amounts heretofore recaptured, or recaptured during 
the current fiscal year, from section 8 project-based con-
tracts from source years fiscal year 1975 through fiscal year 
1987 are hereby rescinded, and an amount of additional 
new budget authority, equivalent to the amount rescinded 
is hereby appropriated, to remain available until expended, 
for the purposes set forth under this heading, in addition 
to amounts otherwise available. 
PUBLIC HOUSING FUND 
For 2023 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)) (the ‘‘Act’’), and to carry out capital 
and management activities for public housing agencies, as 
authorized under section 9(d) of the Act (42 U.S.C.
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1437g(d)), $8,514,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2026: Provided, That of the sums appropriated 
under this heading— 
(1) $5,109,000,000 shall be available for the Sec-
retary to allocate pursuant to the Operating Fund 
formula at part 990 of title 24, Code of Federal Regu-
lations, for 2023 payments; 
(2) $25,000,000 shall be available for the Sec-
retary to allocate pursuant to a need-based applica-
tion process notwithstanding section 203 of this title 
and not subject to such Operating Fund formula to 
public housing agencies that experience, or are at risk 
of, financial shortfalls, as determined by the Sec-
retary: Provided, That after all such shortfall needs 
are met, the Secretary may distribute any remaining 
funds to all public housing agencies on a pro-rata 
basis pursuant to such Operating Fund formula; 
(3) $3,200,000,000 shall be available for the Sec-
retary to allocate pursuant to the Capital Fund for-
mula at section 905.400 of title 24, Code of Federal 
Regulations: Provided, That for funds provided under 
this paragraph, the limitation in section 9(g)(1) of 
the Act shall be 25 percent: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may waive the limitation in the preceding 
proviso to allow public housing agencies to fund ac-
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tivities authorized under section 9(e)(1)(C) of the Act: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify pub-
lic housing agencies requesting waivers under the pre-
ceding proviso if the request is approved or denied 
within 14 days of submitting the request: Provided 
further, That from the funds made available under 
this paragraph, the Secretary shall provide bonus 
awards in fiscal year 2023 to public housing agencies 
that are designated high performers: Provided further, 
That the Department shall notify public housing 
agencies of their formula allocation within 60 days of 
enactment of this Act; 
(4) $50,000,000 shall be available for the Sec-
retary to make grants, notwithstanding section 203 of 
this title, to public housing agencies for emergency 
capital needs, including safety and security measures 
necessary to address crime and drug-related activity, 
as well as needs resulting from unforeseen or unpre-
ventable emergencies and natural disasters excluding 
Presidentially declared emergencies and natural dis-
asters under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) occur-
ring in fiscal year 2023, of which $20,000,000 shall 
be available for public housing agencies under admin-
istrative and judicial receiverships or under the con-
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trol of a Federal monitor: Provided, That of the 
amount made available under this paragraph, not 
less than $10,000,000 shall be for safety and security 
measures: Provided further, That in addition to the 
amount in the preceding proviso for such safety and 
security measures, any amounts that remain avail-
able, after all applications received on or before Sep-
tember 30, 2024, for emergency capital needs have 
been processed, shall be allocated to public housing 
agencies for such safety and security measures; 
(5) $65,000,000 shall be available for competitive 
grants to public housing agencies to evaluate and re-
duce residential health hazards in public housing, in-
cluding lead-based paint (by carrying out the activi-
ties of risk assessments, abatement, and interim con-
trols, as those terms are defined in section 1004 of the 
Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act 
of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4851b)), carbon monoxide, mold, 
radon, and fire safety: Provided, That not less than 
$25,000,000 of the amounts provided under this para-
graph shall be awarded for evaluating and reducing 
lead-based paint hazards: Provided further, That for 
purposes of environmental review, a grant under this 
paragraph shall be considered funds for projects or 
activities under title I of the Act for purposes of sec-
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tion 26 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437x) and shall be sub-
ject to the regulations implementing such section: Pro-
vided further, That amounts made available under 
this paragraph shall be combined with amounts made 
available under the sixth paragraph under this head-
ing in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 
(Public Law 116–260) and shall be used in accord-
ance with the purposes and requirements under this 
paragraph; 
(6) $15,000,000 shall be available to support the 
costs of administrative and judicial receiverships and 
for competitive grants to PHAs in receivership, des-
ignated troubled or substandard, or otherwise at risk, 
as determined by the Secretary, for costs associated 
with public housing asset improvement, in addition 
to other amounts for that purpose provided under any 
heading under this title; and 
(7) $50,000,000 shall be available to support on-
going public housing financial and physical assess-
ment activities: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law or regulation, during fiscal year 2023, the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development may not delegate to 
any Department official other than the Deputy Secretary 
and the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing
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any authority under paragraph (2) of section 9(j) of the 
Act regarding the extension of the time periods under such 
section: 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. 
CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE 
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 specified 
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, transportation, 
and access to jobs, $350,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2027: Provided, That grant funds may be 
used for resident and community services, community de-
velopment, and affordable housing needs in the community, 
and for conversion of vacant or foreclosed properties to af-
fordable housing: Provided further, That not more than 20 
percent of the amount of any grant made with amounts 
made available under this heading may be used for nec-
essary supportive services notwithstanding subsection 
(d)(1)(L) of such section 24: Provided further, That the use
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of amounts made available under this heading shall not be 
deemed to be for public housing, notwithstanding section 
3(b)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That grantees shall 
commit to an additional period of affordability determined 
by the Secretary of not fewer than 20 years: Provided fur-
ther, That grantees shall provide a match in State, local, 
other Federal, or private funds: Provided further, That 
grantees may include local governments, Tribal entities, 
public housing agencies, and nonprofit organizations: Pro-
vided further, That for-profit developers may apply jointly 
with a public entity: Provided further, That for purposes 
of environmental review, a grantee shall be treated as a 
public housing agency under section 26 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437x), and grants made 
with amounts available under this heading shall be subject 
to the regulations issued by the Secretary to implement such 
section: Provided further, That of the amounts made avail-
able under this heading, not less than $175,000,000 shall 
be awarded to public housing agencies: 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, the Attorney General,
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and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency to coordinate and leverage other appropriate Fed-
eral resources: Provided further, That not more than 
$10,000,000 of the amounts made available under this head-
ing may be provided as grants to undertake comprehensive 
local planning with input from residents and the commu-
nity: Provided further, That unobligated balances, includ-
ing recaptures, remaining from amounts made available 
under the heading ‘‘Revitalization of Severely Distressed 
Public Housing (HOPE VI)’’ in fiscal year 2011 and prior 
fiscal years may be used for purposes under this heading, 
notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts were 
appropriated: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
make grant awards not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act in such amounts that the Secretary 
determines: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
24(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437v(o)), the Secretary may, until September 30, 2023, 
obligate any available unobligated balances made available 
under this heading in this or any prior Act. 
SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAMS 
For activities and assistance related to Self-Sufficiency 
Programs, to remain available until September 30, 2026, 
$175,000,000: Provided, That of the sums appropriated 
under this heading—
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(1) $125,000,000 shall be available for the Fam-
ily Self-Sufficiency program to support family self- 
sufficiency coordinators under section 23 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437u), to promote the development of local strategies 
to coordinate the use of assistance under sections 8 
and 9 of such Act with public and private resources, 
and enable eligible families to achieve economic inde-
pendence and self-sufficiency; 
(2) $35,000,000 shall be available for the Resi-
dent Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency program to 
provide for supportive services, service coordinators, 
and congregate services as authorized by section 34 of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437z–6) and the Native American Housing Assist-
ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 
4101 et seq.): Provided, That amounts made available 
under this paragraph may be used to renew Resident 
Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency program grants to 
allow the public housing agency, or a new owner, to 
continue to serve (or restart service to) residents of a 
project with assistance converted from public housing 
to project-based rental assistance under section 8 of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f) or assistance under section 8(o)(13) of such
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Act under the heading ‘‘Rental Assistance Demonstra-
tion’’ in the Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 
112–55), as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437f note); and 
(3) $15,000,000 shall be available for a Jobs-Plus 
Initiative, modeled after the Jobs-Plus demonstration: 
Provided, That funding provided under this para-
graph shall be available for competitive grants to 
partnerships between public housing authorities, local 
workforce investment boards established under section 
107 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
of 2014 (29 U.S.C. 3122), and other agencies and or-
ganizations that provide support to help public hous-
ing residents obtain employment and increase earn-
ings: Provided further, That applicants must dem-
onstrate the ability to provide services to residents, 
partner with workforce investment boards, and lever-
age service dollars: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may allow public housing agencies to request 
exemptions from rent and income limitation require-
ments under sections 3 and 6 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a, 1437d), as 
necessary to implement the Jobs-Plus program, on 
such terms and conditions as the Secretary may ap-
prove upon a finding by the Secretary that any such
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waivers or alternative requirements are necessary for 
the effective implementation of the Jobs-Plus Initia-
tive as a voluntary program for residents: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall publish by notice in 
the Federal Register any waivers or alternative re-
quirements pursuant to the preceding proviso no later 
than 10 days before the effective date of such notice. 
NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
For activities and assistance authorized under title I 
of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Deter-
mination Act of 1996 (in this heading ‘‘NAHASDA’’) (25 
U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), title I of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) with re-
spect to Indian tribes, and related training and technical 
assistance, $1,020,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027: Provided, That of the sums appropriated 
under this heading— 
(1) $787,000,000 shall be available for the Native 
American Housing Block Grants program, as author-
ized under title I of NAHASDA: Provided, That, not-
withstanding NAHASDA, to determine the amount of 
the allocation under title I of such Act for each In-
dian tribe, the Secretary shall apply the formula 
under section 302 of such Act with the need compo-
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nent based on single-race census data and with the 
need component based on multi-race census data, and 
the amount of the allocation for each Indian tribe 
shall be the greater of the two resulting allocation 
amounts: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
notify grantees of their formula allocation not later 
than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act; 
(2) $150,000,000 shall be available for competi-
tive grants under the Native American Housing Block 
Grants program, as authorized under title I of 
NAHASDA: Provided, That the Secretary shall obli-
gate such amount for competitive grants to eligible re-
cipients authorized under NAHASDA that apply for 
funds: Provided further, That in awarding amounts 
made available in this paragraph, the Secretary shall 
consider need and administrative capacity, and shall 
give priority to projects that will spur construction 
and rehabilitation of housing: Provided further, That 
a grant funded pursuant to this paragraph shall be 
in an amount not greater than $7,500,000: Provided 
further, That any amounts transferred for the nec-
essary costs of administering and overseeing the obli-
gation and expenditure of such additional amounts in 
prior Acts may also be used for the necessary costs of
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administering 
and 
overseeing 
such 
additional 
amount; 
(3) $1,000,000 shall be available for the cost of 
guaranteed notes and other obligations, as authorized 
by title VI of NAHASDA: Provided, That such costs, 
including the cost of modifying such notes and other 
obligations, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a): 
Provided further, That amounts made available in 
this and prior Acts for the cost of such guaranteed 
notes and other obligations that are unobligated, in-
cluding recaptures and carryover, shall be available to 
subsidize the total principal amount of any notes and 
other obligations, any part of which is to be guaran-
teed, not to exceed $50,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2024: Provided further, That any 
remaining loan guarantee limitation authorized for 
this program in fiscal year 2020 or prior fiscal years 
is hereby rescinded; 
(4) $75,000,000 shall be available for grants to 
Indian tribes for carrying out the Indian Community 
Development Block Grant program under title I of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, 
notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such Act, of 
which, notwithstanding any other provision of law
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(including section 203 of this Act), not more than 
$5,000,000 may be used for emergencies that con-
stitute imminent threats to health and safety: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed 20 percent of any grant 
made with amounts made available in this paragraph 
shall be expended for planning and management de-
velopment and administration; and 
(5) $7,000,000, in addition to amounts otherwise 
available for such purpose, shall be available for pro-
viding training and technical assistance to Indian 
tribes, Indian housing authorities, and tribally des-
ignated housing entities, to support the inspection of 
Indian housing units, for contract expertise, and for 
training and technical assistance related to amounts 
made available under this heading and other headings 
in this Act for the needs of Native American families 
and Indian country: Provided, That of the amounts 
made available in this paragraph, not less than 
$2,000,000 shall be for a national organization as au-
thorized under section 703 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 
4212): Provided further, That amounts made avail-
able in this paragraph may be used, contracted, or 
competed as determined by the Secretary: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding chapter 63 of title 31, 
United States Code (commonly known as the Federal
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Grant and Cooperative Agreements Act of 1977), the 
amounts made available in this paragraph may be 
used by the Secretary to enter into cooperative agree-
ments with public and private organizations, agen-
cies, institutions, and other technical assistance pro-
viders to support the administration of negotiated 
rulemaking under section 106 of NAHASDA (25 
U.S.C. 4116), the administration of the allocation for-
mula under section 302 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 
4152), and the administration of performance track-
ing and reporting under section 407 of NAHASDA 
(25 U.S.C. 4167). 
INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
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–13a), $5,521,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such costs, includ-
ing the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 
U.S.C. 661a): Provided further, That amounts made avail-
able in this and prior Acts for the cost of guaranteed loans, 
as authorized by section 184 of the Housing and Commu-
nity Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a), that
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are unobligated, including recaptures and carryover, shall 
be available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of 
which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $1,400,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2024: Provided fur-
ther, That any remaining loan guarantee limitation au-
thorized under this heading in fiscal year 2020 or prior 
fiscal years is hereby rescinded: Provided further, That any 
amounts determined by the Secretary to be unavailable are 
hereby returned to the General Fund of the Treasury. 
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. 4221 et seq.), $22,300,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2027: Provided, That notwithstanding sec-
tion 812(b) of such Act, the Department of Hawaiian Home 
Lands may not invest grant amounts made available under 
this heading in investment securities and other obligations: 
Provided further, That amounts made available under this 
heading in this and prior fiscal years may be used to pro-
vide rental assistance to eligible Native Hawaiian families 
both on and off the Hawaiian Home Lands, notwith-
standing any other provision of law: Provided further, That 
up to $1,000,000 of the amounts made available under this 
heading shall be for training and technical assistance re-
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lated to amounts made available under this heading and 
other headings in this Act for the needs of Native Hawai-
ians and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. 
NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
New commitments to guarantee loans, as authorized 
by section 184A of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13b), any part of which 
is to be guaranteed, shall not exceed $28,000,000 in total 
loan principal, to remain available until September 30, 
2024: Provided, That the Secretary may enter into commit-
ments to guarantee loans used for refinancing. 
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.), 
$499,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2024, except that amounts allocated pursuant to section 
854(c)(5) of such Act shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew 
or replace all expiring contracts for permanent supportive 
housing that initially were funded under section 854(c)(5) 
of such Act from funds made available under this heading 
in fiscal year 2010 and prior fiscal years that meet all pro-
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gram requirements before awarding funds for new contracts 
under such section: Provided further, That the process for 
submitting amendments and approving replacement con-
tracts shall be established by the Secretary in a notice: Pro-
vided further, That the Department shall notify grantees of 
their formula allocation within 60 days of enactment of this 
Act. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For assistance to States and units of general local gov-
ernment, and other entities, for economic and community 
development activities, and other purposes, $6,397,285,641, 
to remain available until September 30, 2026: Provided, 
That of the sums appropriated under this heading— 
(1) $3,300,000,000 shall be available for car-
rying out the community development block grant 
program under title I of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
5301 et seq.) (in this heading ‘‘the Act’’): Provided, 
That not to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with 
funds made available under this paragraph shall be 
expended for planning and management development 
and administration: Provided further, That a metro-
politan city, urban county, unit of general local gov-
ernment, or insular area that directly or indirectly 
receives funds under this paragraph may not sell,
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trade, or otherwise transfer all or any portion of such 
funds to another such entity in exchange for any 
other funds, credits, or non-Federal considerations, 
but shall use such funds for activities eligible under 
title I of the Act: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 105(e)(1) of the Act, no funds made 
available under this paragraph may be provided to a 
for-profit entity for an economic development project 
under section 105(a)(17) unless such project has been 
evaluated and selected in accordance with guidelines 
required under subsection (e)(2) of section 105; 
(2) $85,000,000 shall be available for the Sec-
retary to award grants on a competitive basis to 
State and local governments, metropolitan planning 
organizations, and multijurisdictional entities for ad-
ditional activities under title I of the Act for the iden-
tification and removal of barriers to affordable hous-
ing production and preservation: Provided, That eli-
gible uses of such grants include activities to further 
develop, evaluate, and implement housing policy 
plans, improve housing strategies, and facilitate af-
fordable housing production and preservation: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall prioritize ap-
plicants that are able to (A) demonstrate progress and 
a commitment to overcoming local barriers to facili-
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tate the increase in affordable housing production and 
preservation; and (B) demonstrate an acute demand 
for housing affordable to households with incomes 
below 100 percent of the area median income: Pro-
vided further, That funds allocated for such grants 
shall not adversely affect the amount of any formula 
assistance received by a jurisdiction under paragraph 
(1) of this heading: Provided further, That in admin-
istering such amounts the Secretary may waive or 
specify alternative requirements for any provision of 
such title I except for requirements related to fair 
housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, the en-
vironment, and requirements that activities benefit 
persons of low- and moderate-income, upon a finding 
that any such waivers or alternative requirements are 
necessary to expedite or facilitate the use of such 
amounts; 
(3) $30,000,000 shall be available for activities 
authorized under section 8071 of the SUPPORT for 
Patients and Communities Act (Public Law 115– 
271): Provided, That funds allocated pursuant to this 
paragraph shall not adversely affect the amount of 
any formula assistance received by a State under 
paragraph (1) of this heading: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall allocate the funds for such activi-
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ties based on the notice establishing the funding for-
mula published in 84 FR 16027 (April 17, 2019) ex-
cept that the formula shall use age-adjusted rates of 
drug overdose deaths for 2020 based on data from the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and 
(4) $2,982,285,641 shall be available for grants 
for the Economic Development Initiative (EDI) for 
the purposes, and in amounts, specified for Commu-
nity 
Project 
Funding/Congressionally 
Directed 
Spending in the table entitled ‘‘Community Project 
Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in-
cluded in the explanatory statement described in sec-
tion 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this con-
solidated Act): Provided, That eligible expenses of 
such grants may include administrative, planning, 
operations and maintenance, and other costs: Pro-
vided further, That such grants for the EDI shall be 
available for reimbursement of otherwise eligible ex-
penses incurred on or after the date of enactment of 
this Act and prior to the date of grant execution: Pro-
vided further, That none of the amounts made avail-
able under this paragraph for grants for the EDI 
shall be used for reimbursement of expenses incurred 
prior to the date of enactment of this Act: Provided 
further, That grants for the EDI authorized under
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this heading in the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public 
Law 117–103) shall also be available for reimburse-
ment of otherwise eligible expenses (including those el-
igible expenses identified in the first proviso of this 
paragraph) incurred on or after the date of enactment 
of such Act and prior to the date of grant execution, 
and shall not be subject to the second proviso under 
such heading in such Act: 
Provided further, That for amounts made available under 
paragraphs (1) and (3), the Secretary shall notify grantees 
of their formula allocation within 60 days of enactment of 
this Act. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a), during fiscal year 2023, commit-
ments to guarantee loans under section 108 of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
5308), any part of which is guaranteed, shall not exceed 
a total principal amount of $300,000,000, notwithstanding 
any aggregate limitation on outstanding obligations guar-
anteed in subsection (k) of such section 108: Provided, That 
the Secretary shall collect fees from borrowers, notwith-
standing subsection (m) of such section 108, to result in
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a credit subsidy cost of zero for guaranteeing such loans, 
and any such fees shall be collected in accordance with sec-
tion 502(7) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Pro-
vided further, That such commitment authority funded by 
fees may be used to guarantee, or make commitments to 
guarantee, notes or other obligations issued by any State 
on behalf of non-entitlement communities in the State in 
accordance with the requirements of such section 108: Pro-
vided further, That any State receiving such a guarantee 
or commitment under the preceding proviso shall distribute 
all funds subject to such guarantee to the units of general 
local government in non-entitlement areas that received the 
commitment. 
HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM 
For the HOME Investment Partnerships program, as 
authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
Affordable Housing Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 12721 et 
seq.), $1,500,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2026: Provided, That notwithstanding section 231(b) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 12771(b)), all unobligated balances re-
maining from amounts recaptured pursuant to such section 
that remain available until expended shall be combined 
with amounts made available under this heading and allo-
cated in accordance with the formula under section 
217(b)(1)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12747(b)(1)(A)): Pro-
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vided further, That the Department shall notify grantees of 
their formula allocations within 60 days after enactment 
of this Act: Provided further, That section 218(g) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 12748(g)) shall not apply with respect to 
the right of a jurisdiction to draw funds from its HOME 
Investment Trust Fund that otherwise expired or would ex-
pire in any calendar year from 2016 through 2025 under 
that section: Provided further, That section 231(b) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 12771(b)) shall not apply to any uninvested 
funds that otherwise were deducted or would be deducted 
from the line of credit in the participating jurisdiction’s 
HOME Investment Trust Fund in any calendar year from 
2018 through 2025 under that section. 
PRESERVATION AND REINVESTMENT INITIATIVE FOR 
COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT 
For competitive grants to preserve and revitalize man-
ufactured housing and eligible manufactured housing com-
munities (including pre-1976 mobile homes) under title I 
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, 
as amended (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), $225,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That 
recipients of grants provided with amounts made available 
under this heading shall be States, units of general local 
government, resident-owned manufactured housing commu-
nities, cooperatives, nonprofit entities including consortia
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of nonprofit entities, community development financial in-
stitutions, Indian Tribes (as such term is defined in section 
4 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-De-
termination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4103)), 
or other entities approved by the Secretary: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary may reserve an amount for Indian 
Tribes within such competition: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may approve entities for selection that partner 
with one or several residents of such eligible communities 
or that propose to implement a grant program that would 
assist residents of such eligible communities: Provided fur-
ther, That eligible uses of such grants may include infra-
structure, planning, resident and community services (in-
cluding relocation assistance and eviction prevention), re-
siliency activities, and providing other assistance to resi-
dents or owners of manufactured homes, which may include 
providing assistance for manufactured housing land and 
site acquisition: Provided further, That, except as deter-
mined by the Secretary, participation in this program shall 
not encumber the future transfer of title or use of property 
by the residents, owners, or communities: Provided further, 
That when selecting recipients, the Secretary shall 
prioritize applications that primarily benefit low- or mod-
erately low-income residents and preserve long-term hous-
ing affordability for residents of manufactured housing or
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a manufactured housing community: Provided further, 
That eligible manufactured housing communities may in-
clude those that are— 
(1) owned by the residents of the manufactured 
housing community through a resident-controlled en-
tity, as defined by the Secretary; or 
(2) determined by the Secretary to be subject to 
binding agreements that will preserve the community 
and maintain affordability on a long-term basis: 
Provided further, That, of the amounts made available 
under this heading, $25,000,000 shall be for a pilot pro-
gram for the Secretary to provide grants to assist in the 
redevelopment of manufactured housing communities (in-
cluding pre-1976 mobile homes) as replacement housing 
that is affordable, as defined by the Secretary: Provided fur-
ther, That each such redevelopment project shall provide, 
for each unit of single-family manufactured housing (in-
cluding pre-1976 mobile homes) replaced under the project, 
up to 4 dwelling units of such affordable housing: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall define eligible activities 
for grant assistance under the pilot program, which may 
include relocation assistance or buy-outs for residents of a 
manufactured housing community or downpayment assist-
ance for such residents: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall require each grantee under the pilot program
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to supplement the amount of the grant with non-Federal 
amounts exceeding 50 percent of the grant: Provided fur-
ther, That resiliency activities means the reconstruction, re-
pair, or replacement of manufactured housing and manu-
factured housing communities to protect the health and 
safety of manufactured housing residents and to address 
weatherization and energy efficiency needs, except that for 
pre-1976 mobile homes, funds made available under this 
heading may be used only for replacement: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary may waive or specify alternative 
requirements for any provision of any statute or regulation 
that the Secretary administers in connection with the use 
of amounts made available under this heading (except for 
requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, 
labor standards, and the environment), upon a finding that 
such waiver or alternative requirement is necessary to fa-
cilitate the use of such amounts. 
SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY 
PROGRAM 
For the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Op-
portunity Program, as authorized under section 11 of the 
Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996 (42 
U.S.C. 12805 note), and for related activities and assist-
ance, $62,500,000, to remain available until September 30,
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2025: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this 
heading— 
(1) $13,500,000 shall be available for the Self- 
Help Homeownership Opportunity Program as au-
thorized under such section 11; 
(2) $42,000,000 shall be available for the second, 
third, and fourth capacity building entities specified 
in section 4(a) of the HUD Demonstration Act of 
1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), of which not less than 
$5,000,000 shall be for rural capacity building activi-
ties: Provided, That for purposes of awarding grants 
from amounts made available in this paragraph, the 
Secretary may enter into multiyear agreements, as 
appropriate, subject to the availability of annual ap-
propriations; 
(3) $6,000,000 shall be available for capacity 
building by national rural housing organizations 
having experience assessing national rural conditions 
and providing financing, training, technical assist-
ance, information, and research to local nonprofit or-
ganizations, local governments, and Indian Tribes 
serving high need rural communities; and 
(4) $1,000,000 shall be available for a program 
to rehabilitate and modify the homes of disabled or 
low-income veterans, as authorized under section 1079
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of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2015 (38 U.S.C. 2101 note): Provided, That the 
issuance of a Notice of Funding Opportunity for the 
amounts made available in this paragraph shall be 
completed not later than 120 days after enactment of 
this Act and such amounts shall be awarded not later 
than 180 days after such issuance. 
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For assistance under title IV of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360 et seq.), and for 
related activities and assistance, $3,633,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025: Provided, That of the 
sums appropriated under this heading— 
(1) $290,000,000 shall be available for the Emer-
gency Solutions Grants program authorized under 
subtitle B of such title IV (42 U.S.C. 11371 et seq.): 
Provided, That the Department shall notify grantees 
of their formula allocation from amounts allocated 
(which may represent initial or final amounts allo-
cated) for the Emergency Solutions Grant program 
not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act; 
(2) $3,154,000,000 shall be available for the Con-
tinuum of Care program authorized under subtitle C 
of such title IV (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) and the
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Rural Housing Stability Assistance programs author-
ized under subtitle D of such title IV (42 U.S.C. 
11408): Provided, That the Secretary shall prioritize 
funding under the Continuum of Care program to 
continuums of care that have demonstrated a capacity 
to reallocate funding from lower performing projects 
to higher performing projects: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall provide incentives to create 
projects that coordinate with housing providers and 
healthcare organizations to provide permanent sup-
portive housing and rapid re-housing services: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary may establish by 
notice an alternative maximum amount for adminis-
trative costs related to the requirements described in 
sections 402(f)(1) and 402(f)(2) of subtitle A of such 
title IV or no more than 5 percent or $50,000, which-
ever is greater, notwithstanding the 3 percent limita-
tion in section 423(a)(10) of such subtitle C: Provided 
further, That of the amounts made available for the 
Continuum of Care program under this paragraph, 
not less than $52,000,000 shall be for grants for new 
rapid re-housing projects and supportive service 
projects providing coordinated entry, and for eligible 
activities that the Secretary determines to be critical 
in order to assist survivors of domestic violence, dat-