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(20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), from private sources, or an insti-
tution of higher education (as defined under the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)), shall be consid-
ered income to that individual, except for a person over 
the age of 23 with dependent children. 
SEC. 212. The funds made available for Native Alas-
kans under the heading ‘‘Native American Housing Block 
Grants’’ in title II of this Act shall be allocated to the 
same Native Alaskan housing block grant recipients that 
received funds in fiscal year 2005. 
SEC. 213. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, in fiscal year 2020, in managing and disposing of any 
multifamily property that is owned or has a mortgage held 
by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and 
during the process of foreclosure on any property with a 
contract for rental assistance payments under section 8 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 or other Fed-
eral programs, the Secretary shall maintain any rental as-
sistance payments under section 8 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 and other programs that are at-
tached to any dwelling units in the property. To the extent 
the Secretary determines, in consultation with the tenants 
and the local government, that such a multifamily prop-
erty owned or held by the Secretary is not feasible for con-
tinued rental assistance payments under such section 8 
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or other programs, based on consideration of: (1) the costs 
of rehabilitating and operating the property and all avail-
able Federal, State, and local resources, including rent ad-
justments under section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted 
Housing 
Reform 
and 
Affordability 
Act 
of 
1997 
(‘‘MAHRAA’’); and (2) environmental conditions that 
cannot be remedied in a cost-effective fashion, the Sec-
retary may, in consultation with the tenants of that prop-
erty, contract for project-based rental assistance payments 
with an owner or owners of other existing housing prop-
erties, or provide other rental assistance. The Secretary 
shall also take appropriate steps to ensure that project- 
based contracts remain in effect prior to foreclosure, sub-
ject to the exercise of contractual abatement remedies to 
assist relocation of tenants for imminent major threats to 
health and safety after written notice to and informed con-
sent of the affected tenants and use of other available rem-
edies, such as partial abatements or receivership. After 
disposition of any multifamily property described under 
this section, the contract and allowable rent levels on such 
properties shall be subject to the requirements under sec-
tion 524 of MAHRAA. 
SEC. 214. Public housing agencies that own and oper-
ate 400 or fewer public housing units may elect to be ex-
empt from any asset management requirement imposed by 
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the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in con-
nection with the operating fund rule: Provided, That an 
agency seeking a discontinuance of a reduction of subsidy 
under the operating fund formula shall not be exempt 
from asset management requirements. 
SEC. 215. With respect to the use of amounts pro-
vided in this Act and in future Acts for the operation, cap-
ital improvement and management of public housing as 
authorized by sections 9(d) and 9(e) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d) and (e)), the 
Secretary shall not impose any requirement or guideline 
relating to asset management that restricts or limits in 
any way the use of capital funds for central office costs 
pursuant to section 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)(1), (2)): Pro-
vided, That a public housing agency may not use capital 
funds authorized under section 9(d) for activities that are 
eligible under section 9(e) for assistance with amounts 
from the operating fund in excess of the amounts per-
mitted under section 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2). 
SEC. 216. No official or employee of the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development shall be designated 
as an allotment holder unless the Office of the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer has determined that such allotment holder 
has implemented an adequate system of funds control and 
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has received training in funds control procedures and di-
rectives. The Chief Financial Officer shall ensure that 
there is a trained allotment holder for each HUD appro-
priation under the accounts ‘‘Executive Offices’’ and ‘‘Ad-
ministrative Support Offices’’, as well as each paragraph 
receiving appropriations under the heading ‘‘Program Of-
fice Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Government National Mort-
gage Association—Guarantees of Mortgage-Backed Secu-
rities Loan Guarantee Program Account’’, and ‘‘Office of 
Inspector General’’ within the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development. 
SEC. 217. The Secretary of the Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development shall, for fiscal year 2020, 
notify the public through the Federal Register and other 
means, as determined appropriate, of the issuance of a no-
tice of the availability of assistance or notice of funding 
availability (NOFA) for any program or discretionary 
fund administered by the Secretary that is to be competi-
tively awarded. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, for fiscal year 2020, the Secretary may make the 
NOFA available only on the Internet at the appropriate 
Government web site or through other electronic media, 
as determined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 218. Payment of attorney fees in program-re-
lated litigation shall be paid from the individual program 
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office and Office of General Counsel salaries and expenses 
appropriations. The annual budget submission for the pro-
gram offices and the Office of General Counsel shall in-
clude any such projected litigation costs for attorney fees 
as a separate line item request. No funds provided in this 
title may be used to pay any such litigation costs for attor-
ney fees until the Department submits for review a spend-
ing plan for such costs to the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 219. The Secretary is authorized to transfer up 
to 10 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, of funds 
appropriated for any office under the heading ‘‘Adminis-
trative Support Offices’’ or for any paragraph under the 
heading ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses’’ to any 
other such office or account: Provided, That no appropria-
tion for any such office or account shall be increased or 
decreased by more than 10 percent or $5,000,000, which-
ever is less, without prior written approval of the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall provide notification to such 
Committees three business days in advance of any such 
transfers under this section up to 10 percent or 
$5,000,000, whichever is less. 
SEC. 220. (a) Any entity receiving housing assistance 
payments shall maintain decent, safe, and sanitary condi-
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