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3109: Provided, That none of these funds may be obli-
gated until the Internal Revenue Service submits to the 
Committees on Appropriations, and such Committees ap-
prove, a plan for expenditure that: (1) meets the capital 
planning and investment control review requirements es-
tablished by the Office of Management and Budget, in-
cluding Circular A–11; (2) complies with the Internal Rev-
enue Service’s enterprise architecture, including the mod-
ernization blueprint; (3) conforms with the Internal Rev-
enue Service’s enterprise life cycle methodology; (4) is ap-
proved by the Internal Revenue Service, the Department 
of the Treasury, and the Office of Management and Budg-
et; (5) has been reviewed by the Government Account-
ability Office; and (6) complies with the acquisition rules, 
requirements, guidelines, and systems acquisition manage-
ment practices of the Federal Government. 
HEALTH INSURANCE TAX CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses necessary to implement the health in-
surance tax credit included in the Trade Act of 2002 
(Public Law 107–210), $20,210,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE 
SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 
Service or not to exceed 3 percent of appropriations under
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the heading ‘‘Tax Law Enforcement’’ may be transferred 
to any other Internal Revenue Service appropriation upon 
the advance approval of the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
SEC. 202. The Internal Revenue Service shall main-
tain a training program to ensure that Internal Revenue 
Service employees are trained in taxpayers’ rights, in deal-
ing courteously with taxpayers, and in cross-cultural rela-
tions. 
SEC. 203. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti-
tute and enforce policies and procedures that will safe-
guard the confidentiality of taxpayer information. 
SEC. 204. Funds made available by this or any other 
Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for 
improved facilities and increased manpower to provide suf-
ficient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers. 
The Commissioner shall continue to make the improve-
ment of the Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help line serv-
ice a priority and allocate resources necessary to increase 
phone lines and staff to improve the Internal Revenue 
Service 1–800 help line service. 
SEC. 205. None of the funds in this title may be used 
to modify the number or location of Taxpayer Assistance 
Centers until the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Ad-
ministration completes a study detailing the impact that
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such closures would have on taxpayer compliance and sub-
mits such study to the Committees on Appropriatons of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate for review: 
Provided, That no funds shall be obligated by the Internal 
Revenue Service for such purposes for 60 days after re-
ceipt of such study: Provided further, That the Internal 
Revenue Service shall consult with stakeholder organiza-
tions, including but no limited to, the National Taxpayer 
Advocate, the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board, 
the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, 
and Internal Revenue Service employees with respect to 
the types of data to be included in the model that will 
determine which Taxpayer Assistance Centers should be 
closed and the relative weight of such data as it relates 
to such model. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE 
TREASURY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 210. Appropriations to the Department of the 
Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 
including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of 
insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign 
countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the 
general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased
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and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into 
contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing 
of health and medical services to employees and their de-
pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
SEC. 211. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 
Service may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector Gen-
eral for Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the ad-
vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided, That no transfer may increase or decrease any such 
appropriation by more than 2 percent. 
SEC. 212. Of the funds available for the purchase of 
law enforcement vehicles, no funds may be obligated until 
the Secretary of the Treasury certifies that the purchase 
by the respective Treasury bureau is consistent with De-
partmental vehicle management principles: Provided, That 
the Secretary may delegate this authority to the Assistant 
Secretary for Management. 
SEC. 213. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury 
or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used 
to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note. 
SEC. 214. The Secretary of the Treasury may trans-
fer funds from ‘‘Financial Management Services, Salaries
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and Expenses’’ to ‘‘Debt Collection Fund’’ as necessary 
to cover the costs of debt collection: Provided, That such 
amounts shall be reimbursed to such salaries and expenses 
account from debt collections received in the Debt Collec-
tion Fund. 
SEC. 215. Section 122(g)(1) of Public Law 105–119 
(5 U.S.C. 3104 note), is further amended by striking ‘‘7 
years’’ and inserting ‘‘8 years’’. 
SEC. 216. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 
by the United States Mint to construct or operate any mu-
seum without the explicit approval of the House Com-
mittee on Financial Services and the Senate Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 
SEC. 217. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act or source 
to the Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engrav-
ing and Printing, and the United States Mint, individually 
or collectively, may be used to consolidate any or all func-
tions of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the 
United States Mint without the explicit approval of the 
House Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Com-
mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; the 
House Committee on Appropriations; and the Senate 
Committee on Appropriations.
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SEC. 218. Not later than 60 days after enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations a report defining 
currency manipulation and what actions will be construed 
as another nation manipulating its currency, and describ-
ing how statutory provisions addressing currency manipu-
lation by America’s trading partners contained in, and re-
lating to, title 22 U.S.C. 5304, 5305, and 286y can be 
better clarified administratively to provide for improved 
and more predictable evaluation. 
TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 
URBAN DEVELOPMENT 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For activities and assistance for the provision of ten-
ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United 
States Housing act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 
et seq.) (‘‘the Act’’ herein), not otherwise provided for, 
$15,531,400,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $11,331,400,000 shall be available on October 1, 
2005, and $4,200,000,000 shall be available on October 
1, 2006: Provided, That the amounts made available under 
this heading are provided as follows: 
(1) $14,089,755,725 for renewals of expiring 
section 8 tenant-based annual contributions con-
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tracts (including renewals of enhanced vouchers 
under any provision of law authorizing such assist-
ance under section 8(t) of the Act: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, from 
amounts provided under this paragraph, the Sec-
retary for the calendar year 2006 funding cycle shall 
provide renewal funding for each public housing 
agency based on each public housing agency’s 2005 
annual budget for renewal funding as calculated by 
HUD, prior to prorations, and by applying the 2006 
Annual Adjustment Factor as established by the 
Secretary, and by making any necessary adjustments 
for the costs associated with the first-time renewal 
of tenant protection or HOPE VI vouchers: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall, to the extent nec-
essary to stay within the amount provided under this 
paragraph, pro rate each public housing agency’s al-
location otherwise established pursuant to this para-
graph: Provided further, That except as provided in 
the following proviso, the entire amount provided 
under this paragraph shall be obligated to the public 
housing agencies based on the allocation and pro 
rata method described above: Provided further, That 
up to $45,000,000 shall be available only (1) to ad-
just the allocations for public housing agencies, after
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application for an adjustment by a public housing 
agency and verification by HUD, whose allocations 
under this heading for contract renewals for the cal-
endar year 2005 funding cycle were based on 
verified VMS leasing and cost data averaged for the 
months of May, June, and July of 2004 and solely 
because of temporarily low leasing levels during such 
3-month period did not accurately reflect leasing lev-
els and costs for the 2004 fiscal year of the agen-
cies, and (2) for adjustments for public housing 
agencies that experienced a significant increase, as 
determined by the Secretary, in renewal costs result-
ing from the portability under section 8(r) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 of tenant-based 
rental assistance: Provided further, That none of the 
funds provided in this paragraph may be used to 
support a total number of unit months under lease 
which exceeds a public housing agency’s authorized 
level of units under contract; 
(2) $165,700,000 for section 8 rental assistance 
for relocation and replacement of housing units that 
are demolished or disposed of pursuant to the Omni-
bus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act 
of 1996 (Public Law 104–134), conversion of section 
23 projects to assistance under section 8, the family
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unification program under section 8(x) of the Act, 
relocation of witnesses in connection with efforts to 
combat crime in public and assisted housing pursu-
ant to a request from a law enforcement or prosecu-
tion agency, enhanced vouchers under any provision 
of law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) 
of the Act, HOPE VI vouchers, mandatory and vol-
untary conversions, vouchers necessary to complete 
the consent decree requirements in Walker vs. U.S. 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
and tenant protection assistance including replace-
ment and relocation assistance; 
(3) $45,000,000 for family self-sufficiency coor-
dinators under section 23 of the Act; 
(4) $5,900,000 shall be transferred to the 
Working Capital Fund; and 
(5) $1,225,000,000 for administrative and 
other expenses of public housing agencies in admin-
istering the section 8 tenant-based rental assistance 
program, of which up to $25,000,000 shall be avail-
able to the Secretary to allocate to public housing 
agencies that need additional funds to administer 
their 
section 
programs: 
Provided, 
That 
$1,200,000,000 of the amount provided in this para-
graph shall be allocated for the calendar year 2006
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funding cycle on a pro rata basis to public housing 
agencies based on the amount public housing agen-
cies were eligible to receive in calendar year 2005: 
Provided further, That all amounts provided under 
this paragraph shall be only for activities related to 
the provision of tenant-based rental assistance au-
thorized under section 8, including related develop-
ment activities, except that up to $200,000,000 of 
funds made available on October 1, 2006, to this ac-
count may be transferred to the ‘‘Project Based 
Rental Assistance Account’’ at the discretion of the 
Secretary. 
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances, including recaptures and 
carryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development under this 
heading or the heading ‘‘Annual contributions for assisted 
housing’’ or any other heading for fiscal year 2005 and 
prior years, $2,493,600,000 is rescinded, to be effected by 
the Secretary no later than September 30, 2006: Provided, 
That any such balances governed by reallocation provi-
sions under the statute authorizing the program for which 
the funds were originally appropriated shall be available 
for the rescission: Provided further, That any obligated 
balances of contract authority from fiscal year 1974 and
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prior that have been terminated shall be cancelled: Pro-
vided further, That no amounts recaptured from amounts 
appropriated in prior years under this heading or the 
heading ‘‘Annual contributions for assisted housing’’ and 
no carryover of such appropriated amounts for project-
based assistance shall be available for the calendar year 
2006 funding cycle for activities provided for under the 
heading ‘‘Tenant-based rental assistance’’. 
PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For activities and assistance for the provision of 
project-based subsidy contracts under the United States 
Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 et 
seq.) (‘‘the Act’’ herein), not otherwise provided for, 
$5,088,300,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the amounts made available under this head-
ing are provided as follows: 
(1) $4,940,100,000 for expiring or terminating 
section 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including 
section 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for 
amendments to section 8 project-based subsidy con-
tracts (including section 8 moderate rehabilitation 
contracts), for contracts entered into pursuant to 
section 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act, for renewal of section 8 contracts for units 
in projects that are subject to approved plans of ac-
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tion under the Emergency Low Income Housing 
Preservation Act of 1987 or the Low-Income Hous-
ing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act 
of 1990, and for administrative and other expenses 
associated with project-based activities and assist-
ance funded under this paragraph. 
(2) $147,200,000 for performance-based con-
tract administrators for section 8 project-based as-
sistance: Provided, That the Secretary may also use 
such amounts for performance-based contract ad-
ministrators for: interest reduction payments pursu-
ant to section 236(a) of the National Housing Act 
(12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(a)); rent supplement payments 
pursuant to section 101 of the Housing and Urban 
Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); Sec-
tion 236(f)(2) rental assistance payments (12 U.S.C. 
1715z–1(f)(2)); project rental assistance contracts 
for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of the Hous-
ing Act of 1959, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701q, 
1701q–1); project rental assistance contracts for 
supportive housing for persons with disabilities 
under section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez 
National Affordable Housing Act; project assistance 
contracts pursuant to section 202(h) of the Housing 
Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667);
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and loans under section 202 of the Housing Act of 
1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667). 
(3) $1,000,000 shall be transferred to the 
Working Capital Fund: Provided further, That 
amounts recaptured under this heading, the heading, 
‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing,’ or the 
heading, ‘Housing Certificate Fund,’ for project-
based section 8 activities may be used for renewals 
of or amendments to section 8 project-based subsidy 
contracts or for performance-based contract adminis-
trators, notwithstanding the purposes for which such 
amounts were appropriated. 
PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to 
carry out capital and management activities for public 
housing agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 
U.S.C. 1437g) (the ‘‘Act’’), $2,600,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2009: Provided, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law or regulation, dur-
ing fiscal year 2006, the Secretary may not delegate to 
any Department official other than the Deputy Secretary 
and the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Hous-
ing any authority under paragraph (2) of section 9(j) re-
garding the extension of the time periods under such sec-
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tion: Provided further, That for purposes of such section 
9(j), the term ‘‘obligate’’ means, with respect to amounts, 
that the amounts are subject to a binding agreement that 
will result in outlays, immediately or in the future: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount provided under 
this heading, up to $11,000,000 shall be for carrying out 
activities under section 9(h) of such Act: Provided further, 
That $10,000,000 shall be transferred to the Working 
Capital Fund: Provided further, That no funds may be 
used under this heading for the purposes specified in sec-
tion 9(k) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as 
amended: Provided further, That of the total amount pro-
vided under this heading, up to $17,000,000 shall be avail-
able for the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
to make grants, notwithstanding section 305 of this Act, 
to public housing agencies for emergency capital needs re-
sulting from unforeseen emergencies and natural disasters 
occurring in fiscal year 2006: Provided further, That of 
the 
total 
amount 
provided 
under 
this 
heading, 
$24,000,000 shall be for supportive services, service coor-
dinators and congregate services as authorized by section 
34 of the Act and the Native American Housing Assist-
ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996: Provided fur-
ther, That up to $8,820,000 is to support the costs of ad-
ministrative and judicial receiverships.
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PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND 
For 2006 payments to public housing agencies for the 
operation and management of public housing, as author-
ized by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $3,600,000,000: 
Provided, That all funds made available under this head-
ing shall be allocated to public housing agencies in accord-
ance with the terms, conditions, criteria and methodology 
set forth in the ‘‘Post 4th Session Rule’’ issued on June 
10, 2004 and shall not be allocated using any other for-
mula unless approved by the Committee: Provided further, 
That of the total amount provided under this heading, up 
to $50,000,000 shall be for assistance for the conversion 
to asset management including project-based accounting, 
budgeting and management for public housing agencies 
operating three or more public housing projects, which will 
under the ‘‘Post 4th Session Rule’’ formula experience a 
loss of subsidy greater than 5 percent from the amount 
which would otherwise have been receivable under the Per-
formance Funding System regulations superceded by such 
formula: Provided further, That, in fiscal year 2006 and 
all fiscal years hereafter, no amounts under this heading 
in any appropriations Act may be used for payments to 
public housing agencies for the costs of operation and 
management of public housing for any year prior to the
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current year of such Act: Provided further, That no funds 
may be used under this heading for the purposes specified 
in section 9(k) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, 
as amended. 
NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the Native American Housing Block Grants pro-
gram, as authorized under title I of the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 
(NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $600,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. Notwithstanding the Na-
tive American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination 
Act of 1996, to determine the amount of the allocation 
under title I of such Act for each Indian tribe, the Sec-
retary shall apply the formula under section 302 of such 
Act with the need component 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 allo-
cation amounts. Of funds made available under this head-
ing, $1,200,000 shall be contracted through the Secretary 
as technical assistance and capacity building to be used 
by the National American Indian Housing Council in sup-
port of the implementation of NAHASDA; of which 
$2,308,000 shall be to support the inspection of Indian 
housing units, contract expertise, training, and technical
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assistance in the training, oversight, and management of 
Indian housing and tenant-based assistance, including up 
to $300,000 for related travel; of which $45,000,000 shall 
be for the Indian Community Development Block Grant 
program under title I of the Housing and Community De-
velopment Act of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5301 et 
seq.), for grants to Indian tribes notwithstanding section 
106(a)(1) of such Act, to be allocated using the same 
methodology as fiscal year 2005 funds of which up to 
$4,000,000 may be used for emergencies that constitute 
imminent threats to health and safety, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law (including section 205 of the 
Act): Provided, That of the amount provided under this 
heading, $2,000,000 shall be made available for the cost 
of guaranteed notes and other obligations, as authorized 
by title VI of NAHASDA: Provided further, That such 
costs, including the costs of modifying such notes and 
other obligations, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided 
further, That these funds are available to subsidize the 
total principal amount of any notes and other obligations, 
any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 
$17,926,000: Provided further, That for administrative ex-
penses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, up to 
$150,000 from amounts in the first proviso, which shall
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be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’. 
NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANT 
For the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant pro-
gram, as authorized under title VIII of the Native Amer-
ican Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 
1996 (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $8,815,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $352,606 shall be for 
training and technical assistance activities. 
INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 
section 184 of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a), $2,645,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That such costs, 
including the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as 
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds 
are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of 
which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $98,966,942. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the guaranteed loan program, up to $250,000 from 
amounts in the first paragraph, which shall be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and 
Expenses’’.
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NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 
section 184A of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13b), $882,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That such 
costs, including the costs of modifying such loans, shall 
be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these 
funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any 
part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 
$35,000,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the guaranteed loan program, up to $35,000 from 
amounts in the first paragraph, which shall be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and 
Expenses.’’
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 
Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), 
$285,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 
2007, except that amounts allocated pursuant to section 
854(c)(3) of such Act shall remain available until Sep-
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tember 30, 2008: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew 
all expiring contracts for permanent supportive housing 
that were funded under section 854(c)(3) of such Act that 
meet all program requirements before awarding funds for 
new contracts and activities authorized under this section: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may use up to 
$1,000,000 of the funds under this heading for training, 
oversight, and technical assistance activities. 
RURAL HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 
For the Office of Rural Housing and Economic De-
velopment in the Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment, $10,000,000 to remain available until ex-
pended, which amount shall be competitively awarded by 
September 1, 2006, to Indian tribes, State housing finance 
agencies, State community and/or economic development 
agencies, local rural nonprofits and community develop-
ment corporations to support innovative housing and eco-
nomic development activities in rural areas. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For assistance to units of State and local govern-
ment, and to other entities, for economic and community 
development 
activities, 
and 
for 
other 
purposes, 
$4,151,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2008, unless otherwise specified: Provided, That of the 
amount provided, $3,859,900,000 is for carrying out the
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community development block grant program under title 
I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
1974, as amended (the ‘‘Act’’ herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301 et 
seq.): Provided further, That unless explicitly provided for 
under this heading not to exceed 20 percent of any grant 
made with funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
expended for planning and management development and 
administration: Provided further, That $1,600,000 shall be 
transferred to the Working Capital Fund. 
Of the amount made available under this heading, 
$290,000,000 shall be available for grants for the Eco-
nomic Development Initiative (EDI) to finance a variety 
of targeted economic investments in accordance with the 
terms and conditions specified in the statement of man-
agers accompanying this Act: Provided, That none of the 
funds provided under this paragraph may be used for pro-
gram operations. 
HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the HOME investment partnerships program, as 
authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-
tional 
Affordable 
Housing 
Act, 
as 
amended, 
$1,850,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 
2008: Provided, That of the total amount provided in this 
paragraph, up to $41,700,000 shall be available for hous-
ing counseling under section 106 of the Housing and
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Urban Development Act of 1968, and $1,000,000 shall be 
transferred to the Working Capital Fund. 
In addition to amounts otherwise made available 
under this heading, $50,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2008, for assistance to homebuyers as au-
thorized under title I of the American Dream Downpay-
ment Act. 
SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP 
OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM 
For the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Op-
portunity Program, $60,800,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2008: Provided, That of the total amount 
provided in this heading $23,800,000 shall be made avail-
able to the Self Help Homeownership Opportunity Pro-
gram as authorized under section 11 of the Housing Op-
portunity Program Extension Act of 1996 as amended: 
Provided further, That $28,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for capacity building, of which $27,000,000 shall be 
for capacity building for Community Development and af-
fordable Housing for LISC and the Enterprise Founda-
tion for activities authorized by Section 4 of the HUD 
Demonstration Act of 1993 (42 USC 9816 note), as in 
effect immediately before June 12, 1997 and $1,000,000 
shall be made available for capacity building activities ad-
ministered by Habitat for Humanity International: Pro-
vided further, That $3,000,000 shall be made available to
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the Housing Assistance Council, $1,000,000 shall be made 
available to the Native American Indian Housing Council, 
$4,000,000 shall be made available to the Housing Part-
nership Network, and $1,000,000 shall be made available 
to the Special Olympics, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2008. 
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the emergency shelter grants program as author-
ized under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act, as amended; the supportive 
housing program as authorized under subtitle C of title 
IV of such Act; the section 8 moderate rehabilitation sin-
gle room occupancy program as authorized under the 
United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, to assist 
homeless individuals pursuant to section 441 of the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; and the shelter 
plus care program as authorized under subtitle F of title 
IV of such Act, $1,340,000,000, of which $1,320,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2008, and of 
which $20,000,000 shall remain available until expended: 
Provided, That not less than 30 percent of funds made 
available, excluding amounts provided for renewals under 
the shelter plus care program, shall be used for permanent 
housing: Provided further, That all funds awarded for 
services shall be matched by 25 percent in funding by each
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grantee: Provided further, That the Secretary shall renew 
on an annual basis expiring contracts or amendments to 
contracts funded under the shelter plus care program if 
the program is determined to be needed under the applica-
ble continuum of care and meets appropriate program re-
quirements and financial standards, as determined by the 
Secretary: Provided further, That all awards of assistance 
under this heading shall be required to coordinate and in-
tegrate homeless programs with other mainstream health, 
social services, and employment programs for which home-
less populations may be eligible, including Medicaid, State 
Children’s Health Insurance Program, Temporary Assist-
ance for Needy Families, Food Stamps, and services fund-
ing through the Mental Health and Substance Abuse 
Block Grant, Workforce Investment Act, and the Welfare-
to-Work grant program: Provided further, That up to 
$11,674,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be available for the national homeless data analysis 
project and technical assistance: Provided further, That 
$1,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund: Pro-
vided further, That all balances for Shelter Plus Care re-
newals previously funded from the Shelter Plus Care Re-
newal account and transferred to this account be available,
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if recaptured, for Shelter Plus Care renewals in fiscal year 
2006. 
HOUSING PROGRAMS 
HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For capital advances, including amendments to cap-
ital advance contracts, for housing for the elderly, as au-
thorized by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as 
amended, and for project rental assistance for the elderly 
under section 202(c)(2) of such Act, including amend-
ments to contracts for such assistance and renewal of ex-
piring contracts for such assistance for up to a 1-year 
term, and for supportive services associated with the hous-
ing, $741,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2009, of which amount $49,600,000 shall be for serv-
ice coordinators and the continuation of existing con-
gregate service grants for residents of assisted housing 
projects, and of which amount up to $24,800,000 shall 
be for grants under section 202b of the Housing Act of 
1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q–2) for conversion of eligible 
projects under such section to assisted living or related 
use and for emergency capital repairs as determined by 
the Secretary: Provided, That amounts made available 
under this heading shall be available for Real Estate As-
sessment Center inspections and inspection-related activi-
ties associated with section 202 capital advance projects:
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Provided further, That $400,000 shall be transferred to 
the Working Capital Fund: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may waive the provisions of section 202 gov-
erning the terms and conditions of project rental assist-
ance, except that the initial contract term for such assist-
ance shall not exceed 5 years in duration. 
HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For capital advance contracts, including amendments 
to capital advance contracts, for supportive housing for 
persons with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of 
the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, 
for project rental assistance for supportive housing for 
persons with disabilities under section 811(d)(2) of such 
Act, including amendments to contracts for such assist-
ance and renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance 
for up to a 1-year term, and for supportive services associ-
ated with the housing for persons with disabilities as au-
thorized by section 811(b)(1) of such Act, and for tenant-
based rental assistance contracts entered into pursuant to 
section 811 of such Act, $238,100,000 to remain available 
until September 30, 2009: Provided, That $400,000 shall 
be transferred to the Working Capital Fund: Provided fur-
ther, That, of the amount provided under this heading 
$78,300,000 shall be for amendments or renewal of ten-
ant-based assistance contracts entered into prior to fiscal
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year 2005 (only one amendment authorized for any such 
contract): Provided further, That of the amount provided 
under this heading, the Secretary may make available up 
to $5,000,000 for incremental tenant-based rental assist-
ance, as authorized by section 811 of such Act (which as-
sistance is 5 years in duration): Provided further, That all 
tenant-based assistance made available under this heading 
shall continue to remain available only to persons with dis-
abilities: Provided further, That the Secretary may waive 
the provisions of section 811 governing the terms and con-
ditions of project rental assistance and tenant-based as-
sistance, except that the initial contract term for such as-
sistance shall not exceed 5 years in duration: Provided fur-
ther That amounts made available under this heading 
shall be available for Real Estate Assessment Center In-
spections and inspection-related activities associated with 
Section 811 Capital Advance Projects.
OTHER ASSISTED HOUSING PROGRAMS 
RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE 
For amendments to contracts under section 101 of 
the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 
U.S.C. 1701s) and section 236(f)(2) of the National 
Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1) in State-aided, non-in-
sured rental housing projects, $26,400,000, to remain 
available until expended.
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FLEXIBLE SUBSIDY FUND 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
From the Rental Housing Assistance Fund, all un-
committed balances of excess rental charges as of Sep-
tember 30, 2005, and any collections made during fiscal 
year 2006 and all subsequent fiscal years, shall be trans-
ferred to the Flexible Subsidy Fund, as authorized by sec-
tion 236(g) of the National Housing Act, as amended. 
PAYMENT TO MANUFACTURED HOUSING FEES TRUST 
FUND 
For necessary expenses as authorized by the National 
Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Stand-
ards Act of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), 
up to $12,896,000 to remain available until expended, to 
be derived from the Manufactured Housing Fees Trust 
Fund: Provided, That not to exceed the total amount ap-
propriated under this heading shall be available from the 
general fund of the Treasury to the extent necessary to 
incur obligations and make expenditures pending the re-
ceipt of collections to the Fund pursuant to section 620 
of such Act: Provided further, That the amount made 
available under this heading from the general fund shall 
be reduced as such collections are received during fiscal 
year 2006 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2006 appro-
priation from the general fund estimated at not more than 
$0 and fees pursuant to such section 620 shall be modified
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as necessary to ensure such a final fiscal year 2006 appro-
priation. 
FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION 
MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
During fiscal year 2006, commitments to guarantee 
loans to carry out the purposes of section 203(b) of the 
National Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed a loan 
principal of $185,000,000,000. 
During fiscal year 2006, obligations to make direct 
loans to carry out the purposes of section 204(g) of the 
National Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed 
$50,000,000: Provided, That the foregoing amount shall 
be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in con-
nection with sales of single family real properties owned 
by the Secretary and formerly insured under the Mutual 
Mortgage Insurance Fund. 
For administrative expenses necessary to carry out 
the guaranteed and direct loan program, $355,000,000, 
of which not to exceed $351,000,000 shall be transferred 
to the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and expenses’’; and not 
to exceed $4,000,000 shall be transferred to the appro-
priation for ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’. In addition, for 
administrative contract expenses, $62,600,000, of which 
$18,281,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital 
Fund: Provided, That to the extent guaranteed loan com-
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mitments exceed $65,500,000,000 on or before April 1, 
2006, an additional $1,400 for administrative contract ex-
penses shall be available for each $1,000,000 in additional 
guaranteed loan commitments (including a pro rata 
amount for any amount below $1,000,000), but in no case 
shall funds made available by this proviso exceed 
$30,000,000. 
GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 
sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act (12 
U.S.C. 1715z–3 and 1735c), including the cost of loan 
guarantee modifications, as that term is defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amend-
ed, $8,800,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That commitments to guarantee loans shall not ex-
ceed $35,000,000,000 in total loan principal, any part of 
which is to be guaranteed. 
Gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
loans, as authorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 
519(a) of the National Housing Act, shall not exceed 
$50,000,000, of which not to exceed $30,000,000 shall be 
for bridge financing in connection with the sale of multi-
family real properties owned by the Secretary and for-
merly insured under such Act; and of which not to exceed 
$20,000,000 shall be for loans to nonprofit and govern-
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mental entities in connection with the sale of single-family 
real properties owned by the Secretary and formerly in-
sured under such Act. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the guaranteed and direct loan programs, 
$231,400,000, of which $211,400,000 shall be transferred 
to the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; and of 
which $20,000,000 shall be transferred to the appropria-
tion for ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’. 
In addition, for administrative contract expenses nec-
essary to carry out the guaranteed and direct loan pro-
grams, $71,900,000, of which $10,800,000 shall be trans-
ferred to the Working Capital Fund: Provided, That to 
the 
extent 
guaranteed 
loan 
commitments 
exceed 
$8,426,000,000 on or before April 1, 2006, an additional 
$1,980 for administrative contract expenses shall be avail-
able for each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan 
commitments over $8,426,000,000 (including a pro rata 
amount for any increment below $1,000,000), but in no 
case shall funds made available by this proviso exceed 
$14,400,000.
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GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION 
GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN 
GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out 
the purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act, 
as amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed 
$200,000,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2007. 
For administrative expenses necessary to carry out 
the guaranteed mortgage-backed securities program, 
$10,700,000, to be derived from the GNMA guarantees 
of mortgage-backed securities guaranteed loan receipt ac-
count, of which not to exceed $10,700,000, shall be trans-
ferred to the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’. 
POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 
For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of pro-
grams of research and studies relating to housing and 
urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized 
by title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act 
of 1970, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), includ-
ing carrying out the functions of the Secretary under sec-
tion 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1968, 
$60,600,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2007: Provided, That of the total amount provided under
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this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for the Partnership for 
Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH) Initiative: 
Provided further, That of the amounts made available for 
PATH under this heading, $2,500,000 shall not be subject 
to the requirements of section 305 of this title: Provided 
further, That of funds made available under this heading, 
$750,000 shall be transferred to the National Research 
Council for a study in accordance with the accompanying 
Report: Provided further, That $29,038,000 is for grants 
pursuant to section 107 of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974, as amended, as follows: 
$2,989,000 to support Alaska Native serving institutions 
and Native Hawaiian serving institutions as defined under 
the Higher Education Act, as amended; $2,562,000 for 
tribal colleges and universities to build, expand, renovate, 
and equip their facilities and to expand the role of the 
colleges into the community through the provision of need-
ed services such as health programs, job training and eco-
nomic development activities; $8,967,000 for Historically 
Black Colleges and Universities program, of which up to 
$2,000,000 may be used for technical assistance; 
$5,979,000 for the Community Outreach Partnership Pro-
gram; $5,979,000 for the Hispanic Serving Institutions 
Program; and $2,562,000 for the Community Develop-
ment Work Study Program.
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FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES 
For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not oth-
erwise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing 
Amendments Act of 1988, and section 561 of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended, 
$38,800,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2007, of which $16,100,000 shall be to carry out activities 
pursuant to such section 561: Provided, That no funds 
made available under this heading shall be used to lobby 
the executive or legislative branches of the Federal Gov-
ernment in connection with a specific contract, grant or 
loan. 
OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL 
LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION 
For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as author-
ized by section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint 
Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, $119,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2007, of which $8,800,000 
shall be for the Healthy Homes Initiative, pursuant to sec-
tions 501 and 502 of the Housing and Urban Develop-
ment Act of 1970 that shall include research, studies, test-
ing, and demonstration efforts, including education and 
outreach concerning lead-based paint poisoning and other
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housing-related diseases and hazards: Provided, That for 
purposes of environmental review, pursuant to the Na-
tional Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 
et seq.) and other provisions of law that further the pur-
poses of such Act, a grant under the Healthy Homes Ini-
tiative, Operation Lead Elimination Action Plan (LEAP), 
or the Lead Technical Studies program under this heading 
or under prior appropriations Acts for such purposes 
under this heading, shall be considered to be funds for 
a special project for purposes of section 305(c) of the Mul-
tifamily Housing Property Disposition Reform Act of 
1994. 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary administrative and non-administrative 
expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, not otherwise provided for, including purchase of 
uniforms, or allowances therefore, as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; serv-
ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed 
$25,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$1,152,535,000, of which $562,400,000 shall be provided 
from the various funds of the Federal Housing Adminis-
tration, $10,700,000 shall be provided from funds of the 
Government National Mortgage Association, $150,000
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shall be provided by transfer from the ‘‘Native American 
housing block grants’’ account, $250,000 shall be provided 
by transfer from the ‘‘Indian housing loan guarantee fund 
program’’ account and $35,000 shall be transferred from 
the ‘‘Native Hawaiian housing loan guarantee fund’’ ac-
count: Provided, That funds made available under this 
heading shall only be allocated in the manner specified in 
the Report accompanying this Act unless the Committees 
on Appropriations of both the House of Representatives 
and the Senate are notified of any changes in an operating 
plan or reprogramming: Provided further, That no official 
or employee of the Department shall be designated as an 
allotment holder unless the Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer (OCFO) has determined that such allotment hold-
er has implemented an adequate system of funds control 
and has received training in funds control procedures and 
directives: Provided further, That the Chief Financial Offi-
cer shall establish positive control of and maintain ade-
quate systems of accounting for appropriations and other 
available funds as required by 31 U.S.C. 1514: Provided 
further, That for purposes of funds control and deter-
mining whether a violation exists under the Anti-Defi-
ciency Act (31 U.S.C. 1341 et seq.), the point of obligation 
shall be the executed agreement or contract, except with 
respect to insurance and guarantee programs, certain
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types of salaries and expenses funding, and incremental 
funding that is authorized under an executed agreement 
or contract, and shall be designated in the approved funds 
control plan: Provided further, That the Chief Financial 
Officer shall: (1) appoint qualified personnel to conduct 
investigations of potential or actual violations; (2) estab-
lish minimum training requirements and other qualifica-
tions for personnel that may be appointed to conduct in-
vestigations; (3) establish guidelines and timeframes for 
the conduct and completion of investigations; (4) prescribe 
the content, format and other requirements for the sub-
mission of final reports on violations; and (5) prescribe 
such additional policies and procedures as may be required 
for conducting investigations of, and administering, proc-
essing, and reporting on, potential and actual violations 
of the Anti-Deficiency Act and all other statutes and regu-
lations governing the obligation and expenditure of funds 
made available in this or any other Act: Provided further, 
That up to $15,000,000 may be transferred to the Work-
ing Capital Fund. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For additional capital for the Working Capital Fund 
(42 U.S.C. 3535) for the development of, modifications 
to, and infrastructure for Department-wide information 
technology systems, for the continuing operation of both 
Department-wide and program-specific information sys-
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tems, and for program-related development activities, 
$165,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2007: 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 
for the purposes specified under this Fund, in addition 
to the purposes for which such amounts were appro-
priated. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
as amended, $103,000,000, of which $24,000,000 shall be 
provided from the various funds of the Federal Housing 
Administration: Provided, That the Inspector General 
shall have independent authority over all personnel issues 
within this office. 
OFFICE OF FEDERAL HOUSING ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out the Federal Housing Enterprises 
Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, including 
not to exceed $500 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $60,000,000, to remain available until ex-
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pended, to be derived from the Federal Housing Enter-
prises Oversight Fund: Provided, That of the amount 
made available under this heading, $5,000,000 is for liti-
gation and to continue ongoing special investigations of 
the Federal housing enterprises: Provided further, That 
the Director shall submit a spending plan for the amounts 
provided under this heading no later than January 15, 
2005: Provided further, That not less than 80 percent of 
total amount made available under this heading shall be 
used only for examination, supervision, and capital over-
sight of the enterprises (as such term is defined in section 
1303 of the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety 
and Soundness Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4502)) to ensure 
that the enterprises are operating in a financially safe and 
sound manner and complying with the capital require-
ments under Subtitle B of such Act: Provided further, 
That not to exceed the amount provided herein shall be 
available from the general fund of the Treasury to the ex-
tent necessary to incur obligations and make expenditures 
pending the receipt of collections to the Fund: Provided 
further, That the general fund amount shall be reduced 
as collections are received during the fiscal year so as to 
result in a final appropriation from the general fund esti-
mated at not more than $0.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget au-
thority, or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts 
associated with such budget authority, that are recaptured 
from projects described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart 
B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 
1988 (42 U.S.C. 1437 note) shall be rescinded, or in the 
case of cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such 
amounts of budget authority or cash recaptured and not 
rescinded or remitted to the Treasury shall be used by 
State housing finance agencies or local governments or 
local housing agencies with projects approved by the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development for which set-
tlement occurred after January 1, 1992, in accordance 
with such section. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, 
the Secretary may award up to 15 percent of the budget 
authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted 
to the Treasury to provide project owners with incentives 
to refinance their project at a lower interest rate. 
SEC. 302. None of the amounts made available under 
this Act may be used during fiscal year 2006 to investigate 
or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise 
lawful activity engaged in by one or more persons, includ-
ing the filing or maintaining of a non-frivolous legal ac-
tion, that is engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving
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or preventing action by a Government official or entity, 
or a court of competent jurisdiction. 
SEC. 303. (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 2006 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 2006 under such clause (ii) because the 
areas in the State outside of the metropolitan statis-
tical areas that qualify under clause (i) in fiscal year 
2006 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 cumulative number of AIDS cases in the areas of 
that State that are outside of metropolitan statistical 
areas that qualify under clause (i) of such section 
854(c)(1)(A) in fiscal year 2006, in proportion to AIDS 
cases among cities and States that qualify under clauses
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(i) and (ii) of such section and States deemed eligible 
under subsection (a). 
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
amount allocated for fiscal year 2006 under section 854(c) 
of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 
12903(c)), to the City of New York, New York, on behalf 
of the New York-Wayne-White Plains, New York-New 
Jersey Metropolitan Division (hereafter ‘‘metropolitan di-
vision’’) of the New York-Newark-Edison, NY-NJ-PA 
Metropolitan Statistical Area, shall be adjusted by the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by: (1) allo-
cating to the City of Jersey City, New Jersey, the propor-
tion 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 pro-
portion 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 metro-
politan 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 Bergen 
County and Passaic County, New Jersey, and adjusting 
for the proportion of the metropolitan division’s high inci-
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dence bonus if this area in New Jersey also has a higher 
than average per capita incidence of AIDS. The recipient 
cities shall use amounts allocated under this subsection 
to carry out eligible activities under section 855 of the 
AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) in 
their respective portions of the metropolitan division that 
is located in New Jersey. 
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
amount allocated for fiscal year 2006 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 three year pe-
riod. 
SEC. 304. (a) During fiscal year 2006, in the provi-
sion of rental assistance under section 8(o) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) in con-
nection with a program to demonstrate the economy and 
effectiveness of providing such assistance for use in as-
sisted living facilities that is carried out in the counties 
of the State of Michigan notwithstanding paragraphs (3) 
and (18)(B)(iii) of such section 8(o), a family residing in 
an assisted living facility in any such county, on behalf 
of which a public housing agency provides assistance pur-
suant to section 8(o)(18) of such Act, may be required,
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at the time the family initially receives such assistance, 
to pay rent in an amount exceeding 40 percent of the 
monthly adjusted income of the family by such a percent-
age or amount as the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development determines to be appropriate. 
SEC. 305. Except as explicitly provided in law, any 
grant, cooperative agreement or other assistance made 
pursuant to title III of this Act shall be made on a com-
petitive basis and in accordance with section 102 of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform 
Act of 1989. 
SEC. 306. Funds of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development subject to the Government Corpora-
tion Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of 
1950 shall be available, without regard to the limitations 
on administrative expenses, for legal services on a contract 
or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment for 
services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage 
Association, Government National Mortgage Association, 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Fi-
nancing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any member 
thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured bank 
within the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Cor-
poration Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811–1831).
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SEC. 307. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act 
or through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any ap-
propriation 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. 308. Corporations and agencies of the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development which are sub-
ject to the Government Corporation Control Act, as 
amended, are hereby authorized to make such expendi-
tures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority 
available to each such corporation or agency and in ac-
cordance with law, and to make such contracts and com-
mitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as pro-
vided by section 104 of such Act as may be necessary in 
carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for 2006 
for such corporation or agency except as hereinafter pro-
vided: Provided, That collections of these corporations 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 mort-
gage insurance or guaranty operations of these corpora-
tions, or where loans or mortgage purchases are necessary
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to protect the financial interest of the United States Gov-
ernment. 
SEC. 309. None of the funds provided in this title 
for technical assistance, training, or management improve-
ments may be obligated or expended unless HUD provides 
to the Committees on Appropriations a description of each 
proposed activity and a detailed budget estimate of the 
costs associated with each program, project or activity as 
part of the Budget Justifications. For fiscal year 2006, 
HUD shall transmit this information to the Committees 
by March 15, 2006 for 30 days of review. 
SEC. 310. The Secretary of Housing and Urban De-
velopment shall provide quarterly reports to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding all 
uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured and excess funds in 
each program and activity within the jurisdiction of the 
Department and shall submit additional, updated budget 
information to these Committees upon request. 
SEC. 311. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, in fiscal year 2006, in managing and disposing of any 
multifamily property that is owned or held by the Sec-
retary and is occupied primarily by elderly or disabled 
families, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment shall maintain any rental assistance payments under 
section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 that
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are attached to any dwelling units in the property. To the 
extent the Secretary determines that such a multifamily 
property owned or held by the Secretary is not feasible 
for continued rental assistance payments under such sec-
tion 8, the Secretary may, in consultation with the tenants 
of that property, contract for project-based rental assist-
ance payments with an owner or owners of other existing 
housing properties or provide other rental assistance. 
SEC. 312. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the amount allocated for fiscal year 2006 under 
section 854(c) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 
U.S.C. 12903(c)), to the City of Wilmington, Delaware, 
on behalf of the Wilmington, Delaware-Maryland-New 
Jersey Metropolitan Division (hereafter ‘‘metropolitan di-
vision’’), shall be adjusted by the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development by allocating to the State of New 
Jersey the proportion of the metropolitan division’s 
amount that is based on the number of cases of AIDS 
reported in the portion of the metropolitan division that 
is located in New Jersey, and adjusting for the proportion 
of the metropolitan division’s high incidence bonus if this 
area in New Jersey also has a higher than average per 
capita incidence of AIDS. The State of New Jersey shall 
use amounts allocated to the State under this subsection 
to carry out eligible activities under section 855 of the
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AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) in the 
portion of the metropolitan division that is located in New 
Jersey. 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall allo-
cate to Wake County, North Carolina, the amounts that 
otherwise would be allocated for fiscal year 2006 under 
section 854(c) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 
U.S.C. 12903(c)) to the City of Raleigh, North Carolina, 
on behalf of the Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina Metropoli-
tan Statistical Area. Any amounts allocated to Wake 
County shall be used to carry out eligible activities under 
section 855 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) within such 
metropolitan statistical area. 
(c) Notwithstanding section 854(c) of the AIDS 
Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)), the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development may adjust the 
allocation of the amounts that otherwise would be allo-
cated for fiscal year 2006 under section 854(c) of such 
Act, upon the written request of an applicant, in conjunc-
tion with the State(s), for a formula allocation on behalf 
of a metropolitan statistical area, to designate the State 
or States in which the metropolitan statistical area is lo-
cated as the eligible grantee(s) of the allocation. In the 
case that a metropolitan statistical area involves more
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than one State, such amounts allocated to each State shall 
be in proportion to the number of cases of AIDS reported 
in the portion of the metropolitan statistical area located 
in that State. Any amounts allocated to a State under this 
section shall be used to carry out eligible activities within 
the portion of the metropolitan statistical area located in 
that State. 
SEC. 313. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, for this fiscal year and every fiscal year thereafter, 
funds appropriated for housing for the elderly, as author-
ized by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amend-
ed, and for supportive housing for persons with disabil-
ities, as authorized by section 811 of the Cranston-Gon-
zalez National Affordable Housing Act, shall be available 
for the cost of maintaining and disposing of such prop-
erties that are acquired or otherwise become the responsi-
bility of the Department. 
SEC. 314. The Secretary of Housing and Urban De-
velopment shall submit an annual report no later than Au-
gust 30, 2006 and annually thereafter to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding the num-
ber of Federally assisted units under lease and the per 
unit cost of these units to the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development.
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SEC. 315. The Department of Housing and Urban 
Development shall submit the Department’s fiscal year 
2006 congressional budget justifications to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate using the identical structure provided 
under this Act and only in accordance with the direction 
specified in the report accompanying this Act. 
SEC. 316. That incremental vouchers previously made 
available under the heading ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’ 
or renewed under the heading, ‘‘Tenant-Based Rental As-
sistance,’’ for non-elderly disabled families shall, to the ex-
tent practicable, continue to be provided to non-elderly dis-
abled families upon turnover. 
SEC. 317. A public housing agency or such other enti-
ty that administers Federal housing assistance in the 
States of Alaska, Iowa, and Mississippi shall not be re-
quired to include a resident of public housing or a recipi-
ent of assistance provided under section 8 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 on the board of directors or 
a similar governing board of such agency or entity as re-
quired under section (2)(b) of such Act. Each public hous-
ing agency or other entity that administers Federal hous-
ing assistance under section 8 in the States of Alaska, 
Iowa and Mississippi shall establish an advisory board of 
not less than 6 residents of public housing or recipients
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of section 8 assistance to provide advice and comment to 
the public housing agency or other administering entity 
on issues related to public housing and section 8. Such 
advisory board shall meet not less than quarterly. 
SEC. 318. 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. 319. No funds provided under this title may be 
used for an audit of the Government National Mortgage 
Association that makes applicable requirements under the 
Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.).
SEC. 320. CLARIFICATION REGARDING MORTGAGE 
INSURANCE FOR PURCHASE OF EXISTING HEALTH CARE 
FACILITIES.—Section 223(f)(1) of the National Housing 
Act is amended by inserting ‘‘purchase or’’ immediately 
before ‘‘refinancing of existing debt’’. 
SEC. 321. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, for fiscal year 2006 and thereafter, all mortgagees 
receiving interest reduction payments under section 236 
of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1) shall 
submit only electronic invoices to the Department of 
Housing and Development in order to receive such pay-
ments.The mortgagees shall comply with this requirement