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EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS 
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND) 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Emergency 
Preparedness Grants program, not more than $28,318,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2022, from 
amounts made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(h), and 5128(b) 
and (c): Provided, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 
5116(h)(4), not more than 4 percent of the amounts made 
available from this account shall be available to pay admin-
istrative costs: Provided further, That notwithstanding 49 
U.S.C. 5128(b) and (c) and the current year obligation lim-
itation, prior year recoveries recognized in the current year 
shall be available to develop a hazardous materials response 
training curriculum for emergency responders, including 
response activities for the transportation of crude oil, eth-
anol and other flammable liquids by rail, consistent with 
National Fire Protection Association standards, and to 
make such training available through an electronic format: 
Provided further, That the prior year recoveries made avail-
able under this heading shall also be available to carry out 
49 U.S.C. 5116(a)(1)(C) and 5116(i). 
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
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Act of 1978, as amended, $92,600,000: 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. 3), 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 law (5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902). 
(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 
advance the Department’s, or its operating administra-
tions’, missions.
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(c) Any unmanned aircraft system purchased or pro-
cured by the Department prior to the enactment of this Act 
shall be deemed authorized. 
SEC. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for the 
Department of Transportation shall be available for services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 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 funds made available in 
this Act shall disseminate personal information (as defined 
in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State department of 
motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle record 
as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), except as provided in 18 
U.S.C. 2721 for a use permitted under 18 U.S.C. 2721. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall 
not withhold funds provided in this Act for any grantee 
if a State is in noncompliance with this provision. 
SEC. 183. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for salaries and expenses of more than 125 political 
and Presidential appointees in the Department of Trans-
portation: Provided, That none of the personnel covered by 
this provision may be assigned on temporary detail outside 
the Department of Transportation. 
SEC. 184. Funds received by the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration and Federal Railroad Administration from
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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 49 U.S.C. 20105. 
SEC. 185. (a) None of the funds provided in this Act 
to the Department of Transportation may be used to make 
a loan, loan guarantee, line of credit, or discretionary grant 
unless the Secretary of Transportation notifies the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 3 
full business days before any project competitively selected 
to receive any discretionary grant award, letter of intent, 
loan commitment, loan guarantee commitment, line of cred-
it commitment, or full funding grant agreement is an-
nounced by the Department or its modal administrations: 
Provided, That the Secretary gives concurrent notification 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations for 
any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds from the emergency relief pro-
gram: Provided further, That no notification shall involve 
funds that are not available for obligation. 
(b) In addition to the notification required in sub-
section (a), none of the funds made available in this Act 
to the Department of Transportation may be used to make
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a loan, loan guarantee, line of credit, cooperative agreement 
or discretionary grant unless the Secretary of Transpor-
tation provides the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations a comprehensive list of all such loans, loan 
guarantees, lines of credit, cooperative agreement or discre-
tionary grants that will be announced not less the 3 full 
business days before such announcement: Provided, That the 
requirement to provide a list in this subsection does not 
apply to any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds from the emergency 
relief program: Provided further, That no list 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 elements of the De-
partment of Transportation using fair and equitable cri-
teria and such funds shall be available until expended. 
SEC. 187. Amounts made available in this or any 
prior Act that the Secretary determines represent improper 
payments by the Department of Transportation to a third- 
party contractor under a financial assistance award, which 
are recovered pursuant to law, shall be available—
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(1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred by 
the Department of Transportation in recovering im-
proper payments: Provided, That amounts made 
available in this Act shall be available until ex-
pended; and 
(2) to pay contractors for services provided in re-
covering improper payments or contractor support in 
the implementation of the Improper Payments Infor-
mation Act of 2002, as amended by the Improper 
Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010 and 
Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Im-
provement Act of 2012, and Fraud Reduction and 
Data Analytics Act of 2015: Provided, That amounts 
in excess of that required for paragraphs (1) and 
(2)— 
(A) shall be credited to and merged with the 
appropriation from which the improper pay-
ments were made, and shall be available for the 
purposes and period for which such appropria-
tions are available: Provided further, That where 
specific project or accounting information associ-
ated with the improper payment or payments is 
not readily available, the Secretary may credit 
an appropriate account, which shall be available
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for the purposes and period associated with the 
account so credited; or 
(B) if no such appropriation remains avail-
able, shall be deposited in the Treasury as mis-
cellaneous receipts: Provided further, That prior 
to depositing such recovery in the Treasury, the 
Secretary shall notify the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations of the amount 
and reasons for such transfer: Provided further, 
That for purposes of this section, the term ‘‘im-
proper payments’’ has the same meaning as that 
provided in section 2(e)(2) of Public Law 111– 
204. 
SEC. 188. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
if any funds provided in 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 said reprogramming notice shall be 
provided solely to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations, and said 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
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sooner than 30 days following the date on which the re-
programming action has been approved or denied by the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 189. Funds appropriated in this Act to the modal 
administrations may be obligated for the Office of the Sec-
retary for the costs related to assessments or reimbursable 
agreements only when such amounts are for the costs of 
goods and services that are purchased to provide a direct 
benefit to the applicable modal administration or adminis-
trations. 
SEC. 190. 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 
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. 191. The Department of Transportation may use 
funds provided by this Act, or any other Act, to assist a 
contract under title 49 U.S.C. or title 23 U.S.C. utilizing 
geographic, economic, or any other hiring preference not 
otherwise authorized by law, or to amend a rule, regulation, 
policy or other measure that forbids a recipient of a Federal 
Highway Administration or Federal Transit Administra-
tion grant from imposing such hiring preference on a con-
tract or construction project with which the Department of
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Transportation is assisting, only if the grant recipient cer-
tifies 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 
(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. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation Appropriations Act, 2020’’.
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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, $14,217,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, 
That not to exceed $25,000 of the amount made available 
under this heading shall be available to the Secretary for 
official reception and representation expenses as the Sec-
retary may determine. 
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Administrative 
Support Offices, $563,378,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2021: Provided, That of the sums appro-
priated under this heading— 
(1) $73,562,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Chief Financial Officer; 
(2) $103,916,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the General Counsel, of which not less than
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$20,000,000 shall be for the Departmental Enforce-
ment Center; 
(3) $206,849,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Administration; 
(4) $39,827,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Chief Human Capital Officer; 
(5) $57,861,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Field Policy and Management; 
(6) $19,445,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Chief Procurement Officer; 
(7) $4,242,000 shall be available for the Office of 
Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity; and 
(8) $57,676,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Chief Information Officer: 
Provided further, That funds provided under this heading 
may be used for necessary administrative and non-adminis-
trative expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, not otherwise provided for, including pur-
chase of uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds ap-
propriated under this heading may be used for advertising 
and promotional activities that directly support program 
activities funded in this title: Provided further, That the
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Secretary shall provide the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations quarterly written notification regarding 
the status of pending congressional reports: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall provide in electronic form all 
signed reports required by Congress: Provided further, That 
none of the funds made available under this heading for 
the Office of the Chief Financial Officer for the financial 
transformation initiative shall be available for obligation 
until after the Secretary has published all mitigation allo-
cations made available under the heading ‘‘Department of 
Housing and Urban Development—Community Planning 
and Development—Community Development Fund’’ in 
Public Law 115–123 and the necessary administrative re-
quirements pursuant to section 1102 of Public Law 116– 
20: Provided further, That only after the terms and condi-
tions of the previous proviso have been met, not more than 
10 percent of the funds made available under this heading 
for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer for the financial 
transformation initiative may be obligated until the Sec-
retary submits to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations, for approval, a plan for expenditure that in-
cludes the financial and internal control capabilities to be 
delivered and the mission benefits to be realized, key mile-
stones to be met, and the relationship between the proposed
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use of funds made available under this heading and the pro-
jected total cost and scope of the initiative. 
PROGRAM OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Program Of-
fices, $844,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2021: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this 
heading— 
(1) $225,000,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Public and Indian Housing; 
(2) $123,000,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Community Planning and Development; 
(3) $387,000,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Housing, of which not less than $13,200,000 shall 
be for the Office of Recapitalization; 
(4) $28,000,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Policy Development and Research; 
(5) $72,000,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity; and 
(6) $9,000,000 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)
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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: Provided, That amounts within the Fund shall 
not be available to provide services not specifically author-
ized under this heading: Provided further, That the Fund 
shall be reimbursed from available funds of agencies and 
offices in the Department for which such services are per-
formed at rates which will return in full all expenses of 
such services, but shall not be reimbursed for, and amounts 
within the Fund shall not be available for, the operational 
expenses of the Fund (including staffing, contracts, systems, 
and software): Provided further, That upon a determination 
by the Secretary that any other service (or portion thereof) 
authorized 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-
trative Support Offices’’, ‘‘Program Offices’’, and ‘‘Govern-
ment National Mortgage Association’’, for such services 
shall be transferred to the Fund, to remain available until
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expended: Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of its 
plans for executing such transfers at least fifteen (15) days 
in advance of such transfers: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may transfer not to exceed an additional 
$5,000,000, in aggregate, from all such appropriations, to 
be merged with the Fund and to remain available until ex-
pended for any purpose under this heading. 
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.) (‘‘the Act’’ herein), not otherwise provided for, 
$19,833,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be available on October 1, 2019 (in addition to the 
$4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this heading 
that shall be available on October 1, 2019), and 
$4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be available on October 1, 2020: Provided, That the 
amounts made available under this heading are provided 
as follows: 
(1) $21,502,000,000 shall be available for renew-
als of expiring section 8 tenant-based annual con-
tributions contracts (including renewals of enhanced
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vouchers under any provision of law authorizing such 
assistance under section 8(t) of the Act) and includ-
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 2020 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 MTW 
demonstration, which are instead governed by the 
terms and conditions of their MTW agreements: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall, to the extent 
necessary to stay within the amount specified under
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this paragraph (except as otherwise modified under 
this paragraph), prorate each public housing agency’s 
allocation otherwise established pursuant to this para-
graph: 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 enactment of this Act or March 
1, 2020: Provided further, That the Secretary may ex-
tend the notification period with the prior written 
approval of the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations: Provided further, That public housing 
agencies participating in the MTW demonstration 
shall be funded pursuant to their MTW agreements 
and shall be subject to the same pro rata adjustments 
under the previous provisos: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may offset public housing agencies’ cal-
endar year 2020 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 
year 2019 that is verifiable and complete), as deter-
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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 
2020 MTW funding allocation: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall use any offset referred to in the 
previous two provisos throughout the calendar year to 
prevent the termination of rental assistance for fami-
lies 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 $100,000,000 shall be available 
only: (1) for adjustments in the allocations for public 
housing agencies, after application for an adjustment 
by a public housing agency that experienced a signifi-
cant increase, as determined by the Secretary, in re-
newal costs of vouchers resulting from unforeseen cir-
cumstances or from portability under section 8(r) of 
the Act; (2) for vouchers that were not in use during 
the previous 12-month period in order to be available 
to meet a commitment pursuant to section 8(o)(13) of 
the Act; (3) for adjustments for costs associated with 
HUD–Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD–
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VASH) vouchers; and (4) for public housing agencies 
that despite taking reasonable cost savings measures, 
as determined by the Secretary, would otherwise be 
required to terminate rental assistance for families as 
a result of insufficient funding: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall allocate amounts under the 
previous proviso based on need, as determined by the 
Secretary; 
(2) $75,000,000 shall be for section 8 rental as-
sistance for relocation and replacement of housing 
units that are demolished or disposed of pursuant to 
section 18 of the Act, conversion of section 23 projects 
to assistance under section 8, the family unification 
program under section 8(x) of the Act, relocation of 
witnesses in connection with efforts to combat crime 
in public and assisted housing pursuant to a request 
from a law enforcement or prosecution agency, en-
hanced vouchers under any provision of law author-
izing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act, 
Choice Neighborhood vouchers, mandatory and vol-
untary conversions, and tenant protection assistance 
including replacement and relocation assistance or for 
project-based assistance to prevent the displacement of 
unassisted elderly tenants currently residing in sec-
tion 202 properties financed between 1959 and 1974
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that are refinanced pursuant to Public Law 106–569, 
as amended, or under the authority as provided under 
this Act: Provided, That when a public housing devel-
opment is submitted for demolition or disposition 
under section 18 of the Act, the Secretary may pro-
vide section 8 rental assistance when the units pose 
an imminent health and safety risk to residents: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary may only provide 
replacement vouchers for units that were occupied 
within the previous 24 months that cease to be avail-
able as assisted housing, subject only to the avail-
ability of funds: Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available under this paragraph, up to 
$3,000,000 may be available to provide tenant protec-
tion assistance, not otherwise provided under this 
paragraph, to residents residing in low vacancy areas 
and who may have to pay rents greater than 30 per-
cent of household income, as the result of: (A) the ma-
turity of a HUD-insured, HUD-held or section 202 
loan that requires the permission of the Secretary 
prior to loan prepayment; (B) the expiration of a 
rental assistance contract for which the tenants are 
not eligible for enhanced voucher or tenant protection 
assistance under existing law; or (C) the expiration of 
affordability restrictions accompanying a mortgage or
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preservation program administered by the Secretary: 
Provided further, That such tenant protection assist-
ance made available under the previous proviso may 
be provided under the authority of section 8(t) or sec-
tion 8(o)(13) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)): Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall issue guidance to implement the pre-
vious provisos, including, but not limited to, require-
ments for defining eligible at-risk households within 
60 days of the enactment of this Act: Provided fur-
ther, That any tenant protection voucher made avail-
able from amounts under this paragraph shall not be 
reissued by any public housing agency, except the re-
placement vouchers as defined by the Secretary by no-
tice, when the initial family that received any such 
voucher no longer receives such voucher, and the au-
thority for any public housing agency to issue any 
such voucher shall cease to exist: 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 to the extent that the Secretary 
determines that such units are not feasible for contin-
ued rental assistance payments or transfer of the sub-
sidy contract associated with such units to another 
project or projects and owner or owners, any remain-
ing amounts associated with such units under such 
contract shall be recaptured and used to reimburse 
amounts used under this paragraph for rental assist-
ance under the preceding proviso; 
(3) $1,977,000,000 shall be for administrative 
and other expenses of public housing agencies in ad-
ministering the section 8 tenant-based rental assist-
ance program, of which up to $20,000,000 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 
$1,957,000,000 of the amount provided in this para-
graph shall be allocated to public housing agencies for 
the calendar year 2020 funding cycle based on section 
8(q) of the Act (and related Appropriation Act provi-
sions) as in effect immediately before the enactment
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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-
graph are insufficient to pay the amounts determined 
under the previous 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 previous proviso, utilize unobligated bal-
ances, including recaptures and carryovers, remain-
ing from funds appropriated to the Department of 
Housing 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 
demonstration shall be funded pursuant to their MTW 
agreements, and shall be subject to the same uniform 
percentage decrease as under the previous proviso: 
Provided further, That amounts provided under this 
paragraph shall be only for activities related to the 
provision of tenant-based rental assistance authorized 
under section 8, including related development activi-
ties;
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(4) $218,000,000 for the renewal of tenant-based 
assistance contracts under section 811 of the Cran-
ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 
U.S.C. 8013), including necessary administrative ex-
penses: Provided, That administrative and other ex-
penses 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 percent decrease for 
administrative and other expenses to public housing 
agencies under paragraph (3) of this heading: Pro-
vided 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 disabil-
ities; 
(5) $1,000,000 shall be for rental assistance 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 reserva-
tion 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 authorized to
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specify criteria for renewal grants, including data on 
the utilization of assistance reported by grant recipi-
ents: Provided further, That such assistance shall be 
administered in accordance with program require-
ments under the Native American Housing Assistance 
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 Secretary admin-
isters in connection with the use of funds made avail-
able 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 re-
quirements are necessary for the effective delivery and 
administration of such assistance: Provided further, 
That grant recipients shall report to the Secretary on 
utilization of such rental assistance and other pro-
gram data, as prescribed by the Secretary: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may reallocate, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, amounts returned or recap-
tured from awards under prior Acts; 
(6) $40,000,000 for incremental rental voucher 
assistance for use through a supported housing pro-
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gram administered in conjunction with the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs as authorized 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, not-
withstanding section 203 (competition provision) of 
this title, to public housing agencies that partner with 
eligible VA Medical Centers or other entities as des-
ignated by the Secretary of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs, based on geographical need for such as-
sistance as identified by the Secretary of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs, public housing agency ad-
ministrative performance, and other factors as speci-
fied by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment in consultation with the Secretary of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs: Provided 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 reg-
ulation that the Secretary of Housing and Urban De-
velopment 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-
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ment), 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 assistance 
made available under this paragraph shall continue 
to remain available for homeless veterans upon turn- 
over; 
(7) $20,000,000 shall be made available for the 
family unification program as authorized under sec-
tion 8(x) of the Act for new incremental voucher as-
sistance to assist eligible youth as defined by such sec-
tion 8(x)(2)(B): Provided, That assistance made 
available under this paragraph shall continue to re-
main available for such eligible youth upon turnover: 
Provided further, That of the total amount made 
available under this paragraph, up to $10,000,000 
shall be available on a noncompetitive basis to public 
housing agencies that partner with public child wel-
fare agencies to identify such eligible youth, that re-
quest such assistance to timely assist such eligible 
youth, and that meet any other criteria as specified 
by the Secretary: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall review utilization of the assistance made avail-
able under the previous proviso, at an interval to be 
determined by the Secretary, and unutilized voucher
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assistance that is no longer needed shall be recaptured 
by the Secretary and reallocated pursuant to the pre-
vious proviso: Provided further, That for any public 
housing agency administering voucher assistance ap-
propriated in a prior Act under the family unifica-
tion program, or made available and competitively 
selected under this paragraph for eligible youth, that 
determines that it no longer has an identified need for 
such assistance upon turnover, such agency shall no-
tify the Secretary, and the Secretary 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 connection with such 
specified program or eligible youth, as applicable; and 
(8) 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-
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 2020 and prior years may be used for re-
newal of or amendments to section 8 project-based contracts
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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 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 contracts 
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 CAPITAL FUND 
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 (42 U.S.C. 1437g) (the 
‘‘Act’’) $2,855,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2023: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law or regulation, during fiscal year 2020, the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development may not dele-
gate to any Department official other than the Deputy Sec-
retary and the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing any authority under paragraph (2) of section 9(j)
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regarding the extension of the time periods under such sec-
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 made available 
under this heading, up to $14,000,000 shall be to support 
ongoing public housing financial and physical assessment 
activities: Provided further, That of the total amount made 
available under this heading, up to $1,000,000 shall be to 
support the costs of administrative and judicial receiver-
ships: Provided further, That of the total amount provided 
under this heading, not to exceed $50,000,000 shall be avail-
able for the Secretary to make grants, notwithstanding sec-
tion 203 of this Act, to public housing agencies for emer-
gency capital needs including safety and security measures 
necessary to address crime and drug-related activity as well 
as needs resulting from unforeseen or unpreventable emer-
gencies and natural disasters excluding Presidentially de-
clared emergencies and natural disasters under the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Act (42 U.S.C. 
5121 et seq.) occurring in fiscal year 2020, of which 
$20,000,000 shall be available for public housing agencies 
under administrative and judicial receiverships or under 
the control of a Federal monitor: Provided further, That
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of the amount made available under the previous proviso, 
not less than $10,000,000 shall be for safety and security 
measures: Provided further, That in addition to the amount 
in the previous proviso for such safety and security meas-
ures, any amounts that remain available, after all applica-
tions received on or before September 30, 2021, for emer-
gency capital needs have been processed, shall be allocated 
to public housing agencies for such safety and security 
measures: Provided further, That for funds provided under 
this heading, 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 previous proviso to allow 
public housing agencies to fund activities authorized under 
section 9(e)(1)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall notify public housing agencies requesting waiv-
ers under the previous proviso if the request is approved 
or denied within 14 days of submitting the request: Pro-
vided further, That from the funds made available under 
this heading, the Secretary shall provide bonus awards in 
fiscal year 2020 to public housing agencies that are des-
ignated high performers: Provided further, That the Depart-
ment shall notify public housing agencies of their formula 
allocation within 60 days of enactment of this Act: Provided 
further, That of the total amount provided under this head-
ing, $40,000,000 shall be available for competitive grants
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to public housing agencies to evaluate and reduce lead-based 
paint hazards and other housing-related hazards including 
mold in public housing: Provided further, That of the 
amounts available under the previous proviso, no less than 
$25,000,000 shall be for competitive grants to public hous-
ing agencies to evaluate and reduce lead-based paint haz-
ards in public housing by carrying out the activities of risk 
assessments, abatement, and interim controls (as those 
terms are defined in section 1004 of the Residential Lead- 
Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 
4851b)): Provided further, That for purposes of environ-
mental review, a grant under the previous two provisos 
shall be considered funds for projects or activities under title 
I of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 
et seq.) for purposes of section 26 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
1437x) and shall be subject to the regulations implementing 
such section: Provided further, That for funds made avail-
able under the previous three provisos, the Secretary shall 
allow a PHA to apply for up to 20 percent of the funds 
made available under the first two provisos and prioritize 
need when awarding grants. 
PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND 
For 2020 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
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(42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $4,650,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2021: Provided, That of the total 
amount available under this heading, $25,000,000 shall be 
available to the Secretary to allocate pursuant to a need- 
based application process notwithstanding section 203 of 
this title and not subject to the Operating Fund formula 
at part 990 of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations to pub-
lic housing agencies that experience financial insolvency, 
as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That after 
all such insolvency needs are met, the Secretary may dis-
tribute any remaining funds to all public housing agencies 
on a pro-rata basis pursuant to the Operating Fund for-
mula at part 990 of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations. 
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 speci-
fied 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, transpor-
tation and access to jobs, $100,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2022: Provided, That grant funds may 
be used for resident and community services, community
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development, and affordable housing needs in the commu-
nity, and for conversion of vacant or foreclosed properties 
to affordable housing: Provided further, That the use of 
funds made available under this heading shall not be 
deemed to be 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 further, That 
grantees shall provide a match in State, local, other Federal 
or private funds: Provided further, That grantees may in-
clude local governments, tribal entities, public housing au-
thorities, and nonprofits: Provided further, That for-profit 
developers may apply jointly with a public entity: Provided 
further, That for purposes of environmental review, a grant-
ee 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 under this heading shall be subject to 
the regulations issued by the Secretary to implement such 
section: Provided further, That of the amount provided, not 
less than $50,000,000 shall be awarded to public housing 
agencies: Provided further, That such grantees shall create 
partnerships with other local organizations including as-
sisted housing owners, service agencies, and resident organi-
zations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall consult 
with the Secretaries of Education, Labor, Transportation,