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Equity Act for the 21st Century (23 U.S.C. 129 note; 
112 Stat. 212); 
(b) PROHIBITION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds made avail-
able by this Act shall be used to consider or approve 
an application to permit the imposition or collection 
of any toll on any portion of a Federal highway facil-
ity in the State of Texas— 
(A)(i) that is in existence on the date of en-
actment of this Act; and 
(ii) on which no toll is imposed or collected 
under a tolling provision on that date of enact-
ment; or 
(B) that would result in the Federal high-
way facility having fewer non-toll lanes than be-
fore the date on which the toll was first imposed 
or collected. 
(2) EXEMPTION.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply 
to the imposition or collection of a toll on a Federal 
highway facility— 
(A) on which a toll is imposed or collected 
under a tolling provision on the date of enact-
ment of this Act; or 
(B) that is constructed, under construction, 
or the subject of an application for construction
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submitted to the Secretary, after the date of en-
actment of this Act. 
(c) STATE BUY-BACK.—None of the funds made avail-
able by this Act shall be used to impose or collect a toll 
on a Federal highway facility in the State of Texas that 
is purchased by the State of Texas on or after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 198. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the funding made available for the Schuylkill Valley Metro 
project through the Department of Transportation Appro-
priations Acts for Federal Fiscal Years 2004 and 2005 shall 
remain available for that project during fiscal year 2008. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation Appropriations Act, 2008’’. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
EXECUTIVE DIRECTION 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Di-
rection, $24,980,000, of which not to exceed $3,930,000 shall 
be available for the immediate Office of the Secretary and 
Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $1,580,000 shall be avail-
able for the Office of Hearings and Appeals; not to exceed 
$510,000 shall be available for the Office of Small and Dis-
advantaged Business Utilization, not to exceed $725,000
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shall be available for the immediate Office of the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer; not to exceed $1,155,000 shall be available 
for the immediate Office of the General Counsel; not to ex-
ceed $2,670,000 shall be available to the Office of the Assist-
ant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Re-
lations; not to exceed $2,520,000 shall be for the Office of 
the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs; not to exceed 
$1,630,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Administration; not to exceed $1,620,000 shall 
be available to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Pub-
lic and Indian Housing; not to exceed $1,520,000 shall be 
available to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Com-
munity Planning and Development; not to exceed 
$3,600,000 shall be available to the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Housing, Federal Housing Commissioner; not 
to exceed $1,570,000 shall be available to the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research; 
and not to exceed $1,950,000 shall be available to the Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Op-
portunity: Provided, That the Secretary of the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development is authorized to trans-
fer funds appropriated for any office funded under this 
heading to any other office funded under this heading fol-
lowing the written notification to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That no
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appropriation for any office shall be increased or decreased 
by more than 5 percent by all such transfers: Provided fur-
ther, That notice of any change in funding greater than 
5 percent shall be submitted for prior approval to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall provide the Committees on 
Appropriations quarterly written notification regarding the 
status of pending congressional reports: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $25,000 of the amount made available 
under this paragraph for the immediate Office of the Sec-
retary shall be available for official reception and represen-
tation expenses as the Secretary may determine. 
ADMINISTRATION, OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT 
For necessary salaries and expenses for administra-
tion, operations and management for the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, $493,630,000, of which 
not to exceed $69,070,000 shall be available for the per-
sonnel compensation and benefits of the Office of Adminis-
tration; not to exceed $10,630,000 shall be available for the 
personnel compensation and benefits of the Office of Depart-
mental Operations and Coordination; not to exceed 
$51,300,000 shall be available for the personnel compensa-
tion and benefits of the Office of Field Policy and Manage-
ment; not to exceed $12,370,000 shall be available for the 
personnel compensation and benefits of the Office of the 
Chief Procurement Officer; not to exceed $31,600,000 shall
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be available for the personnel compensation and benefits of 
the remaining staff in the Office of the Chief Financial Offi-
cer; not to exceed $80,670,000 shall be available for the per-
sonnel compensation and benefits of the remaining staff of 
the Office of the General Counsel; not to exceed $2,810,000 
shall be available for the personnel compensation and bene-
fits of the Office of Departmental Equal Employment Op-
portunity; not to exceed $1,160,000 shall be available for 
the personnel compensation and benefits for the Center for 
Faith-Based and Community Initiatives; not to exceed 
$234,020,000 shall be available for non-personnel expenses 
of the Department of Housing and Urban Development: 
Provided, That, funds provided under the heading may be 
used for necessary administrative and non-administrative 
expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment, not otherwise provided for, including purchase of uni-
forms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; services as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, funds appropriated 
under this heading may be used for advertising and pro-
motional activities that support the housing mission area: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development is authorized to transfer funds appropriated 
for any office included in Administration, Operations and
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Management to any other office included in Administra-
tion, Operations and Management only after such transfer 
has been submitted to, and received prior written approval 
by, the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided further, That no appropriation for any office shall 
be increased or decreased by more than ten percent by all 
such transfers. 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING PERSONNEL COMPENSATION 
AND BENEFITS 
For necessary personnel compensation and benefits ex-
penses of the Office of Public and Indian Housing, 
$173,310,000. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PERSONNEL 
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS 
For necessary personnel compensation and benefits ex-
penses of the Office of Community Planning and Develop-
ment mission area, $90,310,000. 
HOUSING PERSONNEL COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS 
For necessary personnel compensation and benefits ex-
penses of the Office of Housing, $334,450,000. 
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE 
ASSOCIATION 
PERSONNEL COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS 
For necessary personnel compensation and benefits ex-
penses of the Office of the Government National Mortgage 
Association, $8,250,000.
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POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH PERSONNEL 
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS 
For necessary personnel compensation and benefits ex-
penses of the Office of Policy Development and Research, 
$16,950,000. 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY PERSONNEL 
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS 
For necessary personnel compensation and benefits ex-
penses of the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Oppor-
tunity, $63,140,000. 
OFFICE OF HEALTHY HOMES AND LEAD HAZARD CONTROL 
PERSONNEL COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS 
For necessary personnel compensation and benefits ex-
penses of the Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard 
Control, $6,980,000. 
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, 
$16,391,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $12,233,000,000 shall be available on October 1, 
2007, and $4,158,000,000 shall be available on October 1,
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2008: Provided, That the amounts made available under 
this heading are provided as follows: 
(1) $14,694,506,000 for renewals of expiring sec-
tion 8 tenant-based annual contributions contracts 
(including renewals of enhanced vouchers under any 
provision of law authorizing such assistance under 
section 8(t) of the Act): Provided, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, from amounts 
provided under this paragraph and any carryover, 
the Secretary for the calendar year 2008 funding 
cycle shall provide renewal funding for each public 
housing agency based on voucher management system 
(VMS) leasing and cost data for the most recent Fed-
eral fiscal year and by applying the 2008 Annual Ad-
justment Factor as established by the Secretary, and 
by making any necessary adjustments for the costs as-
sociated with deposits to family self-sufficiency pro-
gram escrow accounts or the first-time renewal of ten-
ant protection or HOPE VI vouchers or vouchers that 
were not in use during the 12-month period in order 
to be available to meet a commitment pursuant to sec-
tion 8(o)(13) of the Act: Provided further, That not-
withstanding the first proviso, except for applying the 
2008 Annual Adjustment Factor and making any 
other specified adjustments, public housing agencies
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specified in category 1 below shall receive funding for 
calendar year 2008 based on the higher of the 
amounts the agencies would receive under the first 
proviso or the amounts the agencies received in cal-
endar year 2007, and public housing agencies speci-
fied in categories 2 and 3 below shall receive funding 
for calendar year 2008 equal to the amounts the agen-
cies received in calendar year 2007, except that public 
housing agencies specified in categories 1 and 2 below 
shall receive funding under this proviso only if, and 
to the extent that, any such public housing agency 
submits a plan, approved by the Secretary, that dem-
onstrates that the agency can effectively use within 12 
months the funding that the agency would receive 
under this proviso that is in addition to the funding 
that the agency would receive under the first proviso: 
(1) public housing agencies that are eligible for assist-
ance under section 901 in Public Law 109–148 (119 
Stat. 2781) or are located in the same counties as 
those eligible under section 901 and operate voucher 
programs under section 8(o) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 but do not operate public hous-
ing under section 9 of such Act, and any public hous-
ing agency that otherwise qualifies under this cat-
egory must demonstrate that they have experienced a
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loss of rental housing stock as a result of the 2005 
hurricanes; (2) public housing agencies that would re-
ceive less funding under the first proviso than they 
would receive under this proviso and that have been 
placed in receivership within the 24 months preceding 
the date of enactment of this Act; and (3) public hous-
ing agencies that spent more in calendar year 2007 
than the total of the amounts of any such public hous-
ing agency’s allocation amount for calendar year 
2007 and the amount of any such public housing 
agency’s available housing assistance payments un-
designated funds balance from calendar year 2006 
and the amount of any such public housing agency’s 
available administrative fees undesignated funds bal-
ance through calendar year 2007: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding the first two provisos under 
this paragraph, the amount of calendar year 2008 re-
newal funding for any agency otherwise authorized 
under such provisos shall be reduced by the amount 
of any unusable amount (as determined by the Sec-
retary, due to limits in this paragraph with respect 
to an agency’s authorized level of units under con-
tract) in such agency’s net restricted assets account, 
in accordance with the most recent VMS data in cal-
endar year 2007 that is verifiable and complete,
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which exceeds 7 percent of the amount of renewal 
funding allocated to the agency for the calendar year 
2007 funding cycle pursuant to section 21033 of Pub-
lic Law 110–5, as amended by section 4802 of Public 
Law 
110–28: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
up 
to 
$50,000,000 shall be available only: (1) to adjust the 
allocations for public housing agencies, after applica-
tion for an adjustment by a public housing agency 
that experienced a significant increase, as determined 
by the Secretary, in renewal costs from portability 
under section 8(r) of the Act of tenant-based rental 
assistance; and (2) for adjustments for public housing 
agencies with voucher leasing rates at the end of the 
calendar year that exceed the average leasing for the 
12-month period used to establish the allocation: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds provided under 
this paragraph may be used to support a total num-
ber of unit months under lease which exceeds a public 
housing agency’s authorized level of units under con-
tract: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to 
the extent necessary to stay within the amount speci-
fied 
under 
this 
paragraph, 
after 
subtracting 
$723,257,000 from such amount, pro rate each public 
housing agency’s allocation otherwise established pur-
suant to this paragraph: Provided further, That ex-
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cept as provided in the last proviso, the entire 
amount specified under this paragraph, except for 
$723,257,000 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 not later than 
60 days after enactment of this Act: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may extend the 60 day notifica-
tion period with the written approval of the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That public housing agencies participating in 
the Moving to Work demonstration shall be funded 
pursuant to their Moving to Work agreements and 
shall be subject to the same pro rata adjustments 
under the previous proviso; 
(2) $200,000,000 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 
unification program under section 8(x) of the Act, re-
location 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-
1354 
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, and tenant protection assistance 
including replacement and relocation assistance: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary shall provide replacement 
vouchers for all units that were occupied within the 
previous 24 months that cease to be available as as-
sisted housing due to demolition, disposition, or con-
version, subject only to the availability of funds; 
(3) $49,000,000 for family self-sufficiency coordi-
nators under section 23 of the Act; 
(4) up to $6,494,000 may be transferred to the 
Working Capital Fund; 
(5) $1,351,000,000 for administrative and other 
expenses of public housing agencies in administering 
the section 8 tenant-based rental assistance program 
and which up to $35,000,000 shall be available to the 
Secretary to allocate to public housing agencies that 
need additional funds to administer their section 8 
programs, with up to $30,000,000 to be for fees asso-
ciated with section 8 tenant protection rental assist-
ance: Provided, That no less than $1,316,000,000 of 
the amount provided in this paragraph shall be allo-
cated for the calendar year 2008 funding cycle on a
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basis to public housing agencies as provided in sec-
tion 8(q) of the Act as in effect immediately before the 
enactment of the Quality Housing and Work Respon-
sibility Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–276); 
(6) $20,000,000 for incremental voucher assist-
ance through the Family Unification Program; 
(7) $75,000,000 for incremental rental voucher 
assistance for use through a supported housing pro-
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 204 (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
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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-
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; and 
(8) $30,000,000 for incremental vouchers under 
section 8 of the Act for nonelderly disabled families 
affected by the designation of a public housing devel-
opment under section 7 of the Act, the establishment 
of preferences in accordance with section 651 of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 
(42 U.S.C. 13611), or the restriction of occupancy to 
elderly families in accordance with section 658 of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 13618), and to the extent the Sec-
retary determines that such amount is not needed to
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fund applications for such affected families, for other 
nonelderly disabled families. 
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, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted 
Housing’’, the heading ‘‘Tenant-Based Rental Assistance’’, 
and the heading ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’, for fis-
cal year 2007 and prior years, $1,250,000,000 are re-
scinded, to be effected by the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development no later than September 30, 2008: Pro-
vided, That if insufficient funds exist under these headings, 
the remaining balance may be derived from any other head-
ing under this title: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations 30 days in 
advance of the rescission of any funds derived from the 
headings specified above: Provided further, That any such 
balances governed by reallocation provisions under the stat-
ute authorizing the program for which the funds were origi-
nally appropriated shall be available for the rescission: Pro-
vided further, That any obligated balances of contract au-
thority from fiscal year 1974 and prior that have been ter-
minated shall be cancelled.
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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 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (‘‘the Act’’), 
not otherwise provided for, $6,381,810,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That the amounts made 
available under this heading are provided as follows: 
(1) Up to $6,139,122,000 for expiring or termi-
nating section 8 project-based subsidy contracts (in-
cluding section 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), 
for amendments to section 8 project-based subsidy 
contracts (including section 8 moderate rehabilitation 
contracts), for contracts entered into pursuant to sec-
tion 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 11401), for renewal of section 8 con-
tracts for units in projects that are subject to ap-
proved plans of action under the Emergency Low In-
come Housing Preservation Act of 1987 or the Low- 
Income Housing Preservation and Resident Home-
ownership Act of 1990, and for administrative and 
other expenses associated with project-based activities 
and assistance funded under this paragraph. 
(2) Not less than $238,728,000 but not to exceed 
$286,230,000 for performance-based contract adminis-
trators for section 8 project-based assistance: Pro-
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vided, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban De-
velopment may also use such amounts for perform-
ance-based contract administrators for: interest reduc-
tion payments pursuant to section 236(a) of the Na-
tional Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(a)); rent sup-
plement payments pursuant to section 101 of the 
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 
U.S.C. 1701s); section 236(f)(2) rental assistance pay-
ments (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(f)(2)); project rental assist-
ance contracts for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) 
of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); project 
rental assistance contracts for supportive housing for 
persons with disabilities under section 811(d)(2) of 
the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 
Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)); project assistance con-
tracts pursuant to section 202(h) of the Housing Act 
of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667); and loans 
under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public 
Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667). 
(3) Not to exceed $3,960,000 may be transferred 
to the Working Capital Fund. 
(4) Amounts recaptured under this heading, the 
heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Hous-
ing’’, or the heading ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’ may 
be used for renewals of or amendments to section 8
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project-based contracts or for performance-based con-
tract administrators, notwithstanding the purposes 
for which such amounts were appropriated. 
PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER 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 (42 U.S.C. 1437g) (the 
‘‘Act’’) $2,438,964,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2011: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law or regulation, during fiscal year 2008 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) 
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 provided under this 
heading, up to $12,000,000 shall be for carrying out activi-
ties under section 9(h) of such Act; not to exceed 
$16,847,000 may be transferred to the Working Capital 
Fund; and up to $15,345,000 shall be to support the ongo-