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Provided further, That each applicant shall submit a detailed plan 
and strategy that demonstrates adequate capacity that is acceptable 
to the Secretary to carry out the proposed use of funds pursuant 
to a notice of funding availability: Provided further, That of the 
total amount made available under this heading, $2,000,000 shall 
be available for the Big Buy Program to be managed by the Office 
of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control. 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
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 con-
tinuing operation and maintenance of both Department-wide and 
program-specific information systems, and for program-related 
development activities, $155,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2009: 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 only for the purposes specified under 
this Fund, in addition to the purposes for which such amounts 
were appropriated. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended, $112,000,000: 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 
For carrying out the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial 
Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, including not to exceed $500 
for official reception and representation expenses, $66,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, to be derived from the Federal 
Housing Enterprises Oversight Fund: Provided, That the Director 
shall submit a spending plan for the amounts provided under this 
heading no later than January 15, 2008: Provided further, That 
not less than 80 percent of the total amount made available under 
this heading shall be used only for examination, supervision, and 
capital oversight 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 requirements under Subtitle B 
of such Act: Provided further, That not to exceed the amount pro-
vided herein shall be available from the general fund of the 
Treasury to the extent 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 collec-
tions are received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final
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appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than 
$0. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget authority, 
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 Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development for which settlement occurred after January 1, 1992, 
in accordance with such section. Notwithstanding the previous sen-
tence, 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. 202. None of the amounts made available under this 
Act may be used during fiscal year 2008 to investigate or prosecute 
under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise lawful activity engaged 
in by one or more persons, including the filing or maintaining 
of a non-frivolous legal action, that is engaged in solely for the 
purpose of achieving or preventing action by a Government official 
or entity, or a court of competent jurisdiction. 
SEC. 203. (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 2008 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 2008 under such clause (ii) because the areas in the 
State outside of the metropolitan statistical areas that qualify 
under clause (i) in fiscal year 2008 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 cumu-
lative 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 2008, in proportion 
to AIDS cases among cities and States that qualify under clauses 
(i) and (ii) of such section and States deemed eligible under sub-
section (a). 
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amount 
allocated for fiscal year 2008 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,
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New York-New Jersey Metropolitan Division (hereafter ‘‘metropoli-
tan division’’) of the New York-Newark-Edison, NY–NJ–PA Metro-
politan Statistical Area, shall be adjusted by the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development by: (1) allocating to the City 
of Jersey City, New Jersey, the proportion 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 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; and (2) allocating to the City of Paterson, 
New Jersey, the proportion 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 Bergen County and Passaic County, 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 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 2008 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 period. 
SEC. 204. Except as explicitly provided in law, any grant, 
cooperative agreement or other assistance made pursuant to title 
II of this Act shall be made on a competitive basis and in accordance 
with section 102 of the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment Reform Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545). 
SEC. 205. Funds of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development subject to the Government Corporation Control Act 
or section 402 of the Housing Act of 1950 shall be available, without 
regard to the limitations on administrative expenses, for legal serv-
ices on a contract or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment 
for services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage Associa-
tion, Government National Mortgage Association, Federal Home 
Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Federal 
Reserve banks or any member thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, 
and any insured bank within the meaning of the Federal Deposit 
Insurance Corporation Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811–1831). 
SEC. 206. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or through 
a reprogramming of funds, no part of any appropriation 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. 207. Corporations and agencies of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development which are subject to the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act, are hereby authorized to make such 
expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority 
available to each such corporation or agency and in accordance 
with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without 
regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of 
such Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set
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forth in the budget for 2008 for such corporation or agency except 
as hereinafter provided: Provided, That collections of these corpora-
tions 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 mortgage insurance or guaranty 
operations of these corporations, or where loans or mortgage pur-
chases are necessary to protect the financial interest of the United 
States Government. 
SEC. 208. None of the funds provided in this title for technical 
assistance, training, or management improvements may be obli-
gated or expended unless the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development 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 2008, the Secretary 
shall transmit this information to the Committees by March 15, 
2008 for 30 days of review. 
SEC. 209. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
shall provide quarterly reports to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations regarding all uncommitted, unobligated, recap-
tured 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. 210. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
amount allocated for fiscal year 2008 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 ‘‘metropoli-
tan division’’), 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 metropoli-
tan 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 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 allocate to Wake County, 
North Carolina, the amounts that otherwise would be allocated 
for fiscal year 2008 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 Oppor-
tunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)), the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development may adjust the allocation of the amounts that other-
wise would be allocated for fiscal year 2008 under section 854(c) 
of such Act, upon the written request of an applicant, in conjunction