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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 Jer-
sey Metropolitan Division (hereafter ‘‘metropolitan divi-
sion’’) 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 per-
sons living with HIV, poverty and fair market rents, 
in the portion of the metropolitan area or division 
that is located in Hudson County, New Jersey; and 
(2) allocating to the city of Paterson, New Jer-
sey, the proportion of the metropolitan area’s or divi-
sion’s amount that is based on the number of persons 
living with HIV, poverty and fair market rents, in 
the portion of the metropolitan area or division that 
is located in Bergen County and Passaic County, 
New Jersey. The recipient cities shall use amounts al-
located under this subsection to carry out eligible ac-
tivities under section 855 of the AIDS Housing Op-
portunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) in their respective 
portions of the metropolitan division that is located 
in New Jersey.
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(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
amount allocated for fiscal year 2016 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 Metro-
politan Division (hereafter ‘‘metropolitan division’’), shall 
be adjusted by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment by allocating to the State of New Jersey the propor-
tion of the metropolitan division’s amount that is based on 
the number of persons living with HIV, poverty and fair 
market rents, in the portion of the metropolitan division 
that is located in New Jersey. 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. 
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall allocate 
to Wake County, North Carolina, the amounts that other-
wise would be allocated for fiscal year 2016 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 Metropolitan Statis-
tical Area. Any amounts allocated to Wake County shall 
be used to carry out eligible activities under section 855
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of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) within such metropolitan sta-
tistical area. 
(d) Notwithstanding section 854(c) of the AIDS Hous-
ing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)), the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development may adjust the alloca-
tion of the amounts that otherwise would be allocated for 
fiscal year 2016 under section 854(c) of such Act, upon the 
written request of an applicant, in conjunction with the 
State(s), for a formula allocation on behalf of a metropoli-
tan statistical area, to designate the State or States in 
which the metropolitan statistical area is located as the eli-
gible grantee(s) of the allocation. In the case that a metro-
politan statistical area involves more than one State, such 
amounts allocated to each State shall be based on the pro-
portion of the metropolitan statistical area’s amount that 
is based on the number of persons living with HIV, poverty 
and fair market rents, in the portion of the metropolitan 
statistical area that is 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. 204. Except as explicitly provided in law, any 
grant, cooperative agreement or other assistance made pur-
suant to title II of this Act shall be made on a competitive 
basis and in accordance with section 102 of the Department
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of Housing and Urban Development 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 adminis-
trative expenses, for legal services on a contract or fee basis, 
and for utilizing and making payment for services and fa-
cilities of the Federal National Mortgage Association, Gov-
ernment National Mortgage Association, Federal Home 
Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Fed-
eral 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. 1811–1). 
SEC. 206. Unless otherwise provided for in this title 
or through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any ap-
propriation for the Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment shall be available for any program, project or 
activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget esti-
mates submitted to Congress. 
SEC. 207. Corporations and agencies of the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development which are subject 
to the Government Corporation Control Act are hereby au-
thorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of
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funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor-
poration 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 
forth in the budget for fiscal year 2016 for such corporation 
or agency except as hereinafter provided: 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 mortgage insurance or guar-
anty operations of these corporations, or where loans or 
mortgage purchases are necessary to protect the financial 
interest of the United States Government. 
SEC. 208. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment shall provide quarterly reports to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding all uncom-
mitted, unobligated, recaptured and excess funds in each 
program and activity within the jurisdiction of the Depart-
ment and shall submit additional, updated budget informa-
tion to these Committees upon request. 
SEC. 209. A public housing agency or such other entity 
that administers Federal housing assistance for the Housing
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Authority of the county of Los Angeles, California, and the 
States of Alaska, Iowa, and Mississippi shall not be re-
quired to include a resident of public housing or a recipient 
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 required under 
section (2)(b) of such Act. Each public housing agency or 
other entity that administers Federal housing assistance 
under section 8 for the Housing Authority of the county 
of Los Angeles, California and the States of Alaska, Iowa 
and Mississippi that chooses not to include a resident of 
public housing or a recipient of section 8 assistance on the 
board of directors or a similar governing board shall estab-
lish an advisory board of not less than six residents of pub-
lic housing or recipients 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. 210. No funds provided under this title may be 
used for an audit of the Government National Mortgage As-
sociation that makes applicable requirements under the 
Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.). 
SEC. 211. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, subject to the conditions listed under this section, for
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fiscal years 2016 and 2017, the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development may authorize the transfer of some or 
all project-based assistance, debt held or insured by the Sec-
retary and statutorily required low-income and very low- 
income use restrictions if any, associated with one or more 
multifamily housing project or projects to another multi-
family housing project or projects. 
(b) PHASED TRANSFERS.—Transfers of project-based 
assistance under this section may be done in phases to ac-
commodate the financing and other requirements related to 
rehabilitating or constructing the project or projects to 
which the assistance is transferred, to ensure that such 
project or projects meet the standards under subsection (c). 
(c) The transfer authorized in subsection (a) is subject 
to the following conditions: 
(1) NUMBER AND BEDROOM SIZE OF UNITS.— 
(A) For occupied units in the transferring 
project: The number of low-income and very low- 
income units and the configuration (i.e., bed-
room size) provided by the transferring project 
shall be no less than when transferred to the re-
ceiving project or projects and the net dollar 
amount of Federal assistance provided to the 
transferring project shall remain the same in the 
receiving project or projects.
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(B) For unoccupied units in the transfer-
ring project: The Secretary may authorize a re-
duction in the number of dwelling units in the 
receiving project or projects to allow for a recon-
figuration of bedroom sizes to meet current mar-
ket demands, as determined by the Secretary and 
provided there is no increase in the project-based 
assistance budget authority. 
(2) The transferring project shall, as determined 
by the Secretary, be either physically obsolete or eco-
nomically nonviable. 
(3) The receiving project or projects shall meet or 
exceed applicable physical standards established by 
the Secretary. 
(4) The owner or mortgagor of the transferring 
project shall notify and consult with the tenants re-
siding in the transferring project and provide a cer-
tification of approval by all appropriate local govern-
mental officials. 
(5) The tenants of the transferring project who 
remain eligible for assistance to be provided by the re-
ceiving project or projects shall not be required to va-
cate their units in the transferring project or projects 
until new units in the receiving project are available 
for occupancy.
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(6) The Secretary determines that this transfer is 
in the best interest of the tenants. 
(7) If either the transferring project or the re-
ceiving project or projects meets the condition speci-
fied in subsection (d)(2)(A), any lien on the receiving 
project resulting from additional financing obtained 
by the owner shall be subordinate to any FHA-in-
sured mortgage lien transferred to, or placed on, such 
project by the Secretary, except that the Secretary 
may waive this requirement upon determination that 
such a waiver is necessary to facilitate the financing 
of acquisition, construction, and/or rehabilitation of 
the receiving project or projects. 
(8) If the transferring project meets the require-
ments of subsection (d)(2), the owner or mortgagor of 
the receiving project or projects shall execute and 
record either a continuation of the existing use agree-
ment or a new use agreement for the project where, 
in either case, any use restrictions in such agreement 
are of no lesser duration than the existing use restric-
tions. 
(9) The transfer does not increase the cost (as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, as amended) of any FHA-insured mortgage,
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except to the extent that appropriations are provided 
in advance for the amount of any such increased cost. 
(d) For purposes of this section— 
(1) the terms ‘‘low-income’’ and ‘‘very low-in-
come’’ shall have the meanings provided by the statute 
and/or regulations governing the program under 
which the project is insured or assisted; 
(2) the term ‘‘multifamily housing project’’ 
means housing that meets one of the following condi-
tions— 
(A) housing that is subject to a mortgage 
insured under the National Housing Act; 
(B) housing that has project-based assist-
ance attached to the structure including projects 
undergoing mark to market debt restructuring 
under the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform 
and Affordability Housing Act; 
(C) housing that is assisted under section 
202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended by 
section 801 of the Cranston-Gonzales National 
Affordable Housing Act; 
(D) housing that is assisted under section 
202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as such section 
existed before the enactment of the Cranston- 
Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act;
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(E) housing that is assisted under section 
811 of the Cranston-Gonzales National Afford-
able Housing Act; or 
(F) housing or vacant land that is subject 
to a use agreement; 
(3) the term ‘‘project-based assistance’’ means— 
(A) assistance provided under section 8(b) 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937; 
(B) assistance for housing constructed or 
substantially rehabilitated pursuant to assistance 
provided under section 8(b)(2) of such Act (as 
such section existed immediately before October 
1, 1983); 
(C) rent supplement payments under sec-
tion 101 of the Housing and Urban Development 
Act of 1965; 
(D) interest reduction payments under sec-
tion 236 and/or additional assistance payments 
under section 236(f)(2) of the National Housing 
Act; 
(E) assistance payments made under sec-
tion 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959; and 
(F) assistance payments made under section 
811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af-
fordable Housing Act;
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(4) the term ‘‘receiving project or projects’’ 
means the multifamily housing project or projects to 
which some or all of the project-based assistance, debt, 
and statutorily required low-income and very low-in-
come use restrictions are to be transferred; 
(5) the term ‘‘transferring project’’ means the 
multifamily housing project which is transferring 
some or all of the project-based assistance, debt, and 
the statutorily required low-income and very low-in-
come use restrictions to the receiving project or 
projects; and 
(6) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development. 
(e) PUBLIC NOTICE AND RESEARCH REPORT.— 
(1) The Secretary shall publish by notice in the 
Federal Register the terms and conditions, including 
criteria for HUD approval, of transfers pursuant to 
this section no later than 30 days before the effective 
date of such notice. 
(2) The Secretary shall conduct an evaluation of 
the transfer authority under this section, including 
the effect of such transfers on the operational effi-
ciency, contract rents, physical and financial condi-
tions, and long-term preservation of the affected prop-
erties.
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SEC. 212. (a) No assistance shall be provided under 
section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f) to any individual who— 
(1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of 
higher education (as defined under section 102 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)); 
(2) is under 24 years of age; 
(3) is not a veteran; 
(4) is unmarried; 
(5) does not have a dependent child; 
(6) is not a person with disabilities, as such 
term is defined in section 3(b)(3)(E) of the United 
States 
Housing 
Act 
of 
1937 
(42 
U.S.C. 
1437a(b)(3)(E)) and was not receiving assistance 
under such section 8 as of November 30, 2005; and 
(7) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has 
parents who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, 
to receive assistance under section 8 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f). 
(b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a per-
son to receive assistance under section 8 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any financial as-
sistance (in excess of amounts received for tuition and any 
other required fees and charges) that an individual receives 
under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001
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et seq.), from private sources, or an institution of higher 
education (as defined under the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)), shall be considered income to that 
individual, except for a person over the age of 23 with de-
pendent children. 
SEC. 213. The funds made available under NAHASDA 
for Native Alaskans under the heading ‘‘Indian 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. 214. Notwithstanding the limitation in the first 
sentence of section 255(g) of the National Housing Act (12 
U.S.C. 1715z–20(g)), the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development may, until September 30, 2016, insure and 
enter into commitments to insure mortgages under such sec-
tion 255. 
SEC. 215. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
in fiscal year 2016, in managing and disposing of any mul-
tifamily property that is owned or has a mortgage held by 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and dur-
ing the process of foreclosure on any property with a con-
tract for rental assistance payments under section 8 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 or other Federal pro-
grams, the Secretary shall maintain any rental assistance 
payments under section 8 of the United States Housing Act
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of 1937 and other programs that are attached to any dwell-
ing units in the property. To the extent the Secretary deter-
mines, in consultation with the tenants and the local gov-
ernment, that such a multifamily property owned or held 
by the Secretary is not feasible for continued rental assist-
ance payments under such section 8 or other programs, 
based on consideration of (1) the costs of rehabilitating and 
operating the property and all available Federal, State, and 
local resources, including rent adjustments under section 
524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Af-
fordability Act of 1997 (‘‘MAHRAA’’) and (2) environ-
mental conditions that cannot be remedied in a cost-effec-
tive fashion, the Secretary may, in consultation with the 
tenants of that property, contract for project-based rental 
assistance payments with an owner or owners of other exist-
ing housing properties, or provide other rental assistance. 
The Secretary shall also take appropriate steps to ensure 
that project-based contracts remain in effect prior to fore-
closure, subject to the exercise of contractual abatement rem-
edies to assist relocation of tenants for imminent major 
threats to health and safety after written notice to and in-
formed consent of the affected tenants and use of other avail-
able remedies, such as partial abatements or receivership. 
After disposition of any multifamily property described 
under this section, the contract and allowable rent levels
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on such properties shall be subject to the requirements under 
section 524 of MAHRAA. 
SEC. 216. The commitment authority funded by fees 
as provided under the heading ‘‘Community Development 
Loan Guarantees Program Account’’ may be used to guar-
antee, or make commitments to guarantee, notes, or other 
obligations issued by any State on behalf of non-entitlement 
communities in the State in accordance with the require-
ments of section 108 of the Housing and Community Devel-
opment Act of 1974: Provided, That any State receiving 
such a guarantee or commitment shall distribute all funds 
subject to such guarantee to the units of general local gov-
ernment in non-entitlement areas that received the commit-
ment. 
SEC. 217. Public housing agencies that own and oper-
ate 400 or fewer public housing units may elect to be exempt 
from any asset management requirement imposed by the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in connec-
tion with the operating fund rule: Provided, That an agency 
seeking a discontinuance of a reduction of subsidy under 
the operating fund formula shall not be exempt from asset 
management requirements. 
SEC. 218. With respect to the use of amounts provided 
in this Act and in future Acts for the operation, capital 
improvement and management of public housing as author-
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ized by sections 9(d) and 9(e) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d) and (e)), the Secretary 
shall not impose any requirement or guideline relating to 
asset management that restricts or limits in any way the 
use of capital funds for central office costs pursuant to sec-
tion 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2) of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)(1), (2)): Provided, That a pub-
lic housing agency may not use capital funds authorized 
under section 9(d) for activities that are eligible under sec-
tion 9(e) for assistance with amounts from the operating 
fund in excess of the amounts permitted under section 
9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2). 
SEC. 219. No official or employee of the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development shall be designated as 
an allotment holder unless the Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer has determined that such allotment holder has im-
plemented an adequate system of funds control and has re-
ceived training in funds control procedures and directives. 
The Chief Financial Officer shall ensure that there is a 
trained allotment holder for each HUD sub-office under the 
accounts ‘‘Executive Offices’’ and ‘‘Administrative Support 
Offices,’’ as well as each account receiving appropriations 
for ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Government 
National Mortgage Association—Guarantees of Mortgage- 
Backed Securities Loan Guarantee Program Account’’, and
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‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ within the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development. 
SEC. 220. The Secretary of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development shall, for fiscal year 2016 and sub-
sequent fiscal years, notify the public through the Federal 
Register and other means, as determined appropriate, of 
the issuance of a notice of the availability of assistance or 
notice of funding availability (NOFA) for any program or 
discretionary fund administered by the Secretary that is 
to be competitively awarded. Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, for fiscal year 2016 and subsequent fiscal 
years, the Secretary may make the NOFA available only 
on the Internet at the appropriate Government Web site or 
through other electronic media, as determined by the Sec-
retary. 
SEC. 221. Payment of attorney fees in program-related 
litigation shall be paid from the individual program office 
and Office of General Counsel salaries and expenses appro-
priations. The annual budget submission for the program 
offices and the Office of General Counsel shall include any 
such projected litigation costs for attorney fees as a separate 
line item request. No funds provided in this title may be 
used to pay any such litigation costs for attorney fees until 
the Department submits for review and approval a spend-
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ing plan for such costs to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations. 
SEC. 222. The Secretary of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development is authorized to transfer up to 5 
percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, of the funds appro-
priated for any office funded under the heading ‘‘Adminis-
trative Support Offices’’ to any other office funded under 
such heading: Provided, That no appropriation for any of-
fice funded under the heading ‘‘Administrative Support Of-
fices’’ shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 percent 
or $5,000,000, whichever is less, without prior written ap-
proval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to 
transfer up to 5 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, 
of the funds appropriated for any account funded under the 
general heading ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses’’ 
to any other account funded under such heading: Provided 
further, That no appropriation for any account funded 
under the general heading ‘‘Program Office Salaries and 
Expenses’’ shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 
percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, without prior writ-
ten approval of the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
transfer funds made available for salaries and expenses be-
tween any office funded under the heading ‘‘Administrative
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Support Offices’’ and any account funded under the general 
heading ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses’’, but only 
with the prior written approval of the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 223. The Disaster Housing Assistance Programs, 
administered by the Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment, shall be considered a ‘‘program of the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development’’ under section 
904 of the McKinney Act for the purpose of income 
verifications and matching. 
SEC. 224. (a) The Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall take the required actions under sub-
section (b) when a multifamily housing project with a sec-
tion 8 contract or contract for similar project-based assist-
ance: 
(1) receives a Real Estate Assessment Center 
(REAC) score of 30 or less; or 
(2) receives a REAC score between 31 and 59 
and: 
(A) fails to certify in writing to HUD with-
in 60 days that all deficiencies have been cor-
rected; or 
(B) receives consecutive scores of less than 
60 on REAC inspections.
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Such requirements shall apply to insured and noninsured 
projects with assistance attached to the units under section 
8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f), but do not apply to such units assisted under section 
8(o)(13) (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)) or to public housing units 
assisted with capital or operating funds under section 9 of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g). 
(b) The Secretary shall take the following required ac-
tions as authorized under subsection (a)— 
(1) The Secretary shall notify the owner and 
provide an opportunity for response within 30 days. 
If the violations remain, the Secretary shall develop 
a Compliance, Disposition and Enforcement Plan 
within 60 days, with a specified timetable for cor-
recting all deficiencies. The Secretary shall provide 
notice of the Plan to the owner, tenants, the local gov-
ernment, any mortgagees, and any contract adminis-
trator. 
(2) At the end of the term of the Compliance, 
Disposition and Enforcement Plan, if the owner fails 
to fully comply with such plan, the Secretary may re-
quire immediate replacement of project management 
with a management agent approved by the Secretary, 
and shall take one or more of the following actions,
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and provide additional notice of those actions to the 
owner and the parties specified above: 
(A) impose civil money penalties; 
(B) abate the section 8 contract, including 
partial abatement, as determined by the Sec-
retary, until all deficiencies have been corrected; 
(C) pursue transfer of the project to an 
owner, approved by the Secretary under estab-
lished procedures, which will be obligated to 
promptly make all required repairs and to ac-
cept renewal of the assistance contract as long as 
such renewal is offered; or 
(D) seek judicial appointment of a receiver 
to manage the property and cure all project defi-
ciencies or seek a judicial order of specific per-
formance requiring the owner to cure all project 
deficiencies. 
(c) The Secretary shall also take appropriate steps to 
ensure that project-based contracts remain in effect, subject 
to the exercise of contractual abatement remedies to assist 
relocation of tenants for imminent major threats to health 
and safety after written notice to and informed consent of 
the affected tenants and use of other remedies set forth 
above. To the extent the Secretary determines, in consulta-
tion with the tenants and the local government, that the
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property is not feasible for continued rental assistance pay-
ments under such section 8 or other programs, based on con-
sideration of (1) the costs of rehabilitating and operating 
the property and all available Federal, State, and local re-
sources, including rent adjustments under section 524 of the 
Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability 
Act of 1997 (‘‘MAHRAA’’) and (2) environmental condi-
tions that cannot be remedied in a cost-effective fashion, the 
Secretary may, in consultation with the tenants of that 
property, contract for project-based rental assistance pay-
ments with an owner or owners of other existing housing 
properties, or provide other rental assistance. The Secretary 
shall report semi-annually on all properties covered by this 
section that are assessed through the Real Estate Assessment 
Center and have physical inspection scores of less than 30 
or have consecutive physical inspection scores of less than 
60. The report shall include: 
(1) The enforcement actions being taken to ad-
dress such conditions, including imposition of civil 
money penalties and termination of subsidies, and 
identify properties that have such conditions multiple 
times; and 
(2) Actions that the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development is taking to protect tenants of 
such identified properties.
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SEC. 225. None of the funds made available by this 
Act, or any other Act, for purposes authorized under section 
8 (only with respect to the tenant-based rental assistance 
program) and section 9 of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), may be used by any public 
housing agency for any amount of salary, including bo-
nuses, for the chief executive officer of which, or any other 
official or employee of which, that exceeds the annual rate 
of basic pay payable for a position at level IV of the Execu-
tive Schedule at any time during any public housing agen-
cy fiscal year 2016. 
SEC. 226. None of the funds in this Act may be avail-
able for the doctoral dissertation research grant program 
at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 
SEC. 227. Section 24 of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (m)(1), by striking ‘‘fiscal 
year’’ and all that follows through the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2016.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (o), by striking ‘‘September’’ 
and all that follows through the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘September 30, 2016.’’. 
SEC. 228. None of the funds in this Act provided to 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development may 
be used to make a grant award unless the Secretary notifies
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the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations not 
less than 3 full business days before any project, State, lo-
cality, housing authority, tribe, nonprofit organization, or 
other entity selected to receive a grant award is announced 
by the Department or its offices. 
SEC. 229. Of the amounts made available for salaries 
and expenses under all accounts under this title (except for 
the Office of Inspector General account), a total of up to 
$5,000,000 may be transferred to and merged with amounts 
made available in the ‘‘Information Technology Fund’’ ac-
count under this title. 
SEC. 230. None of the funds made available by this 
Act nor any receipts or amounts collected under any Fed-
eral Housing Administration program may be used to im-
plement the Homeowners Armed with Knowledge (HAWK) 
program. 
SEC. 231. None of the funds made available in this 
Act shall be used by the Federal Housing Administration, 
the Government National Mortgage Administration, or the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development to insure, 
securitize, or establish a Federal guarantee of any mortgage 
or mortgage backed security that refinances or otherwise re-
places a mortgage that has been subject to eminent domain 
condemnation or seizure, by a State, municipality, or any 
other political subdivision of a State.
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SEC. 232. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to terminate the status of a unit of general 
local government as a metropolitan city (as defined in sec-
tion 102 of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) with respect to grants under sec-
tion 106 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5306). 
SEC. 233. Subsection (b) of section 225 of the Cran-
ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
12755) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
sentence: ‘‘Such 30-day waiting period is not required if 
the grounds for the termination or refusal to renew involve 
a direct threat to the safety of the tenants or employees of 
the housing, or an imminent and serious threat to the prop-
erty (and the termination or refusal to renew is in accord-
ance with the requirements of State or local law).’’. 
SEC. 234. None of the funds under this title may be 
used for awards, including performance, special act, or 
spot, for any employee of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development who is subject to administrative dis-
cipline in fiscal year 2016, including suspension from work. 
SEC. 235. The language under the heading ‘‘Rental As-
sistance Demonstration’’ in the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 
112–55) is amended:
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(1) in proviso four, by striking ‘‘185,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘200,000’’; 
(2) in proviso eighteen, by inserting ‘‘for fiscal 
year 2012 and hereafter,’’ after ‘‘Provided further, 
That’’; and 
(3) In proviso nineteen, by striking ‘‘, which 
may extend beyond fiscal year 2016 as necessary to 
allow processing of all timely applications,’’. 
SEC. 236. Section 9 of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g) is amended by— 
(1) inserting at the end of subsection (j)— 
‘‘(7) TREATMENT OF REPLACEMENT RESERVE.— 
The requirements of this subsection shall not apply to 
funds held in replacement reserves established in sub-
section (9)(n).’’; and 
(2) inserting at the end of subsection (m)— 
‘‘(n) 
ESTABLISHMENT
OF
REPLACEMENT
RE-
SERVES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Public Housing authorities 
shall be permitted to establish a Replacement Reserve 
to fund any of the capital activities listed in subpara-
graph (d)(1). 
‘‘(2) SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS FOR RE-
PLACEMENT RESERVE.—At any time, a public hous-
ing authority may deposit funds from that agency’s
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transfer more than 20 percent of its operating funds 
into its replacement reserve. 
‘‘(4) EXPENDITURE.—Funds in a replacement 
reserve may be used for purposes authorized by sub-
paragraph (d)(1) and contained in its Capital Fund 
5 Year Action Plan. 
‘‘(5) MANAGEMENT AND REPORT.—The Secretary 
shall establish appropriate accounting and reporting 
requirements to ensure that public housing agencies 
are spending funds on eligible projects and that funds 
in the replacement reserve are connected to capital 
needs.’’. 
SEC. 237. Section 9(g)(1) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)) is amended by— 
(1) inserting ‘‘(A)’’ immediately after the para-
graph designation; 
(2) by striking the period and inserting the fol-
lowing at the end: ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) inserting the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(B) FLEXIBILITY
FOR
OPERATING
FUND 
AMOUNTS.—Of any amounts appropriated for 
fiscal year 2016 or any fiscal year thereafter 
that are allocated for fiscal year 2016 or any fis-
cal year thereafter from the Operating Fund for 
any public housing agency, the agency may use
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not more than 20 percent for activities that are 
eligible under subsection (d) for assistance with 
amounts from the Capital Fund, but only if the 
public housing plan for the agency provides for 
such use.’’. 
SEC. 238. Section 526 (12 U.S.C. 1735f–4) of the Na-
tional Housing Act is amended by inserting at the end of 
subsection (b)— 
‘‘(c) The Secretary may establish an exception to any 
minimum property standard established under this section 
in order to address alternative water systems, including cis-
terns, which meet requirements of State and local building 
codes that ensure health and safety standards.’’. 
SEC. 239. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment shall increase, pursuant to this section, the number 
of Moving-to-Work agencies authorized under section 204, 
title II, of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing 
and Urban Development and Independent Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104–134; 110 Stat. 1321) 
by adding to the program 300 public housing agencies that 
are designated as high performing agencies under the Public 
Housing Assessment System (PHAS). No public housing 
agency shall be granted this designation through this section 
that administers in excess of 22,000 aggregate housing 
vouchers and public housing units. Of the agencies selected
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under this section, no less than 150 shall administer 600 
or fewer aggregate housing voucher and public housing 
units, no less than 125 shall administer 601–5,000 aggre-
gate housing voucher and public housing units, and no more 
than 20 shall administer 5,001–22,000 aggregate housing 
voucher and public housing units. Of the 300 agencies se-
lected under this section, five shall be agencies with portfolio 
awards under the Rental Assistance Demonstration that 
meet the other requirements of this section. Selection of 
agencies under this section shall be based on ensuring the 
geographic diversity of Moving-to-Work agencies. The Sec-
retary may, at the request of a Moving-to-Work agency and 
one or more adjacent public housing agencies in the same 
area, designate that Moving-to-Work agency as a regional 
agency. A regional Moving-to-Work agency may administer 
the assistance under sections 8 and 9 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f and g) for the par-
ticipating agencies within its region pursuant to the terms 
of its Moving-to-Work agreement with the Secretary. The 
Secretary may agree to extend the term of the agreement 
and to make any necessary changes to accommodate region-
alization. A Moving-to-Work agency may be selected as a 
regional agency if the Secretary determines that unified ad-
ministration of assistance under sections 8 and 9 by that 
agency across multiple jurisdictions will lead to efficiencies
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and to greater housing choice for low-income persons in the 
region. For purposes of this expansion, in addition to the 
provisions of the Act retained in section 204, section 8(r)(1) 
of the Act shall continue to apply unless the Secretary deter-
mines that waiver of this section is necessary to implement 
comprehensive rent reform and occupancy policies subject 
to evaluation by the Secretary, and the waiver contains, 
at a minimum, exceptions for requests to port due to em-
ployment, education, health and safety. No public housing 
agency granted this designation through this section shall 
receive more funding under sections 8 or 9 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 than it otherwise would have 
received absent this designation. The Secretary shall extend 
the current Moving-to-Work agreements of previously des-
ignated participating agencies until the end of each such 
agency’s fiscal year 2028 under the same terms and condi-
tions of such current agreements, except for any changes 
to such terms or conditions otherwise mutually agreed upon 
by the Secretary and any such agency and such extension 
agreements shall prohibit any statutory offset of any reserve 
balances equal to four months of operating expenses. Any 
such reserve balances that exceed such amount shall remain 
available to any such agency for all permissible purposes 
under such agreement unless subject to a statutory offset. 
In addition to other reporting requirements, all Moving-to-
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Work agencies shall report financial data to the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development as specified by 
the Secretary, so that the effect of Moving-to-Work policy 
changes can be measured. 
SEC. 240. Section 3(a) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(a)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) REVIEWS OF FAMILY INCOME.— 
‘‘(A) FREQUENCY.—Reviews of family in-
come for purposes of this section shall be made— 
‘‘(i) in the case of all families, upon 
the initial provision of housing assistance 
for the family; and 
‘‘(ii) no less than annually thereafter, 
except as provided in subparagraph (B)(i); 
‘‘(B) FIXED-INCOME FAMILIES.— 
‘‘(i) SELF CERTIFICATION AND 3-YEAR 
REVIEW.—In the case of any family de-
scribed in clause (ii), after the initial re-
view of the family’s income pursuant to 
subparagraph (A)(i), the public housing 
agency or owner shall not be required to 
conduct a review of the family’s income 
pursuant to subparagraph (A)(ii) for any 
year for which such family certifies, in ac-
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cordance with such requirements as the Sec-
retary shall establish, that the income of the 
family meets the requirements of clause (ii) 
of this subparagraph and that the sources of 
such income have not changed since the pre-
vious year, except that the public housing 
agency or owner shall conduct a review of 
each such family’s income not less than once 
every 3 years. 
‘‘(ii) ELIGIBLE
FAMILIES.—A family 
described in this clause is a family who has 
an income, as of the most recent review pur-
suant to subparagraph (A) or clause (i) of 
this subparagraph, of which 90 percent or 
more consists of fixed income, as such term 
is defined in clause (iii). 
‘‘(iii) FIXED INCOME.—For purposes of 
this subparagraph, the term ‘fixed income’ 
includes income from— 
‘‘(I) the supplemental security in-
come program under title XVI of the 
Social Security Act, including supple-
mentary payments pursuant to an 
agreement for Federal administration 
under section 1616(a) of the Social Se-
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curity Act and payments pursuant to 
an agreement entered into under sec-
tion 212(b) of Public Law 93–66; 
‘‘(II) Social Security payments; 
‘‘(III) Federal, State, local and 
private pension plans; and 
‘‘(IV) other periodic payments re-
ceived from annuities, insurance poli-
cies, retirement funds, disability or 
death benefits, and other similar types 
of periodic receipts that are of substan-
tially the same amounts from year to 
year. 
‘‘(C) 
INFLATIONARY
ADJUSTMENT
FOR 
FIXED INCOME FAMILIES.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—In any year in 
which a public housing agency or owner 
does not conduct a review of income for any 
family described in clause (ii) of subpara-
graph (B) pursuant to the authority under 
clause (i) of such paragraph to waive such 
a review, such family’s prior year’s income 
determination shall, subject to clauses (ii) 
and (iii), be adjusted by applying an infla-
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tionary factor as the Secretary shall, by reg-
ulation or notice, establish. 
‘‘(ii) 
EXEMPTION
FROM
ADJUST-
MENT.—A public housing agency or owner 
may exempt from an adjustment pursuant 
to clause (i) any income source for which 
income does not increase from year to 
year.’’. 
SEC. 241. Section 8(x)(2) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), is amended by striking 
‘‘18 months’’ and inserting ‘‘36 months’’. 
SEC. 242. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development shall establish a dem-
onstration program during the period beginning on the date 
of enactment of this Act, and ending on September 30, 2020, 
entering into budget-neutral, performance-based agreements 
that result in a reduction in energy or water costs with 
such entities as the Secretary determines to be appropriate 
under which the entities shall carry out projects for energy 
or water conservation improvements at not more than 
150,000 residential units in multifamily buildings partici-
pating in— 
(1) the Project-Based Rental Assistance program 
under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of
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1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), other than assistance pro-
vided under section 8(o) of that Act; 
(2) the supportive Housing for the Elderly pro-
gram under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 
(12 U.S.C. 1701q); or 
(3) the supportive Housing for Persons with Dis-
abilities program under section 811(d)(2) of the 
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 
(42 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)). 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) PAYMENTS CONTINGENT ON SAVINGS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall pro-
vide to an entity a payment under an agreement 
under this section only during applicable years 
for which an energy or water cost savings is 
achieved with respect to the applicable multi-
family portfolio of properties, as determined by 
the Secretary, in accordance with subparagraph 
(B). 
(B) PAYMENT METHODOLOGY.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—Each agreement 
under this section shall include a pay-for- 
success provision—
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(I) that will serve as a payment 
threshold for the term of the agreement; 
and 
(II) pursuant to which the De-
partment of Housing and Urban De-
velopment shall share a percentage of 
the savings at a level determined by the 
Secretary that is sufficient to cover the 
administrative costs of carrying out 
this section. 
(ii) LIMITATIONS.—A payment made 
by the Secretary under an agreement under 
this section shall— 
(I) be contingent on documented 
utility savings; and 
(II) not exceed the utility savings 
achieved by the date of the payment, 
and not previously paid, as a result of 
the improvements made under the 
agreement. 
(C) THIRD PARTY VERIFICATION.—Savings 
payments made by the Secretary under this sec-
tion shall be based on a measurement and 
verification protocol that includes at least—
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(i) establishment of a weather-normal-
ized and occupancy-normalized utility con-
sumption baseline established preretrofit; 
(ii) annual third party confirmation 
of actual utility consumption and cost for 
owner-paid utilities; 
(iii) annual third party validation of 
the tenant utility allowances in effect dur-
ing the applicable year and vacancy rates 
for each unit type; and 
(iv) annual third party determination 
of savings to the Secretary. 
(2) TERM.—The term of an agreement under this 
section shall be not longer than 12 years. 
(3) ENTITY ELIGIBILITY.—The Secretary shall— 
(A) establish a competitive process for enter-
ing into agreements under this section; and 
(B) enter into such agreements only with 
entities that demonstrate significant experience 
relating to— 
(i) financing and operating properties 
receiving assistance under a program de-
scribed in subsection (a);
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(ii) oversight of energy and water con-
servation programs, including oversight of 
contractors; and 
(iii) raising capital for energy and 
water 
conservation 
improvements 
from 
charitable organizations or private inves-
tors. 
(4) GEOGRAPHICAL DIVERSITY.—Each agreement 
entered into under this section shall provide for the 
inclusion of properties with the greatest feasible re-
gional and State variance. 
(c) PLAN AND REPORTS.— 
(1) PLAN.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions a detailed plan for the implementation of this 
section. 
(2) REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and annually there-
after, the Secretary shall— 
(A) conduct an evaluation of the program 
under this section; and 
(B) submit to the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations a report describing
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each evaluation conducted under subparagraph 
(A). 
(d) FUNDING.—For each fiscal year during which an 
agreement under this section is in effect, the Secretary may 
use to carry out this section any funds appropriated for 
the renewal of contracts under a program described in sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 243. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development may establish, through 
notice in the Federal Register, a demonstration program 
to incent public housing agencies, as defined in section 
3(b)(6) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (in this 
section referred to as ‘‘the Act’’), to implement measures to 
reduce their energy and water consumption. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—Public housing agencies that oper-
ate public housing programs that meet the demonstration 
requirements, as determined by the Secretary, shall be eligi-
ble for participation in the demonstration. 
(c) INCENTIVE.—The Secretary may provide an incen-
tive to an eligible public housing agency that uses capital 
funds, operating funds, grants, utility rebates, and other re-
sources to reduce its energy and/or water consumption in 
accordance with a plan approved by the Secretary. 
(1) BASE
UTILITY
CONSUMPTION
LEVEL.—The 
initial base utility consumption level under the ap-
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proved plan shall be set at the public housing agency’s 
rolling base consumption level immediately prior to 
the installation of energy conservation measures. 
(2) FIRST YEAR UTILITY COST SAVINGS.—For the 
first year that an approved plan is in effect, the Sec-
retary shall allocate the utility consumption level in 
the public housing operating fund using the base util-
ity consumption level. 
(3) SUBSEQUENT YEAR SAVINGS.—For each sub-
sequent year that the plan is in effect, the Secretary 
shall decrease the utility consumption level by one 
percent of the initial base utility consumption level 
per year until the utility consumption level equals the 
public housing agency’s actual consumption level that 
followed the installation of energy conservation meas-
ures, at which time the plan will terminate. 
(4) USE OF UTILITY COST SAVINGS.—The public 
housing agency may use the funds resulting from the 
energy conservation measures, in accordance with 
paragraphs (2) and (3), for either operating expenses, 
as defined by section 9(e)(1) of the Act, or capital im-
provements, as defined by section 9(d)(1) of the Act. 
(5) DURATION OF PLAN.—The length in years of 
the utility conservation plan shall not exceed the 
number of percentage points in utility consumption
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reduction a public housing agency achieves through 
the energy conservation measures implemented under 
this demonstration, but in no case shall it exceed 20 
years. 
(6) OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary may 
establish such other requirements as necessary to fur-
ther the purposes of this demonstration. 
(7) EVALUATION.—Each public housing agency 
participating in the demonstration shall submit to 
the Secretary such performance and evaluation re-
ports concerning the reduction in energy consumption 
and compliance with the requirements of this section 
as the Secretary may require. 
(d) TERMINATION.—Public housing agencies may 
enter into this demonstration for 5 years after the date on 
which the demonstration program is commenced. 
SEC. 244. (a) AUTHORITY.—Subject to the conditions 
in subsection (d), the Secretary of Housing and Urban De-
velopment may authorize, in response to requests received 
in fiscal years 2016 through 2020, the transfer of some or 
all project-based assistance, tenant-based assistance, capital 
advances, debt, and statutorily required use restrictions 
from housing assisted under section 811 of the Cranston- 
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013) 
to other new or existing housing, which may include
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projects, units, and other types of housing, as permitted by 
the Secretary. 
(b) CAPITAL ADVANCES.—Interest shall not be due and 
repayment of a capital advance shall not be triggered by 
a transfer pursuant to this section. 
(c) PHASED AND PROPORTIONAL TRANSFERS.— 
(1) Transfers under this section may be done in 
phases to accommodate the financing and other re-
quirements related to rehabilitating or constructing 
the housing to which the assistance is transferred, to 
ensure that such housing meets the conditions under 
subsection (d). 
(2) The capital advance repayment require-
ments, use restrictions, rental assistance, and debt 
shall transfer proportionally from the transferring 
housing to the receiving housing. 
(d) CONDITIONS.—The transfers authorized by this sec-
tion shall be subject to the following conditions: 
(1) the owner of the transferring housing shall 
demonstrate that the transfer is in compliance with 
applicable Federal, State, and local requirements re-
garding Housing for Persons with Disabilities and 
shall provide the Secretary with evidence of obtaining 
any approvals related to housing disabled persons
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that are necessary under Federal, State, and local 
government requirements; 
(2) the owner of the transferring housing shall 
demonstrate to the Secretary that any transfer is in 
the best interest of the disabled residents by offering 
opportunities for increased integration or less con-
centration of individuals with disabilities; 
(3) the owner of the transferring housing shall 
continue to provide the same number of units as ap-
proved for rental assistance by the Secretary in the 
receiving housing; 
(4) the owner of the transferring housing shall 
consult with the disabled residents in the transferring 
housing about any proposed transfer under this sec-
tion and shall notify the residents of the transferring 
housing who are eligible for assistance to be provided 
in the receiving housing that they shall not be re-
quired to vacate the transferring housing until the re-
ceiving housing is available for occupancy; 
(5) the receiving housing shall meet or exceed ap-
plicable physical standards established or adopted by 
the Secretary; and 
(6) if the receiving housing has a mortgage in-
sured under title II of the National Housing Act, any 
lien on the receiving housing resulting from addi-
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tional financing shall be subordinate to any federally 
insured mortgage lien transferred to, or placed on, 
such housing, except that the Secretary may waive 
this requirement upon determination that such a 
waiver is necessary to facilitate the financing of ac-
quisition, construction, or rehabilitation of the receiv-
ing housing. 
(e) PUBLIC NOTICE.—The Secretary shall publish a 
notice in the Federal Register of the terms and conditions, 
including criteria for the Department’s approval of trans-
fers pursuant to this section no later than 30 days before 
the effective date of such notice. 
SEC. 245. (a) Of the unobligated balances, including 
recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds appro-
priated to the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment under the heading ‘‘General and Special Risk Pro-
gram Account’’, and for the cost of guaranteed notes and 
other obligations under the heading ‘‘Native American 
Housing Block Grants’’, $12,000,000 is hereby rescinded. 
(b) All unobligated balances, including recaptures and 
carryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development under the 
headings ‘‘Rural Housing and Economic Development’’, 
and ‘‘Homeownership and Opportunity for People Every-
where Grants’’ are hereby rescinded.
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SEC. 246. Funds made available in this title under 
the heading ‘‘Homeless Assistance Grants’’ may be used to 
participate in Performance Partnership Pilots authorized 
under section 526 of division H of Public Law 113–76, sec-
tion 524 of division G of Public Law 113–235, and such 
authorities enacted for Performance Partnership Pilots in 
an appropriations Act for fiscal year 2016. Such participa-
tion shall be targeted to improving the housing situation 
of disconnected youth. 
SEC. 247. Unobligated balances, including recaptures 
and carryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development for ad-
ministrative costs associated with funds appropriated to the 
Department for specific disaster relief and related purposes 
and designated by Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to a Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, in-
cluding information technology costs and costs for admin-
istering and overseeing such specific disaster related funds, 
shall be transferred to the Program Office Salaries and Ex-
penses, Community Planning and Development account for 
the Department, shall remain available until expended, and 
may be used for such administrative costs for administering 
any funds appropriated to the Department for any disaster 
relief and related purposes in any prior or future act, not-
341 
withstanding the purposes for which such funds were appro-
priated: Provided, That amounts transferred pursuant to 
this section that were previously designated by the Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to a Concurrent 
Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act are designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985 and shall be transferred only 
if the President subsequently so designates the entire trans-
fer and transmits such designation to the Congress. 
SEC. 248. None of the funds made available under this 
title shall be used to enforce compliance with the Green 
Physical Needs Assessment for public housing agencies with 
250 housing units or less. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Housing 
and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2016’’.
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TITLE III 
RELATED AGENCIES 
ACCESS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Access Board, as author-
ized by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as 
amended, $8,023,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, there may be credited to this appro-
priation funds received for publications and training ex-
penses. 
FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime Com-
mission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Merchant 
Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 307), including 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b); and uni-
forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902, $25,660,000: Provided, That not to exceed 
$2,000 shall be available for official reception and represen-
tation expenses.
343 
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to 
carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 
1978, as amended, $23,999,000: Provided, That the Inspec-
tor General shall have all necessary authority, in carrying 
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 National Railroad Passenger Corpora-
tion: Provided further, That the Inspector General may 
enter into contracts and other arrangements for audits, 
studies, analyses, and other services with public agencies 
and with private persons, subject to the applicable laws and 
regulations that govern the obtaining of such services within 
the National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Provided 
further, That the Inspector General may select, appoint, 
and employ such officers and employees as may be nec-
essary for carrying out the functions, powers, and duties 
of the Office of Inspector General, subject to the applicable 
laws and regulations that govern such selections, appoint-
ments, and employment within the Corporation: Provided
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further, That concurrent with the President’s budget request 
for fiscal year 2017, the Inspector General shall submit to 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a 
budget request for fiscal year 2017 in similar format and 
substance to those submitted by executive agencies of the 
Federal Government. 
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Transportation 
Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 
and aircraft; 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 a GS–15; uniforms, or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902), 
$105,170,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 may be used 
for official reception and representation expenses. The 
amounts made available to the National Transportation 
Safety Board in this Act include amounts necessary to 
make lease payments on an obligation incurred in fiscal 
year 2001 for a capital lease. 
NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT 
CORPORATION 
For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor-
poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, as
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authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation 
Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $140,000,000, of which 
$5,000,000 shall be for a multi-family rental housing pro-
gram. 
UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON 
HOMELESSNESS 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, 
authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rent-
al of conference rooms, and the employment of experts and 
consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code) of the United States Interagency Council on Home-
lessness in carrying out the functions pursuant to title II 
of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amend-
ed, $3,530,000. Title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11314) is amended in section 
204(a) by striking ‘‘level V’’ and inserting ‘‘level IV’’.
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TITLE IV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
SEC. 401. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 
expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 
intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings fund-
ed in this Act. 
SEC. 402. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fis-
cal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-
tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 403. The expenditure of any appropriation under 
this Act for any consulting service through a procurement 
contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such expendi-
tures are a matter of public record and available for public 
inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing 
law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to 
existing law. 
SEC. 404. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be obligated or expended for any employee training 
that— 
(1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, 
skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the perform-
ance of official duties;
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(2) contains elements likely to induce high levels 
of emotional response or psychological stress in some 
participants; 
(3) does not require prior employee notification 
of the content and methods to be used in the training 
and written end of course evaluation; 
(4) contains any methods or content associated 
with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 
‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Employ-
ment Opportunity Commission Notice N–915.022, 
dated September 2, 1988; or 
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, partici-
pants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the work-
place. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 
otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 
bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 
SEC. 405. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by previous 
appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities funded in 
this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 
in fiscal year 2016, or provided from any accounts in the 
Treasury derived by the collection of fees and available to 
the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that:
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(1) creates a new program; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel for any pro-
gram, project, or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted by the Congress; 
(4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 
activity by either the House or Senate Committees on 
Appropriations for a different purpose; 
(5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, which-
ever is less; 
(6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activi-
ties by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or 
(7) creates, reorganizes, or restructures a branch, 
division, office, bureau, board, commission, agency, 
administration, or department different from the 
budget justifications submitted to the Committees on 
Appropriations or the table accompanying the explan-
atory statement accompanying this Act, whichever is 
more detailed, unless prior approval is received from 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, each agency funded by this 
Act shall submit a report to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations to establish the base-
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line for application of reprogramming and transfer 
authorities for the current fiscal year: Provided fur-
ther, That the report shall include: 
(A) a table for each appropriation with a 
separate column to display the prior year en-
acted level, the President’s budget request, adjust-
ments made by Congress, adjustments due to en-
acted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal 
year enacted level; 
(B) a delineation in the table for each ap-
propriation and its respective prior year enacted 
level by object class and program, project, and 
activity as detailed in the budget appendix for 
the respective appropriation; and 
(C) an identification of items of special con-
gressional interest: Provided further, That the 
amount appropriated or limited for salaries and 
expenses for an agency shall be reduced by 
$100,000 per day for each day after the required 
date that the report has not been submitted to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
SEC. 406. Except as otherwise specifically provided by 
law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances re-
maining available at the end of fiscal year 2016 from ap-
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propriations made available for salaries and expenses for 
fiscal year 2016 in this Act, shall remain available through 
September 30, 2017, for each such account for the purposes 
authorized: Provided, That a request shall be submitted to 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations for 
approval prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided 
further, That these requests shall be made in compliance 
with reprogramming guidelines under section 405 of this 
Act. 
SEC. 407. No funds in this Act may be used to support 
any Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use the 
power of eminent domain, unless eminent domain is em-
ployed only for a public use: Provided, That for purposes 
of this section, public use shall not be construed to include 
economic development that primarily benefits private enti-
ties: Provided further, That any use of funds for mass tran-
sit, railroad, airport, seaport or highway projects, as well 
as utility projects which benefit or serve the general public 
(including energy-related, communication-related, water-re-
lated and wastewater-related infrastructure), other struc-
tures designated for use by the general public or which have 
other common-carrier or public-utility functions that serve 
the general public and are subject to regulation and over-
sight by the government, and projects for the removal of an 
immediate threat to public health and safety or brownsfields
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as defined in the Small Business Liability Relief and 
Brownsfield Revitalization Act (Public Law 107–118) shall 
be considered a public use for purposes of eminent domain. 
SEC. 408. All Federal agencies and departments that 
are funded under this Act shall issue a report to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations on all sole- 
source contracts by no later than July 30, 2016. Such report 
shall include the contractor, the amount of the contract and 
the rationale for using a sole-source contract. 
SEC. 409. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except pur-
suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 
in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 410. None of the funds made available in this 
Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person fill-
ing a position, other than a temporary position, formerly 
held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed Forces 
of the United States and has satisfactorily completed his 
or her period of active military or naval service, and has 
within 90 days after his or her release from such service 
or from hospitalization continuing after discharge for a pe-
riod of not more than 1 year, made application for restora-
tion to his or her former position and has been certified 
by the Office of Personnel Management as still qualified to
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perform the duties of his or her former position and has 
not been restored thereto. 
SEC. 411. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees 
that in expending the assistance the entity will comply with 
sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 
10a–10c, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’). 
SEC. 412. None of the funds made available in this 
Act shall be made available to any person or entity that 
has been convicted of violating the Buy American Act (41 
U.S.C. 10a–10c). 
SEC. 413. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for first-class airline accommodations in 
contravention of sections 301–10.122 and 301–10.123 of 
title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 414. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to approve a new foreign air carrier per-
mit under sections 41301 through 41305 of title 49, United 
States Code, or exemption application under section 40109 
of that title of an air carrier already holding an air opera-
tors certificate issued by a country that is party to the 
U.S.–E.U.–Iceland–Norway 
Air 
Transport 
Agreement 
where such approval would contravene United States law 
or Article 17 bis of the U.S.–E.U.–Iceland–Norway Air 
Transport Agreement.
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(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict or 
otherwise preclude the Secretary of Transportation from 
granting a foreign air carrier permit or an exemption to 
such an air carrier where such authorization is consistent 
with the U.S.–E.U.–Iceland–Norway Air Transport Agree-
ment and United States law. 
SEC. 415. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance 
of more than 50 employees of a single agency or department 
of the United States Government, who are stationed in the 
United States, at any single international conference unless 
the relevant Secretary reports to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations at least 5 days in advance 
that such attendance is important to the national interest: 
Provided, That for purposes of this section the term ‘‘inter-
national conference’’ shall mean a conference occurring out-
side of the United States attended by representatives of the 
United States Government and of foreign governments, 
international organizations, or nongovernmental organiza-
tions. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, Hous-
ing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2016’’.
Calendar No. 138 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2577 
[Report No. 114–75] 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Departments of 
Transportation, and Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2016, and for other pur-
poses. 
JUNE 10, 2015 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on 
Appropriations 
JUNE 25, 2015 
Reported with an amendment