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SEC. 187. Notwithstanding any other provisions of 
law, rule or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation is 
authorized to allow the issuer of any preferred stock here-
tofore sold to the Department to redeem or repurchase such 
stock upon the payment to the Department of an amount 
determined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 188. None of the funds in this Act to the Depart-
ment of Transportation may be used to make a grant unless 
the Secretary of Transportation notifies the House and Sen-
ate Committees on Appropriations not less than 3 full busi-
ness days before any discretionary grant award, letter of 
intent, or full funding grant agreement totaling $1,000,000 
or more is announced by the department or its modal ad-
ministrations from: (1) any discretionary grant program 
of the Federal Highway Administration including the emer-
gency relief program; (2) the airport improvement program 
of the Federal Aviation Administration; (3) any grant from 
the Federal Railroad Administration; or (4) any program 
of the Federal Transit Administration other than the for-
mula grants and fixed guideway modernization programs: 
Provided, That the Secretary gives concurrent notification 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations for 
any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds from the emergency relief pro-
gram: Provided further, That no notification shall involve 
funds that are not available for obligation.
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SEC. 189. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor 
fees and other funds received by the Department of Trans-
portation from travel management centers, charge card pro-
grams, the subleasing of building space, and miscellaneous 
sources are to be credited to appropriations of the Depart-
ment of Transportation and allocated to elements of the De-
partment of Transportation using fair and equitable cri-
teria and such funds shall be available until expended. 
SEC. 190. Amounts made available in this or any other 
Act that the Secretary determines represent improper pay-
ments by the Department of Transportation to a third- 
party contractor under a financial assistance award, which 
are recovered pursuant to law, shall be available— 
(1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred by 
the Department of Transportation in recovering im-
proper payments; and 
(2) to pay contractors for services provided in re-
covering improper payments or contractor support in 
the implementation of the Improper Payments Infor-
mation Act of 2002: Provided, That amounts in excess 
of that required for paragraphs (1) and (2)— 
(A) shall be credited to and merged with the 
appropriation from which the improper pay-
ments were made, and shall be available for the
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purposes and period for which such appropria-
tions are available; or 
(B) if no such appropriation remains avail-
able, shall be deposited in the Treasury as mis-
cellaneous receipts: Provided further, That prior 
to the transfer of any such recovery to an appro-
priations account, the Secretary shall notify to 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions of the amount and reasons for such trans-
fer: Provided further, That for purposes of this 
section, the term ‘‘improper payments’’, has the 
same meaning as that provided in section 
2(d)(2) of Public Law 107–300. 
SEC. 191. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
if any funds provided in or limited by this Act are subject 
to a reprogramming action that requires notice to be pro-
vided to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions, said reprogramming action shall be approved or de-
nied solely by the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, 
That the Secretary may provide notice to other congres-
sional committees of the action of the Committees on Appro-
priations on such reprogramming but not sooner than 30 
days following the date on which the reprogramming action 
has been approved or denied by the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations.
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SEC. 192. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available under this Act may be used by the Surface 
Transportation Board of the Department of Transportation 
to charge or collect any filing fee for rate complaints filed 
with the Board in an amount in excess of the amount au-
thorized for district court civil suit filing fees under section 
1914 of title 28, United States Code. 
SEC. 193. Notwithstanding section 3324 of Title 31, 
United States Code, in addition to authority provided by 
section 327 of title 49, United States Code, the Depart-
ment’s Working Capital fund is hereby authorized to pro-
vide payments in advance to vendors that are necessary to 
carry out the Federal transit pass transportation fringe 
benefit program under Executive Order 13150 and section 
3049 of Public Law 109–59: Provided, that the Department 
shall include adequate safeguards in the contract with the 
vendors to ensure timely and high quality performance 
under the contract. 
SEC. 194. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 127(a)(11) of 
title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘that 
portion of the Maine Turnpike designated Route 95 and 
495, and that portion of Interstate Route 95 from the south-
ern terminus of the Maine Turnpike to the New Hampshire 
State line, laws (including regulations)’’ and inserting ‘‘all
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portions of the Interstate Highway System in the State, 
laws (including regulations)’’. 
(b) PERIOD
OF EFFECTIVENESS.—The amendment 
made by subsection (a) shall be in effect during the 1-year 
period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act. 
(c) REVERSION.—Effective as of the date that is 366 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, section 
127(a)(11) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ‘‘all portions of the Interstate Highway System in 
the State, laws (including regulations)’’ and inserting ‘‘that 
portion of the Maine Turnpike designated Route 95 and 
495, and that portion of Interstate Route 95 from the south-
ern terminus of the Maine Turnpike to the New Hampshire 
State line, laws (including regulations)’’. 
SEC. 195. The Secretary shall initiate an independent 
and comprehensive study and analysis to supplement that 
authorized under section 108, division C, of Public Law 
111–8: Provided, That the Department of Transportation 
shall work with and coordinate with the Departments of 
Energy, Commerce and Agriculture to develop a comprehen-
sive understanding of the full value of river flow support 
to users in the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers: Provided 
further, That subjects of analysis shall include energy (in-
cluding hydropower and generation cooling), and water 
transport (including water-compelled rates, projected total
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transportation congestion considerations, transportation 
energy efficiency, air quality and carbon emissions) and 
water users (including the number and distribution of peo-
ple, households, municipalities, and business throughout the 
Missouri and Mississippi River basins who use river water 
for multiple purposes): Provided further, That in addition 
to understanding current value, the Department is directed 
to work with appropriate Federal partners to develop rec-
ommendations on how to minimize impediments to growth 
and maximize water value of benefits related to energy pro-
duction and efficiency, congestion relief, trade and trans-
port efficiency, and air quality: Provided further, That the 
Department of Transportation shall provide its analysis 
and recommendations to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 
the White House, and the Congress: Provided further, That 
$2,000,000 is available until expended for such purposes. 
SEC. 196. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds made available under section 330 of the Fiscal Year 
2002 Department of Transportation and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act (Public Law 107–87) for the Las Vegas, 
Nevada Monorail Project, funds made available under sec-
tion 115 of the Fiscal Year 2004 Transportation, Treasury 
and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act (Public Law 
108–199) for the North Las Vegas Intermodal Transit Hub, 
and funds made available for the CATRAIL RTC Rail
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Project, Nevada in the Fiscal Year 2005 Transportation, 
Treasury, Independent Agencies and General Government 
Appropriations Act (Public Law 108–447), as well as any 
unexpended funds in the Federal Transit Administration 
grant numbers NV–03–0024 and NV–03–0027, shall be 
made available until expended to the Regional Transpor-
tation Commission of Southern Nevada for bus and bus- 
related projects and bus rapid transit projects: Provided, 
That the funds made available for a project in accordance 
with this section shall be administered under the terms and 
conditions set forth in 49 U.S.C. 5307, to the extent appli-
cable. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation Appropriations Act, 2010’’. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
EXECUTIVE DIRECTION 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Di-
rection, $25,969,000, of which not to exceed $4,619,000 shall 
be available for the immediate Office of the Secretary and 
Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $1,703,000 shall be avail-
able for the Office of Hearings and Appeals; not to exceed 
$778,000 shall be available for the Office of Small and Dis-
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advantaged Business Utilization; not to exceed $727,000 
shall be available for the immediate Office of the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer; not to exceed $1,474,000 shall be available 
for the immediate Office of the General Counsel; not to ex-
ceed $2,912,000 shall be available to the Office of the Assist-
ant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Re-
lations; not to exceed $3,110,000 shall be available for the 
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs; not to 
exceed $1,218,000 shall be available for the Office of the As-
sistant Secretary for Administration; not to exceed 
$2,125,000 shall be available to the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Public and Indian Housing; not to exceed 
$1,781,000 shall be available to the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development; not 
to exceed $3,497,000 shall be available to the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Housing, Federal Housing Commis-
sioner; not to exceed $1,097,000 shall be available to the 
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development 
and Research; and not to exceed $928,000 shall be available 
to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing 
and Equal Opportunity: Provided, That the Secretary of 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development is au-
thorized to transfer funds appropriated for any office fund-
ed under this heading to any other office funded under this 
heading following the written notification to the House and
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Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 
That no appropriation for any office shall be increased or 
decreased by more than 5 percent by all such transfers: Pro-
vided further, 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 
further, That the Secretary shall provide the Committees on 
Appropriations quarterly written notification regarding the 
status of pending congressional reports: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall provide all signed reports required 
by Congress electronically: Provided further, That not to ex-
ceed $25,000 of the amount made available under this para-
graph for the immediate Office of the Secretary shall be 
available for official reception and representation 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, $537,897,000, of which 
not to exceed $76,958,000 shall be available for the per-
sonnel compensation and benefits of the Office of Adminis-
tration; not to exceed $11,277,000 shall be available for the 
personnel compensation and benefits of the Office of Depart-
mental Operations and Coordination; not to exceed 
$51,275,000 shall be available for the personnel compensa-
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tion and benefits of the Office of Field Policy and Manage-
ment; not to exceed $14,649,000 shall be available for the 
personnel compensation and benefits of the Office of the 
Chief Procurement Officer; not to exceed $35,197,000 shall 
be available for the personnel compensation and benefits of 
the remaining staff in the Office of the Chief Financial Offi-
cer; not to exceed $89,062,000 shall be available for the per-
sonnel compensation and benefits of the remaining staff in 
the Office of the General Counsel; not to exceed $3,296,000 
shall be available for the personnel compensation and bene-
fits of the Office of Departmental Equal Employment Op-
portunity; not to exceed $1,393,000 shall be available for 
the personnel compensation and benefits for the Center for 
Faith-Based and Community Initiatives; not to exceed 
$2,400,000 shall be available for the personnel compensa-
tion and benefits for the Office of Sustainability; not to ex-
ceed $2,520,000 shall be available for the personnnel com-
pensation and benefits for the Office of Strategic Planning 
and Management; and not to exceed $249,870,000 shall be 
available for non-personnel expenses of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development: Provided, That, funds 
provided under this heading may be used for necessary ad-
ministrative and non-administrative expenses of the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development, not other-
wise provided for, including purchase of uniforms, or allow-
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ances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, funds appropriated under this head-
ing may be used for advertising and promotional 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 in-
cluded in Administration, Operations and Management to 
any other office included in Administration, Operations 
and Management only after such transfer has been sub-
mitted to, and received prior written approval by, the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That no appropriation for any office shall be in-
creased or decreased by more than 10 percent by all such 
transfers. 
PERSONNEL COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
For necessary personnel compensation and benefits ex-
penses of the Office of Public and Indian Housing, 
$197,074,000. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary personnel compensation and benefits ex-
penses of the Office of Community Planning and Develop-
ment mission area, $98,989,000.
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HOUSING 
For necessary personnel compensation and benefits ex-
penses of the Office of Housing, $374,887,000. 
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE 
ASSOCIATION 
For necessary personnel compensation and benefits ex-
penses of the Office of the Government National Mortgage 
Association, $11,095,000, to be derived from the GNMA 
guarantees of mortgage backed securities guaranteed loan 
receipt account. 
POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 
For necessary personnel compensation and benefits ex-
penses of the Office of Policy Development and Research, 
$21,138,000. 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
For necessary personnel compensation and benefits ex-
penses of the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Oppor-
tunity, $71,800,000. 
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, $7,151,000.
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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, 
$14,137,200,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be available on October 1, 2009 (in addition to the 
$4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this heading 
that will become available on October 1, 2009), and 
$4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be available on October 1, 2010: Provided, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading are provided 
as follows: 
(1) $16,339,200,000 shall be available for renew-
als of expiring section 8 tenant-based annual con-
tributions contracts (including renewals of enhanced 
vouchers under any provision of law authorizing such 
assistance under section 8(t) of the Act) and includ-
ing renewal of other special purpose vouchers initially 
funded in fiscal year 2008 and 2009 (such as Family 
Unification, Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing 
Vouchers and Non-elderly Disabled Vouchers): Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of
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law, from amounts provided under this paragraph 
and any carryover, the Secretary for the calendar 
year 2010 funding cycle shall provide renewal fund-
ing for each public housing agency based on voucher 
management system (VMS) leasing and cost data for 
the most recent Federal fiscal year and by applying 
the most recent Annual Adjustment Factor as estab-
lished by the Secretary, and by making any necessary 
adjustments for the costs associated with deposits to 
family self-sufficiency program escrow accounts or 
first-time renewals including tenant protection or 
HOPE VI vouchers: Provided further, That none of 
the funds provided under this paragraph may be used 
to fund a total number of unit months under lease 
which exceeds a public housing agency’s authorized 
level of units under contract: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall, to the extent necessary to stay 
within the amount specified under this paragraph 
(except as otherwise modified under this Act), pro 
rate each public housing agency’s allocation otherwise 
established pursuant to this paragraph: Provided fur-
ther, That except as provided in the last two provisos, 
the entire amount specified under this paragraph (ex-
cept as otherwise modified under this Act) shall be ob-
ligated to the public housing agencies based on the al-
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location 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 notification period with the prior 
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 Mov-
ing to Work agreements and shall be subject to the 
same pro rata adjustments under the previous pro-
visos: Provided further, That up to $150,000,000 shall 
be available only: (1) to adjust the allocations for 
public housing agencies, after application for an ad-
justment by a public housing agency that experienced 
a significant increase, as determined by the Sec-
retary, in renewal costs of tenant-based rental assist-
ance resulting from unforeseen circumstances or from 
portability under section 8(r) of the Act; (2) for ad-
justments for public housing agencies with voucher 
leasing rates at the end of the calendar year that ex-
ceed the average leasing for the 12-month period used 
to establish the allocation; (3) for adjustments for the 
costs associated with VASH vouchers; or (4) for 
vouchers that were not in use during the 12-month
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period in order to be available to meet a commitment 
pursuant to section 8(o)(13) of the Act; 
(2) $103,000,000 shall be for section 8 rental as-
sistance for relocation and replacement of housing 
units that are demolished or disposed of pursuant to 
the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appro-
priations Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–134), conver-
sion of section 23 projects to assistance under section 
8, the family unification program under section 8(x) 
of the Act, relocation of witnesses in connection with 
efforts to combat crime in public and assisted housing 
pursuant to a request from a law enforcement or 
prosecution agency, enhanced vouchers under any 
provision of law authorizing such assistance under 
section 8(t) of the Act, HOPE VI vouchers, manda-
tory and voluntary conversions, and tenant protection 
assistance including replacement and relocation as-
sistance or for project based assistance to prevent the 
displacement of unassisted elderly tenants currently 
residing in section 202 properties financed between 
1959 and 1974 that are refinanced pursuant to Pub-
lic Law 106–569, as amended, or under the authority 
as provided under this Act: Provided, That the Sec-
retary shall may provide replacement vouchers for all 
units that were occupied within the previous 24
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months that cease to be available as assisted housing, 
subject only to the availability of funds; 
(3) $1,550,000,000 shall be for administrative 
and other expenses of public housing agencies in ad-
ministering the section 8 tenant-based rental assist-
ance program, of which up to $50,000,000 shall be 
available to the Secretary to allocate to public hous-
ing agencies that need additional funds to administer 
their section 8 programs, including fees associated 
with section 8 tenant protection rental assistance, the 
administration of disaster related vouchers, Veterans 
Affairs Supportive Housing vouchers, and other in-
cremental vouchers: Provided, That no less than 
$1,500,000,000 of the amount provided in this para-
graph shall be allocated to public housing agencies for 
the calendar year 2010 funding cycle based on section 
8(q) of the Act (and related Appropriation Act provi-
sions) as in effect immediately before the enactment 
of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act 
of 1998 (Public Law 105–276): Provided further, 
That if the amounts made available under this para-
graph are insufficient to pay the amounts determined 
under the previous proviso, the Secretary may de-
crease the amounts allocated to agencies by a uniform 
percentage applicable to all agencies receiving fund-
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ing under this paragraph or may, to the extent nec-
essary to provide full payment of amounts determined 
under the previous proviso, utilize unobligated bal-
ances, including recaptures and carryovers, remain-
ing from funds appropriated to the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development under this heading, 
for fiscal year 2009 and prior fiscal years, notwith-
standing the purposes for which such amounts were 
appropriated: Provided further, That amounts pro-
vided under this paragraph shall be only for activities 
related to the provision of tenant-based rental assist-
ance authorized under section 8, including related de-
velopment activities; 
(4) $50,000,000 shall be available for family self- 
sufficiency coordinators under section 23 of the Act; 
(5) $20,000,000 for incremental voucher assist-
ance through the Family Unification Program: Pro-
vided, That the assistance made available under this 
paragraph shall continue to remain available for 
family unification upon turnover: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment shall make such funding available, notwith-
standing section 204 (competition provision) of this 
title, to entities with demonstrated experience and re-
sources for supportive services;
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(6) $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 
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
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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 
(7) up to $50,000,000 provided under this head-
ing maybe transferred to and merged with the appro-
priation for ‘‘Transformation Initiative’’. 
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND 
Unobligated balances, including recaptures and carry-
over, remaining from funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development under this head-
ing, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Hous-
ing’’ and the heading ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’, 
for fiscal year 2010 and prior years may be used for re-
newal of or amendments to section 8 project-based contracts 
and for performance-based contract administrators, not-
withstanding the purposes for which such funds were appro-
priated: Provided, That any obligated balances of contract 
authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior that have been 
terminated shall be permanently cancelled.
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PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND 
For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to 
carry out capital and management activities for public 
housing agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g) (the 
‘‘Act’’) $2,500,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2013: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law or regulation, during fiscal year 2010 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 up to $15,345,000 shall be to support 
the ongoing Public Housing Financial and Physical Assess-
ment activities of the Real Estate Assessment Center 
(REAC): Provided further, That no funds may be used 
under this heading for the purposes specified in section 9(k) 
of the Act: Provided further, That of the total amount pro-
vided under this heading, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall 
be available for the Secretary to make grants, notwith-
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standing section 204 of this Act, to public housing agencies 
for emergency capital needs including safety and security 
measures necessary to address crime and drug-related activ-
ity as well as needs resulting from unforeseen or unprevent-
able emergencies and natural disasters excluding Presi-
dentially declared emergencies and natural disasters under 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) occurring in fiscal year 2010: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts provided under this 
heading $50,000,000 shall be for grants to be competitively 
awarded to public housing agencies for the construction, re-
habilitation or purchase of facilities to be used to provide 
early education, adult education, job training or other ap-
propriate services to public housing residents: Provided fur-
ther, That grantees shall demonstrate an ability to leverage 
other Federal, State, local or private resources for the con-
struction, rehabilitation or acquisition of such facilities, 
and that selected grantees shall demonstrate a capacity to 
pay the long-term costs of operating such facilities: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount provided under this 
heading, $40,000,000 shall be for supportive services, service 
coordinators and congregate services as authorized by sec-
tion 34 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437z–6) and the Native 
American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 
of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.): Provided further, That
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of the total amount provided under this heading up to 
$8,820,000 is to support the costs of administrative and ju-
dicial receiverships: Provided further, That from the funds 
made available under this heading, the Secretary shall pro-
vide bonus awards in fiscal year 2010 to public housing 
agencies that are designated high performers. 
PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND 
For 2010 payments to public housing agencies for the 
operation and management of public housing, as authorized 
by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $4,750,000,000: Provided, That, in 
fiscal year 2009 and all fiscal years hereafter, no amounts 
under this heading in any appropriations Act may be used 
for payments to public housing agencies for the costs of op-
eration and management of public housing for any year 
prior to the current year of such Act: Provided further, That 
of the amounts made available under this heading, up to 
$15,000,000 may be transferred to and merged with the ap-
propriation for ‘‘Transformation Initiative’’. 
CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS 
For competitive grants under the Choice Neighborhoods 
Initiative for transformation, rehabilitation and replace-
ment housing needs of both public and HUD-assisted hous-
ing and to transform neighborhoods of poverty into func-
tioning, sustainable mixed income neighborhoods with ap-
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propriate services, public assets, transportation and access 
to jobs, and schools, including public schools, community 
schools, and charter schools, $250,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2013: Provided, That grant funds 
may be used for resident and community services, commu-
nity development and affordable housing needs in the com-
munity, and for conversion of vacant or foreclosed prop-
erties to affordable housing: Provided further, That grantees 
shall undertake comprehensive local planning with input 
from residents and the community, and that grantees shall 
provide a match in State, local, other Federal or private 
funds: Provided further, That grantees may include local 
governments, public housing authorities, and nonprofits: 
Provided further, That for-profit developers may apply 
jointly with a public entity: Provided further, That of the 
amounts provided, not less than $165,000,000 shall be 
awarded to public housing authorities: Provided further, 
That such grantees shall create partnerships with other 
local organizations including assisted housing owners, serv-
ice agencies and resident organizations: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall consult with the Secretaries of 
Education, Labor, Transportation, Health and Human 
Services, Agriculture, and Commerce and the Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agency to coordi-
nate and leverage other appropriate Federal resources: Pro-
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vided further, That within 60 days of the enactment of this 
Act, HUD shall submit a plan to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations, for approval, describing an 
array of performance measures that HUD will use in iden-
tifying functioning, sustainable, mixed-income neighbor-
hoods and a plan for how HUD will work with other agen-
cies: Provided further, That no more than ten percent of 
funds made available under this heading may be provided 
for planning grants to assist communities in developing 
comprehensive strategies for implementing this program in 
conjunction with community notice and input: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall develop and publish guide-
lines for the use of such competitive funds, including but 
not limited to eligible activities, program requirements, 
protections and services for affected residents, and perform-
ance metrics. 
NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS 
For the Native American Housing Block Grants pro-
gram, as authorized under title I of the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 
(NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $670,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That, notwith-
standing the Native American Housing Assistance and Self- 
Determination Act of 1996, to determine the amount of the 
allocation under title I of such Act for each Indian tribe,
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the Secretary shall apply the formula under section 302 of 
such Act with the need component based on single-race Cen-
sus data and with the need component based on multi-race 
Census data, and the amount of the allocation for each In-
dian tribe shall be the greater of the two resulting allocation 
amounts: Provided further, That of the amounts made 
available under this heading, $3,500,000 shall be contracted 
for assistance for a national organization representing Na-
tive American housing interests for providing training and 
technical assistance to Indian housing authorities and trib-
ally designated housing entities as authorized under 
NAHASDA; and $4,250,000 shall be to support the inspec-
tion of Indian housing units, contract expertise, training, 
and technical assistance in the training, oversight, and 
management of such Indian housing and tenant-based as-
sistance, including up to $300,000 for related travel: Pro-
vided further, That of the amount provided under this head-
ing, $2,000,000 shall be made available for the cost of guar-
anteed notes and other obligations, as authorized by title 
VI of NAHASDA: Provided further, That such costs, includ-
ing the costs of modifying such notes and other obligations, 
shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budg-
et Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these 
funds are available to subsidize the total principal amount
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of any notes and other obligations, any part of which is 
to be guaranteed, not to exceed $18,000,000. 
NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANT 
For the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant pro-
gram, as authorized under title VIII of the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 
U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $13,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of this amount, $300,000 shall be 
for training and technical assistance activities, including 
up to $100,000 for related travel by Hawaii-based HUD 
employees. 
INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sec-
tion 184 of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z), $7,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That such costs, including the 
costs of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur-
ther, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan 
principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, up to 
$919,000,000: Provided further, That up to $750,000 shall 
be for administrative contract expenses including manage-
ment processes and systems to carry out the loan guarantee 
program.
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NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sec-
tion 184A of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z), $1,044,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That such costs, including the 
costs of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur-
ther, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan 
principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to 
exceed $41,504,255. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS 
For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Per-
sons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS Hous-
ing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), 
$320,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2011, except that amounts allocated pursuant to section 
854(c)(3) of such Act shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2012: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew 
all expiring contracts for permanent supportive housing 
that were funded under section 854(c)(3) of such Act that 
meet all program requirements before awarding funds for 
new contracts and activities authorized under this section.
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For assistance to units of State and local government, 
and to other entities, for economic and community develop-
ment activities, and for other purposes, $4,450,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2012, unless otherwise 
specified: Provided, That of the total amount provided, 
$3,992,000,000 is for carrying out the community develop-
ment block grant program under title I of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1974, as amended (the 
‘‘Act’’ herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.): Provided further, 
That unless explicitly provided for under this heading (ex-
cept for planning grants provided in the second paragraph 
and amounts made available under the third paragraph), 
not to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with funds ap-
propriated under this heading shall be expended for plan-
ning and management development and administration: 
Provided further, That $65,000,000 shall be for grants to 
Indian tribes notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such Act, 
of which, notwithstanding any other provision of law (in-
cluding section 204 of this Act), up to $3,960,000 may be 
used for emergencies that constitute imminent threats to 
health and safety. 
Of the amount made available under this heading, 
$171,000,000 shall be available for grants for the Economic
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Development Initiative (EDI) to finance a variety of tar-
geted economic investments in accordance with the terms 
and conditions specified in the explanatory statement ac-
companying this Act: Provided, That none of the funds pro-
vided under this paragraph may be used for program oper-
ations: Provided further, That, for fiscal years 2007, 2008 
and 2009, no unobligated funds for EDI grants may be used 
for any purpose except acquisition, planning, design, pur-
chase of equipment, revitalization, redevelopment or con-
struction. 
Of the amount made available under this heading, 
$22,000,000 shall be available for neighborhood initiatives 
that are utilized to improve the conditions of distressed and 
blighted areas and neighborhoods, to stimulate investment, 
economic diversification, and community revitalization in 
areas with population outmigration or a stagnating or de-
clining economic base, or to determine whether housing ben-
efits can be integrated more effectively with welfare reform 
initiatives: Provided, That amounts made available under 
this paragraph shall be provided in accordance with the 
terms and conditions specified in the explanatory statement 
accompanying this Act. 
The referenced explanatory statement under this head-
ing in title II of division K of Public Law 110–161 is 
deemed to be amended by striking ‘‘Old Town Boys and
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Girls Club, Albuquerque, NM, for renovation of the existing 
Old Town Boys and Girls Club accompanied by construc-
tion of new areas for the Club’’ and inserting ‘‘Old Town 
Boys and Girls Club, Albuquerque, NM, for renovation of 
the Heights Boys and Girls Club’’. 
The referenced explanatory statement under this head-
ing in division I of Public Law 111–8 is deemed to be 
amended with respect to ‘‘Hawaii County Office of Housing 
and Community Development, HI’’ by striking ‘‘Senior 
Housing Renovation Project’’ and inserting ‘‘Transitional 
Housing Project’’. 
The referenced explanatory statement under the head-
ing ‘‘Community Development Fund’’ in title II of division 
K of Public Law 110–161 is deemed to be amended with 
respect to ‘‘Emergency Housing Consortium in San Jose, 
CA’’ by striking ‘‘for construction of the Sobrato Transi-
tional Center, a residential facility for homeless individuals 
and families’’ and inserting ‘‘for improvements to homeless 
services and prevention facilities’’. 
Of the amounts made available under this heading, 
$150,000,000 shall be made available for a Sustainable 
Communities Initiative to improve regional planning ef-
forts that integrate housing and transportation decisions, 
and increase the capacity to improve land use and zoning: 
Provided, That $100,000,000 shall be for Regional Inte-
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grated Planning Grants to support the linking of transpor-
tation and land use planning: Provided further, That not 
less than $25,000,000 of the funding made available for Re-
gional Integrated Planning Grants shall be awarded to met-
ropolitan areas of less than 500,000: Provided further, That 
$40,000,000 shall be for Community Challenge Planning 
Grants to foster reform and reduce barriers to achieve af-
fordable, economically vital, and sustainable communities: 
Provided further, That before funding is made available for 
Regional Integrated Planning Grants or Community Chal-
lenge Planning Grants, the Secretary, in coordination with 
the Secretary of Transportation, shall submit a plan to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, the Sen-
ate Committee on Banking and Urban Affairs, and the 
House Committee on Financial Services establishing grant 
criteria as well as performance measures by which the suc-
cess of grantees will be measured: Provided further, That 
the Secretary will consult with the Secretary of Transpor-
tation in selecting grant recipients: Provided further, That 
up to $10,000,000 shall be for a joint Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development and Department of Transpor-
tation research effort that shall include a rigorous evalua-
tion of the Regional Integrated Planning Grants and Com-
munity Challenge Planning Grants programs: Provided 
further, That of the amounts made available under this
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heading, $25,000,000 shall be made available for the Rural 
Innovation Fund for grants to Indian tribes, State housing 
finance agencies, State community and/or economic devel-
opment agencies, local rural nonprofits and community de-
velopment corporations to address the problems of con-
centrated rural housing distress and community poverty: 
Provided further, That of the funding made available under 
the previous proviso, $10,000,000 shall be made available 
to promote economic development and entrepreneurship for 
federally recognized Indian Tribes, through activities in-
cluding the capitalization of revolving loan programs and 
business planning and development, funding is also made 
available for technical assistance to increase capacity 
through training and outreach activities: Provided further, 
That of the amounts made available under this heading, 
$25,000,000 is for grants pursuant to section 107 of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 
U.S.C. 5307). 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, during fiscal year 2010, commitments to guarantee 
loans under section 108 of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974, any part of which is guaranteed, 
shall not exceed a total principal amount of $275,000,000,
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notwithstanding any aggregate limitation on outstanding 
obligations guaranteed in subsection (k) of such section 108: 
Provided, That the Secretary shall collect fees from bor-
rowers, notwithstanding subsection (m) of such section 108, 
to result in a credit subsidy cost of zero, and such fees shall 
be collected in accordance with section 502(7) of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974. 
HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM 
For the HOME investment partnerships program, as 
authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
Affordable Housing Act, as amended, $1,825,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2012: Provided, That, 
funds provided in prior appropriations Acts for technical 
assistance, that were made available for Community Hous-
ing Development Organizations technical assistance, and 
that still remain available, may be used for HOME tech-
nical assistance notwithstanding the purposes for which 
such amounts were appropriated. 
SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY 
PROGRAM 
For the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Op-
portunity Program, as authorized under section 11 of the 
Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, as 
amended, $85,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2012: Provided, That of the total amount provided
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under this heading, $27,000,000 shall be made available to 
the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Opportunity 
Program as authorized under section 11 of the Housing Op-
portunity Program Extension Act of 1996, as amended: 
Provided further, That $50,000,000 shall be made available 
for the second, third and fourth capacity building activities 
authorized under section 4(a) of the HUD Demonstration 
Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), of which not less than 
$5,000,000 may be made available for rural capacity build-
ing activities: Provided further, That $8,000,000 shall be 
made available for capacity building activities as author-
ized in sections 6301 through 6305 of Public Law 110–246. 
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the emergency shelter grants program as author-
ized under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act, as amended; the supportive hous-
ing program as authorized under subtitle C of title IV of 
such Act; the section 8 moderate rehabilitation single room 
occupancy program as authorized under the United States 
Housing Act of 1937, as amended, to assist homeless indi-
viduals pursuant to section 441 of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act; and the shelter plus care program 
as authorized under subtitle F of title IV of such Act, 
$1,875,000,000, of which $1,870,000,000 shall remain
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available until September 30, 2012, and of which 
$5,000,000 shall remain available until expended for reha-
bilitation projects with 10-year grant terms: Provided, That 
not less than 30 percent of funds made available, excluding 
amounts provided for renewals under the Shelter Plus Care 
Program and emergency shelter grants, shall be used for 
permanent housing for individuals and families: Provided 
further, That all funds awarded for services shall be 
matched by not less than 25 percent in funding by each 
grantee: Provided further, That for all match requirements 
applicable to funds made available under this heading for 
this fiscal year and prior years, a grantee may use (or could 
have used) as a source of match funds other funds adminis-
tered by the Secretary and other Federal agencies unless 
there is (or was) a specific statutory prohibition on any 
such use of any such funds: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall renew on an annual basis expiring contracts 
or amendments to contracts funded under the shelter plus 
care program if the program is determined to be needed 
under the applicable continuum of care and meets appro-
priate program requirements and financial standards, as 
determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That all 
awards of assistance under this heading shall be required 
to coordinate and integrate homeless programs with other 
mainstream health, social services, and employment pro-
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grams for which homeless populations may be eligible, in-
cluding Medicaid, State Children’s Health Insurance Pro-
gram, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Food 
Stamps, and services funding through the Mental Health 
and Substance Abuse Block Grant, Workforce Investment 
Act, and the Welfare-to-Work grant program: Provided fur-
ther, That up to $6,000,000 of the funds appropriated under 
this heading shall be available for the national homeless 
data analysis project: Provided further, That up to 
$12,750,000 of the funds made available under this heading 
may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 
for ‘‘Transformation Initiative’’: Provided further, That all 
balances for Shelter Plus Care renewals previously funded 
from the Shelter Plus Care Renewal account and trans-
ferred to this account shall be available, if recaptured, for 
Shelter Plus Care renewals in fiscal year 2010. 
HOUSING PROGRAMS 
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, $7,700,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, shall be available on October 1, 2009, 
and $400,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall
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be available on October 1, 2010: Provided, That the 
amounts made available under this heading are provided 
as follows: 
(1) Up to $7,868,000,000 shall be available for 
expiring or terminating section 8 project-based sub-
sidy contracts (including section 8 moderate rehabili-
tation contracts), for amendments to section 8 project- 
based subsidy contracts (including section 8 moderate 
rehabilitation contracts), for contracts entered into 
pursuant to section 441 of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11401), for re-
newal of section 8 contracts for units in projects that 
are subject to approved plans of action under the 
Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation Act of 
1987 or the Low-Income Housing Preservation and 
Resident Homeownership Act of 1990, and for admin-
istrative and other expenses associated with project- 
based activities and assistance funded under this 
paragraph. 
(2) Not less than $232,000,000 but not to exceed 
$258,000,000 shall be available for performance-based 
contract administrators for section 8 project-based as-
sistance: Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development may also use such amounts for 
performance-based contract administrators for the ad-
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tract administrators, notwithstanding the purposes 
for which such amounts were appropriated. 
HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For capital advances, including amendments to cap-
ital advance contracts, for housing for the elderly, as au-
thorized by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as 
amended, and for project rental assistance for the elderly 
under section 202(c)(2) of such Act, including amendments 
to contracts for such assistance and renewal of expiring con-
tracts for such assistance for up to a 1-year term, and for 
supportive 
services 
associated 
with 
the 
housing, 
$785,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2013, of which up to $542,000,000 shall be for capital ad-
vance and project-based rental assistance awards: Provided, 
That amounts for project rental assistance contracts are to 
remain available for the liquidation of valid obligations for 
10 years following the date of such obligation: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amount provided under this heading, up 
to $90,000,000 shall be for service coordinators and the con-
tinuation of existing congregate service grants for residents 
of assisted housing projects, and of which up to $25,000,000 
shall be for grants under section 202b of the Housing Act 
of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q–2) for conversion of eligible 
projects under such section to assisted living or related use
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and for substantial and emergency capital repairs as deter-
mined by the Secretary: Provided further, That of the 
amount made available under this heading, $20,000,000 
shall be available to the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development only for making competitive grants to private 
nonprofit organizations and consumer cooperatives for cov-
ering costs of architectural and engineering work, site con-
trol, and other planning relating to the development of sup-
portive housing for the elderly that is eligible for assistance 
under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 
1701q): Provided further, That amounts under this heading 
shall be available for Real Estate Assessment Center inspec-
tions and inspection-related activities associated with sec-
tion 202 capital advance projects: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may waive the provisions of section 202 gov-
erning the terms and conditions of project rental assistance, 
except that the initial contract term for such assistance 
shall not exceed 5 years in duration. 
HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For capital advance contracts, including amendments 
to capital advance contracts, for supportive housing for per-
sons with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of the 
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 
U.S.C. 8013), for project rental assistance for supportive
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housing for persons with disabilities under section 
811(d)(2) of such Act, including amendments to contracts 
for such assistance and renewal of expiring contracts for 
such assistance for up to a 1-year term, and for supportive 
services associated with the housing for persons with dis-
abilities as authorized by section 811(b)(1) of such Act, and 
for tenant-based rental assistance contracts entered into 
pursuant to section 811 of such Act, $265,000,000, of which 
up to $129,000,000 shall be for capital advances and 
project-based rental assistance contracts, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2013: Provided, That amounts for 
project rental assistance contracts are to remain available 
for the liquidation of valid obligations for 10 years fol-
lowing the date of such obligation: Provided further, That, 
of the amount provided under this heading, $87,100,000 
shall be for amendments or renewal of tenant-based assist-
ance contracts entered into prior to fiscal year 2005 (only 
one amendment authorized for any such contract): Provided 
further, That all tenant-based assistance made available 
under this heading shall continue to remain available only 
to persons with disabilities: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may waive the provisions of section 811 governing 
the terms and conditions of project rental assistance and 
tenant-based assistance, except that the initial contract 
term for such assistance shall not exceed 5 years in dura-
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tion: Provided further, That amounts made available under 
this heading shall be available for Real Estate Assessment 
Center inspections and inspection-related activities associ-
ated with section 811 Capital Advance Projects. 
HOUSING COUNSELING ASSISTANCE 
For contracts, grants, and other assistance excluding 
loans, as authorized under section 106 of the Housing and 
Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended, $100,000,000, 
including up to $2,500,000 for administrative contract 
services, to remain available until September 30, 2011: Pro-
vided, That funds shall be used for providing counseling 
and advice to tenants and homeowners, both current and 
prospective, with respect to property maintenance, finan-
cial management/literacy, and such other matters as may 
be appropriate to assist them in improving their housing 
conditions, meeting their financial needs, and fulfilling the 
responsibilities of tenancy or homeownership; for program 
administration; and for housing counselor training: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts made available under 
this heading, not less than $15,000,000 shall be awarded 
to HUD-certified housing counseling agencies located in the 
100 metropolitan statistical areas with the highest rate of 
home foreclosures for the purpose of assisting homeowners 
with inquiries regarding mortgage-modification assistance 
and mortgage scams.
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ENERGY INNOVATION FUND 
For an Energy Innovation Fund to enable the Federal 
Housing Administration and the new Office of Sustain-
ability to catalyze innovations in the residential energy effi-
ciency sector that have promise of replicability and help 
create a standardized home energy efficient retrofit market, 
$75,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013: 
Provided, That $20,000,000 shall be for the Energy Effi-
cient Mortgage Innovation pilot program, directed at the 
single family housing market: Provided further, That 
$20,000,000 shall be for the Multifamily Energy Pilot, di-
rected at the multifamily housing market: Provided further, 
That $35,000,000 shall be for the Local Initiatives Fund 
so as to leverage additional public and private sector cap-
ital to stimulate the development of model residential en-
ergy efficient retrofits in ten or more communities: Pro-
vided further, That selected communities shall have dem-
onstrated capacity to conduct energy efficient retrofit ac-
tivities, and no community shall receive more than 
$10,000,000. 
OTHER ASSISTED HOUSING PROGRAMS 
RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE 
For amendments to contracts under section 101 of the 
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 
1701s) and section 236(f)(2) of the National Housing Act
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(12 U.S.C. 1715z–1) in State-aided, non-insured rental 
housing projects, $40,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
RENT SUPPLEMENT 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the amounts recaptured from terminated contracts 
under section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development 
Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s) and section 236 of the Na-
tional Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1) $27,600,000 are 
rescinded hereby permanently cancelled: Provided, That no 
amounts may be cancelled from amounts that were des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur-
suant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985, as amended. 
PAYMENT TO MANUFACTURED HOUSING FEES TRUST FUND 
For necessary expenses as authorized by the National 
Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards 
Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), up to $16,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which $7,000,000 is 
to be derived from the Manufactured Housing Fees Trust 
Fund: Provided, That not to exceed the total amount appro-
priated under this heading shall be available from the gen-
eral fund of the Treasury to the extent necessary to incur 
obligations and make expenditures pending the receipt of
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collections to the Fund pursuant to section 620 of such Act: 
Provided further, That the amount made available under 
this heading from the general fund shall be reduced as such 
collections are received during fiscal year 2010 so as to re-
sult in a final fiscal year 2010 appropriation from the gen-
eral fund estimated at not more than $9,000,000 and fees 
pursuant to such section 620 shall be modified as necessary 
to ensure such a final fiscal year 2010 appropriation: Pro-
vided further, That for the dispute resolution and installa-
tion programs, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment may assess and collect fees from any program par-
ticipant: Provided further, That such collections shall be de-
posited into the Fund, and the Secretary, as provided here-
in, may use such collections, as well as fees collected under 
section 620, for necessary expenses of such Act: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding the requirements of section 
620 of such Act, the Secretary may carry out responsibil-
ities of the Secretary under such Act through the use of ap-
proved service providers that are paid directly by the recipi-
ents of their services. 
FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION 
MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
During fiscal year 2010, commitments to guarantee 
single family loans insured under the Mutual Mortgage In-
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surance Fund shall not exceed a loan principal of 
$400,000,000,000: Provided, That for the cost of new guar-
anteed loans, as authorized by section 255 of the National 
Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–20), $288,000,000; and, in 
addition, to the extent that new guaranteed loan commit-
ments 
under 
section 
255 
will 
and 
do 
exceed 
$30,000,000,000, an additional $26,600 shall be available 
for each $1,000,000 in such additional commitments (in-
cluding a pro rata amount for any new guaranteed loan 
commitment amount below $1,000,000): Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall reduce the principal limit factors 
applicable to mortgage loans insured under such section 255 
in fiscal year 2010 by 5 percent from what was assumed 
for calculating the subsidy rates published in the President’s 
budget for fiscal year 2010: Provided further, That during 
fiscal year 2010, obligations to make direct loans to carry 
out the purposes of section 204(g) of the National Housing 
Act, as amended, shall not exceed $50,000,000: Provided 
further, That the foregoing amount shall be for loans to non-
profit and governmental entities in connection with sales 
of single family real properties owned by the Secretary and 
formerly insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance 
Fund. For administrative contract expenses, of the federal 
housing administration $188,900,000, of $70,794,000 may 
be transferred to the Working capital fund, and of which
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up to $7,500,000 shall be for education and outreach of 
FHA single family loan products: Provided further, That 
to the extent guaranteed loan commitments exceed 
$200,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 2010, an additional 
$1,400 for administrative contract expenses shall be avail-
able for each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan 
commitments (including a pro rata amount for any 
amount below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made 
available by this proviso exceed $30,000,000. 
GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sec-
tions 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 
1715z–3 and 1735c), including the cost of loan guarantee 
modifications, as that term is defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended, $8,600,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That com-
mitments 
to 
guarantee 
loans 
shall 
not 
exceed 
$15,000,000,000 in total loan principal, any part of which 
is to be guaranteed. 
Gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
loans, as authorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 
519(a) of the National Housing Act, shall not exceed 
$20,000,000, which shall be for loans to nonprofit and gov-
ernmental entities in connection with the sale of single-fam-
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ily real properties owned by the Secretary and formerly in-
sured under such Act. 
GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION 
GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN 
GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out the 
purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act, as 
amended 
(12 
U.S.C. 
1721(g)), 
shall 
not 
exceed 
$500,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2011. 
POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 
For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of pro-
grams of research and studies relating to housing and 
urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized 
by title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 
1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), including carrying out 
the functions of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment under section 1(a)(1)(I) of Reorganization Plan No. 
2 of 1968, $48,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2011. 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES 
For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not other-
wise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing
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Amendments Act of 1988, and section 561 of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended, 
$72,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2011, 
of which $42,500,000 shall be to carry out activities pursu-
ant to such section 561 of which up to $2,000,000 shall be 
made available to carryout authorized activities to protect 
the public from mortgage rescue scams: Provided, That not-
withstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary may assess and 
collect fees to cover the costs of the Fair Housing Training 
Academy, and may use such funds to provide such training: 
Provided further, That no funds made available under this 
heading shall be used to lobby the executive or legislative 
branches of the Federal Government in connection with a 
specific contract, grant or loan: Provided further, That of 
the funds made available under this heading, $500,000 shall 
be available to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment for the creation and promotion of translated mate-
rials and other programs that support the assistance of per-
sons with limited English proficiency in utilizing the serv-
ices provided by the Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment.
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OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY 
HOMES 
LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION 
For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as Author-
ized by section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint 
Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, $140,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2011, of which not less than 
$20,000,000 shall be for the Healthy Homes Initiative, pur-
suant to sections 501 and 502 of the Housing and Urban 
Development Act of 1970 that shall include research, stud-
ies, testing, and demonstration efforts, including education 
and outreach concerning lead-based paint poisoning and 
other housing-related diseases and hazards: Provided, That 
for purposes of environmental review, pursuant to the Na-
tional Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 
et seq.) and other provisions of the law that further the pur-
poses of such Act, a grant under the Healthy Homes Initia-
tive, Operation Lead Elimination Action Plan (LEAP), or 
the Lead Technical Studies program under this heading or 
under prior appropriations Acts for such purposes under 
this heading, shall be considered to be funds for a special 
project for purposes of section 305(c) of the Multifamily 
Housing Property Disposition Reform Act of 1994: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount made available 
under this heading, $48,000,000 shall be made available on
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a competitive basis for areas with the highest lead paint 
abatement needs: Provided further, That each recipient of 
funds provided under the second proviso shall make a 
matching contribution in an amount not less than 25 per-
cent: Provided further, That the Secretary may waive the 
matching requirement cited in the preceding proviso on a 
case by case basis if the Secretary determines that such a 
waiver is necessary to advance the purposes of this pro-
gram: Provided further, That each applicant shall submit 
a detailed plan and strategy that demonstrates adequate ca-
pacity that is acceptable to the Secretary to carry out the 
proposed use of funds pursuant to a notice of funding avail-
ability: Provided further, That amounts made available 
under this heading in this or prior appropriations Acts, 
and that still remain available, may be used for any pur-
pose under this heading notwithstanding the purpose for 
which such amounts were appropriated if a program com-
petition is undersubscribed and there are other program 
competitions under this heading that are oversubscribed: 
Provided further, That of the total amount made available 
under this heading, $250,000 shall be allocated through the 
Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control to con-
duct communications and outreach to potential applicants 
to the Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant pro-
gram.
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MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For additional capital for the Working Capital Fund 
(42 U.S.C. 3535) for the maintenance of infrastructure for 
Department-wide information technology systems, for the 
continuing operation and maintenance of both Department- 
wide and program-specific information systems, and for 
program-related maintenance activities, $200,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2011: 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 appro-
priated by previously enacted appropriations Acts or from 
within this Act may be used for the purposes specified under 
this Fund, in addition to the purposes for which such 
amounts were appropriated: Provided further, That up to 
$15,000,000 may be transferred to this account from all 
other accounts in this title (except for the Office of the In-
spector General account) that make funds available for sala-
ries and expenses. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of In-
spector General in carrying out the Inspector General Act 
of 1978, as amended, $126,000,000: Provided, That the In-
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spector General shall have independent authority over all 
personnel issues within this office. 
TRANSFORMATION INITIATIVE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for combating mortgage fraud, 
$20,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
In addition, of the amounts made available in this Act 
under each of the following headings under this title, the 
Secretary may transfer to, and merge with, this account 
up to 1 percent from each such account, and such trans-
ferred amounts shall be available until September 30, 2013, 
for (1) research, evaluation, and program metrics; (2) pro-
gram demonstrations; (3) technical assistance and capacity 
building; and (4) information technology: ‘‘Public Housing 
Capital Fund’’, ‘‘Choice Neighborhoods Initiative’’, ‘‘En-
ergy Innovation Fund’’, ‘‘Housing Opportunities for Per-
sons With AIDS’’, ‘‘Community Development Fund’’, 
‘‘HOME Investment Partnerships Program’’, ‘‘Self-Help 
and Assisted Homeownership Opportunity Program’’, 
‘‘Housing for the Elderly’’, ‘‘Housing for Persons With Dis-
abilities’’, ‘‘Housing Counseling Assistance’’, ‘‘Payment to 
Manufactured Housing Fees Trust Fund’’, ‘‘Mutual Mort-
gage Insurance Program Account’’, ‘‘General and Special 
Risk Program Account’’, ‘‘Research and Technology’’, 
‘‘Lead Hazard Reduction’’, ‘‘Rental Housing Assistance’’,
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and ‘‘Fair Housing Activities’’: Provided, That of the 
amounts made available under this paragraph, not less 
than $100,000,000 shall be available for information tech-
nology modernization, including development and deploy-
ment of a Next Generation of Voucher Management System 
and development and deployment of modernized Federal 
Housing Administration systems: Provided further, That 
not more than 25 percent of the funds made available for 
information technology modernization may be obligated 
until the Secretary submits to the Committees on Appro-
priations a plan for expenditure that (1) identifies for each 
modernization project (a) the functional and performance 
capabilities to be delivered and the mission benefits to be 
realized, (b) the estimated lifecycle cost, and (c) key mile-
stones to be met; (2) demonstrates that each modernization 
project is (a) compliant with the department’s enterprise 
architecture, (b) being managed in accordance with appli-
cable lifecycle management policies and guidance, (c) sub-
ject to the department’s capital planning and investment 
control requirements, and (d) supported by an adequately 
staffed project office; and (3) has been reviewed by the Gov-
ernment Accountability Office: Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available under this paragraph, not less 
than $40,000,000 shall be available for technical assistance 
and capacity building: Provided further, That technical as-
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sistance activities shall include, technical assistance for 
HUD programs, including HOME, Community Develop-
ment Block Grant, homeless programs, HOPE VI, Choice 
Neighborhoods, Public Housing, the Housing Choice Vouch-
er Program, Fair Housing Initiative Program, Housing 
Counseling, Health Homes, Sustainable Communities, En-
ergy Innovation Fund and other technical assistance as de-
termined by the Secretary: Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available for research, evaluation and pro-
gram metrics and program demonstrations, the Secretary 
shall include an assessment of the housing needs of Native 
Americans: Provided further, That of the amounts made 
available for research, evaluation and program metrics and 
program demonstrations, the Secretary shall include plan-
ning, demonstrations, or evaluations related to pre-pur-
chase housing counseling and the Moving-to-Work dem-
onstration program: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall submit a plan to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations for approval detailing how the funding 
provided under this heading will be allocated to each of the 
four categories identified under this heading and for what 
projects or activities funding will be used: Provided further, 
That following the initial approval of this plan, the Sec-
retary may amend the plan with the approval of the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 
URBAN DEVELOPMENT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget au-
thority, or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts 
associated with such budget authority, that are recaptured 
from projects described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart 
B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 
(42 U.S.C. 1437 note) shall be rescission or in the case of 
cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such amounts 
of budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescission 
or remitted to the Treasury shall be used by State housing 
finance agencies or local governments or local housing agen-
cies with projects approved by the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development for which settlement occurred after 
January 1, 1992, in accordance with such section. Notwith-
standing the previous sentence, the Secretary may award 
up to 15 percent of the budget authority or cash recaptured 
and not rescission 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 2010 to investigate 
or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise law-
ful activity engaged in by one or more persons, including
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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 2010 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 2010 under such clause (ii) because the 
areas in the State outside of the metropolitan statis-
tical areas that qualify under clause (I) in fiscal year 
2010 do not have the number of cases of acquired im-
munodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) required under 
such clause. 
(b) The amount of the allocation and grant for any 
State described in subsection (a) shall be an amount based 
on the cumulative number of AIDS cases in the areas of 
that State that are outside of metropolitan statistical areas 
that qualify under clause (I) of such section 854(c)(1)(A)
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in fiscal year 2010, in proportion to AIDS cases among 
cities and States that qualify under clauses (I) and (ii) of 
such section and States deemed eligible under subsection 
(a). 
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
amount allocated for fiscal year 2010 under section 854(c) 
of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 
12903(c)), to the City of New York, New York, on behalf 
of the New York-Wayne-White Plains, New York-New Jersey 
Metropolitan Division (hereafter ‘‘metropolitan division’’) 
of the New York-Newark-Edison, NY-NJ-PA Metropolitan 
Statistical Area, shall be adjusted by the Secretary of Hous-
ing and Urban Development by: (1) allocating to the City 
of Jersey City, New Jersey, the proportion of the metropoli-
tan 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 Jer-
sey, the proportion of the metropolitan area’s or division’s 
amount that is based on the number of cases of AIDS re-
ported in the portion of the metropolitan area or division 
that is located in Bergen County and Passaic County, New
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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 metropoli-
tan division that is located in New Jersey. 
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
amount allocated for fiscal year 2010 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 3 year period. 
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 
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,
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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 Act 
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 
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 2010 for such corporation or agency 
except as hereinafter provided: Provided, That collections
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of these corporations and agencies may be used for new loan 
or mortgage purchase commitments only to the extent ex-
pressly 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 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) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the amount allocated for fiscal year 2010 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
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the number of cases of AIDS reported in the portion of the 
metropolitan division that is located in New Jersey, and 
adjusting for the proportion of the metropolitan division’s 
high incidence bonus if this area in New Jersey also has 
a higher than average per capita incidence of AIDS. The 
State of New Jersey shall use amounts allocated to the State 
under this subsection to carry out eligible activities under 
section 855 of the 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 other-
wise would be allocated for fiscal year 2010 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 
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) within such metropolitan sta-
tistical area. 
(c) 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
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fiscal year 2010 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 in proportion to 
the number of cases of AIDS reported in the portion of the 
metropolitan statistical area located in that State. Any 
amounts allocated to a State under this section shall be used 
to carry out eligible activities within the portion of the met-
ropolitan statistical area located in that State. 
SEC. 210. The President’s formal budget request for fis-
cal year 2011, as well as the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development’s congressional budget justifications to 
be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, shall use the iden-
tical account and sub-account structure provided under this 
Act. 
SEC. 211. A public housing agency or such other entity 
that administers Federal housing assistance for the Housing 
Authority of the county of Los Angeles, California, the 
States of Alaska, Iowa, and Mississippi shall not be re-
quired to include a resident of public housing or a recipient
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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 
establish an advisory board of not less than six residents 
of public 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. 212. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, subject to the conditions listed in subsection (b), for 
fiscal years 2009 and 2010, the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development may authorize the transfer of some or 
all project-based assistance, debt and statutorily required 
low-income and very low-income use restrictions, associated 
with one or more multifamily housing project to another 
multifamily housing project or projects.
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(b) The transfer authorized in subsection (a) is subject 
to the following conditions: 
(1) The number of low-income and very low-in-
come units and the net dollar amount of Federal as-
sistance provided by the transferring project shall re-
main the same in the receiving project or projects. 
(2) The transferring project shall, as determined 
by the Secretary, be either physically obsolete or eco-
nomically non-viable. 
(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. 
(6) The Secretary determines that this transfer is 
in the best interest of the tenants.
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(7) If either the transferring project or the re-
ceiving project or projects meets the condition speci-
fied in subsection (c)(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. 
(8) If the transferring project meets the require-
ments of subsection (c)(2)(E), 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) Any financial risk to the FHA General and 
Special Risk Insurance Fund, as determined by the 
Secretary, would be reduced as a result of a transfer 
completed under this section. 
(10) The Secretary determines that Federal li-
ability with regard to this project will not be in-
creased. 
(c) For purposes of this section— 
(1) the terms ‘‘low-income’’ and ‘‘very low-in-
come’’ shall have the meanings provided by the statute
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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; or 
(E) 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;
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(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; and 
(E) assistance payments made under sec-
tion 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959; 
(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 use low-income and very 
low-income 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
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(6) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development. 
SEC. 213. The funds made available for Native Alas-
kans under the heading ‘‘Native American Housing Block 
Grants’’ in title III of this Act shall be allocated to the same 
Native Alaskan housing block grant recipients that received 
funds in fiscal year 2005. 
SEC. 214. 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. 215. (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.
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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) that an 
individual receives under the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), from private sources, or an institu-
tion of higher education (as defined under the Higher Edu-
cation 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 dependent children. 
SEC. 216. Notwithstanding the limitation in the first 
sentence of section 255(g) of the National Housing Act (12 
U.S.C. 1715z–g)), the Secretary of Housing and Urban De-
velopment may, until September 30, 2010, insure and enter 
into commitments to insure mortgages under section 255(g) 
of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–20). 
SEC. 217. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
in fiscal year 2010, in managing and disposing of any mul-
tifamily property that is owned or has a mortgage held by
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the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Sec-
retary shall maintain any rental assistance payments 
under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
and other programs that are attached to any dwelling units 
in the property. To the extent the Secretary determines, in 
consultation with the tenants and the local government, that 
such a multifamily property owned or held by the Secretary 
is not feasible for continued rental assistance payments 
under such section 8 or other programs, based on consider-
ation 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 also take appropriate steps to ensure that project-based 
contracts remain in effect prior to foreclosure, subject to the 
exercise of contractual abatement remedies to assist reloca-
tion of tenants for imminent major threats to health and 
safety. After disposition of any multifamily property de-
scribed under this section, the contract and allowable rent
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levels on such properties shall be subject to the requirements 
under section 524 of MAHRAA. 
SEC. 218. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment shall report quarterly to the House of Representa-
tives and Senate Committees on Appropriations on HUD’s 
use of all sole source contracts, including terms of the con-
tracts, cost, and a substantive rationale for using a sole 
source contract. 
SEC. 219. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the recipient of a grant under section 202b of the Housing 
Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q) after December 26, 2000, 
in accordance with the unnumbered paragraph at the end 
of section 202(b) of such Act, may, at its option, establish 
a single-asset nonprofit entity to own the project and may 
lend the grant funds to such entity, which may be a private 
nonprofit organization described in section 831 of the 
American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act 
of 2000. 
SEC. 220. (a) The amounts provided under the sub-
heading ‘‘Program Account’’ under the heading ‘‘Commu-
nity Development Loan Guarantees’’ 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-
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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. 
(b) Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment shall promulgate regulations governing the adminis-
tration of the funds described under subsection (a). 
SEC. 221. Section 24 of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (m)(1), by striking ‘‘2009’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2010’’; and 
(2) in subsection (o), by striking ‘‘September 30, 
2009’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2010’’. 
SEC. 222. 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. 223. With respect to the use of amounts provided 
in this Act and in future Acts for the operation, capital
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improvement and management of public housing as author-
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. 224. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment shall report quarterly to the House of Representa-
tives and Senate Committees on Appropriations on the sta-
tus of all section 8 project-based housing, including the 
number of all project-based units by region as well as an 
analysis of all federally subsidized housing being refinanced 
under the Mark-to-Market program. The Secretary shall in 
the report identify all existing units maintained by region 
as section 8 project-based units and all project-based units 
that have opted out of section 8 or have otherwise been 
eliminated as section 8 project-based units. The Secretary 
shall identify in detail and by project all the efforts made
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by the Department to preserve all section 8 project-based 
housing units and all the reasons for any units which opted 
out or otherwise were lost as section 8 project-based units. 
Such analysis shall include a review of the impact of the 
loss of any subsidized units in that housing marketplace, 
such as the impact of cost and the loss of available sub-
sidized, low-income housing in areas with scarce housing 
resources for low-income families. 
SEC. 225. 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, not later than 
90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, a trained 
allotment holder shall be designated for each HUD sub-
account under the headings ‘‘Executive Direction’’ and 
heading ‘‘Administration, Operations, and Management’’ 
as well as each account receiving appropriations for ‘‘per-
sonnel compensation and benefits’’ within the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development. 
SEC. 226. Payment of attorney fees in program-related 
litigation must be paid from individual program office per-
sonnel benefits and compensation funding. The annual
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budget submission for program office personnel benefit and 
compensation funding must include program-related litiga-
tion costs for attorney fees as a separate line item request. 
SEC. 227. The Secretary of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development shall for Fiscal Year 2010 and 
subsequent fiscal years, notify the public through the Fed-
eral 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 2010 and subsequent fiscal 
years, the Secretary may make the NOFA available only 
on the Internet at the appropriate government website or 
websites or through other electronic media, as determined 
by the Secretary. 
PREPAYMENT AND REFINANCING 
SEC. 228. (a) APPROVAL OF PREPAYMENT OF DEBT.— 
Upon request of the project sponsor of a project assisted with 
a loan under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (as 
in effect before the enactment of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-
tional Affordable Housing Act), for which the Secretary’s 
consent to prepayment is required, the Secretary shall ap-
prove the prepayment of any indebtedness to the Secretary
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relating to any remaining principal and interest under the 
loan as part of a prepayment plan under which— 
(1) the project sponsor agrees to operate the 
project until the maturity date of the original loan 
under terms at least as advantageous to existing and 
future tenants as the terms required by the original 
loan agreement or any project-based rental assistance 
payments contract under section 8 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (or any other project- 
based rental housing assistance programs of the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development, in-
cluding the rent supplement program under section 
101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 
1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s)) or any successor project- 
based rental assistance program, except as provided 
by subsection (a)(2)(B); and 
(2) the prepayment may involve refinancing of 
the loan if such refinancing results— 
(A) in a lower interest rate on the principal 
of the loan for the project and in reductions in 
debt service related to such loan; or 
(B) in the case of a project that is assisted 
with a loan under such section 202 carrying an 
interest rate of 6 percent or lower, a transaction 
under which—
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the Secretary for properties owned by 
eligible owners (as such term is defined 
in section 202(k) of the Housing Act of 
1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q(k)); 
(iv) the project owner may charge ten-
ants rent sufficient to meet debt service pay-
ments and operating cost requirements, as 
approved by the Secretary, if project-based 
rental assistance is not available or is in-
sufficient for the debt service and operating 
cost of the project after refinancing. Such 
approval by the Secretary— 
(I) shall be the basis for the owner 
to agree to terminate the project-based 
rental assistance contract that is insuf-
ficient for the debt service and oper-
ating cost of the project after refi-
nancing; and 
(II) shall be an eligibility event 
for the project for purposes of section 
8(t) of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)); 
(v) units to be occupied by tenants as-
sisted under section 8(t) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.
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1437f(t)) shall, upon termination of the oc-
cupancy of such tenants, become eligible for 
project-based 
assistance 
under 
section 
8(o)(13) of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)) without 
regard to the percentage limitations pro-
vided in such section; and 
(vi) there shall be a use agreement of 
20 years from the date of the maturity date 
of the original 202 loan for all units, in-
cluding units to be occupied by tenants as-
sisted under section 8(t) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f(t)). 
USE OF SURPLUS FEDERAL PROPERTY FOR THE HOMELESS 
SEC. 229. No property identified by the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development as surplus Federal prop-
erty for use to assist the homeless shall be made available 
to any homeless group unless the group is a member in good 
standing under any of HUD’s homeless assistance programs 
or is in good standing with any other program which re-
ceives funds from any other Federal or State agency or enti-
ty: Provided, That an exception may be made for an entity 
not involved with Federal homeless programs to use surplus 
Federal property for the homeless only after the Secretary
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or another responsible Federal agency has fully and com-
prehensively reviewed all relevant finances of the entity, the 
track record of the entity in assisting the homeless, the abil-
ity of the entity to manage the property, including all costs, 
the ability of the entity to administer homeless programs 
in a manner that is effective to meet the needs of the home-
less population that is expected to use the property and any 
other related issues that demonstrate a commitment to as-
sist the homeless: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
not require the entity to have cash in hand in order to dem-
onstrate financial ability but may rely on the entity’s prior 
demonstrated fundraising ability or commitments for in- 
kind donations of goods and services: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall make all such information and its deci-
sion regarding the award of the surplus property available 
to the committees of jurisdiction, including a full justifica-
tion of the appropriateness of the use of the property to as-
sist the homeless as well as the appropriateness of the group 
seeking to obtain the property to use such property to assist 
the homeless: Provided further, That, this section shall 
apply to properties in fiscal year 2009 and 2010 made 
available as surplus Federal property for use to assist the 
homeless. 
SEC. 230. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment shall increase, pursuant to this section, the number
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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 three Public Housing Agencies 
that meet the following requirements: is a High Performing 
Agency under the Public Housing Assessment System 
(PHAS). No PHA shall be granted this designation through 
this section that administers in excess of 5,000 aggregate 
housing vouchers and public housing units. No PHA grant-
ed this designation through this section shall receive more 
funding under sections 8 or 9 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 than they otherwise would have received absent 
this designation. In addition to other reporting require-
ments, all Moving-to-Work agencies shall report financial 
data to the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment as specified by the Secretary, so that the effect of Mov-
ing-to-Work policy changes can be measured. 
SEC. 231. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
in determining the market value of any multifamily real 
property or multifamily loan for any noncompetitive sale 
to a State or local government, the Secretary shall in fiscal 
year 2010 consider, but not be limited to, industry standard 
appraisal practices, including the cost of repairs needed to 
bring the property into such condition as to satisfy min-
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imum State and local code standards and the cost of main-
taining the affordability restrictions imposed by the Sec-
retary on the multifamily real property or multifamily 
loan. 
SEC. 232. The Secretary of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development is authorized to transfer up to 5 
percent of funds appropriated for any account under this 
title under the heading ‘‘Personnel Compensation and Bene-
fits’’ to any other account under this title under the heading 
‘‘Personnel Compensation and Benefits’’ only after such 
transfer has been submitted to, and received prior written 
approval by, the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided, That, no appropriation for any such 
account shall be increased or decreased by more than 10 
percent by all such transfers. 
SEC. 233. 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. 
REPORT ON COST OF GOVERNMENT-OWNED RESIDENTIAL 
HOMES 
SEC. 234. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Hous-
ing and Urban Development shall prepare a report, and 
post such report on the public website of the Department