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as a metropolitan city (as defined in section 102 of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) with 
respect to grants under section 106 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5306). 
SEC. 232. Amounts made available under this Act which are 
either appropriated, allocated, advanced on a reimbursable basis, 
or transferred to the Office of Policy Development and Research 
in the Department of Housing and Urban Development and func-
tions thereof, for research, evaluation, or statistical purposes, and 
which are unexpended at the time of completion of a contract, 
grant, or cooperative agreement, may be deobligated and shall 
immediately become available and may be reobligated in that fiscal 
year or the subsequent fiscal year for the research, evaluation, 
or statistical purposes for which the amounts are made available 
to that Office subject to reprogramming requirements in section 
405 of this Act. 
SEC. 233. None of the funds provided in this Act or any other 
act may be used for awards, including performance, special act, 
or spot, for any employee of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development who has been subject to administrative discipline 
in fiscal years 2016 or 2017, including suspension from work. 
SEC. 234. Funds made available in this title under the heading 
‘‘Homeless Assistance Grants’’ may be used by the Secretary to 
participate in Performance Partnership Pilots authorized under sec-
tion 526 of division H of Public Law 113–76, section 524 of division 
G of Public Law 113–235, section 525 of division H of Public 
Law 114–113, and such authorities as are enacted for Performance 
Partnership Pilots in an appropriations Act for fiscal year 2017: 
Provided, That such participation shall be limited to no more than 
10 continuums of care and housing activities to improve outcomes 
for disconnected youth. 
SEC. 235. With respect to grant amounts awarded under the 
heading ‘‘Homeless Assistance Grants’’ for fiscal years 2015, 2016, 
and 2017 for the continuum of care (CoC) program as authorized 
under subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act, costs paid by program income of grant recipients may 
count toward meeting the recipient’s matching requirements, pro-
vided the costs are eligible CoC costs that supplement the recipients 
CoC program. 
SEC. 236. (a) From amounts made available under this title 
under the heading ‘‘Homeless Assistance Grants’’, the Secretary 
may award 1-year transition grants to recipients of funds for activi-
ties under subtitle C of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) to transition from one Continuum 
of Care program component to another. 
(b) No more than 50 percent of each transition grant may 
be used for costs of eligible activities of the program component 
originally funded. 
(c) Transition grants made under this section are eligible for 
renewal in subsequent fiscal years for the eligible activities of 
the new program component. 
(d) In order to be eligible to receive a transition grant, the 
funding recipient must have the consent of the Continuum of Care 
and meet standards determined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 237. (a) Section 302 of the Lead-Based Paint Poisoning 
Prevention Act (42 U.S.C. 4822) is amended in subsection (e)— 
(1) in paragraph (1)—
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(i) by striking ‘‘handicapped’’ and inserting ‘‘persons 
with disabilities, or any 0-bedroom dwelling’’; 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘or’’ after ‘‘expected to reside;’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘less than 7 years of age’’ and inserting 
‘‘under age 6’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘; or’’ and inserting ‘‘.’’; 
and 
(3) by striking paragraph (3). 
(b) Section 1004 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard 
Reduction Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4851b) is amended in paragraph 
(27)— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘or any 0-bedroom dwelling’’ after ‘‘disabil-
ities,’’; and 
(2) by deleting ‘‘housing for the elderly or persons with 
disabilities) or any 0 bedroom dwelling’’ and inserting 
‘‘housing)’’. 
(c) Section 401 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 
2681) is amended in paragraph (17)— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘or any 0-bedroom dwelling’’ after ‘‘disabil-
ities,’’; and 
(2) by deleting ‘‘housing for the elderly or persons with 
disabilities) or any 0 bedroom dwelling’’ and inserting 
‘‘housing)’’. 
SEC. 238. Section 211 of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development Appropriations Act, 2008, is repealed. 
SEC. 239. The language under the heading Rental Assistance 
Demonstration in the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–55), is amended— 
(1) in the second proviso, by striking ‘‘2018’’ and inserting 
‘‘2020’’; and 
(2) in the fourth proviso, by striking ‘‘185,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘225,000’’. 
SEC. 240. The Secretary shall establish by notice such require-
ments as may be necessary to implement section 78001 of title 
LXXVIII of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (Public 
Law 114–94), and the notice shall take effect upon issuance: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary shall commence rulemaking based on 
the initial notice no later than the expiration of the 6-month period 
following issuance of the notice and the rulemaking shall allow 
for the opportunity for public comment. 
SEC. 241. For fiscal year 2017 and hereafter, the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development may use amounts made avail-
able for the Continuum of Care program under the ‘‘Homeless 
Assistance Grants’’ heading under this title to renew a grant origi-
nally awarded pursuant to the matter under the heading ‘‘Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development—Permanent Supportive 
Housing’’ in chapter 6 of title III of the Supplemental Appropriations 
Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 122 Stat. 2351) for assistance 
under subtitle F of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C 11403 et seq.). Such renewal grant shall be 
awarded to the same grantee and be subject to the provisions 
of such Continuum of Care program except that the funds may 
be used outside the geographic area of the continuum of care. 
SEC. 242. Section 218(g) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12748(g)) shall not apply with 
respect to the right of a jurisdiction to draw funds from its HOME
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Investment Trust Fund that otherwise expired or would expire 
in 2016, 2017, 2018, or 2019 under that section. 
SEC. 243. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used by the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
to direct a grantee to undertake specific changes to existing zoning 
laws as part of carrying out the final rule entitled ‘‘Affirmatively 
Furthering Fair Housing’’ (80 Fed. Reg. 42272 (July 16, 2015)) 
or the notice entitled ‘‘Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing 
Assessment Tool’’ (79 Fed. Reg. 57949 (September 26, 2014)). 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Housing and 
Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2017’’. 
TITLE III 
RELATED AGENCIES 
ACCESS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Access Board, as authorized 
by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, 
$8,190,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, there may be credited to this appropriation funds received 
for publications and training expenses. 
FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime Commission 
as authorized by section 201(d) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, 
as amended (46 U.S.C. 307), including services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 
31 U.S.C. 1343(b); and uniforms or allowances therefore, as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, $27,490,000: Provided, That not to 
exceed $2,000 shall be available for official reception and represen-
tation expenses. 
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General for 
the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to carry out the provi-
sions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $23,274,000: 
Provided, That the Inspector General shall have all necessary 
authority, in carrying out the duties specified in the Inspector 
General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate allegations 
of fraud, including false statements to the government (18 U.S.C. 
1001), by any person or entity that is subject to regulation by 
the National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Provided further, 
That the Inspector General may enter into contracts and other 
arrangements for audits, studies, analyses, and other services with 
public agencies and with private persons, subject to the applicable 
laws and regulations that govern the obtaining of such services
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within the National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Provided fur-
ther, That the Inspector General may select, appoint, and employ 
such officers and employees as may be necessary for carrying out 
the functions, powers, and duties of the Office of Inspector General, 
subject to the applicable laws and regulations that govern such 
selections, appointments, and employment within the Corporation: 
Provided further, That concurrent with the President’s budget 
request for fiscal year 2018, the Inspector General shall submit 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a budget 
request for fiscal year 2018 in similar format and substance to 
those submitted by executive agencies of the Federal Government. 
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Transportation Safety 
Board, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals 
not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS– 
15; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902), $106,000,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 may be 
used for official reception and representation expenses. The amounts 
made available to the National Transportation Safety Board in 
this Act include amounts necessary to make lease payments on 
an obligation incurred in fiscal year 2001 for a capital lease. 
NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION 
For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation 
for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, as authorized by 
the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 8101– 
8107), $140,000,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be for a multi-family 
rental housing program. 
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation Board, 
including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $37,000,000: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to 
exceed $1,250,000 from fees established by the Chairman of the 
Surface Transportation Board shall be credited to this appropriation 
as offsetting collections and used for necessary and authorized 
expenses under this heading: Provided further, That the sum herein 
appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced on a dollar- 
for-dollar basis as such offsetting collections are received during 
fiscal year 2017, to result in a final appropriation from the general 
fund estimated at no more than $35,750,000.