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SEC. 191. The Department of Transportation may use funds 
provided by this Act, or any other Act, to assist a contract under 
title 49 U.S.C. or title 23 U.S.C. utilizing geographic, economic, 
or any other hiring preference not otherwise authorized by law, 
or to amend a rule, regulation, policy or other measure that forbids 
a recipient of a Federal Highway Administration or Federal Transit 
Administration grant from imposing such hiring preference on a 
contract or construction project with which the Department of 
Transportation is assisting, only if the grant recipient certifies 
the following: 
(1) that except with respect to apprentices or trainees, 
a pool of readily available but unemployed individuals pos-
sessing the knowledge, skill, and ability to perform the work 
that the contract requires resides in the jurisdiction; 
(2) that the grant recipient will include appropriate provi-
sions in its bid document ensuring that the contractor does 
not displace any of its existing employees in order to satisfy 
such hiring preference; and 
(3) that any increase in the cost of labor, training, or 
delays resulting from the use of such hiring preference does 
not delay or displace any transportation project in the 
applicable Statewide Transportation Improvement Program or 
Transportation Improvement Program. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Transportation 
Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
EXECUTIVE OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Offices, 
which shall be comprised of the offices of the Secretary, Deputy 
Secretary, Adjudicatory Services, Congressional and Intergovern-
mental Relations, Public Affairs, Small and Disadvantaged Business 
Utilization, and the Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Part-
nerships, $14,900,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020: Provided, That not to exceed $25,000 of the amount made 
available under this heading shall be available to the Secretary 
for official reception and representation expenses as the Secretary 
may determine. 
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Administrative Support 
Offices, $541,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, 
of which $70,400,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief 
Financial Officer, (and of which $20,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2021, shall be for the financial transformation 
initiative); $97,800,000 shall be available for the Office of the Gen-
eral Counsel, of which not less than $15,000,000 shall be for the 
Departmental Enforcement Center; $206,300,000 shall be available 
for the Office of Administration; $40,400,000 shall be available 
for the Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer; $54,300,000 
shall be available for the Office of Field Policy and Management;
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$19,100,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief Procure-
ment Officer; $3,800,000 shall be available for the Office of Depart-
mental Equal Employment Opportunity; $4,700,000 shall be avail-
able for the Office of Business Transformation; and $44,700,000 
shall be available for the Office of the Chief Information Officer: 
Provided, That funds provided under this heading may be used 
for necessary administrative and non-administrative expenses of 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development, not otherwise 
provided for, including purchase of uniforms, or allowances therefor, 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
appropriated under this heading may be used for advertising and 
promotional activities that directly support program activities 
funded in this title: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
provide the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations quar-
terly written notification regarding the status of pending congres-
sional reports: Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide 
in electronic form all signed reports required by Congress: Provided 
further, That not more than 10 percent of the funds made available 
under this heading for the Office of Chief Financial Officer for 
the financial transformation initiative may be obligated until the 
Secretary submits to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations, for approval, a plan for expenditure that includes the 
financial and internal control capabilities to be delivered and the 
mission benefits to be realized, key milestones to be met, and 
the relationship between the proposed use of funds made available 
under this heading and the projected total cost and scope of the 
initiative. 
PROGRAM OFFICE SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Public 
and Indian Housing, $219,800,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Community 
Planning and Development, $112,344,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2020. 
HOUSING 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Housing, 
$382,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, of 
which not less than $12,000,000 shall be for the Office of Recapital-
ization. 
POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Policy 
Development and Research, $26,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2020.
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FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Fair 
Housing and Equal Opportunity, $72,900,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2020. 
OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY HOMES 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Lead 
Hazard Control and Healthy Homes, $8,600,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2020. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the working capital fund for the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development (referred to in this paragraph as the 
‘‘Fund’’), pursuant, in part, to section 7(f) of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(f)), amounts 
transferred, including reimbursements pursuant to section 7(f), to 
the Fund under this heading shall be available for Federal shared 
services used by offices and agencies of the Department, and for 
such portion of any office or agency’s printing, records management, 
space renovation, furniture, or supply services as the Secretary 
determines shall be derived from centralized sources made available 
by the Department to all offices and agencies and funded through 
the Fund: Provided, That of the amounts made available in this 
title for salaries and expenses under the headings ‘‘Executive 
Offices’’, ‘‘Administrative Support Offices’’, ‘‘Program Office Salaries 
and Expenses’’, and ‘‘Government National Mortgage Association’’, 
the Secretary shall transfer to the Fund such amounts, to remain 
available until expended, as are necessary to fund services, specified 
in the matter preceding the first proviso, for which the appropriation 
would otherwise have been available, and may transfer not to 
exceed an additional $5,000,000, in aggregate, from all such appro-
priations, to be merged with the Fund and to remain available 
until expended for any purpose under this heading: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts in the Fund shall be the only amounts available 
to each office or agency of the Department for the services, or 
portion of services, specified in the matter preceding the first pro-
viso: Provided further, That with respect to the Fund, the authori-
ties and conditions under this heading shall supplement the authori-
ties and conditions provided under section 7(f). 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities and assistance for the provision of tenant-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, $18,598,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be available on October 1, 2018 (in addition 
to the $4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this heading 
that shall be available on October 1, 2018), and $4,000,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, shall be available on October
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1, 2019: Provided, That the amounts made available under this 
heading are provided as follows: 
(1) $20,313,000,000 shall be available for renewals of 
expiring section 8 tenant-based annual contributions contracts 
(including renewals of enhanced vouchers under any provision 
of law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) of the 
Act) and including renewal of other special purpose incremental 
vouchers: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, from amounts provided under this paragraph and any 
carryover, the Secretary for the calendar year 2019 funding 
cycle shall provide renewal funding for each public housing 
agency based on validated voucher management system (VMS) 
leasing and cost data for the prior calendar year and by 
applying an inflation factor as established by the Secretary, 
by notice published in the Federal Register, and by making 
any necessary adjustments for the costs associated with the 
first-time renewal of vouchers under this paragraph including 
tenant protection and Choice Neighborhoods 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, except for public housing agencies 
participating in the MTW demonstration, which are instead 
governed by the terms and conditions of their MTW agreements: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to the extent nec-
essary to stay within the amount specified under this paragraph 
(except as otherwise modified under this paragraph), prorate 
each public housing agency’s allocation otherwise established 
pursuant to this paragraph: Provided further, That except as 
provided in the following provisos, the entire amount specified 
under this paragraph (except as otherwise modified under this 
paragraph) shall be obligated to the public housing agencies 
based on the allocation and pro rata method described above, 
and the Secretary shall notify public housing agencies of their 
annual budget by the latter of 60 days after enactment of 
this Act or March 1, 2019: Provided further, That the Secretary 
may extend the notification period with the prior written 
approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That public housing agencies partici-
pating in the MTW demonstration shall be funded pursuant 
to their MTW agreements and shall be subject to the same 
pro rata adjustments under the previous provisos: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may offset public housing agencies’ 
calendar year 2019 allocations based on the excess amounts 
of public housing agencies’ net restricted assets accounts, 
including HUD-held programmatic reserves (in accordance with 
VMS data in calendar year 2018 that is verifiable and com-
plete), as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That 
public housing agencies participating in the MTW demonstra-
tion shall also be subject to the offset, as determined by the 
Secretary, excluding amounts subject to the single fund budget 
authority provisions of their MTW agreements, from the agen-
cies’ calendar year 2019 MTW funding allocation: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall use any offset referred to 
in the previous two provisos throughout the calendar year 
to prevent the termination of rental assistance for families 
as the result of insufficient funding, as determined by the
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Secretary, and to avoid or reduce the proration of renewal 
funding allocations: Provided further, That up to $100,000,000 
shall be available only: (1) for adjustments in the allocations 
for public housing agencies, after application for an adjustment 
by a public housing agency that experienced a significant 
increase, as determined by the Secretary, in renewal costs 
of vouchers resulting from unforeseen circumstances or from 
portability under section 8(r) of the Act; (2) for vouchers that 
were not in use during the previous 12-month period in order 
to be available to meet a commitment pursuant to section 
8(o)(13) of the Act; (3) for adjustments for costs associated 
with HUD–Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD–VASH) 
vouchers; and (4) for public housing agencies that despite taking 
reasonable cost savings measures, as determined by the Sec-
retary, would otherwise be required to terminate rental assist-
ance for families as a result of insufficient funding: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall allocate amounts under the 
previous proviso based on need, as determined by the Secretary; 
(2) $85,000,000 shall be for section 8 rental assistance 
for relocation and replacement of housing units that are demol-
ished or disposed of pursuant to section 18 of the Act, conversion 
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, Choice Neighborhood vouchers, mandatory and 
voluntary 
conversions, 
and 
tenant 
protection 
assistance 
including replacement and relocation assistance 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 Public Law 106–569, as amended, or under the authority 
as provided under this Act: Provided, That when a public 
housing development is submitted for demolition or disposition 
under section 18 of the Act, the Secretary may provide section 
8 rental assistance when the units pose an imminent health 
and safety risk to residents: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may only provide replacement vouchers for units that 
were occupied within the previous 24 months that cease to 
be available as assisted housing, subject only to the availability 
of funds: Provided further, That of the amounts made available 
under this paragraph, $5,000,000 may be available to provide 
tenant protection assistance, not otherwise provided under this 
paragraph, to residents residing in low vacancy areas and who 
may have to pay rents greater than 30 percent of household 
income, as the result of: (A) the maturity of a HUD-insured, 
HUD-held or section 202 loan that requires the permission 
of the Secretary prior to loan prepayment; (B) the expiration 
of a rental assistance contract for which the tenants are not 
eligible for enhanced voucher or tenant protection assistance 
under existing law; or (C) the expiration of affordability restric-
tions accompanying a mortgage or preservation program 
administered by the Secretary: Provided further, That such 
tenant protection assistance made available under the previous 
proviso may be provided under the authority of section 8(t)
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or section 8(o)(13) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)): Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
issue guidance to implement the previous provisos, including, 
but not limited to, requirements for defining eligible at-risk 
households within 60 days of the enactment of this Act: Pro-
vided further, That any tenant protection voucher made avail-
able from amounts under this paragraph shall not be reissued 
by any public housing agency, except the replacement vouchers 
as defined by the Secretary by notice, when the initial family 
that received any such voucher no longer receives such voucher, 
and the authority for any public housing agency to issue any 
such voucher shall cease to exist: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may provide section 8 rental assistance from amounts 
made available under this paragraph for units assisted under 
a project-based subsidy contract funded under the ‘‘Project- 
Based Rental Assistance’’ heading under this title where the 
owner has received a Notice of Default and the units pose 
an imminent health and safety risk to residents: Provided 
further, That to the extent that the Secretary determines that 
such units are not feasible for continued rental assistance pay-
ments or transfer of the subsidy contract associated with such 
units to another project or projects and owner or owners, any 
remaining amounts associated with such units under such con-
tract shall be recaptured and used to reimburse amounts used 
under this paragraph for rental assistance under the preceding 
proviso; 
(3) $1,886,000,000 shall be for administrative and other 
expenses of public housing agencies in administering the section 
8 tenant-based rental assistance program, of which up to 
$30,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary to allocate to 
public housing agencies that need additional funds to admin-
ister their section 8 programs, including fees associated with 
section 8 tenant protection rental assistance, the administration 
of disaster related vouchers, HUD–VASH vouchers, and other 
special purpose incremental vouchers: Provided, That no less 
than $1,856,000,000 of the amount provided in this paragraph 
shall be allocated to public housing agencies for the calendar 
year 2019 funding cycle based on section 8(q) of the Act (and 
related Appropriation Act provisions) as in effect immediately 
before the enactment of the Quality Housing and Work Respon-
sibility Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–276): Provided further, 
That if the amounts made available under this paragraph are 
insufficient to pay the amounts determined under the previous 
proviso, the Secretary may decrease the amounts allocated 
to agencies by a uniform percentage applicable to all agencies 
receiving funding under this paragraph or may, to the extent 
necessary to provide full payment of amounts determined under 
the previous proviso, utilize unobligated balances, including 
recaptures and carryovers, remaining from funds appropriated 
to the Department of Housing and Urban Development under 
this heading from prior fiscal years, excluding special purpose 
vouchers, notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts 
were appropriated: Provided further, That all public housing 
agencies participating in the MTW demonstration shall be 
funded pursuant to their MTW agreements, and shall be subject 
to the same uniform percentage decrease as under the previous 
proviso: Provided further, That amounts provided under this
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paragraph shall be only for activities related to the provision 
of tenant-based rental assistance authorized under section 8, 
including related development activities; 
(4) $225,000,000 for the renewal of tenant-based assistance 
contracts under section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), including necessary 
administrative expenses: Provided, That administrative and 
other expenses of public housing agencies in administering 
the special purpose vouchers in this paragraph shall be funded 
under the same terms and be subject to the same pro rata 
reduction as the percent decrease for administrative and other 
expenses to public housing agencies under paragraph (3) of 
this heading: Provided further, That any amounts provided 
under this paragraph in this Act or prior Acts, remaining 
available after funding renewals and administrative expenses 
under this paragraph, shall be available only for incremental 
tenant-based rental assistance contracts under such section 
811 for non-elderly persons with disabilities, including nec-
essary administrative expenses: Provided further, That upon 
turnover, section 811 special purpose vouchers funded under 
this heading in this or prior Acts, or under any other heading 
in prior Acts, shall be provided to non-elderly persons with 
disabilities; 
(5) $4,000,000 shall be for rental assistance and associated 
administrative fees for Tribal HUD–VASH to serve Native 
American veterans that are homeless or at-risk of homelessness 
living on or near a reservation or other Indian areas: Provided, 
That such amount shall be made available for renewal grants 
to recipients that received assistance under prior Acts under 
the Tribal HUD–VASH program: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall be authorized to specify criteria for renewal 
grants, including data on the utilization of assistance reported 
by grant recipients: Provided further, That such assistance 
shall be administered in accordance with program requirements 
under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Deter-
mination Act of 1996 and modeled after the HUD–VASH pro-
gram: Provided further, That the Secretary shall be authorized 
to waive, or specify alternative requirements for any provision 
of any statute or regulation that the Secretary administers 
in connection with the use of funds made available under 
this paragraph (except for requirements related to fair housing, 
nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the environment), upon 
a finding by the Secretary that any such waivers or alternative 
requirements are necessary for the effective delivery and 
administration of such assistance: Provided further, That grant 
recipients shall report to the Secretary on utilization of such 
rental assistance and other program data, as prescribed by 
the Secretary: Provided further, That the Secretary may reallo-
cate, as determined by the Secretary, amounts returned or 
recaptured from awards under prior acts; 
(6) $40,000,000 for incremental rental voucher assistance 
for use through a supported housing program administered 
in conjunction with the Department 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 203 (competition provision) of this title,
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to public housing agencies that partner with eligible VA Medical 
Centers or other entities as designated by the Secretary of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, based on geographical 
need for such assistance as identified by the Secretary of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, public housing agency adminis-
trative performance, and other factors as specified by the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development in consultation with 
the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
may waive, or specify alternative requirements for (in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs), 
any provision of any statute or regulation that the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development administers in connection 
with the use of funds made available under this paragraph 
(except for requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimina-
tion, labor standards, and the environment), upon a finding 
by the Secretary that any such waivers or alternative require-
ments are necessary for the effective delivery and administra-
tion of such voucher assistance: Provided further, That assist-
ance made available under this paragraph shall continue to 
remain available for homeless veterans upon turn-over; 
(7) $20,000,000 shall be made available for new incremental 
voucher assistance through the family unification program as 
authorized by section 8(x) of the Act: Provided, That the assist-
ance made available under this paragraph shall continue to 
remain available for family unification upon turnover: Provided 
further, That for any public housing agency administering 
voucher assistance appropriated in a prior Act under the family 
unification program that determines that it no longer has an 
identified need for such assistance upon turnover, such agency 
shall notify the Secretary, and the Secretary shall recapture 
such assistance from the agency and reallocate it to any other 
public housing agency or agencies based on need for voucher 
assistance in connection with such program; 
(8) $25,000,000 shall be made available for the mobility 
demonstration authorized under section 235 of this title, of 
which up to $5,000,000 shall be for new incremental voucher 
assistance and the remainder of which shall be available to 
provide mobility-related services to families with children, 
including pre- and post-move counseling and rent deposits, 
and to offset the administrative costs of operating the mobility 
demonstration: Provided, That incremental voucher assistance 
made available under this paragraph shall be for families with 
children participating in the mobility demonstration and shall 
continue to remain available for families with children upon 
turnover: Provided further, That for any public housing agency 
administering voucher assistance under the mobility dem-
onstration that determines that it no longer has an identified 
need for such assistance upon turnover, such agency shall 
notify the Secretary, and the Secretary shall recapture such 
assistance from the agency and reallocate it to any other public 
housing agency or agencies based on need for voucher assistance 
in connection with such demonstration; and 
(9) the Secretary shall separately track all special purpose 
vouchers funded under this heading.
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HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
Unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, 
remaining from funds appropriated to the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development under this heading, the heading ‘‘Annual 
Contributions for Assisted Housing’’ and the heading ‘‘Project-Based 
Rental Assistance’’, for fiscal year 2019 and prior years may be 
used for renewal of or amendments to section 8 project-based con-
tracts and for performance-based contract administrators, notwith-
standing the purposes for which such funds were appropriated: 
Provided, That any obligated balances of contract authority from 
fiscal year 1974 and prior that have been terminated shall be 
rescinded: Provided further, That amounts heretofore recaptured, 
or recaptured during the current fiscal year, from section 8 project- 
based contracts from source years fiscal year 1975 through fiscal 
year 1987 are hereby rescinded, and an amount of additional new 
budget authority, equivalent to the amount rescinded is hereby 
appropriated, to remain available until expended, for the purposes 
set forth under this heading, in addition to amounts otherwise 
available. 
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’’) $2,775,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2022: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law or regulation, during fiscal year 2019, 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may not delegate 
to any Department official other than the Deputy Secretary 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 section: 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: Provided 
further, That of the total amount made available under this heading, 
up to $14,000,000 shall be to support ongoing public housing finan-
cial and physical assessment activities: Provided further, That of 
the total amount made available under this heading, up to 
$1,000,000 shall be to support the costs of administrative and 
judicial receiverships: Provided further, That of the total amount 
provided under this heading, not to exceed $30,000,000 shall be 
available for the Secretary to make grants, notwithstanding section 
203 of this Act, to public housing agencies for emergency capital 
needs including safety and security measures necessary to address 
crime and drug-related activity as well as needs resulting from 
unforeseen or unpreventable emergencies and natural disasters 
excluding Presidentially 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 2019: Provided 
further, That of the amount made available under the previous 
proviso, not less than $10,000,000 shall be for safety and security 
measures: Provided further, That in addition to the amount in 
the previous proviso for such safety and security measures, any
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amounts that remain available, after all applications received on 
or before September 30, 2020, for emergency capital needs have 
been processed, shall be allocated to public housing agencies for 
such safety and security measures: Provided further, That of the 
total amount provided under this heading, up to $35,000,000 shall 
be for supportive services, service coordinators and congregate serv-
ices as authorized by section 34 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437z– 
6) and the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Deter-
mination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.): Provided further, 
That of the total amount made available under this heading, 
$15,000,000 shall be for a Jobs-Plus initiative modeled after the 
Jobs-Plus demonstration: Provided further, That funding provided 
under the previous proviso shall be available for competitive grants 
to partnerships between public housing authorities, local workforce 
investment boards established under section 107 of the Workforce 
Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (29 U.S.C. 3122), and 
other agencies and organizations that provide support to help public 
housing residents obtain employment and increase earnings: Pro-
vided further, That applicants must demonstrate the ability to 
provide services to residents, partner with workforce investment 
boards, and leverage service dollars: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may allow public housing agencies to request exemptions 
from rent and income limitation requirements under sections 3 
and 6 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a 
and 1437d), as necessary to implement the Jobs-Plus program, 
on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may approve upon 
a finding by the Secretary that any such waivers or alternative 
requirements are necessary for the effective implementation of the 
Jobs-Plus initiative as a voluntary program for residents: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall publish by notice in the Federal 
Register any waivers or alternative requirements pursuant to the 
preceding proviso no later than 10 days before the effective date 
of such notice: Provided further, That for funds provided under 
this heading, the limitation in section 9(g)(1) of the Act shall be 
25 percent: Provided further, That the Secretary may waive the 
limitation in the previous proviso to allow public housing agencies 
to fund activities authorized under section 9(e)(1)(C) of the Act: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify public housing 
agencies requesting waivers under the previous proviso if the 
request is approved or denied within 14 days of submitting the 
request: Provided further, That from the funds made available 
under this heading, the Secretary shall provide bonus awards in 
fiscal year 2019 to public housing agencies that are designated 
high performers: Provided further, That the Department shall notify 
public housing agencies of their formula allocation within 60 days 
of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That of the total amount 
provided under this heading, $25,000,000 shall be available for 
competitive grants to public housing agencies to evaluate and reduce 
lead-based paint hazards in public housing by carrying out the 
activities of risk assessments, abatement, and interim controls (as 
those terms are defined in section 1004 of the Residential Lead- 
Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4851b)): 
Provided further, That for purposes of environmental review, a 
grant under the previous proviso shall be considered funds for 
projects or activities under title I of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) for purposes of section 26
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of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1437x) and shall be subject to the regulations 
implementing such section. 
PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND 
For 2019 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)), 
$4,653,116,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020. 
CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE 
For competitive grants under the Choice Neighborhoods Initia-
tive (subject to section 24 of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v), unless otherwise specified under this 
heading), for transformation, rehabilitation, and replacement 
housing needs of both public and HUD-assisted housing and to 
transform neighborhoods of poverty into functioning, sustainable 
mixed income neighborhoods with appropriate services, schools, 
public assets, transportation and access to jobs, $150,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That grant 
funds may be used for resident and community services, community 
development, and affordable housing needs in the community, and 
for conversion of vacant or foreclosed properties to affordable 
housing: Provided further, That the use of funds made available 
under this heading shall not be deemed to be public housing not-
withstanding section 3(b)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That 
grantees shall commit to an additional period of affordability deter-
mined by the Secretary of not fewer than 20 years: Provided further, 
That grantees shall provide a match in State, local, other Federal 
or private funds: Provided further, That grantees may include local 
governments, tribal entities, public housing authorities, and non-
profits: Provided further, That for-profit developers may apply 
jointly with a public entity: Provided further, That for purposes 
of environmental review, a grantee shall be treated as a public 
housing agency under section 26 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437x), and grants under this heading 
shall be subject to the regulations issued by the Secretary to imple-
ment such section: Provided further, That of the amount provided, 
not less than $75,000,000 shall be awarded to public housing agen-
cies: Provided further, That such grantees shall create partnerships 
with other local organizations including assisted housing owners, 
service agencies, and resident organizations: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall consult with the Secretaries of Education, Labor, 
Transportation, Health and Human Services, Agriculture, and Com-
merce, the Attorney General, and the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency to coordinate and leverage other appro-
priate Federal resources: Provided further, That no more than 
$5,000,000 of funds made available under this heading may be 
provided as grants to undertake comprehensive local planning with 
input from residents and the community: Provided further, That 
unobligated balances, including recaptures, remaining from funds 
appropriated under the heading ‘‘Revitalization of Severely Dis-
tressed Public Housing (HOPE VI)’’ in fiscal year 2011 and prior 
fiscal years may be used for purposes under this heading, notwith-
standing the purposes for which such amounts were appropriated: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue the Notice of 
Funding Availability for funds made available under this heading
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no later than 60 days after enactment of this Act: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall make grant awards no later than one 
year from the date of enactment of this Act in such amounts 
that the Secretary determines: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 24(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437v(o)), the Secretary may, until September 30, 2019, 
obligate any available unobligated balances made available under 
this heading in this, or any prior Act. 
FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY 
For the Family Self-Sufficiency program to support family self- 
sufficiency coordinators under section 23 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937, to promote the development of local strategies 
to coordinate the use of assistance under sections 8(o) and 9 of 
such Act with public and private resources, and enable eligible 
families to achieve economic independence and self-sufficiency, 
$80,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may, by Federal Register notice, waive 
or specify alternative requirements under subsections b(3), b(4), 
b(5), or c(1) of section 23 of such Act in order to facilitate the 
operation of a unified self-sufficiency program for individuals 
receiving assistance under different provisions of the Act, as deter-
mined by the Secretary: Provided further, That owners of a privately 
owned multifamily property with a section 8 contract may volun-
tarily make a Family Self-Sufficiency program available to the 
assisted tenants of such property in accordance with procedures 
established by the Secretary: Provided further, That such procedures 
established pursuant to the previous proviso shall permit partici-
pating tenants to accrue escrow funds in accordance with section 
23(d)(2) and shall allow owners to use funding from residual receipt 
accounts to hire coordinators for their own Family Self-Sufficiency 
program. 
NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the Native American Housing Block Grants program, 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.), $655,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2023: Provided, That, notwithstanding NAHASDA, to determine 
the amount of the allocation under title I of such Act for each 
Indian tribe, the Secretary shall apply the formula under section 
302 of such Act with the need component based on single-race 
census data and with the need component based on multi-race 
census data, and the amount of the allocation for each Indian 
tribe shall be the greater of the two resulting allocation amounts: 
Provided further, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading, $7,000,000 shall be for providing training and technical 
assistance to Indian housing authorities and tribally designated 
housing entities, to support the inspection of Indian housing units, 
contract expertise, and for training and technical assistance related 
to funding provided under this heading and other headings under 
this Act for the needs of Native American families and Indian 
country: Provided further, That of the funds made available under
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the previous proviso, not less than $2,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for a national organization as authorized under section 703 
of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4212): Provided further, That amounts 
made available under the previous two provisos may be used, con-
tracted, or competed as determined by the Secretary: Provided 
further, That of the amount provided under this heading, $2,000,000 
shall be made available for the cost of guaranteed notes and other 
obligations, as authorized by title VI of NAHASDA: Provided fur-
ther, That such costs, including the costs of modifying such notes 
and other obligations, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, 
That these funds are available to subsidize the total principal 
amount of any notes and other obligations, any part of which 
is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $17,761,989: Provided further, 
That the Department will notify grantees of their formula allocation 
within 60 days of the date of enactment of this Act: Provided 
further, That for an additional amount for the Native American 
Housing Block Grants program, as authorized under title I of 
NAHASDA, $100,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 
2023: Provided further, That the Secretary shall obligate this addi-
tional amount for competitive grants to eligible recipients author-
ized under NAHASDA that apply for funds: Provided further, That 
in awarding this additional amount, the Secretary shall consider 
need and administrative capacity, and shall give priority to projects 
that will spur construction and rehabilitation: Provided further, 
That up to 1 percent of this additional amount may be transferred, 
in aggregate, to ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses—Public 
and Indian Housing’’ for necessary costs of administering and over-
seeing the obligation and expenditure of this additional amount: 
Provided further, That any funds transferred pursuant to the pre-
vious proviso shall remain available until September 30, 2024. 
INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section 
184 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 
U.S.C. 1715z–13a), $1,440,000, 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 further, That these funds are available to 
subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, 
up to $553,846,154, to remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That up to $750,000 of this amount may be for administra-
tive contract expenses including management processes and systems 
to carry out the loan guarantee program. 
NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANT 
For the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant program, as 
authorized under title VIII of the Native American Housing Assist-
ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), 
$2,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023: Provided, 
That notwithstanding section 812(b) of such Act, the Department 
of Hawaiian Home Lands may not invest grant amounts provided 
under this heading in investment securities and other obligations: 
Provided further, That amounts made available under this heading 
in this and prior fiscal years may be used to provide rental assist-
ance to eligible Native Hawaiian families both on and off the
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Hawaiian Home Lands, notwithstanding any other provision of 
law. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS 
For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Persons with 
AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS Housing Opportunity 
Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), $393,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2020, except that amounts allocated pursuant 
to section 854(c)(5) of such Act shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2021: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew all 
expiring contracts for permanent supportive housing that initially 
were funded under section 854(c)(5) of such Act from funds made 
available under this heading in fiscal year 2010 and prior fiscal 
years that meet all program requirements before awarding funds 
for new contracts under such section: Provided further, That the 
Department shall notify grantees of their formula allocation within 
60 days of enactment of this Act. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For assistance to units of State and local government, and 
to other entities, for economic and community development activi-
ties, and for other purposes, $3,365,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2021, unless otherwise specified: Provided, 
That of the total amount provided, $3,300,000,000 is for carrying 
out the community development 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 fur-
ther, That unless explicitly provided for under this heading, not 
to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be expended for planning and management 
development and administration: Provided further, That a metro-
politan city, urban county, unit of general local government, Indian 
tribe, or insular area that directly or indirectly receives funds 
under this heading may not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer all 
or any portion of such funds to another such entity in exchange 
for any other funds, credits or non-Federal considerations, but must 
use such funds for activities eligible under title I of the Act: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding section 105(e)(1) of the Act, no funds 
provided under this heading may be provided to a for-profit entity 
for an economic development project under section 105(a)(17) unless 
such project has been evaluated and selected in accordance with 
guidelines required under subsection (e)(2): Provided further, That 
the Department shall notify grantees of their formula allocation 
within 60 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 
of the total amount provided under this heading, $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 
(including section 203 of this Act), up to $4,000,000 may be used 
for emergencies that constitute imminent threats to health and 
safety.