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1715l(d)(4)(ii)(II), 
1715v(c)(2)(B), 
and 
1715y(e)(3)(B))— 
(A) by striking ‘‘140 percent’’ each place 
such term appears and inserting ‘‘170 percent’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘170 percent in high cost 
areas’’ each place such term appears and in-
serting ‘‘215 percent in high cost areas’’; and 
(2) in section 220(d)(3)(B)(iii)(III) (12 U.S.C. 
1715k(d)(3)(B)(iii)(III)) by striking ‘‘206A’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘project-by-project basis’’ and 
inserting the following: ‘‘206A of this Act) by not to 
exceed 170 percent in any geographical area where 
the Secretary finds that cost levels so require and by 
not to exceed 170 percent, or 215 percent in high 
cost areas, where the Secretary determines it nec-
essary on a project-by-project basis’’. 
SEC. 222. (a) During fiscal year 2008, in the provi-
sion of rental assistance under section 8(o) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) in con-
nection with a program to demonstrate the economy and 
effectiveness of providing such assistance for use in as-
sisted living facilities that is carried out in the counties 
of the State of Michigan notwithstanding paragraphs (3) 
and (18)(B)(iii) of such section 8(o), a family residing in
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an assisted living facility in any such county, on behalf 
of which a public housing agency provides assistance pur-
suant to section 8(o)(18) of such Act, may be required, 
at the time the family initially receives such assistance, 
to pay rent in an amount exceeding 40 percent of the 
monthly adjusted income of the family by such a percent-
age or amount as the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development determines to be appropriate. 
SEC. 223. 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–2) after Decem-
ber 26, 2000, in accordance with the unnumbered para-
graph 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 Eco-
nomic Opportunity Act of 2000. 
SEC. 224. The Secretary of Housing and Urban De-
velopment shall give priority consideration to applications 
from the housing authorities of the Counties of San 
Bernardino and Santa Clara and the City of San Jose, 
California to participate in the Moving to Work Dem-
onstration Agreement under section 204, title V, of the 
Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act
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of 1996 (Public Law 104–134, April 26, 1996): Provided, 
That upon turnover, existing requirements on the 
reissuance of section 8 vouchers shall be maintained to 
ensure that not less than 75 percent of all vouchers shall 
be made available to extremely low-income families. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008’’. 
TITLE III 
RELATED AGENCIES 
ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS 
COMPLIANCE BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Architectural and 
Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, as authorized 
by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as 
amended, $6,150,000: 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 Mer-
chant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. App. 1111), including 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger
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motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b); and 
uniforms or allowances therefore, as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 5901–5902, $22,072,000: Provided, That not to 
exceed $2,000 shall be available for official reception and 
representation expenses. 
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Transpor-
tation Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles 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) $85,000,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 
may be used for official reception and representation ex-
penses. The amounts made available to the National 
Transportation Safety Board in this Act include amounts 
necessary to make lease payments due in fiscal year 2008 
only, on an obligation incurred in fiscal year 2001 for a 
capital lease. 
NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT 
CORPORATION 
For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor-
poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities,
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as authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $119,800,000, of which 
$5,000,000 shall be for a multi-family rental housing pro-
gram. 
UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON 
HOMELESSNESS 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses (including payment of sala-
ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
the rental of conference rooms, and the employment of ex-
perts and consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code) of the United States Interagency Council on 
Homelessness in carrying out the functions pursuant to 
title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, 
as amended, $2,000,000. 
Title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 
Act, as amended, is amended in section 209 by striking 
‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2008’’. 
TITLE IV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 401. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
year 2008 pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall 
be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act or 
previous appropriations Acts.
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SEC. 402. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 
expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 
intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings 
funded in this Act. 
SEC. 403. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-
tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 404. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such 
expenditures are a matter of public record and available 
for public inspection, except where otherwise provided 
under existing law, or under existing Executive order 
issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 405. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by pre-
vious appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities fund-
ed in this Act that remain available for obligation or ex-
penditure in fiscal year 2008, or provided from any ac-
counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 
and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through a re-