1569 
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities authorized by law, $513,642,000, of which 
$22,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
maintenance and repair of training ships at State Mari-
time Academies, and of which $300,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended for the National Security Multi- 
Mission Vessel Program, including funds for construction, 
planning, administration, and design of school ships in ac-
cordance with section 3505 of Public Law 114–328, as ap-
plicable, with unobligated balances from previous appro-
priations for the National Security Multi-Mission Vessel 
Program also available for and merged into this appropria-
tion; and of which $2,400,000 shall remain available 
through September 30, 2019, for the Student Incentive Pro-
gram at State Maritime Academies, and of which 
$1,800,000 shall remain available until expended for train-
ing ship fuel assistance payments, and of which 
$52,000,000 shall remain available until expended for fa-
cilities maintenance and repair, equipment, and capital 
improvements at the United States Merchant Marine Acad-
emy, and of which $3,000,000 shall remain available 
through September 30, 2019, for Maritime Environment 
and Technology Assistance program authorized under sec-
tion 50307 of title 46, United States Code, and of which
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$7,000,000 shall remain available until expended for the 
Short Sea Transportation Program (America’s Marine 
Highways) to make grants for the purposes authorized 
under sections 55601(b)(1) and (3) of title 46, United States 
Code: Provided, That not later than January 12, 2019, the 
Administrator of the Maritime Administration shall trans-
mit to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
the annual report on sexual assault and sexual harassment 
at the United States Merchant Marine Academy as required 
pursuant to section 3507 of Public Law 110–417. 
ASSISTANCE TO SMALL SHIPYARDS 
To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized 
under section 54101 of title 46, United States Code, as 
amended by Public Law 113–281, $20,000,000 to remain 
available until expended. 
SHIP DISPOSAL 
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obso-
lete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Mar-
itime Administration, $116,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $30,000,000, of which 
$27,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro-
1571 
vided, That such costs, including the costs of modifying such 
loans, shall be defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That 
not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be for administrative ex-
penses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, which 
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriations 
for ‘‘Operations and Training’’, Maritime Administration. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, in addition to any existing authority, the Maritime 
Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and serv-
ices and make necessary repairs in connection with any 
lease, contract, or occupancy involving Government prop-
erty under control of the Maritime Administration: Pro-
vided, That payments received therefor shall be credited to 
the appropriation charged with the cost thereof and shall 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
rental payments under any such lease, contract, or occu-
pancy for items other than such utilities, services, or repairs 
shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 
SEC. 171. None of the funds available or appropriated 
in this Act shall be used by the United States Department 
of Transportation or the United States Maritime Adminis-
tration to negotiate or otherwise execute, enter into, facili-
tate or perform fee-for-service contracts for vessel disposal,
1572 
scrapping or recycling, unless there is no qualified domestic 
ship recycler that will pay any sum of money to purchase 
and scrap or recycle a vessel owned, operated or managed 
by the Maritime Administration or that is part of the Na-
tional Defense Reserve Fleet: Provided, That such sales of-
fers must be consistent with the solicitation and provide 
that the work will be performed in a timely manner at a 
facility qualified within the meaning of section 3502 of 
Public Law 106–398: Provided further, That nothing con-
tained herein shall affect the Maritime Administration’s 
authority to award contracts at least cost to the Federal 
Government and consistent with the requirements of 54 
U.S.C. 308704, section 3502, or otherwise authorized under 
the Federal Acquisition Regulation. 
PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline and 
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, $23,000,000: 
Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation shall issue 
a final rule to expand the applicability of comprehensive 
oil spill response plans within 5 days of enactment of this 
Act.
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HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous ma-
terials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Ma-
terials Safety Administration, $59,000,000, of which 
$7,570,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2020: Provided, That up to $800,000 in fees collected under 
49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited in the general fund 
of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided further, That 
there may be credited to this appropriation, to be available 
until expended, funds received from States, counties, mu-
nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources 
for expenses incurred for training, for reports publication 
and dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred in per-
formance of hazardous materials exemptions and approvals 
functions. 
PIPELINE SAFETY 
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND) 
For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of the 
pipeline safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out a 
pipeline safety program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60107, 
and to discharge the pipeline program responsibilities of 
the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $162,000,000, of which 
$23,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability 
Trust Fund and shall remain available until September 30,
1574 
2020; and of which $131,000,000 shall be derived from the 
Pipeline Safety Fund, of which $64,736,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2020; and of which 
$8,000,000 shall be derived from fees collected under 49 
U.S.C. 60302 and deposited in the Underground Natural 
Gas Storage Facility Safety Account for the purpose of car-
rying out 49 U.S.C. 60141 and shall remain available until 
September 30, 2020: Provided, That not less than 
$1,058,000 of the funds provided under this heading shall 
be for the One-Call State grant program. 
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS 
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND) 
Notwithstanding the fiscal year limitation specified in 
49 U.S.C. 5116, not more than $28,318,000 shall be made 
available for obligation in fiscal year 2018 from amounts 
made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(h), and 5128(b) and (c): 
Provided, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 5116(h)(4), not 
more than 4 percent of the amounts made available from 
this account shall be available to pay administrative costs: 
Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
by 49 U.S.C. 5116(h), 5128(b), or 5128(c) shall be made 
available for obligation by individuals other than the Sec-
retary of Transportation, or his or her designee.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, as amended, $92,152,000: Provided, That the 
Inspector General shall have all necessary authority, in car-
rying 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 Department of Transportation: Provided 
further, That the funds made available under this heading 
may be used to investigate, pursuant to section 41712 of 
title 49, United States Code: (1) unfair or deceptive prac-
tices and unfair methods of competition by domestic and 
foreign air carriers and ticket agents; and (2) the compli-
ance of domestic and foreign air carriers with respect to 
item (1) of this proviso. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF 
TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 180. (a) During the current fiscal year, applica-
ble appropriations to the Department of Transportation 
shall be available for maintenance and operation of air-
craft; hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; pur-
chase of liability insurance for motor vehicles operating in
1576 
foreign countries on official department business; and uni-
forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902). 
(b) During the current fiscal year, applicable appro-
priations to the Department and its operating administra-
tions shall be available for the purchase, maintenance, oper-
ation, and deployment of unmanned aircraft systems that 
advance the Department’s, or its operating administra-
tions’, missions. 
(c) Any unmanned aircraft system purchased or pro-
cured by the Department prior to the enactment of this Act 
shall be deemed authorized. 
SEC. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for the 
Department of Transportation shall be available for 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 
an Executive Level IV. 
SEC. 182. (a) No recipient of funds made available in 
this Act shall disseminate personal information (as defined 
in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State department of 
motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle record 
as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), except as provided in 18 
U.S.C. 2721 for a use permitted under 18 U.S.C. 2721.
1577 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall 
not withhold funds provided in this Act for any grantee 
if a State is in noncompliance with this provision. 
SEC. 183. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for salaries and expenses of more than 110 political 
and Presidential appointees in the Department of Trans-
portation: Provided, That none of the personnel covered by 
this provision may be assigned on temporary detail outside 
the Department of Transportation. 
SEC. 184. Funds received by the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration and Federal Railroad Administration from 
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 
and private sources for expenses incurred for training may 
be credited respectively to the Federal Highway Adminis-
tration’s ‘‘Federal-Aid Highways’’ account and to the Fed-
eral Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Operations’’ 
account, except for State rail safety inspectors participating 
in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105. 
SEC. 185. (a) None of the funds provided in this Act 
to the Department of Transportation may be used to make 
a loan, loan guarantee, line of credit, or discretionary grant 
unless the Secretary of Transportation notifies the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 3 
full business days before any project competitively selected 
to receive any discretionary grant award, letter of intent,
1578 
loan commitment, loan guarantee commitment, line of cred-
it commitment, or full funding grant agreement is an-
nounced by the Department or its modal administrations: 
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. 
(b) In addition to the notification required in sub-
section (a), none of the funds made available in this Act 
to the Department of Transportation may be used to make 
a loan, loan guarantee, line of credit, cooperative agreement 
or discretionary grant unless the Secretary of Transpor-
tation provides the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations a comprehensive list of all such loans, loan 
guarantees, lines of credit, cooperative agreement or discre-
tionary grants that will be announced not less the 3 full 
business days before such announcement: Provided, That the 
requirement to provide a list in this subsection does not 
apply to any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds from the emergency 
relief program: Provided further, That no list shall involve 
funds that are not available for obligation. 
SEC. 186. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor 
fees and other funds received by the Department of Trans-
portation from travel management centers, charge card pro-
1579 
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. 187. Amounts made available in this or any 
prior Act that the Secretary determines represent improper 
payments 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: Provided, That amounts made 
available in this Act shall be available until ex-
pended; 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 
purposes and period for which such appropria-
tions are available: Provided further, That where
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specific project or accounting information associ-
ated with the improper payment or payments is 
not readily available, the Secretary may credit 
an appropriate account, which shall be available 
for the purposes and period associated with the 
account so credited; 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 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. 188. 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, transmission of said reprogramming notice shall be 
provided solely to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations, and said reprogramming action shall be ap-
proved or denied solely by the House and Senate Commit-
1581 
tees on Appropriations: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Transportation may provide notice to other congressional 
committees of the action of the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations on such reprogramming but not 
sooner than 30 days following the date on which the re-
programming action has been approved or denied by the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 189. Funds appropriated in this Act to the modal 
administrations may be obligated for the Office of the Sec-
retary for the costs related to assessments or reimbursable 
agreements only when such amounts are for the costs of 
goods and services that are purchased to provide a direct 
benefit to the applicable modal administration or adminis-
trations. 
SEC. 190. The Secretary of Transportation is author-
ized to carry out a program that establishes uniform stand-
ards for developing and supporting agency transit pass and 
transit benefits authorized under section 7905 of title 5, 
United States Code, including distribution of transit bene-
fits by various paper and electronic media. 
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,
1582 
policy or other measure that forbids a recipient of a Federal 
Highway Administration or Federal Transit Administra-
tion grant from imposing such hiring preference on a con-
tract or construction project with which the Department of 
Transportation is assisting, only if the grant recipient cer-
tifies the following: 
(1) that except with respect to apprentices or 
trainees, a pool of readily available but unemployed 
individuals possessing the knowledge, skill, and abil-
ity to perform the work that the contract requires re-
sides in the jurisdiction; 
(2) that the grant recipient will include appro-
priate provisions 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, train-
ing, or delays resulting from the use of such hiring 
preference does not delay or displace any transpor-
tation project in the applicable Statewide Transpor-
tation Improvement Program or Transportation Im-
provement Program. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation Appropriations Act, 2018’’.
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TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
EXECUTIVE OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Of-
fices, which shall be comprised of the offices of the Secretary, 
Deputy Secretary, Adjudicatory Services, Congressional 
and Intergovernmental Relations, Public Affairs, Small 
and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and the Center for 
Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, $14,708,000: 
Provided, That not to exceed $19,876 of the amount made 
available under this heading shall be available to the Sec-
retary for official reception and representation expenses as 
the Secretary may determine. 
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Administrative 
Support Offices, $518,303,000, of which $52,200,000 shall 
be available for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer; 
$95,400,000 shall be available for the Office of the General 
Counsel; $204,253,000 shall be available for the Office of 
Administration; $39,300,000 shall be available for the Of-
fice of the Chief Human Capital Officer; $53,500,000 shall 
be available for the Office of Field Policy and Management; 
$19,500,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief
1584 
Procurement Officer; $3,800,000 shall be available for the 
Office of Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity; 
$4,950,000 shall be available for the Office of Strategic 
Planning and Management; and $45,400,000 shall be avail-
able for the Office of the Chief Information Officer: Pro-
vided, That funds provided under this heading may be used 
for necessary administrative and non-administrative ex-
penses of the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment, not otherwise provided for, including purchase of uni-
forms, 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 not-
withstanding any other provision of law, funds appro-
priated under this heading may be used for advertising and 
promotional activities that directly support program activi-
ties funded in this title: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall provide the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations quarterly written notification regarding the 
status of pending congressional reports: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall provide in electronic form all 
signed reports required by Congress: Provided further, That 
within 30 days of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
submit to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions organization charts reflecting the Department’s and
1585 
each office’s structure (to the branch level) on October 1, 
2017 and on the date of enactment of this Act. 
PROGRAM OFFICE SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Public and Indian Housing, $216,633,000. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Community Planning and Development, $107,554,000. 
HOUSING 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Housing, $383,000,000. 
POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Policy Development and Research, $24,065,000. 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, $69,808,000. 
OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY HOMES 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes, $7,600,000. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the working capital fund for the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development (referred to in this para-
1586 
graph 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 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 manage-
ment, 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’’, ‘‘Adminis-
trative Support Offices’’, ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, 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 appropriations, to 
be merged with the Fund and to remain available until ex-
pended for use for any office or agency: Provided further, 
That amounts in the Fund shall be the only amounts avail-
able to each office or agency of the Department for the serv-
ices, or portion of services, specified in the matter preceding
1587 
the first proviso: Provided further, That with respect to the 
Fund, the authorities and conditions under this heading 
shall supplement the authorities and conditions provided 
under section 7(f). 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
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, 
$18,015,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be available on October 1, 2017 (in addition to the 
$4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this heading 
that shall be available on October 1, 2017), and 
$4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be available on October 1, 2018: Provided, That the 
amounts made available under this heading are provided 
as follows: 
(1) $19,600,000,000 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 incremental 
vouchers: Provided, That notwithstanding any other
1588 
provision of law, from amounts provided under this 
paragraph and any carryover, the Secretary for the 
calendar year 2018 funding cycle shall provide re-
newal funding for each public housing agency based 
on validated voucher management system (VMS) leas-
ing and cost data for the prior calendar year and by 
applying an inflation factor as established by the Sec-
retary, by notice published in the Federal Register, 
and by making any necessary adjustments for the 
costs associated with the first-time renewal of vouch-
ers under this paragraph including tenant protection, 
HOPE VI, and Choice Neighborhoods vouchers: Pro-
vided 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 con-
tract, except for public housing agencies participating 
in the MTW demonstration, which are instead gov-
erned by the terms and conditions of their MTW 
agreements: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall, to the extent necessary to stay within the 
amount specified under this paragraph (except as oth-
erwise modified under this paragraph), prorate each 
public housing agency’s allocation otherwise estab-
lished pursuant to this paragraph: Provided further,
1589 
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 en-
actment of this Act or March 1, 2018: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary may extend the notification 
period with the prior written approval of the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That public housing agencies participating 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 pro-
visos: Provided further, That the Secretary may offset 
public housing agencies’ calendar year 2018 alloca-
tions 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 2017 that is verifiable 
and complete), as determined by the Secretary: Pro-
vided further, That public housing agencies partici-
pating in the MTW demonstration shall also be sub-
ject to the offset, as determined by the Secretary, ex-
1590 
cluding amounts subject to the single fund budget au-
thority provisions of their MTW agreements, from the 
agencies’ calendar year 2018 MTW funding alloca-
tion: Provided further, That the Secretary shall use 
any offset referred to in the previous two provisos 
throughout the calendar year to prevent the termi-
nation of rental assistance for families as the result 
of insufficient funding, as determined by the Sec-
retary, and to avoid or reduce the proration of re-
newal funding allocations: Provided further, That up 
to $75,000,000 shall be available only: (1) for adjust-
ments in the allocations for public housing agencies, 
after application for an adjustment by a public hous-
ing 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 com-
mitment pursuant to section 8(o)(13) of the Act; (3) 
for adjustments for costs associated with HUD-Vet-
erans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD–VASH) 
vouchers; and (4) for public housing agencies that de-
spite taking reasonable cost savings measures, as de-
termined by the Secretary, would otherwise be re-
1591 
quired to terminate rental assistance 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 as-
sistance for relocation and replacement of housing 
units that are demolished 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, en-
hanced vouchers under any provision of law author-
izing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act, 
HOPE VI and Choice Neighborhood 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 when a
1592 
public housing development is submitted for demoli-
tion 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 Secretary 
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 protec-
tion assistance, not otherwise provided under this 
paragraph, to residents residing in low vacancy areas 
and who may have to pay rents greater than 30 per-
cent of household income, as the result of: (A) the ma-
turity 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 restrictions accompanying a mortgage or 
preservation program administered by the Secretary: 
Provided further, That such tenant protection assist-
ance made available under the previous proviso may
1593 
be provided under the authority of section 8(t) or sec-
tion 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 pre-
vious provisos, including, but not limited to, require-
ments for defining eligible at-risk households within 
60 days of the enactment of this Act: Provided fur-
ther, That any tenant protection voucher made avail-
able from amounts under this paragraph shall not be 
reissued by any public housing agency, except the re-
placement vouchers as defined by the Secretary by no-
tice, when the initial family that received any such 
voucher no longer receives such voucher, and the au-
thority for any public housing agency to issue any 
such voucher shall cease to exist: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may provide section 8 rental as-
sistance 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 contin-
ued rental assistance payments or transfer of the sub-
1594 
sidy contract associated with such units to another 
project or projects and owner or owners, any remain-
ing amounts associated with such units under such 
contract shall be recaptured and used to reimburse 
amounts used under this paragraph for rental assist-
ance under the preceding proviso; 
(3) $1,760,000,000 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 $30,000,000 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 spe-
cial purpose incremental vouchers: Provided, That no 
less than $1,730,000,000 of the amount provided in 
this paragraph shall be allocated to public housing 
agencies for the calendar year 2018 funding cycle 
based on section 8(q) of the Act (and related Appro-
priation Act provisions) as in effect immediately be-
fore the enactment of the Quality Housing and Work 
Responsibility Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–276): 
Provided further, That if the amounts made available
1595 
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 pur-
poses for which such amounts were appropriated: Pro-
vided further, That all public housing agencies par-
ticipating in the MTW demonstration shall be funded 
pursuant to their MTW agreements, and shall be sub-
ject to the same uniform percentage decrease as under 
the previous proviso: Provided further, That amounts 
provided under this paragraph shall be only for ac-
tivities related to the provision of tenant-based rental 
assistance authorized under section 8, including re-
lated development activities; 
(4) $505,000,000 for the renewal of tenant-based 
assistance contracts under section 811 of the Cran-
ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42
1596 
U.S.C. 8013), including necessary administrative ex-
penses: Provided, That administrative and other ex-
penses 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: Pro-
vided further, That any amounts provided under this 
paragraph in this Act or prior Acts, remaining avail-
able after funding renewals and administrative ex-
penses under this paragraph, shall be available for in-
cremental tenant-based assistance contracts under 
such section 811, including necessary administrative 
expenses; 
(5) $5,000,000 shall be for rental assistance and 
associated administrative fees for Tribal HUD–VA 
Supportive Housing to serve Native American vet-
erans that are homeless or at-risk of homelessness liv-
ing on or near a reservation or other Indian areas: 
Provided, That such amount shall be made available 
for renewal grants to recipients that received assist-
ance under prior Acts under the Tribal HUD–VA 
Supportive Housing program: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall be authorized to specify criteria
1597 
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 Na-
tive American Housing Assistance and Self-Deter-
mination Act of 1996 and modeled after the HUD– 
VASH program: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall be authorized to waive, or specify alternative re-
quirements for any provision of any statute or regula-
tion that the Secretary administers in connection 
with the use of funds made available under this para-
graph (except for requirements related to fair housing, 
nondiscrimination, 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 as-
sistance: 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 reallocate, 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 pro-
1598 
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 203 (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 
for requirements related to fair housing, non-
discrimination, labor standards, and the environ-
1599 
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; 
(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 assistance made available 
under this paragraph shall continue to remain avail-
able for family unification upon turnover: Provided 
further, That for any public housing agency admin-
istering voucher assistance appropriated in a prior 
Act under the family unification program that deter-
mines that it no longer has an identified need for 
such assistance upon turnover, such agency shall no-
tify 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; and 
(8) the Secretary shall separately track all spe-
cial purpose vouchers funded under this heading.
1600 
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
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 2018 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 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
1601 
housing agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g) (the 
‘‘Act’’) $2,750,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2021: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law or regulation, during fiscal year 2018, 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 $8,300,000 shall be to support 
ongoing public housing financial and physical assessment 
activities: Provided further, That up to $1,000,000 shall be 
to support the costs of administrative and judicial receiver-
ships: Provided further, That of the total amount provided 
under this heading, not to exceed $21,500,000 shall be avail-
able for the Secretary to make grants, notwithstanding sec-
tion 203 of this Act, to public housing agencies for emer-
gency capital needs including safety and security measures 
necessary to address crime and drug-related activity as well 
as needs resulting from unforeseen or unpreventable emer-
1602 
gencies and natural disasters excluding Presidentially de-
clared 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 2018: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amount made available under the previous 
proviso, not less than $5,000,000 shall be for safety and se-
curity measures: Provided further, That in addition to the 
amount in the previous proviso for such safety and security 
measures, any amounts that remain available, after all ap-
plications received on or before September 30, 2019, for 
emergency capital needs have been processed, shall be allo-
cated to public housing agencies for such safety and security 
measures: Provided further, That of the total amount pro-
vided under this heading, up to $35,000,000 shall be for 
supportive services, service coordinators and congregate 
services as authorized by section 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 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: Pro-
vided further, That funding provided under the previous 
proviso shall be available for competitive grants to partner-
ships between public housing authorities, local workforce in-
vestment boards established under section 117 of the Work-
1603 
force Investment Act of 1998, and other agencies and orga-
nizations that provide support to help public housing resi-
dents obtain employment and increase earnings: Provided 
further, That applicants must demonstrate the ability to 
provide services to residents, partner with workforce invest-
ment boards, and leverage service dollars: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may allow public housing agencies to 
request exemptions from rent and income limitation re-
quirements under sections 3 and 6 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 as necessary to implement the Jobs- 
Plus program, on such terms and conditions as the Sec-
retary 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 pro-
viso to allow public housing agencies to fund activities au-
thorized under section 9(e)(1)(C) of the Act: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall notify public housing agencies
1604 
requesting waivers under the previous proviso if the request 
is approved or denied within 14 days of submitting the re-
quest: Provided further, That from the funds made available 
under this heading, the Secretary shall provide bonus 
awards in fiscal year 2018 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. 
PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND 
For 2018 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)), $4,550,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2019. 
CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE 
For competitive grants under the Choice Neighborhoods 
Initiative (subject to section 24 of the United States Hous-
ing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v), unless otherwise speci-
fied 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, transpor-
tation and access to jobs, $150,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2020: Provided, That grant funds may
1605 
be used for resident and community services, community 
development, and affordable housing needs in the commu-
nity, 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 notwithstanding section 3(b)(1) 
of such Act: Provided further, That grantees shall commit 
to an additional period of affordability determined 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 in-
clude local governments, tribal entities, public housing au-
thorities, and nonprofits: Provided further, That for-profit 
developers may apply jointly with a public entity: Provided 
further, That for purposes of environmental review, a grant-
ee 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 implement such 
section: Provided further, That of the amount provided, not 
less than $75,000,000 shall be awarded to public housing 
agencies: Provided further, That such grantees shall create 
partnerships with other local organizations including as-
sisted housing owners, service agencies, and resident organi-
zations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall consult
1606 
with the Secretaries of Education, Labor, Transportation, 
Health and Human Services, Agriculture, and Commerce, 
the Attorney General, and the Administrator of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency to coordinate and leverage 
other appropriate 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 com-
prehensive local planning with input from residents and 
the community: Provided further, That unobligated bal-
ances, including recaptures, remaining from funds appro-
priated 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, notwithstanding the purposes for which such 
amounts were appropriated: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall issue the Notice of Funding Availability for 
funds made available under this heading no later than 60 
days after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall make grant awards no later than 270 days 
after enactment of this Act in such amounts that the Sec-
retary determines. 
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 develop-
1607 
ment of local strategies to coordinate the use of assistance 
under sections 8(o) and 9 of such Act with public and pri-
vate resources, and enable eligible families to achieve eco-
nomic independence and self-sufficiency, $75,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2019: Provided, 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 facili-
tate the operation of a unified self-sufficiency program for 
individuals receiving assistance under different provisions 
of the Act, as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, 
That owners of a privately owned multifamily property 
with a section 8 contract may voluntarily 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 
participating 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 pro-
gram, as authorized under title I of the Native American
1608 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 
(NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $655,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2022: 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 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, $7,000,000 shall be for pro-
viding training and technical assistance to Indian housing 
authorities and tribally designated housing entities, to sup-
port the inspection of Indian housing units, contract exper-
tise, 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 the previous provisos, not less than 
$2,000,000 shall be made available for a national organiza-
tion as authorized under section 703 of NAHASDA (25 
U.S.C. 4212): Provided further, That amounts made avail-
able under the previous two provisos may be used, con-
tracted, or competed as determined by the Secretary: Pro-
1609 
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 
of any notes and other obligations, any part of which is 
to be guaranteed, not to exceed $17,391,304: Provided fur-
ther, That the Department will notify grantees of their for-
mula 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, 2022: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall obligate this ad-
ditional amount for competitive grants to eligible recipients 
authorized under NAHASDA that apply for funds: Pro-
vided further, That in awarding this additional amount, 
the Secretary shall consider need and administrative capac-
ity, and shall give priority to projects that will spur con-
struction and rehabilitation: Provided further, That up to 
1 percent of this additional amount may be transferred, in 
aggregate, to ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses—
1610 
Public and Indian Housing’’ for necessary costs of admin-
istering and overseeing the obligation and expenditure of 
this additional amount: Provided further, That any funds 
transferred pursuant to the previous proviso shall remain 
available until September 30, 2023. 
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–13a), $1,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such costs, includ-
ing the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Pro-
vided further, That these funds are available to subsidize 
total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, 
up to $270,270,270, to remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That up to $750,000 of this amount may 
be for administrative contract expenses including manage-
ment processes and systems to carry out the loan guarantee 
program. 
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.), $2,000,000 to remain available until
1611 
September 30, 2022: Provided, That notwithstanding sec-
tion 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: Pro-
vided further, That the language under the first proviso 
under the heading ‘‘Native Hawaiian Housing Block 
Grant’’ in the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 113–235) is 
amended by striking ‘‘Hawaii-based’’: 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 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 Per-
sons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS Hous-
ing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), 
$375,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019, except that amounts allocated pursuant to section 
854(c)(5) of such Act shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew 
all expiring contracts for permanent supportive housing 
that initially were funded under section 854(c)(5) of such
1612 
Act from funds made available under this heading in fiscal 
year 2010 and prior fiscal years that meet all program re-
quirements 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 develop-
ment activities, and for other purposes, $3,365,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2020, unless otherwise 
specified: Provided, That of the total amount provided, 
$3,300,000,000 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, not 
to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with funds appro-
priated under this heading shall be expended for planning 
and management development and administration: Pro-
vided further, That a metropolitan 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
1613 
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 pro-
vided 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 notwith-
standing section 106(a)(1) of such Act, of which, notwith-
standing 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. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, during fiscal year 2018, commitments to guarantee 
loans under section 108 of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5308), any part of 
which is guaranteed, shall not exceed a total principal 
amount of $300,000,000, notwithstanding any aggregate 
limitation on outstanding obligations guaranteed in sub-
1614 
section (k) of such section 108: Provided, That the Secretary 
shall collect fees from borrowers, notwithstanding subsection 
(m) of such section 108, to result in a credit subsidy cost 
of zero for guaranteeing such loans, and any 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, $1,362,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That 
notwithstanding the amount made available under this 
heading, the threshold reduction requirements in sections 
216(10) and 217(b)(4) of such Act shall not apply to alloca-
tions of such amount: Provided further, That the Depart-
ment shall notify grantees of their formula allocation with-
in 60 days of enactment of this Act. 
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, $50,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2020: Provided, That of the total amount provided 
under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be made available to
1615 
the Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program as au-
thorized under section 11 of the Housing Opportunity Pro-
gram Extension Act of 1996, as amended: Provided further, 
That of the total amount provided under this heading, 
$35,000,000 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 shall 
be made available for rural capacity building activities: 
Provided further, That of the total amount provided under 
this heading, $5,000,000 shall be made available for capac-
ity building by national rural housing organizations with 
experience assessing national rural conditions and pro-
viding financing, training, technical assistance, informa-
tion, and research to local nonprofits, local governments, 
and Indian Tribes serving high need rural communities: 
Provided further, That an additional $4,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be for a program to rehabili-
tate and modify homes of disabled or low-income veterans, 
as authorized under section 1079 of Public Law 113–291. 
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For the Emergency Solutions Grants program as au-
thorized under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act, as amended; the Continuum of 
Care program as authorized under subtitle C of title IV of
1616 
such Act; and the Rural Housing Stability Assistance pro-
gram as authorized under subtitle D of title IV of such Act, 
$2,513,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020: Provided, That any rental assistance amounts that 
are recaptured under such Continuum of Care program 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That not less than $270,000,000 of the funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be available for such Emergency 
Solutions Grants program: Provided further, That not less 
than $2,106,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this 
heading shall be available for such Continuum of Care and 
Rural Housing Stability Assistance programs: Provided 
further, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading, up to $50,000,000 shall be made available for 
grants for rapid re-housing projects and supportive service 
projects providing coordinated entry, and for eligible activi-
ties the Secretary determines to be critical in order to assist 
survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking: 
Provided further, That such projects shall be eligible for re-
newal under the continuum of care program subject to the 
same terms and conditions as other renewal applicants: 
Provided further, That up to $7,000,000 of the funds appro-
priated under this heading shall be available for the na-
tional homeless data analysis project: Provided further, 
That all funds awarded for supportive services under the
1617 
Continuum of Care program and the Rural Housing Sta-
bility Assistance program shall be matched by not less than 
25 percent in cash or in kind 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 administered by the Sec-
retary 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 Secretary shall collect sys-
tem performance measures for each continuum of care, and 
that relative to fiscal year 2015, under the Continuum of 
Care competition with respect to funds made available 
under this heading, the Secretary shall base an increasing 
share of the score on performance criteria: Provided further, 
That none of the funds provided under this heading shall 
be available to provide funding for new projects, except for 
projects created through reallocation, unless the Secretary 
determines that the continuum of care has demonstrated 
that projects are evaluated and ranked based on the degree 
to which they improve the continuum of care’s system per-
formance: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
prioritize funding under the Continuum of Care program 
to continuums of care that have demonstrated a capacity 
to reallocate funding from lower performing projects to
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higher performing projects: 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-
grams for which homeless populations may be eligible: Pro-
vided further, That any unobligated amounts remaining 
from funds appropriated under this heading in fiscal year 
2012 and prior years for project-based rental assistance for 
rehabilitation projects with 10-year grant terms may be 
used for purposes under this heading, notwithstanding the 
purposes for which such funds were appropriated: Provided 
further, That all balances for Shelter Plus Care renewals 
previously funded from the Shelter Plus Care Renewal ac-
count and transferred to this account shall be available, if 
recaptured, for Continuum of Care renewals in fiscal year 
2018: Provided further, That the Department shall notify 
grantees of their formula allocation from amounts allocated 
(which may represent initial or final amounts allocated) 
for the Emergency Solutions Grant program within 60 days 
of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That up to 
$80,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be to implement projects to demonstrate how a com-
prehensive approach to serving homeless youth, age 24 and 
under, in up to 25 communities, including at least eight 
communities with substantial rural populations, can dra-
1619 
matically reduce youth homelessness: Provided further, That 
of the amount made available under the previous proviso, 
up to $5,000,000 shall be available to provide technical as-
sistance on youth homelessness, and collection, analysis, 
and reporting of data and performance measures under the 
comprehensive approaches to serve homeless youth, in addi-
tion to and in coordination with other technical assistance 
funds provided under this title: Provided further, That such 
projects shall be eligible for renewal under the continuum 
of care program subject to the same terms and conditions 
as other renewal applicants: Provided further, That youth 
aged 24 and under seeking assistance under this heading 
shall not be required to provide third party documentation 
to establish their eligibility under 42 U.S.C. 11302(a) or 
(b) to receive services: Provided further, That unaccom-
panied youth aged 24 and under or families headed by 
youth aged 24 and under who are living in unsafe situa-
tions may be served by youth-serving providers funded 
under this heading. 
HOUSING PROGRAMS 
PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
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, $11,115,000,000, to remain
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available until expended, shall be available on October 1, 
2017 (in addition to the $400,000,000 previously appro-
priated under this heading that became available October 
1, 2017), and $400,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be available on October 1, 2018: Provided, 
That the amounts made available under this heading shall 
be available for expiring or terminating section 8 project- 
based subsidy contracts (including section 8 moderate reha-
bilitation contracts), for amendments to section 8 project- 
based subsidy contracts (including section 8 moderate reha-
bilitation contracts), for contracts entered into pursuant to 
section 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 11401), for renewal 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 administra-
tive and other expenses associated with project-based activi-
ties and assistance funded under this paragraph: Provided 
further, That of the total amounts provided under this head-
ing, not to exceed $285,000,000 shall be available for per-
formance-based contract administrators for section 8 
project-based assistance, for carrying out 42 U.S.C. 1437(f): 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development may also use such amounts in the previous
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proviso for performance-based contract administrators for 
the administration of: interest reduction payments pursu-
ant to section 236(a) of the National Housing Act (12 
U.S.C. 1715z–1(a)); rent supplement payments pursuant to 
section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 
1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); section 236(f)(2) rental assistance 
payments (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(f)(2)); project rental assist-
ance contracts for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of the 
Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); project rental as-
sistance contracts for supportive housing for persons with 
disabilities under section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gon-
zalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
8013(d)(2)); project assistance contracts pursuant to section 
202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 
73 Stat. 667); and loans under section 202 of the Housing 
Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667): Provided 
further, That amounts recaptured under this heading, the 
heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing’’, or 
the heading ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’, may be used for 
renewals of or amendments to section 8 project-based con-
tracts or for performance-based contract administrators, 
notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts were 
appropriated: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, upon the request of the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development, project funds that are
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held in residual receipts accounts for any project subject 
to a section 8 project-based Housing Assistance Payments 
contract that authorizes HUD or a Housing Finance Agen-
cy to require that surplus project funds be deposited in an 
interest-bearing residual receipts account and that are in 
excess of an amount to be determined by the Secretary, shall 
be remitted to the Department and deposited in this ac-
count, to be available until expended: Provided further, 
That amounts deposited pursuant to the previous proviso 
shall be available in addition to the amount otherwise pro-
vided by this heading for uses authorized under this head-
ing. 
HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY 
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 
senior preservation rental assistance contracts, including 
renewals, as authorized by section 811(e) of the American 
Housing and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000, as 
amended, and for supportive services associated with the 
housing, $678,000,000 to remain available until September
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30, 2021, of which $105,000,000 shall be for capital advance 
and project-based rental assistance awards: Provided, 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: Provided further, That amounts 
under this heading shall be available for Real Estate Assess-
ment Center inspections and inspection-related activities 
associated with section 202 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: Provided further, That 
upon request of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, project funds that are held in residual receipts ac-
counts for any project subject to a section 202 project rental 
assistance contract, and that upon termination of such con-
tract are in excess of an amount to be determined by the 
Secretary, shall be remitted to the Department and depos-
ited in this account, to be available until September 30, 
2021: Provided further, That amounts deposited in this ac-
count pursuant to the previous proviso shall be available, 
in addition to the amounts otherwise provided by this head-
ing, for amendments and renewals: Provided further, That 
unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover,
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remaining from funds transferred to or appropriated under 
this heading shall be available for amendments and renew-
als notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds 
originally were appropriated. 
HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 
For capital advances, including amendments to cap-
ital advance contracts, for supportive housing for persons 
with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of the Cran-
ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
8013), as amended, and for project rental assistance for 
supportive housing for persons with disabilities under sec-
tion 811(d)(2) of such Act and for project assistance con-
tracts pursuant to section 202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959 
(Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667), including amendments 
to contracts for such assistance and renewal of expiring con-
tracts for such assistance for up to a 1–year term, for 
project rental assistance to State housing finance agencies 
and other appropriate entities as authorized under section 
811(b)(3) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Housing Act, 
and for supportive services associated with the housing for 
persons with disabilities as authorized by section 811(b)(1) 
of such Act, $229,600,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2021, of which $82,600,000 shall be for capital 
advance and project rental assistance awards: Provided, 
That amounts made available under this heading shall be
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available for Real Estate Assessment Center inspections and 
inspection-related activities associated with section 811 
projects: Provided further, That, in this fiscal year, upon 
the request of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment, project funds that are held in residual receipts ac-
counts for any project subject to a section 811 project rental 
assistance contract and that upon termination of such con-
tract are in excess of an amount to be determined by the 
Secretary shall be remitted to the Department and deposited 
in this account, to be available until September 30, 2021: 
Provided further, That amounts deposited in this account 
pursuant to the previous proviso shall be available in addi-
tion to the amounts otherwise provided by this heading for 
amendments and renewals: Provided further, That unobli-
gated balances, including recaptures and carryover, re-
maining from funds transferred to or appropriated under 
this heading shall be used for amendments and renewals 
notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds origi-
nally were appropriated. 
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, $55,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2019, including 
up to $4,500,000 for administrative contract services: Pro-
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vided, That grants made available from amounts provided 
under this heading shall be awarded within 180 days of 
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That funds shall 
be used for providing counseling and advice to tenants and 
homeowners, both current and prospective, with respect to 
property maintenance, financial management or 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: Provided further, That for pur-
poses of providing such grants from amounts provided 
under this heading, the Secretary may enter into multiyear 
agreements, as appropriate, subject to the availability of 
annual appropriations. 
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 
(12 U.S.C. 1715z–1) in State-aided, noninsured rental 
housing projects, $14,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That such amount, together with unobli-
gated balances from recaptured amounts appropriated 
prior to fiscal year 2006 from terminated contracts under 
such sections of law, and any unobligated balances, includ-
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ing recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds appro-
priated under this heading after fiscal year 2005, shall also 
be available for extensions of up to one year for expiring 
contracts under such sections of law. 
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 $11,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which $11,000,000 
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 
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 2018 so as to re-
sult in a final fiscal year 2018 appropriation from the gen-
eral fund estimated at zero, and fees pursuant to such sec-
tion 620 shall be modified as necessary to ensure such a 
final fiscal year 2018 appropriation: Provided further, 
That for the dispute resolution and installation programs, 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may as-
sess and collect fees from any program participant: Pro-
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vided further, That such collections shall be deposited into 
the Fund, and the Secretary, as provided herein, 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 responsibilities of the Sec-
retary under such Act through the use of approved service 
providers that are paid directly by the recipients of their 
services. 
FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION 
MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
New commitments to guarantee single family loans in-
sured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund shall not 
exceed $400,000,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019: Provided, That during fiscal year 2018, 
obligations to make direct loans to carry out the purposes 
of section 204(g) of the National Housing Act, as amended, 
shall not exceed $5,000,000: Provided further, That the fore-
going amount in the previous proviso shall be for loans to 
nonprofit 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: Provided further, That for administrative contract 
expenses 
of 
the 
Federal 
Housing 
Administration, 
$130,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
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2019: Provided further, That to the extent guaranteed loan 
commitments exceed $200,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 
2018, an additional $1,400 for administrative contract ex-
penses shall be available 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: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2018 
the Secretary may insure and enter into new commitments 
to insure mortgages under section 255 of the National Hous-
ing Act only to the extent that the net credit subsidy cost 
for such insurance does not exceed zero: Provided further, 
That for fiscal years 2018 and 2019, the Secretary shall 
not take any action against a lender solely on the basis 
of compare ratios that have been adversely affected by de-
faults on mortgages secured by properties in areas where 
a major disaster was declared in 2017 or 2018 pursuant 
to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.). 
GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
New commitments to guarantee loans insured under 
the General and Special Risk Insurance Funds, as author-
ized by sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act 
(12 U.S.C. 1715z–3 and 1735c), shall not exceed 
$30,000,000,000 in total loan principal, any part of which
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is to be guaranteed, to remain available until September 
30, 2019: Provided, That during fiscal year 2018, gross ob-
ligations for the principal amount of direct loans, as au-
thorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 519(a) of the 
National Housing Act, shall not exceed $5,000,000, which 
shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities 
in connection with the sale of single family real properties 
owned by the Secretary and formerly insured 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, 
2019: Provided, That $27,000,000 shall be available for nec-
essary salaries and expenses of the Office of Government 
National Mortgage Association: Provided further, That to 
the extent that guaranteed loan commitments exceed 
$155,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 2018, an additional 
$100 for necessary salaries and expenses shall be available 
until expended for each $1,000,000 in additional guaran-
teed loan commitments (including a pro rata amount for 
any amount below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds
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made available by this proviso exceed $3,000,000: Provided 
further, That receipts from Commitment and Multiclass fees 
collected pursuant to title III of the National Housing Act, 
as amended, shall be credited as offsetting collections to this 
account. 
POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 
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, and for technical assistance, $89,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That 
with respect to amounts made available under this heading, 
notwithstanding section 203 of this title, the Secretary may 
enter into cooperative agreements funded with philan-
thropic entities, other Federal agencies, State or local gov-
ernments and their agencies, or colleges or universities for 
research projects: Provided further, That with respect to the 
previous proviso, such partners to the cooperative agree-
ments must contribute at least a 50 percent match toward 
the cost of the project: Provided further, That for non-com-
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petitive agreements entered into in accordance with the pre-
vious two provisos, the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall comply with section 2(b) of the Federal 
Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 
(Public Law 109–282, 31 U.S.C. note) in lieu of compliance 
with section 102(a)(4)(C) with respect to documentation of 
award decisions: Provided further, That prior to obligation 
of technical assistance funding, the Secretary shall submit 
a plan, for approval, to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations on how it will allocate funding for this 
activity: Provided further, That none of the funds provided 
under this heading may be available for the doctoral dis-
sertation research grant program. 
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 
Amendments Act of 1988, and section 561 of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended, 
$65,300,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: 
Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Sec-
retary 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
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made available under this heading shall be used to lobby 
the executive or legislative branches of the Federal Govern-
ment in connection with a specific contract, grant, or loan: 
Provided further, That of the funds made available under 
this heading, $300,000 shall be available to the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development for the creation and 
promotion of translated materials and other programs that 
support the assistance of persons with limited English pro-
ficiency in utilizing the services provided by the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development. 
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, $230,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2019, of which $45,000,000 
shall be for the Healthy Homes Initiative, pursuant to sec-
tions 501 and 502 of the Housing and Urban Development 
Act of 1970, that shall include research, studies, 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 National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and
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other provisions of the law that further the purposes of such 
Act, a grant under the Healthy Homes Initiative, 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 not less than $95,000,000 of the 
amounts made available under this heading for the award 
of grants pursuant to section 1011 of the Residential Lead- 
Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 shall be pro-
vided to areas with the highest lead-based paint abatement 
needs: Provided further, That each applicant shall certify 
adequate capacity that is acceptable to the Secretary to 
carry out the proposed use of funds pursuant to a notice 
of funding availability: Provided further, That amounts 
made available under this heading in this or prior appro-
priations Acts, and that still remain available, may be used 
for any purpose under this heading notwithstanding the 
purpose for which such amounts were appropriated if a 
program competition is undersubscribed and there are other 
program competitions under this heading that are oversub-
scribed.
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUND 
For the development of, modifications to, and infra-
structure for Department-wide and program-specific infor-
mation technology systems, for the continuing operation 
and maintenance of both Department-wide and program- 
specific information systems, and for program-related 
maintenance 
activities, 
$267,000,000, 
of 
which 
$250,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2019, and of which $17,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2020: Provided, That any amounts 
transferred to this Fund under this Act shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided further, That any amounts 
transferred to this Fund from amounts appropriated by 
previously enacted appropriations Acts may be used for the 
purposes specified under this Fund, in addition to any 
other information technology purposes for which such 
amounts were appropriated: Provided further, That not 
more than 10 percent of the funds made available under 
this heading for development, modernization and enhance-
ment may be obligated until the Secretary submits to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, for ap-
proval, a plan for expenditure that—(A) identifies for each 
modernization project: (i) the functional and performance 
capabilities to be delivered and the mission benefits to be 
realized, (ii) the estimated life-cycle cost, and (iii) key mile-
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stones to be met; and (B) demonstrates that each moderniza-
tion project is: (i) compliant with the Department’s enter-
prise architecture, (ii) being managed in accordance with 
applicable life-cycle management policies and guidance, 
(iii) subject to the Department’s capital planning and in-
vestment control requirements, and (iv) supported by an 
adequately staffed project office. 
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, $128,082,000: Provided, That the In-
spector General shall have independent authority over all 
personnel issues within this office. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 
URBAN DEVELOPMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
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. 1437f note) shall be rescinded or in the case of 
cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such amounts 
of budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded
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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 rescinded 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 2018 to investigate 
or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise law-
ful activity engaged in by one or more persons, including 
the filing or maintaining of a nonfrivolous 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. 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).
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SEC. 204. Funds of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development subject to the Government Corporation 
Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of 1950 shall 
be available, without regard to the limitations on adminis-
trative expenses, for legal services on a contract or fee basis, 
and for utilizing and making payment for services and fa-
cilities of the Federal National Mortgage Association, Gov-
ernment National Mortgage Association, Federal Home 
Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Fed-
eral Reserve banks or any member thereof, Federal Home 
Loan banks, and any insured bank within the meaning of 
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, as amended 
(12 U.S.C. 1811–1). 
SEC. 205. 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. 206. 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
1639 
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 2018 for such corporation or agency 
except as hereinafter provided: Provided, That collections 
of these corporations and agencies may be used for new loan 
or mortgage purchase commitments only to the extent 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. 207. 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. 208. The President’s formal budget request for fis-
cal year 2019, as well as the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development’s congressional budget justifications to 
be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the
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House of Representatives and the Senate, shall use the iden-
tical account and sub-account structure provided under this 
Act. 
SEC. 209. 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. 210. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, subject to the conditions listed under this section, for 
fiscal years 2018 and 2019, the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development may authorize the transfer of some or 
all project-based assistance, debt held or insured by the Sec-
retary and statutorily required low-income and very low- 
income use restrictions if any, associated with one or more 
multifamily housing project or projects to another multi-
family housing project or projects. 
(b) PHASED TRANSFERS.—Transfers of project-based 
assistance under this section may be done in phases to ac-
commodate the financing and other requirements related to 
rehabilitating or constructing the project or projects to 
which the assistance is transferred, to ensure that such 
project or projects meet the standards under subsection (c). 
(c) The transfer authorized in subsection (a) is subject 
to the following conditions: 
(1) NUMBER AND BEDROOM SIZE OF UNITS.—
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(A) For occupied units in the transferring 
project: The number of low-income and very low- 
income units and the configuration (i.e., bed-
room size) provided by the transferring project 
shall be no less than when transferred to the re-
ceiving project or projects and the net dollar 
amount of Federal assistance provided to the 
transferring project shall remain the same in the 
receiving project or projects. 
(B) For unoccupied units in the transfer-
ring project: The Secretary may authorize a re-
duction in the number of dwelling units in the 
receiving project or projects to allow for a recon-
figuration of bedroom sizes to meet current mar-
ket demands, as determined by the Secretary and 
provided there is no increase in the project-based 
assistance budget authority. 
(2) The transferring project shall, as determined 
by the Secretary, be either physically obsolete or eco-
nomically nonviable. 
(3) The receiving project or projects shall meet or 
exceed applicable physical standards established by 
the Secretary. 
(4) The owner or mortgagor of the transferring 
project shall notify and consult with the tenants re-
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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. 
(7) If either the transferring project or the re-
ceiving project or projects meets the condition speci-
fied in subsection (d)(2)(A), any lien on the receiving 
project resulting from additional financing obtained 
by the owner shall be subordinate to any FHA-in-
sured mortgage lien transferred to, or placed on, such 
project by the Secretary, except that the Secretary 
may waive this requirement upon determination that 
such a waiver is necessary to facilitate the financing 
of acquisition, construction, and/or rehabilitation of 
the receiving project or projects. 
(8) If the transferring project meets the require-
ments of subsection (d)(2), the owner or mortgagor of 
the receiving project or projects shall execute and
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record either a continuation of the existing use agree-
ment or a new use agreement for the project where, 
in either case, any use restrictions in such agreement 
are of no lesser duration than the existing use restric-
tions. 
(9) The transfer does not increase the cost (as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, as amended) of any FHA-insured mortgage, 
except to the extent that appropriations are provided 
in advance for the amount of any such increased cost. 
(d) For purposes of this section— 
(1) the terms ‘‘low-income’’ and ‘‘very low-in-
come’’ shall have the meanings provided by the statute 
and/or regulations governing the program under 
which the project is insured or assisted; 
(2) the term ‘‘multifamily housing project’’ 
means housing that meets one of the following condi-
tions— 
(A) housing that is subject to a mortgage 
insured under the National Housing Act; 
(B) housing that has project-based assist-
ance attached to the structure including projects 
undergoing mark to market debt restructuring 
under the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform 
and Affordability Housing Act;
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(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; 
(E) housing that is assisted under section 
811 of the Cranston-Gonzales National Afford-
able Housing Act; or 
(F) housing or vacant land that is subject 
to a use agreement; 
(3) the term ‘‘project-based assistance’’ means— 
(A) assistance provided under section 8(b) 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937; 
(B) assistance for housing constructed or 
substantially rehabilitated pursuant to assistance 
provided under section 8(b)(2) of such Act (as 
such section existed immediately before October 
1, 1983); 
(C) rent supplement payments under sec-
tion 101 of the Housing and Urban Development 
Act of 1965;
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(D) interest reduction payments under sec-
tion 236 and/or additional assistance payments 
under section 236(f)(2) of the National Housing 
Act; 
(E) assistance payments made under sec-
tion 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959; and 
(F) assistance payments made under section 
811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af-
fordable Housing Act; 
(4) the term ‘‘receiving project or projects’’ 
means the multifamily housing project or projects to 
which some or all of the project-based assistance, debt, 
and statutorily required low-income and very low-in-
come use restrictions are to be transferred; 
(5) the term ‘‘transferring project’’ means the 
multifamily housing project which is transferring 
some or all of the project-based assistance, debt, and 
the statutorily required low-income and very low-in-
come use restrictions to the receiving project or 
projects; and 
(6) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development. 
(e) RESEARCH REPORT.—The Secretary shall conduct 
an evaluation of the transfer authority under this section, 
including the effect of such transfers on the operational effi-
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ciency, contract rents, physical and financial conditions, 
and long-term preservation of the affected properties. 
SEC. 211. (a) No assistance shall be provided under 
section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f) to any individual who— 
(1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of 
higher education (as defined under section 102 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)); 
(2) is under 24 years of age; 
(3) is not a veteran; 
(4) is unmarried; 
(5) does not have a dependent child; 
(6) is not a person with disabilities, as such 
term is defined in section 3(b)(3)(E) of the United 
States 
Housing 
Act 
of 
1937 
(42 
U.S.C. 
1437a(b)(3)(E)) and was not receiving assistance 
under such section 8 as of November 30, 2005; 
(7) is not a youth who left foster care at age 14 
or older and is at risk of becoming homeless; and 
(8) 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
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Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any financial as-
sistance (in excess of amounts received for tuition and any 
other required fees and charges) that an individual receives 
under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 
et seq.), from private sources, or an institution of higher 
education (as defined under the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)), shall be considered income to that 
individual, except for a person over the age of 23 with de-
pendent children. 
SEC. 212. The funds made available for Native Alas-
kans under the heading ‘‘Native American Housing Block 
Grants’’ in title II of this Act shall be allocated to the same 
Native Alaskan housing block grant recipients that received 
funds in fiscal year 2005. 
SEC. 213. Notwithstanding the limitation in the first 
sentence of section 255(g) of the National Housing Act (12 
U.S.C. 1715z–20(g)), the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development may, until September 30, 2018, insure and 
enter into commitments to insure mortgages under such sec-
tion 255. 
SEC. 214. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
in fiscal year 2018, in managing and disposing of any mul-
tifamily property that is owned or has a mortgage held by 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and dur-
ing the process of foreclosure on any property with a con-
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tract for rental assistance payments under section 8 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 or other Federal pro-
grams, the Secretary shall maintain any rental assistance 
payments under section 8 of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 and other programs that are attached to any dwell-
ing units in the property. To the extent the Secretary deter-
mines, in consultation with the tenants and the local gov-
ernment, that such a multifamily property owned or held 
by the Secretary is not feasible for continued rental assist-
ance payments under such section 8 or other programs, 
based on consideration of (1) the costs of rehabilitating and 
operating the property and all available Federal, State, and 
local resources, including rent adjustments under section 
524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Af-
fordability Act of 1997 (‘‘MAHRAA’’) and (2) environ-
mental conditions that cannot be remedied in a cost-effec-
tive fashion, the Secretary may, in consultation with the 
tenants of that property, contract for project-based rental 
assistance payments with an owner or owners of other exist-
ing housing properties, or provide other rental assistance. 
The Secretary shall also take appropriate steps to ensure 
that project-based contracts remain in effect prior to fore-
closure, subject to the exercise of contractual abatement rem-
edies to assist relocation of tenants for imminent major 
threats to health and safety after written notice to and in-
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formed consent of the affected tenants and use of other avail-
able remedies, such as partial abatements or receivership. 
After disposition of any multifamily property described 
under this section, the contract and allowable rent levels 
on such properties shall be subject to the requirements under 
section 524 of MAHRAA. 
SEC. 215. The commitment authority funded by fees 
as provided under the heading ‘‘Community Development 
Loan Guarantees Program Account’’ may be used to guar-
antee, or make commitments to guarantee, notes, or other 
obligations issued by any State on behalf of non-entitlement 
communities in the State in accordance with the require-
ments of section 108 of the Housing and Community Devel-
opment Act of 1974: Provided, That any State receiving 
such a guarantee or commitment shall distribute all funds 
subject to such guarantee to the units of general local gov-
ernment in non-entitlement areas that received the commit-
ment. 
SEC. 216. 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
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the operating fund formula shall not be exempt from asset 
management requirements. 
SEC. 217. With respect to the use of amounts provided 
in this Act and in future Acts for the operation, capital 
improvement and management of public housing as author-
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. 218. No official or employee of the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development shall be designated as 
an allotment holder unless the Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer has determined that such allotment holder has im-
plemented an adequate system of funds control and has re-
ceived training in funds control procedures and directives. 
The Chief Financial Officer shall ensure that there is a 
trained allotment holder for each HUD sub-office under the
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accounts ‘‘Executive Offices’’ and ‘‘Administrative Support 
Offices,’’ as well as each account receiving appropriations 
for ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Government 
National Mortgage Association—Guarantees of Mortgage- 
Backed Securities Loan Guarantee Program Account’’, and 
‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ within the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development. 
SEC. 219. The Secretary of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development shall, for fiscal year 2018, notify 
the public through the Federal Register and other means, 
as determined appropriate, of the issuance of a notice of 
the availability of assistance or notice of funding avail-
ability (NOFA) for any program or discretionary fund ad-
ministered by the Secretary that is to be competitively 
awarded. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
fiscal year 2018, the Secretary may make the NOFA avail-
able only on the Internet at the appropriate Government 
web site or through other electronic media, as determined 
by the Secretary. 
SEC. 220. Payment of attorney fees in program-related 
litigation shall be paid from the individual program office 
and Office of General Counsel salaries and expenses appro-
priations. The annual budget submission for the program 
offices and the Office of General Counsel shall include any 
such projected litigation costs for attorney fees as a separate
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line item request. No funds provided in this title may be 
used to pay any such litigation costs for attorney fees until 
the Department submits for review a spending plan for such 
costs to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
SEC. 221. The Secretary is authorized to transfer up 
to 10 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, of funds ap-
propriated for any office under the heading ‘‘Administra-
tive Support Offices’’ or for any account under the general 
heading ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses’’ to any 
other such office or account: Provided, That no appropria-
tion for any such office or account shall be increased or 
decreased by more than 10 percent or $5,000,000, whichever 
is less, without prior written approval of the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall provide notification to such Com-
mittees three business days in advance of any such transfers 
under this section up to 10 percent or $5,000,000, whichever 
is less. 
SEC. 222. (a) Any entity receiving housing assistance 
payments shall maintain decent, safe, and sanitary condi-
tions, as determined by the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’), and comply with any standards under applicable 
State or local laws, rules, ordinances, or regulations relat-
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ing to the physical condition of any property covered under 
a housing assistance payment contract. 
(b) The Secretary shall take action under subsection 
(c) when a multifamily housing project with a section 8 
contract or contract for similar project-based assistance— 
(1) receives a Uniform Physical Condition 
Standards (UPCS) score of 60 or less; or 
(2) fails to certify in writing to the Secretary 
within 3 days that all Exigent Health and Safety de-
ficiencies identified by the inspector at the project 
have been corrected. 
Such requirements shall apply to insured and noninsured 
projects with assistance attached to the units under section 
8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f), but do not apply to such units assisted under section 
8(o)(13) (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)) or to public housing units 
assisted with capital or operating funds under section 9 of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g). 
(c)(1) Within 15 days of the issuance of the REAC in-
spection, the Secretary must provide the owner with a No-
tice of Default with a specified timetable, determined by the 
Secretary, for correcting all deficiencies. The Secretary 
must also provide a copy of the Notice of Default to the 
tenants, the local government, any mortgagees, and any 
contract administrator. If the owner’s appeal results in a
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UPCS score of 60 or above, the Secretary may withdraw 
the Notice of Default. 
(2) At the end of the time period for correcting all defi-
ciencies specified in the Notice of Default, if the owner fails 
to fully correct such deficiencies, the Secretary may— 
(A) require immediate replacement of project 
management with a management agent approved by 
the Secretary; 
(B) impose civil money penalties, which shall be 
used solely for the purpose of supporting safe and 
sanitary conditions at applicable properties, as des-
ignated by the Secretary, with priority given to the 
tenants of the property affected by the penalty; 
(C) abate the section 8 contract, including par-
tial abatement, as determined by the Secretary, until 
all deficiencies have been corrected; 
(D) pursue transfer of the project to an owner, 
approved by the Secretary under established proce-
dures, which will be obligated to promptly make all 
required repairs and to accept renewal of the assist-
ance contract as long as such renewal is offered; 
(E) transfer the existing section 8 contract to an-
other project or projects and owner or owners; 
(F) pursue exclusionary sanctions, including 
suspensions or debarments from Federal programs;
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(G) seek judicial appointment of a receiver to 
manage the property and cure all project deficiencies 
or seek a judicial order of specific performance requir-
ing the owner to cure all project deficiencies; 
(H) work with the owner, lender, or other related 
party to stabilize the property in an attempt to pre-
serve the property through compliance, transfer of 
ownership, or an infusion of capital provided by a 
third-party that requires time to effectuate; or 
(I) take any other regulatory or contractual rem-
edies available as deemed necessary and appropriate 
by the Secretary. 
(d) The Secretary shall also take appropriate steps to 
ensure that project-based contracts remain in effect, subject 
to the exercise of contractual abatement remedies to assist 
relocation of tenants for major threats to health and safety 
after written notice to the affected tenants. To the extent 
the Secretary determines, in consultation with the tenants 
and the local government, that the property is not feasible 
for continued rental assistance payments under such section 
8 or other programs, based on consideration of— 
(1) the costs of rehabilitating and operating the 
property and all available Federal, State, and local 
resources, including rent adjustments under section
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524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and 
Affordability Act of 1997 (‘‘MAHRAA’’); and 
(2) environmental conditions that cannot be 
remedied in a cost-effective fashion, the Secretary 
may contract for project-based rental assistance pay-
ments with an owner or owners of other existing hous-
ing properties, or provide other rental assistance. 
(e) The Secretary shall report quarterly on all prop-
erties covered by this section that are assessed through the 
Real Estate Assessment Center and have UPCS physical in-
spection scores of less than 60 or have received an unsatis-
factory management and occupancy review within the past 
36 months. The report shall include— 
(1) the enforcement actions being taken to ad-
dress such conditions, including imposition of civil 
money penalties and termination of subsidies, and 
identify properties that have such conditions multiple 
times; 
(2) actions that the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development is taking to protect tenants of 
such identified properties; and 
(3) any administrative or legislative rec-
ommendations to further improve the living condi-
tions at properties covered under a housing assistance 
payment contract.
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This report shall be due to the Senate and House Commit-
tees on Appropriations no later than 30 days after the en-
actment of this Act, and on the first business day of each 
Federal fiscal year quarter thereafter while this section re-
mains in effect. 
SEC. 223. None of the funds made available by this 
Act, or any other Act, for purposes authorized under section 
8 (only with respect to the tenant-based rental assistance 
program) and section 9 of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), may be used by any public 
housing agency for any amount of salary, including bo-
nuses, for the chief executive officer of which, or any other 
official or employee of which, that exceeds the annual rate 
of basic pay payable for a position at level IV of the Execu-
tive Schedule at any time during any public housing agen-
cy fiscal year 2018. 
SEC. 224. Notwithstanding section 24(o) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v(o)), the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development may, until Sep-
tember 30, 2018, obligate any available unobligated bal-
ances made available under the heading ‘‘Choice Neighbor-
hoods Initiative’’ in this Act or any prior Act. 
SEC. 225. None of the funds in this Act provided to 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development may 
be used to make a grant award unless the Secretary notifies
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the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations not 
less than 3 full business days before any project, State, lo-
cality, housing authority, tribe, nonprofit organization, or 
other entity selected to receive a grant award is announced 
by the Department or its offices. 
SEC. 226. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to require or enforce the Physical Needs 
Assessment (PNA). 
SEC. 227. None of the funds made available in this 
Act shall be used by the Federal Housing Administration, 
the Government National Mortgage Administration, or the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development to insure, 
securitize, or establish a Federal guarantee of any mortgage 
or mortgage backed security that refinances or otherwise re-
places a mortgage that has been subject to eminent domain 
condemnation or seizure, by a State, municipality, or any 
other political subdivision of a State. 
SEC. 228. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to terminate the status of a unit of general 
local government as a metropolitan city (as defined in sec-
tion 102 of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) with respect to grants under sec-
tion 106 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5306). 
SEC. 229. Amounts made available under this Act 
which are either appropriated, allocated, advanced on a re-
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imbursable basis, or transferred to the Office of Policy De-
velopment and Research in the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development and functions thereof, for research, 
evaluation, or statistical purposes, and which are unex-
pended at the time of completion of a contract, grant, or 
cooperative agreement, may be deobligated and shall imme-
diately become available and may be reobligated in that fis-
cal year or the subsequent fiscal year for the research, eval-
uation, or statistical purposes for which the amounts are 
made available to that Office subject to reprogramming re-
quirements in section 405 of this Act. 
SEC. 230. None of the funds provided in this Act or 
any other act may be used for awards, including perform-
ance, special act, or spot, for any employee of the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development who has been 
subject to administrative discipline in fiscal years 2017 or 
2018, including suspension from work. 
SEC. 231. 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 section 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 2018: Pro-
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vided, That such participation shall be limited to no more 
than 10 continuums of care and housing activities to im-
prove outcomes for disconnected youth. 
SEC. 232. With respect to grant amounts awarded 
under the heading ‘‘Homeless Assistance Grants’’ for fiscal 
years 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 for the continuum of care 
(CoC) program as authorized under subtitle C of title IV 
of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, costs paid 
by program income of grant recipients may count toward 
meeting the recipient’s matching requirements, provided the 
costs are eligible CoC costs that supplement the recipient’s 
CoC program. 
SEC. 233. (a) From amounts made available under 
this title under the heading ‘‘Homeless Assistance Grants’’, 
the Secretary may award 1-year transition grants to recipi-
ents of funds for activities under subtitle C of the McKin-
ney-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 eli-
gible for renewal in subsequent fiscal years for the eligible 
activities of the new program component.
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(d) In order to be eligible to receive a transition grant, 
the funding recipient must have the consent of the Con-
tinuum of Care and meet standards determined by the Sec-
retary. 
SEC. 234. 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 Hous-
ing’’ (80 Fed. Reg. 42272 (July 16, 2015)) or the notice 
entitled ‘‘Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Assess-
ment Tool’’ (79 Fed. Reg. 57949 (September 26, 2014)). 
SEC. 235. Section 218(g) of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-
tional 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 Investment Trust Fund that other-
wise expired or would expire in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 
or 2020 under that section. 
SEC. 236. Section 579 of the Multifamily Assisted 
Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f note) is amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2017’’ each 
place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘October 1, 
2022’’. 
SEC. 237. The language under the heading ‘‘Rental As-
sistance Demonstration’’ in the Department of Housing and
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Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 
112–55), as amended by Public Law 113–76, Public Law 
113–235, Public Law 114–113, and Public Law 115–31, 
is amended— 
(1) in the second proviso, by striking ‘‘September 
30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2024’’; 
(2) in the matter preceding the first proviso, by 
inserting the following before the colon: ‘‘(herein the 
’First Component’)’’; 
(3) in the fourth proviso, by striking ‘‘225,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘455,000’’; 
(4) in the fourteenth proviso, by— 
(A) inserting ‘‘or nonprofit’’ before ‘‘entity, 
then a capable entity,’’; and 
(B) striking ‘‘preserves its interest’’ and in-
serting ‘‘or a nonprofit entity preserves an inter-
est’’; 
(5) in the eighteenth proviso, by— 
(A) inserting ‘‘or with a project rental as-
sistance contract under section 202(c)(2) of the 
Housing Act of 1959,’’ after ‘‘section 8(o) of the 
Act,’’; 
(B) inserting ‘‘the subordination, restruc-
turing, or both, of any capital advance docu-
mentation, including any note, mortgage, use
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agreement or other agreements, evidencing or se-
curing a capital advance previously provided by 
the Secretary under section 202(c)(1) of the 
Housing Act of 1959 as necessary to facilitate 
the conversion of assistance while maintaining 
the affordability period and the designation of 
the property as serving elderly persons, and,’’ 
following ‘‘including but not limited to’’; 
(C) inserting ‘‘or assistance contracts’’ after 
‘‘for such vouchers’’; 
(D) striking ‘‘of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment’’ after ‘‘Secretary’’; and 
(E) inserting the following before the colon: 
‘‘(herein the ’Second Component’)’’; 
(6) by inserting the following provisos after the 
eighteenth proviso: 
‘‘Provided further, That contracts provided to properties 
converting assistance from section 101 of the Housing and 
Urban Development Act of 1965 or section 236(f)(2) of the 
National Housing Act located in high-cost areas shall have 
initial rents set at comparable market rents for the market 
area: Provided further, That conversions of assistance under 
the Second Component may not be the basis for re-screening 
or termination of assistance or eviction of any tenant fam-
ily in a property participating in the demonstration and
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such a family shall not be considered a new admission for 
any purpose, including compliance with income tar-
geting:’’; 
(7) in the twenty-first proviso, as reordered 
above, by striking ‘‘the previous proviso’’ and all that 
follows through the end of the proviso and inserting 
‘‘the Second Component, except for conversion of sec-
tion 202 project rental assistance contracts, shall be 
available for project-based subsidy contracts entered 
into pursuant to the Second Component:’’; 
(8) in the twenty-second proviso, as reordered 
above, by striking ‘‘the previous two provisos’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the Second Component, except for conversion 
of section 202 project rental assistance contracts,’’; 
(9) in the twenty-third proviso, as reordered 
above, by striking ‘‘the three previous provisos’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the Second Component, except for conver-
sion of section 202 project rental assistance con-
tracts,’’; and 
(10) by inserting the following proviso before the 
final proviso: 
‘‘Provided further, That the Secretary may transfer 
amounts made available under the heading ‘Housing for the 
Elderly’ to the accounts under the headings ‘Project-Based 
Rental Assistance’ or ‘Tenant-Based Rental Assistance’ to
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facilitate any section 202 project rental assistance contract 
conversions under the Second Component, and any increase 
in cost for ‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’ or ‘Tenant- 
Based Rental Assistance’ associated with such conversion 
shall be equal to amounts so transferred:’’. 
SEC. 238. None of the funds made available under this 
Act may be used to interfere with State and local inspec-
tions of public housing dwelling units. 
SEC. 239. The Promise Zone designations and Promise 
Zone Designation Agreements entered into pursuant to such 
designations, made by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development in prior fiscal years, shall remain in effect 
in accordance with the terms and conditions of such agree-
ments. 
SEC. 240. Section 153 of the Continuing Appropria-
tions Act, 2018 (as added by section 2001(2) of Public Law 
115–120) is repealed. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Housing 
and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2018’’. 
TITLE III 
RELATED AGENCIES 
ACCESS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Access Board, as author-
ized by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as
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amended, $8,190,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, there may be credited to this appro-
priation funds received for publications and training ex-
penses. 
FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime Com-
mission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Merchant 
Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 307), including 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b); and uni-
forms or allowances therefore, as authorized 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 Gen-
eral for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to 
carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 
1978, as amended, $23,274,000: Provided, That the Inspec-
tor General shall have all necessary authority, in carrying 
out the duties specified in the Inspector General Act, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate allegations of
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fraud, including false statements to the government (18 
U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that is subject to 
regulation by the National Railroad Passenger Corpora-
tion: Provided further, That the Inspector General may 
enter into contracts and other arrangements for audits, 
studies, analyses, and other services with public agencies 
and with private persons, subject to the applicable laws and 
regulations that govern the obtaining of such services within 
the National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Provided 
further, That the Inspector General may select, appoint, 
and employ such officers and employees as may be nec-
essary for carrying out the functions, powers, and duties 
of the Office of Inspector General, subject to the applicable 
laws and regulations that govern such selections, appoint-
ments, and employment within the Corporation: Provided 
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
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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), 
$110,400,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 may be used 
for official reception and representation expenses. The 
amounts made available to the National Transportation 
Safety Board in this Act include amounts necessary to 
make lease payments on an obligation incurred in fiscal 
year 2001 for a capital lease. 
NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT 
CORPORATION 
For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor-
poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, as 
authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation 
Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $140,000,000, of which 
$5,000,000 shall be for a multi-family rental housing pro-
gram. 
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation 
Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$37,100,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, not to exceed $1,250,000 from fees estab-
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lished 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 re-
ceived during fiscal year 2018, to result in a final appro-
priation from the general fund estimated at no more than 
$35,850,000. 
UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON 
HOMELESSNESS 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, 
authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rent-
al of conference rooms, and the employment of experts and 
consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code) of the United States Interagency Council on Home-
lessness in carrying out the functions pursuant to title II 
of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amend-
ed, $3,600,000: Provided, That title II of the McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11311 et seq.) 
is amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2018’’ in section 209 
and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2020’’.
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TITLE IV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 401. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 
expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 
intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings fund-
ed in this Act. 
SEC. 402. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fis-
cal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-
tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 403. The expenditure of any appropriation under 
this Act for any consulting service through a procurement 
contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such expendi-
tures are a matter of public record and available for public 
inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing 
law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to 
existing law. 
SEC. 404. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be obligated or expended for any employee training 
that—
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(1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, 
skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the perform-
ance of official duties; 
(2) contains elements likely to induce high levels 
of emotional response or psychological stress in some 
participants; 
(3) does not require prior employee notification 
of the content and methods to be used in the training 
and written end of course evaluation; 
(4) contains any methods or content associated 
with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 
‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Employ-
ment Opportunity Commission Notice N–915.022, 
dated September 2, 1988; or 
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, partici-
pants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the work-
place. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 
otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 
bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 
SEC. 405. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by previous 
appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities funded in 
this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 
in fiscal year 2018, or provided from any accounts in the
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Treasury derived by the collection of fees and available to 
the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds 
that— 
(1) creates a new program; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel for any pro-
gram, project, or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted by the Congress; 
(4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 
activity by either the House or Senate Committees on 
Appropriations for a different purpose; 
(5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, which-
ever is less; 
(6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activi-
ties by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or 
(7) creates, reorganizes, or restructures a branch, 
division, office, bureau, board, commission, agency, 
administration, or department different from the 
budget justifications submitted to the Committees on 
Appropriations or the table accompanying the explan-
atory statement accompanying this Act, whichever is 
more detailed, unless prior approval is received from 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations:
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Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, each agency funded by this 
Act shall submit a report to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the Senate and of the House of Rep-
resentatives to establish the baseline for application of 
reprogramming and transfer authorities for the cur-
rent fiscal year: Provided further, That the report 
shall include— 
(A) a table for each appropriation with a 
separate column to display the prior year en-
acted level, the President’s budget request, adjust-
ments made by Congress, adjustments due to en-
acted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal 
year enacted level; 
(B) a delineation in the table for each ap-
propriation and its respective prior year enacted 
level by object class and program, project, and 
activity as detailed in the budget appendix for 
the respective appropriation; and 
(C) an identification of items of special con-
gressional interest. 
SEC. 406. Except as otherwise specifically provided by 
law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances re-
maining available at the end of fiscal year 2018 from ap-
propriations made available for salaries and expenses for
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fiscal year 2018 in this Act, shall remain available through 
September 30, 2019, for each such account for the purposes 
authorized: Provided, That a request shall be submitted to 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations for 
approval prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided 
further, That these requests shall be made in compliance 
with reprogramming guidelines under section 405 of this 
Act. 
SEC. 407. No funds in this Act may be used to support 
any Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use the 
power of eminent domain, unless eminent domain is em-
ployed only for a public use: Provided, That for purposes 
of this section, public use shall not be construed to include 
economic development that primarily benefits private enti-
ties: Provided further, That any use of funds for mass tran-
sit, railroad, airport, seaport or highway projects, as well 
as utility projects which benefit or serve the general public 
(including energy-related, communication-related, water-re-
lated and wastewater-related infrastructure), other struc-
tures designated for use by the general public or which have 
other common-carrier or public-utility functions that serve 
the general public and are subject to regulation and over-
sight by the government, and projects for the removal of an 
immediate threat to public health and safety or brownfields 
as defined in the Small Business Liability Relief and
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Brownfields Revitalization Act (Public Law 107–118) shall 
be considered a public use for purposes of eminent domain. 
SEC. 408. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except pur-
suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 
in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 409. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person 
filling a position, other than a temporary position, formerly 
held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed Forces 
of the United States and has satisfactorily completed his 
or her period of active military or naval service, and has 
within 90 days after his or her release from such service 
or from hospitalization continuing after discharge for a pe-
riod of not more than 1 year, made application for restora-
tion to his or her former position and has been certified 
by the Office of Personnel Management as still qualified to 
perform the duties of his or her former position and has 
not been restored thereto. 
SEC. 410. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act 
may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that 
in expending the assistance the entity will comply with sec-
tions 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 
8301–8305, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’).
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SEC. 411. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act shall be made available to any per-
son or entity that has been convicted of violating the Buy 
American Act (41 U.S.C. 8301–8305). 
SEC. 412. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for first-class airline accommodations in 
contravention of sections 301–10.122 and 301–10.123 of 
title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 413. (a) None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to approve a new foreign air carrier per-
mit under sections 41301 through 41305 of title 49, United 
States Code, or exemption application under section 40109 
of that title of an air carrier already holding an air opera-
tors certificate issued by a country that is party to the U.S.- 
E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agreement where such 
approval would contravene United States law or Article 17 
bis of the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agree-
ment. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict or 
otherwise preclude the Secretary of Transportation from 
granting a foreign air carrier permit or an exemption to 
such an air carrier where such authorization is consistent 
with the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agree-
ment and United States law.
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SEC. 414. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance 
of more than 50 employees of a single agency or department 
of the United States Government, who are stationed in the 
United States, at any single international conference unless 
the relevant Secretary reports to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations at least 5 days in advance 
that such attendance is important to the national interest: 
Provided, That for purposes of this section the term ‘‘inter-
national conference’’ shall mean a conference occurring out-
side of the United States attended by representatives of the 
United States Government and of foreign governments, 
international organizations, or nongovernmental organiza-
tions. 
SEC. 415. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available under this Act may be used by the Surface 
Transportation Board to charge or collect any filing fee for 
rate or practice complaints filed with the Board in an 
amount in excess of the amount authorized for district court 
civil suit filing fees under section 1914 of title 28, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 416. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Department of Transportation, the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, or any 
other Federal agency to lease or purchase new light duty
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vehicles for any executive fleet, or for an agency’s fleet in-
ventory, except in accordance with Presidential Memo-
randum—Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 24, 2011. 
SEC. 417. (a) All unobligated balances, including re-
captures and carryover, remaining from funds appro-
priated in division K of Public Law 115–31 for ‘‘Depart-
ment of Transportation-Office of the Secretary-Salaries and 
Expenses’’, ‘‘Department of Transportation-Office of the 
Secretary-Office of Civil Rights’’, ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation-Office of the Secretary-Small and Disadvantaged 
Business Utilization and Outreach’’, ‘‘Department of 
Transportation-Federal Transit Administration-Adminis-
trative Expenses’’, ‘‘Department of Transportation-Pipeline 
and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration-Oper-
ational Expenses’’, ‘‘Access Board-Salaries and Expenses’’, 
‘‘Federal Maritime Commission-Salaries and Expenses’’, 
‘‘National Railroad Passenger Corporation-Office of Inspec-
tor General-Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘National Transpor-
tation Safety Board-Salaries and Expenses’’, and ‘‘United 
States Interagency Council on Homelessness-Operating Ex-
penses’’ are rescinded. 
(b) All unobligated balances, including recaptures and 
carryover, remaining from funds appropriated in division 
K of Public Law 115–31 for accounts under the headings 
‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development-Manage-
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ment and Administration’’ and ‘‘Department of Housing 
and Urban Development-Program Office Salaries and Ex-
penses’’ are rescinded. 
SEC. 418. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net-
work unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, 
and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 419. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to deny an Inspector General funded under 
this Act timely access to any records, documents, or other 
materials available to the department or agency over which 
that Inspector General has responsibilities under the In-
spector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), or to prevent 
or impede that Inspector General’s access to such records, 
documents, or other materials, under any provision of law, 
except a provision of law that expressly refers to the Inspec-
tor General and expressly limits the Inspector General’s 
right of access. 
(b) A department or agency covered by this section 
shall provide its Inspector General with access to all such
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records, documents, and other materials in a timely man-
ner. 
(c) Each Inspector General shall ensure compliance 
with statutory limitations on disclosure relevant to the in-
formation provided by the establishment over which that In-
spector General has responsibilities under the Inspector 
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 
(d) Each Inspector General covered by this section 
shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate within 5 calendar 
days any failures to comply with this requirement. 
SEC. 420. (a) TERMINAL AERODROME FORECAST.— 
The Administrator shall permit an air carrier operation 
under part 121 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, 
to operate to a destination determined to be under visual 
flight rules without a Terminal Aerodrome Forecast or Me-
teorological Aerodrome Report if a current Area Forecast, 
supplemented by other local weather observations or reports, 
is available, and an alternate airport that has an available 
Terminal Aerodome Forecast and weather report is speci-
fied. The air carrier shall have approved procedures for dis-
patch and enroute weather evaluation and shall operate 
under instrument flight rules enroute to the destination. 
(b) LIMITATION.—Without a written finding of neces-
sity, based on objective and historical evidence of imminent
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threat to safety, the Administrator shall not promulgate 
any operation specification, policy, or guidance document 
that is more restrictive than, or requires procedures that 
are not expressly stated in, the regulations. 
SEC. 421. Section 149(m) of title 23, United States 
Code, is amended by adding ‘‘or on a State-Supported Am-
trak route with a valid cost-sharing agreement under sec-
tion 209 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improve-
ment Act of 2008 and no current nonattainment areas 
under subsection (d),’’ after ‘‘2012,’’. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, 
Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2018’’. 
DIVISION M—EXTENSIONS 
TITLE I—AIRPORT AND AIRWAY 
EXTENSION ACT OF 2018 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Airport and Airway 
Extension Act of 2018’’. 
Subtitle A—Federal Aviation 
Programs 
SEC. 101. EXTENSION OF AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
48103(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by
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striking ‘‘2012’’ and all that follows through the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘2012 through 2018.’’. 
(b) PROJECT GRANT AUTHORITY.—Section 47104(c) of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended in the matter pre-
ceding paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘March 31, 2018,’’ and 
inserting ‘‘September 30, 2018,’’. 
SEC. 102. EXTENSION OF EXPIRING AUTHORITIES. 
(a) Section 47107(r)(3) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘April 1, 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘Oc-
tober 1, 2018’’. 
(b) Section 47115(j) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘2017 and for the period beginning 
on October 1, 2017, and ending on March 31, 2018’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2018’’. 
(c) Section 47124(b)(3)(E) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘2012’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘2018,’’ and inserting ‘‘2012 through 2018’’. 
(d) Section 47141(f) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘March 31, 2018’’ and inserting 
‘‘September 30, 2018’’. 
(e) Section 186(d) of the Vision 100–Century of Avia-
tion Reauthorization Act (117 Stat. 2518) is amended by 
striking ‘‘2017 and for the period beginning on October 1, 
2017, and ending on March 31, 2018,’’ and inserting 
‘‘2018’’.
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(f) Section 409(d) of the Vision 100–Century of Avia-
tion Reauthorization Act (49 U.S.C. 41731 note) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘March 31, 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘September 
30, 2018’’. 
(g) Section 411(h) of the FAA Modernization and Re-
form Act of 2012 (49 U.S.C. 42301 prec. note) is amended 
by striking ‘‘March 31, 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 
2018’’. 
(h) Section 822(k) of the FAA Modernization and Re-
form Act of 2012 (49 U.S.C. 47141 note) is amended by 
striking ‘‘March 31, 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 
2018’’. 
(i) Section 2306(b) of the FAA Extension, Safety, and 
Security Act of 2016 (130 Stat. 641) is amended by striking 
‘‘April 1, 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2018’’. 
SEC. 103. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION OPER-
ATIONS. 
Section 106(k) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking subparagraph 
(F) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(F) $10,025,852,000 for fiscal year 2018.’’; 
and
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(2) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘2017 and for 
the period beginning on October 1, 2017, and ending 
on March 31, 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2018’’. 
SEC. 104. SMALL COMMUNITY AIR SERVICE. 
(a) ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE AUTHORIZATION.—Sec-
tion 41742(a)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘2016’’ and all that follows through ‘‘2018,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2016 and 2017, and $150,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2018’’. 
(b) AIRPORTS NOT RECEIVING SUFFICIENT SERV-
ICE.—Section 41743(e)(2) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘2012’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘2018,’’ and inserting ‘‘2012 through 2017 and $10,000,000 
for fiscal year 2018’’. 
SEC. 105. AIR NAVIGATION FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT. 
Section 48101(a) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (5) by striking ‘‘2016 and 
2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2016 through 2018’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (6). 
SEC. 106. RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT. 
Section 48102(a)(10) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(10) $176,500,000 for fiscal year 2018.’’.
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SEC. 107. FUNDING FOR AVIATION PROGRAMS. 
The budget authority authorized in this title, including 
the amendments made by this title, shall be deemed to sat-
isfy the requirements of subsections (a)(1)(B) and (a)(2) of 
section 48114 of title 49, United States Code, for fiscal year 
2018. 
SEC. 108. CONTROLLER HIRING. 
Section 44506(f) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1) by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(C) SPECIAL RULE.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 
subparagraph (B), after giving preferential 
consideration to applicants under subpara-
graph (A) and if, after consulting with the 
labor organization recognized as the exclu-
sive representative of air traffic controllers 
under section 7111 of title 5, the Adminis-
trator determines there are unique cir-
cumstances affecting a covered facility that 
warrant a vacancy announcement with a 
limited area of consideration, the Adminis-
trator may consider applicants for the posi-
tion of air traffic controller who apply 
under a vacancy announcement recruiting
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from the local commuting area for that cov-
ered facility. 
‘‘(ii) BIOGRAPHICAL
ASSESSMENTS.— 
The Administrator shall not use any bio-
graphical assessment with respect to an ap-
plicant under this subparagraph who would 
otherwise qualify as a Pool 1 applicant 
under subparagraph (B)(ii). 
‘‘(iii) COVERED FACILITY DEFINED.— 
In this subparagraph the term ‘covered fa-
cility’ means a radar facility with at least 
1,000,000 operations annually that is lo-
cated in a metropolitan statistical area (as 
defined by the Office of Management and 
Budget) with a population estimate by the 
Bureau of the Census of more than 
15,000,000 (as of July 1, 2016).’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘except for individuals cov-
ered by the program described in paragraph 
(4),’’ after ‘‘section 3307 of title 5,’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) RETIRED
MILITARY
CONTROLLERS.—The 
Administrator may establish a program to provide an
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original appointment to a position as an air traffic 
controller for individuals who— 
‘‘(A) are on terminal leave pending retire-
ment from active duty military service or have 
retired from active duty military service within 
5 years of applying for the appointment; and 
‘‘(B) have held either an air traffic certifi-
cation or air traffic control facility rating ac-
cording to Administration standards within 5 
years of applying for the appointment.’’. 
Subtitle B—Aviation Revenue 
Provisions 
SEC. 201. EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY FROM AIRPORT AND 
AIRWAY TRUST FUND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 9502(d)(1) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by 
striking ‘‘April 1, 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 
2018’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (A) by striking the semi-
colon at the end and inserting ‘‘or the Airport and 
Airway Extension Act of 2018;’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 9502(e)(2) of 
such Code is amended by striking ‘‘April 1, 2018’’ and in-
serting ‘‘October 1, 2018’’.
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SEC. 202. EXTENSION OF TAXES FUNDING AIRPORT AND 
AIRWAY TRUST FUND. 
(a) FUEL TAXES.—Section 4081(d)(2)(B) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘March 
31, 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2018’’. 
(b) TICKET TAXES.— 
(1) PERSONS.—Section 4261(k)(1)(A)(ii) of such 
Code is amended by striking ‘‘March 31, 2018’’ and 
inserting ‘‘September 30, 2018’’. 
(2) PROPERTY.—Section 4271(d)(1)(A)(ii) of 
such Code is amended by striking ‘‘March 31, 2018’’ 
and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2018’’. 
(c) FRACTIONAL OWNERSHIP PROGRAMS.— 
(1) TREATMENT
AS
NONCOMMERCIAL
AVIA-
TION.—Section 4083(b) of such Code is amended by 
striking ‘‘April 1, 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 
2018’’. 
(2) EXEMPTION FROM TICKET TAXES.—Section 
4261(j) of such Code is amended by striking ‘‘March 
31, 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2018’’. 
TITLE II—IMMIGRATION EXTENSIONS 
SEC. 201. Section 401(b) of the Illegal Immigration 
Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 
U.S.C. 1324a note) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2018’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2015’’.
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SEC. 202. Subclauses 101(a)(27)(C)(ii)(II) and (III) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)(27)(C)(ii)(II) and (III)) shall be applied by sub-
stituting ‘‘September 30, 2018’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2015’’. 
SEC. 203. Section 220(c) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Technical Corrections Act of 1994 (8 U.S.C. 1182 
note) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2018’’ 
for ‘‘September 30, 2015’’. 
SEC. 204. Section 610(b) of the Departments of Com-
merce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agen-
cies Appropriations Act, 1993 (8 U.S.C. 1153 note) shall 
be applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2018’’ for ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2015’’. 
SEC. 205. Notwithstanding the numerical limitation 
set forth in section 214(g)(1)(B) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(1)(B)), the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, after consultation with the Secretary 
of Labor, and upon the determination that the needs of 
American businesses cannot be satisfied in fiscal year 2018 
with United States workers who are willing, qualified, and 
able to perform temporary nonagricultural labor, may in-
crease the total number of aliens who may receive a visa 
under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b)) in such fiscal year above such limi-
tation by not more than the highest number of H–2B non-
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immigrants who participated in the H–2B returning work-
er program in any fiscal year in which returning workers 
were exempt from such numerical limitation. 
TITLE III—NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE 
PROGRAM EXTENSION 
SEC. 301. Sections 1309(a) and 1319 of the National 
Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4016(a) and 4026) 
shall be applied by substituting ‘‘July 31, 2018’’ for ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2017’’. 
TITLE IV—PESTICIDE REGISTRATION 
IMPROVEMENT ACT EXTENSION 
SEC. 401. (a) The following sections of the Federal In-
secticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act shall continue in 
effect through September 30, 2018— 
(1) subparagraphs (C) through (E) of section 
4(i)(1) (7 U.S.C. 136a–1(i)(1)(C)–(E)); 
(2) section 4(k)(3) (7 U.S.C. 136a–1(k)(3)); 
(3) section 4(k)(4) (7 U.S.C. 136a–1(k)(4)); and 
(4) 
section 
33(c)(3)(B) 
(7 
U.S.C. 
136w– 
8(c)(3)(B)). 
(b)(1) Section 4(i)(1)(I) of the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136a–1(i)(1)(I)) 
shall be applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2018’’ for 
‘‘September 30, 2017’’.
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(2) Notwithstanding section 33(m)(2) of the Fed-
eral Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 
U.S.C. 136w–8(m)(2)), section 33(m)(1) of such Act 
(7 U.S.C. 136w–8(m)(1)) shall be applied by sub-
stituting ‘‘September 30, 2018’’ for ‘‘September 30, 
2017’’. 
(c) Section 408(m)(3) of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 346a(m)(3)) shall be applied by 
substituting ‘‘September 30, 2018’’ for ‘‘September 30, 
2017’’. 
TITLE V—GENERALIZED SYSTEM 
OF PREFERENCES 
SEC. 501. EXTENSION OF GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREF-
ERENCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 505 of the Trade Act of 
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2465) is amended by striking ‘‘December 
31, 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2020’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply to articles entered on or after 
the 30th day after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(2) RETROACTIVE
APPLICATION
FOR
CERTAIN 
LIQUIDATIONS AND RELIQUIDATIONS.—
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(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 
514 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1514) 
or any other provision of law and subject to sub-
paragraph (B), any entry of a covered article to 
which duty-free treatment or other preferential 
treatment under title V of the Trade Act of 1974 
(19 U.S.C. 2461 et seq.) would have applied if 
the entry had been made on December 31, 2017, 
that was made— 
(i) after December 31, 2017, and 
(ii) before the effective date specified in 
paragraph (1), 
shall be liquidated or reliquidated as though such 
entry occurred on the effective date specified in 
paragraph (1). 
(B) REQUESTS.—A liquidation or reliqui-
dation may be made under subparagraph (A) 
with respect to an entry only if a request therefor 
is filed with U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act that contains sufficient in-
formation to enable U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection— 
(i) to locate the entry; or
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(ii) to reconstruct the entry if it can-
not be located. 
(C) PAYMENT
OF
AMOUNTS
OWED.—Any 
amounts owed by the United States pursuant to 
the liquidation or reliquidation of an entry of a 
covered article under subparagraph (A) shall be 
paid, without interest, not later than 90 days 
after the date of the liquidation or reliquidation 
(as the case may be). 
(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) COVERED ARTICLE.—The term ‘‘covered 
article’’ means an article from a country that is 
a beneficiary developing country under title V of 
the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2461 et seq.) 
as of the effective date specified in paragraph 
(1). 
(B) ENTER; ENTRY.—The terms ‘‘enter’’ 
and ‘‘entry’’ include a withdrawal from ware-
house for consumption. 
(c) ANNUAL REPORT ON ENFORCEMENT OF ELIGI-
BILITY CRITERIA.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter through 
December 31, 2020, the United States Trade Representative 
shall submit to the Committee on Ways and Means of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance
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of the Senate a report on efforts to ensure that countries 
designated as beneficiary developing countries under title 
V of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2461 et seq.) are 
meeting the eligibility criteria set forth in section 502(c) 
of such Act (19 U.S.C. 2462(c)). 
SEC. 502. TECHNICAL MODIFICATION TO PROCEDURES FOR 
COMPETITIVE NEED LIMITATION AND WAIV-
ERS. 
Section 503 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2463) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(2)— 
(A) in the matter following subparagraph 
(A)(i)(II), by striking ‘‘July 1’’ and inserting 
‘‘November 1’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘on 
January 1, 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘in any of the 
preceding 3 calendar years’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘July 1’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘November 1’’. 
SEC. 503. CUSTOMS USER FEES. 
Section 13031(j)(3)(A) of the Consolidated Omnibus 
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(j)(3)(A)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘February 24, 2027’’ and inserting 
‘‘July 21, 2027’’.
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TITLE VI—JUDICIAL REDACTION 
AUTHORITY EXTENSION 
SEC. 601. EXTENSION OF REDACTION AUTHORITY CON-
CERNING 
SENSITIVE 
SECURITY 
INFORMA-
TION. 
Section 105(b)(3)(E) of the Ethics in Government Act 
of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by striking ‘‘2017’’ both 
places it appears and inserting ‘‘2027’’. 
TITLE VII—BUDGETARY EFFECTS 
SEC. 701. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
(a) STATUTORY PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budg-
etary effects of this division and each succeeding division 
shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained 
pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go 
Act of 2010. 
(b) SENATE PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budgetary ef-
fects of this division and each succeeding division shall not 
be entered on any PAYGO scorecard maintained for pur-
poses of section 4106 of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress). 
(c) CLASSIFICATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.—Not-
withstanding Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines 
set forth in the joint explanatory statement of the committee 
of conference accompanying Conference Report 105–217 
and section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the budgetary effects of
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this division and each succeeding division shall not be esti-
mated— 
(1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act; and 
(2) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of section 
3 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as 
being included in an appropriation Act. 
DIVISION N—BUILD ACT 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Brownfields Utili-
zation, Investment, and Local Development Act of 2018’’ 
or the ‘‘BUILD Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REDEVELOPMENT CERTAINTY FOR GOVERNMENTAL 
ENTITIES. 
Section 101(20)(D) of the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 
(42 U.S.C. 9601(20)) is amended by striking ‘‘ownership 
or control’’ and all that follows through ‘‘by virtue’’ and 
inserting ‘‘ownership or control through seizure or otherwise 
in connection with law enforcement activity, or through 
bankruptcy, tax delinquency, abandonment, or other cir-
cumstances in which the government acquires title by vir-
tue’’.
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SEC. 3. ALASKA NATIVE VILLAGE AND NATIVE CORPORA-
TION RELIEF. 
Section 101(20) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 
U.S.C. 9601(20)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) through 
(G) as subparagraphs (F) through (H), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(E) EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN ALASKA NA-
TIVE VILLAGES AND NATIVE CORPORATIONS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘owner or 
operator’ does not include, with respect to a 
facility conveyed to a Native village or Na-
tive Corporation (as those terms are defined 
in section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act) under the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act— 
‘‘(I) the Native village or Native 
Corporation that received the facility 
from the United States Government; or 
‘‘(II) a successor in interest to 
which the facility was conveyed under 
section 14(c) of such Act. 
‘‘(ii) LIMITATION.—The exclusion pro-
vided under this subparagraph shall not
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apply to any entity described in clause (i) 
that causes or contributes to a release or 
threatened release of a hazardous substance 
from the facility conveyed as described in 
such clause.’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (G) (as so redesignated), in 
the matter preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘subpara-
graph (E)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (F)’’; and 
(4) in clause (i)(II) of subparagraph (H) (as so 
redesignated), by striking ‘‘1813)’’ and inserting 
‘‘1813))’’. 
SEC. 4. PETROLEUM BROWNFIELD ENHANCEMENT. 
Section 101(39)(D)(ii)(II) of the Comprehensive Envi-
ronmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601(39)(D)(ii)(II)) is amended by 
amending item (bb) to read as follows: 
‘‘(bb) is a site for which there is no viable responsible 
party and that is determined by the Administrator or the 
State, as appropriate, to be a site that will be assessed, in-
vestigated, or cleaned up by a person that is not potentially 
liable for cleaning up the site under this Act or any other 
law pertaining to the cleanup of petroleum products; and’’. 
SEC. 5. PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS AND LESSEES. 
(a) BONA FIDE PROSPECTIVE PURCHASER.—Section 
101(40) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
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Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 
9601(40)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) by redesignating clauses (i) through 
(iii) as subclauses (I) through (III), respectively, 
and indenting appropriately; 
(B) in subclause (I) (as so redesignated), by 
striking ‘‘clauses (ii) and (iii)’’ and inserting 
‘‘subclauses (II) and (III)’’; 
(C) in subclause (II) (as so redesignated), 
by 
striking 
‘‘subparagraph’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘clause’’; and 
(D) in subclause (III) (as so redesignated), 
by 
striking 
‘‘subparagraph’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘clause’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (D), by redesignating 
clauses (i) through (iii) as subclauses (I) through 
(III), respectively, and indenting appropriately; 
(3) in subparagraph (F), by redesignating 
clauses (i) and (ii) as subclauses (I) and (II), respec-
tively, and indenting appropriately; 
(4) in subparagraph (H)— 
(A) in clause (i)— 
(i) in subclause (II), by inserting ‘‘, by 
a tenancy, by the instruments by which a
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leasehold interest in the facility is created,’’ 
after ‘‘financed’’; and 
(ii) by redesignating subclauses (I) and 
(II) as items (aa) and (bb), respectively, 
and indenting appropriately; and 
(B) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as 
subclauses (I) and (II), respectively, and indent-
ing appropriately; 
(5) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) through 
(H) as clauses (ii) through (viii), respectively, and 
indenting appropriately; and 
(6) by striking the paragraph designation and 
heading and all that follows through ‘‘All disposal of’’ 
in subparagraph (A) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(40) BONA FIDE PROSPECTIVE PURCHASER.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘bona fide 
prospective purchaser’ means, with respect to a 
facility— 
‘‘(i) a person who— 
‘‘(I) acquires ownership of the fa-
cility after January 11, 2002; and 
‘‘(II) establishes by a preponder-
ance of the evidence each of the criteria 
described in clauses (i) through (viii) 
of subparagraph (B); and
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‘‘(ii) a person— 
‘‘(I) who acquires a leasehold in-
terest in the facility after January 11, 
2002; 
‘‘(II) who establishes by a prepon-
derance of the evidence that the lease-
hold interest is not designed to avoid 
liability under this Act by any person; 
and 
‘‘(III) with respect to whom any 
of the following conditions apply: 
‘‘(aa) The owner of the facil-
ity that is subject to the leasehold 
interest is a person described in 
clause (i). 
‘‘(bb)(AA) The owner of the 
facility that is subject to the lease-
hold interest was a person de-
scribed in clause (i) at the time 
the leasehold interest was ac-
quired, but can no longer establish 
by a preponderance of the evi-
dence each of the criteria de-
scribed in clauses (i) through 
(viii) of subparagraph (B) due to
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circumstances unrelated to any 
action of the person who holds the 
leasehold interest; and 
‘‘(BB) the person who holds 
the leasehold interest establishes 
by a preponderance of the evi-
dence each of the criteria de-
scribed in clauses (i), (iii), (iv), 
(v), (vi), (vii), and (viii) of sub-
paragraph (B). 
‘‘(cc) The person who holds 
the leasehold interest establishes 
by a preponderance of the evi-
dence each of the criteria de-
scribed in clauses (i) through 
(viii) of subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(B) CRITERIA.—The criteria described in 
this subparagraph are as follows: 
‘‘(i) DISPOSAL
PRIOR
TO
ACQUISI-
TION.—All disposal of’’. 
(b) LIMITATION ON LIABILITY.—Section 107(r)(1) of 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensa-
tion, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9607(r)(1)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘purchaser’s’’ and inserting ‘‘bona fide 
prospective purchaser’’.
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SEC. 6. EXPANDED ELIGIBILITY FOR NONPROFIT ORGANI-
ZATIONS. 
Section 104(k)(1) of the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 
(42 U.S.C. 9604(k)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘or’’ after 
the semicolon; 
(2) in subparagraph (H), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(I) an organization described in section 
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) 
of that Code; 
‘‘(J) a limited liability corporation in 
which all managing members are organizations 
described in subparagraph (I) or limited liabil-
ity corporations whose sole members are organi-
zations described in subparagraph (I); 
‘‘(K) a limited partnership in which all 
general partners are organizations described in 
subparagraph (I) or limited liability corpora-
tions whose sole members are organizations de-
scribed in subparagraph (I); or
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‘‘(L) a qualified community development 
entity (as defined in section 45D(c)(1) of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986).’’. 
SEC. 
7. 
TREATMENT 
OF 
CERTAIN 
PUBLICLY 
OWNED 
BROWNFIELD SITES. 
Section 104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 
U.S.C. 9604(k)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(C) EXEMPTION
FOR
CERTAIN
PUBLICLY 
OWNED
BROWNFIELD
SITES.—Notwithstanding 
paragraph (5)(B)(iii), an eligible entity de-
scribed in any of subparagraphs (A) through (H) 
of paragraph (1) may receive a grant under this 
paragraph for property acquired by that eligible 
entity prior to January 11, 2002, even if the eli-
gible entity does not qualify as a bona fide pro-
spective purchaser, so long as the eligible entity 
has not caused or contributed to a release or 
threatened release of a hazardous substance at 
the property.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the 
following:
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‘‘(E) EXEMPTION
FOR
CERTAIN
PUBLICLY 
OWNED
BROWNFIELD
SITES.—Notwithstanding 
paragraph (5)(B)(iii), an eligible entity de-
scribed in any of subparagraphs (A) through (H) 
of paragraph (1) may receive a grant or loan 
under this paragraph for property acquired by 
that eligible entity prior to January 11, 2002, 
even if the eligible entity does not qualify as a 
bona fide prospective purchaser, so long as the el-
igible entity has not caused or contributed to a 
release or threatened release of a hazardous sub-
stance at the property.’’. 
SEC. 8. INCREASED FUNDING FOR REMEDIATION GRANTS. 
Section 104(k)(3)(A)(ii) of the Comprehensive Envi-
ronmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
1980 (42 U.S.C. 9604(k)(3)(A)(ii)) is amended by striking 
‘‘$200,000 for each site to be remediated’’ and inserting 
‘‘$500,000 for each site to be remediated, which limit may 
be waived by the Administrator, but not to exceed a total 
of $650,000 for each site, based on the anticipated level of 
contamination, size, or ownership status of the site’’. 
SEC. 9. MULTIPURPOSE BROWNFIELDS GRANTS. 
Section 104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 
U.S.C. 9604(k)) is amended—
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(1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (12) 
as paragraphs (5) through (13), respectively; 
(2) in paragraph (3)(A), in the matter preceding 
clause (i), by striking ‘‘Subject to paragraphs (4) and 
(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to paragraphs (5) and 
(6)’’; 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) MULTIPURPOSE BROWNFIELDS GRANTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (D) and paragraphs (5) and (6), the Ad-
ministrator shall establish a program to provide 
multipurpose grants to an eligible entity based 
on the criteria under subparagraph (C) and the 
considerations under paragraph (3)(C), to carry 
out 
inventory, 
characterization, 
assessment, 
planning, or remediation activities at 1 or more 
brownfield sites in an area proposed by the eligi-
ble entity. 
‘‘(B) GRANT AMOUNTS.— 
‘‘(i) INDIVIDUAL
GRANT
AMOUNTS.— 
Each grant awarded under this paragraph 
shall not exceed $1,000,000. 
‘‘(ii) CUMULATIVE GRANT AMOUNTS.— 
The total amount of grants awarded for
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each fiscal year under this paragraph may 
not exceed 15 percent of the funds made 
available for the fiscal year to carry out 
this subsection. 
‘‘(C) CRITERIA.—In awarding a grant 
under this paragraph, the Administrator shall 
consider the extent to which the eligible entity is 
able— 
‘‘(i) to provide an overall plan for revi-
talization of the 1 or more brownfield sites 
in the proposed area in which the multipur-
pose grant will be used; 
‘‘(ii) to demonstrate a capacity to con-
duct the range of eligible activities that will 
be funded by the multipurpose grant; and 
‘‘(iii) to demonstrate that a multipur-
pose grant will meet the needs of the 1 or 
more brownfield sites in the proposed area. 
‘‘(D) CONDITION.—As a condition of receiv-
ing a grant under this paragraph, each eligible 
entity shall expend the full amount of the grant 
by not later than the date that is 5 years after 
the date on which the grant is awarded to the el-
igible entity, unless the Administrator provides 
an extension.
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‘‘(E) OWNERSHIP.—An eligible entity that 
receives a grant under this paragraph may not 
expend any of the grant funds for the remedi-
ation of a brownfield site unless the eligible enti-
ty owns the brownfield site.’’; and 
(4) by striking ‘‘paragraph (2) or (3)’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2), (3), or 
(4)’’. 
SEC. 10. ALLOWING ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS FOR GRANT 
RECIPIENTS. 
Paragraph (5) of section 104(k) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9604(k)) (as redesignated by section 9 
of this Act) is amended— 
(1) by amending subparagraph (B) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(B) PROHIBITION.—No part of a grant or 
loan under this subsection may be used for the 
payment of— 
‘‘(i) a penalty or fine; 
‘‘(ii) a Federal cost-share requirement; 
‘‘(iii) a response cost at a brownfield 
site for which the recipient of the grant or 
loan is potentially liable under section 107; 
or
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‘‘(iv) a cost of compliance with any 
Federal law (including a Federal law speci-
fied in section 101(39)(B)), excluding the 
cost of compliance with laws applicable to 
the cleanup.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity 
may use up to 5 percent of the amounts 
made available under a grant or loan under 
this subsection for administrative costs. 
‘‘(ii) RESTRICTION.—For purposes of 
clause (i), the term ‘administrative costs’ 
does not include— 
‘‘(I) investigation and identifica-
tion of the extent of contamination of 
a brownfield site; 
‘‘(II) design and performance of a 
response action; or 
‘‘(III) monitoring of a natural re-
source.’’. 
SEC. 11. GRANT APPLICATIONS. 
(a) WATERFRONT BROWNFIELDS GRANTS; CLEAN EN-
ERGY ON BROWNFIELD SITES.—Paragraph (6)(C) of sec-
tion 104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
1710 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 
9604(k)) (as redesignated by section 9 of this Act) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(xi) The extent to which a grant 
would address a site adjacent to a body of 
water or a federally designated flood plain. 
‘‘(xii) The extent to which a grant 
would facilitate— 
‘‘(I) the location at a brownfield 
site of a facility that generates renew-
able electricity from wind, solar, or 
geothermal energy; or 
‘‘(II) any energy efficiency im-
provement project at a brownfield site, 
including a project for a combined heat 
and power system or a district energy 
system.’’. 
(b) REPORT ON RANKING CRITERIA.—Paragraph (6) 
of section 104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 
9604(k)) (as redesignated by section 9 of this Act) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) REPORT ON RANKING CRITERIA.—Not 
later than September 30, 2022, the Adminis-
trator shall submit to Congress a report regard-
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ing the Administrator’s use of the ranking cri-
teria described in subparagraph (C) in awarding 
grants under this subsection.’’. 
SEC. 12. AUDITS. 
Paragraph (8) of section 104(k) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9604(k)) (as redesignated by section 9 
of this Act) is amended by striking ‘‘3 years after the date 
of the enactment of this subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2022’’. 
SEC. 13. BROWNFIELDS FUNDING. 
Paragraph (13) of section 104(k) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9604(k)) (as redesignated by section 9 
of this Act) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(13) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subsection $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2019 through 2023.’’. 
SEC. 14. SMALL COMMUNITY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 
GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 128(a)(1)(B) of the Com-
prehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9628(a)(1)(B)) is amend-
ed—
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(1) in clause (ii)— 
(A) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in subclause (II), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(III) assist small communities, 
Indian tribes, rural areas, or dis-
advantaged areas in carrying out ac-
tivities 
described 
in 
section 
104(k)(7)(A) with respect to brownfield 
sites.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iii) SMALL
COMMUNITIES, INDIAN 
TRIBES, 
RURAL
AREAS, 
AND
DISADVAN-
TAGED AREAS.— 
‘‘(I) 
IN
GENERAL.—To 
make 
grants to States or Indian tribes under 
clause (ii)(III), the Administrator may 
use, in addition to amounts available 
to carry out this subsection, not more 
than $1,500,000 of the amounts made 
available to carry out section 104(k)(7) 
in each fiscal year.
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‘‘(II) LIMITATION.—Each grant 
made under subclause (I) may be not 
more than $20,000. 
‘‘(III) 
INCLUSION
IN
OTHER 
GRANTS.—The Administrator may, at 
the request of a State or Indian tribe, 
include a grant under this clause in 
any other grant to the State or Indian 
tribe made under this subsection. 
‘‘(iv) DEFINITIONS.—In this subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(I) DISADVANTAGED AREA.—The 
term ‘disadvantaged area’ means a 
community with an annual median 
household income that is less than 80 
percent of the statewide annual median 
household income, as determined by the 
President based on the latest available 
decennial census. 
‘‘(II) SMALL
COMMUNITY.—The 
term ‘small community’ means a com-
munity with a population of not more 
than 15,000 individuals, as determined 
by the President based on the latest 
available decennial census.’’.
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 104(g)(1) of 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensa-
tion, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9604(g)(1)) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘or section 128(a)(1)(B)(ii)(III)’’ 
after ‘‘under this section’’. 
SEC. 15. STATE RESPONSE PROGRAM FUNDING. 
Section 128(a)(3) of the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 
(42 U.S.C. 9628(a)(3)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(3) FUNDING.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this subsection $50,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.’’. 
DIVISION 
O—WILDFIRE 
SUP-
PRESSION 
FUNDING 
AND 
FOREST 
MANAGEMENT 
AC-
TIVITIES ACT 
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Wildfire Suppres-
sion Funding and Forest Management Activities Act’’.
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TITLE 
I—WILDFIRE 
AND 
DIS-
ASTER 
FUNDING 
ADJUST-
MENT 
SEC. 102. WILDFIRE AND DISASTER FUNDING ADJUSTMENT. 
(a) Section 251(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)) 
is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (D)(i), by striking sub-
clauses (I) and (II) and inserting the following— 
‘‘(I) the average over the previous 
10 years (excluding the highest and 
lowest years) of the sum of the funding 
provided for disaster relief (as that 
term is defined on the date imme-
diately before the date of enactment of 
the Wildfire Suppression Funding and 
Forest Management Activities Act); 
‘‘(II) notwithstanding clause (iv), 
starting in fiscal year 2018, five per-
cent of the total appropriations pro-
vided after fiscal year 2011 or in the 
previous 10 years, whichever is less, 
net of any rescissions of budget author-
ity enacted in the same period, with 
respect to amounts provided for major
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disasters declared pursuant to the Rob-
ert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5121 et seq.) and designated by the 
Congress and the President as an 
emergency pursuant to subparagraph 
(A)(i) of this paragraph; and 
‘‘(III) the cumulative net total of 
the unused carryover for fiscal year 
2018 and all subsequent fiscal years, 
where the unused carryover for each 
fiscal year is calculated as the sum of 
the amounts in subclauses (I) and (II) 
less the enacted appropriations for that 
fiscal year that have been designated as 
being for disaster relief.’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (D)(ii), by striking ‘‘not 
later than 30 days after the date of enactment of the 
Budget Control Act of 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘not later 
than 30 days after the date of enactment of the Wild-
fire Suppression Funding and Forest Management 
Activities Act’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION.—
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‘‘(i) ADDITIONAL
NEW
BUDGET
AU-
THORITY.—If, for fiscal years 2020 through 
2027, a bill or joint resolution making ap-
propriations for a fiscal year is enacted 
that provides an amount for wildfire sup-
pression operations in the Wildland Fire 
Management accounts at the Department of 
Agriculture or the Department of the Inte-
rior, then the adjustments for that fiscal 
year shall be the amount of additional new 
budget authority provided in that Act for 
wildfire suppression operations for that fis-
cal year, but shall not exceed— 
‘‘(I) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2020, 
$2,250,000,000; 
‘‘(II) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2021, 
$2,350,000,000; 
‘‘(III) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2022, 
$2,450,000,000; 
‘‘(IV) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2023, 
$2,550,000,000; 
‘‘(V) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2024, 
$2,650,000,000; 
‘‘(VI) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2025, 
$2,750,000,000;
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‘‘(VII) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2026, 
$2,850,000,000; and 
‘‘(VIII) for fiscal year 2027, 
$2,950,000,000. 
‘‘(ii) DEFINITIONS.—In this subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(I) ADDITIONAL
NEW
BUDGET 
AUTHORITY.—The 
term 
‘additional 
new budget authority’ means the 
amount provided for a fiscal year in 
an appropriation Act that is in excess 
of the average costs for wildfire sup-
pression operations as reported in the 
budget of the President submitted 
under section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code, for fiscal year 
2015 and are specified to pay for the 
costs of wildfire suppression operations 
in an amount not to exceed the amount 
specified for that fiscal year in clause 
(i). 
‘‘(II) WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION OP-
ERATIONS.—The term ‘wildfire sup-
pression operations’ means the emer-
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gency and unpredictable aspects of 
wildland firefighting, including— 
‘‘(aa) support, response, and 
emergency stabilization activities; 
‘‘(bb) other emergency man-
agement activities; and 
‘‘(cc) the funds necessary to 
repay any transfers needed for the 
costs of wildfire suppression oper-
ations.’’. 
(b) The amendment made by paragraph (1) of sub-
section (a) shall begin to apply in fiscal year 2019. 
SEC. 103. REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL WILDFIRE SUPPRES-
SION FUNDS. 
If the amount provided for wildfire suppression oper-
ations for that fiscal year will be exhausted within 30 cal-
endar days, the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary 
of Agriculture (as applicable), in consultation with the Di-
rector of the Office of Management and Budget, shall 
promptly submit a request to Congress for supplemental ap-
propriations. 
SEC. 104. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
end of the fiscal year for which additional new budget au-
thority is used, pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(F)(i) of the
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Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(F)(i)), as added by section 102 
of this division, the Secretary of the Interior or the Sec-
retary of Agriculture (as applicable), in consultation with 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 
shall— 
(1) prepare an annual report with respect to the 
additional new budget authority; 
(2) submit to the Committees on Appropriations, 
the Budget, and Natural Resources of the House of 
Representatives and the Committees on Appropria-
tions, the Budget, and Energy and Natural Resources 
of the Senate the annual report prepared under para-
graph (1); and 
(3) make the report prepared under paragraph 
(1) available to the public. 
(b) COMPONENTS.—The annual report prepared under 
subsection (a)(1) shall— 
(1) document obligations and outlays of the ad-
ditional new budget authority for wildfire suppression 
operations; 
(2) identify risk-based factors that influenced 
management decisions with respect to wildfire sup-
pression operations;
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(3) analyze a statistically significant sample of 
large fires, including an analysis for each fire of— 
(A) cost drivers; 
(B) the effectiveness of risk management 
techniques and whether fire operations strategy 
tracked the risk assessment; 
(C) any resulting ecological or other benefits 
to the landscape; 
(D) the impact of investments in wildfire 
suppression operations preparedness; 
(E) effectiveness of wildfire suppression op-
erations, including an analysis of resources lost 
versus dollars invested; 
(F) effectiveness of any fuel treatments on 
fire behavior and suppression expenditures; 
(G) levels of exposure experienced by fire-
fighters; 
(H) suggested corrective actions; and 
(I) any other factors the Secretary of the In-
terior or Secretary of Agriculture (as applicable) 
determines to be appropriate; 
(4) include an accounting of overall fire manage-
ment and spending by the Department of the Interior 
or the Department of Agriculture, which shall be ana-
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lyzed by fire size, cost, regional location, and other 
factors; 
(5) describe any lessons learned in the conduct of 
wildfire suppression operations; and 
(6) include any other elements that the Secretary 
of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture (as ap-
plicable) determines to be necessary. 
TITLE II—FOREST MANAGEMENT 
ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘Na-
tional Forest System’’ has the meaning given the term 
in section 11(a) of the Forest and Rangeland Renew-
able Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 
1609(a)). 
(2) PUBLIC LAND.—The term ‘‘public land’’ has 
the meaning given the term ‘‘public lands’’ in section 
103 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702). 
(3) SECRETARY
CONCERNED.—The term ‘‘Sec-
retary concerned’’ means— 
(A) the Secretary of Agriculture, with re-
spect to National Forest System land; and
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(B) the Secretary of the Interior, with re-
spect to public land. 
SEC. 202. WILDFIRE RESILIENCE PROJECTS. 
Insert at the end of the Healthy Forests Restoration 
Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6511) the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 605. WILDFIRE RESILIENCE PROJECTS. 
‘‘(a) 
IN
GENERAL.—Hazardous 
fuels 
reduction 
projects, as defined in the Healthy Forests Restoration Act 
of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6511(2)) may be— 
‘‘(1) carried out in accordance with subsections 
(b), (c), and (d) of section 102 and sections 104 and 
105; 
‘‘(2) considered an action categorically excluded 
from the requirements of Public Law 91–190 (42 
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); and 
‘‘(3) exempt from the special administrative re-
view process under section 105. 
‘‘(b) COLLABORATIVE RESTORATION PROJECT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A project referred to in sub-
section (a) is a project to carry out forest restoration 
treatments that— 
‘‘(A) maximizes the retention of old-growth 
and large trees, as appropriate for the forest 
type, to the extent that the trees promote stands 
that are resilient to insects and disease, and re-
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duce the risk or extent of, or increase the resil-
ience to, wildfires; 
‘‘(B) considers the best available scientific 
information to maintain or restore the ecological 
integrity, including maintaining or restoring 
structure, 
function, 
composition, 
and 
connectivity; and 
‘‘(C) is developed and implemented through 
a collaborative process that— 
‘‘(i) includes multiple interested per-
sons representing diverse interests; and 
‘‘(ii)(I) is transparent and nonexclu-
sive; or 
‘‘(II) meets the requirements for a 
resource advisory committee under sub-
sections (c) through (f) of section 205 
of the Secure Rural Schools and Com-
munity Self-Determination Act of 2000 
(16 U.S.C. 7125). 
‘‘(2) INCLUSION.—A project under this sub-
section may carry out part of a proposal that com-
plies with the eligibility requirements of the Collabo-
rative Forest Landscape Restoration Program under 
section 4003(b) of the Omnibus Public Land Manage-
ment Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 7303(b)).
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‘‘(c) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) PROJECT SIZE.—A project under this sec-
tion may not exceed 3000 acres. 
‘‘(2) LOCATION.—A project under this section 
shall be— 
‘‘(A) Prioritized within the wildland-urban 
interface; 
‘‘(B) If located outside the wildland-urban 
interface, limited to areas within Condition 
Classes 2 or 3 in Fire Regime Groups I, II, or 
III that contain very high wildfire hazard poten-
tial; and 
‘‘(C) Limited to areas designated under sec-
tion 602(b) as of the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
‘‘(3) ROADS.— 
‘‘(A) PERMANENT ROADS.— 
‘‘(i) 
PROHIBITION
ON
ESTABLISH-
MENT.—A project under this section shall 
not include the establishment of permanent 
roads. 
‘‘(ii) EXISTING ROADS.—The Secretary 
may carry out necessary maintenance and 
repairs on existing permanent roads for the 
purposes of this section.
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‘‘(B) TEMPORARY
ROADS.—The Secretary 
shall decommission any temporary road con-
structed under a project under this section not 
later than 3 years after the date on which the 
project is completed. 
‘‘(4) 
EXTRAORDINARY
CIRCUMSTANCES.—The 
Secretary shall apply the extraordinary circumstances 
procedures under section 220.6 of title 36, code of 
Federal regulations (or successor regulations), when 
using the categorical exclusion under this section. 
‘‘(d) EXCLUSIONS.—This section does not apply to— 
‘‘(1) a component of the National Wilderness 
Preservation System; 
‘‘(2) any Federal land on which, by Act of Con-
gress or Presidential proclamation, the removal of 
vegetation is restricted or prohibited; 
‘‘(3) a congressionally designated wilderness 
study area; or 
‘‘(4) an area in which activities under subsection 
(a) would be inconsistent with the applicable land 
and resource management plan. 
‘‘(e) FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS.—All projects and 
activities carried out under this section shall be consistent 
with the land and resource management plan established 
under section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Re-
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sources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604) for the unit 
of the National Forest System containing the projects and 
activities. 
‘‘(f) PUBLIC NOTICE AND SCOPING.—The Secretary 
shall conduct public notice and scoping for any project or 
action proposed in accordance with this section. 
‘‘(g) ACCOUNTABILITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall prepare 
an annual report on the use of categorical exclusions 
under this section that includes a description of all 
acres (or other appropriate unit) treated through 
projects carried out under this section. 
‘‘(2) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this section, and each year 
thereafter, the Secretary shall submit the reports re-
quired under paragraph (1) to— 
‘‘(A) the Committee on Agriculture, Nutri-
tion, and Forestry of the Senate; 
‘‘(B) the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works of the Senate; 
‘‘(C) the Committee on Agriculture of the 
House of Representatives; 
‘‘(D) the Committee on Natural Resources of 
the House of Representatives; and
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‘‘(E) the Government Accountability Of-
fice.’’. 
SEC. 
203. 
INSTALLATION 
OF 
FUEL 
BREAKS 
AND 
FIREBREAKS FOR HAZARDOUS FUEL REDUC-
TION ON FEDERAL LAND. 
Section 101(2) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act 
of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6511(2)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The term’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) INCLUSION.—The term ‘authorized 
hazardous fuel reduction project’ includes, using 
the measures and methods described in subpara-
graph (A), the installation of— 
‘‘(i) a natural or manmade change in 
fuel characteristics that affects fire behavior 
such that a fire can be more readily con-
trolled (commonly known as a ‘fuel break’); 
and 
‘‘(ii) a natural or constructed barrier 
used to stop or check a fire or to provide a 
control line from which to work to stop or 
check a fire (commonly known as a 
‘firebreak’).’’.
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SEC. 204. CANCELLATION CEILINGS FOR STEWARDSHIP 
END RESULT CONTRACTING PROJECTS. 
Section 604 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 
2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (h) and (i) as 
subsections (i) and (j), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (g) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(h) CANCELLATION CEILINGS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 
3903(b)(1) of title 41, United States Code, the Chief 
and the Director may obligate funds in stages that 
are economically or programmatically viable to cover 
any potential cancellation or termination costs for an 
agreement or contract under subsection (b). 
‘‘(2) ADVANCE NOTICE TO CONGRESS OF CAN-
CELLATION CEILING IN EXCESS OF $25,000,000.—Not 
later than 30 days before entering into a multiyear 
agreement or contract under subsection (b) that in-
cludes a cancellation ceiling in excess of $25,000,000, 
but does not include proposed funding for the costs of 
cancelling the agreement or contract up to that can-
cellation ceiling, the Chief or the Director, as applica-
ble, shall submit to the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources and the Committee on Agriculture, 
Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Com-
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mittee on Natural Resources and the Committee on 
Agriculture of the House of Representatives a written 
notice that includes— 
‘‘(A) a description of the cancellation ceil-
ing amounts proposed for each program year in 
the agreement or contract; 
‘‘(B) the reasons why the cancellation ceil-
ing amounts described under subparagraph (A) 
were selected; 
‘‘(C) a description of the extent to which the 
costs of contract cancellation are not included in 
the budget for the agreement or contract; and 
‘‘(D) an assessment of the financial risk of 
not including budgeting for the costs of agree-
ment or contract cancellation. 
‘‘(3) TRANSMITTAL
OF
NOTICE
TO
OMB.—Not 
later than 14 days after the date on which written no-
tice is provided under paragraph (2), the Chief or the 
Director, as appropriate, shall transmit a copy of the 
notice to the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget.’’. 
SEC. 205. EXCESS OFFSET VALUE. 
Section 604(g)(2) of the Healthy Forests Restoration 
Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c(g)(2)) is amended by striking 
subparagraphs (A) and (B) and inserting the following: