973 
administrative expenses under this paragraph, shall 
be available only for incremental tenant-based rental 
assistance contracts under such section 811 for non- 
elderly persons with disabilities, including necessary 
administrative expenses: Provided further, That upon 
turnover, section 811 special purpose vouchers fund-
ed under this heading in this or prior Acts, or under 
any other heading in prior Acts, shall be provided to 
non-elderly persons with disabilities; 
(5) $4,000,000 shall be for rental assistance 
and associated administrative fees for Tribal HUD– 
VASH to serve Native American veterans that are 
homeless or at-risk of homelessness living on or near 
a reservation or other Indian areas: Provided, That 
such amount shall be made available for renewal 
grants to recipients that received assistance under 
prior Acts under the Tribal HUD–VASH program: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall be author-
ized to specify criteria for renewal grants, including 
data on the utilization of assistance reported by 
grant recipients: Provided further, That such assist-
ance shall be administered in accordance with pro-
gram requirements under the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 
1996 and modeled after the HUD–VASH program:
974 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall be author-
ized to waive, or specify alternative requirements for 
any provision of any statute or regulation that the 
Secretary administers in connection with the use of 
funds made available under this paragraph (except 
for requirements related to fair housing, non-
discrimination, labor standards, and the environ-
ment), upon a finding by the Secretary that any 
such waivers or alternative requirements are nec-
essary for the effective delivery and administration 
of such assistance: Provided further, That grant re-
cipients 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-
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
975 
this title, to public housing agencies that partner 
with eligible VA Medical Centers or other entities as 
designated by the Secretary of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, based on geographical need for 
such assistance as identified by the Secretary of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, public housing 
agency administrative performance, and other fac-
tors as specified by the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development in consultation with the Sec-
retary of the Department of Veterans Affairs: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development may waive, or specify alter-
native requirements for (in consultation with the 
Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs), 
any provision of any statute or regulation that the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development ad-
ministers in connection with the use of funds made 
available under this paragraph (except for require-
ments related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, 
labor standards, and the environment), upon a find-
ing by the Secretary that any such waivers or alter-
native requirements are necessary for the effective 
delivery and administration of such voucher assist-
ance: Provided further, That assistance made avail-
976 
able 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 re-
main available for family unification upon turnover: 
Provided further, That for any public housing agency 
administering voucher assistance appropriated in a 
prior Act under the family unification program that 
determines that it no longer has an identified need 
for such assistance upon turnover, such agency shall 
notify the Secretary, and the Secretary shall recap-
ture such assistance from the agency and reallocate 
it to any other public housing agency or agencies 
based on need for voucher assistance in connection 
with such program; 
(8) $25,000,000 shall be made available for the 
mobility demonstration authorized under section 235 
of this title, of which up to $5,000,000 shall be for 
new incremental voucher assistance and the remain-
der of which shall be available to provide mobility- 
related services to families with children, including 
pre- and post-move counseling and rent deposits,
977 
and to offset the administrative costs of operating 
the mobility demonstration: Provided, That incre-
mental voucher assistance made available under this 
paragraph shall be for families with children partici-
pating in the mobility demonstration and shall con-
tinue to remain available for families with children 
upon turnover: Provided further, That for any public 
housing agency administering voucher assistance 
under the mobility demonstration that determines 
that it no longer has an identified need for such as-
sistance upon turnover, such agency shall notify the 
Secretary, and the Secretary shall recapture such as-
sistance from the agency and reallocate it to any 
other public housing agency or agencies based on 
need for voucher assistance in connection with such 
demonstration; and 
(9) the Secretary shall separately track all spe-
cial purpose vouchers funded under this heading. 
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
Unobligated balances, including recaptures and car-
ryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development under this 
heading, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted 
Housing’’ and the heading ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assist-
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ance’’, for fiscal year 2019 and prior years may be used 
for renewal of or amendments to section 8 project-based 
contracts and for performance-based contract administra-
tors, notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds 
were appropriated: Provided, That any obligated balances 
of contract authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior that 
have been terminated shall be rescinded: Provided further, 
That amounts heretofore recaptured, or recaptured during 
the current fiscal year, from section 8 project-based con-
tracts from source years fiscal year 1975 through fiscal 
year 1987 are hereby rescinded, and an amount of addi-
tional new budget authority, equivalent to the amount re-
scinded is hereby appropriated, to remain available until 
expended, for the purposes set forth under this heading, 
in addition to amounts otherwise available. 
PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND 
For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to 
carry out capital and management activities for public 
housing agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g) 
(the ‘‘Act’’) $2,775,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2022: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law or regulation, during fiscal year 
2019, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
may not delegate to any Department official other than
979 
the Deputy Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for 
Public and Indian Housing any authority under paragraph 
(2) of section 9(j) regarding the extension of the time peri-
ods under such section: Provided further, That for pur-
poses of such section 9(j), the term ‘‘obligate’’ means, with 
respect to amounts, that the amounts are subject to a 
binding agreement that will result in outlays, immediately 
or in the future: Provided further, That of the total 
amount made available under this heading, up to 
$14,000,000 shall be to support ongoing public housing 
financial and physical assessment activities: Provided fur-
ther, That of the total amount made available under this 
heading, up to $1,000,000 shall be to support the costs 
of administrative and judicial receiverships: Provided fur-
ther, That of the total amount provided under this head-
ing, not to exceed $30,000,000 shall be available for the 
Secretary to make grants, notwithstanding section 203 of 
this Act, to public housing agencies for emergency capital 
needs including safety and security measures necessary to 
address crime and drug-related activity as well as needs 
resulting from unforeseen or unpreventable emergencies 
and natural disasters excluding Presidentially declared 
emergencies and natural disasters under the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Act (42 U.S.C. 
5121 et seq.) occurring in fiscal year 2019: Provided fur-
980 
ther, That of the amount made available under the pre-
vious proviso, not less than $10,000,000 shall be for safety 
and security measures: Provided further, That in addition 
to the amount in the previous proviso for such safety and 
security measures, any amounts that remain available, 
after all applications received on or before September 30, 
2020, for emergency capital needs have been processed, 
shall be allocated to public housing agencies for such safe-
ty and security measures: Provided further, That of the 
total amount provided under this heading, up to 
$35,000,000 shall be for supportive services, service coor-
dinators and congregate services as authorized by section 
34 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437z–6) and the Native Amer-
ican 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: Provided further, That 
funding provided under the previous proviso shall be avail-
able for competitive grants to partnerships between public 
housing authorities, local workforce investment boards es-
tablished under section 107 of the Workforce Innovation 
and Opportunity Act of 2014 (29 U.S.C. 3122), and other 
agencies and organizations that provide support to help 
public housing residents obtain employment and increase
981 
earnings: Provided further, That applicants must dem-
onstrate the ability to provide services to residents, part-
ner with workforce investment boards, and leverage service 
dollars: Provided further, That the Secretary may allow 
public housing agencies to request exemptions from rent 
and income limitation requirements under sections 3 and 
6 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437a and 1437d), as necessary to implement the Jobs- 
Plus program, on such terms and conditions as the Sec-
retary may approve upon a finding by the Secretary that 
any such waivers or alternative requirements are nec-
essary for the effective implementation of the Jobs-Plus 
initiative as a voluntary program for residents: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall publish by notice in the 
Federal Register any waivers or alternative requirements 
pursuant to the preceding proviso no later than 10 days 
before the effective date of such notice: Provided further, 
That for funds provided under this heading, the limitation 
in section 9(g)(1) of the Act shall be 25 percent: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may waive the limitation in 
the previous proviso to allow public housing agencies to 
fund activities authorized under section 9(e)(1)(C) of the 
Act: Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify pub-
lic housing agencies requesting waivers under the previous 
proviso if the request is approved or denied within 14 days
982 
of submitting the request: Provided further, That from the 
funds made available under this heading, the Secretary 
shall provide bonus awards in fiscal year 2019 to public 
housing agencies that are designated high performers: 
Provided further, That the Department shall notify public 
housing agencies of their formula allocation within 60 
days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That of 
the 
total 
amount 
provided 
under 
this 
heading, 
$25,000,000 shall be available for competitive grants to 
public housing agencies to evaluate and reduce lead-based 
paint hazards in public housing by carrying out the activi-
ties of risk assessments, abatement, and interim controls 
(as those terms are defined in section 1004 of the Residen-
tial Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 (42 
U.S.C. 4851b)): Provided further, That for purposes of en-
vironmental review, a grant under the previous proviso 
shall be considered funds for projects or activities under 
title I of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) for purposes of section 26 of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1437x) and shall be subject to the regula-
tions implementing such section. 
PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND 
For 2019 payments to public housing agencies for the 
operation and management of public housing, as author-
ized by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of
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1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $4,653,116,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2020. 
CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE 
For competitive grants under the Choice Neighbor-
hoods Initiative (subject to section 24 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v), unless otherwise 
specified under this heading), for transformation, rehabili-
tation, and replacement housing needs of both public and 
HUD-assisted housing and to transform neighborhoods of 
poverty into functioning, sustainable mixed income neigh-
borhoods with appropriate services, schools, public assets, 
transportation and access to jobs, $150,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That 
grant funds may be used for resident and community serv-
ices, community development, and affordable housing 
needs in the community, and for conversion of vacant or 
foreclosed properties to affordable housing: Provided fur-
ther, That the use of funds made available under this 
heading shall not be deemed to be public housing notwith-
standing section 3(b)(1) of such Act: Provided further, 
That grantees shall commit to an additional period of af-
fordability 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: Pro-
vided further, That grantees may include local govern-
984 
ments, tribal entities, public housing authorities, and non-
profits: Provided further, That for-profit developers may 
apply jointly with a public entity: Provided further, That 
for purposes of environmental review, a grantee shall be 
treated as a public housing agency under section 26 of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437x), and grants under this heading shall be subject 
to the regulations issued by the Secretary to implement 
such section: Provided further, That of the amount pro-
vided, not less than $75,000,000 shall be awarded to pub-
lic housing agencies: Provided further, That such grantees 
shall create partnerships with other local organizations in-
cluding assisted housing owners, service agencies, and 
resident organizations: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall consult with the Secretaries of Education, 
Labor, Transportation, Health and Human Services, Agri-
culture, and Commerce, the Attorney General, and the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to co-
ordinate 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 comprehensive local planning with 
input from residents and the community: Provided further, 
That unobligated balances, including recaptures, remain-
ing from funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Revital-
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ization of Severely Distressed Public Housing (HOPE 
VI)’’ in fiscal year 2011 and prior fiscal years may be used 
for purposes under this heading, notwithstanding the pur-
poses for which such amounts were appropriated: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall issue the Notice of Fund-
ing Availability for funds made available under this head-
ing no later than 60 days after enactment of this Act: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall make grant awards 
no later than one year from the date of enactment of this 
Act in such amounts that the Secretary determines: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding section 24(o) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v(o)), 
the Secretary may, until September 30, 2019, obligate any 
available unobligated balances made available under this 
heading in this, or any prior Act. 
FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY 
For the Family Self-Sufficiency program to support 
family self-sufficiency coordinators under section 23 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937, to promote the devel-
opment of local strategies to coordinate the use of assist-
ance under sections 8(o) and 9 of such Act with public 
and private resources, and enable eligible families to 
achieve economic independence and self-sufficiency, 
$80,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020: Provided, That the Secretary may, by Federal Reg-
986 
ister notice, waive or specify alternative requirements 
under subsections b(3), b(4), b(5), or c(1) of section 23 
of such Act in order to facilitate the operation of a unified 
self-sufficiency program for individuals receiving assist-
ance under different provisions of the Act, as determined 
by the Secretary: Provided further, That owners of a pri-
vately owned multifamily property with a section 8 con-
tract may voluntarily make a Family Self-Sufficiency pro-
gram available to the assisted tenants of such property 
in accordance with procedures established by the Sec-
retary: 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 resid-
ual 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 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 
(NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $655,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2023: Provided, 
That, notwithstanding NAHASDA, to determine the 
amount of the allocation under title I of such Act for each
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Indian tribe, the Secretary shall apply the formula under 
section 302 of such Act with the need component based 
on single-race census data and with the need component 
based on multi-race census data, and the amount of the 
allocation for each Indian tribe shall be the greater of the 
two resulting allocation amounts: Provided further, That 
of the amounts made available under this heading, 
$7,000,000 shall be for providing training and technical 
assistance to Indian housing authorities and tribally des-
ignated housing entities, to support the inspection of In-
dian housing units, contract expertise, and for training 
and technical assistance related to funding provided under 
this heading and other headings under this Act for the 
needs of Native American families and Indian country: 
Provided further, That of the funds made available under 
the previous proviso, not less than $2,000,000 shall be 
made available for a national organization as authorized 
under section 703 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4212): Pro-
vided further, That amounts made available under the pre-
vious two provisos may be used, contracted, or competed 
as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That of 
the amount provided under this heading, $2,000,000 shall 
be made available for the cost of guaranteed notes and 
other obligations, as authorized by title VI of NAHASDA: 
Provided further, That such costs, including the costs of
988 
modifying such notes and other obligations, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are 
available to subsidize the total principal amount of any 
notes and other obligations, any part of which is to be 
guaranteed, not to exceed $17,761,989: Provided further, 
That the Department will notify grantees of their formula 
allocation within 60 days of the date of enactment of this 
Act: Provided further, That for an additional amount for 
the Native American Housing Block Grants program, as 
authorized under title I of NAHASDA, $100,000,000 to 
remain available until September 30, 2023: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall obligate this additional 
amount for competitive grants to eligible recipients au-
thorized under NAHASDA that apply for funds: Provided 
further, That in awarding this additional amount, the Sec-
retary shall consider need and administrative capacity, 
and shall give priority to projects that will spur construc-
tion and rehabilitation: Provided further, That up to 1 per-
cent of this additional amount may be transferred, in ag-
gregate, to ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses—Pub-
lic and Indian Housing’’ for necessary costs of admin-
istering and overseeing the obligation and expenditure of 
this additional amount: Provided further, That any funds
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transferred pursuant to the previous proviso shall remain 
available until September 30, 2024. 
INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 
section 184 of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a), $1,440,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That such costs, 
including the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as 
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available 
to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to 
be guaranteed, up to $553,846,154, to remain available 
until expended: Provided further, That up to $750,000 of 
this amount may be for administrative contract expenses 
including management processes and systems to carry out 
the loan guarantee program. 
NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANT 
For the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant pro-
gram, as authorized under title VIII of the Native Amer-
ican Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 
1996 (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $2,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2023: Provided, That not-
withstanding section 812(b) of such Act, the Department 
of Hawaiian Home Lands may not invest grant amounts
990 
provided under this heading in investment securities and 
other obligations: Provided further, That amounts made 
available under this heading in this and prior fiscal years 
may be used to provide rental assistance 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 
Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), 
$393,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020, except that amounts allocated pursuant to section 
854(c)(5) of such Act shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2021: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew 
all expiring contracts for permanent supportive housing 
that initially were funded under section 854(c)(5) of such 
Act from funds made available under this heading in fiscal 
year 2010 and prior fiscal years that meet all program 
requirements before awarding funds for new contracts 
under such section: Provided further, That the Depart-
ment shall notify grantees of their formula allocation with-
in 60 days of enactment of this Act.
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For assistance to units of State and local govern-
ment, and to other entities, for economic and community 
development 
activities, 
and 
for 
other 
purposes, 
$3,365,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2021, unless otherwise specified: Provided, That of the 
total amount provided, $3,300,000,000 is for carrying out 
the community development block grant program under 
title I of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1974, as amended (‘‘the Act’’ herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301 
et seq.): Provided further, That unless explicitly provided 
for under this heading, not to exceed 20 percent of any 
grant made with funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be expended for planning and management develop-
ment and administration: Provided further, That a metro-
politan city, urban county, unit of general local govern-
ment, Indian tribe, or insular area that directly or indi-
rectly receives funds under this heading may not sell, 
trade, or otherwise transfer all or any portion of such 
funds to another such entity in exchange for any other 
funds, credits or non-Federal considerations, but must use 
such funds for activities eligible under title I of the Act: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 105(e)(1) 
of the Act, no funds provided under this heading may be 
provided to a for-profit entity for an economic develop-
992 
ment project under section 105(a)(17) unless such project 
has been evaluated and selected in accordance with guide-
lines required under subsection (e)(2): Provided further, 
That the Department shall notify grantees of their for-
mula allocation within 60 days of enactment of this Act: 
Provided further, That of the total amount provided under 
this heading, $65,000,000 shall be for grants to Indian 
tribes notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such Act, of 
which, notwithstanding any other provision of law (includ-
ing 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 2019, 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 guaran-
teed in subsection (k) of such section 108: Provided, That 
the Secretary shall collect fees from borrowers, notwith-
standing subsection (m) of such section 108, to result in 
a credit subsidy cost of zero for guaranteeing such loans,
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and any such fees shall be collected in accordance with 
section 502(7) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM 
For the HOME Investment Partnerships program, as 
authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-
tional 
Affordable 
Housing 
Act, 
as 
amended, 
$1,250,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2022: Provided, That notwithstanding the amount made 
available under this heading, the threshold reduction re-
quirements in sections 216(10) and 217(b)(4) of such Act 
shall not apply to allocations of such amount: Provided 
further, That the Department shall notify grantees of their 
formula allocation within 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, $54,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2021: Provided, That of the total amount pro-
vided under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be made 
available to the Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity 
Program as authorized under section 11 of the Housing 
Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, as amended: 
Provided further, That of the total amount provided under
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this heading, $35,000,000 shall be made available for the 
second, third, and fourth capacity building activities au-
thorized 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 capacity building by national rural 
housing organizations with experience assessing national 
rural conditions and providing financing, training, tech-
nical assistance, information, and research to local non-
profits, local governments, and Indian Tribes serving high 
need rural communities: Provided further, That of the 
total amount provided under this heading, $4,000,000, 
shall be made available for a program to rehabilitate and 
modify the homes of disabled or low-income veterans, as 
authorized under section 1079 of Public Law 113–291: 
Provided further, That funds provided under the previous 
proviso shall be awarded within 180 days of enactment 
of this Act: Provided further, That funds provided for such 
program in fiscal years 2016, 2017, and 2018 shall be 
awarded within 60 days of enactment of this Act. 
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For the Emergency Solutions Grants program as au-
thorized under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-
995 
Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended; the Con-
tinuum of Care program as authorized under subtitle C 
of title IV of such Act; and the Rural Housing Stability 
Assistance program as authorized under subtitle D of title 
IV of such Act, $2,636,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2021: Provided, That any rental assistance 
amounts that are recaptured under such Continuum of 
Care program shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That not less than $280,000,000 of the 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 
for such Emergency Solutions Grants program: Provided 
further, That not less than $2,219,000,000 of the funds 
appropriated under this heading shall be available for such 
Continuum of Care and Rural Housing Stability Assist-
ance 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 coordi-
nated entry, and for eligible activities the Secretary deter-
mines to be critical in order to assist survivors of domestic 
violence, dating violence, and stalking: 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 up to $7,000,000 of the funds appropriated under
996 
this heading shall be available for the national homeless 
data analysis project: Provided further, That all funds 
awarded for supportive services under the Continuum of 
Care program and the Rural Housing Stability 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 avail-
able under this heading for this fiscal year and prior fiscal 
years, a grantee may use (or could have used) as a source 
of match funds other funds administered by the Secretary 
and other Federal agencies unless there is (or was) a spe-
cific statutory prohibition on any such use of any such 
funds: Provided further, That the Secretary shall collect 
system 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 fur-
ther, That none of the funds provided under this heading 
shall be available to provide funding for new projects, ex-
cept for projects created through reallocation, unless the 
Secretary determines that the continuum of care has dem-
onstrated that projects are evaluated and ranked based 
on the degree to which they improve the continuum of 
care’s system performance: Provided further, That the
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Secretary shall prioritize funding under the Continuum of 
Care program to continuums of care that have dem-
onstrated a capacity to reallocate funding from lower per-
forming projects to higher performing projects: Provided 
further, That all awards of assistance under this heading 
shall be required to coordinate and integrate homeless pro-
grams with other mainstream health, social services, and 
employment programs for which homeless populations 
may be eligible: Provided 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 bal-
ances for Shelter Plus Care renewals previously funded 
from the Shelter Plus Care Renewal account and trans-
ferred to this account shall be available, if recaptured, for 
Continuum of Care renewals in fiscal year 2019: 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 Emer-
gency Solutions Grant program within 60 days of enact-
ment of this Act: Provided further, That up to 
$80,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading
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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 
dramatically 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 assistance on youth homelessness, and collection, 
analysis, and reporting of data and performance measures 
under the comprehensive approaches to serve homeless 
youth, in addition to and in coordination with other tech-
nical 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: Pro-
vided further, That youth aged 24 and under seeking as-
sistance under this heading shall not be required to pro-
vide third party documentation to establish their eligibility 
under 42 U.S.C. 11302(a) or (b) to receive services: Pro-
vided further, That unaccompanied youth aged 24 and 
under or families headed by youth aged 24 and under who 
are living in unsafe situations may be served by youth- 
serving providers funded under this heading.
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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, $11,347,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, shall be available on Octo-
ber 1, 2018 (in addition to the $400,000,000 previously 
appropriated under this heading that became available Oc-
tober 1, 2018), and $400,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be available on October 1, 2019: Pro-
vided, That the amounts made available under this head-
ing shall be available for expiring or terminating section 
8 project-based subsidy contracts (including section 8 
moderate rehabilitation contracts), for amendments to sec-
tion 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including section 
8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for contracts entered 
into pursuant to section 441 of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11401), for renewal 
of section 8 contracts for units in projects that are subject 
to approved plans of action under the Emergency Low In-
come Housing Preservation Act of 1987 or the Low-In-
come Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership 
Act of 1990, and for administrative and other expenses 
associated with project-based activities and assistance
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funded under this paragraph: Provided further, That of 
the total amounts provided under this heading, not to ex-
ceed $245,000,000 shall be available for performance- 
based contract administrators for section 8 project-based 
assistance, for carrying out 42 U.S.C. 1437(f): Provided 
further, That the Secretary may also use such amounts 
in the previous proviso for performance-based contract ad-
ministrators for the administration of: interest reduction 
payments pursuant 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); sec-
tion 236(f)(2) rental assistance payments (12 U.S.C. 
1715z–1(f)(2)); project rental assistance contracts for the 
elderly under section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 
1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); project rental assistance con-
tracts for supportive housing for persons with disabilities 
under section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-
tional 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 fur-
ther, That amounts recaptured under this heading, the 
heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing’’, or
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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, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, upon the request of 
the Secretary, project funds that are held in residual re-
ceipts accounts for any project subject to a section 8 
project-based Housing Assistance Payments contract that 
authorizes HUD or a Housing Finance Agency 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 account, 
to be available until expended: Provided further, That 
amounts deposited pursuant to the previous proviso shall 
be available in addition to the amount otherwise provided 
by this heading for uses authorized under this heading. 
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, for project rental assistance for the elderly 
under section 202(c)(2) of such Act, including amend-
ments to contracts for such assistance and renewal of ex-
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piring contracts for such assistance for up to a 1-year 
term, 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 30, 2022: Provided, That of the amount pro-
vided under this heading, up to $90,000,000 shall be for 
service coordinators and the continuation of existing con-
gregate service grants for residents of assisted housing 
projects: Provided further, That amounts under this head-
ing shall be available for Real Estate Assessment Center 
inspections and inspection-related activities associated 
with section 202 projects: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may waive the provisions of section 202 governing 
the terms and conditions of project rental assistance, ex-
cept that the initial contract term for such assistance shall 
not exceed 5 years in duration: Provided further, That 
upon request of the Secretary, project funds that are held 
in residual receipts accounts for any project subject to a 
section 202 project rental assistance contract and, upon 
termination of such contract, are in excess of an amount 
to be determined by the Secretary shall be remitted to the 
Department and deposited in this account, to remain 
available until September 30, 2022: Provided further, That
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amounts deposited in this account pursuant to the pre-
vious proviso shall be available, in addition to the amounts 
otherwise provided by this heading, for amendments and 
renewals: Provided further, That unobligated balances, in-
cluding recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds 
transferred to or appropriated under this heading shall be 
available for amendments and renewals in addition to the 
purposes for which such funds originally were appro-
priated: Provided further, That of the total amount pro-
vided under this heading, $10,000,000, shall be for a pro-
gram to be established by the Secretary to make grants 
to experienced non-profit organizations, States, local gov-
ernments, or public housing agencies for safety and func-
tional home modification repairs to meet the needs of low- 
income elderly persons to enable them to remain in their 
primary residence: Provided further, That of the total 
amount made available under the previous proviso, no less 
than $5,000,000 shall be available to meet such needs in 
communities with substantial rural populations. 
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, for project rental assistance
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for supportive housing for persons with disabilities under 
section 811(d)(2) of such Act, 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 contracts for such assistance for up to a 1- 
year term, for project rental assistance to State housing 
finance agencies and other appropriate entities as author-
ized under section 811(b)(3) of the Cranston-Gonzalez 
National Housing Act, and for supportive services associ-
ated with the housing for persons with disabilities as au-
thorized by section 811(b)(1) of such Act, $184,155,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2022, of which 
$30,155,000 shall be for capital advance and project rent-
al assistance awards: Provided, That amounts made avail-
able under this heading shall be available for Real Estate 
Assessment Center inspections and inspection-related ac-
tivities associated with section 811 projects: Provided fur-
ther, That, upon the request of the Secretary, project 
funds that are held in residual receipts accounts for any 
project subject to a section 811 project rental assistance 
contract and, upon termination of such contract, are in 
excess of an amount to be determined by the Secretary 
shall be remitted to the Department and deposited in this 
account, to remain available until September 30, 2022:
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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 un-
obligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, re-
maining from funds transferred to or appropriated under 
this heading shall be used for amendments and renewals 
in addition to the purposes for which such funds originally 
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, 
$50,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020, including up to $4,500,000 for administrative con-
tract services: Provided, 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 ad-
vice to tenants and homeowners, both current and pro-
spective, 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
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administration; and for housing counselor training: Pro-
vided further, That for purposes of providing such grants 
from amounts provided under this heading, the Secretary 
may enter into multiyear agreements, as appropriate, sub-
ject 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, non-
insured rental housing projects, $5,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such amount, to-
gether with unobligated balances from recaptured 
amounts appropriated prior to fiscal year 2006 from ter-
minated contracts under such sections of law, and any un-
obligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, re-
maining from funds appropriated 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 Stand-
ards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), up to
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$12,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$12,000,000 is to be derived from the Manufactured 
Housing Fees Trust Fund: Provided, That not to exceed 
the total amount appropriated under this heading shall be 
available from the general fund of the Treasury to the ex-
tent 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 gen-
eral fund shall be reduced as such collections are received 
during fiscal year 2019 so as to result in a final fiscal 
year 2019 appropriation from the general fund estimated 
at zero, and fees pursuant to such section 620 shall be 
modified as necessary to ensure such a final fiscal year 
2019 appropriation: Provided further, That for the dispute 
resolution and installation programs, the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development may assess and collect 
fees from any program participant: Provided 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, notwith-
standing the requirements of section 620 of such Act, the 
Secretary may carry out responsibilities of the Secretary 
under such Act through the use of approved service pro-
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viders that are paid directly by the recipients of their serv-
ices. 
FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION 
MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
New commitments to guarantee single family loans 
insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund shall 
not exceed $400,000,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2020: Provided, That during fiscal year 
2019, obligations to make direct loans to carry out the 
purposes of section 204(g) of the National Housing Act, 
as amended, shall not exceed $1,000,000: Provided fur-
ther, That the foregoing 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 Hous-
ing Administration, $130,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2020: Provided further, That to the 
extent 
guaranteed 
loan 
commitments 
exceed 
$200,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 2019, an addi-
tional $1,400 for administrative contract expenses 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
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made available by this proviso exceed $30,000,000: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding the limitation in the 
first sentence of section 255(g) of the National Housing 
Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–20(g)), during fiscal year 2019 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 year 2019, the Secretary shall not take any 
action against a lender solely on the basis of compare ra-
tios that have been adversely affected by defaults on mort-
gages secured by properties in areas where a major dis-
aster was declared in 2017 or 2018 pursuant to the Rob-
ert 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 
is to be guaranteed, to remain available until September 
30, 2020: Provided, That during fiscal year 2019, gross 
obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, as au-
thorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 519(a) of
1010 
the National Housing Act, shall not exceed $1,000,000, 
which shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental en-
tities in connection with the sale of single family real prop-
erties 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 
$550,000,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2020: Provided, That $27,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2020, shall be for necessary sala-
ries 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, 2019, an addi-
tional $100 for necessary salaries and expenses shall be 
available until expended 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 
$3,000,000: Provided further, That receipts from Commit-
ment and Multiclass fees collected pursuant to title III of
1011 
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 
Development under section 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization 
Plan No. 2 of 1968, and for technical assistance, 
$96,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020: Provided, That with respect to amounts made avail-
able under this heading, notwithstanding section 203 of 
this title, the Secretary may enter into cooperative agree-
ments funded with philanthropic entities, other Federal 
agencies, State or local governments and their agencies, 
or colleges or universities for research projects: Provided 
further, That with respect to the previous proviso, such 
partners to the cooperative agreements must contribute at 
least a 50 percent match toward the cost of the project: 
Provided further, That for non-competitive agreements en-
tered into in accordance with the previous two provisos, 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall
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comply with section 2(b) of the Federal Funding Account-
ability 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 deci-
sions: Provided further, That prior to obligation of tech-
nical 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 oth-
erwise 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, 
2020: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, 
the Secretary may assess and collect fees to cover the costs 
of the Fair Housing Training Academy, and may use such 
funds to develop on-line courses and provide such training: 
Provided further, That no funds made available under this 
heading shall be used to lobby the executive or legislative
1013 
branches of the Federal Government in connection with 
a specific contract, grant, or loan: Provided further, That 
of the funds made available under this heading, $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 proficiency in utilizing the 
services provided by the Department 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, $279,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2020, of which $45,000,000 
shall be for the Healthy Homes Initiative, pursuant to sec-
tions 501 and 502 of the Housing and Urban Develop-
ment Act of 1970, which 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 Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 
4321 et seq.) and other provisions of law that further the
1014 
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: Provided 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 provided to areas with the highest 
lead-based paint abatement needs: Provided further, That 
$64,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be for the implementation of projects to demonstrate 
how intensive, extended multi-year interventions can dra-
matically reduce the presence of lead-based paint hazards 
in communities containing high concentrations of both 
pre-1940 housing and low-income families by achieving 
economies of scale that substantially reduce the cost of 
lead-based paint remediation activities and administrative 
costs for grantees: Provided further, That such projects 
in each of seven communities shall be for five years and 
serve no more than four contiguous census tracts in which 
there are high concentrations of housing stock built before 
1940, in which low-income families with children make up
1015 
a significantly higher proportion of the population as com-
pared to the State average, and that are located in juris-
dictions in which instances of elevated blood lead levels 
reported to the State are significantly higher than the 
State average: Provided further, That funding awarded for 
such projects shall be made available for draw down con-
tingent upon the grantee meeting cost-savings, produc-
tivity, and grant compliance benchmarks established by 
the Secretary: Provided further, That each recipient of 
funds for such projects shall contribute an amount not less 
than 10 percent of the total award, and that the Secretary 
shall give priority to applicants that secure commitments 
for additional contributions from public and private 
sources: Provided further, That grantees currently receiv-
ing grants made under this heading shall be eligible to 
apply for such projects, provided that they are deemed to 
be in compliance with program requirements established 
by the Secretary: 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 
appropriations Acts, still remaining available, may be used 
for any purpose under this heading notwithstanding the 
purpose for which such amounts were appropriated if a
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program competition is undersubscribed and there are 
other program competitions under this heading that are 
oversubscribed. 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUND 
For the development, modernization, and enhance-
ment of, modifications to, and infrastructure for Depart-
ment-wide and program-specific information technology 
systems, for the continuing operation and maintenance of 
both Department-wide and program-specific information 
systems, and for program-related maintenance activities, 
$280,000,000, of which $260,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2020, and of which $20,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, 
That any amounts transferred to this Fund under this Act 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That any amounts transferred to this Fund from amounts 
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 fur-
ther, That not more than 10 percent of the funds made 
available under this heading for development, moderniza-
tion and enhancement may be obligated until the Sec-
retary submits to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations, for approval, a plan for expenditure
1017 
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 milestones to be met; and (B) 
demonstrates that each modernization project is: (i) com-
pliant with the Department’s enterprise architecture, (ii) 
being managed in accordance with applicable life-cycle 
management policies and guidance, (iii) subject to the De-
partment’s capital planning and investment control re-
quirements, and (iv) supported by an adequately staffed 
project office. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Inspector General in carrying out the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, as amended, $128,082,000: Provided, That 
the Inspector 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 RESCISSIONS) 
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
1018 
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 or remitted to the Treasury shall be used by 
State housing finance agencies or local governments or 
local housing agencies with projects approved by the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development for which set-
tlement occurred after January 1, 1992, in accordance 
with such section. Notwithstanding 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 2019 to investigate 
or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise 
lawful activity engaged in by one or more persons, includ-
ing 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 
pursuant to title II of this Act shall be made on a competi-
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tive basis and in accordance with section 102 of the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act 
of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545). 
SEC. 204. Funds of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development subject to the Government Corpora-
tion Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of 
1950 shall be available, without regard to the limitations 
on administrative expenses, for legal services on a contract 
or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment for 
services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage 
Association, Government National Mortgage Association, 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Fi-
nancing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any member 
thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured bank 
within the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Cor-
poration 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 
Development shall be available for any program, project 
or activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget 
estimates submitted to Congress. 
SEC. 206. Corporations and agencies of the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development which are sub-
ject to the Government Corporation Control Act are here-
1020 
by authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits 
of funds and borrowing authority available to each such 
corporation or agency and in accordance with law, and to 
make such contracts and commitments without regard to 
fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of such 
Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set 
forth in the budget for 2019 for such corporation or agen-
cy except as hereinafter provided: Provided, That collec-
tions of these corporations and agencies may be used for 
new loan or mortgage purchase commitments only to the 
extent expressly 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 pro-
viso shall not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty 
operations of these corporations, or where loans or mort-
gage purchases are necessary to protect the financial in-
terest of the United States Government. 
SEC. 207. The Secretary of Housing and Urban De-
velopment shall provide quarterly reports to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding all 
uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured and excess funds in 
each program and activity within the jurisdiction of the 
Department and shall submit additional, updated budget 
information to these Committees upon request.
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SEC. 208. The President’s formal budget request for 
fiscal year 2020, as well as the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development’s congressional budget justifica-
tions to be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall use 
the identical 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 
Association 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 2019 and 2020, the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development may authorize the transfer of 
some or all project-based assistance, debt held or insured 
by the Secretary 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 
multifamily housing project or projects. 
(b) PHASED
TRANSFERS.—Transfers of project- 
based assistance under this section may be done in phases 
to accommodate the financing and other requirements re-
lated to rehabilitating or constructing the project or 
projects to which the assistance is transferred, to ensure
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that such project or projects meet the standards under 
subsection (c). 
(c) The transfer authorized in subsection (a) is sub-
ject to the following conditions: 
(1) NUMBER AND BEDROOM SIZE OF UNITS.— 
(A) For occupied units in the transferring 
project: The number of low-income and very 
low-income units and the configuration (i.e., 
bedroom size) provided by the transferring 
project shall be no less than when transferred 
to the receiving 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 re-
configuration of bedroom sizes to meet current 
market demands, as determined by the Sec-
retary and provided there is no increase in the 
project-based assistance budget authority. 
(2) The transferring project shall, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, be either physically obsolete 
or economically nonviable.
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(3) The receiving project or projects shall meet 
or exceed applicable physical standards established 
by the Secretary. 
(4) The owner or mortgagor of the transferring 
project shall notify and consult with the tenants re-
siding in the transferring project and provide a cer-
tification of approval by all appropriate local govern-
mental officials. 
(5) The tenants of the transferring project who 
remain eligible for assistance to be provided by the 
receiving project or projects shall not be required to 
vacate 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 receiv-
ing project resulting from additional financing ob-
tained by the owner shall be subordinate to any 
FHA-insured mortgage lien transferred to, or placed 
on, such project by the Secretary, except that the 
Secretary may waive this requirement upon deter-
mination that such a waiver is necessary to facilitate
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the financing of acquisition, construction, and/or re-
habilitation of the receiving project or projects. 
(8) If the transferring project meets the re-
quirements of subsection (d)(2), the owner or mort-
gagor of the receiving project or projects shall exe-
cute and record either a continuation of the existing 
use agreement 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 restrictions. 
(9) The transfer does not increase the cost (as 
defined 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 stat-
ute 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 con-
ditions—
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(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 re-
structuring under the Multifamily Assisted 
Housing Reform and Affordability Housing Act; 
(C) housing that is assisted under section 
202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended 
by section 801 of the Cranston-Gonzales Na-
tional Affordable Housing Act; 
(D) housing that is assisted under section 
202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as such sec-
tion existed before the enactment of the Cran-
ston-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;
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(B) assistance for housing constructed or 
substantially rehabilitated pursuant to assist-
ance provided under section 8(b)(2) of such Act 
(as such section existed immediately before Oc-
tober 1, 1983); 
(C) rent supplement payments under sec-
tion 101 of the Housing and Urban Develop-
ment Act of 1965; 
(D) interest reduction payments under sec-
tion 236 and/or additional assistance payments 
under section 236(f)(2) of the National Hous-
ing Act; 
(E) assistance payments made under sec-
tion 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959; and 
(F) assistance payments made under sec-
tion 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-
tional Affordable 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-income 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
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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 con-
duct an evaluation of the transfer authority under this sec-
tion, including the effect of such transfers on the oper-
ational efficiency, 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.
1028 
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 
person to receive assistance under section 8 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any finan-
cial assistance (in excess of amounts received for tuition 
and any other required fees and charges) that an indi-
vidual receives under the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), from private sources, or an insti-
tution of higher education (as defined under the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)), shall be consid-
ered income to that individual, except for a person over 
the age of 23 with dependent 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.
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SEC. 213. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, in fiscal year 2019, in managing and disposing of any 
multifamily property that is owned or has a mortgage held 
by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and 
during the process of foreclosure on any property with a 
contract for rental assistance payments under section 8 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 or other Fed-
eral programs, the Secretary shall maintain any rental as-
sistance payments under section 8 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 and other programs that are at-
tached to any dwelling units in the property. To the extent 
the Secretary determines, in consultation with the tenants 
and the local government, that such a multifamily prop-
erty owned or held by the Secretary is not feasible for con-
tinued 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 avail-
able Federal, State, and local resources, including rent ad-
justments under section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted 
Housing 
Reform 
and 
Affordability 
Act 
of 
1997 
(‘‘MAHRAA’’) and (2) environmental conditions that can-
not be remedied in a cost-effective 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 existing housing properties,
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or provide other rental assistance. The Secretary shall also 
take appropriate steps to ensure that project-based con-
tracts remain in effect prior to foreclosure, subject to the 
exercise of contractual abatement remedies to assist relo-
cation of tenants for imminent major threats to health and 
safety after written notice to and informed consent of the 
affected tenants and use of other available 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. 214. 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-entitle-
ment communities in the State in accordance with the re-
quirements of section 108 of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974: Provided, That any State re-
ceiving such a guarantee or commitment shall distribute 
all funds subject to such guarantee to the units of general 
local government in non-entitlement areas that received 
the commitment.
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SEC. 215. Public housing agencies that own and oper-
ate 400 or fewer public housing units may elect to be ex-
empt from any asset management requirement imposed by 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in con-
nection with the operating fund rule: Provided, That an 
agency seeking a discontinuance of a reduction of subsidy 
under the operating fund formula shall not be exempt 
from asset management requirements. 
SEC. 216. With respect to the use of amounts pro-
vided in this Act and in future Acts for the operation, cap-
ital improvement and management of public housing as 
authorized 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 section 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)(1), (2)): Pro-
vided, That a public housing agency may not use capital 
funds authorized under section 9(d) for activities that are 
eligible under section 9(e) for assistance with amounts 
from the operating fund in excess of the amounts per-
mitted under section 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2). 
SEC. 217. No official or employee of the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development shall be designated
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as an allotment holder unless the Office of the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer has determined that such allotment holder 
has implemented an adequate system of funds control and 
has received training in funds control procedures and di-
rectives. The Chief Financial Officer shall ensure that 
there is a trained allotment holder for each HUD appro-
priation under the accounts ‘‘Executive Offices’’ and ‘‘Ad-
ministrative Support Offices,’’ as well as each account re-
ceiving appropriations under the general heading ‘‘Pro-
gram Office Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Government Na-
tional 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. 218. The Secretary of the Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development shall, for fiscal year 2019, 
notify the public through the Federal Register and other 
means, as determined appropriate, of the issuance of a no-
tice of the availability of assistance or notice of funding 
availability (NOFA) for any program or discretionary 
fund administered by the Secretary that is to be competi-
tively awarded. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, for fiscal year 2019, the Secretary may make the 
NOFA available only on the Internet at the appropriate
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Government web site or through other electronic media, 
as determined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 219. Payment of attorney fees in program-re-
lated litigation shall be paid from the individual program 
office and Office of General Counsel salaries and expenses 
appropriations. The annual budget submission for the pro-
gram offices and the Office of General Counsel shall in-
clude any such projected litigation costs for attorney fees 
as a separate line item request. No funds provided in this 
title may be used to pay any such litigation costs for attor-
ney fees until the Department submits for review a spend-
ing plan for such costs to the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 220. The Secretary is authorized to transfer up 
to 10 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, of funds 
appropriated for any office under the heading ‘‘Adminis-
trative Support Offices’’ or for any account under the gen-
eral heading ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses’’ to 
any other such office or account: Provided, That no appro-
priation 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: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall provide notification 
to such Committees three business days in advance of any
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such transfers under this section up to 10 percent or 
$5,000,000, whichever is less. 
SEC. 221. (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 
‘‘Secretary’’), and comply with any standards under appli-
cable State or local laws, rules, ordinances, or regulations 
relating 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 sec-
tion 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
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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 
inspection, the Secretary must provide the owner with a 
Notice of Default with a specified timetable, determined 
by the Secretary, for correcting all deficiencies. The Sec-
retary 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 UPCS score of 60 or above, the Secretary may with-
draw the Notice of Default. 
(2) At the end of the time period for correcting all 
deficiencies 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;
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(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 
another project or projects and owner or owners; 
(F) pursue exclusionary sanctions, including 
suspensions or debarments from Federal programs; 
(G) seek judicial appointment of a receiver to 
manage the property and cure all project deficiencies 
or seek a judicial order of specific performance re-
quiring the owner to cure all project deficiencies; 
(H) work with the owner, lender, or other re-
lated party to stabilize the property in an attempt 
to preserve the property through compliance, trans-
fer 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 
remedies available as deemed necessary and appro-
priate 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
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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 consid-
eration 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 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 
housing properties, or provide other rental assist-
ance. 
(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 phys-
ical inspection scores of less than 60 or have received an 
unsatisfactory 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
1038 
money penalties and termination of subsidies, and 
identify properties that have such conditions mul-
tiple 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 assist-
ance payment contract. 
This report shall be due to the Senate and House Commit-
tees on Appropriations no later than 30 days after the 
enactment of this Act, and on the first business day of 
each Federal fiscal year quarter thereafter while this sec-
tion remains in effect. 
SEC. 222. None of the funds made available by this 
Act, or any other Act, for purposes authorized under sec-
tion 8 (only with respect to the tenant-based rental assist-
ance 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, in-
cluding bonuses, 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
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IV of the Executive Schedule at any time during any pub-
lic housing agency fiscal year 2019. 
SEC. 223. 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 noti-
fies the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
not less than 3 full business days before any project, 
State, locality, housing authority, tribe, nonprofit organi-
zation, or other entity selected to receive a grant award 
is announced by the Department or its offices. 
SEC. 224. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to require or enforce the Physical Needs 
Assessment (PNA). 
SEC. 225. 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 in-
sure, securitize, or establish a Federal guarantee of any 
mortgage or mortgage backed security that refinances or 
otherwise replaces a mortgage that has been subject to 
eminent domain condemnation or seizure, by a State, mu-
nicipality, or any other political subdivision of a State. 
SEC. 226. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to terminate the status of a unit of gen-
eral local government as a metropolitan city (as defined
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in section 102 of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) with respect to 
grants under section 106 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5306). 
SEC. 227. Amounts made available under this Act 
which are either appropriated, allocated, advanced on a 
reimbursable basis, or transferred to the Office of Policy 
Development and Research in the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development and functions thereof, for re-
search, evaluation, or statistical purposes, and which are 
unexpended at the time of completion of a contract, grant, 
or cooperative agreement, may be deobligated and shall 
immediately become available and may be reobligated in 
that fiscal year or the subsequent fiscal year for the re-
search, evaluation, or statistical purposes for which the 
amounts are made available to that Office subject to re-
programming requirements in section 405 of this Act. 
SEC. 228. 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 subject to ad-
ministrative discipline (including suspension from work), 
in this or the prior fiscal year, but this prohibition shall 
not be effective prior to the effective date of any such ad-
ministrative discipline or after any final decision over- 
turning such discipline.
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SEC. 229. Funds made available in this title under 
the heading ‘‘Homeless Assistance Grants’’ may be used 
by the Secretary to participate in Performance Partner-
ship 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 Perform-
ance Partnership Pilots in an appropriations Act for fiscal 
year 2019: Provided, That such participation shall be lim-
ited to no more than 10 continuums of care and housing 
activities to improve outcomes for disconnected youth. 
SEC. 230. With respect to grant amounts awarded 
under the heading ‘‘Homeless Assistance Grants’’ for fis-
cal years 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 for the con-
tinuum of care (CoC) program as authorized under sub-
title C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act, costs paid by program income of grant recipients 
may count toward meeting the recipient’s matching re-
quirements, provided the costs are eligible CoC costs that 
supplement the recipient’s CoC program. 
SEC. 231. (a) From amounts made available under 
this title under the heading ‘‘Homeless Assistance 
Grants’’, the Secretary may award 1-year transition 
grants to recipients of funds for activities under subtitle 
C of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42
1042 
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. 
(d) In order to be eligible to receive a transition 
grant, the funding recipient must have the consent of the 
Continuum of Care and meet standards determined by the 
Secretary. 
SEC. 232. 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 spe-
cific changes to existing zoning laws as part of carrying 
out the final rule entitled ‘‘Affirmatively Furthering Fair 
Housing’’ (80 Fed. Reg. 42272 (July 16, 2015)) or the 
notice entitled ‘‘Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing 
Assessment Tool’’ (79 Fed. Reg. 57949 (September 26, 
2014)). 
SEC. 233. Section 218(g) of the Cranston-Gonzalez 
National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12748(g)) 
shall not apply with respect to the right of a jurisdiction 
to draw funds from its HOME Investment Trust Fund
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that otherwise expired or would expire in 2016, 2017, 
2018, 2019, 2020, or 2021 under that section. Section 
231(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12771(b)) shall not apply 
to any uninvested funds that otherwise were deducted or 
would be deducted from the line of credit in the partici-
pating jurisdiction’s HOME Investment Trust Fund in 
2018, 2019, 2020, or 2021 under that section. 
SEC. 234. Amounts made available in title II of divi-
sion K of the Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 
2003 (Public Law 108–7) under the heading ‘‘Indian 
Housing Loan Guarantee Fund Program Account’’ for 
necessary expenses of the Land Title Report Commission 
are rescinded. 
SEC. 235. (a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Hous-
ing and Urban Development (in this section referred to 
as the ‘‘Secretary’’) may carry out a mobility demonstra-
tion program to enable public housing agencies to admin-
ister housing choice voucher assistance under section 8(o) 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f(o)) in a manner designed to encourage families re-
ceiving such voucher assistance to move to lower-poverty 
areas and expand access to opportunity areas. 
(b) SELECTION OF PHAS.— 
(1) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish requirements for public housing agencies to
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participate in the demonstration program under this 
section, which shall provide that the following public 
housing agencies may participate: 
(A) Public housing agencies that to-
gether— 
(i) serve areas with high concentra-
tions of holders of rental assistance vouch-
ers under section 8(o) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) 
in poor, low-opportunity neighborhoods; 
and 
(ii) have an adequate number of mod-
erately priced rental units in higher-oppor-
tunity areas. 
(B) Planned consortia or partial consortia 
of public housing agencies that— 
(i) include at least one agency with a 
high-performing Family Self-Sufficiency 
(FSS) program; and 
(ii) will enable participating families 
to continue in such program if they relo-
cate to the jurisdiction served by any other 
agency of the consortium. 
(C) Planned consortia or partial consortia 
of public housing agencies that—
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(i) serve jurisdictions within a single 
region; 
(ii) include one or more small agen-
cies; and 
(iii) will consolidate mobility focused 
operations. 
(D) Such other public housing agencies as 
the Secretary considers appropriate. 
(2) SELECTION CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall 
establish competitive selection criteria for public 
housing agencies eligible under paragraph (1) to 
participate in the demonstration program under this 
section. 
(3) RANDOM
SELECTION
OF
FAMILIES.—The 
Secretary may require participating agencies to use 
a randomized selection process to select among the 
families eligible to receive mobility assistance under 
the demonstration program. 
(c) REGIONAL HOUSING MOBILITY PLAN.—The Sec-
retary shall require each public housing agency applying 
to participate in the demonstration program under this 
section to submit a Regional Housing Mobility Plan (in 
this section referred to as a ‘‘Plan’’), which shall— 
(1) identify the public housing agencies that 
will participate under the Plan and the number of
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vouchers each participating agency will make avail-
able out of their existing programs in connection 
with the demonstration; 
(2) identify any community-based organizations, 
nonprofit organizations, businesses, and other enti-
ties that will participate under the Plan and describe 
the commitments for such participation made by 
each such entity; 
(3) identify any waivers or alternative require-
ments under subparagraph (e) requested for the exe-
cution of the Plan; 
(4) identify any specific actions that the public 
housing agencies and other entities will undertake to 
accomplish the goals of the demonstration, which 
shall include a comprehensive approach to enable a 
successful transition to opportunity areas and may 
include counseling and continued support for fami-
lies; 
(5) specify the criteria that the public housing 
agencies would use to identify opportunity areas 
under the plan; 
(6) provide for establishment of priority and 
preferences for participating families, including a 
preference for families with young children, as such
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term is defined by the Secretary, based on regional 
housing needs and priorities; and 
(7) comply with any other requirements estab-
lished by the Secretary. 
(d) FUNDING FOR MOBILITY-RELATED SERVICES.— 
(1) USE
OF
ADMINISTRATIVE
FEES.—Public 
housing agencies participating in the demonstration 
program under this section may use administrative 
fees under section 8(q) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(q)), their administra-
tive fee reserves, and funding from private entities 
to provide mobility-related services in connection 
with the demonstration program, including services 
such as counseling, portability coordination, landlord 
outreach, security deposits, and administrative ac-
tivities associated with establishing and operating re-
gional mobility programs. 
(2) USE
OF
HOUSING
ASSISTANCE
FUNDS.— 
Public housing agencies participating in the dem-
onstration under this section may use housing as-
sistance payments funds under section 8(o) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f(o)) for security deposits if necessary to enable 
families to lease units with vouchers in designated 
opportunity areas.
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(e) WAIVERS; ALTERNATIVE REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) WAIVERS.—To allow for public housing 
agencies to implement and administer their Regional 
Housing Mobility Plans, the Secretary may waive or 
specify alternative requirements for the following 
provisions of the United States Housing Act of 
1937: 
(A) Sections 8(o)(7)(A) and 8(o)(13)(E)(i) 
(relating to the term of a lease and mobility re-
quirements). 
(B) Section 8(o)(13)(C)(i) (relating to the 
public housing plan for an agency). 
(C) Section 8(r)(2) (relating to the respon-
sibility of a public housing agency to administer 
ported assistance). 
(2) ALTERNATIVE
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
CON-
SORTIA.—The Secretary shall provide alternative ad-
ministrative requirements for public housing agen-
cies in a selected region to— 
(A) form a consortium that has a single 
housing choice voucher funding contract; or 
(B) enter into a partial consortium to op-
erate all or portions of the Regional Housing 
Mobility Plan, which may include agencies par-
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ticipating in the Moving To Work Demonstra-
tion program. 
(3) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—Any waiver or alter-
native requirements pursuant to this subsection shall 
not take effect before the expiration of the 10-day 
period beginning upon publication of notice of such 
waiver or alternative requirement in the Federal 
Register. 
(f) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary may imple-
ment the demonstration, including its terms, procedures, 
requirements, and conditions, by notice. 
(g) EVALUATION.—Not later than five years after im-
plementation of the regional housing mobility programs 
under the demonstration program under this section, the 
Secretary shall submit to the Congress and publish in the 
Federal Register a report evaluating the effectiveness of 
the strategies pursued under the demonstration, subject 
to the availability of funding to conduct the evaluation. 
Through official websites and other methods, the Sec-
retary shall disseminate interim findings as they become 
available, and shall, if promising strategies are identified, 
notify the Congress of the amount of funds that would 
be required to expand the testing of these strategies in 
additional types of public housing agencies and housing 
markets.
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(h) TERMINATION.—The demonstration program 
under this section shall terminate on October 1, 2028. 
SEC. 236. Section 221 of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2015 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f–1; Public Law 113–235; 128 Stat 2754) is 
repealed. 
SEC. 237. The Promise Zone designations and Prom-
ise 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 agreements. 
SEC. 238. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to establish and apply review criteria, 
including rating factors or preference points, for participa-
tion in or coordination with EnVision Centers, in the eval-
uation, selection, and award of any funds made available 
and requiring competitive selection under this Act, except 
with respect to any such funds otherwise authorized for 
EnVision Center purposes under this Act. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2019’’.
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TITLE III 
RELATED AGENCIES 
ACCESS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Access Board, as au-
thorized by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 
as amended, $8,400,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, there may be credited to this 
appropriation funds received for publications and training 
expenses. 
FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime 
Commission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Mer-
chant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 307), in-
cluding services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 
1343(b); and uniforms or allowances therefore, as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, $27,490,000: Provided, That 
not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for official recep-
tion and representation expenses.
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NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation 
to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 
of 1978, as amended, $23,274,000: Provided, That the In-
spector 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 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: Pro-
vided further, That the Inspector General may select, ap-
point, and employ such officers and employees as may be 
necessary for carrying out the functions, powers, and du-
ties of the Office of Inspector General, subject to the appli-
cable laws and regulations that govern such selections, ap-
pointments, and employment within the Corporation: Pro-
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vided further, That concurrent with the President’s budget 
request for fiscal year 2020, the Inspector General shall 
submit to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations a budget request for fiscal year 2020 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 Transpor-
tation Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles and aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per 
diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS–15; uniforms, 
or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902), $110,400,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 
may be used for official reception and representation ex-
penses. The amounts made available to the National 
Transportation Safety Board in this Act include amounts 
necessary to make lease payments on an obligation in-
curred in fiscal year 2001 for a capital lease. 
NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT 
CORPORATION 
For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor-
poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities,
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as authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $150,000,000, of which 
$5,000,000 shall be for a multi-family rental housing pro-
gram: Provided, That an additional $2,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2023, shall be for the pro-
motion and development of shared equity housing models. 
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transpor-
tation 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 
established by the Chairman of the Surface Transpor-
tation Board shall be credited to this appropriation as off-
setting 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 col-
lections are received during fiscal year 2019, to result in 
a final appropriation from the general fund estimated at 
no more than $35,850,000.
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UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON 
HOMELESSNESS 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses (including payment of sala-
ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
the rental of conference rooms, and the employment of ex-
perts and consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code) of the United States Interagency Council on 
Homelessness in carrying out the functions pursuant to 
title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, 
as amended, $3,600,000: Provided, That the first proviso 
in Public Law 115–141 under the heading ‘‘United States 
Interagency Council on Homelessness—Operating Ex-
penses’’ is amended by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting 
‘‘2028’’. 
TITLE IV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
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 
funded in this Act. 
SEC. 402. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current
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fiscal 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 pro-
curement contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, shall be limited to those contracts 
where such expenditures are a matter of public record and 
available for public inspection, except where otherwise pro-
vided 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— 
(1) does not meet identified needs for knowl-
edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the 
performance of official duties; 
(2) contains elements likely to induce high lev-
els 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 train-
ing 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 Em-
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ployment 
Opportunity 
Commission 
Notice 
N– 
915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par-
ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the 
workplace. 
(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 pre-
vious appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities fund-
ed in this Act that remain available for obligation or ex-
penditure in fiscal year 2019, or provided from any ac-
counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 
and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
programming 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;
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(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 ac-
tivities 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 Commit-
tees on Appropriations or the table accompanying 
the joint explanatory statement accompanying this 
Act, whichever is more detailed, unless prior ap-
proval is received from the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations: 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 Appropriations of the 
Senate and of the House of Representatives to es-
tablish the baseline for application of reprogram-
ming and transfer authorities for the current fiscal 
year: Provided further, That the report shall in-
clude— 
(A) a table for each appropriation with a 
separate column to display the prior year en-
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acted level, the President’s budget request, ad-
justments made by Congress, adjustments due 
to enacted 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 this Act, the table accom-
panying the explanatory statement accom-
panying this Act, accompanying reports of the 
House and Senate Committee on Appropria-
tions, or in the budget appendix for the respec-
tive appropriations, whichever is more detailed, 
and shall apply to all items for which a dollar 
amount is specified and to all programs for 
which new budget (obligational) authority is 
provided, as well as to discretionary grants and 
discretionary grant allocations; and 
(C) an identification of items of special 
congressional interest. 
SEC. 406. Except as otherwise specifically provided 
by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 
remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2019 from 
appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 
for fiscal year 2019 in this Act, shall remain available
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through September 30, 2020, for each such account for 
the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 
be submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations for approval prior to the expenditure of such 
funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be made 
in compliance with reprogramming guidelines under sec-
tion 405 of this Act. 
SEC. 407. No funds in this Act may be used to sup-
port any Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use 
the power of eminent domain, unless eminent domain is 
employed only for a public use: Provided, That for pur-
poses of this section, public use shall not be construed to 
include economic development that primarily benefits pri-
vate entities: Provided further, That any use of funds for 
mass transit, railroad, airport, seaport or highway 
projects, as well as utility projects which benefit or serve 
the general public (including energy-related, communica-
tion-related, water-related and wastewater-related infra-
structure), other structures designated for use by the gen-
eral public or which have other common-carrier or public- 
utility functions that serve the general public and are sub-
ject to regulation and oversight 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 Brownfields Revitalization
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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 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided 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, for-
merly held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed 
Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily com-
pleted 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 period of not more than 1 year, made application 
for restoration 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 posi-
tion 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 sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933
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(41 U.S.C. 8301–8305, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy 
American Act’’). 
SEC. 411. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act shall be made available to any 
person 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 
permit under sections 41301 through 41305 of title 49, 
United States Code, or exemption application under sec-
tion 40109 of that title of an air carrier already holding 
an air operators 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-Nor-
way Air Transport Agreement. 
(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
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with the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agree-
ment and United States law. 
SEC. 414. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend-
ance of more than 50 employees of a single agency or de-
partment of the United States Government, who are sta-
tioned 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 ‘‘international conference’’ shall mean a 
conference occurring outside of the United States attended 
by representatives of the United States Government and 
of foreign governments, international organizations, or 
nongovernmental organizations. 
SEC. 415. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available under this Act may be used by the 
Surface Transportation Board to charge or collect any fil-
ing fee for rate or practice complaints filed with the Board 
in an amount in excess of the amount authorized for dis-
trict 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,
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the Department of Housing and Urban Development, or 
any other Federal agency to lease or purchase new light 
duty vehicles for any executive fleet, or for an agency’s 
fleet inventory, except in accordance with Presidential 
Memorandum—Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 
24, 2011. 
SEC. 417. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network 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. 418. (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 Inspector 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 Inspector General and expressly limits the 
Inspector General’s right of access.
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(b) A department or agency covered by this section 
shall provide its Inspector General with access to all such 
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 
Inspector 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 cal-
endar days any failures to comply with this requirement. 
SEC. 419. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to pay award 
or incentive fees for contractors whose performance has 
been judged to be below satisfactory, behind schedule, over 
budget, or has failed to meet the basic requirements of 
a contract, unless the Agency determines that any such 
deviations are due to unforeseeable events, government- 
driven scope changes, or are not significant within the 
overall scope of the project and/or program unless such 
awards or incentive fees are consistent with 16.401(e)(2) 
of the FAR.
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SEC. 420. For an additional amount for the ‘‘Rail-
road Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Pro-
gram’’ account for the cost of modifications, as defined 
by section 502 of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, 
of direct loans issued pursuant to sections 501 through 
504 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform 
Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–210), as amended, and in-
cluded in cohort 1, as defined by the Department of 
Transportation’s memorandum to the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget dated November 5, 2018, $17,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That, for a 
direct loan included in cohort 1, as defined in the memo-
randum described in the previous proviso, that has satis-
fied all obligations attached to such loan, the Secretary 
shall repay the credit risk premiums of such loan, with 
interest accrued thereon, not later than 60 days after the 
enactment of this Act or, for a direct loan included in co-
hort 1 with obligations that have not yet been satisfied, 
not later than 60 days after the date on which all obliga-
tions attached to such loan have been satisfied. 
SEC. 421. Section 127(l) of title 23, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL HIGHWAY SEGMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—If any segment of 
highway described in clause (i) or (ii) of this
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subparagraph is designated as a route of the 
Interstate System, a vehicle that could operate 
legally on that segment before the date of such 
designation may continue to operate on that 
segment, without regard to any requirement 
under subsection (a), except that such vehicle 
shall not exceed a gross vehicle weight of 
120,000 pounds. The highway segments re-
ferred to in this paragraph are as follows: 
‘‘(i) The William H. Natcher Parkway 
(to be designated as a spur of Interstate 
Route 65) from Interstate Route 65 in 
Bowling Green, Kentucky, to United 
States Route 60 in Owensboro, Kentucky. 
‘‘(ii) The Julian M. Carroll (Pur-
chase) Parkway (to be designated as Inter-
state Route 69) in Kentucky from the Ten-
nessee state line to the interchange with 
Interstate Route 24, near Calvert City. 
‘‘(B) NONDIVISIBLE LOAD OR VEHICLE.— 
Nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit the 
State from issuing a permit for a nondivisible 
load or vehicle with a gross vehicle weight that 
exceeds 120,000 pounds.’’.
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SEC. 422. Section 127(s) of title 23, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking the subsection heading and in-
serting the following: ‘‘(s) NATURAL GAS AND ELEC-
TRIC BATTERY VEHICLES’’; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘or powered primarily by 
means of electric battery power’’ after the first time 
‘‘natural gas’’ appears; 
(3) by striking ‘‘any vehicle weight limit’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the weight limit on the power unit by up 
to 2,000 pounds’’; and 
(4) by striking all that follows after ‘‘under this 
section’’ and inserting a period after ‘‘section’’. 
SEC. 423. Section 31112(c) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading by striking ‘‘AND 
KANSAS’’ and inserting ‘‘KANSAS, AND OREGON’’; 
(2) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(3) in paragraph (5) by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) Oregon may allow the operation of a truck 
tractor and 2 property-carrying units not in actual
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lawful operation on a regular or periodic basis on 
June 1, 1991, if— 
‘‘(A) the length of the property-carrying 
units does not exceed 82 feet 8 inches; 
‘‘(B) the combination is used only to trans-
port sugar beets; and 
‘‘(C) the operation occurs on United States 
Route 20, United States Route 26, United 
States Route 30, or Oregon Route 201 in the 
vicinity, or between any, of— 
‘‘(i) Vale, Oregon; 
‘‘(ii) Ontario, Oregon; or 
‘‘(iii) Nyssa, Oregon.’’. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, 
Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 
DIVISION G—OTHER MATTERS 
TITLE I 
TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS 
SEC. 101. Section 177 of division C of Public Law 
114–223, as amended by Public Law 114–254, is amend-
ed by inserting ‘‘and the 116th Congress’’ after ‘‘the 
115th Congress’’ in each instance it appears. 
SEC. 102. (a) During fiscal year 2019 and each suc-
ceeding fiscal year, amounts appropriated or otherwise
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made available for the Architect of the Capitol under the 
heading ‘‘House Office Buildings’’ may be transferred to 
the House of Representatives and merged with and made 
available under the heading ‘‘Allowances and Expenses’’, 
subject to the approval of the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives. 
(b) The period of availability of any amounts trans-
ferred to the House of Representatives under this section 
shall be the same period of availability applicable to such 
amounts as appropriated for the Architect of the Capitol. 
SEC. 103. Section 243 of title II of division C of Pub-
lic Law 115–244 is amended by inserting ‘‘248’’ after 
‘‘section’’. 
SEC. 104. (a) Discretionary amounts appropriated by 
any division of this consolidated Act shall be available for 
payments in accordance with section 1341(c) of title 31, 
United States Code (as added by the Government Em-
ployee Fair Treatment Act of 2019) to employees whose 
salaries and expenses are provided in that division. 
(b) All obligations incurred in anticipation of the ap-
propriations made and authority granted by any division 
of this consolidated Act for the purposes of maintaining 
the essential level of activity to protect life and property 
and bringing about orderly termination of Government 
functions, and for purposes as otherwise authorized by
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law, are hereby ratified and approved if otherwise in ac-
cord with the provisions of any division of this consoli-
dated Act, and for purposes of such obligations the time 
period covered by this Act shall be considered to include 
the period which began on or about December 22, 2018, 
during which there occurred a lapse in appropriations. 
SEC. 105. (a) If a State (or another Federal grantee) 
used State funds (or the grantee’s non-Federal funds) to 
continue carrying out a Federal program or furloughed 
State employees (or the grantee’s employees) whose com-
pensation is advanced or reimbursed in whole or in part 
by the Federal Government— 
(1) such furloughed employees shall be com-
pensated at their standard rate of compensation for 
such period; 
(2) the State (or such other grantee) shall be 
reimbursed for expenses that would have been paid 
by the Federal Government during such period had 
appropriations been available, including the cost of 
compensating such furloughed employees, together 
with interest thereon calculated under section 
6503(d) of title 31, United States Code; and 
(3) the State (or such other grantee) may use 
funds available to the State (or the grantee) under 
such Federal program to reimburse such State (or
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the grantee), together with interest thereon cal-
culated under section 6503(d) of title 31, United 
States Code. 
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘State’’ 
and the term ‘‘grantee,’’ including United States terri-
tories and possessions, shall have the meaning given such 
terms under the applicable Federal program under sub-
section (a). In addition, ‘‘to continue carrying out a Fed-
eral program’’ means the continued performance by a 
State or other Federal grantee, during the period of a 
lapse in appropriations, of a Federal program that the 
State or such other grantee had been carrying out prior 
to the period of the lapse in appropriations. 
(c) The authority under this section applies with re-
spect to any period in fiscal year 2019 (not limited to peri-
ods beginning or ending after the date of the enactment 
of this Act) during which there occurs a lapse in appro-
priations with respect to any department or agency of the 
Federal Government receiving funding in any division of 
this consolidated Act which, but for such lapse in appro-
priations, would have paid, or made reimbursement relat-
ing to, any of the expenses referred to in this section with 
respect to the program involved. Payments and reimburse-
ments under this authority shall be made only to the ex-
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tent and in amounts provided in advance in appropriations 
Acts. 
SEC. 106. (a) Section 3(20)(B) of the Carl D. Per-
kins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 
U.S.C. 2302(20)(B)), as amended by section 7 of the 
Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 
21st Century Act (Public Law 115–224), is amended by 
inserting ‘‘, except that, for the purpose of section 132, 
the term ‘recognized postsecondary credential’ as used in 
this subparagraph shall not include a baccalaureate de-
gree’’ after ‘‘associate degree’’. 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take 
effect on July 1, 2019, as if included in the Strengthening 
Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act 
(Public Law 115–224). 
TITLE II 
EXTENSIONS OF AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 201. 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 ‘‘September 30, 
2019’’ for ‘‘December 7, 2018’’. 
SEC. 202. (a) The following sections of the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act shall continue 
in effect through March 1, 2019—
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(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 ‘‘March 1, 
2019’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2017’’. 
(2) Notwithstanding section 33(m)(2) of the Federal 
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 substituting ‘‘March 1, 
2019’’ 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 ‘‘March 1, 2019’’ for ‘‘September 30, 
2017’’. 
TANF PROGRAM EXTENSIONS 
SEC. 203. (a) FAMILY ASSISTANCE GRANTS.—Sec-
tion 403(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
603(a)(1)) is amended in each of subparagraphs (A) and 
(C) by striking ‘‘2017 and 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2019 and 
2020’’.
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(b) HEALTHY MARRIAGE PROMOTION AND RESPON-
SIBLE FATHERHOOD GRANTS.—Section 403(a)(2)(D) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(2)(D)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘2017 and 2018’’ and inserting 
‘‘2019 and 2020’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘for fiscal year 2017 or 2018’’. 
(c) CONTINGENCY FUND.—Section 403(b)(2) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 603(b)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal 
year 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘each of fiscal years 2019 and 
2020’’. 
(d) TRIBAL FAMILY ASSISTANCE GRANTS.—Para-
graphs (1)(A) and (2)(A) of section 412(a) of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 612(a)) are each amended by striking ‘‘2017 
and 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2019 and 2020’’. 
(e) CHILD CARE.—Section 418(a)(3) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 618(a)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘2017 and 
2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2019 and 2020’’. 
(f) 
GRANTS
TO
THE
TERRITORIES.—Section 
1108(b)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1308(b)(2)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘2017 and 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2019 and 
2020’’. 
MEASURING AND UNDERSTANDING OUTCOMES 
SEC. 204. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 411(a) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 611(a)) is amended by re-
designating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8) and inserting 
after paragraph (6) the following:
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‘‘(7) REPORT ON ENGAGEMENT, EMPLOYMENT 
AND OUTCOMES.— 
‘‘(A) 
REPORTING
AGREEMENT.—Each 
State and the Secretary shall enter into an 
agreement specifying the manner by which the 
information and data described in this para-
graph shall be collected and reported to the 
Secretary beginning in fiscal year 2020. 
‘‘(i) OUTCOMES FOR EXITING RECIPI-
ENTS.—Information and data regarding 
families who formerly received assistance 
and included a work-eligible individual 
(disaggregated by type of family, reason 
for exit, and participation in work activi-
ties during the preceding fiscal year) under 
the State program funded under this part 
or under any State program funded with 
qualified State expenditures (as defined in 
section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)), with respect to 
the following: 
‘‘(I) The percentage with at least 
1 formerly work-eligible individual em-
ployed during the 2nd quarter after 
exiting from the program.
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‘‘(II) The percentage with at 
least 1 formerly work-eligible indi-
vidual employed during the 4th quar-
ter after exiting from the program. 
‘‘(III) The median earnings when 
at least 1 formerly work-eligible indi-
vidual is employed during the 2d 
quarter after exiting from the pro-
gram. 
‘‘(IV) The percentage with at 
least 1 formerly work-eligible indi-
vidual employed during any of the 
first 4 quarters after exiting from the 
program. 
‘‘(V) The distribution of income 
and earnings, including relative to 
poverty and deep poverty, for each of 
the first 4 quarters ending after the 
quarter of exit from assistance. 
‘‘(VI) The percentage who, at the 
time of exit from the program, were 
subject to the following: 
‘‘(aa) A penalty under sec-
tion 407(e).
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‘‘(bb) A sanction or penalty 
described in section 404 or 408. 
‘‘(cc) A penalty or sanction 
not described in item (aa) or 
(bb). 
‘‘(ii) ENGAGEMENT
AND
EMPLOY-
MENT OF CURRENT RECIPIENTS.— 
‘‘(I) WORK-ELIGIBLE
INDIVID-
UALS.—In the case of current work-el-
igible individuals under the State pro-
gram funded under this part or under 
any State program funded with quali-
fied State expenditures (as defined in 
section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)), the following 
information relative to current quarter 
being reported: 
‘‘(aa) Earnings in each of 
the 4 quarters immediately pre-
ceding the quarter. 
‘‘(bb) Standard measures of 
employment, earnings, receipt of 
assistance, and participation in 
work activities (as defined in sec-
tion 407(d)) in each of the first 
4 quarters following the quarter.
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‘‘(II) ALL
RECIPIENTS.— The 
percentage of recipients of assistance 
under the State program funded 
under this part who have not attained 
24 years of age and who obtain a high 
school degree or its recognized equiva-
lent while receiving the assistance. 
‘‘(B) STATISTICAL
ADJUSTMENT
MODEL 
FOR EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES.—The Secretary, 
in consultation with the Secretary of Labor and 
relevant experts, shall develop recommendations 
by March 1, 2020, on how to establish and dis-
seminate an objective statistical model that will 
allow the Secretary to make adjustments to the 
data reported pursuant to subclauses (I) 
through (IV) of subparagraph (A)(i) of this 
paragraph, based on economic conditions and 
the characteristics of participants. To the ex-
tent practicable, the recommendations shall be 
compatible with the statistical adjustment 
model 
developed 
under 
section 
116(b)(3)(A)(viii) of the Workforce Innovation 
and 
Opportunity 
Act 
(29 
U.S.C. 
3141(b)(3)(A)(viii)) and, with respect to a
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State, the State adjusted levels of performance 
established for the State under that section.’’. 
TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO DATA EXCHANGE 
STANDARDS TO IMPROVE PROGRAM COORDINATION 
SEC. 205. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 411(d) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 611(d)) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(d) DATA EXCHANGE STANDARDS FOR IMPROVED 
INTEROPERABILITY.— 
‘‘(1) DESIGNATION.—The Secretary shall, in 
consultation with an interagency work group estab-
lished by the Office of Management and Budget and 
considering State government perspectives, by rule, 
designate data exchange standards to govern, under 
this part— 
‘‘(A) necessary categories of information 
that State agencies operating programs under 
State plans approved under this part are re-
quired under applicable Federal law to elec-
tronically exchange with another State agency; 
and 
‘‘(B) Federal reporting and data exchange 
required under applicable Federal law. 
‘‘(2) 
REQUIREMENTS.—The 
data 
exchange 
standards required by paragraph (1) shall, to the ex-
tent practicable—
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‘‘(A) incorporate a widely accepted, non- 
proprietary, searchable, computer-readable for-
mat, such as the eXtensible Markup Language; 
‘‘(B) contain interoperable standards devel-
oped and maintained by intergovernmental 
partnerships, such as the National Information 
Exchange Model; 
‘‘(C) incorporate interoperable standards 
developed and maintained by Federal entities 
with authority over contracting and financial 
assistance; 
‘‘(D) be consistent with and implement ap-
plicable accounting principles; 
‘‘(E) be implemented in a manner that is 
cost-effective and improves program efficiency 
and effectiveness; and 
‘‘(F) be capable of being continually up-
graded as necessary. 
‘‘(3) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
this subsection shall be construed to require a 
change to existing data exchange standards found to 
be effective and efficient.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Not later than the date that 
is 24 months after the date of the enactment of this sec-
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tion, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
issue a proposed rule that— 
(1) identifies federally required data exchanges, 
include specification and timing of exchanges to be 
standardized, and address the factors used in deter-
mining whether and when to standardize data ex-
changes; and 
(2) specifies State implementation options and 
describes future milestones. 
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS 
SEC. 206. Section 306(a) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 506(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘individuals’’ and inserting 
‘‘claimants of regular compensation, including claim-
ants’’; and 
(2) by inserting a comma after ‘‘section 
303(j)’’. 
TITLE III 
MEDICAID EXTENDERS 
EXTENSION OF MONEY FOLLOWS THE PERSON 
REBALANCING DEMONSTRATION 
SEC. 301. (a) GENERAL FUNDING.—Section 6071(h) 
of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 1396a 
note) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)—
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(A) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (E), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) 
subject 
to 
paragraph 
(3), 
$112,000,000 for fiscal year 2019.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Amounts made’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Subject to paragraph (3), amounts 
made’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘September 30, 2016’’ and 
inserting ‘‘September 30, 2021’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULE FOR FY 2019.—Funds ap-
propriated under paragraph (1)(F) shall be made 
available for grants to States only if such States 
have an approved MFP demonstration project under 
this section as of December 31, 2018.’’. 
(b) FUNDING FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE AND IM-
PROVEMENT; TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE; OVERSIGHT.— 
Section 6071(f) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 1396a note) is amended by striking paragraph (2) 
and inserting the following:
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‘‘(2) FUNDING.—From the amounts appro-
priated under subsection (h)(1)(F) for fiscal year 
2019, $500,000 shall be available to the Secretary 
for such fiscal year to carry out this subsection.’’. 
(c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 6071(b) of 
the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 1396a note) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(10) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘Secretary’ 
means the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices.’’. 
EXTENSION OF PROTECTION FOR MEDICAID RECIPIENTS 
OF
HOME
AND
COMMUNITY-BASED
SERVICES 
AGAINST SPOUSAL IMPOVERISHMENT 
SEC. 302. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2404 of Public 
Law 111–148 (42 U.S.C. 1396r–5 note) is amended by 
striking ‘‘the 5-year period that begins on January 1, 
2014,’’ and inserting ‘‘the period beginning on January 
1, 2014, and ending on March 31, 2019,’’. 
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.— 
(1) PROTECTING STATE SPOUSAL INCOME AND 
ASSET
DISREGARD
FLEXIBILITY
UNDER
WAIVERS 
AND PLAN AMENDMENTS.—Nothing in section 2404 
of Public Law 111–148 (42 U.S.C. 1396r–5 note) or 
section 1924 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1396r–5) shall be construed as prohibiting a State
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from disregarding an individual’s spousal income 
and assets under a State waiver or plan amendment 
described in paragraph (2) for purposes of making 
determinations of eligibility for home and commu-
nity-based services or home and community-based 
attendant services and supports under such waiver 
or plan amendment. 
(2) STATE WAIVER OR PLAN AMENDMENT DE-
SCRIBED.—A State waiver or plan amendment de-
scribed in this paragraph is any of the following: 
(A) A waiver or plan amendment to pro-
vide medical assistance for home and commu-
nity-based services under a waiver or plan 
amendment under subsection (c), (d), or (i) of 
section 1915 of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396n) or under section 1115 of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1315). 
(B) A plan amendment to provide medical 
assistance for home and community-based serv-
ices for individuals by reason of being deter-
mined eligible under section 1902(a)(10)(C) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(C)) or by 
reason of section 1902(f) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396a(f)) or otherwise on the basis of a 
reduction of income based on costs incurred for
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medical or other remedial care under which the 
State disregarded the income and assets of the 
individual’s spouse in determining the initial 
and ongoing financial eligibility of an individual 
for such services in place of the spousal impov-
erishment provisions applied under section 1924 
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r–5). 
(C) A plan amendment to provide medical 
assistance for home and community-based at-
tendant services and supports under section 
1915(k) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396n(k)). 
REDUCTION IN FMAP AFTER 2020 FOR STATES WITHOUT 
ASSET VERIFICATION PROGRAM 
SEC. 303. Section 1940 of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1396w) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(k) REDUCTION IN FMAP AFTER 2020 FOR NON- 
COMPLIANT STATES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to a calendar 
quarter beginning on or after January 1, 2021, the 
Federal medical assistance percentage otherwise de-
termined under section 1905(b) for a non-compliant 
State shall be reduced— 
‘‘(A) for calendar quarters in 2021 and 
2022, by 0.12 percentage points;
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‘‘(B) for calendar quarters in 2023, by 
0.25 percentage points; 
‘‘(C) for calendar quarters in 2024, by 
0.35 percentage points; and 
‘‘(D) for calendar quarters in 2025 and 
each year thereafter, by 0.5 percentage points. 
‘‘(2) NON-COMPLIANT
STATE
DEFINED.—For 
purposes of this subsection, the term ‘non-compliant 
State’ means a State— 
‘‘(A) that is one of the 50 States or the 
District of Columbia; 
‘‘(B) with respect to which the Secretary 
has not approved a State plan amendment sub-
mitted under subsection (a)(2); and 
‘‘(C) that is not operating, on an ongoing 
basis, an asset verification program in accord-
ance with this section.’’. 
MEDICAID IMPROVEMENT FUND 
SEC. 304. Section 1941(b)(1) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1396w–1(b)(1)) is amended by striking 
‘‘$31,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$6,000,000’’. 
BUDGETARY EFFECTS 
SEC. 305. (a) STATUTORY PAYGO SCORECARDS.— 
The budgetary effects of this division shall not be entered 
on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to sec-
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tion 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 
U.S.C. 933(d)). 
(b) SENATE PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budgetary 
effects of this division shall not be entered on any PAYGO 
scorecard maintained for purposes of section 4106 of H. 
Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress). 
(c) CLASSIFICATION
OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.— 
Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping 
Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory statement of 
the committee of conference accompanying Conference Re-
port 105–217 and section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the 
budgetary effects of this division shall not be estimated— 
(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. 
TITLE IV 
BUDGETARY EFFECTS 
SEC. 401. Effective on the date of enactment of this 
Act, the balances on the PAYGO scorecards established 
pursuant to paragraphs (4) and (5) of section 4(d) of the
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Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 933(d)) 
shall be zero. 
Passed the House of Representatives January 23, 
2019. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 648 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2019, and for other purposes.