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ASSISTANCE TO SMALL SHIPYARDS 
To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized under 
section 3508 of Public Law 110–417 or section 54101 of title 46, 
United States Code, $9,980,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That to be considered for assistance, a qualified shipyard 
shall submit an application for assistance no later than 60 days 
after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That from applications 
submitted under the previous proviso, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall make grants no later than 120 days after enactment 
of this Act in such amounts as the Secretary determines. 
MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the necessary administrative expenses of the maritime 
guaranteed loan program, $3,740,000 shall be paid to the appropria-
tion for ‘‘Operations and Training’’, Maritime Administration: Pro-
vided, That of the unobligated balance of funds made available 
for obligation under Public Law 110–329 and Public Law 111– 
118, $35,000,000 are permanently rescinded. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
the Maritime Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and 
services and make necessary repairs in connection with any lease, 
contract, or occupancy involving Government property under control 
of the Maritime Administration, and payments received therefor 
shall be credited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof: 
Provided, That rental payments under any such lease, contract, 
or occupancy for items other than such utilities, services, or repairs 
shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 
SEC. 171. None of the funds available or appropriated in this 
Act shall be used by the United States Department of Transpor-
tation or the United States Maritime Administration to negotiate 
or otherwise execute, enter into, facilitate or perform fee-for-service 
contracts for vessel disposal, scrapping or recycling, unless there 
is no qualified domestic ship recycler that will pay any sum of 
money to purchase and scrap or recycle a vessel owned, operated 
or managed by the Maritime Administration or that is part of 
the National Defense Reserve Fleet. Such sales offers must be 
consistent with the solicitation and provide that the work will 
be performed in a timely manner at a facility qualified within 
the meaning of section 3502 of Public Law 106–398. Nothing con-
tained herein shall affect the Maritime Administration’s authority 
to award contracts at least cost to the Federal Government and 
consistent with the requirements of 16 U.S.C. § 5405(c), section 
3502, or otherwise authorized under the Federal Acquisition Regula-
tion. 
SEC. 172. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
of the funds provided in this Act shall be used to make a determina-
tion of the nonavailability of qualified United States flag capacity 
for purposes of 46 U.S.C. 501(b) for the transportation of crude 
oil distributed from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve unless as 
part of that determination the Secretary of Transportation, after
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consultation with representatives from the United States flag mari-
time industry, provides to the Secretary of Homeland Security 
a list of United States flag vessels with single or collective capacity 
that may be capable of providing the requested transportation serv-
ices and a written justification for not using such United States 
flag vessels. 
PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline and Haz-
ardous Materials Safety Administration, $21,360,000, of which 
$639,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund: Provided, 
That $1,000,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Pipeline Safety’’ in order 
to fund ‘‘Pipeline Safety Information Grants to Communities’’ as 
authorized under section 60130 of title 49, United States Code. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous materials 
safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 
Administration, $42,338,000, of which $1,716,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2014: Provided, That up to $800,000 
in fees collected under 49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited in 
the general fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided 
further, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to be 
available until expended, funds received from States, counties, 
municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources for 
expenses incurred for training, for reports publication and dissemi-
nation, and for travel expenses incurred in performance of haz-
ardous materials exemptions and approvals functions. 
PIPELINE SAFETY 
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND) 
For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of the pipeline 
safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out a pipeline safety 
program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60107, and to discharge the 
pipeline program responsibilities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 
$109,252,000, of which $18,573,000 shall be derived from the Oil 
Spill Liability Trust Fund and shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2014; and of which $90,679,000 shall be derived from 
the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which $48,191,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2014: Provided, That not less than 
$1,058,000 of the funds provided under this heading shall be for 
the one-call State grant program.
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EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS 
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND) 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5128(b), 
$188,000, to be derived from the Emergency Preparedness Fund, 
to remain available until September 30, 2013: Provided, That not 
more than $28,318,000 shall be made available for obligation in 
fiscal year 2012 from amounts made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i) 
and 5128(b)–(c): Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i), 5128(b), or 5128(c) shall be made 
available for obligation by individuals other than the Secretary 
of Transportation, or his designee. 
RESEARCH AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Research and Innovative Tech-
nology Administration, $15,981,000, of which $9,007,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2014: Provided, That there 
may be credited to this appropriation, to be available until 
expended, funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other 
public authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for 
training. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General 
to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
as amended, $79,624,000: Provided, That the Inspector General 
shall have all necessary authority, in carrying out the duties speci-
fied in the Inspector General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 
3), to investigate allegations of fraud, including false statements 
to the government (18 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that 
is subject to regulation by the Department: Provided further, That 
the funds made available under this heading may be used to inves-
tigate, pursuant to section 41712 of title 49, United States Code: 
(1) unfair or deceptive practices and unfair methods of 
competition by domestic and foreign air carriers and ticket 
agents; and 
(2) the compliance of domestic and foreign air carriers 
with respect to item (1) of this proviso: 
Provided further, That no funding through expenditure transfers 
shall be made between either the Federal Highway Administration, 
the Federal Aviation Administration, the Federal Transit Adminis-
tration, or the National Transportation Safety Board, and the Office 
of Inspector General. 
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation Board, 
including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $29,310,000: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to
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exceed $1,250,000 from fees established by the Chairman of the 
Surface Transportation Board shall be credited to this appropriation 
as offsetting collections and used for necessary and authorized 
expenses under this heading: Provided further, That the sum herein 
appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced on a dollar- 
for-dollar basis as such offsetting collections are received during 
fiscal year 2012, to result in a final appropriation from the general 
fund estimated at no more than $28,060,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 180. During the current fiscal year, applicable appropria-
tions to the Department of Transportation shall be available for 
maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles and aircraft; purchase of liability insurance for motor 
vehicles operating in foreign countries on official department busi-
ness; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law 
(5 U.S.C. 5901–5902). 
SEC. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for the Depart-
ment of Transportation shall be available for services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the 
per diem rate equivalent to the rate for an Executive Level IV. 
SEC. 182. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
for salaries and expenses of more than 110 political and Presidential 
appointees in the Department of Transportation: Provided, That 
none of the personnel covered by this provision may be assigned 
on temporary detail outside the Department of Transportation. 
SEC. 183. (a) No recipient of funds made available in this 
Act shall disseminate personal information (as defined in 18 U.S.C. 
2725(3)) obtained by a State department of motor vehicles in connec-
tion with a motor vehicle record as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), 
except as provided in 18 U.S.C. 2721 for a use permitted under 
18 U.S.C. 2721. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall not with-
hold funds provided in this Act for any grantee if a State is in 
noncompliance with this provision. 
SEC. 184. Funds received by the Federal Highway Administra-
tion, Federal Transit Administration, and Federal Railroad 
Administration from States, counties, municipalities, other public 
authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for training 
may be credited respectively to the Federal Highway Administra-
tion’s ‘‘Federal-Aid Highways’’ account, the Federal Transit 
Administration’s ‘‘Research and University Research Centers’’ 
account, and to the Federal Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and 
Operations’’ account, except for State rail safety inspectors partici-
pating in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105. 
SEC. 185. None of the funds in this Act to the Department 
of Transportation may be used to make a grant unless the Secretary 
of Transportation notifies the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations not less than 3 full business days before any project 
competitively selected to receive a discretionary grant award, any 
discretionary grant award, letter of intent, or full funding grant 
agreement totaling $1,000,000 or more is announced by the depart-
ment or its modal administrations from: 
(1) any discretionary grant program of the Federal Highway 
Administration including the emergency relief program;
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(2) the airport improvement program of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration; 
(3) any program of the Federal Railroad Administration; 
(4) any program of the Federal Transit Administration 
other than the formula grants and fixed guideway moderniza-
tion programs; or 
(5) any funding provided under the headings ‘‘National 
Infrastructure Investments’’ and ‘‘Assistance to Small Ship-
yards’’ in this Act: Provided, That the Secretary gives concur-
rent notification to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations for any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds from the emergency 
relief program: Provided further, That no notification shall 
involve funds that are not available for obligation. 
SEC. 186. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor fees 
and other funds received by the Department of Transportation 
from travel management centers, charge card programs, the sub-
leasing of building space, and miscellaneous sources are to be 
credited to appropriations of the Department of Transportation 
and allocated to elements of the Department of Transportation 
using fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be available 
until expended. 
SEC. 187. Amounts made available in this or any other Act 
that the Secretary determines represent improper payments by 
the Department of Transportation to a third-party contractor under 
a financial assistance award, which are recovered pursuant to law, 
shall be available— 
(1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred by the 
Department of Transportation in recovering improper pay-
ments; and 
(2) to pay contractors for services provided in recovering 
improper payments or contractor support in the implementation 
of the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002: Provided, 
That amounts in excess of that required for paragraphs (1) 
and (2)— 
(A) shall be credited to and merged with the appropria-
tion from which the improper payments were made, and 
shall be available for the purposes and period for which 
such appropriations are available; or 
(B) if no such appropriation remains available, shall 
be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: 
Provided further, That prior to the transfer of any such 
recovery to an appropriations account, the Secretary shall 
notify to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions of the amount and reasons for such transfer: Provided 
further, That for purposes of this section, the term 
‘‘improper payments’’, has the same meaning as that pro-
vided in section 2(d)(2) of Public Law 107–300. 
SEC. 188. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if any 
funds provided in or limited by this Act are subject to a reprogram-
ming action that requires notice to be provided to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations, said reprogramming action 
shall be approved or denied solely by the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided, That the Secretary may provide notice to other 
congressional committees of the action of the Committees on Appro-
priations on such reprogramming but not sooner than 30 days 
following the date on which the reprogramming action has been
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approved or denied by the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations. 
SEC. 189. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act may be used by the Surface Transportation 
Board of the Department of Transportation to charge or collect 
any filing fee for rate complaints filed with the Board in an amount 
in excess of the amount authorized for district court civil suit 
filing fees under section 1914 of title 28, United States Code. 
SEC. 190. Funds appropriated in this Act to the modal adminis-
trations may be obligated for the Office of the Secretary for the 
costs related to assessments or reimbursable agreements only when 
such amounts are for the costs of goods and services that are 
purchased to provide a direct benefit to the applicable modal 
administration or administrations. 
SEC. 191. (a) MEMBERSHIP.—Section 49106(c)(1) of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking 
‘‘13 members’’ and inserting ‘‘17 members’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘5 members’’ and 
inserting ‘‘7 members’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘3 members’’ and 
inserting ‘‘4 members’’; and 
(4) in subparagraph (C) by striking ‘‘2 members’’ and 
inserting ‘‘3 members’’. 
(b) TERM.—Section 49106(c)(3) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended by striking the second sentence and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘Any member of the board shall be eligible for reappoint-
ment for 1 additional term. A member shall not serve after the 
expiration of the member’s term(s).’’. 
(c) REMOVAL OF BOARD MEMBERS.—Section 49106(c)(6)(C) of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the 
first sentence: ‘‘A member appointed by the Mayor of the District 
of Columbia, the Governor of Maryland or the Governor of Virginia 
may be removed or suspended from office only for cause and in 
accordance with the laws of jurisdiction from which the member 
is appointed.’’. 
(d) APPROVAL OF BOND ISSUES AND ANNUAL BUDGET.—Section 
49106(c)(7) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking 
‘‘Eight votes’’ and inserting ‘‘Ten votes’’. 
SEC. 192. None of the funds shall be used to enforce traffic 
control device compliance dates on State and local governments 
for the requirements listed in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Con-
trol Devices (MUTCD) to maintain minimum levels of sign 
retroflectivity and with minimum letter heights for street name 
signs; require agencies to implement an assessment or management 
method designed to maintain sign retroflectivity at or above the 
established minimum levels, except with respect to implementing 
an assessment or management method for regulatory and warning 
signs; or require agencies to replace regulatory, warning, post- 
mounted, street name, and overhead guide signs that are identified 
using the assessment or management method as failing to meet 
the established minimum retroflectivity levels. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Transportation 
Appropriations Act, 2012’’.
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TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
ADMINISTRATION, OPERATIONS, AND MANAGEMENT 
For necessary salaries and expenses for administration, 
management and operations of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, $537,789,000, of which not to exceed 
$3,572,000 shall be available for the immediate Office of the Sec-
retary; not to exceed $1,200,000 shall be for the Office of the 
Deputy Secretary and the Chief Operating Officer; not to exceed 
$1,700,000 shall be available for the Office of Hearings and Appeals; 
not to exceed $741,000 shall be available for the Office of Small 
and Disadvantaged Business Utilization; not to exceed $47,980,000 
shall be available for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer; 
not to exceed $94,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
General Counsel; not to exceed $2,400,000 shall be available to 
the Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations; not 
to exceed $3,515,000 shall be available for the Office of Public 
Affairs; not to exceed $255,436,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Chief Human Capital Officer; not to exceed $10,475,000 
shall be available for the Office of Departmental Operations and 
Coordination; not to exceed $47,500,000 shall be available for the 
Office of Field Policy and Management; not to exceed $14,700,000 
shall be available for the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer; 
not to exceed $3,610,000 shall be available for the Office of Depart-
mental Equal Employment Opportunity; not to exceed $1,448,000 
shall be available for the Center for Faith-Based and Community 
Initiatives; not to exceed $2,627,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Sustainable Housing and Communities; not to exceed $5,000,000 
shall be available for the Office of Strategic Planning and Manage-
ment; and not to exceed $41,885,000 shall be available for the 
Office of the Chief Information Officer: Provided, That funds pro-
vided under this heading may be used for necessary administrative 
and non-administrative expenses of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, not otherwise provided for, including pur-
chase of uniforms, or allowances therefore, as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, funds appropriated under 
this heading may be used for advertising and promotional activities 
that support the housing mission area: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall transmit to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations a detailed budget justification for each office 
within the Department, including an organizational chart for each 
operating area within the Department: Provided further, That the 
budget justification shall include funding levels for the past 3 
fiscal years for all offices: Provided further, that the budget sub-
mitted by the Department must also include a detailed justification 
for the incremental funding increases, decreases and FTE fluctua-
tions being requested by program, activity, or program element: 
Provided further, That the Department shall modify and improve 
its Resource Estimation and Allocation Program model, or other 
appropriate staff allocation model as specified in the statement
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of the managers accompanying this Act: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall provide the Committees on Appropriations quar-
terly written notification regarding the status of pending congres-
sional reports: Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide 
all signed reports required by Congress electronically: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $25,000 of the amount made available 
under this paragraph for the immediate Office of the Secretary 
shall be available for official reception and representation expenses 
as the Secretary may determine. 
PROGRAM OFFICE SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Public 
and Indian Housing, $200,000,000. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Community 
Planning and Development mission area, $100,000,000. 
HOUSING 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Housing, 
$391,500,000, of which at least $8,200,000 shall be for the Office 
of Risk and Regulatory Affairs. 
POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Policy 
Development and Research, $22,211,000. 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Fair 
Housing and Equal Opportunity, $72,600,000. 
OFFICE OF HEALTHY HOMES AND LEAD HAZARD CONTROL 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Healthy 
Homes and Lead Hazard Control, $7,400,000. 
RENTAL ASSISTANCE DEMONSTRATION 
To conduct a demonstration designed to preserve and improve 
public housing and certain other multifamily housing through the 
voluntary conversion of properties with assistance under section 
9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, (hereinafter, ‘‘the 
Act’’), or the moderate rehabilitation program under section 8(e)(2) 
of the Act (except for funds allocated under such section for single 
room occupancy dwellings as authorized by title IV of the McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance Act), to properties with assistance under 
a project-based subsidy contract under section 8 of the Act, which 
shall be eligible for renewal under section 524 of the Multifamily 
Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997, or assist-
ance under section 8(o)(13) of the Act, the Secretary may transfer 
amounts provided through contracts under section 8(e)(2) of the 
Act or under the headings ‘‘Public Housing Capital Fund’’ and
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‘‘Public Housing Operating Fund’’ to the headings ‘‘Tenant-Based 
Rental Assistance’’ or ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’: Provided, 
That the initial long-term contract under which converted assistance 
is made available may allow for rental adjustments only by an 
operating cost factor established by the Secretary, and shall be 
subject to the availability of appropriations for each year of such 
term: Provided further, That project applications may be received 
under this demonstration until September 30, 2015: Provided fur-
ther, That any increase in cost for ‘‘Tenant-Based Rental Assistance’’ 
or ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’ associated with such conver-
sion shall be equal to amounts transferred from ‘‘Public Housing 
Capital Fund’’ and ‘‘Public Housing Operating Fund’’ or other 
account from which it was transferred: Provided further, That not 
more than 60,000 units currently receiving assistance under section 
9 or section 8(e)(2) of the Act shall be converted under the authority 
provided under this heading: Provided further, That tenants of 
such properties with assistance converted from assistance under 
section 9 shall, at a minimum, maintain the same rights under 
such conversion as those provided under sections 6 and 9 of the 
Act: Provided further, That the Secretary shall select properties 
from applications for conversion as part of this demonstration 
through a competitive process: Provided further, That in estab-
lishing criteria for such competition, the Secretary shall seek to 
demonstrate the feasibility of this conversion model to recapitalize 
and operate public housing properties (1) in different markets and 
geographic areas, (2) within portfolios managed by public housing 
agencies of varying sizes, and (3) by leveraging other sources of 
funding to recapitalize properties: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall provide an opportunity for public comment on draft 
eligibility and selection criteria and procedures that will apply 
to the selection of properties that will participate in the demonstra-
tion: Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide an oppor-
tunity for comment from residents of properties to be proposed 
for participation in the demonstration to the owners or public 
housing agencies responsible for such properties: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may waive or specify alternative requirements 
for (except for requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimina-
tion, labor standards, and the environment) any provision of section 
8(o)(13) or any provision that governs the use of assistance from 
which a property is converted under the demonstration or funds 
made available under the headings of ‘‘Public Housing Capital 
Fund’’, ‘‘Public Housing Operating Fund’’, and ‘‘Project-Based Rental 
Assistance’’, under this Act or any prior Act or any Act enacted 
during the period of conversion of assistance under the demonstra-
tion for properties with assistance converted under the demonstra-
tion, upon a finding by the Secretary that any such waivers or 
alternative requirements are necessary for the effective conversion 
of assistance under the demonstration: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall publish by notice in the Federal Register any 
waivers or alternative requirements pursuant to the previous pro-
viso no later than 10 days before the effective date of such notice: 
Provided further, That the demonstration may proceed after the 
Secretary publishes notice of its terms in the Federal Register: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding sections 3 and 16 of the 
Act, the conversion of assistance under the demonstration shall 
not be the basis for re-screening or termination of assistance or 
eviction of any tenant family in a property participating in the