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insured under such Act. For administrative contract expenses nec-
essary to carry out the guaranteed and direct loan programs, 
$48,871,000, of which at least $47,871,000 shall be for administra-
tive contracts and up to $1,000,000 shall be for consumer education 
and outreach for FHA loan products. 
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 $300,000,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2010: Provided, That to the extent new guaran-
tees of mortgage-backed securities exceed $75,000,000,000 on or 
before April 1, 2009, an additional $1,000 for administrative con-
tract 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 made 
available by this proviso exceed $14,000,000. 
POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 
For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of programs 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, $58,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2010: Provided, That of the funds made available under 
this heading, $23,000,000 is for grants pursuant to section 107 
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
5307): Provided further, That at least $1,000,000 shall be available 
for the Secretary to conduct a comprehensive study to be managed 
by the Office of Policy Development and Research, to analyze the 
administrative costs necessary to carry-out the tenant-based 
voucher program: Provided further, That of the total amount made 
available, $2,000,000 may be made available for technology directly 
related to disaster prone areas. 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES 
For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not otherwise pro-
vided 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, $53,500,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2010, of which $27,500,000 shall be to carry out activities 
pursuant to such section 561 of which up to $2,000,000 shall be 
made available to carryout authorized activities to protect the public 
from mortgage rescue scams: 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
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such funds to provide such training: Provided further, That no 
funds made available under this heading shall be used to lobby 
the executive or legislative branches of the Federal Government 
in connection with a specific contract, grant or loan: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds made available under this heading, $500,000 
shall be available to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment 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 Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development. 
OFFICE OF HEALTHY HOMES AND LEAD HAZARD CONTROL 
LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION 
For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as authorized by 
section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction 
Act of 1992, $140,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2010, of which not less than $14,600,000 shall be for the 
Healthy Homes Initiative, pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of 
the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 that shall include 
research, studies, testing, and demonstration efforts, including edu-
cation 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 purposes of such Act, a grant under the 
Healthy Homes Initiative, Operation Lead Elimination Action Plan 
(LEAP), 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 of the total 
amount made available under this heading, $48,000,000 shall be 
made available on a competitive basis for areas with the highest 
lead paint abatement needs: Provided further, That each recipient 
of funds provided under the second proviso shall make a matching 
contribution in an amount not less than 25 percent: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary may waive the matching requirement 
cited in the preceding proviso on a case by case basis if the Secretary 
determines that such a waiver is necessary to advance the purposes 
of this program: Provided further, That each applicant shall submit 
a detailed plan and strategy that demonstrates 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 prior 
appropriations Acts, and that still remain available, may be used 
for any purpose under this heading notwithstanding the purpose 
for which such amounts were appropriated: Provided further, That 
of the total amount made available under this heading, $250,000 
shall be allocated through the Office of Healthy Homes and Lead 
Hazard Control to conduct communications and outreach to poten-
tial applicants to the Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant 
program.
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MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For additional capital for the Working Capital Fund (42 U.S.C. 
3535) for the development of, modifications to, and infrastructure 
for Department-wide information technology systems, for the con-
tinuing operation and maintenance of both Department-wide and 
program-specific information systems, and for program-related 
development activities, $224,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2010, of which not less than $4,000,000 shall be used 
for planning for modernizing, improving and maintaining informa-
tion technology applications and infrastructure supporting the FHA: 
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 or from within this Act 
may be used only for the purposes specified under this Fund, 
in addition to the purposes for which such amounts were appro-
priated: Provided further, That up to $15,000,000 may be trans-
ferred to this account from all other accounts in this title (except 
for the Office of the Inspector General account) that make funds 
available for salaries and expenses. 
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, $120,000,000: 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 RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget authority, 
or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts associated with 
such budget authority, that are recaptured from projects described 
in section 1012(a) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance 
Amendments Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 1437 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 Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development for which settlement occurred after January 1, 1992, 
in accordance with such section. Notwithstanding the previous sen-
tence, 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 2009 to investigate or prosecute 
under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise lawful activity engaged 
in by one or more persons, including the filing or maintaining 
of a non-frivolous legal action, that is engaged in solely for the