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rity Drone Act of 2023 (subtitle B of title XVIII of divi-
sion A of Public Law 118–31). 
SEC. 193. None of the funds appropriated or made 
available by this title for the Department of Transpor-
tation for fiscal year 2026 may be used to enforce a mask 
mandate in response to the COVID–19 virus. 
SEC. 194. The Secretary shall issue a new notice of 
funding opportunity for six new university transportation 
centers, as authorized under section 5505 of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided, That in selecting such uni-
versity transportation center awards, the Secretary shall 
first prioritize (a) any applicants that had previously been 
selected as a university transportation center focusing on 
transportation infrastructure durability and composite 
materials and were required to re-compete before the end 
of the typical 5-year term and who currently participate 
in the Department of Transportation’s Advanced Research 
Projects Agency—Infrastructure program and (b) any ap-
plicant that had their university transportation center des-
ignation cancelled in May 2025 by the Department of 
Transportation and such university transportation center 
designation remains cancelled on the date of enactment 
of this Act: Provided further, That such university trans-
portation center awards shall be made available using any 
unobligated amounts remaining from the university trans-
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portation centers program, which have not been committed 
to any existing university transportation center grantees: 
Provided further, That any such unobligated amounts shall 
include funds made available in section 11101(c)(1)(E) of 
the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 
117–58) and funds made available under the heading 
‘‘Federal Highway Administration—Highway Infrastruc-
ture Programs’’ in title VIII of division J of the Infra-
structure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58): 
Provided further, That amounts repurposed or transferred 
pursuant to this section shall continue to be treated as 
amounts specified in section 103(b) of division A of Public 
Law 118–5. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation Appropriations Act, 2026’’. 
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TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
EXECUTIVE OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Of-
fices, which shall be comprised of the offices of the Sec-
retary, Deputy Secretary, Adjudicatory Services, Congres-
sional and Intergovernmental Relations, Public Affairs, 
Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and the 
Center for Faith, $17,500,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2027: Provided, That of the sums appro-
priated under this heading not less than $2,500,000 shall 
be for the Office of the Deputy Secretary, of which not 
less than $500,000 shall be for the Office of Gender-Based 
Violence Prevention and not less than $1,500,000 shall 
be for the Office of Disaster Management: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $25,000 of the amount made 
available under this heading shall be available to the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development (referred to 
in this title as ‘‘the Secretary’’) for official reception and 
representation expenses as the Secretary may determine. 
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Administra-
tive Support Offices, $595,000,000, to remain available 
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until September 30, 2027: Provided, That of the sums ap-
propriated under this heading— 
(1) $103,200,000 shall be available for the Of-
fice of the Chief Financial Officer; 
(2) $93,000,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the General Counsel; 
(3) $218,000,000 shall be available for the Of-
fice of Administration; 
(4) $53,000,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Chief Human Capital Officer; 
(5) $29,500,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Chief Procurement Officer; 
(6) $40,000,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Field Policy and Management; 
(7) $3,300,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity; 
and 
(8) $55,000,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Chief Information Officer: 
Provided further, That funds made available under this 
heading may be used for necessary administrative and 
non-administrative expenses of the Department, not other-
wise provided for, including purchase of uniforms, or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 
5902 of title 5, United States Code; hire of passenger 
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motor vehicles; and services as authorized by section 3109 
of title 5, United States Code: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, funds appro-
priated under this heading may be used for advertising 
and promotional activities that directly support program 
activities funded in this title: Provided further, That none 
of the funds made available by this or any prior Act may 
be used in contravention of section 3535(p) of title 42, 
United States Code. 
PROGRAM OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Program Of-
fices, $842,500,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2027: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under 
this heading— 
(1) $233,000,000 shall be available for the Of-
fice of Public and Indian Housing; 
(2) $129,000,000 shall be available for the Of-
fice of Community Planning and Development; 
(3) $380,000,000 shall be available for the Of-
fice of Housing; 
(4) $31,500,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Policy Development and Research; 
(5) $60,000,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity; and 
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(6) $9,000,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes. 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUND 
For Department-wide and program-specific informa-
tion technology systems and infrastructure, $345,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2028: Provided, 
That not later than 30 days after the end of each quarter, 
the Secretary shall brief the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations on all information technology mod-
ernization efforts as required in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 
A of this consolidated Act). 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the working capital fund for the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development (referred to in this para-
graph as the ‘‘Fund’’), pursuant, in part, to section 7(f) 
of the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(f)), amounts transferred, including 
reimbursements pursuant to section 7(f), to the Fund 
under this heading shall be available only for Federal 
shared services used by offices and agencies of the Depart-
ment, and for any such portion of any office or agency’s 
printing, records management, space renovation, fur-
niture, or supply services the Secretary has determined 
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shall be provided through the Fund, and the operational 
expenses of the Fund: Provided, That amounts within the 
Fund shall not be available to provide services not specifi-
cally authorized under this heading: Provided further, 
That upon a determination by the Secretary that any 
other service (or portion thereof) authorized under this 
heading shall be provided through the Fund, amounts 
made available in this title for salaries and expenses under 
the headings ‘‘Executive Offices’’, ‘‘Administrative Sup-
port Offices’’, ‘‘Program Offices’’, and ‘‘Government Na-
tional Mortgage Association’’, for such services shall be 
transferred to the Fund, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of 
its plans for executing such transfers at least 15 days in 
advance of such transfers. 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities and assistance for the provision of ten-
ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United 
States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 
et seq.) (in this heading ‘‘the Act’’), not otherwise pro-
vided for, $34,438,557,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, which shall be available on October 1, 2025 (in 
addition to the $4,000,000,000 previously appropriated 
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under this heading that shall be available on October 1, 
2025), and $4,000,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, which shall be available on October 1, 2026: Pro-
vided, That of the sums appropriated under this head-
ing— 
(1) $34,957,000,000 shall be available for re-
newals of expiring section 8 tenant-based annual 
contributions contracts (including renewals of en-
hanced vouchers under any provision of law author-
izing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act) 
and including renewal of other special purpose incre-
mental vouchers: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, from amounts provided 
under this paragraph and any carryover, the Sec-
retary for the calendar year 2026 funding cycle shall 
provide renewal funding for each public housing 
agency based on validated voucher management sys-
tem (VMS) or successor system leasing and cost 
data for the prior calendar year and by applying an 
inflation factor as established by the Secretary, by 
notice published in the Federal Register, and by 
making any necessary adjustments for the costs as-
sociated with the first-time renewal of vouchers 
under this paragraph including tenant protection 
and choice neighborhoods vouchers: Provided further, 
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That none of the funds provided under this para-
graph may be used to fund a total number of unit 
months under lease which exceeds a public housing 
agency’s authorized level of units under contract, ex-
cept for public housing agencies participating in the 
moving to work (MTW) demonstration, which are in-
stead governed in accordance with the requirements 
of the MTW demonstration program or their MTW 
agreements, if any, or as necessary on a temporary 
basis and within available resources to facilitate the 
transition of residents assisted by emergency hous-
ing vouchers (Public Law 117–2; 135 Stat. 58) to 
tenant-based rental assistance under the housing as-
sistance payment contract under section 8(o) of the 
Act: Provided further, That any leasing or associated 
costs authorized for emergency housing vouchers in 
the preceding proviso above the public housing agen-
cy’s authorized level of units under contract shall 
not be included in the calculation of the agency’s re-
newal funding allocation for any subsequent fiscal 
year: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to 
the extent necessary to stay within the amount spec-
ified under this paragraph (except as otherwise 
modified under this paragraph), prorate each public 
housing agency’s allocation otherwise established 
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pursuant to this paragraph: Provided further, That 
except as provided in the following provisos, the en-
tire amount specified under this paragraph (except 
as otherwise modified under this paragraph) shall be 
obligated to the public housing agencies based on the 
allocation and pro rata method described above, and 
the Secretary shall notify public housing agencies of 
their annual budget by the latter of 60 days after 
enactment of this Act or March 1, 2026: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may extend the notifica-
tion period only after the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations are notified at least 10 
business days in advance of the deadline: Provided 
further, That public housing agencies participating 
in the MTW demonstration shall be funded in ac-
cordance with the requirements of the MTW dem-
onstration program or their MTW agreements, if 
any, and shall be subject to the same pro rata ad-
justments under the preceding provisos: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may perform a statutory 
offset of public housing agencies’ calendar year 2026 
allocations based on the excess amounts of public 
housing agencies’ net restricted assets accounts, in-
cluding HUD-held programmatic reserves (in ac-
cordance with VMS or successor system data in cal-
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endar year 2025 that is verifiable and complete), as 
determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That 
public housing agencies participating in the MTW 
demonstration shall also be subject to the statutory 
offset: Provided further, That for amounts subject to 
the single fund budget authority provisions of their 
MTW agreements, excess amounts shall be offset 
only to the extent permitted by section 239 of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (Public Law 
114–113): Provided further, That for public housing 
agencies in the MTW demonstration subject to sin-
gle fund budget authority provisions, the Secretary 
shall provide not less than 60 days to appeal such 
offsets and shall not offset amounts that have been 
committed to capital improvement, development, and 
other repositioning activities that are scheduled to 
close within 12 months of enactment of this Act, as 
evidenced in funding applications, project schedules, 
or other commitments to third parties implementing 
such activities, to the extent that reserve amounts 
excluded from offset under such section 239 are in-
sufficient to cover such commitments: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall not offset any portion 
of a public housing agency’s excess amounts if off-
setting such portion would result in a public housing 
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agency being put in a shortfall position in calendar 
year 2026, as estimated by HUD prior to the off-
set’s implementation, as determined by the Sec-
retary: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
use any such offset amounts referred to in the pre-
ceding five provisos throughout the calendar year to 
prevent the termination of rental assistance for fam-
ilies as the result of insufficient funding, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, and to avoid or reduce the 
proration of renewal funding allocations: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may waive or specify al-
ternative requirements for section 5A and section 
8(o) of the Act or any regulation applicable to such 
statutes related to the administration of waiting 
lists, local preferences, portability, and public hous-
ing agency plan and public hearing requirements to 
facilitate or expedite the transition of residents as-
sisted by emergency housing vouchers (Public Law 
117–2; 135 Stat. 58) to tenant-based rental assist-
ance under the housing assistance payment contract 
under section 8(o) of the Act: Provided further, That 
up to $400,000,000 shall be available only: 
(A) for adjustments in the allocations for 
public housing agencies, after application for an 
adjustment by a public housing agency that ex-
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perienced a significant increase, as determined 
by the Secretary, in renewal costs of vouchers 
resulting from unforeseen circumstances or 
from portability under section 8(r) of the Act; 
(B) for vouchers that were not in use dur-
ing the previous 12-month period in order to be 
available to meet a commitment pursuant to 
section 8(o)(13) of the Act, or an adjustment 
for a funding obligation not yet expended in the 
previous calendar year for a MTW-eligible ac-
tivity to develop affordable housing for an agen-
cy added to the MTW demonstration under the 
expansion authority provided in section 239 of 
the Transportation, Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2016 (division L of Public Law 114–113); 
(C) for adjustments for costs associated 
with HUD–Veterans Affairs Supportive Hous-
ing (HUD–VASH) vouchers; 
(D) for public housing agencies that de-
spite taking reasonable cost savings measures, 
as determined by the Secretary, would other-
wise be required to terminate rental assistance 
for families as a result of insufficient funding; 
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(E) for adjustments in the allocations for 
public housing agencies that— 
(i) are leasing a lower-than-average 
percentage of their authorized vouchers, 
(ii) have low amounts of budget au-
thority in their net restricted assets ac-
counts and HUD-held programmatic re-
serves, relative to other agencies, and 
(iii) are not participating in the MTW 
demonstration, to enable such agencies to 
lease more vouchers; 
(F) for withheld payments in accordance 
with section 8(o)(8)(A)(ii) of the Act for 
months in the previous calendar year that were 
subsequently paid by the public housing agency 
after the agency’s actual costs were validated; 
(G) for public housing agencies that have 
experienced increased costs or loss of units in 
an area for which the President declared a dis-
aster under title IV of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5170 et seq.); and 
(H) for costs associated with mainstream 
vouchers: 
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Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate 
amounts under the preceding proviso based on need, 
as determined by the Secretary; 
(2) $600,622,000 shall be available for section 
8 rental assistance for relocation and replacement of 
housing units that are demolished or disposed of 
pursuant to section 18 of the Act, conversion of sec-
tion 23 projects to assistance under section 8, relo-
cation of witnesses (including victims of violent 
crimes) in connection with efforts to combat crime 
in public and assisted housing pursuant to a request 
from a law enforcement or prosecution agency, en-
hanced vouchers under any provision of law author-
izing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act, 
choice neighborhood vouchers, mandatory and vol-
untary conversions, and tenant protection assistance 
including replacement and relocation assistance or 
for project-based assistance to prevent the displace-
ment of unassisted elderly tenants currently residing 
in section 202 properties financed between 1959 and 
1974 that are refinanced pursuant to Public Law 
106–569, as amended, or under the authority as 
provided under this Act: Provided, That when a pub-
lic housing development is submitted for demolition 
or disposition under section 18 of the Act, the Sec-
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retary may provide section 8 rental assistance when 
the units pose an imminent health and safety risk to 
residents: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
provide section 8 rental assistance from amounts 
made available under this paragraph for units as-
sisted under a project-based subsidy contract funded 
under the ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’ head-
ing under this title where the owner has received a 
Notice of Default and the units pose an imminent 
health and safety risk to residents: Provided further, 
That of the amounts made available under this para-
graph, no less than $5,000,000 may be available to 
provide tenant protection assistance, not otherwise 
provided under this paragraph, to residents residing 
in low vacancy areas and who may have to pay rents 
greater than 30 percent of household income, as the 
result of: (A) the maturity of a HUD-insured, HUD- 
held or section 202 loan that requires the permission 
of the Secretary prior to loan prepayment; (B) the 
expiration of a rental assistance contract for which 
the tenants are not eligible for enhanced voucher or 
tenant protection assistance under existing law; or 
(C) the expiration of affordability restrictions accom-
panying a mortgage or preservation program admin-
istered by the Secretary: Provided further, That such 
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tenant protection assistance made available under 
the preceding proviso may be provided under the au-
thority of section 8(t) or section 8(o)(13) of the Act: 
Provided further, That any tenant protection voucher 
made available from amounts under this paragraph 
shall not be reissued by any public housing agency, 
except the replacement vouchers as defined by the 
Secretary by notice, when the initial family that re-
ceived any such voucher no longer receives such 
voucher, and the authority for any public housing 
agency to issue any such voucher shall cease to exist: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may only pro-
vide replacement vouchers for units that were occu-
pied within the previous 24 months that cease to be 
available as assisted housing, subject only to the 
availability of funds: Provided further, That amounts 
made available under this paragraph may be avail-
able to provide calendar year 2026 assistance to 
public housing agencies that would otherwise be re-
quired to terminate emergency housing vouchers 
(Public Law 117–2; 135 Stat. 58) for families as a 
result of insufficient funding; 
(3) $2,835,935,000 shall be available for ad-
ministrative and other expenses of public housing 
agencies in administering the section 8 tenant-based 
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rental 
assistance 
program, 
of 
which 
up 
to 
$30,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary to al-
locate to public housing agencies that need addi-
tional funds to administer their section 8 programs, 
including fees associated with section 8 tenant pro-
tection rental assistance, the administration of dis-
aster related vouchers, HUD–VASH vouchers, and 
other special purpose incremental vouchers: Pro-
vided, That no less than $2,805,935,000 of the 
amount provided in this paragraph shall be allocated 
to public housing agencies for the calendar year 
2026 funding cycle based on section 8(q) of the Act 
(and related appropriations Act provisions) as in ef-
fect immediately before the enactment of the Quality 
Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (Pub-
lic Law 105–276): Provided further, That if the 
amounts made available under this paragraph are 
insufficient to pay the amounts determined under 
the preceding proviso, the Secretary may decrease 
the amounts allocated to agencies by a uniform per-
centage applicable to all agencies receiving funding 
under this paragraph or may, to the extent nec-
essary to provide full payment of amounts deter-
mined under the preceding proviso, utilize unobli-
gated balances, including recaptures and carryover, 
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remaining from funds appropriated under this head-
ing from prior fiscal years, excluding special purpose 
vouchers, notwithstanding the purposes for which 
such amounts were appropriated: Provided further, 
That all public housing agencies participating in the 
MTW demonstration shall be funded in accordance 
with the requirements of the MTW demonstration 
program or their MTW agreements, if any, and shall 
be subject to the same uniform percentage decrease 
as under the preceding proviso: Provided further, 
That amounts provided under this paragraph shall 
be only for activities related to the provision of ten-
ant-based rental assistance authorized under section 
8, including related development activities; 
(4) $15,000,000 shall be available for incre-
mental rental voucher assistance for use through a 
supported housing program administered in conjunc-
tion with the Department of Veterans Affairs as au-
thorized 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, notwithstanding section 203 (com-
petition provision) of this title, to public housing 
agencies that partner with eligible VA medical cen-
ters or other entities as designated by the Secretary 
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of the Department of Veterans Affairs, based on 
geographical need for such assistance as identified 
by the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs, public housing agency administrative perform-
ance, and other factors as specified by the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development in consultation 
with the Secretary of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development may waive, or 
specify alternative requirements for (in consultation 
with the Secretary of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs), any provision of any statute or regulation 
that the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment 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 voucher assistance: Provided further, That 
assistance made available under this paragraph shall 
continue to remain available for homeless veterans 
upon turn-over: Provided further, That of the total 
amount made available under this paragraph, up to 
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$10,000,000 may be for additional fees established 
by and allocated pursuant to a method determined 
by the Secretary for administrative and other ex-
penses (including those eligible activities defined by 
notice to facilitate leasing, such as security deposit 
assistance and costs related to the retention and 
support of participating owners) of public housing 
agencies in administering HUD–VASH vouchers; 
(5) $30,000,000 shall be available for the fam-
ily unification program as authorized under section 
8(x) of the Act: Provided, That the amounts made 
available under this paragraph are provided as fol-
lows: 
(A) $5,000,000 shall be available for new 
incremental voucher assistance, which shall con-
tinue to remain available for family unification 
upon turnover; and 
(B) $25,000,000 shall be available for new 
incremental voucher assistance to assist eligible 
youth as defined by such section 8(x)(2)(B) of 
the Act, which shall continue to remain avail-
able for such eligible youth upon turnover: Pro-
vided, That such amounts shall be available on 
a noncompetitive basis to public housing agen-
cies that partner with public child welfare agen-
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cies to identify such eligible youth, that request 
such assistance to timely assist such eligible 
youth, and that meet any other criteria as spec-
ified by the Secretary: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall review utilization of such as-
sistance and assistance originating from appro-
priations made available for youth under this 
heading in any prior Act that the Secretary 
made available on a noncompetitive basis, at an 
interval to be determined by the Secretary, and 
unutilized voucher assistance that is no longer 
needed based on such review shall be recaptured 
by the Secretary and reallocated pursuant to 
the preceding proviso: 
Provided further, That any public housing agency 
administering new incremental voucher assistance 
originating from appropriations made available for 
the family unification program under this heading in 
this or any prior Act that the Secretary made avail-
able on a competitive basis that determines it no 
longer has an identified need for such assistance 
upon turnover shall notify the Secretary, and the 
Secretary shall recapture such assistance from the 
agency and reallocate it to any other public housing 
agency or agencies based on need for voucher assist-
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ance in connection with such specified program or 
eligible youth, as applicable; and 
(6) the Secretary shall separately track all spe-
cial purpose vouchers funded under this heading and 
continue to provide timely updates on budget, utili-
zation, spending and leasing trends for all vouchers 
by purpose on the voucher data dashboard on the 
publicly accessible website of the Department: Pro-
vided, That upon turnover, special purpose vouchers 
issued pursuant to section 811 of the Cranston-Gon-
zalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
8013) funded under this or any other heading in 
this or prior Acts, shall be provided to non-elderly 
persons with disabilities. 
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-
ance’’, for fiscal year 2026 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 
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were appropriated: Provided, That any obligated balances 
of contract authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior fiscal 
years that have been terminated shall be rescinded: Pro-
vided further, That amounts heretofore recaptured, or re-
captured during the current fiscal year, from section 8 
project-based contracts from source years fiscal year 1975 
through fiscal year 1987 are hereby rescinded, and an 
amount of additional new budget authority, equivalent to 
the amount rescinded is hereby appropriated, to remain 
available until expended, for the purposes set forth under 
this heading, in addition to amounts otherwise available. 
PUBLIC HOUSING FUND 
For 2026 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 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)) (the ‘‘Act’’), and to carry out 
capital and management activities for public housing 
agencies, as authorized under section 9(d) of the Act (42 
U.S.C. 1437g(d)), $8,319,393,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2029: Provided, That of the sums ap-
propriated under this heading— 
(1) $4,687,393,000 shall be available for the 
Secretary to allocate pursuant to the operating fund 
formula at part 990 of title 24, Code of Federal 
Regulations, for 2026 payments; 
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(2) $337,000,000 shall be available for the Sec-
retary to allocate pursuant to a need-based applica-
tion process, notwithstanding section 203 of this 
title, not subject to such operating fund formula, 
and without regard to unit count, to public housing 
agencies that experience, or are at risk of, financial 
shortfalls, as determined by the Secretary: Provided, 
That the Secretary shall notify public housing agen-
cies of their estimated shortfall eligibility no later 
than 60 days of the enactment of this Act; 
(3) $3,200,000,000 shall be available for the 
Secretary to allocate pursuant to the capital fund 
formula at section 905.400 of title 24, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations: Provided, That for funds described 
under this paragraph, the limitation in section 
9(g)(1) of the Act shall be 25 percent: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary may waive the limitation in 
the preceding proviso to allow public housing agen-
cies to fund activities authorized under section 
9(e)(1)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall notify public housing agencies re-
questing waivers under the preceding proviso if the 
request is approved or denied within 14 days of sub-
mitting the request: Provided further, That from the 
funds made available under this paragraph, the Sec-
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retary shall provide bonus awards in fiscal year 
2026 to public housing agencies that are designated 
high performers: Provided further, That the Depart-
ment shall notify public housing agencies of their 
formula allocation within 60 days of enactment of 
this Act; 
(4) $30,000,000 shall be available for the Sec-
retary to make grants, notwithstanding section 203 
of this title, to public housing agencies for emer-
gency capital needs, including safety and security 
measures necessary to address crime and drug-re-
lated activity, as well as needs resulting from unfore-
seen or unpreventable emergencies and natural dis-
asters 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 2026: Provided, That 
of the amount made available under this paragraph, 
not less than $10,000,000 shall be for safety and se-
curity measures: Provided further, That in addition 
to the amount in the preceding proviso for such 
safety and security measures, any amounts that re-
main available, after all applications received on or 
before September 30, 2027, for emergency capital 
needs have been processed, shall be allocated to pub-
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lic housing agencies for such safety and security 
measures; 
(5) $50,000,000 shall be available for competi-
tive grants to public housing agencies to evaluate 
and reduce residential health hazards in public hous-
ing, including lead-based paint (by carrying out the 
activities of risk assessments, abatement, and in-
terim controls, as those terms are defined in section 
1004 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard 
Reduction Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4851b)), carbon 
monoxide, mold, radon, and fire safety: Provided, 
That not less than $25,000,000 of the amounts pro-
vided under this paragraph shall be awarded for 
evaluating and reducing lead-based paint hazards, 
except that if such amount is undersubscribed any 
remaining amounts may be awarded to qualified ap-
plicants for other purposes under this paragraph: 
Provided further, That for purposes of environmental 
review, a grant under this paragraph shall be consid-
ered funds for projects or activities under title I of 
the Act for purposes of section 26 of the Act (42 
U.S.C. 1437x) and shall be subject to the regula-
tions implementing such section; and 
(6) $15,000,000 shall be available to support 
the costs of administrative and judicial receiverships 
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and for competitive grants to public housing agen-
cies in receivership, designated troubled or sub-
standard, or otherwise at risk, as determined by the 
Secretary, for costs associated with public housing 
asset improvement, in addition to other amounts for 
that purpose provided under any heading under this 
title: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law or regulation, during fiscal year 2026, the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development may not dele-
gate to any Department official other than the Deputy 
Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for Public and In-
dian Housing any authority under paragraph (2) of sec-
tion 9(j) of the Act regarding the extension of the time 
periods 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 the Secretary may 
authorize a public housing agency with at least one prop-
erty with a low physical inspection score to use operating 
reserve funds or any amounts allocated to such agency 
pursuant to the operating fund formula from amounts 
made available in this and prior Acts for any eligible ac-
tivities under section 9(d)(1) of the United States Housing 
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Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d)(1)) under such condi-
tions or criteria as established by the Secretary, including 
that such use would not put such agency at risk of finan-
cial shortfall. 
ASSISTED HOUSING INSPECTIONS AND RISK 
ASSESSMENTS 
For the Department’s inspection and assessment pro-
grams, including travel, training, and program support 
contracts, $50,000,000 to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2028: Provided, That unobligated balances, in-
cluding recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds 
appropriated under the heading ‘‘Public Housing Fund’’ 
in prior Acts to support ongoing public housing financial 
and physical assessment activities shall be available for the 
purposes authorized under this heading in addition to the 
purposes for which such funds originally were appro-
priated. 
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) (the ‘‘Act’’) un-
less otherwise specified under this heading), for trans-
formation, rehabilitation, and replacement housing needs 
of both public and HUD-assisted housing and to trans-
form neighborhoods of poverty into functioning, sustain-
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able, mixed-income neighborhoods with appropriate serv-
ices, schools, public assets, transportation, and access to 
jobs, $25,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2030: Provided, That grant funds may be used for 
resident and community services, community development, 
and affordable housing needs in the community, and for 
conversion of vacant or foreclosed properties to affordable 
housing: Provided further, That the use of amounts made 
available under this heading shall not be deemed to be for 
public housing, notwithstanding section 3(b)(1) of the Act: 
Provided further, That grantees shall commit to an addi-
tional period of affordability determined by the Secretary 
of not fewer than 20 years: Provided further, That grant-
ees shall provide a match in State, local, other Federal, 
or private funds: Provided further, That grantees may in-
clude local governments, Tribal entities, public housing 
agencies, and nonprofit organizations: Provided further, 
That for-profit developers may apply jointly with a public 
entity: Provided further, That for purposes of environ-
mental review, a grantee shall be treated as a public hous-
ing agency under section 26 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437x), 
and grants made with amounts available under this head-
ing shall be subject to the regulations issued by the Sec-
retary to implement such section: Provided further, That 
of the amounts made available under this heading, not less 
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than $12,500,000 shall be awarded to public housing 
agencies: Provided further, That such grantees shall create 
partnerships with other local organizations, including as-
sisted housing owners, service agencies, and resident orga-
nizations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall con-
sult with the Secretaries of Education, Labor, Transpor-
tation, Health and Human Services, Agriculture, and 
Commerce, the Attorney General, and the Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency to coordinate and 
leverage other appropriate Federal resources: Provided 
further, That not more than $10,000,000 of the amounts 
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 none of the funds made available under this heading 
may be obligated for main street housing grants under 
section 24(n) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437v(n)): Provided 
further, That unobligated balances, including recaptures, 
remaining from amounts made available under the head-
ing ‘‘Revitalization of Severely Distressed Public Housing 
(HOPE VI)’’ in fiscal year 2011 and prior fiscal years 
may be used for purposes under this heading, notwith-
standing the purposes for which such amounts were appro-
priated: Provided further, That the Secretary shall make 
grant awards not later than 1 year after the date of enact-
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ment of this Act in such amounts that the Secretary deter-
mines: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
24(o) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437v(o)), the Secretary may, 
until September 30, 2026, obligate any available unobli-
gated balances made available under this heading in this 
or any prior Act. 
SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAMS 
For activities and assistance related to self-suffi-
ciency programs, to remain available until September 30, 
2029, $206,400,000: Provided, That of the sums appro-
priated under this heading— 
(1) $156,400,000 shall be available for the fam-
ily self-sufficiency program to support family self- 
sufficiency coordinators under section 23 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437u), to promote the development of local strate-
gies to coordinate the use of assistance under sec-
tions 8 and 9 of such Act with public and private 
resources, and enable eligible families to achieve eco-
nomic independence and self-sufficiency: Provided, 
That the Secretary may use recaptured amounts 
made available under this paragraph in prior Acts to 
provide bonus awards to programs that are assigned 
a ranking of performance category 1 based on their 
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publicly available family self-sufficiency achievement 
metrics (FAM) scores; 
(2) $40,000,000 shall be available for the resi-
dent opportunity and self-sufficiency program to 
provide for supportive services, service coordinators, 
and congregate services as authorized by section 34 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437z–6) and the Native American Housing 
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 
U.S.C. 4101 et seq.): Provided, That amounts made 
available under this paragraph may be used to renew 
resident opportunity and self-sufficiency program 
grants to allow the public housing agency, or a new 
owner, to continue to serve (or restart service to) 
residents of a project with assistance converted from 
public housing to project-based rental assistance 
under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) or assistance under section 
8(o)(13) of such Act under the heading ‘‘Rental As-
sistance Demonstration’’ in the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development Appropriations 
Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–55), as amended (42 
U.S.C. 1437f note); and 
(3) $10,000,000 shall be available for a jobs- 
plus initiative, modeled after the jobs-plus dem-
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onstration: Provided, That funding provided under 
this paragraph shall be available for competitive 
grants to partnerships between public housing agen-
cies, local workforce investment boards established 
under section 107 of the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act of 2014 (29 U.S.C. 3122), and 
other agencies and organizations that provide sup-
port to help public housing residents obtain employ-
ment and increase earnings: Provided further, That 
applicants must demonstrate the ability to provide 
services to residents, partner with workforce invest-
ment boards, and leverage service dollars: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may allow public housing 
agencies to request exemptions from rent and in-
come limitation requirements under sections 3 and 6 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437a, 1437d), as necessary to implement 
the jobs-plus program, on such terms and conditions 
as the Secretary may approve upon a finding by the 
Secretary that any such waivers or alternative re-
quirements are necessary for the effective implemen-
tation of the jobs-plus initiative as a voluntary pro-
gram for residents: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall publish by notice in the Federal Register 
any waivers or alternative requirements pursuant to 
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the preceding proviso no later than 10 days before 
the effective date of such notice. 
NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS 
For activities and assistance authorized under title 
I of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self- 
Determination 
Act 
of 
1996 
(in 
this 
heading 
‘‘NAHASDA’’) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), title I of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 
U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) with respect to Indian tribes, and 
for related activities and assistance, $1,354,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2030: Provided, 
That of the sums appropriated under this heading— 
(1) $1,111,000,000 shall be available for the 
Native American housing block grants program, as 
authorized under title I of NAHASDA: Provided, 
That, notwithstanding NAHASDA, to determine the 
amount of the allocation under title I of such Act for 
each Indian tribe, the Secretary shall apply the for-
mula 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 In-
dian tribe shall be the greater of the two resulting 
allocation amounts: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall notify grantees of their formula alloca-
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tion not later than 60 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act; 
(2) $125,000,000 shall be available for competi-
tive grants under the Native American housing block 
grants program, as authorized under title I of 
NAHASDA: Provided, That the Secretary shall obli-
gate such amount for competitive grants to eligible 
recipients authorized under NAHASDA that apply 
for funds: Provided further, That in awarding 
amounts made available in this paragraph, the Sec-
retary shall consider need and administrative capac-
ity, and shall give priority to projects that will spur 
construction and rehabilitation of housing: Provided 
further, That any amounts transferred for the nec-
essary costs of administering and overseeing the ob-
ligation and expenditure of such additional amounts 
in prior Acts may also be used for the necessary 
costs of administering and overseeing such addi-
tional amount; 
(3) $10,000,000 shall be available for non-
competitive grants to recipients that received a Trib-
al HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing grant 
in prior years, to be available under the same terms 
and conditions as funds specified under paragraph 
(5) under the heading ‘‘Public and Indian Housing– 
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Tenant-Based Rental Assistance’’ in Public Law 
118–42: Provided, That the Secretary may reallo-
cate, as determined by the Secretary, amounts re-
turned or recaptured from awards under the Tribal 
HUD–VASH program under prior Acts to existing 
recipients under the Tribal HUD–VASH program; 
(4) $1,000,000 shall be available for the cost of 
guaranteed notes and other obligations, as author-
ized by title VI of NAHASDA: Provided, That such 
costs, including the cost of modifying such notes and 
other obligations, shall be as defined in section 502 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 
661a): Provided further, That amounts made avail-
able in this and prior Acts for the cost of such guar-
anteed notes and other obligations that are unobli-
gated, including recaptures and carryover, may be 
available to subsidize the total principal amount of 
any notes and other obligations, any part of which 
is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $60,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2027; 
(5) $100,000,000 shall be available for grants 
to Indian tribes for carrying out the Indian commu-
nity development block grant program under title I 
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
1974, notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such 
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Act, of which, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law (including section 203 of this Act), not more 
than $10,000,000 may be used for emergencies that 
constitute imminent threats to health and safety: 
Provided, That not to exceed 20 percent of any 
grant made with amounts made available in this 
paragraph shall be expended for planning and man-
agement development and administration; and 
(6) $7,000,000, in addition to amounts other-
wise available for such purpose, shall be available for 
providing training and technical assistance to Indian 
tribes, Indian housing authorities, and tribally des-
ignated housing entities, to support the inspection of 
Indian housing units, for contract expertise, and for 
training and technical assistance related to amounts 
made available under this heading and other head-
ings in this Act for the needs of Native American 
families and Indian country: Provided, That of the 
amounts made available in this paragraph, not less 
than $2,000,000 shall be for a national organization 
as authorized under section 703 of NAHASDA (25 
U.S.C. 4212): Provided further, That amounts made 
available in this paragraph may be used, contracted, 
or competed as determined by the Secretary: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding chapter 63 of 
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title 31, United States Code (commonly known as 
the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreements Act 
of 1977), the amounts made available in this para-
graph may be used by the Secretary to enter into co-
operative agreements with public and private organi-
zations, agencies, institutions, and other technical 
assistance providers to support the administration of 
negotiated 
rulemaking 
under 
section 
106 
of 
NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4116), the administration of 
the allocation formula under section 302 of 
NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4152), and the administra-
tion of performance tracking and reporting under 
section 407 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4167). 
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), $1,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That such costs, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a): Provided further, That an addi-
tional $400,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be available for administrative contract expenses including 
management processes to carry out the loan guarantee 
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program: Provided further, That amounts made available 
in this and prior Acts for the cost of guaranteed loans, 
as authorized by section 184 of the Housing and Commu-
nity Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a), 
that are unobligated, including recaptures and carryover, 
may be available to subsidize total loan principal, any part 
of 
which 
is 
to 
be 
guaranteed, 
not 
to 
exceed 
$1,800,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027. 
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. 4221 et seq.), $22,300,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2030: Provided, That not-
withstanding section 812(b) of such Act, the Department 
of Hawaiian Home Lands may not invest grant amounts 
made available 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: 
Provided further, That up to $1,000,000 of the amounts 
made available under this heading may be for training and 
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technical assistance related to amounts made available 
under this heading and other headings in this Act for the 
needs of Native Hawaiians and the Department of Hawai-
ian Home Lands. 
NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
New commitments to guarantee loans, as authorized 
by section 184A of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13b), any part of 
which is to be guaranteed, shall not exceed $28,000,000 
in total loan principal, to remain available until September 
30, 2027: Provided, That the Secretary may enter into 
commitments to guarantee loans used for refinancing. 
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.), 
$529,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2029: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew or replace 
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 
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under such section: Provided further, That the process for 
submitting amendments and approving replacement con-
tracts shall be established by the Secretary in a notice: 
Provided further, That the Department shall notify grant-
ees of their formula allocation within 60 days of enactment 
of this Act. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For assistance to States and units of general local 
government, and other entities, for economic and commu-
nity 
development 
activities, 
and 
other 
purposes, 
$6,995,244,120, to remain available until September 30, 
2029: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this 
heading— 
(1) $3,300,000,000 shall be available for car-
rying out the community development block grant 
program under title I of the Housing and Commu-
nity Development Act of 1974, as amended (42 
U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) (in this heading ‘‘the Act’’): 
Provided, That not to exceed 20 percent of any 
grant made with funds made available under this 
paragraph shall be expended for planning and man-
agement development and administration: Provided 
further, That a metropolitan city, urban county, unit 
of general local government, or insular area that di-
rectly or indirectly receives funds under this para-
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graph 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 shall 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 made available under this para-
graph may be provided to a for-profit entity for an 
economic 
development 
project 
under 
section 
105(a)(17) unless such project has been evaluated 
and selected in accordance with guidelines required 
under subsection (e)(2) of section 105; 
(2) $50,000,000 shall be available for the Sec-
retary to award grants on a competitive basis to 
State and local governments, metropolitan planning 
organizations, and multijurisdictional entities for ad-
ditional activities under title I of the Act for the 
identification and removal of barriers to affordable 
housing production and preservation, including new 
housing construction: Provided, That eligible uses of 
such grants include activities to further develop, 
evaluate, and implement housing policy plans, im-
prove housing strategies, and facilitate affordable 
housing production and preservation: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall select applicants that 
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(A) have enacted or implemented (or caused another 
entity to enact or implement) less restrictive zoning, 
land use, or permitting laws and regulations, that 
are reasonably expected to preserve or produce new 
housing units; and (B) can demonstrate an acute 
need for housing affordable to households with in-
comes below 100 percent of the area median income: 
Provided further, That grantees shall report to the 
Secretary on their activities and housing supply out-
comes: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
analyze observable housing production, preservation, 
and cost trends in the participating jurisdictions or 
geographic areas: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall annually report to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations, and make publicly 
available, a summary of the information collected in 
the preceding two provisos: Provided further, That 
funds allocated for such grants shall not adversely 
affect the amount of any formula assistance received 
by a jurisdiction under paragraph (1) of this head-
ing: Provided further, That in administering such 
amounts the Secretary may waive or specify alter-
native requirements for any provision of title I of the 
Act except for requirements related to fair housing, 
nondiscrimination, labor standards, the environment, 
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and requirements that activities benefit persons of 
low- and moderate-income, upon a finding that any 
such waivers or alternative requirements are nec-
essary to expedite or facilitate the use of such 
amounts: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
issue a notice of funding opportunity not later than 
120 days after the date of enactment of this Act; 
(3) $30,000,000 shall be available for activities 
authorized under section 8071 of the SUPPORT for 
Patients and Communities Act (Public Law 115– 
271): Provided, That funds allocated pursuant to 
this paragraph shall not adversely affect the amount 
of any formula assistance received by a State under 
paragraph (1) of this heading: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall allocate the funds for such 
activities based on the notice establishing the fund-
ing formula published in 84 FR 16027 (April 17, 
2019) except that the formula shall use age-adjusted 
rates of drug overdose deaths for 2023 based on 
data from the Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
vention; and 
(4) $3,615,244,120 shall be available for grants 
for the economic development initiative (EDI) for 
the purposes, and in amounts, specified for Commu-
nity 
Project 
Funding/Congressionally 
Directed 
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Spending in the table entitled ‘‘Community Project 
Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in-
cluded for this division in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding divi-
sion A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That 
amounts made available under this paragraph for 
such purposes shall not diminish or prejudice any 
application or geographic region for other discre-
tionary grant or loan awards made by the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development: Provided 
further, That eligible expenses of such grants in this 
and prior Acts may include administrative, planning, 
operations and maintenance, and other costs: Pro-
vided further, That such grants for the EDI shall be 
available for reimbursement of otherwise eligible ex-
penses incurred on or after the date of enactment of 
this Act and prior to the date of grant execution: 
Provided further, That none of the amounts made 
available under this paragraph for grants for the 
EDI shall be used for reimbursement of expenses in-
curred prior to the date of enactment of this Act: 
Provided further, That for amounts made available under 
paragraphs (1) and (3), the Secretary shall notify grantees 
of their formula allocation within 60 days of enactment 
of this Act. 
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a), during fiscal year 2026, 
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, notwith-
standing any aggregate limitation on outstanding obliga-
tions guaranteed in subsection (k) of such section 108: 
Provided, That the Secretary shall collect fees from bor-
rowers, notwithstanding subsection (m) of such section 
108, to result in a credit subsidy cost of zero for guaran-
teeing such loans, and any such fees shall be collected in 
accordance with section 502(7) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That such commit-
ment authority funded by fees may be used to guarantee, 
or make commitments to guarantee, notes or other obliga-
tions issued by any State on behalf of non-entitlement 
communities in the State in accordance with the require-
ments of such section 108: Provided further, That any 
State receiving such a guarantee or commitment under the 
preceding proviso 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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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 (42 U.S.C. 
12721 et seq.), $1,250,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2029: Provided, That the threshold reduc-
tion requirements in sections 216(10) and 217(b)(4) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 12746(10), 12747(b)(4)) shall not 
apply to the amounts made available under this heading: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 231(b) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 12771(b)), all unobligated balances 
remaining from amounts recaptured pursuant to such sec-
tion that remain available until expended shall be com-
bined with amounts made available under this heading and 
allocated in accordance with the formula under section 
217(b)(1)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12747(b)(1)(A)): 
Provided further, That the Department shall notify grant-
ees of their formula allocations within 60 days after enact-
ment of this Act: Provided further, That section 218(g) 
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12748(g)) shall not apply with re-
spect to the right of a jurisdiction to draw funds from 
its HOME Investment Trust Fund that otherwise expired 
or would expire in any calendar year from 2020 through 
2028 under that section: Provided further, That section 
231(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12771(b)) shall not apply 
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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 
any calendar year from 2020 through 2028 under that 
section. 
SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP 
OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM 
For the self-help and assisted homeownership oppor-
tunity program, as authorized under section 11 of the 
Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996 (42 
U.S.C. 12805 note), and for related activities and assist-
ance, $65,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2028: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under 
this heading— 
(1) $12,000,000 shall be available for the self- 
help homeownership opportunity program as author-
ized under such section 11; 
(2) $46,000,000 shall be available for the sec-
ond, third, and fourth capacity building entities 
specified in section 4(a) of the HUD Demonstration 
Act of 1993 (III Stat 201; 42 U.S.C. 9816 note), 
of which not less than $5,000,000 shall be for rural 
capacity building activities; and 
(3) $7,000,000 shall be available for capacity 
building by national rural housing organizations hav-
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ing experience assessing national rural conditions 
and providing financing, training, technical assist-
ance, information, and research to local nonprofit or-
ganizations, local governments, and Indian tribes 
serving high need rural communities. 
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For assistance under title IV of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360 et seq.), and 
for related activities and assistance, $4,417,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2028: Provided, 
That of the sums appropriated under this heading— 
(1) $290,000,000 shall be available for the 
emergency solutions grants program authorized 
under subtitle B of such title IV (42 U.S.C. 11371 
et seq.): Provided, That the Department shall notify 
grantees of their formula allocation from amounts 
allocated (which may represent initial or final 
amounts allocated) for the emergency solutions 
grant program not later than 60 days after enact-
ment of this Act; 
(2) $4,010,000,000 shall be available for the 
continuum of care program authorized under sub-
title C of such title IV (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) 
and the rural housing stability assistance programs 
authorized under subtitle D of such title IV (42 
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U.S.C. 11408): Provided, That the Secretary shall 
prioritize funding under the continuum of care pro-
gram to continuums of care that have demonstrated 
a capacity to reallocate funding from lower per-
forming projects to higher performing projects: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall make reason-
able adjustments to renewal amounts to enable re-
newal projects to operate at substantially the same 
levels, including cost-of-living adjustments for sup-
portive services from the prior grant: Provided fur-
ther, That in allocating and awarding amounts made 
available under this paragraph, the Secretary shall 
select projects totaling not less than 60 percent of 
the annual renewal demand for each collaborative 
applicant based on rankings determined by the local 
continuum of care and consistent with 42 U.S.C. 
11381 et seq.: Provided further, That the Secretary 
may establish by notice an alternative maximum 
amount for administrative costs related to the re-
quirements described in sections 402(f)(1) and 
402(f)(2) of subtitle A of such title IV of no more 
than 5 percent or $50,000, whichever is greater, 
notwithstanding the 3 percent limitation in section 
423(a)(10) of such subtitle C: Provided further, That 
of the amounts made available for the continuum of 
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(C) rent supplement payments under sec-
tion 101 of the Housing and Urban Develop-
ment Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); 
(D) interest reduction payments under sec-
tion 236 and/or additional assistance payments 
under section 236(f)(2) of the National Hous-
ing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1); 
(E) assistance payments made under sec-
tion 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 
U.S.C. 1701q(c)(2)); and 
(F) assistance payments made under sec-
tion 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-
tional Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
8013(d)(2)); 
(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 
the statutorily required low-income and very low-in-
come use restrictions to the receiving project or 
projects; and 
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