Merchant Marine Academy as required pursuant to sec-
tion 3507 of Public Law 110–417. 
ASSISTANCE TO SMALL SHIPYARDS 
To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized 
under section 54101 of title 46, United States Code, as 
amended by Public Law 113–281, $20,000,000 to remain 
available until expended. 
SHIP DISPOSAL 
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of ob-
solete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the 
Maritime Administration, $5,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, in addition to any existing authority, the Mari-
time 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: 
Provided, That payments received therefor shall be cred-
ited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof and 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That rental payments under any such lease, contract, or 
occupancy for items other than such utilities, services, or 
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repairs shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous 
receipts. 
SEC. 171. (a) FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOY-
AGES.—Section 10313(g) of title 46, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘all claims in a class action 
suit by seamen’’ and inserting ‘‘each claim by 
a seaman’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the seamen’’ and inserting 
‘‘the seaman’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘class action’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘, by 
a seaman who is a claimant in the suit,’’ and 
inserting ‘‘by the seaman’’. 
(b) COASTWISE VOYAGES.—Section 10504(c) of such 
title is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘all claims in a class action 
suit by seamen’’ and inserting ‘‘each claim by 
a seaman’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the seamen’’ and inserting 
‘‘the seaman’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘class action’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘, by 
a seaman who is a claimant in the suit’’ and in-
serting ‘‘by the seaman’’. 
PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline 
and 
Hazardous 
Materials 
Safety 
Administration, 
$23,000,000. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous 
materials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous 
Materials Safety Administration, $59,000,000, of which 
$7,570,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2021: 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 fur-
ther, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to 
be available until expended, funds received from States, 
counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and pri-
vate sources for expenses incurred for training, for reports 
publication and dissemination, and for travel expenses in-
curred in performance of hazardous materials exemptions 
and approvals functions. 
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PIPELINE SAFETY 
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND) 
For expenses necessary to carry out a pipeline safety 
program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60107, and to dis-
charge the pipeline program responsibilities of the Oil Pol-
lution Act of 1990, $165,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2021, of which $23,000,000 shall be 
derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which 
$134,000,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety 
Fund; and of which $8,000,000 shall be derived from fees 
collected under 49 U.S.C. 60302 and deposited in the Un-
derground Natural Gas Storage Facility Safety Account 
for the purpose of carrying out 49 U.S.C. 60141: Pro-
vided, That not less than $1,058,000 of the funds pro-
vided under this heading shall be for the One-Call State 
grant program. 
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS 
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND) 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Emergency 
Preparedness 
Grants 
program, 
not 
more 
than 
$28,318,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2021, from amounts made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(h), 
and 5128(b) and (c): Provided, That notwithstanding 49 
U.S.C. 5116(h)(4), not more than 4 percent of the 
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amounts made available from this account shall be avail-
able to pay administrative costs. 
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 Gen-
eral Act of 1978, as amended, $92,152,000: Provided, 
That the Inspector General shall have all necessary au-
thority, in carrying out the duties specified in the Inspec-
tor General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to inves-
tigate allegations of fraud, including false statements to 
the government (18 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity 
that is subject to regulation by the Department of Trans-
portation: Provided further, That the funds made available 
under this heading may be used to investigate, pursuant 
to section 41712 of title 49, United States Code: (1) un-
fair or deceptive practices and unfair methods of competi-
tion 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. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF 
TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 180. (a) During the current fiscal year, applica-
ble appropriations to the Department of Transportation 
shall be available for maintenance and operation of air-
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craft; hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; pur-
chase of liability insurance for motor vehicles operating 
in foreign countries on official department business; and 
uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 
U.S.C. 5901–5902). 
(b) During the current fiscal year, applicable appro-
priations to the Department and its operating administra-
tions shall be available for the purchase, maintenance, op-
eration, and deployment of unmanned aircraft systems 
that advance the Department’s, or its operating adminis-
trations’, missions. 
(c) Any unmanned aircraft system purchased or pro-
cured by the Department prior to the enactment of this 
Act shall be deemed authorized. 
SEC. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for 
the Department of Transportation shall be available for 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for 
individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to 
the rate for an Executive Level IV. 
SEC. 182. (a) No recipient of funds made available 
in this Act shall disseminate personal information (as de-
fined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State depart-
ment of motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle 
record as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), except as provided 
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in 18 U.S.C. 2721 for a use permitted under 18 U.S.C. 
2721. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall not withhold funds provided in this Act for any 
grantee if a State is in noncompliance with this provision. 
SEC. 183. Funds received by the Federal Highway 
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 Adminis-
tration’s ‘‘Federal-Aid Highways’’ account and to the Fed-
eral Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Operations’’ 
account, except for State rail safety inspectors partici-
pating in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105. 
SEC. 184. (a) None of the funds provided in this Act 
to the Department of Transportation may be used to make 
a loan, loan guarantee, line of credit, or discretionary 
grant unless the Secretary of Transportation notifies the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less 
than 3 full business days before any project competitively 
selected to receive any discretionary grant award, letter 
of intent, loan commitment, loan guarantee commitment, 
line of credit commitment, or full funding grant agreement 
is announced by the Department or its modal administra-
tions: Provided, That the Secretary gives concurrent noti-
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fication to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations for any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds from the emer-
gency relief program: Provided further, That no notifica-
tion shall involve funds that are not available for obliga-
tion. 
(b) In addition to the notification required in sub-
section (a), none of the funds made available in this Act 
to the Department of Transportation may be used to make 
a loan, loan guarantee, line of credit, cooperative agree-
ment or discretionary grant unless the Secretary of Trans-
portation provides the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations a comprehensive list of all such loans, loan 
guarantees, lines of credit, cooperative agreement or dis-
cretionary grants that will be announced not less the 3 
full business days before such announcement: Provided, 
That the requirement to provide a list in this subsection 
does not apply to any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds from the 
emergency relief program: Provided further, That no list 
shall involve funds that are not available for obligation. 
SEC. 185. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, 
minor fees and other funds received by the Department 
of Transportation from travel management centers, 
charge card programs, the subleasing of building space, 
and miscellaneous sources are to be credited to appropria-
tions of the Department of Transportation and allocated 
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to elements of the Department of Transportation using 
fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be avail-
able until expended. 
SEC. 186. Amounts made available in this or any 
prior Act that the Secretary determines represent im-
proper payments by the Department of Transportation to 
a third-party contractor under a financial assistance 
award, which are recovered pursuant to law, shall be avail-
able— 
(1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred 
by the Department of Transportation in recovering 
improper payments: Provided, That amounts made 
available in this Act shall be available until ex-
pended; and 
(2) to pay contractors for services provided in 
recovering improper payments or contractor support 
in the implementation of the Improper Payments In-
formation Act of 2002: Provided, That amounts in 
excess of that required for paragraphs (1) and (2)— 
(A) shall be credited to and merged with 
the appropriation from which the improper pay-
ments were made, and shall be available for the 
purposes and period for which such appropria-
tions are available: Provided further, That 
where specific project or accounting information 
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associated with the improper payment or pay-
ments is not readily available, the Secretary 
may credit an appropriate account, which shall 
be available for the purposes and period associ-
ated with the account so credited; or 
(B) if no such appropriation remains avail-
able, shall be deposited in the Treasury as mis-
cellaneous receipts: Provided further, That prior 
to the transfer of any such recovery to an ap-
propriations account, the Secretary shall notify 
the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations 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 provided in section 
2(d)(2) of Public Law 107–300. 
SEC. 187. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, if any funds provided in or limited by this Act are 
subject to a reprogramming action that requires notice to 
be provided to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations, transmission of said reprogramming notice 
shall be provided solely to the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations, and said reprogramming action 
shall be approved or denied solely by the House and Sen-
ate Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That the 
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Secretary of Transportation may provide notice to other 
congressional committees of the action of the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations on such reprogram-
ming but not sooner than 30 days following the date on 
which the reprogramming action has been approved or de-
nied by the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
SEC. 188. Funds appropriated in this Act to the 
modal administrations may be obligated for the Office of 
the Secretary for the costs related to assessments or reim-
bursable 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. 189. The Secretary of Transportation is author-
ized to carry out a program that establishes uniform 
standards for developing and supporting agency transit 
pass and transit benefits authorized under section 7905 
of title 5, United States Code, including distribution of 
transit benefits by various paper and electronic media. 
SEC. 190. The Department of Transportation may 
use funds provided by this Act, or any other Act, to assist 
a contract under title 49 U.S.C. or title 23 U.S.C. utilizing 
geographic, economic, or any other hiring preference not 
otherwise authorized by law, or to amend a rule, regula-
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tion, policy or other measure that forbids a recipient of 
a Federal Highway Administration or Federal Transit Ad-
ministration grant from imposing such hiring preference 
on a contract or construction project with which the De-
partment of Transportation is assisting, only if the grant 
recipient certifies the following: 
(1) that except with respect to apprentices or 
trainees, a pool of readily available but unemployed 
individuals possessing the knowledge, skill, and abil-
ity to perform the work that the contract requires 
resides in the jurisdiction; 
(2) that the grant recipient will include appro-
priate provisions in its bid document ensuring that 
the contractor does not displace any of its existing 
employees in order to satisfy such hiring preference; 
and 
(3) that any increase in the cost of labor, train-
ing, or delays resulting from the use of such hiring 
preference does not delay or displace any transpor-
tation project in the applicable Statewide Transpor-
tation Improvement Program or Transportation Im-
provement Program. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 
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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-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, 
$14,743,000: Provided, That not to exceed $25,000 of the 
amount made available under this heading shall be avail-
able to the Secretary for official reception and representa-
tion expenses as the Secretary may determine. 
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Administra-
tive Support Offices, $525,657,000, of which $49,556,000 
shall be available for the Office of the Chief Financial Offi-
cer; $96,307,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
General Counsel; $211,408,000 shall be available for the 
Office of Administration; $45,688,000 shall be available 
for the Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer; 
$51,822,000 shall be available for the Office of Field Pol-
icy and Management; $18,370,000 shall be available for 
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the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer; $3,542,000 
shall be available for the Office of Departmental Equal 
Employment Opportunity; $4,197,000 shall be available 
for 
the 
Office 
of 
Business 
Transformation; 
and 
$44,767,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief 
Information Officer: Provided, That up to $7,500,000 may 
be used to fully fund the second phase of HUD’s initiative 
to consolidate four headquarters satellite offices into the 
Robert C. Weaver Federal building: Provided further, That 
funds provided under this heading may be used for nec-
essary administrative and non-administrative expenses of 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development, not 
otherwise provided for, including purchase of uniforms, or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901– 
5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, funds appro-
priated under this heading may be used for advertising 
and promotional activities that directly support program 
activities funded in this title: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall provide the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations quarterly written notification regarding 
the status of pending congressional reports: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall provide in electronic form 
all signed reports required by Congress. 
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PROGRAM OFFICE SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Public and Indian Housing, $215,689,000. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Community Planning and Development, $109,689,000. 
HOUSING 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Housing, $370,222,000. 
POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Policy Development and Research, $25,056,000. 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, $71,312,000. 
OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY 
HOMES 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes, $8,303,000. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the working capital fund for the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development (referred to in this para-
graph as the ‘‘Fund’’), pursuant, in part, to section 7(f) 
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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 for Federal shared 
services used by offices and agencies of the Department, 
and for such portion of any office or agency’s printing, 
records management, space renovation, furniture, supply 
services, or other shared services as the Secretary deter-
mines shall be derived from centralized sources made 
available by the Department to all offices and agencies and 
funded through the Fund: Provided, That of the amounts 
made available in this title for salaries and expenses under 
the headings ‘‘Executive Offices’’, ‘‘Administrative Sup-
port Offices’’, ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses’’, 
and ‘‘Government National Mortgage Association’’, the 
Secretary shall transfer to the Fund such amounts, to re-
main available until expended, as are necessary to fund 
services specified in the matter preceding the first proviso, 
for which the appropriation would otherwise have been 
available, and may transfer not to exceed an additional 
$5,000,000, in aggregate, from all such appropriations, to 
be merged with the Fund and to remain available until 
expended for any purpose under this heading: Provided 
further, That amounts in the Fund shall be the only 
amounts available to each office or agency of the Depart-
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ment for the services, or portion of services, specified in 
the matter preceding the first proviso: Provided further, 
That with respect to the Fund, the authorities and condi-
tions under this heading shall supplement the authorities 
and conditions provided under section 7(f). 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities and assistance for the provision of ten-
ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United 
States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 
et seq.) (‘‘the Act’’ herein), not otherwise provided for, 
$18,476,613,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be available on October 1, 2018 (in addition to the 
$4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this head-
ing that shall be available on October 1, 2018), and 
$4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be available on October 1, 2019: Provided, That the 
amounts made available under this heading are provided 
as follows: 
(1) $20,106,613,000 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-
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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 2019 funding cycle shall 
provide renewal funding for each public housing 
agency based on validated voucher management sys-
tem (VMS) leasing and cost data for the prior cal-
endar year and by applying an inflation factor as es-
tablished by the Secretary, by notice published in 
the Federal Register, and by making any necessary 
adjustments for the costs associated with the first- 
time renewal of vouchers under this paragraph in-
cluding tenant protection and Choice Neighborhoods 
vouchers: Provided further, That none of the funds 
provided under this paragraph may be used to fund 
a total number of unit months under lease which ex-
ceeds a public housing agency’s authorized level of 
units under contract, except for public housing agen-
cies participating in the MTW demonstration, which 
are instead governed by the terms and conditions of 
their MTW agreements: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall, to the extent necessary to stay with-
in the amount specified under this paragraph (ex-
cept as otherwise modified under this paragraph), 
prorate each public housing agency’s allocation oth-
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erwise established pursuant to this paragraph: Pro-
vided further, That except as provided in the fol-
lowing provisos, the entire amount specified under 
this paragraph (except as otherwise modified under 
this paragraph) shall be obligated to the public hous-
ing agencies based on the allocation and pro rata 
method described above, and the Secretary shall no-
tify public housing agencies of their annual budget 
by the latter of 60 days after enactment of this Act 
or March 1, 2019: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may extend the notification period with the 
prior written approval of the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 
That public housing agencies participating in the 
MTW demonstration shall be funded pursuant to 
their MTW agreements and shall be subject to the 
same pro rata adjustments under the previous pro-
visos: Provided further, That the Secretary may off-
set public housing agencies’ calendar year 2019 allo-
cations based on the excess amounts of public hous-
ing agencies’ net restricted assets accounts, includ-
ing HUD-held programmatic reserves (in accordance 
with VMS data in calendar year 2018 that is 
verifiable and complete), as determined by the Sec-
retary: Provided further, That public housing agen-
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cies participating in the MTW demonstration shall 
also be subject to the offset, as determined by the 
Secretary, excluding amounts subject to the single 
fund budget authority provisions of their MTW 
agreements, from the agencies’ calendar year 2019 
MTW funding allocation: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall use any offset referred to in the pre-
vious two 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 make temporary ad-
justments to the allocations for public housing agen-
cies in an area for which the President declared a 
disaster under title IV of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5170 et seq.), to avoid significant funding re-
ductions that would otherwise result from the dis-
aster, upon request by a public housing agency and 
supported by documentation as required by the Sec-
retary that demonstrates that the need for the ad-
justment is due to the disaster: Provided further, 
That up to $100,000,000 shall be available only: (1) 
for adjustments in the allocations for public housing 
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agencies, after application for an adjustment by a 
public housing agency that experienced a significant 
increase, as determined by the Secretary, in renewal 
costs of vouchers resulting from unforeseen cir-
cumstances or from portability under section 8(r) of 
the Act; (2) for vouchers that were not in use during 
the previous 12-month period in order to be avail-
able to meet a commitment pursuant to section 
8(o)(13) of the Act; (3) for adjustments for costs as-
sociated with HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive 
Housing (HUD–VASH) vouchers; (4) for public 
housing agencies that despite taking reasonable cost 
savings measures, as determined by the Secretary, 
would otherwise be required to terminate rental as-
sistance for families as a result of insufficient fund-
ing; and (5) for public housing agencies that have 
experienced increased costs or loss of units as a re-
sult of a Presidentially declared disaster: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall allocate amounts 
under the previous proviso based on need, as deter-
mined by the Secretary; 
(2) $85,000,000 shall be for section 8 rental as-
sistance for relocation and replacement of housing 
units that are demolished or disposed of pursuant to 
section 18 of the Act, conversion of section 23 
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projects to assistance under section 8, the family 
unification program under section 8(x) of the Act, 
relocation of witnesses in connection with efforts to 
combat crime in public and assisted housing pursu-
ant to a request from a law enforcement or prosecu-
tion agency, enhanced vouchers under any provision 
of law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) 
of the Act, HOPE VI and Choice Neighborhood 
vouchers, mandatory and voluntary conversions, and 
tenant protection assistance including replacement 
and relocation assistance or for project-based assist-
ance to prevent the displacement of unassisted elder-
ly tenants currently residing in section 202 prop-
erties financed between 1959 and 1974 that are refi-
nanced pursuant to Public Law 106–569, as amend-
ed, or under the authority as provided under this 
Act: Provided, That when a public housing develop-
ment is submitted for demolition or disposition 
under section 18 of the Act, the Secretary may pro-
vide section 8 rental assistance when the units pose 
an imminent health and safety risk to residents: 
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 
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availability of funds: Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available under this paragraph, 
$5,000,000 may be available to provide tenant pro-
tection 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 sec-
tion 202 loan that requires the permission of the 
Secretary prior to loan prepayment; (B) the expira-
tion of a rental assistance contract for which the 
tenants are not eligible for enhanced voucher or ten-
ant 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 
tenant protection assistance made available under 
the previous proviso may be provided under the au-
thority of section 8(t) or section 8(o)(13) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f(t)): Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
issue guidance to implement the previous provisos, 
including, but not limited to, requirements for defin-
ing eligible at-risk households within 60 days of the 
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That any 
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tenant protection voucher made available from 
amounts under this paragraph shall not be reissued 
by any public housing agency, except the replace-
ment vouchers as defined by the Secretary by notice, 
when the initial family that received any such vouch-
er 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 provide section 8 rental assist-
ance from amounts made available under this para-
graph for units assisted under a project-based sub-
sidy contract funded under the ‘‘Project-Based 
Rental Assistance’’ heading under this title where 
the owner has received a Notice of Default and the 
units pose an imminent health and safety risk to 
residents: Provided further, That to the extent that 
the Secretary determines that such units are not 
feasible for continued rental assistance payments or 
transfer of the subsidy contract associated with such 
units to another project or projects and owner or 
owners, any remaining amounts associated with such 
units under such contract shall be recaptured and 
used to reimburse amounts used under this para-
graph for rental assistance under the preceding pro-
viso; 
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(3) $1,800,000,000 shall be for administrative 
and other expenses of public housing agencies in ad-
ministering the section 8 tenant-based rental assist-
ance program, of which up to $70,000,000 shall be 
available to the Secretary to allocate to public hous-
ing agencies that need additional funds to admin-
ister their section 8 programs, including fees associ-
ated with section 8 tenant protection rental assist-
ance, the administration of disaster related vouchers, 
Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing vouchers, 
vouchers assigned to participants in the mobility 
demonstration authorized under section 238 of this 
title, and other special purpose incremental vouch-
ers: Provided, That no less than $1,730,000,000 of 
the amount provided in this paragraph shall be allo-
cated to public housing agencies for the calendar 
year 2019 funding cycle based on section 8(q) of the 
Act (and related Appropriation Act provisions) as in 
effect immediately before the enactment of the Qual-
ity Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 
(Public Law 105–276): Provided further, That if the 
amounts made available under this paragraph are 
insufficient to pay the amounts determined under 
the previous proviso, the Secretary may decrease the 
amounts allocated to agencies by a uniform percent-
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age 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 previous proviso, utilize unobligated 
balances, including recaptures and carryovers, re-
maining from funds appropriated to the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development under this 
heading from prior fiscal years, excluding special 
purpose vouchers, notwithstanding the purposes for 
which such amounts were appropriated: Provided 
further, That all public housing agencies partici-
pating in the MTW demonstration shall be funded 
pursuant to their MTW agreements, and shall be 
subject to the same uniform percentage decrease as 
under the previous proviso: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may make temporary adjustments to 
the administrative fee eligibility determinations for 
public housing agencies in an area for which the 
President declared a disaster under title IV of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (41 U.S.C. 5170 et seq.), to avoid 
significant funding reductions that would otherwise 
result from the disaster, upon request by a public 
housing agency and supported by documentation as 
required by the Secretary that demonstrates that the 
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need for the adjustment is due to the disaster: Pro-
vided further, That amounts provided under this 
paragraph shall be only for activities related to the 
provision of tenant-based rental assistance author-
ized under section 8, including related development 
activities; 
(4) $390,000,000 for the renewal of tenant- 
based assistance contracts under section 811 of the 
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 
(42 U.S.C. 8013), including necessary administra-
tive expenses: Provided, That administrative and 
other expenses of public housing agencies in admin-
istering the special purpose vouchers in this para-
graph shall be funded under the same terms under 
paragraph (3) of this heading, except for any pro 
rata reduction: Provided further, That any amounts 
provided under this paragraph in this Act or prior 
Acts, remaining available after funding renewals and 
administrative expenses under this paragraph, shall 
be available only for incremental tenant-based rental 
assistance contracts under such section 811 for non- 
elderly persons with disabilities, including necessary 
administrative expenses: Provided further, That, 
upon turnover, section 811 special purpose vouchers 
funded under this heading in this or prior Acts, or 
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under any other heading in prior Acts, shall be pro-
vided to non-elderly persons with disabilities; 
(5) $5,000,000 shall be for rental assistance 
and associated administrative fees for Tribal HUD– 
VA Supportive Housing to serve Native American 
veterans that are homeless or at-risk of homeless-
ness living on or near a reservation or other Indian 
areas: Provided, That such amount shall be made 
available for renewal grants to recipients that re-
ceived assistance under prior Acts under the Tribal 
HUD–VA Supportive Housing program: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall be authorized to 
specify criteria for renewal grants, including data on 
the utilization of assistance reported by grant recipi-
ents: Provided further, That such assistance shall be 
administered in accordance with program require-
ments under the Native American Housing Assist-
ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 and mod-
eled after the HUD–VASH program: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall be authorized to 
waive, or specify alternative requirements for any 
provision of any statute or regulation that the Sec-
retary administers in connection with the use of 
funds made available under this paragraph (except 
for requirements related to fair housing, non-
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discrimination, labor standards, and the environ-
ment), upon a finding by the Secretary that any 
such waivers or alternative requirements are nec-
essary for the effective delivery and administration 
of such assistance: Provided further, That grant re-
cipients shall report to the Secretary on utilization 
of such rental assistance and other program data, as 
prescribed by the Secretary: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may reallocate, as determined by the 
Secretary, amounts returned or recaptured from 
awards under prior acts; 
(6) $40,000,000 for incremental rental voucher 
assistance for use through a supported housing pro-
gram administered in conjunction with the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs as authorized under section 
8(o)(19) of the United States Housing Act of 1937: 
Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall make such funding available, not-
withstanding section 203 (competition provision) of 
this title, to public housing agencies that partner 
with eligible VA Medical Centers or other entities as 
designated by the Secretary of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, based on geographical need for 
such assistance as identified by the Secretary of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, public housing 
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agency administrative performance, and other fac-
tors as specified by the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development in consultation with the Sec-
retary of the Department of Veterans Affairs: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development may waive, or specify alter-
native requirements for (in consultation with the 
Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs), 
any provision of any statute or regulation that the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development ad-
ministers in connection with the use of funds made 
available under this paragraph (except for require-
ments related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, 
labor standards, and the environment), upon a find-
ing by the Secretary that any such waivers or alter-
native requirements are necessary for the effective 
delivery and administration of such voucher assist-
ance: Provided further, That assistance made avail-
able under this paragraph shall continue to remain 
available for homeless veterans upon turn-over; 
(7) $50,000,000 shall be made available for the 
mobility demonstration authorized under section 238 
of this title, of which up to $20,000,000 shall be for 
new incremental voucher assistance and the remain-
der of which shall be available to provide mobility- 
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related services to families with children, including 
pre- and post-move counseling and rent deposits, 
and to offset the administrative costs of operating 
the mobility demonstration: Provided, That incre-
mental voucher assistance made available under this 
paragraph shall be for families with children partici-
pating in the mobility demonstration and shall con-
tinue to remain available for families with children 
upon turnover: Provided further, That for any public 
housing agency administering voucher assistance 
under the mobility demonstration that determines 
that it no longer has an identified need for such as-
sistance upon turnover, such agency shall notify the 
Secretary, and the Secretary shall recapture such as-
sistance from the agency and reallocate it to any 
other public housing agency or agencies based on 
need for voucher assistance in connection with such 
demonstration; and 
(8) the Secretary shall separately track all spe-
cial purpose vouchers funded under this heading. 
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
Unobligated balances, including recaptures and car-
ryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development under this 
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heading, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted 
Housing’’ and the heading ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assist-
ance’’, for fiscal year 2019 and prior years may be used 
for renewal of or amendments to section 8 project-based 
contracts and for performance-based contract administra-
tors, notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds 
were appropriated: Provided, That any obligated balances 
of contract authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior that 
have been terminated shall be rescinded: Provided further, 
That amounts heretofore recaptured, or recaptured during 
the current fiscal year, from section 8 project-based con-
tracts from source years fiscal year 1975 through fiscal 
year 1987 are hereby rescinded, and an amount of addi-
tional new budget authority, equivalent to the amount re-
scinded is hereby appropriated, to remain available until 
expended, for the purposes set forth under this heading, 
in addition to amounts otherwise available. 
PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND 
For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to 
carry out capital and management activities for public 
housing agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g) 
(the ‘‘Act’’) $2,750,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2022: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law or regulation, during fiscal year 
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2019, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
may not delegate to any Department official other than 
the Deputy Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for 
Public and Indian Housing any authority under paragraph 
(2) of section 9(j) regarding the extension of the time peri-
ods under such section: Provided further, That for pur-
poses of such section 9(j), the term ‘‘obligate’’ means, with 
respect to amounts, that the amounts are subject to a 
binding agreement that will result in outlays, immediately 
or in the future: Provided further, That of the total 
amount made available under this heading, no less than 
$30,000,000 shall be for competitive grants to public 
housing authorities for demolition, and the associated relo-
cation and administrative costs of the most distressed pub-
lic housing units: Provided further, That of the total 
amount made available under this heading, up to 
$10,000,000 shall be to support ongoing public housing 
financial and physical assessment activities: Provided fur-
ther, That of the total amount made available under this 
heading, up to $1,000,000 shall be to support the costs 
of administrative and judicial receiverships: Provided fur-
ther, That of the total amount made available under this 
heading, not to exceed $25,000,000 shall be available for 
the Secretary to make grants, notwithstanding section 203 
of this Act, to public housing agencies for emergency cap-
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ital needs including safety and security measures nec-
essary to address crime and drug-related activity as well 
as needs resulting from unforeseen or unpreventable emer-
gencies and natural disasters excluding Presidentially de-
clared emergencies and natural disasters under the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Act (42 U.S.C. 
5121 et seq.) occurring in fiscal year 2019: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amount made available under the pre-
vious proviso, not less than $5,000,000 shall be for safety 
and security measures: Provided further, That in addition 
to the amount in the previous proviso for such safety and 
security measures, any amounts that remain available, 
after all applications received on or before September 30, 
2020, for emergency capital needs have been processed, 
shall be allocated to public housing agencies for such safe-
ty and security measures: Provided further, That of the 
total amount made available under this heading, up to 
$35,000,000 shall be for supportive services, service coor-
dinators and congregate services as authorized by section 
34 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437z–6) and the Native Amer-
ican Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 
1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.): Provided further, That of 
the total amount made available under this heading, 
$15,000,000 shall be for a Jobs-Plus initiative modeled 
after the Jobs-Plus demonstration: Provided further, That 
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funding provided under the previous proviso shall be avail-
able for competitive grants to partnerships between public 
housing authorities, local workforce investment boards es-
tablished under section 117 of the Workforce Investment 
Act of 1998, and other agencies and organizations that 
provide support to help public housing residents obtain 
employment and increase earnings: Provided further, That 
applicants must demonstrate the ability to provide services 
to residents, partner with workforce investment boards, 
and leverage service dollars: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may allow public housing agencies to request ex-
emptions from rent and income limitation requirements 
under sections 3 and 6 of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 as necessary to implement the Jobs-Plus program, 
on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may ap-
prove upon a finding by the Secretary that any such waiv-
ers or alternative requirements are necessary for the effec-
tive implementation of the Jobs-Plus initiative as a vol-
untary program for residents: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall publish by notice in the Federal Register 
any waivers or alternative requirements pursuant to the 
preceding proviso no later than 10 days before the effec-
tive date of such notice: Provided further, That for funds 
provided under this heading, the limitation in section 
9(g)(1) of the Act shall be 25 percent: Provided further, 
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That the Secretary may waive the limitation in the pre-
vious proviso to allow public housing agencies to fund ac-
tivities authorized under section 9(e)(1)(C) of the Act: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify public 
housing agencies requesting waivers under the previous 
proviso if the request is approved or denied within 14 days 
of submitting the request: Provided further, That from the 
funds made available under this heading, the Secretary 
shall provide bonus awards in fiscal year 2019 to public 
housing agencies that are designated high performers: 
Provided further, That the Department shall notify public 
housing agencies of their formula allocation within 60 
days of enactment of this Act. 
PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND 
For 2019 payments to public housing agencies for the 
operation and management of public housing, as author-
ized by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $4,550,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2020. 
CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE 
For competitive grants under the Choice Neighbor-
hoods Initiative (subject to section 24 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v), unless otherwise 
specified under this heading), for transformation, rehabili-
tation, and replacement housing needs of both public and 
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HUD-assisted housing and to transform neighborhoods of 
poverty into functioning, sustainable mixed income neigh-
borhoods with appropriate services, schools, public assets, 
transportation and access to jobs, $150,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2022: Provided, That 
grant funds may be used for resident and community serv-
ices, community development, and affordable housing 
needs in the community, and for conversion of vacant or 
foreclosed properties to affordable housing: Provided fur-
ther, That the use of funds made available under this 
heading shall not be deemed to be public housing notwith-
standing section 3(b)(1) of such Act: Provided further, 
That grantees shall commit to an additional period of af-
fordability determined by the Secretary of not fewer than 
20 years: Provided further, That grantees shall provide a 
match in State, local, other Federal or private funds: Pro-
vided further, That grantees may include local govern-
ments, tribal entities, public housing authorities, and non-
profits: Provided further, That for-profit developers may 
apply jointly with a public entity: Provided further, That 
for purposes of environmental review, a grantee shall be 
treated as a public housing agency under section 26 of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437x), and grants under this heading shall be subject 
to the regulations issued by the Secretary to implement 
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such section: Provided further, That of the amount pro-
vided, not less than $75,000,000 shall be awarded to pub-
lic housing agencies: Provided further, That such grantees 
shall create partnerships with other local organizations in-
cluding assisted housing owners, service agencies, and 
resident organizations: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall consult with the Secretaries of Education, 
Labor, Transportation, Health and Human Services, Agri-
culture, and Commerce, the Attorney General, and the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to co-
ordinate and leverage other appropriate Federal resources: 
Provided further, That no more than $5,000,000 of funds 
made available under this heading may be provided as 
grants to undertake comprehensive local planning with 
input from residents and the community: Provided further, 
That unobligated balances, including recaptures, remain-
ing from funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Revital-
ization of Severely Distressed Public Housing (HOPE 
VI)’’ in fiscal year 2011 and prior fiscal years may be used 
for purposes under this heading, notwithstanding the pur-
poses for which such amounts were appropriated: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall issue the Notice of Fund-
ing Availability for funds made available under this head-
ing no later than 60 days after enactment of this Act: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall make grant awards 
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no later than one year from the date of enactment of this 
Act in such amounts that the Secretary determines. 
FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY 
For the Family Self-Sufficiency program to support 
family self-sufficiency coordinators under section 23 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937, to promote the devel-
opment of local strategies to coordinate the use of assist-
ance under sections 8(o) and 9 of such Act with public 
and private resources, and enable eligible families to 
achieve economic independence and self-sufficiency, 
$75,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020: Provided, That the Secretary may, by Federal Reg-
ister notice, waive or specify alternative requirements 
under subsections b(3), b(4), b(5), or c(1) of section 23 
of such Act in order to facilitate the operation of a unified 
self-sufficiency program for individuals receiving assist-
ance under different provisions of the Act, as determined 
by the Secretary: Provided further, That owners of a pri-
vately owned multifamily property with a section 8 con-
tract may voluntarily make a Family Self-Sufficiency pro-
gram available to the assisted tenants of such property 
in accordance with procedures established by the Sec-
retary: Provided further, That such procedures established 
pursuant to the previous proviso shall permit participating 
tenants to accrue escrow funds in accordance with section 
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23(d)(2) and shall allow owners to use funding from resid-
ual receipt accounts to hire coordinators for their own 
Family Self-Sufficiency program. 
NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the Native American Housing Block Grants pro-
gram, as authorized under title I of the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 
(NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $655,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2023: Provided, 
That, notwithstanding NAHASDA, to determine the 
amount of the allocation under title I of such Act for each 
Indian tribe, the Secretary shall apply the formula under 
section 302 of such Act with the need component based 
on single-race census data and with the need component 
based on multi-race census data, and the amount of the 
allocation for each Indian tribe shall be the greater of the 
two resulting allocation amounts: Provided further, That 
of the amounts made available under this heading, 
$7,000,000 shall be for providing training and technical 
assistance to Indian housing authorities and tribally des-
ignated housing entities, to support the inspection of In-
dian housing units, contract expertise, and for training 
and technical assistance related to funding provided under 
this heading and other headings under this Act for the 
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