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and of which $10,500,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for maintenance and repair of schoolships at State 
Maritime Schools. 
SHIP DISPOSAL 
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of ob-
solete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the 
Maritime Administration, $17,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the guaran-
teed loan program, not to exceed $3,408,000, which shall 
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
‘‘Operations and Training’’, Maritime Administration. 
SHIP CONSTRUCTION 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances available under this 
heading, $3,526,000 are rescinded. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, the Maritime Administration is authorized to fur-
nish utilities and services and make necessary repairs in 
connection with any lease, contract, or occupancy involving 
Government property under control of the Maritime Ad-
ministration, and payments received therefore shall be 
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credited to the appropriation charged with the cost there-
of: Provided, That rental payments under any such lease, 
contract, or occupancy for items other than such utilities, 
services, or repairs shall be covered into the Treasury as 
miscellaneous receipts. 
SEC. 171. No obligations shall be incurred during the 
current fiscal year from the construction fund established 
by section 53716 of title 46, United States Code, or other-
wise, in excess of the appropriations and limitations con-
tained in this Act or in any prior appropriations Act. 
PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Pipeline 
and
Hazardous
Materials
Safety
Administration, 
$18,130,000, of which $639,000 shall be derived from the 
Pipeline Safety Fund. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous 
materials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous 
Materials Safety Administration, $28,899,000, of which 
$1,829,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2010: Provided, That up to $1,200,000 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 
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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. 
PIPELINE SAFETY 
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND) 
For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of 
the pipeline safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out 
a pipeline safety program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 
60107, and to discharge the pipeline program responsibil-
ities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $78,875,000, of 
which $18,810,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability Trust Fund and shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2010; of which $60,065,000 shall be derived 
from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which $32,683,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2010: Provided, 
That not less than $1,043,000 of the funds provided under 
this heading shall be for the one-call State grant program. 
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS 
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND) 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 
5128(b), $188,000, to be derived from the Emergency 
Preparedness Fund, to remain available until September 
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30, 2009: Provided, That not more than $28,318,000 shall 
be made available for obligation in fiscal year 2008 from 
amounts made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and 
5128(b)–(c): Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i), 5128(b), or 5128(c) 
shall be made available for obligation by individuals other 
than the Secretary of Transportation, or his designee. 
RESEARCH AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY 
ADMINISTRATION 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Research and Innova-
tive Technology Administration, $12,000,000, of which 
$6,036,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2010: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro-
priation, to be available until expended, funds received 
from States, counties, municipalities, other public authori-
ties, and private sources for expenses incurred for train-
ing. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 3), $66,400,000: Pro-
vided, That the Inspector General shall have all necessary 
authority, in carrying out the duties specified in the In-
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spector General Act (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate alle-
gations of fraud, including false statements to the govern-
ment under 18 U.S.C. 1001, by any person or entity that 
is subject to regulation by the Department: Provided fur-
ther, That the funds made available under this heading 
shall be used to investigate, pursuant to section 41712 of 
title 49, United States Code: (1) unfair or deceptive prac-
tices and unfair methods of competition by domestic and 
foreign air carriers and ticket agents; and (2) the compli-
ance of domestic and foreign air carriers with respect to 
item (1) of this proviso. 
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transpor-
tation Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $26,495,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, not to exceed $1,250,000 from fees 
established by the Chairman of the Surface Transpor-
tation Board shall be credited to this appropriation as off-
setting collections and used for necessary and authorized 
expenses under this heading: Provided further, That the 
sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be 
reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting col-
lections are received during fiscal year 2008, to result in 
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a final appropriation from the general fund estimated at 
no more than $25,245,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF 
TRANSPORTATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 180. During the current fiscal year applicable 
appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall 
be available for maintenance and operation of aircraft; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of 
liability insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign 
countries on official department business; and uniforms or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901– 
5902). 
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. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for salaries and expenses of more than 110 political 
and Presidential appointees in the Department of Trans-
portation: Provided, That none of the personnel covered 
by this provision may be assigned on temporary detail out-
side the Department of Transportation. 
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SEC. 183. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
to implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code. 
SEC. 184. (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 
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. 185. Funds received by the Federal Highway 
Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and Fed-
eral Railroad Administration from States, counties, mu-
nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources 
for expenses incurred for training may be credited respec-
tively to the Federal Highway Administration’s ‘‘Federal- 
Aid Highways’’ account, the Federal Transit Administra-
tion’s ‘‘Research and University Research Centers’’ ac-
count, and to the Federal Railroad Administration’s 
‘‘Safety and Operations’’ account, except for State rail 
safety inspectors participating in training pursuant to 49 
U.S.C. 20105. 
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SEC. 186. Notwithstanding any other provisions of 
law, rule or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation 
is authorized to allow the issuer of any preferred stock 
heretofore sold to the Department to redeem or repur-
chase such stock upon the payment to the Department of 
an amount determined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 187. None of the funds in this Act to the De-
partment of Transportation may be used to make a grant 
unless the Secretary of Transportation notifies the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 
3 full business days before any discretionary grant award, 
letter of intent, or full funding grant agreement totaling 
$1,000,000 or more is announced by the department or 
its modal administrations from: (1) any discretionary 
grant program of the Federal Highway Administration 
other than the emergency relief program; (2) the airport 
improvement program of the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion; or (3) any program of the Federal Transit Adminis-
tration other than the formula grants and fixed guideway 
modernization programs: Provided, That no notification 
shall involve funds that are not available for obligation. 
SEC. 188. 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, 
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and miscellaneous sources are to be credited to appropria-
tions of the Department of Transportation and allocated 
to elements of the Department of Transportation using 
fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be avail-
able until expended. 
SEC. 189. Amounts made available in this or any 
other 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; 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; or 
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(B) if no such appropriation remains avail-
able, shall be deposited in the Treasury as mis-
cellaneous receipts: Provided, That prior to the 
transfer of any such recovery to an appropria-
tions account, the Secretary shall notify the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions of the amount and reasons for such trans-
fer: 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. 190. Funds provided in Public Law 102–143 
in the item relating to ‘‘Highway Bypass Demonstration 
Project’’ shall be available for the improvement of Route 
101 in the vicinity of Prunedale, Monterey County, Cali-
fornia. 
SEC. 191. Funds provided under section 378 of the 
Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Ap-
propriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–346, 114 Stat. 
1356, 1356A–41), for the reconstruction of School Road 
East in Marlboro Township, New Jersey, shall be available 
for the Spring Valley Road Project in Marlboro Township, 
New Jersey. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation Appropriations Act, 2008’’. 
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TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For activities and assistance for the provision of ten-
ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) 
(‘‘the Act’’), not otherwise provided for, $16,330,000,000, 
to
remain
available
until
expended,
of
which 
$12,137,000,000 shall be available on October 1, 2007, 
and $4,193,000,000 shall be available on October 1, 2008: 
Provided, That the amounts made available under this 
heading are provided as follows: 
(1) $14,744,506,000 for renewals of expiring 
section 8 tenant-based annual contributions con-
tracts (including renewals of enhanced vouchers 
under any provision of law authorizing such assist-
ance under section 8(t) of the Act): Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, from 
amounts provided under this paragraph, the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development for the 
calendar year 2008 funding cycle shall provide re-
newal funding for each public housing agency based 
on the amount public housing agencies received in 
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calendar year 2007, by applying the 2008 Annual 
Adjustment Factor as established by the Secretary, 
and by making any necessary adjustments for the 
costs associated with deposits to Family Self-Suffi-
ciency Program escrow accounts or the first-time re-
newal of tenant protection or HOPE VI vouchers or 
vouchers that were not in use during the 12-month 
period in order to be available to meet a commit-
ment pursuant to section 8(o)(13) of the Act: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall, to the extent 
necessary to stay within the amount provided under 
this paragraph, pro rate each public housing agen-
cy’s allocation otherwise established pursuant to this 
paragraph: Provided further, That except as provided 
in the following proviso, the entire amount provided 
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 budg-
ets not later than 45 days after enactment of this 
Act: Provided further, That public housing agencies 
participating in the Moving to Work demonstration 
shall be funded pursuant to their Moving to Work 
agreements and shall be subject to the same pro 
rata adjustments under the previous proviso: Pro-
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vided further, That up to $75,000,000 shall be avail-
able for additional rental subsidy due to unforeseen 
exigencies as determined by the Secretary and for 
the one-time funding of housing assistance payments 
resulting from the portability provisions of the hous-
ing choice voucher program: Provided further, That 
none of the funds provided in this paragraph may be 
used to support a total number of unit months 
under lease which exceeds a public housing agency’s 
authorized level of units under contract. 
(2) $150,000,000 for section 8 rental assistance 
for relocation and replacement of housing units that 
are demolished or disposed of pursuant to the Omni-
bus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act 
of 1996 (Public Law 104–134), conversion of section 
23 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 vouchers, mandatory and vol-
untary conversions, and tenant protection assistance 
including replacement and relocation assistance: Pro-
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vided, That additional section 8 tenant protection 
rental assistance costs may be funded in 2008 by 
utilizing unobligated balances, including recaptures 
and carryover, remaining from funds appropriated to 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
under this heading, the heading ‘‘Annual Contribu-
tions for Assisted Housing’’, the heading ‘‘Housing 
Certificate Fund’’, and the heading ‘‘Project-Based 
Rental Assistance’’, for fiscal year 2007 and prior 
years;
Provided
further,
That
not
more
than 
$12,000,000 may be used for section 8 assistance to 
cover the cost of judgments and settlement agree-
ments. 
(3) $48,000,000 for family self-sufficiency coor-
dinators under section 23 of the Act. 
(4) $30,000,000 for incremental vouchers under 
section 8 of the Act for nonelderly disabled families 
affected by the designation of a public housing devel-
opment under section 7 of the Act, the establishment 
of preferences in accordance with section 651 of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 
(42 U.S.C. 13611), or the restriction of occupancy 
to elderly families in accordance with section 658 of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 13618), and to the extent the 
Secretary determines that such amount is not need-
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ed to fund applications for such affected families, for 
other nonelderly disabled families, of which remain-
ing amount such amount as is necessary shall be 
made available to provide 1,000 vouchers for rental 
assistance for homeless veterans in accordance with 
section 8(o)(19)(B)(ii) of the Act: Provided, That in-
cremental vouchers made available under this para-
graph for nonelderly disabled families or for home-
less veterans shall, to the extent practicable, con-
tinue to be provided to such families or veterans, re-
spectively, upon turnover. 
(5) $6,494,000 shall be transferred to the 
Working Capital Fund. 
(6)
$1,351,000,000
for
administrative
and 
other expenses of public housing agencies in admin-
istering the section 8 tenant-based rental assistance 
program, of which up to $5,000,000 shall be avail-
able as an incentive bonus as determined by the Sec-
retary for administrative expenses for public housing 
agencies that voluntarily consolidate, and of which 
up to $35,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary 
to allocate to public housing agencies that need addi-
tional funds to administer their section 8 programs 
with up to $30,000,000 for fees associated with sec-
tion 8 tenant protection rental assistance: Provided, 
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That not less than $1,351,000,000 of the amount 
provided in this paragraph shall be allocated for the 
calendar year 2008 funding cycle to public housing 
agencies on a basis as provided in section 8(q) of the 
Act as in effect immediately before the enactment of 
the Quality 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 required by this 
paragraph, the Secretary may decrease the amounts 
allocated to agencies by a uniform prorated percent-
age applicable to all agencies receiving funding 
under this paragraph or may, to the extent nec-
essary to provide full payment of amounts required 
under this paragraph, utilize unobligated balances, 
including recaptures and carryovers, remaining from 
funds appropriated to the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development under this heading, the 
heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Hous-
ing’’, the heading ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’, and 
the heading ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’, for 
fiscal year 2007 and prior years: Provided further, 
That all amounts provided under this paragraph 
shall be only for activities related to the provision of 
tenant-based rental assistance authorized under sec-
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tion 8 of the Act, including related development ac-
tivities. 
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances, including recaptures and 
carryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development under this 
heading, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted 
Housing’’, the heading ‘‘Tenant-Based Rental Assist-
ance’’, and the heading ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assist-
ance’’,
for
fiscal
year
2007
and
prior
years, 
$1,300,000,000 is rescinded, to be effected by the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development no later than 
September 30, 2008: Provided, That if insufficient funds 
exist under these headings, the remaining balance may be 
derived from any other heading under this title: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees 
on Appropriations 30 days in advance of the rescission of 
any funds derived from the headings specified above: Pro-
vided further, That any such balances governed by re-
allocation provisions under the statute authorizing the 
program for which the funds were originally appropriated 
shall be available for the rescission: Provided further, That 
any obligated balances of contract authority from fiscal 
year 1974 and prior that have been terminated shall be 
cancelled. 
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PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For activities and assistance for the provision of 
project-based subsidy contracts under the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (‘‘the 
Act’’), not otherwise provided for, $6,479,810,000, to re-
main
available
until
expended:
Provided,
That
the 
amounts made available under this heading are provided 
as follows: 
(1) Up to $6,239,122,000 for expiring or termi-
nating section 8 project-based subsidy contracts (in-
cluding section 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), 
for amendments to section 8 project-based subsidy 
contracts (including section 8 moderate rehabilita-
tion contracts), for contracts entered into pursuant 
to section 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11401), for renewal of sec-
tion 8 contracts for units in projects that are subject 
to approved plans of action under the Emergency 
Low Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987 or 
the Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident 
Homeownership Act of 1990, and for administrative 
and other expenses associated with project-based ac-
tivities and assistance funded under this paragraph. 
(2) Not less than $238,728,000 but not to ex-
ceed $286,230,000 for performance-based contract 
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administrators for section 8 project-based assistance: 
Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development may also use such amounts for per-
formance-based contract administrators for: interest 
reduction payments pursuant to section 236(a) of 
the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(a)); 
rent supplement payments pursuant to section 101 
of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 
(12 U.S.C. 1701s); section 236(f)(2) rental assist-
ance payments (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(f)(2)); project 
rental assistance contracts for the elderly under sec-
tion 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 
U.S.C. 1701q); project rental assistance contracts 
for supportive housing for persons with disabilities 
under section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez 
National
Affordable
Housing
Act
(42
U.S.C. 
8013(d)(2)); project assistance contracts pursuant to 
section 202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public 
Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667); and loans under section 
202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86– 
372; 73 Stat. 667). 
(3) $1,960,000 shall be transferred to the 
Working Capital Fund. 
(4) Amounts recaptured under this heading, the 
heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Hous-
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ing’’, or the heading ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’ 
may be used for renewals of or amendments to sec-
tion 8 project-based contracts or for performance- 
based contract administrators, notwithstanding the 
purposes for which such amounts were appropriated. 
PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
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’’) $2,438,964,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2011: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law or regulation, during fiscal year 
2008 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 provided under this heading, up to $10,890,000 
shall be for carrying out activities under section 9(h) of 
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such Act; up to $10,000,000 shall be transferred to the 
Working Capital Fund; and up to $15,345,000 shall be 
to support the ongoing Public Housing Financial and 
Physical Assessment activities of the Real Estate Assess-
ment Center (REAC): Provided further, That no funds 
may be used under this heading for the purposes specified 
in section 9(k) of the Act: Provided further, That of the 
total
amount
provided
under
this
heading,
up
to 
$17,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary to make 
grants, notwithstanding section 204 of this Act, to public 
housing agencies for emergency capital needs resulting 
from unforeseen or unpreventable emergencies and nat-
ural disasters occurring in fiscal year 2008: Provided fur-
ther, That of the total amount provided under this head-
ing, $38,000,000 shall be for supportive services, service 
coordinators and congregate services as authorized by sec-
tion 34 of the Act (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 further, That 
of the total amount provided under this heading up to 
$8,820,000 is to support the costs of administrative and 
judicial receiverships. 
PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND 
For 2008 payments to public housing agencies for the 
operation and management of public housing, as author-
ized by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 
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1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $4,200,000,000 (reduced by 
$20,000,000) (increased by $20,000,000): Provided, That 
in fiscal year 2008 and all fiscal years hereafter, no 
amounts under this heading in any appropriations Act 
may be used for payments to public housing agencies for 
the costs of operation and management of public housing 
for any year prior to the current year of such Act: Pro-
vided further, That no funds may be used under this head-
ing for the purposes specified in section 9(k) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937. 
REVITALIZATION OF SEVERELY DISTRESSED PUBLIC 
HOUSING (HOPE VI) 
For grants to public housing agencies for demolition, 
site revitalization, replacement housing, and tenant-based 
assistance grants to projects as authorized by section 24 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437v) $120,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2008, of which the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development may use up to $2,400,000 for technical as-
sistance and contract expertise, to be provided directly or 
indirectly by grants, contracts or cooperative agreements, 
including training and cost of necessary travel for partici-
pants in such training, by or to officials and employees 
of the department and of public housing agencies and to 
residents: Provided, That none of such funds shall be used 
directly or indirectly by granting competitive advantage in 
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awards to settle litigation or pay judgments, unless ex-
pressly permitted herein. 
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.), $626,965,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That, not-
withstanding the Native American Housing Assistance 
and Self-Determination Act of 1996, to determine the 
amount of the allocation under title I of such Act for each 
Indian tribe, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment shall apply the formula under section 302 of such 
Act (25 U.S.C. 4152) 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, 
$4,250,000 shall be to support the inspection of Indian 
housing units, contract expertise, training, and technical 
assistance in the training, oversight, and management of 
such Indian housing and tenant-based assistance, includ-
ing up to $300,000 for related travel: Provided further, 
That
of
the
amount
provided
under
this
heading, 
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$1,980,000 shall be made available for the cost of guaran-
teed notes and other obligations, as authorized by title VI 
of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4191 et seq.): Provided further, 
That such costs, including the costs 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 these funds are available to 
subsidize the total principal amount of any notes and 
other obligations, any part of which is to be guaranteed, 
not to exceed $17,000,000: Provided further, That for ad-
ministrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan 
program, up to $148,500 from amounts in the third pro-
viso, which shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’. 
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.), $8,727,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $299,211 shall be for 
training and technical assistance activities. 
INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 
section 184 of the Housing and Community Development 
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Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a), $7,450,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That such costs, 
including the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as 
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available 
to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to 
be guaranteed, up to $367,000,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the guaranteed loan program, up to $247,500 from 
amounts in the first paragraph, which shall be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and 
Expenses’’. 
NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 
section 184A of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13b), $1,044,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That such 
costs, including the costs of modifying such loans, shall 
be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are avail-
able to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which 
is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $41,504,255. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the guaranteed loan program, up to $34,650 from 
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amounts in the first paragraph, which shall be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and 
Expenses’’. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
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.), 
$300,100,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2009, except that amounts allocated pursuant to section 
854(c)(3) of such Act shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2010: Provided, That the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development shall renew all expiring contracts 
for permanent supportive housing that were funded under 
section 854(c)(3) of such Act that meet all program re-
quirements before awarding funds for new contracts and 
activities authorized under this section: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may use up to $1,485,000 of the funds 
under this heading for training, oversight, and technical 
assistance activities; and $1,485,000 shall be transferred 
to the Working Capital Fund. 
RURAL HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 
For the Office of Rural Housing and Economic De-
velopment in the Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment, $16,830,000, to remain available until ex-
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pended, which amount shall be competitively awarded by 
September 1, 2008, to Indian tribes, State housing finance 
agencies, State community and/or economic development 
agencies, local rural nonprofits, and community develop-
ment corporations to support innovative housing and eco-
nomic development activities in rural areas. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For assistance to units of State and local govern-
ment, and to other entities, for economic and community 
development
activities,
and
for
other
purposes, 
$4,180,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010, unless otherwise specified: Provided, That of the 
amount provided, $3,929,300,000 is for carrying out the 
community development block grant program under title 
I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
1974 (the ‘‘Act’’) (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.): Provided fur-
ther, That unless explicitly provided for under this heading 
(except for planning grants provided in the second para-
graph and amounts made available under the third para-
graph), not to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be expended 
for planning and management development and adminis-
tration: Provided further, That $1,584,000 shall be trans-
ferred to the Working Capital Fund: Provided further, 
That $62,000,000 shall be for grants to Indian tribes not-
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