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shall funds made available by this proviso exceed 
$3,000,000: Provided further, That receipts from Commit-
ment and Multiclass fees collected pursuant to title III of 
the National Housing Act, as amended, shall be credited 
as offsetting collections to this account. 
POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 
For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of pro-
grams of research and studies relating to housing and 
urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized 
by title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 
1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), including carrying out 
the functions of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment under section 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 
2 of 1968, $46,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2015: Provided, That with respect to amounts made 
available under this heading, notwithstanding section 204 
of this title, the Secretary may enter into cooperative agree-
ments funded with philanthropic entities, other Federal 
agencies, or State or local governments and their agencies 
for research projects: Provided further, That with respect 
to the previous proviso, such partners to the cooperative 
agreements must contribute at least a 50 percent match to-
ward the cost of the project: Provided further, That for non- 
competitive agreements entered into in accordance with the
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previous two provisos, the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall comply with section 2(b) of the Federal 
Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 
(Public Law 109–282, 31 U.S.C. note) in lieu of compliance 
with section 102(a)(4)(C) with respect to documentation of 
award decisions. 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES 
For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not other-
wise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing 
Amendments Act of 1988, and section 561 of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended, 
$66,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015, 
of which $40,100,000 shall be to carry out activities pursu-
ant to such section 561: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary may assess and collect fees to 
cover the costs of the Fair Housing Training Academy, and 
may use such funds to provide such training: Provided fur-
ther, That no funds made available under this heading shall 
be used to lobby the executive or legislative branches of the 
Federal Government in connection with a specific contract, 
grant or loan: Provided further, That of the funds made 
available under this heading, $300,000 shall be available 
to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for
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the creation and promotion of translated materials and 
other programs that support the assistance of persons with 
limited English proficiency in utilizing the services pro-
vided by the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment. 
OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY 
HOMES 
LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION 
For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as author-
ized by section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint 
Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, $110,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2015: Provided, That up to 
$15,000,000 of that amount shall be for the Healthy Homes 
Initiative, pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of the Housing 
and Urban Development Act of 1970 that shall include re-
search, studies, testing, and demonstration efforts, including 
education and outreach concerning lead-based paint poi-
soning and other housing-related diseases and hazards: Pro-
vided further, That for purposes of environmental review, 
pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and other provisions of the law 
that further the purposes of such Act, a grant under the 
Healthy Homes Initiative, or the Lead Technical Studies 
program under this heading or under prior appropriations 
Acts for such purposes under this heading, shall be consid-
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ered to be funds for a special project for purposes of section 
305(c) of the Multifamily Housing Property Disposition 
Reform Act of 1994: Provided further, That of the total 
amount made available under this heading, $45,000,000 
shall be made available on a competitive basis for areas 
with the highest lead paint abatement needs: Provided fur-
ther, That each recipient of funds provided under the third 
proviso shall make a matching contribution in an amount 
not less than 25 percent: Provided further, That each appli-
cant shall certify adequate capacity that is acceptable to 
the Secretary to carry out the proposed use of funds pursu-
ant to a notice of funding availability: Provided further, 
That amounts made available under this heading in this 
or prior appropriations Acts, and that still remain avail-
able, may be used for any purpose under this heading not-
withstanding the purpose for which such amounts were ap-
propriated if a program competition is undersubscribed 
and there are other program competitions under this head-
ing that are oversubscribed. 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUND 
For the development of, modifications to, and infra-
structure for Department-wide and program-specific infor-
mation technology systems, for the continuing operation 
and maintenance of both Department-wide and program- 
specific information systems, and for program-related
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maintenance 
activities, 
$250,000,000, 
of 
which 
$205,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2015, and of which $45,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2016 for Development, Modernization 
and Enhancement: Provided, That any amounts transferred 
to this Fund under this Act shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That any amounts transferred 
to this Fund from amounts appropriated by previously en-
acted appropriations Acts may be used for the purposes 
specified under this Fund, in addition to any other infor-
mation technology purposes for which such amounts were 
appropriated: Provided further, That not more than 25 per-
cent of the funds made available under this heading for De-
velopment, Modernization and Enhancement, including de-
velopment and deployment of a Next Generation Manage-
ment System and development and deployment of modern-
ized Federal Housing Administration systems may be obli-
gated until the Secretary submits to the Committees on Ap-
propriations and the Comptroller General of the United 
States a plan for expenditure that—(A) provides for all in-
formation technology investments: (i) the cost and schedule 
baselines with explanations for each associated variance, 
(ii) the status of functional and performance capabilities 
delivered or planned to be delivered, and (iii) mitigation 
strategies to address identified risks; (B) outlines activities
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to ensure strategic, consistent, and effective application of 
information technology management controls: (i) enterprise 
architecture, (ii) project management, (iii) investment 
management, and (iv) human capital management. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of In-
spector General in carrying out the Inspector General Act 
of 1978, as amended, $125,000,000: Provided, That the In-
spector General shall have independent authority over all 
personnel issues within this office. 
TRANSFORMATION INITIATIVE 
For necessary expenses of research, evaluation, and 
program metrics activities; program demonstrations; and 
technical assistance and capacity building, $40,000,000 to 
remain available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That 
prior to obligation of technical assistance and capacity 
building funding, the Secretary shall submit a plan, for ap-
proval, to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions on how it will allocate funding for this activity: Pro-
vided further, That with respect to amounts made available 
under this heading for research, evaluation and program 
metrics or program demonstrations, notwithstanding sec-
tion 204 of this title, the Secretary may enter into coopera-
tive agreements funded with philanthropic entities, other 
Federal agencies, or State or local governments and their
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agencies for such projects: Provided further, That with re-
spect to the previous proviso, such partners to the coopera-
tive agreements must contribute at least a 50 percent match 
toward the cost of the project. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 
URBAN DEVELOPMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget au-
thority, or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts 
associated with such budget authority, that are recaptured 
from projects described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart 
B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 
(42 U.S.C. 1437 note) shall be rescinded or in the case of 
cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such amounts 
of budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded 
or remitted to the Treasury shall be used by State housing 
finance agencies or local governments or local housing agen-
cies with projects approved by the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development for which settlement occurred after 
January 1, 1992, in accordance with such section. Notwith-
standing the previous sentence, the Secretary may award 
up to 15 percent of the budget authority or cash recaptured 
and not rescinded or remitted to the Treasury to provide 
project owners with incentives to refinance their project at 
a lower interest rate.
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SEC. 202. None of the amounts made available under 
this Act may be used during fiscal year 2014 to investigate 
or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise law-
ful activity engaged in by one or more persons, including 
the filing or maintaining of a nonfrivolous legal action, 
that is engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving or 
preventing action by a Government official or entity, or a 
court of competent jurisdiction. 
SEC. 203. Sections 203 and 209 of division C of Public 
Law 112–55 (125 Stat. 693–694) shall apply during fiscal 
year 2014 as if such sections were included in this title, 
except that during such fiscal year such sections shall be 
applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2014’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 
2011’’ and ‘‘fiscal year 2012’’ each place such terms appear. 
SEC. 204. Except as explicitly provided in law, any 
grant, cooperative agreement or other assistance made pur-
suant to title II of this Act shall be made on a competitive 
basis and in accordance with section 102 of the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 
(42 U.S.C. 3545). 
SEC. 205. Funds of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development subject to the Government Corporation 
Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of 1950 shall 
be available, without regard to the limitations on adminis-
trative expenses, for legal services on a contract or fee basis,
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and for utilizing and making payment for services and fa-
cilities of the Federal National Mortgage Association, Gov-
ernment National Mortgage Association, Federal Home 
Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Fed-
eral Reserve banks or any member thereof, Federal Home 
Loan banks, and any insured bank within the meaning of 
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, as amended 
(12 U.S.C. 1811–1). 
SEC. 206. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act 
or through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any ap-
propriation for the Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment shall be available for any program, project or 
activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget esti-
mates submitted to Congress. 
SEC. 207. Corporations and agencies of the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development which are subject 
to the Government Corporation Control Act are hereby au-
thorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of 
funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor-
poration or agency and in accordance with law, and to 
make such contracts and commitments without regard to 
fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of such 
Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set 
forth in the budget for 2014 for such corporation or agency 
except as hereinafter provided: Provided, That collections
1474 
of these corporations and agencies may be used for new loan 
or mortgage purchase commitments only to the extent ex-
pressly provided for in this Act (unless such loans are in 
support of other forms of assistance provided for in this or 
prior appropriations Acts), except that this proviso shall 
not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty operations 
of these corporations, or where loans or mortgage purchases 
are necessary to protect the financial interest of the United 
States Government. 
SEC. 208. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment shall provide quarterly reports to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding all uncom-
mitted, unobligated, recaptured and excess funds in each 
program and activity within the jurisdiction of the Depart-
ment and shall submit additional, updated budget informa-
tion to these Committees upon request. 
SEC. 209. The President’s formal budget request for fis-
cal year 2015, as well as the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development’s congressional budget justifications to 
be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, shall use the iden-
tical account and sub-account structure provided under this 
Act.
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SEC. 210. Paragraph (2)(B)(i) of section 3(a) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(a)) 
is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subclause (I)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Except as otherwise pro-
vided under this clause, each’’ and inserting 
‘‘Each’’; and 
(B) by inserting after ‘‘which shall’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘not be lower than 80 percent of the ap-
plicable fair market rental established under sec-
tion 8(c) of this Act and which shall’’; and 
(2) by striking the undesignated matter following 
subclause (II) and inserting the following: ‘‘Public 
housing agencies must comply by June 1, 2014, with 
the requirement of this clause, except that if a new 
flat rental amount for a dwelling unit will increase 
a family’s existing rental payment by more than 35 
percent, the new flat rental amount shall be phased 
in as necessary to ensure that the family’s existing 
rental payment does not increase by more than 35 
percent annually. The preceding sentence shall not be 
construed to require establishment of rental amounts 
equal to 80 percent of the fair market rental in years 
when the fair market rental falls from the prior 
year.’’.
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SEC. 211. A public housing agency or such other entity 
that administers Federal housing assistance for the Housing 
Authority of the county of Los Angeles, California, the 
States of Alaska, Iowa, and Mississippi shall not be re-
quired to include a resident of public housing or a recipient 
of assistance provided under section 8 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 on the board of directors or a similar 
governing board of such agency or entity as required under 
section (2)(b) of such Act. Each public housing agency or 
other entity that administers Federal housing assistance 
under section 8 for the Housing Authority of the county 
of Los Angeles, California and the States of Alaska, Iowa 
and Mississippi that chooses not to include a resident of 
public housing or a recipient of section 8 assistance on the 
board of directors or a similar governing board shall estab-
lish an advisory board of not less than six residents of pub-
lic housing or recipients of section 8 assistance to provide 
advice and comment to the public housing agency or other 
administering entity on issues related to public housing and 
section 8. Such advisory board shall meet not less than 
quarterly. 
SEC. 212. Subparagraph (A) of section 3(b)(6) of the 
United 
States 
Housing 
Act 
of 
1937 
(42 
U.S.C. 
1437a(b)(6)(A)) is amended by inserting before the period
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at the end the following: ‘‘, or a consortium of such entities 
or bodies as approved by the Secretary’’. 
SEC. 213. No funds provided under this title may be 
used for an audit of the Government National Mortgage As-
sociation that makes applicable requirements under the 
Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.). 
SEC. 214. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, subject to the conditions listed under this section, for 
fiscal years 2014 and 2015, the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development may authorize the transfer of some or 
all project-based assistance, debt held or insured by the Sec-
retary and statutorily required low-income and very low- 
income use restrictions if any, associated with one or more 
multifamily housing project or projects to another multi-
family housing project or projects. 
(b) PHASED TRANSFERS.—Transfers of project-based 
assistance under this section may be done in phases to ac-
commodate the financing and other requirements related to 
rehabilitating or constructing the project or projects to 
which the assistance is transferred, to ensure that such 
project or projects meet the standards under subsection (c). 
(c) The transfer authorized in subsection (a) is subject 
to the following conditions: 
(1) NUMBER AND BEDROOM SIZE OF UNITS.—
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record either a continuation of the existing use agree-
ment or a new use agreement for the project where, 
in either case, any use restrictions in such agreement 
are of no lesser duration than the existing use restric-
tions. 
(9) The transfer does not increase the cost (as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, as amended) of any FHA-insured mortgage, 
except to the extent that appropriations are provided 
in advance for the amount of any such increased cost. 
(d) For purposes of this section— 
(1) the terms ‘‘low-income’’ and ‘‘very low-in-
come’’ shall have the meanings provided by the statute 
and/or regulations governing the program under 
which the project is insured or assisted; 
(2) the term ‘‘multifamily housing project’’ 
means housing that meets one of the following condi-
tions— 
(A) housing that is subject to a mortgage 
insured under the National Housing Act; 
(B) housing that has project-based assist-
ance attached to the structure including projects 
undergoing mark to market debt restructuring 
under the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform 
and Affordability Housing Act;
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(C) housing that is assisted under section 
202 of the Housing Act of 1959 as amended by 
section 801 of the Cranston-Gonzales National 
Affordable Housing Act; 
(D) housing that is assisted under section 
202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as such section 
existed before the enactment of the Cranston- 
Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act; 
(E) housing that is assisted under section 
811 of the Cranston-Gonzales National Afford-
able Housing Act; or 
(F) housing or vacant land that is subject 
to a use agreement; 
(3) the term ‘‘project-based assistance’’ means— 
(A) assistance provided under section 8(b) 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937; 
(B) assistance for housing constructed or 
substantially rehabilitated pursuant to assistance 
provided under section 8(b)(2) of such Act (as 
such section existed immediately before October 
1, 1983); 
(C) rent supplement payments under sec-
tion 101 of the Housing and Urban Development 
Act of 1965;
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(D) interest reduction payments under sec-
tion 236 and/or additional assistance payments 
under section 236(f)(2) of the National Housing 
Act; 
(E) assistance payments made under sec-
tion 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959; and 
(F) assistance payments made under section 
811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af-
fordable Housing Act; 
(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-in-
come 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 
(6) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development. 
(e) PUBLIC NOTICE AND RESEARCH REPORT.— 
(1) The Secretary shall publish by notice in the 
Federal Register the terms and conditions, including
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criteria for HUD approval, of transfers pursuant to 
this section no later than 30 days before the effective 
date of such notice. 
(2) The Secretary shall conduct an evaluation of 
the transfer authority under this section, including 
the effect of such transfers on the operational effi-
ciency, contract rents, physical and financial condi-
tions, and long-term preservation of the affected prop-
erties. 
SEC. 215. (a) No assistance shall be provided under 
section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f) to any individual who— 
(1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of 
higher education (as defined under section 102 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)); 
(2) is under 24 years of age; 
(3) is not a veteran; 
(4) is unmarried; 
(5) does not have a dependent child; 
(6) is not a person with disabilities, as such 
term is defined in section 3(b)(3)(E) of the United 
States 
Housing 
Act 
of 
1937 
(42 
U.S.C. 
1437a(b)(3)(E)) and was not receiving assistance 
under such section 8 as of November 30, 2005; and
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(7) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has 
parents who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, 
to receive assistance under section 8 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f). 
(b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a per-
son to receive assistance under section 8 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any financial as-
sistance (in excess of amounts received for tuition and any 
other required fees and charges) that an individual receives 
under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 
et seq.), from private sources, or an institution of higher 
education (as defined under the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)), shall be considered income to that 
individual, except for a person over the age of 23 with de-
pendent children. 
SEC. 216. The funds made available for Native Alas-
kans under the heading ‘‘Native American Housing Block 
Grants’’ in title II of this Act shall be allocated to the same 
Native Alaskan housing block grant recipients that received 
funds in fiscal year 2005. 
SEC. 217. Notwithstanding the limitation in the first 
sentence of section 255(g) of the National Housing Act (12 
U.S.C. 1715z–20(g)), the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development may, until September 30, 2014, insure and
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enter into commitments to insure mortgages under such sec-
tion 255. 
SEC. 218. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
in fiscal year 2014, in managing and disposing of any mul-
tifamily property that is owned or has a mortgage held by 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and dur-
ing the process of foreclosure on any property with a con-
tract for rental assistance payments under section 8 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 or other Federal pro-
grams, the Secretary shall maintain any rental assistance 
payments under section 8 of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 and other programs that are attached to any dwell-
ing units in the property. To the extent the Secretary deter-
mines, in consultation with the tenants and the local gov-
ernment, that such a multifamily property owned or held 
by the Secretary is not feasible for continued rental assist-
ance payments under such section 8 or other programs, 
based on consideration of (1) the costs of rehabilitating and 
operating the property and all available Federal, State, and 
local resources, including rent adjustments under section 
524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Af-
fordability Act of 1997 (‘‘MAHRAA’’) and (2) environ-
mental conditions that cannot be remedied in a cost-effec-
tive fashion, the Secretary may, in consultation with the 
tenants of that property, contract for project-based rental