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SEC. 220. The Secretary is authorized to transfer up 
to 10 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, of funds ap-
propriated for any office under the heading ‘‘Administra-
tive Support Offices’’ or for any account under the general 
heading ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses’’ to any 
other such office or account: Provided, That no appropria-
tion for any such office or account shall be increased or 
decreased by more than 10 percent or $5,000,000, whichever 
is less, without prior written approval of the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall provide notification to such Com-
mittees three business days in advance of any such transfers 
under this section up to 10 percent or $5,000,000, whichever 
is less. 
SEC. 221. (a) Any entity receiving housing assistance 
payments shall maintain decent, safe, and sanitary condi-
tions, as determined by the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’), and comply with any standards under applicable 
State or local laws, rules, ordinances, or regulations relat-
ing to the physical condition of any property covered under 
a housing assistance payment contract. 
(b) The Secretary shall take action under subsection 
(c) when a multifamily housing project with a section 8 
contract or contract for similar project-based assistance—
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(1) receives a Uniform Physical Condition 
Standards (UPCS) score of 60 or less; or 
(2) fails to certify in writing to the Secretary 
within 3 days that all Exigent Health and Safety de-
ficiencies identified by the inspector at the project 
have been corrected. 
Such requirements shall apply to insured and noninsured 
projects with assistance attached to the units under section 
8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f), but do not apply to such units assisted under section 
8(o)(13) (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)) or to public housing units 
assisted with capital or operating funds under section 9 of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g). 
(c)(1) Within 15 days of the issuance of the REAC in-
spection, the Secretary must provide the owner with a No-
tice of Default with a specified timetable, determined by the 
Secretary, for correcting all deficiencies. The Secretary 
must also provide a copy of the Notice of Default to the 
tenants, the local government, any mortgagees, and any 
contract administrator. If the owner’s appeal results in a 
UPCS score of 60 or above, the Secretary may withdraw 
the Notice of Default. 
(2) At the end of the time period for correcting all defi-
ciencies specified in the Notice of Default, if the owner fails 
to fully correct such deficiencies, the Secretary may—
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(A) require immediate replacement of project 
management with a management agent approved by 
the Secretary; 
(B) impose civil money penalties, which shall be 
used solely for the purpose of supporting safe and 
sanitary conditions at applicable properties, as des-
ignated by the Secretary, with priority given to the 
tenants of the property affected by the penalty; 
(C) abate the section 8 contract, including par-
tial abatement, as determined by the Secretary, until 
all deficiencies have been corrected; 
(D) pursue transfer of the project to an owner, 
approved by the Secretary under established proce-
dures, which will be obligated to promptly make all 
required repairs and to accept renewal of the assist-
ance contract as long as such renewal is offered; 
(E) transfer the existing section 8 contract to an-
other project or projects and owner or owners; 
(F) pursue exclusionary sanctions, including 
suspensions or debarments from Federal programs; 
(G) seek judicial appointment of a receiver to 
manage the property and cure all project deficiencies 
or seek a judicial order of specific performance requir-
ing the owner to cure all project deficiencies;
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(H) work with the owner, lender, or other related 
party to stabilize the property in an attempt to pre-
serve the property through compliance, transfer of 
ownership, or an infusion of capital provided by a 
third-party that requires time to effectuate; or 
(I) take any other regulatory or contractual rem-
edies available as deemed necessary and appropriate 
by the Secretary. 
(d) The Secretary shall also take appropriate steps to 
ensure that project-based contracts remain in effect, subject 
to the exercise of contractual abatement remedies to assist 
relocation of tenants for major threats to health and safety 
after written notice to the affected tenants. To the extent 
the Secretary determines, in consultation with the tenants 
and the local government, that the property is not feasible 
for continued rental assistance 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 
Affordability Act of 1997 (‘‘MAHRAA’’); and 
(2) environmental conditions that cannot be 
remedied in a cost-effective fashion, the Secretary 
may contract for project-based rental assistance pay-
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ments with an owner or owners of other existing hous-
ing properties, or provide other rental assistance. 
(e) The Secretary shall report quarterly on all prop-
erties covered by this section that are assessed through the 
Real Estate Assessment Center and have UPCS physical in-
spection scores of less than 60 or have received an unsatis-
factory management and occupancy review within the past 
36 months. The report shall include— 
(1) the enforcement actions being taken to ad-
dress such conditions, including imposition of civil 
money penalties and termination of subsidies, and 
identify properties that have such conditions multiple 
times; 
(2) actions that the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development is taking to protect tenants of 
such identified properties; and 
(3) any administrative or legislative rec-
ommendations to further improve the living condi-
tions at properties covered under a housing assistance 
payment contract. 
This report shall be due to the Senate and House Commit-
tees on Appropriations no later than 30 days after the en-
actment of this Act, and on the first business day of each 
Federal fiscal year quarter thereafter while this section re-
mains in effect.
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SEC. 222. None of the funds made available by this 
Act, or any other Act, for purposes authorized under section 
8 (only with respect to the tenant-based rental assistance 
program) and section 9 of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), may be used by any public 
housing agency for any amount of salary, including bo-
nuses, for the chief executive officer of which, or any other 
official or employee of which, that exceeds the annual rate 
of basic pay payable for a position at level IV of the Execu-
tive Schedule at any time during any public housing agen-
cy fiscal year 2019. 
SEC. 223. None of the funds in this Act provided to 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development may 
be used to make a grant award unless the Secretary notifies 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations not 
less than 3 full business days before any project, State, lo-
cality, housing authority, tribe, nonprofit organization, or 
other entity selected to receive a grant award is announced 
by the Department or its offices. 
SEC. 224. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to require or enforce the Physical Needs 
Assessment (PNA). 
SEC. 225. None of the funds made available in this 
Act shall be used by the Federal Housing Administration, 
the Government National Mortgage Administration, or the