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8 project-based housing, including the number of all project- 
based units by region as well as an analysis of all federally 
subsidized housing being refinanced under the Mark-to- 
Market program. The Secretary shall in the report identify 
all existing units maintained by region as section 8 project- 
based units and all project-based units that have opted out 
of section 8 or have otherwise been eliminated as section 
8 project-based units. The Secretary shall identify in detail 
and by project all the efforts made by the Department to 
preserve all section 8 project-based housing units and all 
the reasons for any units which opted out or otherwise were 
lost as section 8 project-based units. Such analysis shall in-
clude a review of the impact of the loss of any subsidized 
units in that housing marketplace, such as the impact of 
cost and the loss of available subsidized, low-income housing 
in areas with scarce housing resources for low-income fami-
lies. 
SEC. 227. Payment of attorney fees in program-related 
litigation must be paid from individual program office per-
sonnel benefits and compensation funding. The annual 
budget submission for program office personnel benefit and 
compensation funding must include program-related litiga-
tion costs for attorney fees as a separate line item request. 
SEC. 228. The Secretary of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development shall for fiscal year 2012 and sub-
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sequent fiscal years, notify the public through the Federal 
Register and other means, as determined appropriate, of 
the issuance of a notice of the availability of assistance or 
notice of funding availability (NOFA) for any program or 
discretionary fund administered by the Secretary that is 
to be competitively awarded. Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, for fiscal year 2012 and subsequent fiscal 
years, the Secretary may make the NOFA available only 
on the Internet at the appropriate Government Web site or 
through other electronic media, as determined by the Sec-
retary. 
SEC. 229. No property identified by the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development as surplus Federal prop-
erty for use to assist the homeless shall be made available 
to any homeless group unless the group is a member in good 
standing under any of HUD’s homeless assistance programs 
or is in good standing with any other program which re-
ceives funds from any other Federal or State agency or enti-
ty: Provided, That an exception may be made for an entity 
not involved with Federal homeless programs to use surplus 
Federal property for the homeless only after the Secretary 
or another responsible Federal agency has fully and com-
prehensively reviewed all relevant finances of the entity, the 
track record of the entity in assisting the homeless, the abil-
ity of the entity to manage the property, including all costs,
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the ability of the entity to administer homeless programs 
in a manner that is effective to meet the needs of the home-
less population that is expected to use the property and any 
other related issues that demonstrate a commitment to as-
sist the homeless: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
not require the entity to have cash in hand in order to dem-
onstrate financial ability but may rely on the entity’s prior 
demonstrated fund-raising ability or commitments for in- 
kind donations of goods and services: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall make all such information and its deci-
sion regarding the award of the surplus property available 
to the committees of jurisdiction, including a full justifica-
tion of the appropriateness of the use of the property to as-
sist the homeless as well as the appropriateness of the group 
seeking to obtain the property to use such property to assist 
the homeless: Provided further, That, this section shall 
apply to properties in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 made 
available as surplus Federal property for use to assist the 
homeless. 
SEC. 230. The Secretary of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development is authorized to transfer up to 5 
percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, of the funds made 
available for salaries and expenses under any account or 
any set-aside within any account under this title under the 
general heading ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses’’,
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and under the account heading ‘‘Administration, Oper-
ations and Management’’, to any other such account or any 
other such set-aside within any such account: Provided, 
That no appropriation for salaries and expenses in any 
such account or set-aside shall be increased or decreased by 
more than 5 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, with-
out prior written approval of the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 231. The Disaster Housing Assistance Programs, 
administered by the Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment, shall be considered a ‘‘program of the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development’’ under section 
904 of the McKinney Act for the purpose of income 
verifications and matching. 
SEC. 232. Of the amounts made available for salaries 
and expenses under all accounts under this title (except for 
the Office of Inspector General account), a total of up to 
$10,000,000 may be transferred to and merged with 
amounts made available in the ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’ 
account under this title. 
SEC. 233. Title II of division I of Public Law 108– 
447 and title III of Public Law 109–115 are each amended 
by striking the item related to ‘‘Flexible Subsidy Fund’’. 
SEC. 234. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment may increase, pursuant to this section, the number
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of Moving-to-Work agencies authorized under section 204, 
title II, of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing 
and Urban Development and Independent Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104–134; 110 Stat. 1321) 
by adding to the program up to three Public Housing Agen-
cies that are High Performing Agencies under the Public 
Housing Assessment System (PHAS) or the Section Eight 
Management Assessment Program (SEMAP). No PHA shall 
be granted this designation through this section that admin-
isters in excess of 20,000 aggregate housing vouchers and 
public housing units. No PHA granted this designation 
through this section shall receive more funding under sec-
tions 8 or 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 than 
they otherwise would have received absent this designation. 
In addition to other reporting requirements, all Moving-to- 
Work agencies shall report financial data to the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development as specified by 
the Secretary, so that the effect of Moving-to-Work policy 
changes can be measured. 
SEC. 235. Of the unobligated balances remaining from 
funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Tenant-Based 
Rental Assistance’’ under the ‘‘Full-Year Continuing Ap-
propriations Act, 2011’’, $750,000,000 are rescinded from 
the $4,000,000,000 which are available on October 1, 2011: 
Provided, That such amounts may be derived from reduc-
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tions to public housing agencies’ calendar year 2012 alloca-
tions based on the excess amounts of public housing agen-
cies’ net restricted assets accounts, including the net re-
stricted assets of MTW agencies (in accordance with VMS 
data in calendar year 2011 that is verifiable and complete), 
as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That in 
making such adjustments, the Secretary shall preserve pub-
lic housing authority reserves at no less than one month, 
to the extent practicable. 
SEC. 236. The United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437) is amended— 
(1) in section 3(a)(1) by inserting before the pe-
riod at the end of the second sentence the following: 
‘‘, except in the case of any family with a fixed in-
come, as defined by the Secretary, after the initial re-
view of the family’s income, the public housing agen-
cy or owner shall not be required to conduct a review 
of the family’s income for any year for which such 
family certifies, in accordance with such requirements 
as the Secretary shall establish, that 90 percent or 
more of the income of the family consists of fixed in-
come, and that the sources of such income have not 
changed since the previous year, except that the public 
housing agency or owner shall conduct a review of
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each such family’s income not less than once every 3 
years’’; 
(2) in section 3(b)(2) by inserting after the sec-
ond sentence the following new sentence: ‘‘The term 
‘extremely low-income families’ means very low-in-
come families whose incomes do not exceed the higher 
of (A) the poverty guidelines updated periodically by 
the Department of Health and Human Services under 
the authority of section 673(2) of the Community 
Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)), appli-
cable to a family of the size involved; or (B) 30 per-
cent of the median family income for the area, as de-
termined by the Secretary, with adjustments for 
smaller and larger families, except that the Secretary 
may establish income ceilings higher or lower than 30 
percent of the median for the area on the basis of the 
Secretary’s findings that such variations are nec-
essary because of unusually high or low family in-
comes, and except that clause (A) of this sentence 
shall not apply in the case of public housing agencies 
located in Puerto Rico or any other territory or pos-
session of the United States.’’; 
(3) in paragraph (2) of section 3(b) by adding 
at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘The Secretary 
shall periodically, but not less than annually, deter-
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mine or establish area median incomes and income 
ceilings and limits in accordance with this para-
graph’’; 
(4) in section 3(b)(5)(A)— 
(A) in clause (i) by striking ‘‘$400’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘$675’’; and 
(B) in clause (ii), in the matter preceding 
subclause (I), by striking ‘‘3 percent’’ and insert-
ing in lieu thereof ‘‘10 percent’’; 
(5) in paragraph (1) of section 8(c)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after the paragraph 
designation; 
(B) by striking the fourth, fifth, seventh, 
eighth, ninth, and tenth sentences; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) Fair market rentals for an area shall 
be published not less than annually by the Sec-
retary on the Department’s Web site and in any 
other manner specified by the Secretary. The 
Secretary shall publish notice of the publication 
of such fair market rentals in the Federal Reg-
ister, and such fair market rentals shall become 
effective no earlier than 30 days after the date of 
such publication. The Secretary shall establish a 
procedure for public housing agencies and other
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interested parties to comment on such fair mar-
ket rentals and to request, within a time speci-
fied by the Secretary, reevaluation of the fair 
market rental in a jurisdiction. The Secretary 
shall publish for comment in the Federal Reg-
ister notices of proposed material changes in the 
methodology for estimating fair market rentals 
and notices specifying the final decisions regard-
ing such proposed substantial methodological 
changes and responses to public comments.’’; 
(6) in subparagraph (B) of section 8(o)(1) by in-
serting before the period at the end the following: ‘‘, 
except that no public housing agency shall be required 
as a result of a reduction in the fair market rental 
to reduce the payment standard applied to a family 
continuing to reside in a unit for which the family 
was receiving assistance under this section at the time 
the fair market rental was reduced. The Secretary 
shall allow public housing agencies to request excep-
tion payment standards within fair market rental 
areas subject to criteria and procedures established by 
the Secretary’’; 
(7) in subparagraph (D) of section 8(o)(1) by in-
serting before the period at the end the following: ‘‘ex-
cept that a public housing agency may establish a
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payment standard of not more than 120 percent of 
the fair market rent, where necessary, as a reasonable 
accommodation for a person with a disability, with-
out approval of the Secretary. A public housing agen-
cy may seek approval of the Secretary to use a pay-
ment standard greater than 120 percent of the fair 
market rent as a reasonable accommodation for a dis-
abled family or other family with a person with a 
disability. In connection with the use of any in-
creased payment standard established or approved 
pursuant to either of the preceding two sentences as 
a reasonable accommodation for a person with a dis-
ability, the Secretary may not establish additional re-
quirements regarding the amount of adjusted income 
paid by such person for rent’’; 
(8) in section 16(a)(2)(A) by striking ‘‘families 
whose incomes’’ and all that follows through ‘‘low 
family incomes’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘ex-
tremely low-income families’’; 
(9) in section 16(b)(1) by striking ‘‘families 
whose incomes’’ and all that follows through ‘‘low 
family incomes’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘ex-
tremely low-income families’’; and 
(10) in section 16(c)(3) by striking ‘‘families 
whose incomes’’ and all that follows through ‘‘low
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family incomes’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘ex-
tremely low-income families’’. 
SEC. 237. Section 579 of the Multifamily Assisted 
Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f) is amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2011’’ each place 
it appears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘October 1, 2015’’. 
HOUSING LOAN LIMIT EXTENSIONS 
SEC. 238. (a) FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION.— 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for mortgages 
for which a Federal Housing Administration case number 
has been assigned during the period beginning on the date 
of enactment of this Act and ending on December 31, 2013, 
the dollar amount limitation on the principal obligation 
for purposes of section 203 of the National Housing Act (12 
U.S.C. 1709) shall be considered to be, except for purposes 
of section 255(g) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–20(g)), the 
greater of— 
(1) the dollar amount limitation on the prin-
cipal obligation of a mortgage determined under sec-
tion 203(b)(2) of the National Housing Act (12 
U.S.C. 1709(b)(2)); or 
(2) the dollar amount limitation that was pre-
scribed for such size residence for such area for 2008 
pursuant to section 202 of the Economic Stimulus Act 
of 2008 (Public Law 110–185; 122 Stat. 620).
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(b) FANNIE MAE AND FREDDIE MAC LOAN LIMIT EX-
TENSION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, for mortgage loans originated dur-
ing the period beginning on the date of enactment of 
this Act and ending on December 31, 2013, the limi-
tation on the maximum original principal obligation 
of a mortgage that may be purchased by the Federal 
National Mortgage Association or the Federal Home 
Loan Mortgage Corporation shall be the greater of— 
(A) the limitation in effect at the time of 
the purchase of the mortgage loan, as determined 
pursuant to section 302(b)(2) of the Federal Na-
tional Mortgage Association Charter Act (12 
U.S.C. 1717(b)(2)) or section 305(a)(2) of the 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act 
(12 U.S.C. 1454(a)(2)), respectively; or 
(B) the limitation that was prescribed for 
loans originated during the period beginning on 
July 1, 2007 and ending on December 31, 2008, 
pursuant to section 201 of the Economic Stim-
ulus Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–185, 122 Stat. 
619). 
(2) PREMIUM LOAN FEE.—
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(A) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Federal Housing Fi-
nance Agency shall, by rule or order, impose a 
premium loan fee to be charged by the Federal 
National Mortgage Association and the Federal 
Home Loan Mortgage Corporation with respect 
to mortgage loans made eligible for purchase by 
the Federal National Mortgage Association and 
the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation 
by a higher limitation provided under para-
graph (1)(B), annually during the life of the 
loan, of 15 basis points of the unpaid principal 
balance of the mortgage, to achieve an estimated 
$300,000,000 from the revenue raised from such 
fees. 
(B) PREMIUM LOAN FEE STRUCTURE.—The 
premium loan fee is independent of any guar-
antee fees, upfront or ongoing, charged to the 
borrower, and the premium loan fee shall not be 
affected by changes in guarantee fees. 
(3) USE OF FEES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The fees imposed under 
paragraph (2) by the Federal Housing Finance 
Agency shall be deposited in the fund established 
under subparagraph (C), and shall be used to
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pay for costs associated with maintaining loan 
limits established under this section. 
(B) 
SUBJECT
TO
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
Amounts in the fund established under subpara-
graph (C) shall be available only to the extent 
provided in a subsequent appropriations Act. 
(C) FUND.—There is established in the 
United States Treasury a fund, for the deposit of 
fees imposed under paragraph (2), to be used to 
pay for costs associated with maintaining loan 
limits established under this section. 
(4) FHFA REPORT
ON
FEES.—The Federal 
Housing Finance Agency shall include in each an-
nual report required by section 1601 of the Housing 
and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 related to the pe-
riod described in paragraph (2)(B) a section that 
provides the basis for and an analysis of the premium 
loan fee charged in each year covered by the report. 
(c) DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS LOAN LIMIT 
EXTENSION.—Section 501 of the Veterans’ Benefits Im-
provement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–389; 122 Stat. 
4175; 38 U.S.C. 3703 note) is amended, in the matter before 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘December 31, 2011’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘December 31, 2013’’.
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TITLE III 
RELATED AGENCIES 
ACCESS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Access Board, as author-
ized by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as 
amended, $7,400,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, there may be credited to this appro-
priation funds received for publications and training ex-
penses. 
FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime Com-
mission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Merchant 
Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. App. 1111), in-
cluding services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b); 
and uniforms or allowances therefore, as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 5901–5902, $24,100,000. 
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION OFFICE 
OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to
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carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 
1978, as amended, $19,311,000: Provided, That the Inspec-
tor General shall have all necessary authority, in carrying 
out the duties specified in the Inspector General Act, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate 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 National Railroad Passenger Corpora-
tion: Provided further, That the Inspector General may 
enter into contracts and other arrangements for audits, 
studies, analyses, and other services with public agencies 
and with private persons, subject to the applicable laws and 
regulations that govern the obtaining of such services within 
the National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Provided 
further, That the Inspector General may select, appoint, 
and employ such officers and employees as may be nec-
essary for carrying out the functions, powers, and duties 
of the Office of Inspector General, subject to the applicable 
laws and regulations that govern such selections, appoint-
ments, and employment within Amtrak: Provided further, 
That concurrent with the President’s budget request for fis-
cal year 2013, the Inspector General shall submit to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a budget 
request for fiscal year 2013 in similar format and substance
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to those submitted by executive agencies of the Federal Gov-
ernment. 
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Transportation 
Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 
and aircraft; 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 a GS–15; uniforms, or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902), 
$99,275,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 may be used for 
official reception and representation expenses. The amounts 
made available to the National Transportation Safety 
Board in this Act include amounts necessary to make lease 
payments on an obligation incurred in fiscal year 2001 for 
a capital lease. 
NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT 
CORPORATION 
For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor-
poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, as 
authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation 
Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $135,000,000, of which 
$5,000,000 shall be for a multi-family rental housing pro-
gram: Provided, That in addition, $65,000,000 shall be
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made available until expended to the Neighborhood Rein-
vestment Corporation for mortgage foreclosure mitigation 
activities, under the following terms and conditions: 
(1) The Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation 
(‘‘NRC’’) shall make grants to counseling inter-
mediaries approved by the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development (HUD) (with match to be 
determined by the NRC based on affordability and the 
economic conditions of an area; a match also may be 
waived by the NRC based on the aforementioned con-
ditions) to provide mortgage foreclosure mitigation 
assistance primarily to States and areas with high 
rates of defaults and foreclosures to help eliminate the 
default and foreclosure of mortgages of owner-occupied 
single-family homes that are at risk of such fore-
closure. Other than areas with high rates of defaults 
and foreclosures, grants may also be provided to ap-
proved counseling intermediaries based on a geo-
graphic analysis of the Nation by the NRC which de-
termines where there is a prevalence of mortgages that 
are risky and likely to fail, including any trends for 
mortgages that are likely to default and face fore-
closure. A State Housing Finance Agency may also be 
eligible where the State Housing Finance Agency 
meets all the requirements under this paragraph. A
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HUD-approved counseling intermediary shall meet 
certain mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance 
counseling requirements, as determined by the NRC, 
and shall be approved by HUD or the NRC as meet-
ing these requirements. 
(2) Mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance 
shall only be made available to homeowners of owner- 
occupied homes with mortgages in default or in dan-
ger of default. These mortgages shall likely be subject 
to a foreclosure action and homeowners will be pro-
vided such assistance that shall consist of activities 
that are likely to prevent foreclosures and result in 
the long-term affordability of the mortgage retained 
pursuant to such activity or another positive outcome 
for the homeowner. No funds made available under 
this paragraph may be provided directly to lenders or 
homeowners to discharge outstanding mortgage bal-
ances or for any other direct debt reduction payments. 
(3) The use of Mortgage Foreclosure Mitigation 
Assistance by approved counseling intermediaries and 
State Housing Finance Agencies shall involve a rea-
sonable analysis of the borrower’s financial situation, 
an evaluation of the current value of the property 
that is subject to the mortgage, counseling regarding 
the assumption of the mortgage by another non-Fed-