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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) Amounts recaptured under this heading, the 
heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Hous-
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. 
HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY 
For capital advances, including amendments to cap-
ital advance contracts, for housing for the elderly, as au-
thorized by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 
U.S.C. 1701(q)), as amended, and for project rental as-
sistance for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of such 
Act, including amendments to contracts for such assist-
ance and renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance 
for up to a 1-year term, and for supportive services associ-
ated with the housing, $1,000,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2013, of which up to 
$872,000,000 shall be for capital advance and project- 
based rental assistance awards: Provided, That, of the 
amount provided under this heading, up to $90,000,000 
shall be for service coordinators and the continuation of 
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existing congregate service grants for residents of assisted 
housing projects, and of which up to $25,000,000 shall 
be for grants under section 202b of the Housing Act of 
1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q–2) for conversion of eligible 
projects under such section to assisted living or related 
use and for substantial and emergency capital repairs as 
determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That of the 
amount made available under this heading, $20,000,000 
shall be available to the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development only for making competitive grants to pri-
vate nonprofit organizations and consumer cooperatives 
for covering costs of architectural and engineering work, 
site control, and other planning relating to the develop-
ment of supportive housing for the elderly that is eligible 
for assistance under section 202 of the Housing Act of 
1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q): Provided further, That amounts 
under this heading shall be available for Real Estate As-
sessment Center inspections and inspection-related activi-
ties associated with section 202 capital advance projects: 
Provided further, That up to $2,000,000 of the total 
amount made available under this heading shall be for 
technical assistance to improve grant applications and to 
facilitate the development of housing for the elderly under 
section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, and supportive 
housing for persons with disabilities under section 811 of 
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the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may waive the provi-
sions of section 202 governing the terms and conditions 
of project rental assistance, except that the initial contract 
term for such assistance shall not exceed 5 years in dura-
tion. 
HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 
For capital advance contracts, including amendments 
to capital advance contracts, for supportive housing for 
persons with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of 
the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 
(42 U.S.C. 8013), for project rental assistance for sup-
portive housing for persons with disabilities under section 
811(d)(2) of such Act, including amendments to contracts 
for such assistance and renewal of expiring contracts for 
such assistance for up to a 1-year term, and for supportive 
services associated with the housing for persons with dis-
abilities as authorized by section 811(b)(1) of such Act, 
and for tenant-based rental assistance contracts entered 
into pursuant to section 811 of such Act, $350,000,000, 
of which up to $214,000,000 shall be for capital advances 
and project-based rental assistance contracts, to remain 
available until September 30, 2013: Provided further, 
That, of the amount provided under this heading, 
$87,100,000 shall be for amendments or renewal of ten-
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ant-based assistance contracts entered into prior to fiscal 
year 2005 (only one amendment authorized for any such 
contract): Provided further, That all tenant-based assist-
ance made available under this heading shall continue to 
remain available only to persons with disabilities: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may waive the provisions of 
section 811 governing the terms and conditions of project 
rental assistance and tenant-based assistance, except that 
the initial contract term for such assistance shall not ex-
ceed 5 years in duration: Provided further, That amounts 
made available under this heading shall be available for 
Real Estate Assessment Center inspections and inspec-
tion-related activities associated with section 811 Capital 
Advance Projects. 
HOUSING COUNSELING ASSISTANCE 
For contracts, grants, and other assistance excluding 
loans, as authorized under section 106 of the Housing and 
Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended(12 U.S.C. 
1701(x)), $70,000,000, including up to $2,500,000 for ad-
ministrative contract services, to remain available until 
September 30, 2011: Provided, That funds shall be used 
for providing counseling and advice to tenants and home-
owners, both current and prospective, with respect to 
property maintenance, financial management/literacy, and 
such other matters as may be appropriate to assist them 
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in improving their housing conditions, meeting their finan-
cial needs, and fulfilling the responsibilities of tenancy or 
homeownership; for program administration; and for hous-
ing counselor training. 
ENERGY INNOVATION FUND 
For an Energy Innovation Fund to enable the Fed-
eral Housing Administration and the new Office of Sus-
tainability to catalyze innovations in the residential energy 
efficiency sector that have promise of replicability and help 
create a standardized home energy efficient retrofit mar-
ket, $50,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2013: Provided, That $25,000,000 shall be for the Energy 
Efficient Mortgage Innovation pilot program, directed at 
the single family housing market: Provided further, That 
$25,000,000 shall be for the Multifamily Energy Pilot, di-
rected at the multifamily housing market. 
OTHER ASSISTED HOUSING PROGRAMS 
RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE 
For amendments to contracts under section 101 of 
the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 
U.S.C. 1701s) and section 236(f)(2) of the National 
Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z—1) in State-aided, non- 
insured rental housing projects, $40,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
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RENT SUPPLEMENT 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the amounts recaptured from terminated con-
tracts under section 101 of the Housing and Urban Devel-
opment Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s) and section 236 
of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z—1) 
$27,600,000 are rescinded. 
PAYMENT TO MANUFACTURED HOUSING FEES TRUST 
FUND 
For necessary expenses as authorized by the National 
Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Stand-
ards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), up to 
$16,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$7,000,000 is to be derived from the Manufactured Hous-
ing Fees Trust Fund: Provided, That not to exceed the 
total amount appropriated under this heading shall be 
available from the general fund of the Treasury to the ex-
tent necessary to incur obligations and make expenditures 
pending the receipt of collections to the Fund pursuant 
to section 620 of such Act: Provided further, That the 
amount made available under this heading from the gen-
eral fund shall be reduced as such collections are received 
during fiscal year 2010 so as to result in a final fiscal 
year 2010 appropriation from the general fund estimated 
at not more than $9,000,000 and fees pursuant to such 
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section 620 shall be modified as necessary to ensure such 
a final fiscal year 2010 appropriation: Provided further, 
That for the dispute resolution and installation programs, 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may 
assess and collect fees from any program participant: Pro-
vided further, That such collections shall be deposited into 
the Fund, and the Secretary, as provided herein, may use 
such collections, as well as fees collected under section 
620, for necessary expenses of such Act: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding the requirements of section 620 of 
such Act, the Secretary may carry out responsibilities of 
the Secretary under such Act through the use of approved 
service providers that are paid directly by the recipients 
of their services. 
FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION 
MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
During fiscal year 2010, commitments to guarantee 
single family loans insured under the Mutual Mortgage In-
surance Fund shall not exceed a loan principal of 
$400,000,000,000: Provided, That for new loans guaran-
teed pursuant to section 255 of the National Housing Act 
(12 U.S.C. 1715z-20), the Secretary shall adjust the fac-
tors used to calculate the principal limit (as such term 
is defined in HUD Handbook 4235.1) that were assumed 
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in the President’s Budget Request for 2010 for such 
loans, as necessary to ensure that the program operates 
at a net zero subsidy rate, except that no principal limit 
factor may be reduced below 60: Provided further, That 
during fiscal year 2010, obligations to make direct loans 
to carry out the purposes of section 204(g) of the National 
Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed $50,000,000: 
Provided further, That the foregoing amount shall be for 
loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in connection 
with sales of single family real properties owned by the 
Secretary and formerly insured under the Mutual Mort-
gage Insurance Fund. For administrative contract ex-
penses 
of 
the 
Federal 
Housing 
Administration, 
$188,900,000, of which up to $70,794,000 may be trans-
ferred to the Working Capital Fund, and of which up to 
$7,500,000 shall be for education and outreach of FHA 
single family loan products: Provided further, That to the 
extent 
guaranteed 
loan 
commitments 
exceed 
$200,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 2010, an addi-
tional $1,400 for administrative contract expenses shall be 
available for each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed 
loan commitments (including a pro rata amount for any 
amount below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds 
made available by this proviso exceed $30,000,000. 
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GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 
sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act (12 
U.S.C. 1715z–3 and 1735c), including the cost of loan 
guarantee modifications, as that term is defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amend-
ed, $8,600,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That commitments to guarantee loans shall not ex-
ceed $15,000,000,000 in total loan principal, any part of 
which is to be guaranteed. 
Gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
loans, as authorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 
519(a) of the National Housing Act, shall not exceed 
$20,000,000, which shall be for loans to nonprofit and 
governmental entities in connection with the sale of single- 
family real properties owned by the Secretary and for-
merly insured under such Act. 
GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION 
GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN 
GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out 
the purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act, 
as amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed 
$500,000,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2011. 
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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 
Development under section 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization 
Plan No. 2 of 1968, $50,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2011. 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES 
For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not oth-
erwise 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, 
$72,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2011, of which $42,500,000 shall be to carry out activities 
pursuant to such section 561: Provided, That notwith-
standing 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 train-
ing: Provided further, That no funds made available under 
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this heading shall be used to lobby the executive or legisla-
tive branches of the Federal Government in connection 
with a specific contract, grant or loan. 
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, $140,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2011, of which not less than 
$20,000,000 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, includ-
ing education and outreach concerning lead-based paint 
poisoning and other housing-related diseases and hazards: 
Provided, That for purposes of environmental review, pur-
suant 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, Operation Lead Elimination 
Action Plan (LEAP), or the Lead Technical Studies pro-
gram under this heading or under prior appropriations 
Acts for such purposes under this heading, shall be consid-
ered to be funds for a special project for purposes of sec-
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which such amounts were appropriated: Provided further, 
That up to $15,000,000 may be transferred to this ac-
count from all other accounts in this title (except for the 
Office of the Inspector General account) that make funds 
available for salaries and expenses. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Inspector General in carrying out the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, as amended, $120,000,000: Provided, That 
the Inspector General shall have independent authority 
over all personnel issues within this office. 
TRANSFORMATION INITIATIVE 
For necessary expenses for combating mortgage 
fraud, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
In addition, of the amounts made available in this 
Act under each of the following headings under this title, 
the Secretary may transfer to, and merge with, this ac-
count up to 1 percent from each such account, and such 
transferred amounts shall be available until September 30, 
2012, for (1) research, evaluation, and program metrics; 
(2) program demonstrations; (3) technical assistance and 
capacity building; and (4) information technology: ‘‘Public 
Housing Capital Fund,’’ ‘‘Energy Innovation Fund,’’ 
‘‘Native American Housing Block Grants,’’ ‘‘Native Ha-
waiian Housing Block Grants,’’ ‘‘Revitalization of Severely 
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Distressed Public Housing,’’ ‘‘Brownfields Redevelop-
ment,’’ ‘‘Section 108 Loan Guarantees,’’ ‘‘Housing Oppor-
tunities for Persons With AIDS,’’ ‘‘Community Develop-
ment Fund,’’ ‘‘HOME Investment Partnerships Pro-
gram,’’ ‘‘Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Oppor-
tunity Program,’’ ‘‘Homeless Assistance Grants,’’ ‘‘Hous-
ing for the Elderly,’’ ‘‘Housing for Persons With Disabil-
ities,’’ ‘‘Housing Counseling Assistance,’’ ‘‘Payment to 
Manufactured Housing Fees Trust Fund,’’ ‘‘Mutual Mort-
gage Insurance Program Account,’’ ‘‘General and Special 
Risk Program Account,’’ ‘‘Research and Technology,’’ 
‘‘Lead Hazard Reduction,’’ ‘‘Rental Housing Assistance,’’ 
and ‘‘Fair Housing Activities’’: Provided, That the Sec-
retary shall fund each of the four general purposes speci-
fied above at not less than 10 percent, and not more than 
50 percent, of the aggregate transferred amount. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 
URBAN DEVELOPMENT 
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 
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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 agencies with projects approved by the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development for which set-
tlement occurred after January 1, 1992, in accordance 
with such section. Notwithstanding 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. 
SEC. 202. None of the amounts made available under 
this Act may be used during fiscal year 2010 to investigate 
or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise 
lawful activity engaged in by one or more persons, includ-
ing the filing or maintaining of a non-frivolous legal ac-
tion, 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. (a) Notwithstanding section 854(c)(1)(A) 
of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 
12903(c)(1)(A)), from any amounts made available under 
this title for fiscal year 2010 that are allocated under such 
section, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
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shall allocate and make a grant, in the amount determined 
under subsection (b), for any State that— 
(1) received an allocation in a prior fiscal year 
under clause (ii) of such section; and 
(2) is not otherwise eligible for an allocation for 
fiscal year 2010 under such clause (ii) because the 
areas in the State outside of the metropolitan statis-
tical areas that qualify under clause (i) in fiscal year 
2010 do not have the number of cases of acquired 
immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) required under 
such clause. 
(b) The amount of the allocation and grant for any 
State described in subsection (a) shall be an amount based 
on the cumulative number of AIDS cases in the areas of 
that State that are outside of metropolitan statistical 
areas that qualify under clause (i) of such section 
854(c)(1)(A) in fiscal year 2010, in proportion to AIDS 
cases among cities and States that qualify under clauses 
(i) and (ii) of such section and States deemed eligible 
under subsection (a). 
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
amount allocated for fiscal year 2010 under section 854(c) 
of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 
12903(c)), to the City of New York, New York, on behalf 
of the New York-Wayne-White Plains, New York-New 
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Jersey Metropolitan Division (hereafter ‘‘metropolitan di-
vision’’) of the New York-Newark-Edison, NY-NJ-PA 
Metropolitan Statistical Area, shall be adjusted by the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by: (1) allo-
cating to the City of Jersey City, New Jersey, the propor-
tion of the metropolitan area’s or division’s amount that 
is based on the number of cases of AIDS reported in the 
portion of the metropolitan area or division that is located 
in Hudson County, New Jersey, and adjusting for the pro-
portion of the metropolitan division’s high incidence bonus 
if this area in New Jersey also has a higher than average 
per capita incidence of AIDS; and (2) allocating to the 
City of Paterson, New Jersey, the proportion of the metro-
politan area’s or division’s amount that is based on the 
number of cases of AIDS reported in the portion of the 
metropolitan area or division that is located in Bergen 
County and Passaic County, New Jersey, and adjusting 
for the proportion of the metropolitan division’s high inci-
dence bonus if this area in New Jersey also has a higher 
than average per capita incidence of AIDS. The recipient 
cities shall use amounts allocated under this subsection 
to carry out eligible activities under section 855 of the 
AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) in 
their respective portions of the metropolitan division that 
is located in New Jersey. 
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(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
amount allocated for fiscal year 2010 under section 854(c) 
of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 
12903(c)) to areas with a higher than average per capita 
incidence of AIDS, shall be adjusted by the Secretary on 
the basis of area incidence reported over a 3 year period. 
SEC. 204. Except as explicitly provided in law, any 
grant, cooperative agreement or other assistance made 
pursuant to title II of this Act shall be made on a competi-
tive basis and in accordance with section 102 of the De-
partment 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 Corpora-
tion Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of 
1950 shall be available, without regard to the limitations 
on administrative expenses, for legal services on a contract 
or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment for 
services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage 
Association, Government National Mortgage Association, 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Fi-
nancing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any member 
thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured bank 
within the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Cor-
poration Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811—1). 
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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 
Development shall be available for any program, project 
or activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget 
estimates submitted to Congress. 
SEC. 207. Corporations and agencies of the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development which are sub-
ject to the Government Corporation Control Act, are here-
by authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits 
of funds and borrowing authority available to each such 
corporation 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 2010 for such corporation or agen-
cy except as hereinafter provided: Provided, That collec-
tions of these corporations and agencies may be used for 
new loan or mortgage purchase commitments only to the 
extent expressly 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 pro-
viso shall not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty 
operations of these corporations, or where loans or mort-
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gage purchases are necessary to protect the financial in-
terest of the United States Government. 
SEC. 208. None of the funds provided in this title 
for technical assistance, training, or management improve-
ments may be obligated or expended unless the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development provides to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations a description of each proposed 
activity and a detailed budget estimate of the costs associ-
ated with each program, project or activity as part of the 
Budget Justifications. For fiscal year 2010, the Secretary 
shall transmit this information to the Committees by No-
vember 15, 2009 for 30 days of review. 
SEC. 209. The Secretary of Housing and Urban De-
velopment shall provide quarterly reports to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding all 
uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured and excess funds in 
each program and activity within the jurisdiction of the 
Department and shall submit additional, updated budget 
information to these Committees upon request. 
SEC. 210. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the amount allocated for fiscal year 2010 under 
section 854(c) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 
U.S.C. 12903(c)), to the City of Wilmington, Delaware, 
on behalf of the Wilmington, Delaware-Maryland-New 
Jersey Metropolitan Division (hereafter ‘‘metropolitan di-
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vision’’), shall be adjusted by the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development by allocating to the State of New 
Jersey the proportion of the metropolitan division’s 
amount that is based on the number of cases of AIDS 
reported in the portion of the metropolitan division that 
is located in New Jersey, and adjusting for the proportion 
of the metropolitan division’s high incidence bonus if this 
area in New Jersey also has a higher than average per 
capita incidence of AIDS. The State of New Jersey shall 
use amounts allocated to the State under this subsection 
to carry out eligible activities under section 855 of the 
AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) in the 
portion of the metropolitan division that is located in New 
Jersey. 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall allo-
cate to Wake County, North Carolina, the amounts that 
otherwise would be allocated for fiscal year 2010 under 
section 854(c) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 
U.S.C. 12903(c)) to the City of Raleigh, North Carolina, 
on behalf of the Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina Metropoli-
tan Statistical Area. Any amounts allocated to Wake 
County shall be used to carry out eligible activities under 
section 855 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) within such 
metropolitan statistical area. 
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(c) Notwithstanding section 854(c) of the AIDS 
Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)), the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development may adjust the 
allocation of the amounts that otherwise would be allo-
cated for fiscal year 2010 under section 854(c) of such 
Act, upon the written request of an applicant, in conjunc-
tion with the State(s), for a formula allocation on behalf 
of a metropolitan statistical area, to designate the State 
or States in which the metropolitan statistical area is lo-
cated as the eligible grantee(s) of the allocation. In the 
case that a metropolitan statistical area involves more 
than one State, such amounts allocated to each State shall 
be in proportion to the number of cases of AIDS reported 
in the portion of the metropolitan statistical area located 
in that State. Any amounts allocated to a State under this 
section shall be used to carry out eligible activities within 
the portion of the metropolitan statistical area located in 
that State. 
SEC. 211. The President’s formal budget request for 
fiscal year 2010, as well as the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development’s congressional budget justifica-
tions to be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall use 
the identical account and sub-account structure provided 
under this Act. 
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SEC. 212. A public housing agency or such other enti-
ty that administers Federal housing assistance for the 
Housing Authority of the county of Los Angeles, Cali-
fornia, the States of Alaska, Iowa, and Mississippi shall 
not be required 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 direc-
tors 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 Au-
thority 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 establish an advisory board of not 
less than six residents of public 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 advi-
sory board shall meet not less than quarterly. 
SEC. 213. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, subject to the conditions listed in subsection (b), 
for fiscal years 2008 and 2009, the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development may authorize the transfer of 
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some or all project-based assistance, debt and statutorily 
required low-income and very low-income use restrictions, 
associated with one or more multifamily housing project 
to another multifamily housing project or projects. 
(b) The transfer authorized in subsection (a) is sub-
ject to the following conditions: 
(1) The number of low-income and very low-in-
come units and the net dollar amount of Federal as-
sistance provided by the transferring project shall 
remain the same in the receiving project or projects. 
(2) The transferring project shall, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, be either physically obsolete 
or economically non-viable. 
(3) The receiving project or projects shall meet 
or exceed applicable physical standards established 
by the Secretary. 
(4) The owner or mortgagor of the transferring 
project shall notify and consult with the tenants re-
siding in the transferring project and provide a cer-
tification of approval by all appropriate local govern-
mental officials. 
(5) The tenants of the transferring project who 
remain eligible for assistance to be provided by the 
receiving project or projects shall not be required to 
vacate their units in the transferring project or 
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debt, and statutorily required use low-income and 
very low-income 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. 
SEC. 214. 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. 215. No funds provided under this title may be 
used for an audit of the Government National Mortgage 
Association that makes applicable requirements under the 
Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.). 
SEC. 216. (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 
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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 
(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 
person to receive assistance under section 8 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any finan-
cial assistance (in excess of amounts received for tuition) 
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, ex-
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cept for a person over the age of 23 with dependent chil-
dren. 
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, 2010, in-
sure and enter into commitments to insure mortgages 
under section 255 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 
1715z—20). 
SEC. 218. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, in fiscal year 2010, in managing and disposing of any 
multifamily property that is owned or has a mortgage held 
by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 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 dwelling 
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 
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Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (‘‘MAHRAA’’) and 
(2) environmental conditions that cannot be remedied in 
a cost-effective fashion, the Secretary may, in consultation 
with the tenants of that property, contract for project- 
based rental assistance payments with an owner or owners 
of other existing housing properties, or provide other rent-
al assistance. The Secretary shall also take appropriate 
steps to ensure that project-based contracts remain in ef-
fect prior to foreclosure, subject to the exercise of contrac-
tual abatement remedies to assist relocation of tenants for 
imminent major threats to health and safety. After dis-
position of any multifamily property described under this 
section, the contract and allowable rent levels on such 
properties shall be subject to the requirements under sec-
tion 524 of MAHRAA. 
SEC. 219. During fiscal year 2010, in the provision 
of rental assistance under section 8(o) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) in con-
nection with a program to demonstrate the economy and 
effectiveness of providing such assistance for use in as-
sisted living facilities that is carried out in the counties 
of the State of Michigan notwithstanding paragraphs (3) 
and (18)(B)(iii) of such section 8(o), a family residing in 
an assisted living facility in any such county, on behalf 
of which a public housing agency provides assistance pur-
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suant to section 8(o)(18) of such Act, may be required, 
at the time the family initially receives such assistance, 
to pay rent in an amount exceeding 40 percent of the 
monthly adjusted income of the family by such a percent-
age or amount as the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development determines to be appropriate. 
SEC. 220. The Secretary of Housing and Urban De-
velopment shall report quarterly to the House of Rep-
resentatives and Senate Committees on Appropriations on 
HUD’s use of all sole source contracts, including terms 
of the contracts, cost, and a substantive rationale for 
using a sole source contract. 
SEC. 221. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the recipient of a grant under section 202b of the 
Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q—z) after Decem-
ber 26, 2000, in accordance with the unnumbered para-
graph at the end of section 202(b) of such Act, may, at 
its option, establish a single-asset nonprofit entity to own 
the project and may lend the grant funds to such entity, 
which may be a private nonprofit organization described 
in section 831 of the American Homeownership and Eco-
nomic Opportunity Act of 2000. 
SEC. 222. (a) The amounts provided under the sub-
heading ‘‘Program Account’’ under the heading ‘‘Commu-
nity Development Loan Guarantees’’ may be used to guar-
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