Corporation, $40,000,000, to be derived from the Harbor 
Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to section 210 of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 
2238): Provided, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading, not less than $15,800,000 shall be for 
the seaway infrastructure program. 
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a 
U.S.-flag merchant fleet as authorized under chapter 531 
of title 46, United States Code, to serve the national secu-
rity needs of the United States, $314,007,780, to remain 
available until expended. 
CABLE SECURITY FLEET PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to establish and maintain a 
fleet of United States-documented cable vessels as author-
ized under chapter 532 of title 46, United States Code, 
to meet the national security requirements of the United 
States, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities authorized by law, $161,417,000: Provided, That 
of the amounts made available under this heading— 
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(1) $82,289,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2022, shall be for the operations of the 
United States Merchant Marine Academy; 
(2) $5,500,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for facilities maintenance and re-
pair, and equipment, at the United States Merchant 
Marine Academy; 
(3) $3,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2022, shall be for the Maritime Environ-
mental and Technical Assistance program authorized 
under section 50307 of title 46, United States Code; 
and 
(4) $14,775,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for the Short Sea Transportation 
Program (America’s Marine Highways) to make 
grants for the purposes authorized under paragraphs 
(1) and (3) of section 55601(b) of title 46, United 
States Code: 
Provided further, That not later than 120 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 
Maritime Administration shall transmit to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations the annual report 
on sexual assault and sexual harassment at the United 
States Merchant Marine Academy as required pursuant 
to section 3507 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense 
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Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (46 U.S.C. 51301 
note): Provided further, That available balances under this 
heading for the Short Sea Transportation Program 
(America’s Marine Highways) from prior year recoveries 
shall be available to carry out activities authorized under 
paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 55601(b) of title 46, 
United States Code: Provided further, That for amounts 
made available under paragraphs (3) and (4) of the first 
proviso, the Secretary of Transportation shall make grants 
not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act in such amounts as the Secretary determines: 
Provided further, That any unobligated balances and obli-
gated balances not yet expended from previous appropria-
tions under this heading for programs and activities sup-
porting State Maritime Academies shall be transferred to 
and merged with the appropriations for ‘‘Maritime Admin-
istration—State Maritime Academy Operations’’ and shall 
be made available for the same purposes as the appropria-
tions for ‘‘Maritime Administration—State Maritime 
Academy Operations’’. 
STATE MARITIME ACADEMY OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of operations, support, and 
training 
activities 
for 
State 
Maritime 
Academies, 
$431,700,000: Provided, That of the amounts made avail-
able under this heading— 
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(1) $30,500,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for maintenance, repair, life exten-
sion, marine insurance, and capacity improvement of 
National Defense Reserve Fleet training ships in 
support of State Maritime Academies, of which 
$8,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be for expenses related to training mariners for costs 
associated with training vessel sharing pursuant to 
section 51504(g)(3) of title 46, United States Code, 
for costs associated with mobilizing, operating, and 
demobilizing the vessel, including travel costs for 
students, faculty, and crew, the costs of the general 
agent, crew costs, fuel, insurance, operational fees, 
and vessel hire costs, as determined by the Sec-
retary; 
(2) $389,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for the National Security Multi-Mis-
sion Vessel Program, including funds for construc-
tion, planning, administration, and design of school 
ships; 
(3) $2,400,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2022, shall be for the Student Incentive 
Program; 
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(4) $3,800,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for training ship fuel assistance; 
and 
(5) $6,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2022, shall be for direct payments for 
State Maritime Academies. 
ASSISTANCE TO SMALL SHIPYARDS 
To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized 
under section 54101 of title 46, United States Code, 
$20,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
SHIP DISPOSAL 
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of ob-
solete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the 
Maritime Administration, $5,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the guaran-
teed loan program, $3,000,000, which shall be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriations for ‘‘Maritime Ad-
ministration—Operations and Training’’. 
PORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 
To make grants to improve port facilities as author-
ized under section 50302(c) of title 46, United States 
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Code, $300,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That projects eligible for amounts made avail-
able under this heading shall be projects for coastal sea-
ports, inland river ports, or Great Lakes ports: Provided 
further, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading, not less than $275,000,000 shall be for coastal 
seaports or Great Lakes ports: Provided further, That the 
Maritime Administration shall distribute amounts made 
available under this heading as discretionary grants to 
port authorities or commissions or their subdivisions and 
agents under existing authority, as well as to a State or 
political subdivision of a State or local government, a Trib-
al government, a public agency or publicly chartered au-
thority established by 1 or more States, a special purpose 
district with a transportation function, a multistate or 
multijurisdictional group of entities, or a lead entity de-
scribed above jointly with a private entity or group of pri-
vate entities: Provided further, That projects eligible for 
amounts made available under this heading shall be de-
signed to improve the safety, efficiency, or reliability of 
the movement of goods into, out of, around, or within a 
port and located— 
(1) within the boundary of a port, or 
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(2) outside the boundary of a port, and directly 
related to port operations, or to an intermodal con-
nection to a port: 
Provided further, That project awards eligible under this 
heading shall be only for— 
(1) port gate improvements; 
(2) road improvements both within and con-
necting to the port; 
(3) rail improvements both within and con-
necting to the port; 
(4) 
berth 
improvements 
(including 
docks, 
wharves, piers and dredging incidental to the im-
provement project); 
(5) fixed landside improvements in support of 
cargo operations (such as silos, elevators, conveyors, 
container terminals, Ro/Ro structures including 
parking garages necessary for intermodal freight 
transfer, warehouses including refrigerated facilities, 
lay-down areas, transit sheds, and other such facili-
ties); 
(6) utilities necessary for safe operations (in-
cluding lighting, stormwater, and other such im-
provements that are incidental to a larger infrastruc-
ture project); or 
(7) a combination of activities described above: 
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Provided further, That the Federal share of the costs for 
which an amount is provided under this heading shall be 
up to 80 percent: Provided further, That section 
50302(c)(6)(B)(i) of title 46, United States Code, shall 
not apply to amounts made available under this heading: 
Provided further, That for grants awarded under this 
heading, the minimum grant size shall be $1,000,000: 
Provided further, That for grant awards less than 
$10,000,000, the Secretary shall prioritize ports that han-
dled less than 10,000,000 short tons in 2017, as identified 
by the Corps of Engineers: Provided further, That for 
grant awards less than $10,000,000, the Secretary may 
increase the Federal share of costs above 80 percent: Pro-
vided further, That the proceeds of Federal credit assist-
ance under chapter 6 of title 23, United States Code, or 
sections 501 through 504 of the Railroad and Revitaliza-
tion and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94- 
210) shall be considered to be part of the non-Federal 
share of project costs if the loan is repayable from non- 
Federal funds, unless otherwise requested by the project 
sponsor: Provided further, That not to exceed 2 percent 
of the amounts made available under this heading shall 
be available for necessary costs of grant administration. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, in addition to any existing authority, the Mari-
time Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and 
services and make necessary repairs in connection with 
any lease, contract, or occupancy involving Government 
property under control of the Maritime Administration: 
Provided, That payments received therefor shall be cred-
ited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof and 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That rental payments under any such lease, contract, or 
occupancy for items other than such utilities, services, or 
repairs shall be deposited into the Treasury as miscella-
neous receipts. 
SEC. 171. For fiscal year 2021, in addition to pay-
ments made pursuant to 53106 of title 46, United States 
Code, the Secretary shall pay to the contractor for an op-
erating agreement entered into pursuant to chapter 531 
of title 46, United States Code, for each vessel that is cov-
ered by such operating agreement as of the date of enact-
ment of this Act, an amount equal to $500,000: Provided, 
That payments authorized by this section shall be paid 
not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act: Provided further, That any unobligated balances re-
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maining from the amounts made available for payments 
under the heading ‘‘Maritime Administration—Maritime 
Security Program’’ in any prior Act may be used for such 
payments. 
PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline 
and 
Hazardous 
Materials 
Safety 
Administration, 
$25,715,000, of which $1,500,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2023. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous 
materials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous 
Materials Safety Administration, $62,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2023: Provided, That up to 
$800,000 in fees collected under section 5108(g) of title 
49, United States Code, shall be deposited in the general 
fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided fur-
ther, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to 
be available until expended, funds received from States, 
counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and pri-
vate sources for expenses incurred for training, for reports 
publication and dissemination, and for travel expenses in-
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curred in performance of hazardous materials exemptions 
and approvals functions. 
PIPELINE SAFETY 
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND) 
For expenses necessary to carry out a pipeline safety 
program, as authorized by section 60107 of title 49, 
United States Code, and to discharge the pipeline program 
responsibilities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (Public 
Law 101-380), $173,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2023, of which $23,000,000 shall be de-
rived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which 
$140,000,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety 
Fund; and of which $10,000,000 shall be derived from 
fees collected under section 60302 of title 49, United 
States Code, and deposited in the Underground Natural 
Gas Storage Facility Safety Account for the purpose of 
carrying out section 60141 of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided, That not less than $1,058,000 of the amounts 
made available under this heading shall be for the One- 
Call State grant program. 
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EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND) 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Emergency 
Preparedness 
Grants 
program, 
not 
more 
than 
$28,318,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2023, from amounts made available by section 5116(h) 
and subsections (b) and (c) of section 5128 of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided, That notwithstanding sec-
tion 5116(h)(4) of title 49, United States Code, not more 
than 4 percent of the amounts made available from this 
account shall be available to pay administrative costs: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding subsections (b) and 
(c) of section 5128 of title 49, United States Code, and 
the limitation on obligations provided under this heading, 
prior year recoveries recognized in the current year shall 
be available to develop and deliver hazardous materials 
emergency response training for emergency responders, in-
cluding response activities for the transportation of crude 
oil, ethanol, flammable liquids, and other hazardous com-
modities by rail, consistent with National Fire Protection 
Association standards, and to make such training avail-
able through an electronic format: Provided further, That 
the prior year recoveries made available under this head-
ing shall also be available to carry out sections 
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5116(a)(1)(C), 5116(h), 5116(i), and 5107(e) of title 49, 
United States Code. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978, as amended, $98,150,000: Provided, 
That the Inspector General shall have all necessary au-
thority, in carrying out the duties specified in the Inspec-
tor General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to inves-
tigate 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 Department of Trans-
portation. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF 
TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 180. (a) During the current fiscal year, applica-
ble appropriations to the Department of Transportation 
shall be available for maintenance and operation of air-
craft; hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; pur-
chase of liability insurance for motor vehicles operating 
in foreign countries on official department business; and 
uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 
5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code. 
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(b) During the current fiscal year, applicable appro-
priations to the Department and its operating administra-
tions shall be available for the purchase, maintenance, op-
eration, and deployment of unmanned aircraft systems 
that advance the missions of the Department of Transpor-
tation or an operating administration of the Department 
of Transportation. 
(c) Any unmanned aircraft system purchased, pro-
cured, or contracted for by the Department prior to the 
date of enactment of this Act shall be deemed authorized 
by Congress as if this provision was in effect when the 
system was purchased, procured, or contracted for. 
SEC. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for 
the Department of Transportation shall be available for 
services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the 
per diem rate equivalent to the rate for an Executive Level 
IV. 
SEC. 182. (a) No recipient of amounts made available 
by this Act shall disseminate personal information (as de-
fined in section 2725(3) of title 18, United States Code) 
obtained by a State department of motor vehicles in con-
nection with a motor vehicle record as defined in section 
2725(1) of title 18, United States Code, except as pro-
vided in section 2721 of title 18, United States Code, for 
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a use permitted under section 2721 of title 18, United 
States Code. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall not withhold amounts made available by this Act for 
any grantee if a State is in noncompliance with this provi-
sion. 
SEC. 183. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be available for salaries and expenses of more 
than 125 political and Presidential appointees in the De-
partment of Transportation: Provided, That none of the 
personnel covered by this provision may be assigned on 
temporary detail outside the Department of Transpor-
tation. 
SEC. 184. Funds received by the Federal Highway 
Administration and Federal Railroad Administration from 
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 
and private sources for expenses incurred for training may 
be credited respectively to the Federal Highway Adminis-
tration’s ‘‘Federal-Aid Highways’’ account and to the Fed-
eral Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Operations’’ 
account, except for State rail safety inspectors partici-
pating in training pursuant to section 20105 of title 49, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 185. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this Act to the Department of Transportation may be used 
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to make a loan, loan guarantee, line of credit, cooperative 
agreement, or discretionary grant unless the Secretary of 
Transportation notifies the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations not less than 3 full business days before 
any project competitively selected to receive any discre-
tionary grant award, letter of intent, loan commitment, 
loan guarantee commitment, line of credit commitment, 
cooperative agreement, or full funding grant agreement is 
announced by the Department or its operating administra-
tions: Provided, That the Secretary gives concurrent noti-
fication to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations for any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds from the emer-
gency relief program: Provided further, That no notifica-
tion shall involve funds that are not available for obliga-
tion. 
(b) In addition to the notification required in sub-
section (a), none of the funds made available by this Act 
to the Department of Transportation may be used to make 
a loan, loan guarantee, line of credit, cooperative agree-
ment, or discretionary grant unless the Secretary of 
Transportation provides the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations a comprehensive list of all such 
loans, loan guarantees, lines of credit, cooperative agree-
ments, or discretionary grants that will be announced not 
less the 3 full business days before such announcement: 
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Provided, That the Department of Transportation shall 
provide the list required in this subsection prior to the no-
tification required in subsection (a): Provided further, 
That the requirement to provide a list in this subsection 
does not apply to any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds from the 
emergency relief program: Provided further, That no list 
shall involve funds that are not available for obligation. 
SEC. 186. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, 
minor fees, and other funds received by the Department 
of Transportation from travel management centers, 
charge card programs, the subleasing of building space, 
and miscellaneous sources are to be credited to appropria-
tions of the Department of Transportation and allocated 
to elements of the Department of Transportation using 
fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be avail-
able until expended. 
SEC. 187. Amounts made available by this Act or any 
prior Act that the Secretary determines represent im-
proper payments by the Department of Transportation to 
a third-party contractor under a financial assistance 
award, which are recovered pursuant to law, shall be avail-
able— 
(1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred 
by the Department of Transportation in recovering 
improper payments: Provided, That amounts made 
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available by this Act shall be available until ex-
pended; and 
(2) to pay contractors for services provided in 
recovering improper payments or contractor support 
in the implementation of the Improper Payments In-
formation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–300), as 
amended by the Improper Payments Elimination 
and Recovery Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–204) 
and Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery 
Improvement Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–248), 
and Fraud Reduction and Data Analytics Act of 
2015 (Public Law 114–186): Provided, That 
amounts in excess of that required for paragraphs 
(1) and (2)— 
(A) shall be credited to and merged with 
the appropriation from which the improper pay-
ments were made, and shall be available for the 
purposes and period for which such appropria-
tions are available: Provided further, That 
where specific project or accounting information 
associated with the improper payment or pay-
ments is not readily available, the Secretary 
may credit an appropriate account, which shall 
be available for the purposes and period associ-
ated with the account so credited; or 
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the reprogramming action has been approved or denied by 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 189. Funds appropriated by this Act to the op-
erating administrations may be obligated for the Office of 
the Secretary for the costs related to assessments or reim-
bursable agreements only when such amounts are for the 
costs of goods and services that are purchased to provide 
a direct benefit to the applicable operating administration 
or administrations. 
SEC. 190. The Secretary of Transportation is author-
ized to carry out a program that establishes uniform 
standards for developing and supporting agency transit 
pass and transit benefits authorized under section 7905 
of title 5, United States Code, including distribution of 
transit benefits by various paper and electronic media. 
SEC. 191. The Department of Transportation may 
use funds provided by this Act, or any other Act, to assist 
a contract under title 49 or title 23 of the United States 
Code utilizing geographic, economic, or any other hiring 
preference not otherwise authorized by law, or to amend 
a rule, regulation, policy or other measure that forbids a 
recipient of a Federal Highway Administration or Federal 
Transit Administration grant from imposing such hiring 
preference on a contract or construction project with 
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which the Department of Transportation is assisting, only 
if the grant recipient certifies the following: 
(1) that except with respect to apprentices or 
trainees, a pool of readily available but unemployed 
individuals possessing the knowledge, skill, and abil-
ity to perform the work that the contract requires 
resides in the jurisdiction; 
(2) that the grant recipient will include appro-
priate provisions in its bid document ensuring that 
the contractor does not displace any of its existing 
employees in order to satisfy such hiring preference; 
and 
(3) that any increase in the cost of labor, train-
ing, or delays resulting from the use of such hiring 
preference does not delay or displace any transpor-
tation project in the applicable Statewide Transpor-
tation Improvement Program or Transportation Im-
provement Program. 
SEC. 192. The Secretary of Transportation shall co-
ordinate with the Secretary of Homeland Security to en-
sure that best practices for Industrial Control Systems 
Procurement are up-to-date and shall ensure that systems 
procured with funds provided under this title were pro-
cured using such practices. 
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SEC. 193. Notwithstanding the Department of Trans-
portation Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111- 
117), de-obligated funds associated with Cooperative 
Agreement No. FR-HSR-0118-12-01-01 may not be made 
available for any purpose, including award, transfer, or ob-
ligation to any other program or recipient, until the final 
determination of any litigation concerning such funds. 
SEC. 194. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be available to consolidate governmental affairs 
activities across the Department of Transportation in the 
Office of Governmental Affairs in the Office of the Sec-
retary or public affairs activities across the Department 
of Transportation in the Office of Public Affairs in the 
Office of the Secretary: Provided, That the operating ad-
ministrations of the Department of Transportation shall 
not transfer personnel to the Office of Governmental Af-
fairs in the Office of the Secretary or the Office of Public 
Affairs in the Office of the Secretary. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation Appropriations Act, 2021’’. 
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TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
EXECUTIVE OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Of-
fices, which shall be comprised of the offices of the Sec-
retary, Deputy Secretary, Adjudicatory Services, Congres-
sional and Intergovernmental Relations, Public Affairs, 
Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and the 
Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, 
$15,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2022: Provided, That not to exceed $20,000 of the amount 
made available under this heading shall be available to the 
Secretary for official reception and representation ex-
penses as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment (in this title ‘‘the Secretary’’) may determine: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall issue the report re-
quired by House Report 114-129 not later than 30 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, 
that such report shall include (1) the Department’s strat-
egy for continuing to ensure that lesbian, gay, bisexual, 
and transgender individuals have access to Department of 
Housing and Urban Development (in this title the ‘‘De-
partment’’ or ‘‘HUD’’) programs for which they are eligi-
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ble, to be provided by the Office of Fair Housing and 
Equal Opportunity; and (2) the plan for disseminating 
this information to public housing agencies, to be provided 
by the Office of Public and Indian Housing: Provided fur-
ther, That the amount made available under this heading 
for the ‘‘Office of the Secretary’’ shall be reduced by 
$10,000 for each day after the date that is 30 days after 
enactment of this Act that such report has not been sub-
mitted to the Congress. 
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Administra-
tive Support Offices, $600,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2022: Provided, That of the amounts 
made available under this heading— 
(1) not to exceed $71,576,000 shall be available 
for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer; 
(2) not to exceed $109,044,000 shall be avail-
able for the Office of the General Counsel, of which 
not less than $18,700,000 shall be for the Depart-
mental Enforcement Center; 
(3) not to exceed $286,258,000 shall be avail-
able for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Ad-
ministration, of which not less than $20,000,000 
shall be for modernizing the Weaver Building and 
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space consolidation, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2023; 
(4) not to exceed $65,200,000 shall be available 
for the Office of Field Policy and Management; 
(5) not to exceed $4,535,000 shall be available 
for the Office of Departmental Equal Employment 
Opportunity; and 
(6) not less than $63,387,000 shall be available 
for the Office of the Chief Information Officer: 
Provided further, That funds made available under this 
heading may be used for necessary administrative and 
non-administrative expenses of the Department, not other-
wise provided for, including purchase of uniforms, or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 
5902 of title 5, United States Code; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; and services as authorized by section 3109 
of title 5, United States Code: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, funds appro-
priated under this heading may be used for advertising 
and promotional activities that directly support program 
activities funded in this title: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall provide the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations quarterly written notification regarding 
the status of pending congressional reports: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall provide in electronic form 
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all signed reports required by Congress: Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available under this heading 
for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer for the finan-
cial transformation initiative shall be available for obliga-
tion until after the Secretary publishes the necessary ad-
ministrative requirements for amounts made available to 
provide enhanced or improved electrical power systems 
under the heading ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban 
Development—Community Development Fund’’ in Public 
Law 115-123: Provided further, That only after the terms 
and conditions of the preceding proviso have been met, 
not more than 10 percent of the funds made available 
under this heading for the Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer for the financial transformation initiative may be 
obligated until the Secretary submits to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations, for approval, a 
plan for expenditure that includes the financial and inter-
nal control capabilities to be delivered and the mission 
benefits to be realized, key milestones to be met, and the 
relationship between the proposed use of funds made avail-
able under this heading and the projected total cost and 
scope of the initiative. 
PROGRAM OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Program Of-
fices, $909,595,000, to remain available until September 
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30, 2022: Provided, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading— 
(1) not to exceed $245,000,000 shall be avail-
able for the Office of Public and Indian Housing; 
(2) not to exceed $138,290,000 shall be avail-
able for the Office of Community Planning and De-
velopment; 
(3) not to exceed $400,000,000 shall be avail-
able for the Office of Housing, of which not less 
than $12,300,000 shall be for the Office of Recapi-
talization; 
(4) not to exceed $35,443,000 shall be available 
for the Office of Policy Development and Research; 
(5) not less than $81,000,000 shall be available 
for the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Oppor-
tunity; and 
(6) not less than $9,862,000 shall be available 
for the Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy 
Homes. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the working capital fund for the Department 
(‘‘the Fund’’), pursuant, in part, to section 7(f) of the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development Act (42 
U.S.C. 3535(f)), amounts transferred to the Fund under 
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this heading, including reimbursements pursuant to sec-
tion 7(f), shall be available only for Federal shared serv-
ices used by offices and agencies of the Department, and 
for any such portion of any office or agency’s information 
technology customer devices and support; talent manage-
ment; printing; records management; space renovation; 
furniture; or supply services the Secretary has determined 
shall be provided through the Fund, and for the oper-
ational expenses of the Fund: Provided, That amounts 
from the Fund shall not be available to provide services 
not specifically authorized under this heading: Provided 
further, That upon a determination by the Secretary that 
any other service (or portion thereof) authorized under 
this heading shall be provided through the Fund, amounts 
made available under this title for salaries and expenses 
under the headings ‘‘Executive Offices’’, ‘‘Administrative 
Support Offices’’, ‘‘Program Offices’’, and ‘‘Government 
National Mortgage Association’’, for such services shall be 
transferred to the Fund, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of 
its plans for executing such transfers at least 15 days in 
advance of such transfers: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may transfer not to exceed an additional 
$10,000,000, in aggregate, from all such appropriations, 
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to be merged with the Fund and to remain available until 
expended for any purpose under this heading. 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities and assistance for the provision of ten-
ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United 
States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 
et seq.) (in this title ‘‘the Act’’), not otherwise provided 
for, $21,739,312,000, to remain available until expended, 
which shall be available on October 1, 2020 (in addition 
to the $4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this 
heading that shall be available on October 1, 2020), and 
$4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, which 
shall be available on October 1, 2021: Provided, That the 
amounts made available under this heading are provided 
as follows: 
(1) $22,852,000,000 shall be for renewals of 
expiring section 8 tenant-based annual contributions 
contracts (including renewals of enhanced vouchers 
under any provision of law authorizing such assist-
ance under section 8(t) of the Act and as authorized 
under 613(b) of the Cranston-Gonzales National Af-
fordable Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 4125(b))) and in-
cluding renewal of other special purpose incremental 
vouchers: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
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provision of law, from amounts provided under this 
paragraph and any carryover, the Secretary shall for 
the calendar year 2021 funding cycle, provide re-
newal funding for each public housing agency based 
on validated voucher management system (VMS) 
leasing and cost data for the prior calendar year and 
by applying an inflation factor as established by the 
Secretary, by notice published in the Federal Reg-
ister, and by making any necessary adjustments for 
the costs associated with the first-time renewal of 
vouchers under this paragraph including tenant pro-
tection and Choice Neighborhoods vouchers: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds provided under 
this paragraph may be used to fund a total number 
of unit months under lease that exceeds a public 
housing agency’s authorized level of units under con-
tract, except for public housing agencies partici-
pating in the Moving to Work (in this title ‘‘MTW’’) 
demonstration, which shall instead be governed by 
the terms and conditions of their MTW agreements: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to the ex-
tent necessary not to exceed the amount specified 
under this paragraph (except as otherwise modified 
under this paragraph), prorate each public housing 
agency’s allocation otherwise established pursuant to 
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this paragraph: Provided further, That except as 
provided in the succeeding provisos, the entire 
amount specified under this paragraph (except as 
otherwise modified under this paragraph) shall be 
obligated to the public housing agencies based on the 
allocation and pro rata method described above, and 
the Secretary shall notify public housing agencies of 
their annual budgets by the latter of 60 days after 
enactment of this Act or March 1, 2021: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may extend the notifica-
tion period under the preceding proviso with the 
prior written approval of the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 
That public housing agencies participating in the 
MTW demonstration shall be funded pursuant to 
their MTW agreements and shall be subject to the 
same pro rata adjustments under the preceding pro-
visos: Provided further, That the Secretary may off-
set public housing agencies’ calendar year 2021 allo-
cations based on the excess amounts of public hous-
ing agencies’ net restricted assets accounts, includ-
ing HUD-held programmatic reserves (in accordance 
with VMS data in calendar year 2020 that is 
verifiable and complete), as determined by the Sec-
retary: Provided further, That public housing agen-
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cies participating in the MTW demonstration shall 
also be subject to the offset, as determined by the 
Secretary, excluding amounts subject to the single 
fund budget authority provisions of their MTW 
agreements, from the agencies’ calendar year 2021 
MTW funding allocation: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall use any offset referred to in the pre-
ceding two provisos throughout the calendar year to 
prevent the termination of rental assistance for fam-
ilies as the result of insufficient funding, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, and to avoid or reduce the 
proration of renewal funding allocations: Provided 
further, That up to $100,000,000 shall be available 
only: (A) for adjustments in the allocations for pub-
lic housing agencies, after application for an adjust-
ment by a public housing agency that experienced a 
significant increase, as determined by the Secretary, 
in renewal costs of vouchers resulting from unfore-
seen circumstances or from portability under section 
8(r) of the Act; (B) for vouchers that were not in 
use during the previous 12-month period in order to 
be available to meet a commitment pursuant to sec-
tion 8(o)(13) of the Act; (C) for adjustments for 
costs associated with HUD-Veterans Affairs Sup-
portive Housing (HUD-VASH) vouchers under sec-
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tion 8(o)(19) of the Act; (D) for public housing 
agencies that despite taking reasonable cost savings 
measures, as determined by the Secretary, would 
otherwise be required to terminate rental assistance 
for families as a result of insufficient funding; (E) 
for adjustments in the allocations for public housing 
agencies that (i) are leasing a lower-than-average 
percentage of their authorized vouchers, (ii) have low 
amounts of budget authority in their net restricted 
assets accounts and HUD-held programmatic re-
serves, relative to other agencies, and (iii) are not 
participating in the Moving to Work demonstration, 
to enable such agencies to lease more vouchers; and 
(F) for public housing agencies that have experi-
enced increased costs or loss of units in an area for 
which the President declared a disaster under title 
IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 et seq.): 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate 
amounts under the preceding proviso based on need, 
as determined by the Secretary; 
(2) $125,000,000 shall be for section 8 rental 
assistance for relocation and replacement of housing 
units that are demolished or disposed of pursuant to 
section 18 of the Act, conversion of section 23 
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projects to assistance under section 8, the family 
unification program under section 8(x) of the Act, 
relocation of witnesses in connection with efforts to 
combat crime in public and assisted housing pursu-
ant to a request from a law enforcement or prosecu-
tion agency, enhanced vouchers under any provision 
of law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) 
of the Act, Choice Neighborhood vouchers, manda-
tory and voluntary conversions, and tenant protec-
tion assistance including replacement and relocation 
assistance or for project-based assistance to prevent 
the displacement of unassisted elderly tenants cur-
rently residing in properties financed under section 
202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q) 
between 1959 and 1974 that are refinanced pursu-
ant to Public Law 106-569 or under the authority 
as provided under this Act: Provided, That when a 
public housing development is submitted for demoli-
tion or disposition under section 18 of the Act, the 
Secretary may provide section 8 rental assistance 
when the units pose an imminent health and safety 
risk to residents: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may only provide replacement vouchers for 
units that were occupied within the previous 24 
months that cease to be available as assisted hous-
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ing, subject only to the availability of funds: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts provided in this 
paragraph, at least $5,000,000 may be available to 
provide tenant protection assistance, not otherwise 
provided under this paragraph, to residents residing 
in low vacancy areas and who may have to pay rents 
greater than 30 percent of household income, as the 
result of: (A) the maturity of a HUD-insured, HUD- 
held, or section 202 loan that requires the permis-
sion of the Secretary prior to loan prepayment; (B) 
the expiration of a rental assistance contract for 
which the tenants are not eligible for enhanced 
voucher or tenant protection assistance under exist-
ing law; or (C) the expiration of affordability restric-
tions accompanying a mortgage or preservation pro-
gram administered by the Secretary: Provided fur-
ther, That such tenant protection assistance made 
available under the preceding proviso may be pro-
vided under the authority of section 8(t) or section 
8(o)(13) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437f(t), (o)(13)): Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall issue guidance to implement the 
preceding provisos, including requirements for defin-
ing eligible at-risk households within 60 days of the 
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That any 
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tenant protection voucher made available from 
amounts provided in this paragraph shall not be re-
issued by any public housing agency, except the re-
placement vouchers as defined by the Secretary by 
notice, when the initial family that received any such 
voucher no longer receives such voucher, and the au-
thority for any public housing agency to issue any 
such voucher shall terminate: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may provide section 8 rental assist-
ance from amounts provided in this paragraph for 
units assisted under a project-based subsidy contract 
funded under the ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’ 
heading under this title if the owner has received a 
Notice of Default and the units pose an imminent 
health and safety risk to residents: Provided further, 
That to the extent that the Secretary determines 
that such units are not feasible for continued rental 
assistance payments or transfer of the subsidy con-
tract associated with such units to another project 
or projects and owner or owners, any remaining 
amounts associated with such units under such con-
tract shall be recaptured and used to reimburse 
amounts used under this paragraph for rental assist-
ance under the preceding proviso; 
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(3) $2,154,812,000 shall be for administrative 
and other expenses of public housing agencies in ad-
ministering the section 8 tenant-based rental assist-
ance program, of which up to $30,000,000 shall be 
available to the Secretary to allocate to public hous-
ing agencies that need additional funds to admin-
ister their section 8 programs, including fees associ-
ated with section 8 tenant protection rental assist-
ance, the administration of disaster related vouchers, 
HUD-VASH vouchers, and other special purpose in-
cremental vouchers: Provided, That not less than 
$2,124,812,000 of the amount provided in this para-
graph shall be allocated to public housing agencies 
for the calendar year 2021 funding cycle based on 
section 8(q) of the Act (and related appropriation 
Act provisions) as in effect immediately before the 
enactment of the Quality Housing and Work Re-
sponsibility Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-276): Pro-
vided further, That if the amounts provided in this 
paragraph are insufficient to pay the amounts deter-
mined under the preceding proviso, the Secretary 
may decrease the amounts allocated to agencies by 
a uniform percentage applicable to all agencies re-
ceiving funding under this paragraph or may, to the 
extent necessary to provide full payment of amounts 
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determined under the preceding proviso, utilize un-
obligated 
balances, 
including 
recaptures 
and 
carryovers, remaining from funds appropriated to 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
under this heading from prior fiscal years, excluding 
special purpose vouchers, notwithstanding the pur-
poses for which such amounts were appropriated: 
Provided further, That all public housing agencies 
participating in the MTW demonstration shall be 
funded pursuant to their MTW agreements, and 
shall be subject to the same uniform percentage de-
crease as under the preceding proviso: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts provided in this paragraph shall 
be only for activities related to the provision of ten-
ant-based rental assistance authorized under section 
8, including related development activities; 
(4) $310,000,000 shall be for the renewal of 
tenant-based assistance contracts under section 811 
of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Hous-
ing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), including necessary ad-
ministrative expenses: Provided, That administrative 
and other expenses of public housing agencies in ad-
ministering the special purpose vouchers under this 
paragraph shall be funded under the same terms 
and be subject to the same pro rata reduction as the 
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percent decrease for administrative and other ex-
penses to public housing agencies under paragraph 
(3) of this heading: Provided further, That up to 
$10,000,000 shall be available only (A) for adjust-
ments in the allocations for public housing agencies, 
after applications for such an adjustment by a public 
housing agency that experienced a significant in-
crease, as determined by the Secretary, in Main-
stream renewal costs resulting from unforeseen cir-
cumstances, and (B) for public housing agencies 
that despite taking reasonable cost saving measures, 
as determined by the Secretary, would otherwise be 
required to terminate the rental assistance for Main-
stream families as a result of insufficient funding: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate 
amounts under the preceding proviso based on need, 
as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, 
That upon turnover, section 811 special purpose 
vouchers funded under this heading in this or prior 
Acts, or under any other heading in prior Acts, shall 
be available for non-elderly persons with disabilities; 
(5) $2,500,000 shall be for rental assistance 
and associated administrative fees for the Tribal 
HUD–VASH program to serve Native American vet-
erans that are homeless or at-risk of homelessness 
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living on or near a reservation or other Indian areas: 
Provided, That amounts provided in this paragraph 
shall be made available for renewal grants to recipi-
ents that received assistance under prior Acts under 
the Tribal HUD–VASH program: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may specify criteria for renewal 
grants, including data on the utilization of assist-
ance reported by grant recipients: Provided further, 
That such assistance shall be administered in ac-
cordance with program requirements under the Na-
tive American Housing Assistance and Self-Deter-
mination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.) and 
modeled after the HUD–VASH program: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may waive, or specify al-
ternative requirements for, any provision of any stat-
ute or regulation that the Secretary administers in 
connection with the use of amounts provided in this 
paragraph (except for requirements related to fair 
housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the 
environment), upon a finding by the Secretary that 
any such waivers or alternative requirements are 
necessary for the effective delivery and administra-
tion of such assistance: Provided further, That grant 
recipients shall report to the Secretary on utilization 
of such rental assistance and other program data, as 
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prescribed by the Secretary: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may reallocate, as determined by the 
Secretary, amounts returned or recaptured from 
awards under the Tribal HUD-VASH program 
under prior Acts to existing recipients under the 
Tribal HUD-VASH program; 
(6) $20,000,000 shall be for incremental rental 
voucher assistance for use through a supported 
housing program administered in conjunction with 
the Department of Veterans Affairs as authorized 
under section 8(o)(19) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937: Provided, That the Secretary shall 
make such funding available, notwithstanding sec-
tion 203 of this title (competition provision), to pub-
lic housing agencies that partner with eligible VA 
Medical Centers or other entities as designated by 
the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
based on geographical need for such assistance as 
identified by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, pub-
lic housing agency administrative performance, and 
other factors as specified by the Secretary of Hous-
ing and Urban Development in consultation with the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
may waive, or specify alternative requirements for 
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(in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs), any provision of any statute or regulation 
that the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment administers in connection with the use of 
funds provided in this paragraph (except for require-
ments related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, 
labor standards, and the environment), upon a find-
ing by the Secretary that any such waivers or alter-
native requirements are necessary for the effective 
delivery and administration of such voucher assist-
ance: Provided further, That assistance made avail-
able under this paragraph shall continue to remain 
available for homeless veterans upon turnover; 
(7) $25,000,000 shall be for the family unifica-
tion program authorized under section 8(x) of the 
Act: Provided, That the amounts provided in this 
paragraph shall be provided as follows: 
(A) $5,000,000 shall be for new incre-
mental voucher assistance: Provided, That the 
assistance made available under this subpara-
graph shall continue to remain available for 
family unification upon turnover; and 
(B) $20,000,000 shall be for new incre-
mental voucher assistance to assist eligible 
youths as defined by such section 8(x)(2)(B): 
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Provided, That assistance made available under 
this subparagraph shall continue to remain 
available for such eligible youths upon turnover: 
Provided further, That of the total amount 
made available under this subparagraph, up to 
$10,000,000 shall be available on a noncompeti-
tive basis to public housing agencies that part-
ner with public child welfare agencies to iden-
tify such eligible youths, that request such as-
sistance to timely assist such eligible youths, 
and that meet any other criteria as specified by 
the Secretary: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall review utilization of the assistance 
made available under the preceding proviso, at 
an interval to be determined by the Secretary, 
and unutilized voucher assistance that is no 
longer needed shall be recaptured by the Sec-
retary and reallocated pursuant to the pre-
ceding proviso: Provided further, That for any 
public housing agency administering voucher 
assistance appropriated in a prior Act under the 
family unification program, or made available 
and competitively selected under this para-
graph, that determines that it no longer has an 
identified need for such assistance upon turn-
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over, such agency shall notify the Secretary, 
and the Secretary shall recapture such assist-
ance from the agency and reallocate it to any 
other public housing agency or agencies based 
on need for voucher assistance in connection 
with such specified program or eligible youths, 
as applicable; and 
(8) $250,000,000 shall be for incremental rent-
al voucher assistance under section 8(o) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 for use by indi-
viduals and families who are homeless, as defined in 
section 103(a) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302(a)), at risk of home-
lessness, as defined in section 401(1) of the McKin-
ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
11360(1)), or fleeing, or attempting to flee, domestic 
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 
or for veterans and families that include a veteran 
family member: Provided, That of such amount not 
less than $40,000,000 shall be available for individ-
uals and families who are fleeing, or attempting to 
flee, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, or stalking, and not less than $40,000,000 
shall be available for veterans and families that in-
clude a veteran family member: Provided further, 
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That the Secretary shall make such funding avail-
able, notwithstanding section 203 of this title (com-
petition provision) to public housing agencies that 
partner with eligible Continuums of Care or other 
entities as designated by the Secretary, based on 
geographical need of such assistance, public housing 
agency administrative performance, and other fac-
tors as specified by the Secretary: Provided further, 
That, the Secretary shall give preference to appli-
cants that demonstrate a strategy to coordinate as-
sistance with services available in the community: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may waive, or 
specify alternative requirements for, any provision or 
statute or regulation that the Secretary administers 
in connection with the use of funds made available 
under this paragraph (except for requirements re-
lated to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor stand-
ards, and the environment) upon a finding by the 
Secretary that any such waivers or alternative re-
quirements are necessary for the effective delivery 
and administration of such voucher assistance: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds provided in 
this paragraph may be used to require people experi-
encing homelessness to receive treatment or perform 
any other prerequisite activities as a condition for 
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receiving shelter, housing or other services: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall issue guidance to 
implement the preceding proviso. 
The Secretary shall separately track all special purpose 
vouchers funded under this heading. 
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
Unobligated balances, including recaptures and car-
ryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development under this 
heading, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted 
Housing’’ and the heading ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assist-
ance’’, for fiscal year 2021 and prior years may be used 
for renewal of or amendments to section 8 project-based 
contracts and for performance-based contract administra-
tors, notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds 
were appropriated: Provided, That any obligated balances 
of contract authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior fiscal 
years that have been terminated shall be rescinded: Pro-
vided further, That amounts heretofore recaptured, or re-
captured during the current fiscal year, from section 8 
project-based contracts from source years fiscal year 1975 
through fiscal year 1987 are hereby rescinded, and an 
amount of additional new budget authority, equivalent to 
the amount rescinded is hereby appropriated, to remain 
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available until expended, for the purposes set forth under 
this heading, in addition to amounts otherwise available. 
PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND 
For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to 
carry out capital and management activities for public 
housing agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1437g) $3,180,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2024: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law or regulation, during fiscal year 
2021, the Secretary may not delegate to any Department 
official other than the Deputy Secretary and the Assistant 
Secretary for Public and Indian Housing any authority 
under paragraph (2) of section 9(j) regarding the exten-
sion of the time periods under such section: Provided fur-
ther, That for purposes of such section 9(j), the term ‘‘ob-
ligate’’ means, with respect to amounts, that the amounts 
are subject to a binding agreement that will result in out-
lays, immediately or in the future: Provided further, That 
of the total amount made available under this heading, 
up to $23,000,000 shall be to support ongoing public 
housing financial and physical assessment activities: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount made available 
under this heading, up to $1,000,000 shall be to support 
the costs of administrative and judicial receiverships: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount provided under 
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this heading, not to exceed $74,650,000 shall be available 
for the Secretary to make grants, notwithstanding section 
203 of this Act, to public housing agencies for emergency 
capital needs including safety and security measures nec-
essary to address crime and drug-related activity and 
needs resulting from unforeseen or unpreventable emer-
gencies and natural disasters excluding Presidentially de-
clared emergencies and natural disasters under the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Act (42 U.S.C. 
5121 et seq.) occurring in fiscal year 2021, of which 
$34,650,000 shall be available for public housing agencies 
under administrative and judicial receiverships or under 
the control of a Federal monitor: Provided further, That 
of the amount made available under the preceding proviso, 
not less than $20,000,000 shall be for safety and security 
measures: Provided further, That in addition to the 
amount in the preceding proviso for such safety and secu-
rity measures, any amounts that remain available, after 
all applications received on or before September 30, 2022, 
for emergency capital needs have been processed, shall be 
allocated to public housing agencies for such safety and 
security measures: Provided further, That with respect to 
amounts made available under this heading, the limitation 
in section 9(g)(1) of the Act shall be applied by sub-
stituting 25 percent for the percentage specified in such 
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section: Provided further, That the Secretary may waive 
the limitation in the preceding proviso to allow public 
housing agencies to fund activities authorized under sec-
tion 9(e)(1)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall notify public housing agencies requesting 
waivers under the preceding proviso if the request is ap-
proved or denied within 14 days of submitting the request: 
Provided further, That from the funds made available 
under this heading, the Secretary shall provide bonus 
awards in fiscal year 2021 to public housing agencies that 
are designated high performers: Provided further, That the 
Department shall notify public housing agencies of their 
formula allocation within 60 days of enactment of this Act: 
Provided further, That of the total amount provided under 
this heading, $125,000,000 shall be for competitive grants 
to public housing agencies to evaluate and reduce lead- 
based paint hazards and other housing-related hazards in-
cluding carbon monoxide (including for activities sup-
porting the installation and replacement of carbon mon-
oxide alarms or of combination smoke detector-carbon 
monoxide alarm devices) and mold in public housing: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts available under the pre-
ceding proviso, not less than $25,000,000 shall be for 
competitive grants to public housing agencies to evaluate 
and reduce lead-based paint hazards in public housing by 
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carrying out the activities of risk assessments, abatement, 
and interim controls (as those terms are defined in section 
1004 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduc-
tion Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4851b)): Provided further, 
That of the total amount made available under this head-
ing, up to $30,000,000 shall be available until September 
30, 2023 for competitive grants to public housing agencies 
(in this title ‘‘PHAs’’), including agencies participating in 
the MTW demonstration, for full lead service line replace-
ment, with eligibility limited to PHAs where the relevant 
public water system will undergo or has recently under-
taken a comprehensive water main replacement program: 
Provided further, That for purposes of environmental re-
view, a grant under the preceding three provisos shall be 
considered funds for projects or activities under title I of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 
et seq.) for purposes of section 26 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
1437x) and shall be subject to the regulations imple-
menting such section: Provided further, That for funds 
made available under the preceding four provisos, the Sec-
retary shall allow a PHA to apply for up to 20 percent 
of the funds made available under the first two of such 
provisos and prioritize need when awarding grants: Pro-
vided further, That $5,000,000 of the amounts made avail-
able under this heading shall be for a radon testing and 
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mitigation resident safety demonstration program (the 
radon demonstration) in public housing: Provided further, 
That the testing method, mitigation method, or action 
level used under the radon demonstration shall be as speci-
fied by applicable State or local law, if such law is more 
protective of human health or the environment than the 
method or level specified by the Secretary: Provided fur-
ther, That $25,000,000 of the amounts made available 
under this heading shall be for competitive grants to pub-
lic housing agencies for the installation of automatic sprin-
kler systems. 
PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND 
For 2021 payments to public housing agencies for the 
operation and management of public housing, as author-
ized by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $4,649,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2022: Provided, That of the 
total amount made available under this heading, 
$25,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary to allocate 
pursuant to a need-based application process notwith-
standing section 203 of this title and not subject to the 
Operating Fund formula under part 990 of title 24, Code 
of Federal Regulations to public housing agencies that ex-
perience financial insolvency, as determined by the Sec-
retary: Provided further, That after all such insolvency 
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needs are met, the Secretary may distribute any remaining 
funds to all public housing agencies on a pro-rata basis 
pursuant to the Operating Fund formula under part 990 
of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations. 
CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE 
For competitive grants under the Choice Neighbor-
hoods Initiative (subject to section 24 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v) unless otherwise 
specified under this heading), for transformation, rehabili-
tation, and replacement housing needs of both public and 
HUD-assisted housing and to transform neighborhoods of 
poverty into functioning, sustainable mixed income neigh-
borhoods with appropriate services, schools, public assets, 
transportation and access to jobs, $250,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2023: Provided, That 
grant funds may be used for resident and community serv-
ices, community development, and affordable housing 
needs in the community, and for conversion of vacant or 
foreclosed properties to affordable housing: Provided fur-
ther, That the use of funds made available under this 
heading shall not be deemed to be for public housing not-
withstanding section 3(b)(1) of such Act: Provided further, 
That grantees shall commit to an additional period of af-
fordability determined by the Secretary of not fewer than 
20 years: Provided further, That grantees shall provide a 
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match in State, local, other Federal or private funds: Pro-
vided further, That grantees may include local govern-
ments, tribal entities, public housing agencies, and non-
profit organizations: Provided further, That for-profit de-
velopers may apply jointly with a public entity: Provided 
further, That for purposes of environmental review, a 
grantee shall be treated as a public housing agency under 
section 26 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437x), and grants made with amounts available 
under this heading shall be subject to the regulations 
issued by the Secretary to implement such section: Pro-
vided further, That of the amount provided under this 
heading, not less than $125,000,000 shall be awarded to 
public housing agencies: Provided further, That such 
grantees shall create partnerships with other local organi-
zations, including assisted housing owners, service agen-
cies, and resident organizations: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall consult with the Secretaries of Edu-
cation, Labor, Transportation, Health and Human Serv-
ices, Agriculture, and Commerce, the Attorney General, 
and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency to coordinate and leverage other appropriate Fed-
eral resources: Provided further, That not more than 
$5,000,000 of funds made available under this heading 
may be provided as grants to undertake comprehensive 
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local planning with input from residents and the commu-
nity: Provided further, That unobligated balances, includ-
ing recaptures, remaining from funds appropriated under 
the heading ‘‘Revitalization of Severely Distressed Public 
Housing (HOPE VI)’’ in fiscal year 2011 and prior fiscal 
years may be used for purposes under this heading, not-
withstanding the purposes for which such amounts were 
appropriated: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
issue the Notice of Funding Availability for funds made 
available under this heading not later than 90 days after 
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall make grant awards not later than one year 
after the date of enactment of this Act in such amounts 
that the Secretary determines: Provided further, That not-
withstanding section 24(o) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v(o)), the Secretary may, 
until September 30, 2024, obligate any available unobli-
gated balances made available under this heading in this 
or any prior Act. 
SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAMS 
For activities and assistance related to Self-Suffi-
ciency Programs, to remain available until September 30, 
2024, $155,000,000: Provided, That the amounts made 
available under this heading are provided as follows: 
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(1) $105,000,000 shall be for the Family Self- 
Sufficiency program to support family self-suffi-
ciency coordinators under section 23 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437u), to 
promote the development of local strategies to co-
ordinate the use of assistance under sections 8 and 
9 of such Act with public and private resources, and 
to enable eligible families to achieve economic inde-
pendence and self-sufficiency: Provided, That the 
Secretary may, by Federal Register notice, waive or 
specify alternative requirements for, the require-
ments under subsections (b)(3), (b)(4), (b)(5), or 
(c)(1) of section 23 of such Act in order to facilitate 
the operation of a unified self-sufficiency program 
for individuals receiving assistance under different 
provisions of the Act, as determined by the Sec-
retary: Provided further, That an owner or sponsor 
of a multifamily property receiving project-based 
rental assistance under section 8 shall be eligible to 
receive awards from the Secretary under this para-
graph to support family self-sufficiency coordinators: 
Provided further, That owners or sponsors of a mul-
tifamily property receiving project-based rental as-
sistance under section 8 may voluntarily make a 
Family Self-Sufficiency program available to the as-
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sisted tenants of such property in accordance with 
procedures established by the Secretary: Provided 
further, That such procedures established pursuant 
to the preceding proviso shall permit participating 
tenants to accrue escrow funds in accordance with 
section 23(d)(2) and shall allow owners to use fund-
ing from residual receipt accounts to hire coordina-
tors for their own Family Self-Sufficiency program; 
(2) $35,000,000 shall be for the Resident Op-
portunity and Self-Sufficiency program to provide 
for supportive services, service coordinators, and 
congregate services as authorized by section 34 of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437z–6) and the Native American Housing Assist-
ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 
4101 et seq.); and 
(3) $15,000,000 shall be for a Jobs-Plus initia-
tive, modeled after the Jobs-Plus demonstration: 
Provided, That funding provided in this paragraph 
shall be available for competitive grants to partner-
ships between public housing agencies, local work-
force investment boards established under section 
107 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 
Act of 2014 (29 U.S.C. 3122), and other agencies 
and organizations that provide support to help pub-
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lic housing residents obtain employment and in-
crease earnings: Provided further, That applicants 
shall demonstrate the ability to provide services to 
residents, partner with workforce investment boards, 
and leverage service dollars: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may allow public housing agencies to 
request exemptions from rent and income limitation 
requirements under sections 3 and 6 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a, 
1437d), as necessary to implement the Jobs-Plus 
program, on such terms and conditions as the Sec-
retary may approve upon a finding by the Secretary 
that any such waivers or alternative requirements 
are necessary for the effective implementation of the 
Jobs-Plus initiative as a voluntary program for resi-
dents: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
publish by notice in the Federal Register any waiv-
ers or alternative requirements pursuant to the pre-
ceding proviso not later than 10 days before the ef-
fective date of such notice: Provided further, That 
amounts made available for the Jobs-Plus initiative 
in prior acts under the heading ‘‘Public Housing 
Capital Fund’’ that remain available or are subse-
quently recaptured shall be transferred to this ac-
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count and shall be available for the purposes of this 
paragraph. 
NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For activities and assistance authorized under title 
I of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self- 
Determination Act of 1996 (‘‘NAHASDA’’) (25 U.S.C. 
4111 et seq.), title I of the Housing and Community De-
velopment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) with re-
spect to Indian tribes, and related training and technical 
assistance, $835,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025, unless otherwise specified: Provided, 
That the amounts made available under this heading are 
provided as follows: 
(1) $646,000,000 shall be for the Native Amer-
ican Housing Block Grants program, as authorized 
under title I of NAHASDA: Provided, That, not-
withstanding NAHASDA, to determine the amount 
of the allocation under title I of such Act for each 
Indian tribe, the Secretary shall apply the formula 
under section 302 of such Act with the need compo-
nent based on single-race census data and with the 
need component based on multi-race census data, 
and the amount of the allocation for each Indian 
tribe shall be the greater of the two resulting alloca-
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projects: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
provide incentives to create projects that coordinate 
with housing providers and healthcare organizations 
to provide permanent supportive housing and rapid 
re-housing services: Provided further, That amounts 
made available for the Continuum of Care program 
under this heading in this and prior Acts may be 
used to competitively or non-competitively renew or 
replace grants for youth homeless demonstration 
projects under the Continuum of Care program, not-
withstanding any conflict with the requirements of 
the Continuum of Care program; 
(3) up to $75,000,000 shall be for grants for 
rapid re-housing projects and supportive service 
projects providing coordinated entry, and for eligible 
activities the Secretary determines to be critical in 
order to assist survivors of domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, or stalking, except that the 
Secretary may make additional grants for such 
projects and purposes from amounts made available 
for such Continuum of Care program: Provided fur-
ther, That such projects shall be eligible for renewal 
under the Continuum of Care program subject to 
the same terms and conditions as other renewal ap-
plicants; 
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