(B) the means and methods the Secretary 
intends to adopt for overcoming such barriers; 
(C) an implementation plan for developing, 
piloting, and adopting alternative housing af-
fordability measures; and 
(D) the potential uses of the index estab-
lished pursuant to section 3 to guide housing 
programs; 
(2) convene public workshops or other suitable 
events to solicit input into the process from the pub-
lic and stakeholders; 
(3) conduct one or more pilot projects as may 
be necessary to test the feasibility of incorporating 
transportation costs into current definitions of af-
fordability; and 
(4) collect and publicly disseminate information 
about which public housing projects and other 
HUD-assisted housing projects are located within 1⁄2 
mile of bus, rail, light rail, street car, or ferry serv-
ice. 
(f) PERIODIC UPDATES.—The Secretary shall update 
the transportation affordability index under this section 
at least once every five years, or more frequently if fea-
sible. 
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SEC. 4. INCORPORATION INTO AFFORDABILITY MEASURES 
AND STATE AND LOCAL PLANS. 
To the maximum extent practicable and in a manner 
consistent with current research, the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development shall, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Transportation, carry out the following: 
(1) FEDERAL HOUSING PROGRAMS.—The Sec-
retary shall incorporate transportation costs associ-
ated with the location of housing into affordability 
measures and standards in connection with housing 
programs administered by the Secretary, where fea-
sible and consistent with the intent of such pro-
grams. This paragraph shall not be construed to in-
crease the rent burden of any tenant assisted by any 
housing program or override any specific definition 
of a housing affordability measure or standard re-
quired by or provided under Federal law. 
(2) STATE
HOUSING
PLANS.—The Secretary 
shall provide information and resources to States to 
assist and encourage States to incorporate transpor-
tation costs into their housing and land use plans, 
including encouraging State housing agencies to use 
the index in administering the allocation of Federal 
low-income housing tax credits and to provide the in-
formation to recipients of vouchers for housing as-
sistance. 
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(3) REGIONAL AND LOCAL PLANS.—The Sec-
retary shall work with regional and local government 
entities to integrate housing, transportation and, to 
the extent feasible, other costs associated with loca-
tion into long-range transportation, land use, hous-
ing and community development, or investment 
plans. 
(4) OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS.—The Secretary 
shall consult with organizations that use, or may 
wish to use, affordability indexes to incorporate 
transportation costs into the housing affordability 
indexes of the organizations. 
(5) FEDERAL AGENCIES.—The Secretary shall 
work with the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, the Secretary of Transportation, 
the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the 
Treasury, and other Federal agencies to, where 
practicable, incorporate the transportation afford-
ability index established pursuant to section 3 into 
their programs. 
SEC. 5. EVALUATION. 
To the extent amounts are made available for car-
rying out this section, the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development shall, not later than 3 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, conduct a study to 
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evaluate the effectiveness of the transportation afford-
ability index established pursuant to section 3 in achieving 
the purposes of this Act, including field evaluations of its 
use. Such evaluation shall be updated annually and shall 
be made publicly available. 
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) DEVELOPMENT OF INDEX.—There is authorized 
to be appropriated $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2011, to re-
main available until expended, for costs of developing the 
transportation affordability index required under section 
3. 
(b) MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF INDEX 
AND ACTIVITIES TO INCORPORATE INDEX.—There is au-
thorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2012 through 2020 for— 
(1) costs of maintaining and improving the ef-
fectiveness and use of the transportation afford-
ability index established pursuant to section 3; 
(2) costs of the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development of complying with section 4; 
and 
(3) costs associated with annual updates to the 
evaluation required by section 5. 
Of any amounts appropriated pursuant to this subsection 
for any fiscal year, 30 percent shall be available for out-
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reach to Multiple Listing Service programs and regional 
and local entities described in section 3(d) to promote the 
use of the transportation affordability index. 
(c) INITIAL EVALUATION.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2013 for costs of 
conducting the initial evaluation under section 5. 
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