HR 9028 — Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2025 Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2025

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 TITLE 49, UNITED STATES CODE

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SUBTITLE V--RAIL PROGRAMS

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PART B--ASSISTANCE

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CHAPTER 229--RAIL IMPROVEMENT GRANTS

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Sec. 22908. Restoration and enhancement grants

 (a) Definitions.--In this section:
 (1) Applicant.--Notwithstanding section 22901(1), the 
 term ``applicant'' means--
 (A) a State, including the District of 
 Columbia;
 (B) a group of States;
 (C) an entity implementing an interstate 
 compact;
 (D) a public agency or publicly chartered 
 authority established by 1 or more States;
 (E) a political subdivision of a State;
 (F) a federally recognized Indian Tribe;
 (G) Amtrak or another rail carrier that 
 provides intercity rail passenger 
 transportation;
 (H) any rail carrier in partnership with at 
 least 1 of the entities described in 
 subparagraphs (A) through (F); and
 (I) any combination of the entities described 
 in subparagraphs (A) through (F).
 (2) Operating assistance.--The term ``operating 
 assistance'', with respect to any route subject to 
 section 209 of the Passenger Rail Investment and 
 Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-432), means any 
 cost allocated, or that may be allocated, to a route 
 pursuant to the cost methodology established under such 
 section or under section 24712.
 (b) Grants Authorized.--The Secretary of Transportation shall 
develop and implement a program for issuing operating 
assistance grants to applicants, on a competitive basis, for 
the purpose of initiating, restoring, or enhancing intercity 
rail passenger transportation.
 (c) Application.--An applicant for a grant under this section 
shall submit to the Secretary--
 (1) a capital and mobilization plan that--
 (A) describes any capital investments, 
 service planning actions (such as environmental 
 reviews), and mobilization actions (such as 
 qualification of train crews) required for 
 initiation of intercity rail passenger 
 transportation; and
 (B) includes the timeline for undertaking and 
 completing each of the investments and actions 
 referred to in subparagraph (A);
 (2) an operating plan that describes the planned 
 operation of the service, including--
 (A) the identity and qualifications of the 
 train operator;
 (B) the identity and qualifications of any 
 other service providers;
 (C) service frequency;
 (D) the planned routes and schedules;
 (E) the station facilities that will be 
 utilized;
 (F) projected ridership, revenues, and costs;
 (G) descriptions of how the projections under 
 subparagraph (F) were developed;
 (H) the equipment that will be utilized, how 
 such equipment will be acquired or refurbished, 
 and where such equipment will be maintained; 
 and
 (I) a plan for ensuring safe operations and 
 compliance with applicable safety regulations;
 (3) a funding plan that--
 (A) describes the funding of initial capital 
 costs and operating costs for the first 6 years 
 of operation;
 (B) includes a commitment by the applicant to 
 provide the funds described in subparagraph (A) 
 to the extent not covered by Federal grants and 
 revenues; and
 (C) describes the funding of operating costs 
 and capital costs, to the extent necessary, 
 after the first 6 years of operation; and
 (4) a description of the status of negotiations and 
 agreements with--
 (A) each of the railroads or regional 
 transportation authorities whose tracks or 
 facilities would be utilized by the service;
 (B) the anticipated railroad carrier, if such 
 entity is not part of the applicant group; and
 (C) any other service providers or entities 
 expected to provide services or facilities that 
 will be used by the service, including any 
 required access to Amtrak systems, stations, 
 and facilities if Amtrak is not part of the 
 applicant group.
 (d) Priorities.--In awarding grants under this section, the 
Secretary shall give priority to applications--
 (1) for which planning, design, any environmental 
 reviews, negotiation of agreements, acquisition of 
 equipment, construction, and other actions necessary 
 for initiation of service have been completed or nearly 
 completed;
 (2) that would restore service over routes formerly 
 operated by Amtrak, including routes described in 
 section 11304 of the Passenger Rail Reform and 
 Investment Act of 2015;
 (3) that would provide daily or daytime service over 
 routes where such service did not previously exist;
 (4) that include funding (including funding from 
 railroads), or other significant participation by 
 State, local, and regional governmental and private 
 entities;
 (5) that include a funding plan that demonstrates the 
 intercity rail passenger service will be financially 
 sustainable beyond the 3-year grant period;
 (6) that would provide service to regions and 
 communities that are underserved or not served by other 
 intercity public transportation;
 (7) that would foster economic development, 
 particularly in rural communities and for disadvantaged 
 populations;
 (8) that would provide other non-transportation 
 benefits;
 (9) that would enhance connectivity and geographic 
 coverage of the existing national network of intercity 
 rail passenger service; and
 (10) for routes selected under the Corridor 
 Identification and Development Program and operated by 
 Amtrak.
 (e) Limitations.--
 (1) Duration.--Federal operating grants authorized 
 under this section for any individual intercity rail 
 passenger transportation route may not provide funding 
 for more than 6 years (including for any such routes 
 selected for funding before the date of enactment of 
 the Passenger Rail Expansion and Rail Safety Act of 
 2021) and may not be renewed.
 [(2) Limitation.--Not more than 6 of the operating 
 assistance grants awarded pursuant to subsection (b) 
 may be simultaneously active.]
 [(3)] (2) Maximum funding.--Grants described in 
 paragraph (1) may not exceed--
 (A) 90 percent of the projected net operating 
 costs for the first year of service;
 (B) 80 percent of the projected net operating 
 costs for the second year of service;
 (C) 70 percent of the projected net operating 
 costs for the third year of service;
 (D) 60 percent of the projected net operating 
 costs for the fourth year of service;
 (E) 50 percent of the projected net operating 
 costs for the fifth year of service; and
 (F) 30 percent of the projected net operating 
 costs for the sixth year of service.
 (f) Use With Capital Grants and Other Federal Funding.--A 
recipient of an operating assistance grant under subsection (b) 
may use that grant in combination with other Federal grants 
awarded that would benefit the applicable service.
 (g) Availability.--Amounts appropriated for carrying out this 
section shall remain available until expended.
 (h) Coordination With Amtrak.--If the Secretary awards a 
grant under this section to a rail carrier other than Amtrak, 
Amtrak may be required consistent with section 24711(c)(1) of 
this title to provide access to its reservation system, 
stations, and facilities that are directly related to 
operations to such carrier, to the extent necessary to carry 
out the purposes of this section. The Secretary may award an 
appropriate portion of the grant to Amtrak as compensation for 
this access.
 (i) Conditions.--
 (1) Grant agreement.--The Secretary shall require a 
 grant recipient under this section to enter into a 
 grant agreement that requires such recipient to provide 
 similar information regarding the route performance, 
 financial, and ridership projections, and capital and 
 business plans that Amtrak is required to provide, and 
 such other data and information as the Secretary 
 considers necessary.
 (2) Installments; termination.--The Secretary may--
 (A) award grants under this section in 
 installments, as the Secretary considers 
 appropriate; and
 (B) terminate any grant agreement upon--
 (i) the cessation of service; or
 (ii) the violation of any other term 
 of the grant agreement.
 (3) Grant conditions.--The Secretary shall require 
 each recipient of a grant under this section to comply 
 with the grant requirements of section 22905.
 (j) Report.--Not later than 4 years after the date of 
enactment of the Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 
2015, the Secretary, after consultation with grant recipients 
under this section, shall submit to Congress a report that 
describes--
 (1) the implementation of this section;
 (2) the status of the investments and operations 
 funded by such grants;
 (3) the performance of the routes funded by such 
 grants;
 (4) the plans of grant recipients for continued 
 operation and funding of such routes; and
 (5) any legislative recommendations.

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 HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1992

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TITLE I--HOUSING ASSISTANCE

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Subtitle E--Homeownership Programs

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SEC. 184. LOAN GUARANTEES FOR INDIAN HOUSING.

 [(a) Authority.--To provide access to sources of private 
financing to Indian families, Indian housing authorities, and 
Indian tribes, who otherwise could not acquire housing 
financing because of the unique legal status of Indian lands, 
the Secretary may guarantee not to exceed 100 percent of the 
unpaid principal and interest due on any loan eligible under 
subsection (b) made to an Indian family, Indian housing 
authority, or Indian tribe.]
 (a) Authority.--To provide access to sources of private 
financing to Indian families, Indian housing authorities, and 
Indian tribes, who otherwise could not acquire housing 
financing because of the unique legal status of Indian lands 
and the unique nature of tribal economies; and to expand 
homeownership opportunities to Indian families, Indian housing 
authorities and Indian tribes on fee simple lands, the 
Secretary may guarantee not to exceed 100 percent of the unpaid 
principal and interest due on any loan eligible under 
subsection (b) made to an Indian family, Indian housing 
authority, or Indian tribe on trust land and fee simple land.
 (b) Eligible Loans.--Loans guaranteed pursuant to this 
section shall meet the following requirements:
 (1) Eligible borrowers.--The loans shall be made only 
 to borrowers who are Indian families, Indian housing 
 authorities, or Indian tribes.
 [(2) Eligible housing.--The loan shall be used to 
 construct, acquire, refinance, or rehabilitate 1- to 4-
 family dwellings that are standard housing and are 
 located on trust land or land located in an Indian or 
 Alaska Native area.]
 (2) ELIGIBLE housing.--The loan shall be used to 
 construct, acquire, refinance, or rehabilitate 1- to 4-
 family dwellings that are standard housing.
 (3) Security.--The loan may be secured by any 
 collateral authorized under existing Federal law or 
 applicable State or tribal law.
 (4) Lenders.--The loan shall be made only by a lender 
 approved by and meeting qualifications established by 
 the Secretary, except that loans otherwise insured or 
 guaranteed by an agency of the Federal Government or 
 made by an organization of Indians from amounts 
 borrowed from the United States shall not be eligible 
 for guarantee under this section. The following lenders 
 are deemed to be approved under this paragraph:
 (A) Any mortgagee approved by the Secretary 
 of Housing and Urban Development for 
 participation in the single family mortgage 
 insurance program under title II of the 
 National Housing Act.
 (B) Any lender whose housing loans under 
 chapter 37 of title 38, United States Code are 
 automatically guaranteed pursuant to section 
 1802(d) of such title.
 (C) Any lender approved by the Secretary of 
 Agriculture to make guaranteed loans for single 
 family housing under the Housing Act of 1949.
 (D) Any other lender that is supervised, 
 approved, regulated, or insured by any agency 
 of the Federal Government.
 (5) Terms.--The loan shall--
 (A) be made for a term not exceeding 30 
 years;
 (B) bear interest (exclusive of the guarantee 
 fee under section 404 and service charges, if 
 any) at a rate agreed upon by the borrower and 
 the lender and determined by the Secretary to 
 be reasonable, which may not exceed the rate 
 generally charged in the area (as determined by 
 the Secretary) for home mortgage loans not 
 guaranteed or insured by any agency or 
 instrumentality of the Federal Government;
 (C) involve a principal obligation not 
 exceeding--
 (i) 97.75 percent of the appraised 
 value of the property as of the date 
 the loan is accepted for guarantee (or 
 98.75 percent if the value of the 
 property is $50,000 or less); and
 (ii) the amount approved by the 
 Secretary under this section; and
 (D) involve a payment on account of the 
 property (i) in cash or its equivalent, or (ii) 
 through the value of any improvements to the 
 property made through the skilled or unskilled 
 labor of the borrower, as the Secretary shall 
 provide.
 (c) Certificate of Guarantee.--
 (1) Approval process.--Before the Secretary approves 
 any loan for guarantee under this section, the lender 
 shall submit the application for the loan to the 
 Secretary for examination. If the Secretary approves 
 the loan for guarantee, the Secretary shall issue a 
 certificate under this paragraph as evidence of the 
 guarantee.
 (2) Standard for approval.--The Secretary may approve 
 a loan for guarantee under this section and issue a 
 certificate under this paragraph only if the Secretary 
 determines there is a reasonable prospect of repayment 
 of the loan.
 (3) Effect.--A certificate of guarantee issued under 
 this paragraph by the Secretary shall be conclusive 
 evidence of the eligibility of the loan for guarantee 
 under the provisions of this section and the amount of 
 such guarantee. Such evidence shall be incontestable in 
 the hands of the bearer and the full faith and credit 
 of the United States is pledged to the payment of all 
 amounts agreed to be paid by the Secretary as security 
 for such obligations.
 (4) Fraud and misrepresentation.--This subsection may 
 not be construed to preclude the Secretary from 
 establishing defenses against the original lender based 
 on fraud or material misrepresentation or to bar the 
 Secretary from establishing by regulations in effect on 
 the date of issuance or disbursement, whichever is 
 earlier, partial defenses to the amount payable on the 
 guarantee.
 (5) Trailing documents.--
 (A) In general.--The Secretary may issue a 
 certificate of guarantee under this subsection 
 for a loan involving a security interest in 
 Indian trust land before the Secretary receives 
 the trailing documents required by the 
 Secretary from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
 including the final certified title status 
 report showing the recordation by the Bureau of 
 Indian Affairs of the mortgage relating to the 
 loan, if the originating lender agrees to 
 indemnify the Secretary for any losses that may 
 result when--
 (i) a claim payment is presented to 
 the Secretary due to the default of the 
 borrower on the loan; and
 (ii) the required trailing documents 
 are outstanding.
 (B) Termination of indemnification 
 agreement.--An indemnification agreement 
 between an originating lender and the Secretary 
 described in subparagraph (A) shall only 
 terminate upon receipt by the Secretary of the 
 trailing documents described in that 
 subparagraph in a form and manner that is 
 acceptable to the Secretary.
 (C) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this 
 paragraph shall be construed as authorizing the 
 Bureau of Indian Affairs to delay the issuance 
 of a final certified title status report and 
 recorded mortgage relating to a loan closed on 
 Indian trust land.
 (d) Guarantee Fee.--The Secretary shall establish and 
collect, at the time of issuance of the guarantee, a fee for 
the guarantee of loans under this section, in an amount not 
exceeding 3 percent of the principal obligation of the loan. 
The Secretary may also establish and collect annual premium 
payments in an amount not exceeding 1 percent of the remaining 
guaranteed balance (excluding the portion of the remaining 
balance attributable to the fee collected at the time of 
issuance of the guarantee). The Secretary shall establish the 
amount of the fees and premiums by publishing a notice in the 
Federal Register. The Secretary shall deposit any fees and 
premiums collected under this subsection in the Indian Housing 
Loan Guarantee Fund established under subsection (i).
 (e) Liability Under Guarantee.--The liability under a 
guarantee provided under this section shall decrease or 
increase on a pro rata basis according to any decrease or 
increase in the amount of the unpaid obligation under the 
provisions of the loan agreement.
 (f) Transfer and Assumption.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, any loan guaranteed under this section, 
including the security given for the loan, may be sold or 
assigned by the lender to any financial institution subject to 
examination and supervision by an agency of the Federal 
Government or of any State or the District of Columbia.
 (g) Disqualification of Lenders and Civil Money Penalties.--
 (1) In general.--If the Secretary determines that any 
 lender or holder of a guarantee certificate under 
 subsection (c) has failed to maintain adequate 
 accounting records, to adequately service loans 
 guaranteed under this section, to exercise proper 
 credit or underwriting judgment, or has engaged in 
 practices otherwise detrimental to the interest of a 
 borrower or the United States, the Secretary may--
 (A) refuse, either temporarily or 
 permanently, to guarantee any further loans 
 made by such lender or holder;
 (B) bar such lender or holder from acquiring 
 additional loans guaranteed under this section; 
 and
 (C) require that such lender or holder assume 
 not less than 10 percent of any loss on further 
 loans made or held by the lender or holder that 
 are guaranteed under this section.
 (2) Civil money penalties for intentional 
 violations.--If the Secretary determines that any 
 lender or holder of a guarantee certificate under 
 subsection (c) has intentionally failed to maintain 
 adequate accounting records, to adequately service 
 loans guaranteed under this section, or to exercise 
 proper credit or underwriting judgment, the Secretary 
 may impose a civil money penalty on such lender or 
 holder in the manner and amount provided under section 
 536 of the National Housing Act with respect to 
 mortgagees and lenders under such Act.
 (3) Payment on loans made in good faith.--
 Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), the Secretary 
 may not refuse to pay pursuant to a valid guarantee on 
 loans of a lender or holder barred under this 
 subsection if the loans were previously made in good 
 faith.
 (h) Payment Under Guarantee.--
 (1) Lender options.--
 (A) In general.--In the event of default by 
 the borrower on a loan guaranteed under this 
 section, the holder of the guarantee 
 certificate shall provide written notice of the 
 default to the Secretary. Upon providing such 
 notice, the holder of the guarantee certificate 
 shall be entitled to payment under the 
 guarantee (subject to the provisions of this 
 section) and may proceed to obtain payment in 
 one of the following manners:
 (i) Foreclosure.--The holder of the 
 certificate may initiate foreclosure 
 proceedings (after providing written 
 notice of such action to the Secretary) 
 and upon a final order by the court 
 authorizing foreclosure and submission 
 to the Secretary of a claim for payment 
 under the guarantee, the Secretary 
 shall pay to the holder of the 
 certificate the pro rata portion of the 
 amount guaranteed (as determined 
 pursuant to subsection (e)) plus 
 reasonable fees and expenses as 
 approved by the Secretary. The 
 Secretary shall be subrogated to the 
 rights of the holder of the guarantee 
 and the lender holder shall assign the 
 obligation and security to the 
 Secretary.
 (ii) No foreclosure.--Without seeking 
 foreclosure (or in any case in which a 
 foreclosure proceeding initiated under 
 clause (i) continues for a period in 
 excess of 1 year), the holder of the 
 guarantee may submit to the Secretary a 
 request to assign the obligation and 
 security interest to the Secretary in 
 return for payment of the claim under 
 the guarantee. The Secretary may accept 
 assignment of the loan if the Secretary 
 determines that the assignment is in 
 the best interests of the United 
 States. Upon assignment, the Secretary 
 shall pay to the holder of the 
 guarantee the pro rata portion of the 
 amount guaranteed (as determined under 
 subsection (e)). The Secretary shall be 
 subrogated to the rights of the holder 
 of the guarantee and the holder shall 
 assign the obligation and security to 
 the Secretary.
 (B) Requirements.--Before any payment under a 
 guarantee is made under subparagraph (A), the 
 holder of the guarantee shall exhaust all 
 reasonable possibilities of collection. 
 Exhausting all reasonable possibilities of 
 collection by the holder of the guarantee shall 
 include a good faith consideration of loan 
 modification as well as meeting standards for 
 servicing loans in default, as determined by 
 the Secretary. Upon payment, in whole or in 
 part, to the holder, the note or judgment 
 evidencing the debt shall be assigned to the 
 United States and the holder shall have no 
 further claim against the borrower or the 
 United States. The Secretary shall then take 
 such action to collect as the Secretary 
 determines appropriate.
 (2) Limitations on liquidation.--In the event of a 
 default by the borrower on a loan guaranteed under this 
 section involving a security interest in restricted 
 Indian land, the mortgagee or the Secretary shall only 
 pursue liquidation after offering to transfer the 
 account to an eligible tribal member, the tribe, or the 
 Indian housing authority serving the tribe or tribes. 
 If the mortgagee or the Secretary subsequently proceeds 
 to liquidate the account, the mortgagee or the 
 Secretary shall not sell, transfer, or otherwise 
 dispose of or alienate the property except to one of 
 the entities described in the preceding sentence.
 (i) Indian Housing Loan Guarantee Fund.--
 (1) Establishment.--There is established in the 
 Treasury of the United States the Indian Housing Loan 
 Guarantee Fund for the purpose of providing loan 
 guarantees under this section.
 (2) Credits.--The Guarantee Fund shall be credited 
 with--
 (A) any amounts, claims, notes, mortgages, 
 contracts, and property acquired by the 
 Secretary under this section, and any 
 collections and proceeds therefrom;
 (B) any amounts appropriated under paragraph 
 (7);
 (C) any guarantee fees collected under 
 subsection (d); and
 (D) any interest or earnings on amounts 
 invested under paragraph (4).
 (3) Use.--Amounts in the Guarantee Fund shall be 
 available, to the extent provided in appropriation 
 Acts, for--
 (A) fulfilling any obligations of the 
 Secretary with respect to loans guaranteed 
 under this section, including the costs (as 
 such term is defined in section 502 of the 
 Congressional Budget Act of 1974) of such 
 loans;
 (B) paying taxes, insurance, prior liens, 
 expenses necessary to make fiscal adjustment in 
 connection with the application and transmittal 
 of collections, and other expenses and advances 
 to protect the Secretary for loans which are 
 guaranteed under this section or held by the 
 Secretary;
 (C) acquiring such security property at 
 foreclosure sales or otherwise;
 (D) paying administrative expenses in 
 connection with this section; and
 (E) reasonable and necessary costs of 
 rehabilitation and repair to properties that 
 the Secretary holds or owns pursuant to this 
 section.
 (4) Investment.--Any amounts in the Guarantee Fund 
 determined by the Secretary to be in excess of amounts 
 currently required to carry out this section may be 
 invested in obligations of the United States.
 (5) Limitation on commitments to guarantee loans and 
 mortgages.--
 (A) Requirement of appropriations.--The 
 authority of the Secretary to enter into 
 commitments to guarantee loans under this 
 section shall be effective for any fiscal year 
 to the extent or in such amounts as are or have 
 been provided in appropriations Acts, without 
 regard to the fiscal year for which such 
 amounts were appropriated.
 (B) Limitations on costs of guarantees.--The 
 authority of the Secretary to enter into 
 commitments to guarantee loans under this 
 section shall be effective for any fiscal year 
 only to the extent that amounts in the 
 Guarantee Fund are or have been made available 
 in appropriation Acts to cover the costs (as 
 such term is defined in section 502 of the 
 Congressional Budget Act of 1974) of such loan 
 guarantees for such fiscal year. Any amounts 
 appropriated pursuant to this subparagraph 
 shall remain available until expended.
 (C) Limitation on outstanding aggregate 
 principal amount.--Subject to the limitations 
 in subparagraphs (A) and (B), the Secretary may 
 enter into commitments to guarantee loans under 
 this section in each of fiscal years 2008 
 through 2012 with an aggregate outstanding 
 principal amount not exceeding such amount as 
 may be provided in appropriation Acts for such 
 fiscal year.
 (6) Liabilities.--All liabilities and obligations of 
 the assets credited to the Guarantee Fund under 
 paragraph (2)(A) shall be liabilities and obligations 
 of the Guarantee Fund.
 (7) Authorization of appropriations.--There are 
 authorized to be appropriated to the Guarantee Fund to 
 carry out this section such sums as may be necessary 
 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012.
 (j) Requirements for Standard Housing.--The Secretary shall, 
by regulation, establish housing safety and quality standards 
for use under this section. Such standards shall provide 
sufficient flexibility to permit the use of various designs and 
materials in housing acquired with loans guaranteed under this 
section. The standards shall require each dwelling unit in any 
housing so acquired to--
 (1) be decent, safe, sanitary, and modest in size and 
 design;
 (2) conform with applicable general construction 
 standards for the region;
 (3) contain a heating system that--
 (A) has the capacity to maintain a minimum 
 temperature in the dwelling of 65 degrees 
 Fahrenheit during the coldest weather in the 
 area;
 (B) is safe to operate and maintain;
 (C) delivers a uniform distribution of heat; 
 and
 (D) conforms to any applicable tribal heating 
 code or, if there is no applicable tribal code, 
 an appropriate county, State, or National code;
 (4) contain a plumbing system that--
 (A) uses a properly installed system of 
 piping;
 (B) includes a kitchen sink and a partitional 
 bathroom with lavatory, toilet, and bath or 
 shower; and
 (C) uses water supply, plumbing, and sewage 
 disposal systems that conform to any applicable 
 tribal code or, if there is no applicable 
 tribal code, the minimum standards established 
 by the applicable county or State;
 (5) contain an electrical system using wiring and 
 equipment properly installed to safely supply 
 electrical energy for adequate lighting and for 
 operation of appliances that conforms to any applicable 
 tribal code or, if there is no applicable tribal code, 
 an appropriate county, State, or National code;
 (6) be not less than--
 (A)(i) 570 square feet in size, if designed 
 for a family of not more than 4 persons;
 (ii) 850 square feet in size, if designed for 
 a family of not less than 5 and not more than 7 
 persons; and
 (iii) 1020 square feet in size, if designed 
 for a family of not less than 8 persons, or
 (B) the size provided under the applicable 
 locally adopted standards for size of dwelling 
 units;
 except that the Secretary, upon the request of a tribe 
 or Indian housing authority, may waive the size 
 requirements under this paragraph; and
 (7) conform with the energy performance requirements 
 for new construction established by the Secretary under 
 section 526(a) of the National Housing Act.
 (k) Environmental Review.--For purposes of environmental, 
review, decisionmaking, and action under the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and 
any other law that furthers the purposes of that Act, a loan 
guarantee under this section shall--
 (1) be treated as a grant under the Native American 
 Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 
 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.); and
 (2) be subject to the regulations promulgated by the 
 Secretary to carry out section 105 of the Native 
 American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 
 of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4115).
 (l) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
 (1) The term ``family'' means 1 or more persons 
 maintaining a household, as the Secretary shall by 
 regulation provide.
 (2) The term ``Guarantee Fund'' means the Indian 
 Housing Loan Guarantee Fund established under 
 subsection (i).
 (3) The term ``Indian'' means person recognized as 
 being Indian or Alaska Native by an Indian tribe, the 
 Federal Government, or any State.
 (4) The term ``Indian area'' means the area within 
 which an Indian housing authority or Indian tribe is 
 authorized to provide housing.
 (5) The term ``Indian housing authority'' means any 
 entity that--
 (A) is authorized to engage in or assist in 
 the development or operation of--
 (i) low-income housing for Indians; 
 or
 (ii) housing subject to the 
 provisions of this section; and
 (B) is established--
 (i) by exercise of the power of self-
 government of an Indian tribe 
 independent of State law; or
 (ii) by operation of State law 
 providing specifically for housing 
 authorities for Indians, including 
 regional housing authorities in the 
 State of Alaska.
 The term includes tribally designated housing entities 
 under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
 Determination Act of 1996.
 (6) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
 Housing and Urban Development.
 (7) The term ``standard housing'' means a dwelling 
 unit or housing that complies with the requirements 
 established under subsection (j).
 (8) Tribe; indian tribe.--The term ``tribe'' or 
 ``Indian tribe'' means any Indian tribe, band, nation, 
 or other organized group or community of Indians, 
 including any Alaska Native village or regional or 
 village corporation as defined in or established 
 pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, 
 that is recognized as eligible for the special programs 
 and services provided by the United States to Indians 
 because of their status as Indians pursuant to the 
 Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 
 of 1975.
 (9) The term ``trust land'' means land title to which 
 is held by the United States for the benefit of an 
 Indian or Indian tribe or title to which is held by an 
 Indian tribe subject to a restriction against 
 alienation imposed by the United States.

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 HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1974

TITLE I--COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

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 eligible activities

 Sec. 105. (a) Activities assisted under this title may 
include only--
 (1) the acquisition of real property (including air 
 rights, water rights, and other interests therein) 
 which is (A) blighted, deteriorated, deteriorating, 
 undeveloped, or inappropriately developed from the 
 standpoint of sound community development and growth; 
 (B) appropriate for rehabilitation or conservation 
 activities; (C) appropriate for the preservation or 
 restoration of historic sites, the beautification of 
 urban land, the conservation of open spaces, natural 
 resources, and scenic areas, the provision of 
 recreational opportunities, or the guidance of urban 
 development; (D) to be used for the provision of public 
 works, facilities, and improvements eligible for 
 assistance under this title; or (E) to be used for 
 other public purposes;
 (2) the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, or 
 installation (including design features and 
 improvements with respect to such construction, 
 reconstruction, or installation that promote energy 
 efficiency) of public works, facilities (except for 
 buildings for the general conduct of government), and 
 site or other improvements;
 (3) code enforcement in deteriorated or deteriorating 
 areas in which such enforcement, together with public 
 or private improvements or services to be provided, may 
 be expected to arrest the decline of the area;
 (4) clearance, demolition, removal, reconstruction, 
 and rehabilitation (including rehabilitation which 
 promotes energy efficiency) of buildings and 
 improvements (including interim assistance, and 
 financing public or private acquisition for 
 reconstruction or rehabilitation, and reconstruction or 
 rehabilitation, of privately owned properties, and 
 including the renovation of closed school buildings);
 (5) special projects directed to the removal of 
 material and architectural barriers which restrict the 
 mobility and accessibility of elderly and handicapped 
 persons;
 (6) payments to housing owners for losses of rental 
 income incurred in holding for temporary periods 
 housing units to be utilized for the relocation of 
 individuals and families displaced by activities under 
 this title;
 (7) disposition (through sale, lease, donation, or 
 otherwise) of any real property acquired pursuant to 
 this title or its retention for public purposes;
 (8) provision of public services, including but not 
 limited to those concerned with employment, crime 
 prevention, child care, health, drug abuse, education, 
 energy conservation, welfare or recreation needs, if 
 such services have not been provided by the unit of 
 general local government (through funds raised by such 
 unit, or received by such unit from the State in which 
 it is located) during any part of the twelve-month 
 period immediately preceding the date of submission of 
 the statement with respect to which funds are to be 
 made available under this title, and which are to be 
 used for such services, unless the Secretary finds that 
 the discontinuation of such services was the result of 
 events not within the control of the unit of general 
 local government, except that not more that 15 per 
 centum of the amount of any assistance to a unit of 
 general local government (or in the case of nonentitled 
 communities not more than 15 per centum statewide) 
 under this title including program income may be used 
 for activities under this paragraph unless such unit of 
 general local government used more than 15 percent of 
 the assistance received under this title for fiscal 
 year 1982 or fiscal year 1983 for such activities 
 (excluding any assistance received pursuant to Public 
 Law 98-8), in which case such unit of general local 
 government may use not more than the percentage or 
 amount of such assistance used for such activities for 
 such fiscal year, whichever method of calculation 
 yields the higher amount, except that of any amount of 
 assistance under this title (including program income) 
 in each of fiscal years 1993 through 2003 to the City 
 of Los Angeles and County of Los Angeles, each such 
 unit of general government may use not more than 25 
 percent in each such fiscal year for activities under 
 this paragraph, and except that of any amount of 
 assistance under this title (including program income) 
 in each of fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001, to the 
 City of Miami, such city may use not more than 25 
 percent in each fiscal year for activities under this 
 paragraph;
 (9) payment of the non-Federal share required in 
 connection with a Federal grant-in-aid program 
 undertaken as part of activities assisted under this 
 title;
 (10) payment of the cost of completing a project 
 funded under title I of the Housing Act of 1949;
 (11) relocation payments and assistance for displaced 
 individuals, families, businesses, organizations, and 
 farm operations, when determined by the grantee to be 
 appropriate;
 (12) activities necessary (A) to develop a 
 comprehensive community development plan, and (B) to 
 develop a policy-planning-management capacity so that 
 the recipient of assistance under this title may more 
 rationally and effectively (i) determine its needs, 
 (ii) set long-term goals and short-term objectives, 
 (iii) devise programs and activities to meet these 
 goals and objectives, (iv) evaluate the progress of 
 such programs in accomplishing these goals and 
 objectives, and (v) carry out management, coordination, 
 and monitoring of activities necessary for effective 
 planning implementation;
 (13) payment of reasonable administrative costs 
 related to establishing and administering federally 
 approved enterprise zones and payment of reasonable 
 administrative costs and carrying charges related to 
 (A) administering the HOME program under title II of 
 the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act; 
 and (B) the planning and execution of community 
 development and housing activities, including the 
 provision of information and resources to residents of 
 areas in which community development and housing 
 activities are to be concentrated with respect to the 
 planning and execution of such activities, and 
 including the carrying out of activities as described 
 in section 701(e) of the Housing Act of 1954 on the 
 date prior to the date of enactment of the Housing and 
 Community Development Amendments of 1981;
 (14) provision of assistance including loans (both 
 interim and long-term) and grants for activities which 
 are carried out by public or private nonprofit 
 entities, including (A) acquisition of real property; 
 (B) acquisition, construction, reconstruction, 
 rehabilitation, or installation of (i) public 
 facilities (except for buildings for the general 
 conduct of government), site improvements, and 
 utilities, and (ii) commercial or industrial buildings 
 or structures and other commercial or industrial real 
 property improvements; and (C) planning;
 (15) assistance to neighborhood-based nonprofit 
 organizations, local development corporations, 
 nonprofit organizations serving the development needs 
 of the communities in nonentitlement areas, or entities 
 organized under section 301(d) of the Small Business 
 Investment Act of 1958 to carry out a neighborhood 
 revitalization or community economic development or 
 energy conservative project in furtherance of the 
 objectives of section 101(c), and assistance to 
 neighborhood-based nonprofit organizations, or other 
 private or public nonprofit organizations, for the 
 purpose of assisting, as part of neighborhood 
 revitalization or other community development, the 
 development of shared housing opportunities (other than 
 by construction of new facilities) in which elderly 
 families (as defined in section 3(b)(3) of the United 
 States Housing Act of 1937) benefit as a result of 
 living in a dwelling in which the facilities are shared 
 with others in a manner that effectively and 
 efficiently meets the housing needs of the residents 
 and thereby reduces their cost of housing;
 (16) activities necessary to the development of 
 energy use strategies related to a recipient's 
 development goals, to assure that those goals are 
 achieved with maximum energy efficiency, including 
 items such as--
 (A) an analysis of the manner in, and the 
 extent to, which energy conservation objectives 
 will be integrated into local government 
 operations, purchasing and service delivery, 
 capital improvements, budgeting, waste 
 management, district heating and cooling, land 
 use planning and zoning, and traffic control, 
 parking, and public transportation functions; 
 and
 (B) a statement of the actions the recipient 
 will take to foster energy conservation and the 
 use of renewable energy resources in the 
 private sector, including the enactment and 
 enforcement of local codes and ordinances to 
 encourage or mandate energy conservation or use 
 of renewable energy resources, financial and 
 other assistance to be provided (principally 
 for the benefit of low- and moderate-income 
 persons) to make energy conserving improvements 
 to residential structures and any other 
 proposed energy conservation activities;
 (17) provision of assistance to private, for-profit 
 entities, when the assistance is appropriate to carry 
 out an economic development project (that shall 
 minimize, to the extent practicable, displacement of 
 existing businesses and jobs in neighborhoods) that--
 (A) creates or retains jobs for low- and 
 moderate-income persons;
 (B) prevents or eliminates slums and blight;
 (C) meets urgent needs;
 (D) creates or retains businesses owned by 
 community residents;
 (E) assists businesses that provide goods or 
 services needed by, and affordable to, low- and 
 moderate-income residents; or
 (F) provides technical assistance to promote 
 any of the activities under subparagraphs (A) 
 through (E);
 (18) the rehabilitation or development of housing 
 assisted under section 17 of the United States Housing 
 Act of 1937;
 (19) provision of technical assistance to public or 
 nonprofit entities to increase the capacity of such 
 entities to carry out eligible neighborhood 
 revitalization or economic development activities, 
 which assistance shall not be considered a planning 
 cost as defined in paragraph (12) or administrative 
 cost as defined in paragraph (13);
 (20) housing services, such as housing counseling in 
 connection with tenant-based rental assistance and 
 affordable housing projects assisted under title II of 
 the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, 
 energy auditing, preparation of work specifications, 
 loan processing, inspections, tenant selection, 
 management of tenant-based rental assistance, and other 
 services related to assisting owners, tenants, 
 contractors, and other entities, participating or 
 seeking to participate in housing activities assisted 
 under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
 Affordable Housing Act;
 (21) provision of assistance by recipients under this 
 title to institutions of higher education having a 
 demonstrated capacity to carry out eligible activities 
 under this subsection for carrying out such activities;
 (22) provision of assistance to public and private 
 organizations, agencies, and other entities (including 
 nonprofit and for-profit entities) to enable such 
 entities to facilitate economic development by--
 (A) providing credit (including providing 
 direct loans and loan guarantees, establishing 
 revolving loan funds, and facilitating peer 
 lending programs) for the establishment, 
 stabilization, and expansion of 
 microenterprises;
 (B) providing technical assistance, advice, 
 and business support services (including 
 assistance, advice, and support relating to 
 developing business plans, securing funding, 
 conducting marketing, and otherwise engaging in 
 microenterprise activities) to owners of 
 microenterprises and persons developing 
 microenterprises; and
 (C) providing general support (such as peer 
 support programs and counseling) to owners of 
 microenterprises and persons developing 
 microenterprises;
 (23) activities necessary to make essential repairs 
 and to pay operating expenses necessary to maintain the 
 habitability of housing units acquired through tax 
 foreclosure proceedings in order to prevent abandonment 
 and deterioration of such housing in primarily low- and 
 moderate-income neighborhoods;
 (24) provision of direct assistance to facilitate and 
 expand homeownership among persons of low and moderate 
 income (except that such assistance shall not be 
 considered a public service for purposes of paragraph 
 (8)) by using such assistance to----
 (A) subsidize interest rates and mortgage 
 principal amounts for low- and moderate-income 
 homebuyers;
 (B) finance the acquisition by low- and 
 moderate-income homebuyers of housing that is 
 occupied by the homebuyers;
 (C) acquire guarantees for mortgage financing 
 obtained by low- and moderate-income homebuyers 
 from private lenders (except that amounts 
 received under this chapter may not be used 
 under this subparagraph to directly guarantee 
 such mortgage financing and grantees under this 
 chapter may not directly provide such 
 guarantees);
 (D) provide up to 50 percent of any 
 downpayment required from low- or moderate-
 income homebuyer; or
 (E) pay reasonable closing costs (normally 
 associated with the purchase of a home) 
 incurred by a low- or moderate-income 
 homebuyer;
 (25) the construction or improvement of tornado-safe 
 shelters for residents of manufactured housing, and the 
 provision of assistance (including loans and grants) to 
 nonprofit and for-profit entities (including owners of 
 manufactured housing parks) for such construction or 
 improvement, except that--
 (A) a shelter assisted with amounts provided 
 pursuant to this paragraph may be located only 
 in a neighborhood (including a manufactured 
 housing park) that--
 (i) contains not less than 20 
 manufactured housing units that are 
 within such proximity to the shelter 
 that the shelter is available to the 
 residents of such units in the event of 
 a tornado;
 (ii) consists predominantly of 
 persons of low and moderate income; and
 (iii) is located within a State in 
 which a tornado has occurred during the 
 fiscal year for which the amounts to be 
 used under this paragraph were made 
 available or any of the 3 preceding 
 fiscal years, as determined by the 
 Secretary after consultation with the 
 Director of the Federal Emergency 
 Management Agency;
 (B) such a shelter shall comply with 
 standards for construction and safety as the 
 Secretary, after consultation with the Director 
 of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
 shall provide to ensure protection from 
 tornadoes;
 (C) such a shelter shall be of a size 
 sufficient to accommodate, at a single time, 
 all occupants of manufactured housing units 
 located within the neighborhood in which the 
 shelter is located; and
 (D) amounts may not be used for a shelter as 
 provided under this paragraph unless there is 
 located, within the neighborhood in which the 
 shelter is located (or, in the case of a 
 shelter located in a manufactured housing park, 
 within 1,500 feet of such park), a warning 
 siren that is operated in accordance with such 
 local, regional, or national disaster warning 
 programs or systems as the Secretary, after 
 consultation with the Director of the Federal 
 Emergency Management Agency, considers 
 appropriate to ensure adequate notice of 
 occupants of manufactured housing located in 
 such neighborhood or park of a tornado; and
 (26) lead-based paint hazard evaluation and 
 reduction, as defined in section 1004 of the 
 Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 
 1992.
 (b) Upon the request of the recipient of assistance under 
this title, the Secretary may agree to perform administrative 
services on a reimbursable basis on behalf of such recipient in 
connection with loans or grants for the rehabilitation of 
properties as authorized under subsection (a)(4).
 (c)(1) In any case in which an assisted activity described in 
paragraph (14) or (17) of subsection (a) is identified as 
principally benefiting persons of low and moderate income, such 
activity shall--
 (A) be carried out in a neighborhood consisting 
 predominately of persons of low and moderate income and 
 provide services for such persons; or
 (B) involve facilities designed for use predominately 
 by persons of low and moderate income; or
 (C) involve employment of persons, a majority of whom 
 are persons of low and moderate income.
 (2)(A) In any case in which an assisted activity described in 
subsection (a) is designed to serve an area generally and is 
clearly designed to meet identified needs of persons of low and 
moderate income in such area, such activity shall be considered 
to principally benefit persons of low and moderate income if 
(i) not less than 51 percent of the residents of such area are 
persons of low and moderate income; (ii) in any metropolitan 
city or urban county, the area served by such activity is 
within the highest quartile of all areas within the 
jurisdiction of such city or county in terms of the degree of 
concentration of persons of low and moderate income; or (iii) 
the assistance for such activity is limited to paying 
assessments (including any charge made as a condition of 
obtaining access) levied against properties owned and occupied 
by persons of low and moderate income to recover the capital 
cost for a public improvement.
 (B) The requirements of subparagraph (A) do not prevent the 
use of assistance under this title for the development, 
establishment, and operation for not to exceed 2 years after 
its establishment of a uniform emergency telephone number 
system if the Secretary determines that--
 (i) such system will contribute substantially to the 
 safety of the residents of the area served by such 
 system;
 (ii) not less than 51 percent of the use of the 
 system will be by persons of low and moderate income; 
 and
 (iii) other Federal funds received by the grantee are 
 not available for the development, establishment, and 
 operation of such system due to the insufficiency of 
 the amount of such funds, the restrictions on the use 
 of such funds, or the prior commitment of such funds 
 for other purposes by the grantee.
The percentage of the cost of the development, establishment, 
and operation of such a system that may be paid from assistance 
under this title and that is considered to benefit low and 
moderate income persons is the percentage of the population to 
be served that is made up of persons of low and moderate 
income.
 (3) Any assisted activity under this title that involves the 
acquisition or rehabilitation of property to provide housing 
shall be considered to benefit persons of low and moderate 
income only to the extent such housing will, upon completion, 
be occupied by such persons.
 (4) For the purposes of subsection (c)(1)(C)--
 (A) if an employee resides in, or the assisted 
 activity through which he or she is employed, is 
 located in a census tract that meets the Federal 
 enterprise zone eligibility criteria, the employee 
 shall be presumed to be a person of low- or moderate-
 income; or
 (B) if an employee resides in a census tract where 
 not less than 70 percent of the residents have incomes 
 at or below 80 percent of the area median, the employee 
 shall be presumed to be a person of low or moderate 
 income.
 (d) Training Program.--The Secretary shall implement, using 
funds recaptured pursuant to section 119(o), an on-going 
education and training program for officers and employees of 
the Department, especially officers and employees of area and 
other field offices of the Department, who are responsible for 
monitoring and administering activities pursuant to paragraphs 
(14), (15), and (17) of subsection (a) for the purpose of 
ensuring that (A) such personnel possess a thorough 
understanding of such activities; and (B) regulations and 
guidelines are implemented in a consistent fashion.
 (e) Guidelines for Evaluating and Selecting Economic 
Development Projects.--
 (1) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish, by 
 regulation, guidelines to assist grant recipients under 
 this title to evaluate and select activities described 
 in section 105(a) (14), (15), and (17) for assistance 
 with grant amounts. The Secretary shall not base a 
 determination of eligibility of the use of funds under 
 this title for such assistance solely on the basis that 
 the recipient fails to achieve one or more of the 
 guidelines' objectives as stated in paragraph (2).
 (2) Project costs and financial requirements.--The 
 guidelines established under this subsection shall 
 include the following objectives:
 (A) The project costs of such activities are 
 reasonable.
 (B) To the extent practicable, reasonable 
 financial support has been committed for such 
 activities from non-Federal sources prior to 
 disbursement of Federal funds.
 (C) To the extent practicable, any grant 
 amounts to be provided for such activities do 
 not substantially reduce the amount of non-
 Federal financial support for the activity.
 (D) Such activities are financially feasible.
 (E) To the extent practicable, such 
 activities provide not more than a reasonable 
 return on investment to the owner.
 (F) To the extent practicable, grant amounts 
 used for the costs of such activities are 
 disbursed on a pro rata basis with amounts from 
 other sources.
 (3) Public benefit.--The guidelines established under 
 this subsection shall provide that the public benefit 
 provided by the activity is appropriate relative to the 
 amount of assistance provided with grant amounts under 
 this title.
 (f) Assistance to For-Profit Entities.--In any case in which 
an activity described in paragraph (17) of subsection (a) is 
provided assistance such assistance shall not be limited to 
activities for which no other forms of assistance are available 
or could not be accomplished but for that assistance.
 (g) Microenterprise and Small Business Program 
Requirements.--In developing program requirements and providing 
assistance pursuant to paragraph (17) of subsection (a) to a 
microenterprise or small business, the Secretary shall--
 (1) take into account the special needs and 
 limitations arising
 (2) not consider training, technical assistance, or 
 other support services costs provided to small 
 businesses or microenterprises or to grantees and 
 subgrantees to develop the capacity to provide such 
 assistance, as a planning cost pursuant to section 
 105(a)(12) or an administrative cost pursuant to 
 section 105(a)(13).
 (h) Prohibition on Use of Assistance for Employment 
Relocation Activities.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no amount from a grant under section 106 made in fiscal 
year 1999 or any succeeding fiscal year may be used to assist 
directly in the relocation of any industrial or commercial 
plant, facility, or operation, from 1 area to another area, if 
the relocation is likely to result in a significant loss of 
employment in the labor market area from which the relocation 
occurs.
 (i) Special Activities By Indian Tribes.--Indian tribes 
receiving grants under section 106(a)(1) of this Act are 
authorized to carry out activities described in subsection 
(a)(15) of this section directly.

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 SECTION 513 OF THE MULTIFAMILY ASSISTED HOUSING REFORM AND 
 AFFORDABILITY ACT OF 1997

SEC. 513. AUTHORITY OF PARTICIPATING ADMINISTRATIVE ENTITIES.

 (a) Participating Administrative Entities.--
 (1) In general.--Subject to subsection (b)(3), the 
 Secretary shall enter into portfolio restructuring 
 agreements with participating administrative entities 
 for the implementation of mortgage restructuring and 
 rental assistance sufficiency plans to restructure 
 multifamily housing mortgages insured or held by the 
 Secretary under the National Housing Act, in order to--
 (A) reduce the costs of expiring contracts 
 for assistance under section 8 of the United 
 States Housing Act of 1937;
 (B) address financially and physically 
 troubled projects; and
 (C) correct management and ownership 
 deficiencies.
 (2) Portfolio restructuring agreements.--Each 
 portfolio restructuring agreement entered into under 
 this subsection shall--
 (A) be a cooperative agreement to establish 
 the obligations and requirements between the 
 Secretary and the participating administrative 
 entity;
 (B) identify the eligible multifamily housing 
 projects or groups of projects for which the 
 participating administrative entity is 
 responsible for assisting in developing and 
 implementing approved mortgage restructuring 
 and rental assistance sufficiency plans under 
 section 514;
 (C) require the participating administrative 
 entity to review and certify to the accuracy 
 and completeness of the evaluation of 
 rehabilitation needs required under section 
 514(e)(3) for each eligible multifamily housing 
 project included in the portfolio restructuring 
 agreement, in accordance with regulations 
 promulgated by the Secretary;
 (D) identify the responsibilities of both the 
 participating administrative entity and the 
 Secretary in implementing a mortgage 
 restructuring and rental assistance sufficiency 
 plan, including any actions proposed to be 
 taken under section 516 or 517;
 (E) require each mortgage restructuring and 
 rental assistance sufficiency plan to be 
 prepared in accordance with the requirements of 
 section 514 for each eligible multifamily 
 housing project;
 (F) include other requirements established by 
 the Secretary, including a right of the 
 Secretary to terminate the contract immediately 
 for failure of the participating administrative 
 entity to comply with any applicable 
 requirement;
 (G) if the participating administrative 
 entity is a State housing finance agency or a 
 local housing agency, indemnify the 
 participating administrative entity against 
 lawsuits and penalties for actions taken 
 pursuant to the agreement, excluding actions 
 involving willful misconduct or negligence;
 (H) include compensation for all reasonable 
 expenses incurred by the participating 
 administrative entity necessary to perform its 
 duties under this subtitle; and
 (I) include, where appropriate, incentive 
 agreements with the participating 
 administrative entity to reward superior 
 performance in meeting the purposes of this 
 title.
 (b) Selection of Participating Administrative Entity.--
 (1) Selection criteria.--The Secretary shall select a 
 participating administrative entity based on whether, 
 in the determination of the Secretary, the 
 participating administrative entity--
 (A) has demonstrated experience in working 
 directly with residents of low-income housing 
 projects and with tenants and other community-
 based organizations;
 (B) has demonstrated experience with and 
 capacity for multifamily restructuring and 
 multifamily financing (which may include risk-
 sharing arrangements and restructuring eligible 
 multifamily housing properties under the fiscal 
 year 1997 Federal Housing Administration 
 multifamily housing demonstration program);
 (C) has a history of stable, financially 
 sound, and responsible administrative 
 performance (which may include the management 
 of affordable low-income rental housing);
 (D) has demonstrated financial strength in 
 terms of asset quality, capital adequacy, and 
 liquidity;
 (E) has demonstrated that it will carry out 
 the specific transactions and other 
 responsibilities under this subtitle in a 
 timely, efficient, and cost-effective manner; 
 and
 (F) meets other criteria, as determined by 
 the Secretary.
 (2) Selection.--If more than 1 interested entity 
 meets the qualifications and selection criteria for a 
 participating administrative entity, the Secretary may 
 select the entity that demonstrates, as determined by 
 the Secretary, that it will--
 (A) provide the most timely, efficient, and 
 cost-effective--
 (i) restructuring of the mortgages 
 covered by the portfolio restructuring 
 agreement; and
 (ii) administration of the section 8 
 project-based assistance contract, if 
 applicable; and
 (B) protect the public interest (including 
 the long-term provision of decent low-income 
 affordable rental housing and protection of 
 residents, communities, and the American 
 taxpayer).
 (3) Partnerships.--For the purposes of any 
 participating administrative entity applying under this 
 subsection, participating administrative entities are 
 encouraged to develop partnerships with each other and 
 with nonprofit organizations, if such partnerships will 
 further the participating administrative entity's 
 ability to meet the purposes of this title.
 (4) Alternative administrators.--With respect to any 
 eligible multifamily housing project for which a 
 participating administrative entity is unavailable, or 
 should not be selected to carry out the requirements of 
 this subtitle with respect to that multifamily housing 
 project for reasons relating to the selection criteria 
 under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall--
 (A) carry out the requirements of this 
 subtitle with respect to that eligible 
 multifamily housing project; or
 (B) contract with other qualified entities 
 that meet the requirements of paragraph (1) to 
 provide the authority to carry out all or a 
 portion of the requirements of this subtitle 
 with respect to that eligible multifamily 
 housing project.
 (5) Priority for public agencies as participating 
 administrative entities.--The Secretary shall provide a 
 reasonable period during which the Secretary will 
 consider proposals only from State housing finance 
 agencies or local housing agencies, and the Secretary 
 shall select such an agency without considering other 
 applicants if the Secretary determines that the agency 
 is qualified. The period shall be of sufficient 
 duration for the Secretary to determine whether any 
 State housing finance agencies or local housing 
 agencies are interested and qualified. Not later than 
 the end of the period, the Secretary shall notify the 
 State housing finance agency or the local housing 
 agency regarding the status of the proposal and, if the 
 proposal is rejected, the reasons for the rejection and 
 an opportunity for the applicant to respond.
 (6) State and local portfolio requirements.--
 (A) In general.--If the housing finance 
 agency of a State is selected as the 
 participating administrative entity, that 
 agency shall be responsible for such eligible 
 multifamily housing projects in that State as 
 may be agreed upon by the participating 
 administrative entity and the Secretary. If a 
 local housing agency is selected as the 
 participating administrative entity, that 
 agency shall be responsible for such eligible 
 multifamily housing projects in the 
 jurisdiction of the agency as may be agreed 
 upon by the participating administrative entity 
 and the Secretary.
 (B) Nondelegation.--Except with the prior 
 approval of the Secretary, a participating 
 administrative entity may not delegate or 
 transfer responsibilities and functions under 
 this subtitle to 1 or more entities.
 (7) Private entity requirements.--
 (A) In general.--If a for-profit entity is 
 selected as the participating administrative 
 entity, that entity shall be required to enter 
 into a partnership with a public purpose entity 
 (including the Department).
 (B) Prohibition.--No private entity shall 
 share, participate in, or otherwise benefit 
 from any equity created, received, or 
 restructured as a result of the portfolio 
 restructuring agreement.
 (c) PERFORMANCE BASED CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION.--Subject to 
the authority granted to the Secretary pursuant to section 
1437f(b)(1) of title 42 of the United States Code, the 
Secretary shall undertake a competition and award annual 
contribution contracts as set forth in section 8(b)(1) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (the Act) (42 USC 
1437f(b)(1)) to public housing agencies qualified to act as 
participating administrative entities under this section: 
Provided, That the Secretary shall--
 (1) conduct such a competition and award contracts on 
 or by September 30, 2026;
 (2) thereafter conduct a competition and award 
 contracts consistent with the provisions hereunder not 
 less frequently than every seven (7) years after the 
 date of the last award of an annual contribution 
 contract is made by the Secretary to a participating 
 administrative entity under the prior competition in 
 compliance with this subsection;
 (3) award such contracts with the Department to 
 participating administrative entities that are also 
 public housing agencies;
 (4) award one contract for each State or territory, 
 except that the Secretary may award more than one 
 contract for a State or territory if the population of 
 such State or territory exceeds 35,000,000;
 (5) specifically include within the definition of 
 participating administrative entities all public 
 housing agencies that--
 (A) are housing finance agencies, housing 
 authorities, and their non-profit 
 instrumentalities organized under the laws of 
 the respective states and territories;
 (B) otherwise comply with the requirements of 
 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1437a(b)(6); and
 (C) are recognized as public housing agencies 
 by the Department's Office of Public and Indian 
 Housing and are otherwise required to comply 
 with 24 CFR Part 903 as of the date that the 
 Secretary publishes the invitation to submit in 
 connection with any competition;
 (6) otherwise undertake a competition that awards 
 contracts under this subsection based upon the criteria 
 set forth in subsection 513(b(1));
 (7) provide a preference in scoring to participating 
 administrative entity applicants under this subsection 
 that have demonstrated experience with--
 (A) properties receiving project-based rental 
 assistance;
 (B) multi-family housing preservation;
 (C) addressing the concerns of low-income 
 tenants;
 (D) making assistance payments to owners; and
 (E) performing other functions assigned to a 
 public housing agency under section 8(b) of the 
 Act;
 (8) provide for incentive-based fees as part of such 
 awards; and
 (9) specifically disclose the evaluation score value 
 for each of the preferences set forth in paragraph (7) 
 in this subsection:
 Provided further, That should no public housing agency submit 
a proposal under this subsection hereunder for a state or 
territory, the Secretary shall undertake a competition among 
non-profit or for profit corporations and business entities 
that seek to act as a performance based contract administrator 
under a contract for any one of those states and territories.

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 CARES ACT

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 DIVISION A--KEEPING WORKERS PAID AND EMPLOYED, HEALTH CARE SYSTEM 
ENHANCEMENTS, AND ECONOMIC STABILIZATION

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TITLE IV--ECONOMIC STABILIZATION AND ASSISTANCE TO SEVERELY DISTRESSED 
 SECTORS OF THE UNITED STATES ECONOMY

Subtitle A--Coronavirus Economic Stabilization Act of 2020

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SEC. 4024. TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON EVICTION FILINGS.

 (a) Definitions.--In this section:
 (1) Covered dwelling.--The term ``covered dwelling'' 
 means a dwelling that--
 (A) is occupied by a tenant--
 (i) pursuant to a residential lease; 
 or
 (ii) without a lease or with a lease 
 terminable under State law; and
 (B) is on or in a covered property.
 (2) Covered property.--The term ``covered property'' 
 means any property that--
 (A) participates in--
 (i) a covered housing program (as 
 defined in section 41411(a) of the 
 Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 
 U.S.C. 12491(a))); or
 (ii) the rural housing voucher 
 program under section 542 of the 
 Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490r); 
 or
 (B) has a--
 (i) Federally backed mortgage loan; 
 or
 (ii) Federally backed multifamily 
 mortgage loan.
 (3) Dwelling.--The term ``dwelling''--
 (A) has the meaning given the term in section 
 802 of the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3602); 
 and
 (B) includes houses and dwellings described 
 in section 803(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
 3603(b)).
 (4) Federally backed mortgage loan.--The term 
 ``Federally backed mortgage loan'' includes any loan 
 (other than temporary financing such as a construction 
 loan) that--
 (A) is secured by a first or subordinate lien 
 on residential real property (including 
 individual units of condominiums and 
 cooperatives) designed principally for the 
 occupancy of from 1 to 4 families, including 
 any such secured loan, the proceeds of which 
 are used to prepay or pay off an existing loan 
 secured by the same property; and
 (B) is made in whole or in part, or insured, 
 guaranteed, supplemented, or assisted in any 
 way, by any officer or agency of the Federal 
 Government or under or in connection with a 
 housing or urban development program 
 administered by the Secretary of Housing and 
 Urban Development or a housing or related 
 program administered by any other such officer 
 or agency, or is purchased or securitized by 
 the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or 
 the Federal National Mortgage Association.
 (5) Federally backed multifamily mortgage loan.--The 
 term ``Federally backed multifamily mortgage loan'' 
 includes any loan (other than temporary financing such 
 as a construction loan) that--
 (A) is secured by a first or subordinate lien 
 on residential multifamily real property 
 designed principally for the occupancy of 5 or 
 more families, including any such secured loan, 
 the proceeds of which are used to prepay or pay 
 off an existing loan secured by the same 
 property; and
 (B) is made in whole or in part, or insured, 
 guaranteed, supplemented, or assisted in any 
 way, by any officer or agency of the Federal 
 Government or under or in connection with a 
 housing or urban development program 
 administered by the Secretary of Housing and 
 Urban Development or a housing or related 
 program administered by any other such officer 
 or agency, or is purchased or securitized by 
 the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or 
 the Federal National Mortgage Association.
 (b) Moratorium.--During the 120-day period beginning on the 
date of enactment of this Act, the lessor of a covered dwelling 
may not--
 (1) make, or cause to be made, any filing with the 
 court of jurisdiction to initiate a legal action to 
 recover possession of the covered dwelling from the 
 tenant for nonpayment of rent or other fees or charges; 
 or
 (2) charge fees, penalties, or other charges to the 
 tenant related to such nonpayment of rent.
 [(c) Notice.--The lessor of a covered dwelling unit--
 [(1) may not require the tenant to vacate the covered 
 dwelling unit before the date that is 30 days after the 
 date on which the lessor provides the tenant with a 
 notice to vacate; and
 [(2) may not issue a notice to vacate under paragraph 
 (1) until after the expiration of the period described 
 in subsection (b).]

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 CHANGES IN THE APPLICATION OF EXISTING LAW

 Pursuant to clause 3(f)(1)(A) of rule XIII of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives, the following statements are 
submitted describing the effect of provisions in the 
accompanying bill that directly or indirectly change the 
application of existing law:

 TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 Language is included under the Office of the Secretary, 
``Salaries and Expenses'' which specifies certain amounts for 
the Office of the Secretary and official reception and 
representation expenses, specifies the period of availability 
of those funds, specifies transfer authority among individual 
offices of the Office of the Secretary, and allows up to 
$2,500,000 in user fees to be credited to the account.
 Language is included under the Office of the Secretary, 
``Research and Technology'' which limits the availability of 
funds, changes the availability of funds, allows funds received 
from other entities to be credited to the account, and deems 
the title of the office.
 Language is included under the Office of the Secretary, 
``National Surface Transportation and Innovative Finance 
Bureau'' which makes funding available until expended, allows 
fees received from other entities to be credited to the 
account, and authorizes the Secretary to use funds for 
departmental administrative costs.
 Language is included under the Office of the Secretary, 
``Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program'' 
which authorizes the Secretary to issue direct loans and loan 
guarantees under chapter 224 of title 49, United States Code.
 Language is included under the Office of the Secretary, 
``Financial Management Capital'' which provides funds for 
financial systems and business process upgrades and changes the 
availability of funds.
 Language is included under the Office of the Secretary, 
``Cyber Security Initiatives'' which provides funds for 
information technology security upgrades and changes the 
availability of funds.
 Language is included under the Office of the Secretary, 
``Office of Civil Rights'' which provides funds for enforcing 
Federal civil rights laws and regulations.
 Language is included under the Office of the Secretary, 
``Transportation Planning, Research, and Development'' which 
provides funds for conducting transportation planning, 
research, and development activities and making grants, changes 
the availability of funds, specifies funding minimums for and 
authorities related to the Interagency Infrastructure 
Permitting Improvement Center, and the Drone Infrastructure 
Inspection Grant Program Language is included under the Office 
of the Secretary that limits operating costs and capital 
outlays of the Working Capital Fund (WCF) for the Department of 
Transportation (DOT); provides that services shall be provided 
on a competitive basis, except for non-DOT entities or funds 
provided in Public Law 117-58; restricts the transfer for any 
funds to the Working Capital Fund with certain approvals; and 
limits special assessments or reimbursable agreements levied 
against any program, project, or activity funded in this Act to 
only those assessments or reimbursable agreements that are 
presented to and approved by the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations.
 Language is included under the Office of the Secretary, 
``Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization and Outreach'' 
limiting the availability of funds, specifying that funds may 
be used for business opportunities related to any mode of 
transportation, and specifying that funds may be used for 
activities previously under the heading ``Office of the 
Secretary--Minority Business Resource Center''.
 Language is included under the Office of the Secretary, 
``Payments to Air Carriers'' which allows the Secretary of 
Transportation to consider subsidy requirements when 
determining service to a community, eliminates the requirement 
that carriers use at least 15-passenger aircraft, prohibits 
funds for communities within a certain distance of a small hub 
airport without a cost-share, allows amounts to be made 
available from the Federal Aviation Administration, and allows 
the reimbursement of such amounts from overflight fees.
 Section 101 prohibits the Office of the Secretary of 
Transportation from approving assessments or reimbursable 
agreements pertaining to funds appropriated to the operating 
administrations in this Act unless such assessments or 
agreements have completed the normal reprogramming process for 
congressional notification.
 Section 102 requires the Secretary to post on the internet 
a schedule of all Council on Credit and Finance meetings, 
agendas, and meeting minutes.
 Section 103 allows the Department's WCF to provide payments 
in advance to vendors for the Federal transit pass fringe 
benefit program and to provide full or partial payments to, and 
to accept reimbursements from, Federal agencies for transit 
benefit distribution services.
 Section 104 allows the Department's WCF to utilize not more 
than $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 unused transit and van pool 
benefits to provide contractual services in support of section 
189 of this Act.
 Section 105 prohibits the use of funds for certain employee 
bonuses without the prior written approval of the Assistant 
Secretary for Administration.
 Section 106 permits the WCF to transfer certain information 
technology, equipment, software, and systems under certain 
circumstances.
 Section 107 requires congressional notification before the 
Department provides credit assistance under the Transportation 
Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act program.
 Section 108 allows the Secretary to transfer and 
consolidate administrative resources for certain programs.
 Section 109 allows the Operating Administrations to 
transfer funds to the Office of Tribal Government Affairs for 
tribal entities who receive funding under an intergovernmental 
compact through the Tribal Transportation Self Governance 
program.
 Section 109A clarifies the criteria the Secretary may use 
in selecting grant recipients for the National Infrastructure 
Investments Program in Public Law 117-58.
 Section 109B permits the Secretary to make transfers to the 
Operating Administrations for the cost of rent for the space 
vacated by the Office of the Inspector General.
 Language is included under Federal Aviation Administration, 
``Operations'' that specifies funds for certain activities; 
limits the availability of funds; derives funds from the 
General Fund and the Airport and Airway Trust Fund; specifies 
reprogramming authorities among activities; requires various 
staffing plans by a certain date with financial penalties for 
late submissions; permits the use of funds to enter into a 
grant agreement with a nonprofit standard setting organization 
to develop aviation safety standards; prohibits the use of 
funds for new applicants of the second career training program; 
prohibits funds to plan, finalize, or implement any regulation 
that would promulgate new aviation user fees not specifically 
authorized by law; credits funds received from other entities 
for expenses incurred in the provision of agency services; and 
specifies funds for the contract tower program; prohibits funds 
from certain activities coordinated through the Working Capital 
Fund.
 Language is included under Federal Aviation Administration, 
``Facilities and Equipment'' that specifies funds for certain 
activities; derives funds from the Airport and Airway Trust 
Fund; limits the availability of funds; credits funds received 
from other entities for expenses incurred in the modernization 
of air navigation systems; and requires a capital investment 
plan.
 Language is included under Federal Aviation Administration, 
``Research, Engineering, and Development'' that derives funds 
from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund; limits the availability 
of funds; credits funds received from other entities for 
expenses incurred for in research, engineering, and development 
to the account; requires funds to be used in accordance with 
the report accompanying this Act; and specifies reprogramming 
authorities among amounts in the report subject to section 405 
of this Act.
 Language is included under Federal Aviation Administration, 
``Grants-in-aid for Airports'' that provides funds from the 
Airport and Airway Trust Fund and from the General Fund; 
specifies the availability of funds; prohibits funds for 
certain activities; sets a cost share requirement on certain 
airport construction projects; limits the availability of funds 
for certain activities; allows the participation of certain 
additional airports; allows the Federal share of certain grants 
to be 95 percent; allows funds to be used for administrative 
expenses, research, and the ``Small Community Air Service 
Development Program''; defines airport eligibility; and allows 
funds to be transferred to the Office of the Secretary to carry 
out the small community air service development program.
 Section 110 allows no more than 600 technical staff-years 
at the center for advanced aviation systems development.
 Section 111 prohibits funds from being used to adopt 
guidelines or regulations requiring airport sponsors to provide 
FAA ``without cost'' building construction or space.
 Section 112 allows reimbursement for fees collected and 
credited under 49 U.S.C. 45303.
 Section 113 allows reimbursement of funds for providing 
technical assistance to foreign aviation authorities to be 
credited to the operations account.
 Section 114 prohibits funds from being used for Sunday 
premium pay unless work was performed on a Sunday.
 Section 115 prohibits funds from being used to buy store 
gift cards with Government-issued credit cards.
 Section 116 requires, upon the request of an owner or 
operator, the Secretary to block the identifying information of 
an owner or operator's aircraft in any flight tracking display 
to the public.
 Section 117 prohibits funds from being used for salaries 
and expenses of more than nine political and Presidential 
appointees in the FAA.
 Section 118 prohibits funds from being used to increase 
fees under 49 U.S.C. 44721 until the FAA provides a report to 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that 
justifies all fees related to aeronautical navigation products 
and explains how such fees are consistent with Executive Order 
13642.
 Section 119 requires the FAA to notify the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations at least 90 days before closing a 
regional operations center or reducing the services provided.
 Section 119A prohibits funds from being used to change 
weight restrictions or prior permission rules at Teterboro 
Airport in New Jersey.
 Section 119B prohibits funds from being used to withhold 
from consideration and approval certain applications for 
participation in the contract tower program or for certain 
reevaluations of cost-share program participation.
 Section 119C prohibits funds from being used to open, 
close, re-designate, or reorganize a regional office, 
aeronautical center, or technical center subject to the normal 
reprogramming requirements outlined under section 405 of this 
Act.
 Section 119D refined the eligibility criteria of air 
traffic systems or equipment.
 Section 119E allows funds from the ``Grants-in-Aid for 
Airports'' account to reimburse airports affected by temporary 
flight restrictions for residences of the President.
 Language is included under the Federal Highway 
Administration, ``Limitation on Administrative Expenses'' which 
limits the amount to be paid, together with advances and 
reimbursements received, for the administrative expenses of the 
agency or transferred to the Appalachian Regional Commission 
for administrative expenses associated with the Appalachian 
Development Highway System.
 Language is included under the Federal Highway 
Administration, ``Federal-aid Highways'' which limits the 
obligations for Federal-aid highways and highway safety 
construction programs.
 Language is included under the Federal Highway 
Administration, ``Federal-aid Highways'' which liquidates 
contract authority from the Highway Trust Fund.
 Language is included under the Federal Highway 
Administration, ``Highway Infrastructure Programs'' which 
authorizes and appropriates additional amounts. Language 
applies; waives various statutory requirements for certain 
funding and specifies the availability of funds; and allocates 
funding for the Nationally Significant Multimodal Freight and 
Highway Projects program.
 Section 120 distributes obligation authority among Federal-
aid highways programs.
 Section 121 credits funds received by the Bureau of 
Transportation Statistics to the Federal-aid highways account.
 Section 122 provides requirements for any waiver of the Buy 
America requirements.
 Section 123 requires 60-day notification to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations of any grants as authorized 
under 23 U.S.C. 117.
 Section 124 allows state departments of transportation to 
repurpose certain highway project funding to be used within 25 
miles of its original designation.
 Section 125 limits funds to be used for any activities 
related to Priced Zones under the Value Pricing Pilot Program 
or New York City's Central Business District Tolling Program.
 Section 126 limits funds to be used for the rule, or any 
substantially similar rule, entitled ``National Performance 
Management Measures; Assessing Performance of the National 
Highway System, Greenhouse Gas Emissions Measures.''
 Language is included under the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration, ``Motor Carrier Safety Operations and 
Programs'' which provides a limitation on obligations and 
liquidation of contract authorization, changes the availability 
of funds, and specifies amounts available for specific 
activities.
 Language is included under the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration, ``Motor Carrier Safety Grants'' which provides 
limitation on obligations and liquidation of contract 
authorization, modifies the availability of certain funds, and 
specifies amounts available for various programs.
 Section 130 specifies certain notification requirements for 
violations of certain Federal Regulations.
 Section 131 prohibits funds from being used to enforce the 
electronic logging device rule with respect to carriers 
transporting livestock or insects.
 Section 132 prohibits funds from being used to require the 
use of inward facing cameras as a condition for the 
apprenticeship pilot program.
 Section 133 prohibits funds from being used to promulgate 
any rule or regulation that would require certain commercial 
vehicles to be equipped with a speed limiting device.
 Section 134 prohibits funds to be used to modify the 
preemption determinations published by FMSCSA.
 Language is included under National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration, ``Operations and Research'' which provides 
funds for vehicle safety activities and modifies the period of 
availability of certain funds.
 Language is included under National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration, ``Operations and Research'' which provides a 
limitation on obligations and a liquidation of contract 
authorization from the Highway Trust Fund, specifies amounts 
for various programs, modifies the period of availability of 
certain funds; and specifies that amounts for certain 
activities are in addition to any other funds provided for such 
purposes in this Act.
 Language is included under National Highway Traffic Safety 
Ad- ministration ``Highway Traffic Safety Grants'' which 
provides a limitation on obligations, changes the availability 
of funds, provides a liquidation of contract authorization from 
the Highway Trust Fund, specifies the amounts for various 
programs, prohibits and limits funds for specific purposes, and 
requires certain congressional notifications.
 Section 140 exempts from the current fiscal year's 
obligation limitation any obligation authority that was made 
available in previous public laws.
 Section 141 allows the use of funds under Division J of the 
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act for providing technical 
assistance for highway traffic safety grants.
 Language is included under Federal Railroad Administration, 
``Safety and Operations'' which provides funds and funding 
availability.
 Language is included under Federal Railroad Administration, 
``Railroad Research and Development'' which provides funds, 
pro- vides funding availability, and allows the use of funding 
for specific purposes.
 Language is included under Federal Railroad Administration, 
``Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements'' 
which provides funds and funding availability, sets aside 
amounts for specified purposes, expands project eligibility, 
and modifies preference relating to the Federal share of 
projects receiving awards, allows funds to be used for railroad 
systems planning, allows funds selected for commuter rail 
passenger transportation to be transferred by the Secretary to 
appropriate agencies, allows unobligated balances remaining 
after six years to be used for any eligible project, and allows 
the Secretary to withhold funding for a specified purpose.
 Language is included under Federal Railroad Administration, 
``Northeast Corridor Grants to the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation'' which provides funds and funding availability and 
allows the Secretary to withhold funding for specified 
purposes.
 Language is included under Federal Railroad Administration, 
``National Network Grants to the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation'' which provides funding and funding availability 
and allows the Secretary to retain funding to fund expenses 
associated with the State-Supported Route Committee.
 Section 150 allows the Federal Railroad Administration to 
transfer certain amounts made available in this and prior Acts 
to the financial assistance oversight and technical assistance 
account to support the award, administration, project 
management oversight, and technical assistance of grants 
administered by the Federal Railroad Administration, with an 
exception.
 Section 151 specifies certain restrictions and reporting 
requirements for the use of funds to pay for certain overtime 
costs.
 Section 152 prohibits the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation from using funds to reduce the total number of 
uniformed Amtrak Police Department officers below the staffing 
level on May 1, 2019.
 Section 153 limits the use of Federal-state partnership for 
intercity passenger rail grants from Division J of Public Law 
117-58.
 Section 154 prohibits funds from being used for a high-
speed rail corridor development project in California.
 Section 155 provides funding from Federal-state partnership 
for intercity passenger rail grants to the Union Station 
Redevelopment Corporation for repair and rehabilitation of the 
Washington Union Station complex.
 Section 156 permits more than six grants from being 
simultaneously active under the Restoration and Enhancement 
Grants program.
 Language is included under Federal Transit Administration, 
``Transit Formula Grants'' which provides a limitation on 
obligations from the Highway Trust Fund, and for the 
liquidation of contract authority.
 Language is included under Federal Transit Administration, 
``Transit Infrastructure Grants'' which provides funding and 
funding availability and clarifies that such funding is not 
subject to any limitation on obligations.
 Language is included under Federal Transit Administration, 
``Technical Assistance and Training'' which provides funding 
and funding availability for certain activities, specifies that 
such funding is in addition to any other amounts for such 
purposes, and clarifies that such funding is not subject to any 
limitation on obligations.
 Language is included under Federal Transit Administration, 
``Capital Investment Grants'' which provides funding and 
funding, specifies amounts for activities authorized by section 
5309 of title 49, United States Code, and section 3005(b) of 
the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, and sets 
limits on transfer authority.
 Language is included under Federal Transit Administration, 
``Grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit 
Authority'' which provides funding and funding availability, 
requires the Secretary to review projects before a grant is 
made, and requires the Secretary to place the highest priority 
on safety investments.
 Section 160 exempts previously made transit obligations 
from limitations on obligations.
 Section 161 allows funds provided in this Act that remain 
unobligated by September 30, 2027, for capital investment 
grants projects to be available for other projects to use the 
funds for the purposes for which they were originally provided.
 Section 162 allows for the transfer of appropriations made 
prior to October 1, 2023, from older accounts to be merged into 
new accounts with similar, current activities.
 Section 163 prohibits the enforcement of the Rostenkowski 
test.
 Language is included under Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway 
Development Corporation which authorizes expenditures, 
contracts, and commitments as may be necessary.
 Language is included under Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway 
Development Corporation, ``Operations and Maintenance'' which 
provides funds derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund 
and specifies a certain amount for the seaway infrastructure 
pro- gram. Language allows the Secretary to use unobligated 
balances from prior Acts for a specified purpose.
 Language is included under Maritime Administration, 
``Maritime Security Program'' which provides funds and funding 
availability.
 Language is included under Maritime Administration, ``Cable 
Security Fleet'' which provides funds and funding availability. 
It also includes a recission of funds.
 Language is included under Maritime Administration, 
``Tanker Security Program'' which provides funds and funding 
availability. It also includes a recission of funds.
 Language is included under Maritime Administration, 
``Operations and Training'' which provides funds for specific 
purposes, limits funding availability, requires submission of 
the annual report on sexual assault and harassment at the 
United States Merchant Marine Academy, and allows the use of 
prior year recoveries for specific purposes.
 Language is included under Maritime Administration, ``State 
Maritime Academy Operations'' which provides funds for specific 
purposes, and limits funding availability.
 Language is included under Maritime Administration, 
``Assistance to Small Shipyards'' which provides funds and 
funding availability.
 Language is included under Maritime Administration, ``Ship 
Disposal'' which provides funds and funding availability.
 Language is included under Maritime Administration, 
``Maritime Guaranteed Loan (Title XI) Program Account'' which 
provides funds, and transfers and merges funds with ``Maritime 
Administration--Operations and Training''.
 Language is included under Maritime Administration, ``Port 
Infrastructure Development Program'' for funding.
 Section 170 authorizes the Maritime Administration to 
furnish utilities and services and to make necessary repairs in 
connection with any lease, contract, or occupancy involving 
government property under control of the Maritime 
Administration and allows payments received to be credited to 
the Treasury and to remain avail- able until expended.
 Language is included under Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 
Safety Administration, ``Operational Expenses'' which provides 
funding and funding availability.
 Language is included under Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 
Safety Administration, ``Hazardous Materials Safety'' which 
provides funding and funding availability, allows fees 
collected under section 5108(g) of title 49, United States 
Code, to be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury, and 
allows credits to this appropriation for funds received from 
other entities for certain expenses.
 Language is included under Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 
Safety Administration, ``Pipeline Safety'' which specifies 
amounts derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, the 
Pipeline Safety Fund, the Liquefied Natural Gas Siting Account, 
and the Underground Natural Gas Storage Facility Safety 
Account; limits availability of funds; specifies a minimum 
amount for certain activities; specifies notification 
requirements for certain activities; requires the Secretary to 
complete certain reports and plans; and limits funding for 
certain purposes pending approval of such reports and plans.
 Language is included under Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 
Safety Administration, ``Emergency Preparedness Grants'' which 
specifies the amount derived from the Emergency Preparedness 
Fund, limits the availability of funds, allows up to four 
percent of funds for administrative costs, and allows the use 
of prior year recoveries for certain activities.
 Language is included under Office of Inspector General, 
``Salaries and Expenses'' which provides funding and provides 
the Inspector General with all necessary, independent authority 
to investigate allegations of fraud by any person or entity 
that is subject to regulation by the Department of 
Transportation.
 Section 180 provides authorization for the Department of 
Transportation to maintain and operate aircraft, hire passenger 
motor vehicles and aircraft, purchase liability insurance, pay 
for uniforms, and purchase and operate unmanned aircraft 
systems.
 Section 181 limits appropriations for services authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, up to the rate 
permitted for an executive level IV.
 Section 182 prohibits recipients of funds in this Act from 
disseminating personal information obtained by state DMVs in 
connection to motor vehicle records with an exception.
 Section 183 prohibits funds in this Act for salaries and 
expenses of more than 125 political and presidential appointees 
in the Department of Transportation.
 Section 184 stipulates that revenue collected by the 
Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Railroad 
Administration from states, counties, municipalities, other 
public authorities, and private sources for training may be 
credited to specific accounts within the agencies with an 
exception for state rail safety inspectors participating in 
training.
 Section 185 prohibits the Department of Transportation from 
using funds made available by this Act or in title VIII of 
division J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 
117-58) to make a loan, loan guarantee, line of credit, letter 
of intent, Federally funded cooperative agreement, full funding 
grant agreement, or discretionary grant unless the Department 
of Transportation gives a 3-day advance notice to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations. The provision requires the 
Department of Transportation to provide a comprehensive list of 
all such loans, loan guarantees, lines of credit, letters of 
intent, Federally funded cooperative agreements, full funding 
grant agreements, and discretionary grants that will be 
announced with a 3-day advance notice to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations. The provision also requires 
concurrent notice of any ``quick release'' of funds from the 
Federal Highway Administration's emergency relief program and 
prohibits notifications from involving funds not available for 
obligation.
 Section 186 allows funds received from rebates, refunds, 
and similar sources to be credited to appropriations of the 
Department of Transportation.
 Section 187 requires reprogramming actions to be approved 
or denied by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, 
and reprogramming notifications shall be transmitted solely to 
the Appropriations Committees.
 Section 188 allows funds appropriated to operating 
administrations to be obligated for the Office of the Secretary 
for costs related to assessments only when such funds provide a 
direct benefit to the operating administrations.
 Section 189 authorizes the Secretary to carry out a program 
that establishes uniform standards for developing and 
supporting agency transit pass and transit benefits, including 
distribution of transit benefits.
 Section 190 allows the use of funds to assist a contract 
utilizing geographic, economic, or other hiring preference not 
otherwise authorized by law, only if certain requirements are 
met related to availability of local labor, displacement of 
existing employees, and delays in transportation plans.
 Section 191 directs the Secretary of Transportation to work 
with the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that best 
practices for industrial control systems procurement are up to 
date and that systems procured with funds provided under this 
title were pro- cured using such practices.
 Section 192 prohibits the use of funds to be used in 
contravention of the American Security Drone Act of 2023.
 Section 193 prohibits the use of funds in relation to the 
implementation of the Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards 
rule.
 Section 194 prohibits funds to be used to enforce a mask 
mandate in response to the COVID-19 virus.
 Section 195 prohibits funds to license, facilitate, 
coordinate, or otherwise allow officials of a country 
designated as a state sponsor of terrorism within the past 
three fiscal years to, in their official capacity, observe, 
tour, visit, or confer with DOT employees, including the FAA.

 TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 Language is included under Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, ``Management and Administration'', ``Executive 
Offices'' which provides funding and funding availability for 
Executive Offices and limits funds available for reception and 
representation expenses.
 Language is included under Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, ``Management and Administration'', 
``Administrative Support Offices'' which specifies funds for 
the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, the Office of the 
General Counsel, the Office of Administration, the Office of 
the Chief Human Capital Officer, the Office of the Chief 
Procurement Officer, the Office of Field Policy and Management, 
the Office of Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity, and 
the Office of the Chief Information Officer; allows funds for 
certain administrative expenses; and allows funds to be used 
for advertising and promotional activities.
 Language is included under Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, ``Management and Administration'', ``Program 
Offices'' which specifies funds for the Office of Public and 
Indian Housing, Office of Community Planning and Development, 
Office of Housing, Office of Policy Development and Research, 
Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, and Office of 
Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes.
 Language is included under Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, ``Working Capital Fund'' which specifies the 
shared services to be used by the Department, specifies the 
conditions for reimbursement, allows for additional salaries 
and expenses amounts to be transferred to the Working Capital 
Fund, and requires notification in advance of such transfers.
 Language is included under Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, ``Tenant-Based Rental Assistance'' which specifies 
funds for certain programs, activities and purposes and limits 
the use and availability of certain funds; specifies the 
methodology for allocation of renewal funding (including 
renewals of enhanced vouchers); directs the Secretary to 
provide renewal funding based on validated voucher system 
leasing and cost data for the prior year; directs the 
Secretary, to the extent necessary, to prorate each public 
housing agencies (PHA) allocation; directs the Secretary to 
notify PHAs of their annual budget the later of 60 days after 
enactment of the Act or March 1, 2025; allows the Secretary to 
extend the notification period with the prior approval of the 
House and Senate appropriations committees; specifies the 
amounts available to the Secretary to allocate to PHAs that 
need additional funds and for fees; specifies the amount for 
additional rental subsidy due to unforeseen emergencies and 
portability; provides funding for public housing agencies with 
vouchers that were not in use during the previous 12 month 
period in order to be available to meet a commitment pursuant 
to section 8(o)(13); provides funding for various adjustments 
in the allocations for public housing agencies; allows the 
total number of unit months under lease to exceed a Moving to 
Work (MTW) PHA's authorized level of units under contract; 
provides funding for public housing agencies that despite 
taking reasonable measures, would otherwise be required to 
terminate assistance for families as a result of insufficient 
funding; and provides funding for public housing agencies that 
have experienced increased costs or loss of units in an area 
with a Presidentially declared disaster.
 Language is included under Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, ``Tenant-Based Rental Assistance'' which provides 
funds for tenant protection vouchers; sets certain conditions 
for the Secretary to provide such vouchers; provides funds for 
residents of multi-family properties that would not otherwise 
have been eligible for tenant-protection vouchers; sets 
eligibility requirements for multi-family properties to 
participate in the program; requires the Secretary to issue 
guidance on requirements; and sets conditions for the 
reissuance of vouchers.
 Language is included under Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, ``Tenant-Based Rental Assistance'' which provides 
funds for administrative and other expenses of public housing 
agencies to administer the section 8 tenant-based rental 
assistance program; sets an amount to be available to PHAs that 
need additional funds to administer their section 8 programs, 
including fees to administer tenant protection assistance, 
disaster related vouchers, Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing 
vouchers and other special purpose vouchers; provides for the 
distribution of funds; provides for a uniform percentage 
decrease of amounts to be allocated if funds are not 
sufficient; establishes that MTW agencies be funded pursuant to 
their MTW agreements and in accordance with the requirements of 
the MTW program; provides funds for section 811 mainstream 
vouchers (and allows for adjustments in allocations for public 
housing agencies under certain circumstances); provides funds 
for rental assistance and administrative costs associated with 
tribal veteran vouchers subject to certain conditions; and 
requires the Secretary to track special purpose vouchers.
 Language is included under Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, ``Housing Certificate Fund'' which rescinds prior 
year funds and allows the Secretary to use recaptures to fund 
project-based contracts and performance-based contract 
administrators.
 Language is included under Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, ``Public Housing Fund'' which specifies the total 
amount available for certain activities; limits the 
availability of funds; limits the delegation of certain waiver 
authorities; specifies an amount for administrative and 
judicial receiverships; and specifies an amount for emergency 
capital needs, and for safety and security measures.
 Language is included under Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, ``Assisted Housing Inspections and Risk 
Assessments'' which provides funding, limits availability of 
funds, and allows certain unobligated balances under the 
heading ``Public Housing Fund'' to be used for ongoing public 
housing and physical assessment activities.
 Language is included under Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, ``Self-Sufficiency Programs'' which provides 
funding, limits availability of funds, allows the Secretary to 
waive or specify certain requirements, establishes entities 
eligible to compete for funding, allows the establishment of 
escrow funds and utilization of rent incentives, allows the use 
of residual receipt accounts to hire coordinators for a number 
of sufficiency programs, and includes Project-based Rental 
Assistance properties as eligible entities for funding provided 
in this and prior Acts for family self-sufficiency 
coordinators.
 Language is included under Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, ``Native American Programs'' which provides 
funding and limits availability of funds. Language specifies 
amounts and conditions for the Native American Housing Block 
Grants formula program, guaranteed notes and obligations as 
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
the Indian Community Development Block Grant program, and 
training and technical assistance. Language authorizes and 
appropriates funding for competitive grants through the Native 
American Housing Block Grants program to be awarded at the 
discretion of the Secretary, specifies considerations for the 
Secretary in making funding awards, and authorizes the use of 
additional amounts in prior Acts for administrative expenses. 
Language is also included that allows the Secretary to 
reprogram excess amounts after notification is provided to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
 Language is included under Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, ``Indian Housing Loan Guarantee Fund Program 
Account'' which specifies the amount and availability of funds 
to subsidize total loan principal, specifies how to define the 
costs of modifying loans, sets a total loan principal, and 
allows the use of unobligated balances remaining from amounts 
made available under prior Acts for the cost of guaranteed 
loans.
 Language is included under Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, ``Native Hawaiian Housing Loan Guarantee Fund 
Program Account'' which sets a total loan principal and allows 
the Secretary to make commitments to refinance loans.
 Language is included under Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, ``Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS'' 
which limits availability of funds and requires grantee 
notification of formula allocations.
 Language is included under Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, ``Community Development Fund'' which limits the 
use and availability of certain funds; specifies the allocation 
of certain funds; prohibits grant recipients from selling, 
trading, or transferring funds; prohibits the provision of 
funds to for-profit entities for economic development projects 
unless certain conditions are met; specifies an amount for 
activities authorized under section 8071 of the SUPPORT Act; 
requires grantee notification of formula allocations; and 
provides funding for certain community projects specified in 
the report.
 Language is included under Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, ``Community Development Loan Guarantees Program 
Account'' which limits the principal amount of loan guarantees, 
directs the Secretary to collect fees from borrowers adequate 
to result in credit subsidy cost of zero, allows the Section 
108 loan guarantee program to guarantee notes or other 
obligations issued by any State on behalf of non-entitlement 
communities in the State, and provides funds for competitive 
economic development grants for certain projects and allows for 
the reimbursement of eligible expenses related to these grants.
 Language is included under Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, ``Home Investment Partnerships Program'' which 
limits the availability of funds; specifies the allocation of 
certain funds for certain purposes; requires grantee 
notification; and prohibits sections 218(g) and 231(b) of the 
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act from applying 
with respect to the right of a jurisdiction to draw HOME funds 
that otherwise expired or would expire, or uninvested funds 
that were deducted or would be deducted, in 2018 through 2026.
 Language is included under Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, ``Preservation and Reinvestment Initiative for 
Community Enhancement'' which authorizes and appropriates 
funding for competitive grants for the preservation and 
revitalization of manufactured housing; limits availability of 
funds; specifies eligible entities, activities, and 
communities; requires the Secretary to prioritize certain 
applications; defines resiliency activities; and provides the 
Secretary with waiver authority for certain statutory or 
regulatory requirements.
 Language is included under Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, ``Self-help and Assisted Homeownership Opportunity 
Program'' which provides funding; limits availability of funds; 
specifies funding amounts for certain programs, rural 
activities, and organizations; and allows multiyear agreements 
for certain programs subject to the availability of annual 
appropriations.
 Language is included under Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, ``Homeless Assistance Grants'' which limits the 
availability of funds, specifies the allocation of certain 
funds for certain purposes, specifies matching requirements, 
requires the Secretary to establish minimum performance 
thresholds for projects, requires the Secretary to prioritize 
funding to grant applicants that demonstrate a capacity to 
reallocate funding to higher performing projects, requires the 
Secretary to provide incentives for grantees to integrate 
homeless programs with other social service providers, and 
requires notification of formula allocations. It also provides 
for homeless data and particularly discusses homeless youth.
 Language is included under Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, ``Project-based Rental Assistance'' which provides 
funds and funding availability, provides for some advance 
appropriations, specifies eligible activities, allows the cost 
associated with any foregone increases in tenant rent payments 
due to the implementation of rent incentives of the Job-Plus 
initiative to be included in housing assistance payments, 
specifies amounts for certain purposes, and allows the 
Secretary to recapture residual receipts from certain 
properties.
 Language is included under Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, ``Housing for the Elderly'' which limits the 
availability of funds; specifies the allocation of certain 
funds; designates certain funds to be used only for certain 
grants; allows the Secretary to give preference to capital 
advance projects under certain conditions; allows funds to be 
used to renew certain contracts; allows the Secretary to waive 
certain provisions governing contract terms and for 
intergenerational dwelling units; allows excess funds held in 
residual receipts accounts, after contract termination, to be 
deposited in this account for transferred purposes; allows for 
funding to be used for service coordinators, and limits the 
availability and use of these funds.
 Language is included under Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, ``Housing for Persons with Disabilities'' which 
limits the availability of funds, specifies the allocation of 
certain funds, allows the Secretary to give preference to 
capital advance projects under certain conditions, allows for 
certain repurposing of transferred funds, and allows funds to 
be used to renew certain contracts.
 Language is included under Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, ``Housing Counseling Assistance'' which provides 
funds for described purposes, limits the availability of funds, 
specifies amounts to be used for specified purposes, and allows 
multiyear agreements subject to the availability of annual 
appropriations.
 Language is included under Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, ``Payment to Manufactured Housing Fees Trust 
Fund'' which permits fees to be assessed, modified, and 
collected for dispute resolution and installation programs; 
permits temporary borrowing authority from the general fund of 
the Treasury; provides that general fund amounts from 
collections offset the appropriation so that the resulting 
appropriation is a specified amount; requires fees collected to 
be deposited into the Manufactured Housing Fees Trust Fund; 
allows fees to be used for necessary expenses and limits their 
availability; and allows the Secretary to use approved service 
providers.
 Language is included under Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, ``Mutual Mortgage Insurance Program Account'' 
which limits new commitments to issue guarantees, limits new 
obligations to make direct loans, specifies that the Secretary 
may insure specific mortgages only under certain conditions, 
and limits the availability of funds.
 Language is included under Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, ``General and Special Risk Program Account'' which 
limits new commitments to issue guarantees, limits new 
obligations to make direct loans, and limits the availability 
of funds.
 Language is included under Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, ``Government National Mortgage Association'' which 
limits new commitments to issue guarantees, provides funds for 
salaries and expenses derived from offsetting collections, 
allows specified receipts to be credited as offsetting 
collections, and limits the availability of funds.
 Language is included under Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, ``Policy Development and Research'' which limits 
the availability of funds, specifies authorized uses, allows 
the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements under 
specified circumstances, directs the submission of a spend 
plan, and prohibits funding for a specified use.
 Language is included under Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, ``Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity'' which 
provides or prohibits funds for certain purposes, limits the 
availability of funds, authorizes the Secretary to assess and 
collect fees, and for other purposes.
 Language is included under Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, ``Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy 
Homes'' which specifies the period of availability of funds, 
specifies the amount of funds for specific purposes, specifies 
the treatment of certain grants, specifies a matching 
requirement for grants, requires a certification of adequate 
capacity, and authorizes the transfer of funds for the purposes 
of conducting research and studies.
 Language is included under Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, ``Information Technology Fund'' which specifies 
the period of availability and purpose of funds.
 Language is included under Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, ``Office of Inspector General'' which specifies 
the use of funds and directs that the Inspector General shall 
have independent authority over all personnel issues within the 
office.
 Section 201 splits overpayments evenly between the Treasury 
and state HFAs.
 Section 202 prohibits funds from being used to investigate 
or prosecute lawful activities under the Fair Housing Act 
solely for the purpose of achieving or preventing action by a 
government entity or a court of competent jurisdiction.
 Section 203 requires any grant or cooperative agreement to 
be made on a competitive basis, unless otherwise provided, in 
accordance with section 102 of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development Reform Act of 1989.
 Section 204 relates to the availability of funds for 
services and facilities for GSEs and others subject to the 
Government Corporation Control Act and the Housing Act, and to 
the expenditure of funds for corporations and agencies subject 
to the Government Corporation Control Act.
 Section 205 prohibits the use of funds in excess of the 
budget estimates, unless provided otherwise.
 Section 206 authorizes and sets conditions for certain HUD 
agencies and corporations to make expenditures for new loan or 
mortgage purchase commitments.
 Section 207 requires the Secretary to provide quarterly 
reports on uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured, and excess 
funds in each departmental program and activity.
 Section 208 exempts GNMA from certain requirements of the 
Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990.
 Section 209 authorizes HUD to transfer debt and use 
agreements from an obsolete project to a viable project, 
provided that no additional costs are incurred, and other 
conditions are met.
 Section 210 sets forth requirements for section 8 
eligibility.
 Section 211 distributes Native American housing block 
grants to the same Native Alaskan recipients as in fiscal year 
2005.
 Section 212 instructs HUD on how to manage and dispose of 
any multifamily property that is owned or held by HUD.
 Section 213 allows PHAs that own and operate 400 or fewer 
units of public housing to be exempt from asset management 
requirements in connection with the operating fund rule.
 Section 214 restricts the Secretary from imposing any 
requirements or guidelines relating to asset management that 
restrict or limit the use of capital funds for central office 
costs, up to the limits established in law.
 Section 215 requires that no employee of the Department be 
designated as an allotment holder unless the Chief Financial 
Officer determines that such employee has received certain 
training.
 Section 216 requires the Secretary to publish all notices 
of funding opportunities for competitively awarded funds and 
establishes how such notification may occur.
 Section 217 requires attorney fees for programmatic 
litigation to be paid from the individual program office and 
Office of General Counsel salaries and expenses appropriations.
 Section 218 allows the Secretary to transfer up to 10 
percent of funds or $5,000,000, whichever is less, appropriated 
under the headings ``Administrative Support Offices'', or 
``Program Offices'' to any other office.
 Section 219 requires HUD to take certain actions against 
owners receiving rental subsidies that do not maintain safe and 
sanitary properties.
 Section 220 places a salary and bonus limit on public 
housing agency officials and employees.
 Section 221 requires the Secretary to notify the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations at least 3 full business 
days before grant awards are announced, including information 
by state and congressional district.
 Section 222 prohibits funds for HUD financing of mortgages 
for properties that have been subject to eminent domain.
 Section 223 prohibits the use of funds to terminate the 
status of a unit of general local government as a metropolitan 
city with respect to grants under section 106 of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1974.
 Section 224 allows funding for research, evaluation, and 
statistical purposes that is unexpended at the time of 
completion of the contract, grant, or cooperative agreement to 
be reobligated for additional research.
 Section 225 prohibits funds for financial awards for 
employees subject to administrative discipline.
 Section 226 allows program income as an eligible match for 
2015 through 2025 continuum of care funds.
 Section 227 permits HUD to provide one year transition 
grants under the Continuum of Care program.
 Section 228 maintains current Promise Zone designations and 
agreements.
 Section 229 addresses the establishment of reserves for 
public housing agencies designated as ``Moving to Work'' 
agencies.
 Section 230 prohibits funds from being used to make certain 
eligibility limitations as part of a notice of fund opportunity 
for competitive grant awards under the ``Public Housing Fund.''
 Section 231 addresses the manner in which HUD may make 
adjustments for formula allocation corrections.
 Section 232 allows the Secretary to transfer certain 
amounts for salaries and expenses from all headings under this 
title (excluding those made available under the heading 
``Office of Inspector General'') to the heading ``Information 
Technology Fund'' under certain conditions.
 Section 233 requires the Secretary to comply with all 
process requirements when seeking to revise any annual 
contributions contract.
 Section 234 establishes a nonrecurring expense fund for HUD 
in the Treasury with certain conditions and notice requirements 
for use of the funds.
 Section 235 prohibits the reduction of qualifying low-
income housing units due to the placement of a Native American 
veteran assisted through the Tribal HUD-VASH Program.
 Section 236 amends a certain section of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1992.
 Section 237 amends the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1974 by adding a new subsection on ``Special Activities 
by Indian Tribes.''.
 Section 238 rescinds certain unused balances for the 
``Office of Lead Hazard Control and Health Homes.''
 Section 239 provides the Secretary the authority to award 
contracts through a procurement process related to the 
performance based contract administration program.
 Section 240 prohibits the implementation of the proposed 
rule entitled ``Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing'' or to 
direct a grantee to undertake specific changes to zoning laws 
as it relates to a certain interim final rule.
 Section 241 prohibits federal funds for certain 
noncomplying jurisdictions.
 Section 242 prohibits the implementation of certain minimum 
energy efficiency standards and notices.
 Section 243 repeals a provision of P.L. 116-136.

 TITLE III--RELATED AGENCIES

 Language is included under Access Board, ``Salaries and 
Expenses'' which limits funds for necessary expenses.
 Language is included under Federal Maritime Commission, 
``Salaries and Expenses'' which provides funds for services 
authorized by 46 U.S.C. 46107 and 5 U.S.C. 3109, the hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, and uniforms or allowances therefor; 
and limits funds for official reception and representation 
expenses.
 Language is included under National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation Office of Inspector General, ``Salaries and 
Expenses'' which provides funds for an independent, objective 
unit responsible for detecting and preventing fraud, waste, 
abuse, and violations of law. Language allows the Inspector 
General (IG) to enter contracts and to select, appoint, or 
employ officers and employees to carry out its functions, and 
requires the IG to submit its budget request concurrently with 
the President's budget.
 Language is included under National Transportation Safety 
Board, ``Salaries and Expenses'' which provides funds for hire 
of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft, services authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, uniforms or allowances therefor, and limits 
funds for official reception and representation expenses.
 Language is included under Neighborhood Reinvestment 
Corporation, ``Payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment 
Corporation'' which provides funds for activities authorized by 
42 U.S.C. 8101-8107.
 Language is included under Surface Transportation Board, 
``Salaries and Expenses'' which provides funds, specifies 
amounts for certain purposes, allows the collection of a 
specified level of fees established by the Surface 
Transportation Board, and provides that the sum appropriated 
from the general fund of the Treasury shall be reduced on a 
dollar-for-dollar basis as such fees are received.
 Language is included under United States Interagency 
Council on Homelessness, ``Operating Expenses'' which provides 
funds to carry out functions pursuant to title II of the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, and places limitations 
on the use of funds.

 TITLE IV--GENERAL PROVISIONS, THIS ACT

 Section 401 prohibits the use of funds for the planning or 
execution of any program to pay the expenses of, or otherwise 
compensate, non-Federal parties intervening in regulatory or 
adjudicatory proceedings.
 Section 402 prohibits the obligation of funds beyond the 
current fiscal year and the transfer of funds to other 
appropriations, unless expressly provided.
 Section 403 limits consulting service expenditures through 
procurement contracts to those contracts contained in the 
public record, except where otherwise provided under existing 
law.
 Section 404 prohibits funds from being used for certain 
types of employee training.
 Section 405 specifies requirements for the reprogramming of 
funds and requires agencies to submit a report to establish the 
baseline for the application of reprogramming and transfer 
authorities.
 Section 406 provides that not to exceed 50 percent of 
unobligated balances for salaries and expenses may remain 
available until September 30, 2026, for each account for the 
purposes authorized, subject to the approval of the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations.
 Section 407 prohibits the use of funds for any project that 
seeks to use the power of eminent domain unless eminent domain 
is employed only for a public use.
 Section 408 prohibits funds from being transferred to any 
department, agency, or instrumentality of the U.S. Government, 
except where transfer authority is provided in this or any 
other appropriations act.
 Section 409 prohibits funds from being used by an entity 
unless the expenditure is in compliance with the Buy American 
Act.
 Section 410 prohibits funds from being made available to 
any person or entity that has been convicted of violating the 
Buy American Act.
 Section 411 prohibits funds from being used for first-class 
airline accommodations in contravention of sections 301-10.122 
and 301-10.123 of title 41, CFR.
 Section 412 restricts the number of employees that agencies 
may send to international conferences unless such attendance is 
important to the national interest.
 Section 413 caps the amount of fees the STB can charge or 
collect for rate or practice complaints filed at the amount 
authorized for district court civil suit filing fees.
 Section 414 prohibits funds from being used to maintain or 
establish computer networks unless such networks block the 
viewing, downloading, or exchange of pornography.
 Section 415 prohibits funds from being used to deny an 
Inspector General timely access to any records, documents, or 
other materials available to the department or agency over 
which that Inspector General has responsibilities, or to 
prevent or impede that Inspector General's access to such 
records, documents, or other materials.
 Section 416 prohibits funds to be used to pay award or 
incentive fees for contractors whose performance is below 
satisfactory, behind schedule, over budget, or failed to meet 
requirements of the contract, with exceptions.
 Section 417 prohibits funds from being used to permanently 
replace an employee intent on returning to his or her past 
occupation following completion of military service.
 Section 418 prohibits funds from being used for the 
approval of a new foreign air carrier permit or exemption 
application if that approval would contravene United States law 
or Article 17 bis of the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport 
Agreement.
 Section 419 prohibits funds from being used to contravene 
42 U.S.C. 5155.
 Section 420 prohibits funds from being used to contravene 
42 U.S.C. 1436a and 8 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.
 Section 421 bars any of the funding in the bill to be used 
to provide any education, training, or professional development 
that uses, promotes, or teaches ``Critical Race Theory.''
 Section 422 prohibits appropriated funds to be used for 
advocating for supporting or defeating certain legislation.
 Section 423 prohibits funds provided in this bill to 
implement or enforce certain executive orders related to 
equity.
 Section 424 prohibits funds provided in this bill to 
implement or enforce certain executive orders related to 
climate.
 Section 425 prohibits the use of funds to discriminate 
against a person who speaks, or acts, in accordance with a 
sincerely held religious belief, or moral conviction, that 
marriage is, or should be recognized as, a union of one man or 
one woman.
 Section 426 prohibits funds from being used to display 
extraneous flags at facilities of Departments or agencies.
 Section 427 prohibits funds to facilitate scheduled air 
transportation to, or pass through, property confiscated by the 
Cuban government.
 Section 428 provides technical corrections to certain 
Community Project Funding projects.
 Section 429 prohibits tolls on certain Federal highways and 
bridges in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
 Section 430 prohibits funds to be used to consider or 
incorporate the social cost of carbon or greenhouse gases as 
part of any cost-benefit analysis required or performed 
pursuant to certain laws or regulations.
 Section 431 prohibits funds to be for the Secretary of 
Transportation to travel in any manner other than economy class 
on a commercial flight.
 Section 432 prohibits funds to be used to purchase, 
install, maintain, or operate automated traffic enforcement 
cameras for red-light, speed, or stop sign enforcement.
 Section 433 provides that the bill's new proposed budget 
authority does not exceed the bill's 302(b) allocation.

 APPROPRIATIONS NOT AUTHORIZED BY LAW

 Pursuant to clause 3(f)(1)(B) of rule XIII of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives, the following table lists the 
appropriations in the accompanying bill which are not 
authorized by law for the period concerned:

 BUDGETARY IMPACT OF THE FY 2025 TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN 
 DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT PREPARED IN 
 CONSULTATION WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE PURSUANT TO SECTION 
 308(A) OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT OF 1974

 [In millions of dollars]

 COMPARISON WITH BUDGET RESOLUTION

 Pursuant to clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives and section 308(a)(1)(A) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the following table compares 
the levels of new budget authority provided in the bill with 
the appropriate allocation under section 302(b) of the Budget 
Act.

 [In millions of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 302(b) Allocation This Bill
 ---------------------------------------------------------------
 Budget Budget
 Authority Outlays Authority Outlays
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Comparison of amounts in the bill with Committee
 allocations to its subcommittees: Subcommittee
 on Transportation, Housing and Urban
 Development, and Related Agencies:
 Discretionary............................... 90,400 190,835 \1\90,400 188,946
 Mandatory................................... 0 0 \1\0 0
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\Includes outlays from prior-year budget authority.

 FIVE-YEAR OUTLAY PROJECTIONS

 Pursuant to clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII and section 
308(a)(1)(B) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the 
following table contains five-year projections associated with 
the budget authority provided in the accompanying bill as 
provided to the Committee by the Congressional Budget Office.

 [In millions of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Outlays
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Projection of outlays associated with the
 recommendation:
 2025............................................. \1\69,533
 2026............................................. 52,977
 2027............................................. 21,174
 2028............................................. 10,222
 2029 and future years............................ 14,636
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\1\Excludes outlays from prior-year budget authority.

 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

 Pursuant to clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII and section 
308(a)(1)(C) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the 
Congressional Budget Office has provided the following 
estimates of new budget authority and outlays provided by the 
accompanying bill for financial assistance to State and local 
governments.

 [In millions of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Budget Authority Outlays
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Financial assistance to State and \1\42,816 44,649
 local governments for 2025.......
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\Excludes outlays from prior-year budget authority.

 COMMITTEE HEARINGS

 Pursuant to clause 3(c)(6) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, the following hearings were used to 
develop or consider the Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill:

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 Date Title of Hearing Witnesses
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April 30, 2024................. Budget Hearing-- The Honorable Pete
 Fiscal Year 2025 Buttigieg,
 Request for the Secretary,
 Department of Department of
 Transportation. Transportation
May 1, 2024.................... Budget Hearing-- The Honorable
 Fiscal Year 2025 Adrianne Todman,
 Request for the Acting Secretary,
 Department of Department of
 Housing and Housing and Urban
 Urban Development
 Development.
May 8, 2024.................... Fiscal Year 2025 The Honorable James
 Member Day. Moylan (GU-00)
 The Honorable Glenn
 Thompson (PA-15)
 The Honorable Greg
 Stanton (AZ-04)
 The Honorable
 Jefferson Van Drew
 (NJ-02)
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 DISCLOSURE OF EARMARKS AND CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING ITEMS

 The following table is submitted in compliance with clause 
9 of rule XXI, and lists the congressional earmarks (as defined 
in paragraph (e) of clause 9) contained in the bill or in this 
report. Neither the bill nor the report contains any limited 
tax benefits or limited tariff benefits as defined in 
paragraphs (f) or (g) of clause 9 of rule XXI.