Summary: Energy Efficiency Modernization Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to make: (1) payments (green dividends) to owners of assisted multifamily rental housing projects who undertake utility cost-saving measures; and (2) review HUD regulations and agreements concerning residual receipts accounts in assisted rental housing and revise HUD policy on the use of such accounts for energy efficiency items. Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study and report to Congress on the benefits of a federal statutory exemption from compliance with state and local building codes to enable and encourage the construction and installation in assisted multifamily rental housing projects of distributive energy generation and water efficiency measures. Requires owners of assisted multifamily rental housing projects to report to the Secretary on consumption of electricity, water, gas, and other utilities by such projects.

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Summary: Nonprofit Mortgage Licensing Clarification Act of 2010 - Amends the S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 to permit a state to exempt from certain registration or licensing requirements any charitable organization exempt from federal tax (including their employees and agents acting as loan originators), if the organization: (1) executes loan originations in order to promote or facilitate homeownership for certain low-income, disabled, or other disadvantaged persons or families; (2) offers loans at interest rates lower than the bank prime loan rate, or that are no-interest loans or loans with interest rates significantly below those for loans to purchase generally available single-family housing; and (3) does not otherwise engage in the business of a loan originator or mortgage broker.

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Summary: Low Income Housing Tax Credit Recovery Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the low-income housing tax credit, to allow: (1) a five-year carryback period for unused tax credit amounts; (2) an extended carryback period for new investments in housing in 2010 and 2011; and (3) a full offset of such credit against regular income tax liability.

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Summary: Mortgage Modification Reform Act of 2010 - Prohibits a residential mortgage servicer from initiating or continuing a foreclosure on a homeowner's mortgage if: (1) the homeowner applied for a loan modification under a home loan modification program either before receiving notice of the foreclosure or within 30 days after receiving it; and (2) the servicer has not yet determined that the homeowner does not qualify under a home loan modification program. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a process by which a homeowner may request review of a servicer's denial of an application for either a trial or a permanent loan modification. Subjects servicers to administrative penalties for wrongful denial of a loan modification application. Requires servicers to evaluate loan applications in the order received, and to notify the homeowner within three months after the date of application submission. Requires the Secretary to reduce servicer incentive payments for tardy evaluations by servicers of loan modification applications. Prohibits servicers from imposing a delinquency fee upon homeowners while the loan modification application is pending.

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Summary: Home Star Energy Retrofit Act of 2010 - Requires the Secretary of Energy to establish: (1) the Home Star Retrofit Rebate Program to provide rebates to contractors to be passed through as discounts to homeowners who retrofit their homes to achieve energy savings; (2) a Federal Rebate Processing System to enable rebate aggregators to submit claims for reimbursement; and (3) a national retrofit website and public information campaign that provide information on the Program. Requires the Secretary to: (1) develop a network of rebate aggregators that can facilitate the delivery of rebates to reimburse participating contractors; and (2) develop guidelines for states to allow utilities participating as rebate aggregators to count the energy savings from their participation toward state-level energy saving targets. Sets forth eligibility criteria for rebate aggregators. Establishes: (1) a Silver Star Home Energy Retrofit Program to award rebates during the first year after this Act's enactment for the energy retrofit of a home for the installation of specified energy saving measures, including air-sealing and insulation measures, duct seal or replacement, window or door replacement, heating or cooling system replacement, and water heater replacement; and (2) a Gold Star Home Energy Retrofit Program to award rebates for retrofits that achieve whole home energy savings. Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) the amount of the rebates (up to $3,000 per home for Silver Star rebates or $8,000 per home for Gold Star rebates); and (2) the treatment of rebates for tax purposes (excluded from taxable income). Requires a state that receives funding under this Act to submit to the Secretary a plan to implement a quality assurance program that covers all federally assisted residential efficiency retrofit work administered, supervised, or sponsored by the state. Requires the Secretary to establish a Home Star Energy Efficiency Loan Program to make funds available to states to support financial assistance provided by qualified financing entities for making, to existing homes, energy efficiency improvements that qualify under the Silver Star or Gold Star programs.

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Summary: Indian Veterans Housing Opportunity Act of 2010 - Amends the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 to exclude from consideration as income any amounts received by a member of a family as veterans' disability compensation or dependency and indemnity compensation.

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Summary: Job Creation and Affordable Housing Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make a grant to each state equal to such state's low-income bond-subsidized housing election amount. Defines "low-income bond-subsidized housing election amount" as an amount a state may elect which does not exceed 85% of the state's bond-subsidized credit amount for low-income buildings. Requires states to use grants to make subawards to finance the construction or acquisition and rehabilitation of qualified low-income buildings. Requires the return of grant funds not used to make such subawards before January 1, 2012. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) deny a low-income housing tax credit for bond-subsidized buildings that received a subaward under this Act; (2) allow a five-year carryback of unused low-income housing tax credit amounts and a carryback for new low-income housing investments in 2010 and 2011; and (3) allow a full offset of low-income housing tax credits against regular income tax liability.

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Summary: Revises the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) multifamily transitional housing loan program (program) to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to issue at least five loans for the construction, rehabilitation, or acquisition of land for multifamily transitional housing projects. Authorizes the Secretary to delegate loan approval authority to a state or local government entity. Terminates, as of the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary's authority under the program to guarantee loans for such purposes. Establishes the Department of Veterans Affairs Multifamily Transitional Housing Loan Program Revolving Fund to fund such loans. Prohibits any federal or state law from prohibiting a program project offering preferential treatment to veterans.

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Summary: Home Star Energy Retrofit Act of 2010 - Requires the Secretary of Energy to establish: (1) the Home Star Retrofit Rebate Program to provide rebates to contractors to be passed through as discounts to homeowners who retrofit their homes to achieve energy savings; (2) a Federal Rebate Processing System to enable rebate aggregators to submit claims for reimbursement; and (3) a national retrofit website and public information campaign that provide information on the Program. Requires the Secretary to ensure that rebates are available to homeowners within 90 days of this Act's enactment. Requires the Secretary to: (1) develop a network of rebate aggregators that can facilitate the delivery of rebates to reimburse participating contractors and vendors; and (2) develop guidelines for states to allow utilities participating as rebate aggregators to count the energy savings from their participation toward state-level energy saving targets. Sets forth eligibility criteria for rebate aggregators. Establishes: (1) a Silver Star Home Energy Retrofit Program to award rebates during the first year after this Act's enactment for the energy retrofit of a home for the installation of specified energy saving measures, including air-sealing and insulation measures, duct seal or replacement, window, door, skylight, or roof replacement, heating or cooling system replacement, water heater replacement, water temperature controllers, and window film installation; and (2) a Gold Star Home Energy Retrofit Program to award rebates for retrofits that achieve whole home energy savings. Authorizes Silver Star and Gold Star rebates to be provided for the same home under specified circumstances. Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) the amount of the rebates (up to $3,000 per home for Silver Star rebates or $8,000 per home for Gold Star rebates); and (2) the treatment of rebates for tax purposes (excluded from taxable income). Requires a state that receives funding under this Act to submit to the Secretary a plan to implement a quality assurance program that covers all federally assisted residential efficiency retrofit work administered, supervised, or sponsored by the state. Requires the Secretary to establish a Home Star Energy Efficiency Loan Program to make funds available to states to support financial assistance provided by qualified financing entities for making, to existing homes, energy efficiency improvements that qualify under the Silver Star or Gold Star programs. Terminates such program two years after this Act's enactment.

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Summary: Housing Assistance Council Program Reauthorization Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide financial assistance to the Housing Assistance Council to develop the ability and capacity of community-based housing development organizations to undertake community development and affordable housing projects and programs in rural areas. Authorizes the Council to use such assistance for rural community-based housing development organizations to acquire: (1) technical assistance, training, support, and advice to develop the business and administrative capabilities of such organizations; and (2) loans, grants, or other financial assistance to them to carry out community development and affordable housing activities for low- and moderate-income families.

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Summary: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2011 - Title I: Department of Transportation - Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2011 - Makes appropriations for FY2011 to the Department of Transportation (DOT), including: (1) the Office of the Secretary; (2) the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); (3) the Federal Highway Administration; (4) the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; (5) the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); (6) the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA); (7) the Federal Transit Administration (FTA); (8) the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation; (9) the Maritime Administration; (10) the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; (11) the Research and Innovative Technology Administration; (12) the Office of Inspector General; and (13) the Surface Transportation Board (STB). (Sec. 102) Prohibits any funds made available under this Act from being obligated or expended to establish or implement a program under which essential air service (EAS) communities are required to assume subsidy costs commonly referred to as the EAS local participation program. (Sec. 103) Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) or designee to lobby states and state legislators to consider proposals for the reduction of motorcycle fatalities. (Sec. 110) Prohibits the use of funds to compensate more than 600 technical staff-years under the federally funded research and development center contract between the FAA and the Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development during FY2011. (Sec. 111) Prohibits the use of funds to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring airport sponsors to provide to the FAA without cost building construction, maintenance, utilities and expenses, or space in airport sponsor-owned buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air navigation, or weather reporting. Exempts from this prohibition any negotiations between the agency and airport sponsors to: (1) achieve agreement on "below-market" rates for these items; or (2) grant assurances that require airport sponsors to provide land without cost to the FAA for air traffic control facilities. (Sec. 112) Authorizes the FAA Administrator to reimburse amounts made available from certain fees to carry out the EAS program. (Sec. 113) Requires that amounts collected for safety-related training and operational services to foreign aviation authorities be credited to the appropriation current at the time of collection, to be merged with and available for the same purposes of such appropriation. (Sec. 114) Prohibits Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grant funds from being made available to a sponsor of a commercial service airport that fails to agree to a request from the Secretary for cost-free space in a nonrevenue producing, public use area of the airport to carry out a public service air passenger rights and consumer out-reach campaign. (Sec. 116) Prohibits the obligation of funds for a FAA employee to purchase a store gift card or gift certificate through use of a government-issued credit card. (Sec. 117) Requires the Secretary to apportion to an airport sponsor in a fiscal year an amount equal to the amount apportioned to that sponsor in the previous fiscal year if that airport: (1) received scheduled or unscheduled air service from a large certified air carrier; and (2) had more than 10,000 passenger boardings in the preceding calendar year. (Sec. 118) Prohibits the obligation of funds for retention bonuses for a FAA employee without the prior written approval of the DOT Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration. (Sec. 119) Caps at 20% the maximum allowable local share of costs of an airport sponsor or state or local government with jurisdiction over an airport in cases where the operating costs of an air traffic tower under the Contract Air Traffic Control Tower Program exceed the benefits. (Sec. 120) Prescribes requirements, including a formula, for certain FY2010 distributions from the obligation limitation for federal-aid highways. (Sec. 121) Allows crediting to the federal-aid highways account of funds received by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the sale of data products to reimburse the Bureau for necessary expenses. (Sec. 122) Requires the Secretary to make an informal public notice and comment opportunity on the intent of the waiver before waiving any Buy America requirement for federal-aid highway projects. (Sec. 123) Prohibits the use of funds to approve or authorize the imposition of a toll on any segment of a federal highway in the state of Texas that: (1) is not tolled; (2) is constructed with federal assistance; and (3) is in actual operation. States that this prohibition does not apply to: (1) any federal-aid system highway segment that will have the same number of nontoll lanes as existed before a toll is imposed; or (2) any high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane converted to a toll lane if an HOV may use the toll lane without paying a toll or the HOV lane was constructed as a temporary lane to be replaced by a toll lane. (Sec. 124) Makes appropriations to the Secretary of Transportation for certain highway and surface transportation project priorities identified in the explanatory statement accompanying this Act. (Sec. 135) Subjects funds appropriated or limited in this Act to certain safety examination and other requirements of the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 and the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 relating to Mexico-domiciled motor carriers involved in cross-border trucking between the United States and Mexico, including an annual report to the congressional appropriations committees on the safety and security of transportation into the United States by such carriers. (Sec. 140) Makes certain additional funds available to NHTSA to pay for: (1) travel and related expenses for state management reviews; and (2) core competency development training and related expenses for highway safety staff. (Sec. 141) Declares that certain limitations on obligations for NHTSA programs shall not apply to any obligational authority made available in previous public laws for multiple years, except to the extent that the obligational authority has not lapsed or been used. (Sec. 142) Rescinds permanently specified funds made available in prior appropriations Acts for: (1) operations and research; (2) the National Driver Register; (3) Highway Traffic Safety Grants. (Sec. 151) Authorizes the Secretary to purchase promotional items of nominal value for use in public outreach activities to carry out solutions to the railroad grade crossing problem and measures to protect pedestrians in densely populated areas along railroad rights-of-way (Operation Lifesaver). (Sec. 152) Declares that funds provided in this Act for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) shall immediately cease to be available to Amtrak in the event that it contracts to have provided at or from any location outside the United States any service that was, as of July 1, 2006, performed by a full-time or part-time Amtrak employee whose base of employment is located within the United States. (Sec. 153) Authorizes the Secretary to receive cash or spare parts from non-federal sources to repair damages to or replace federally-owned automated track inspection cars and equipment as a result of third party liability for such damages. (Sec. 154) Requires the FRA to report to the congressional appropriations committees on efforts at improving the on-time performance of Amtrak intercity rail service operating on non-Amtrak owned property. (Sec. 160) Declares that the limitations on obligations for FTA programs shall not apply to any grant authority previously made available for obligation, or to any other authority previously made available for obligation. (Sec. 161) Declares that funds appropriated by this Act for specified FTA capital investment grants and bus and bus facilities projects which are not obligated by September 30, 2013, and other recoveries, shall be directed to projects eligible to use the funds for the purposes for which they were originally provided. (Sec. 162) Authorizes certain transfers of any public transportation funds appropriated before October 1, 2010, that remain available for expenditure. (Sec. 163) Authorizes the use of unobligated FTA capital investment grants funds for new fixed guideway systems projects. (Sec. 164) Authorizes the Secretary to use 1% of amounts available for job access and reverse commute formula grants for specified major capital project program management activities. (Sec. 165) Requires unobligated funds or recoveries under the capital investment grants program for new fixed guideway capital projects that are available to the Secretary of Transportation for reallocation to be directed to projects eligible to use the funds for the purposes for which they were originally provided. (Sec. 166) Authorizes the use of FTA funds made available for Alaska or Hawaii ferry boats or ferry terminal facilities to construct new or improve existing vessels and facilities, including both passenger and vehicle-related elements, and for repair facilities. Earmarks a certain amount of funds for use by the City and County of Honolulu to operate a passenger ferry boat service demonstration project to test the viability of different intra-island ferry boat routes and technologies. (Sec. 167) Prescribes a formula limiting the total estimated amount of future federal government obligations, and contingent commitments to incur obligations, for major new fixed guideway capital projects. (Sec. 168) Prohibits the use of funds provided or limited under this Act to enforce federal charter bus service regulations against any transit agency that during FY2008 was both initially granted a 60-day period to comply with such regulations, and then subsequently granted an exception from them. (Sec. 169) Requires the Secretary, when evaluating the local share of costs for preliminary engineering during FY2005-FY2009 for the Honolulu, Hawaii, Rapid Transit Project (a new fixed guideway capital project), to give consideration to all non-New Starts funds expended for engineering, final design, and construction of Farrington Highway Guideway, Stations, Maintenance Storage Facility and related elements advanced with 100% non-New Starts funds. (Sec. 175) Authorizes the Maritime Administration to furnish utilities and services and make necessary repairs in connection with any lease, contract, or occupancy of property under its control. (Sec. 182) Prohibits the availability of the funds in this Act for salaries and expenses of more than 110 political and Presidential appointees in the DOT. Prohibits assignment of any of such appointees on temporary detail outside the Department. (Sec. 183) Prohibits the use of funds for the National Highway Safety Advisory Committee. (Sec. 184) Prohibits any recipient of funds made available in this Act from disseminating personal information obtained by a state department of motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle record, except as permitted under specified federal criminal law. Prohibits the Secretary, however, from withholding funds provided in this Act for any grantee if a state fails to comply with this prohibition. (Sec. 187) Authorizes the Secretary to allow the issuer of any preferred stock heretofore sold to the Department to redeem or repurchase it upon the payment to the Department of an amount the Secretary determines. (Sec. 188) Requires the Secretary to notify the congressional appropriations committees at least three full business days before announcing any discretionary grant award, letter of intent, or full funding grant agreement totaling $1 million or more from certain grant programs, including the federal highway emergency relief program, the FAA AIP, any FRA grant, or any FTA program other than the formula grants and fixed guideway modernization programs. Prohibits the use of funds in this Act to make a grant award unless the Secretary notifies congressional appropriations committees at least three full business days before any announcement of a project competitively selected to receive a discretionary grant award from a program with an annual budget equal to or exceeding $50 million. (Sec. 190) Makes available for reimbursement of recovery costs any recovered funds that the Secretary has determined represent improper DOT payments to a third party contractor under a financial assistance award. (Sec. 192) Prohibits the use of funds by the STB to charge or collect any filing fee for rate complaints filed with it in an amount in excess of that authorized for district court civil suit filing fees under the federal judicial code. (Sec. 193) Authorizes the DOT Working Capital Fund to provide payments in advance to vendors to carry out the federal transit pass transportation fringe benefit program. (Sec. 194) Deems specified revisions to explanatory statements referenced in certain public laws with respect to: (1) the Lowell, Massachusetts-Nashua, New Hampshire commuter rail project; (2) the Walton Boulevard Bridge widening, Michigan; (3) alternative analysis for the formula and bus grant project Hudson-Bergen MOS-2 Northern New Jersey; (4) the transportation, community, and system preservation program project Starkweather Creek Parkway Bike Path, Wisconsin; (5) the Ways to Work-EPIC Yakima, Washington; (6) Ellensburg Interchange I-90, Milepost 108.31, Washington; and (7) SR 31, All Weather Roadway Construction and widening, Pend Oreille County, Washington. Extends through FY2012 the availability of certain funds under the FTA Capital Investment Grants Account in FY2008 for METRA Connects Southeast Service, METRA Star Line, METRA Union Pacific Northwest Line, and METRA Union Pacific West Line, Illinois, as well as in FY2009 for METRA, Illinois. Makes unobligated balances for: (1) the Juneau Heliport, Alaska, available for improvements to bridges owned by the City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska; and (2) the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, Bonneville Clark Couplet for FY2009 and FY2010 also available for improvements to the Decatur Boulevard/Charleston Boulevard Intersection, Las Vegas, Nevada. Makes funds for Phase 3 Rail Rehabilitation in Redwood Falls, Minnesota, available for obligation for Minnesota Valley Regional Rail Authority, Minnesota. Requires certain funds for the Interstate 579 Cap-Urban Green Space and Park Plaza, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to be used for projects for street, traffic flow, pedestrian, and streetscape improvements in Pittsburgh. Replaces the construction of on/off ramps connecting I-20 to Cotton Flat Road, Midland, Texas, with improvements to the I-20/250 loop interchange, Midland, Texas. Prohibits the Secretary from reallocating certain capital investment funds for the I-69 HOV/BRT, Mississippi, and capital investment grant bus funds for the LOU Public Transit System, Oxford, Mississippi. Prohibits the reallocation of certain funds for Provo Orem Bus Rapid Transit (POBRT), but makes such funds available for intermodal terminals as well as POBRT. Makes certain funds for the Pierce Transit Peninsula Park & Ride, Washington, available for Pierce Transit Vehicle Replacement. Makes certain funds for the Schuylkill Valley Metro, Pennsylvania, available for FY2010 and FY2011. Makes funds for the CORRIDORone Regional Rail Project, Pennsylvania, available for obligation through FY2012. Makes certain funds for the Alle-Kiski Connector Bridge, Pennsylvania, available for right-of-way, design, and construction activities for the Hulton Bridge Oakmont, Pennsylvania, project and for a feasibility study for construction of the Alle-Kiski Connector Bridge. Makes certain funds for the Franklin Street Station Restoration (BARTA), Pennsylvania, available for FY2011. Makes funds for I-85 NB Viaduct at SR 400 NB-Exit Lane, Georgia, available for I-285/Ashford Dunwoody Interchange reconstruction, Georgia. (Sec. 195) Amends the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) to revise the item descriptions of specified bus and bus-related facilities project authorizations in Nebraska and Alaska. Makes funds which have not been obligated by FY2010 for the C Street expanded bus facility and intermodal parking garage, Anchorage, Alaska, available through FY2012. Revises the item description of a specified allocation for the Greater New Haven Transit District Fuel Cell-Powered Bus Research in Connecticut to replace Fuel Cell-Powered Bus with Hydrogen-Powered Transit. Prohibits the Secretary from reallocating funds for such project. Revises the item descriptions of specified high priority project authorizations in Alaska, New Mexico, Iowa, Nebraska, Texas, Alabama, and state of Washington. Revises the item descriptions of specified transportation improvement project authorizations in Iowa and Alabama. Makes high priority project authorizations for Cuming Street transportation improvement projects in Omaha, Nebraska, available for certain pedestrian enhancements and safety improvements for that street and for reconfiguration of the Dodge Street/Douglas Street transition curve in conjunction with 30th Street, Nebraska. Eliminates high priority and transportation improvement project authorizations for construction of a four-lane highway on U.S. 79 between Maverick Junction, South Dakota, and the Nebraska border. Increases project authorizations for the South Dakota Department of Transportation for those projects it has identified as its highest priorities. (Sec. 196) Requires the Secretary to continue an independent and comprehensive study and analysis of the Missouri River Projects located within the Missouri River basin. Makes $2 million available for a multiagency task force to formulate DOT coordination with the Departments of Energy (DOE), of Commerce, and of Agriculture (USDA) to ensure a comprehensive understanding of the full value of river flow support to users in the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. Title II: Department of Housing and Urban Development - Makes appropriations for FY2011 to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for: (1) administration, operations, and management; (2) the Office of Public and Indian Housing; (3) the Office of Community Planning and Development; (4) the Office of Housing and the Federal Housing Administration (FHA); (5) the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae); (6) Office of Policy Development and Research; (7) Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity; (8) the Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control; and (9) the Office of Inspector General. General Provisions: Department of Housing and Urban Development - (Sec. 201) Requires rescission of 50% of the amounts of budget authority (or, in the alternative, remittance to the Treasury of 50% of the associated cash amounts) that are recaptured from certain state-, local government-, or local housing agency-financed projects under the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988. Requires such recaptured budget authority or funds, as well as any budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to the Treasury, to be used by state housing finance agencies or local governments or local housing agencies with HUD-approved projects for which settlement occurred after January 1, 1992. Authorizes the Secretary of HUD (Secretary in this title), all the same, to award up to 15% of the budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to the Treasury to provide project owners with incentives to refinance their projects at a lower interest rate. (Sec. 202) Prohibits the use of funds during FY2011 to investigate or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise lawful activity engaged in by one or more persons, including the filing or maintaining of a non-frivolous legal action, that is engaged in solely to achieve or prevent action by a government official or entity, or a court of competent jurisdiction. (Sec. 203) Directs the Secretary to make a grant under certain authority of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act for any state that received an allocation in a prior fiscal year, but is not otherwise eligible for an FY2011 allocation because the areas in the state outside of qualifying metropolitan statistical areas do not have the number of cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) otherwise required. Prescribes a formula for the allocation of such grants to Jersey City and Paterson, New Jersey. (Sec. 204) Requires any grant, cooperative agreement, or other assistance made pursuant to this title to be made on a competitive basis and in accordance with the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989. (Sec. 205) Makes certain funds available, without regard to limitations on administrative expenses, for: (1) legal services on a contract or fee basis; and (2) payment for services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), Ginnie Mae, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), the Federal Financing Bank, Federal Reserve banks, Federal Home Loan banks, and any bank insured under the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act. (Sec. 207) Authorizes any HUD corporations and agencies subject to the Government Corporation Control Act to make expenditures, contracts, and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as necessary to carry out their FY2011 budgets. (Sec. 208) Directs the Secretary to report quarterly to the congressional appropriations committees regarding all uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured, and excess funds in each program and activity within HUD jurisdiction, along with additional, updated budget information upon request. (Sec. 209) Requires the Secretary to: (1) adjust the funds allocated for FY2011 under the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act to Wilmington, Delaware, on behalf of the Wilmington, Delaware-Maryland-New Jersey Metropolitan Division; and (2) allocate a portion to the state of New Jersey according to a specified formula. Directs the Secretary to allocate to Wake County, North Carolina, certain funds that otherwise would be allocated for FY2011 under such Act to Raleigh, North Carolina, on behalf of the Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) adjust FY2011 allocations under such Act upon the written request of a grant applicant for a formula allocation on behalf of a metropolitan statistical area; and (2) designate the state or states in which the metropolitan statistical area is located as the eligible grantee(s) of the allocation. (Sec. 210) Requires the President's formal budget request for FY2011 and HUD's congressional budget justifications to use the identical account and subaccount structure provided under this Act. (Sec. 211) Declares that a public housing agency (PHA), or other entity, that administers federal housing assistance for the Housing Authority of the county of Los Angeles, California, or the states of Alaska, Iowa, or Mississippi shall not be required to include a resident of public housing or a recipient of section 8 rental assistance (under the United States Housing Act of 1937) on the agency or entity governing board. Requires each such PHA (or other entity) that chooses not to include such individuals on its governing board to establish an advisory board, which shall meet at least quarterly, consisting of at least six residents of public housing or section 8 rental assistance recipients. (Sec. 212) Authorizes the Secretary for FY2011-FY2012, subject to specified conditions, to authorize the transfer of some or all project-based assistance, debt, and statutorily required low-income and very low-income use restrictions, associated with one or more multifamily housing project, to another multifamily housing project or projects. (Sec. 213) Requires that the funds made available for Native American Housing Block Grants in title III of this Act be allocated to the same recipients that received funds in FY2005. (Sec. 214) Prohibits the use of funds provided under this title for an audit of Ginnie Mae that applies certain requirements of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990. (Sec. 215) Prohibits any section 8 rental assistance to any individual who: (1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of higher education; (2) is under age 24; (3) is not a veteran; (4) is unmarried; (5) does not have a dependent child; (6) is not a person with disabilities, and was not receiving section 8 assistance as of November 30, 2005; and (7) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has parents who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, to receive such assistance. Declares that, for section 8 rental assistance eligibility purposes, any financial assistance (in excess of amounts received for tuition) that an individual receives under the Higher Education Act of 1965, from private sources, or an institution of higher education shall be considered income to that individual, except for a person over age 23 with dependent children. (Sec. 216) Authorizes the Secretary through FY2011 to insure, and enter into commitments to insure, home equity conversion mortgages (HECMs, or reverse mortgages) for elderly homeowners. (Sec. 217) Requires the Secretary during FY2011, in managing and disposing of any multifamily property that is owned or has a mortgage held by HUD, and during the process of foreclosure on any property with a contract for section 8 rental assistance payments or other federal programs, to maintain any rental assistance payments attached to any dwelling units in the property. Authorizes the Secretary, however, to the extent that such a multifamily property is not feasible for continued payments, based on specified cost, operation, or environmental considerations, to: (1) contract, in consultation with the property's tenants, for project-based rental assistance payments with an owner or owners of other existing housing properties; or (2) provide other rental assistance. (Sec. 218) States that, during FY2011, a family residing in an assisted living facility in any county of Michigan with a section 8 rental assistance demonstration program, and on behalf of which a PHA provides such assistance, may be required, when the family initially receives the assistance, to pay rent in an amount exceeding 40% of the family's monthly adjusted income by any percentage or amount the Secretary determines appropriate. (Sec. 219) Requires the Secretary to report quarterly to congressional appropriations committees on HUD use of all sole source contracts. (Sec. 220) Authorizes any recipient after December 26, 2000, of a grant for conversion of elderly housing to assisted living facilities to: (1) establish a single-asset nonprofit entity to own the project; and (2) lend the grant funds to such entity, which may be a for-profit limited partnership the sole general partner of which is a private nonprofit organization meeting specified requirements, or a corporation wholly owned and controlled by such a private nonprofit organization. (Sec. 221) Authorizes the use of Community Development Loan Guarantee funds in FY2011 and thereafter to guarantee, or make commitments to guarantee, notes or other obligations issued by any state on behalf of its non-entitlement communities. (Sec. 222) Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to extend through FY2011 the authorization of appropriations for demolition, site revitalization, replacement housing, and tenant-based assistance project grants to PHAs. (Sec. 223) Authorizes PHAs that own and operate 400 or fewer public housing units to elect to be exempt from any asset management requirements imposed by the Secretary in connection with the operating fund rule. Prohibits exemption from such requirements, however, for an agency seeking a discontinuance of a reduction of subsidy under the operating fund formula. (Sec. 224) Prohibits the Secretary, with respect to the use of funds for the operation, capital improvement, and management of public housing authorized by the United States Housing Act of 1937, from imposing any asset management requirement or guideline that restricts or limits in any way the use of capital funds for central office costs. Prohibits a PHA, however, from using capital funds authorized for eligible operation and management activities with operating funds in excess of specified permitted amounts. (Sec. 225) Prohibits designation of a HUD official or employee as an allotment holder unless he or she has: (1) implemented an adequate system of funds control; and (2) received training in funds control procedures and directives. (Sec. 226) Requires the Secretary to report quarterly to congressional appropriations committees on the status of all section 8 project-based housing, including the number of all project-based units by region as well as an analysis of all federally subsidized housing being refinanced under the Mark-to-Market program. (Sec. 227) Requires payment of attorney fees in program-related litigation from individual program office personnel benefits and compensation funding. (Sec. 228) Requires the Secretary for FY2011 and thereafter to notify the public through the Federal Register and other appropriate means of the issuance of a notice of the availability of assistance or notice of funding availability (NOFA) for any program or discretionary fund that is to be awarded competitively. Authorizes the Secretary for such period to make the NOFA available only on the Internet at the appropriate government website or through other electronic media. (Sec. 229) Authorizes the Secretary, upon the request of the project sponsor, and subject to certain conditions, to approve prepayment of a HUD loan for supportive housing for the elderly under the Housing Act of 1959 (as in effect before the enactment of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act). (Sec. 230) Prohibits the availability to any homeless group of designated surplus federal property unless the group is a member in good standing under any of HUD's homeless assistance programs or is in good standing with any other program receiving federal or state funds. Allows an exception to this requirement for an entity not involved with federal homeless programs if it meets specified financial, track record, and property management requirements. (Sec. 232) Considers the HUD-administered Disaster Housing Assistance Programs as a HUD program under the McKinney Act for income verification and matching purposes. (Sec. 233) Allows up to $15 million out of funds appropriated for salaries and expenses under all accounts under this title (except for the Office of Inspector General account) to be transferred to and merged with amounts appropriated for the Working Capital Fund account or the Transformation Initiative account. Requires any amounts transferred to the Transformation Initiative account to be available through FY2013 only for information technology requirements. (Sec. 234) Amends the National Housing Act with respect to the additional mortgage insurance premium the Secretary may establish and collect annually on the remaining insured principal mortgage balance. Eliminates specified periods for premium payments which depend on the size of the mortgage. Authorizes the Secretary, by publication of a notice in the Federal Register, to establish or change the amount of the current premium, the annual premium, and the period of the mortgage term for which an annual premium amount shall apply. (Sec. 235) Amends the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 and the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 to repeal the required transfer to the Flexible Subsidy Fund of all uncommitted balances of certain excess rental charges in the Rental Housing Assistance Fund and any collections made during FY2005, FY2006, or subsequent fiscal years. (Sec. 236) Extends through FY2011 the current FHA, Fannie Mae, Ginnie Mae, and HECM loan limits for high-cost areas, allowing agency discretion to increase such limits for sub-areas meeting specified requirements. Title III: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY2011 to: (1) the Access Board; (2) the Federal Maritime Commission; (3) the Office of Inspector General for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak); (4) the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB); (5) the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation; and (6) the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness. Amends the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to extend the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness through FY2011. Title IV: General Provisions (This Act) - Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act. (Sec. 401) Requires any sums necessary for FY2010 pay raises for programs funded in this Act to be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this or previous appropriations Acts. (Sec. 402) Prohibits the use of funds for the planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, nonfederal parties intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act. (Sec. 407) Requires all federal agencies and departments funded by this Act to report by July 30, 2011, to the congressional appropriations committees on all sole source contracts. (Sec. 409) Prohibits the use of funds to support any federal, state, or local projects that seek to use the power of eminent domain, unless eminent domain is employed only for a public use. (Sec. 411) Prohibits payment of the salary from any appropriation under this Act for any person filling a position (other than temporary) formerly held by an employee who has: (1) left to enter the U.S. Armed Forces; (2) satisfactorily completed his or her period of active military or naval service; (3) within 90 days after release from such service, or from hospitalization continuing after discharge for up to one year, applied for restoration to his former position; and (4) been certified by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) as still qualified to perform the duties of his or her former position, but not been restored to it. (Sec. 412) Prohibits the expenditure of funds appropriated under this Act by an entity unless the entity agrees to comply with the Buy American Act. (Sec. 413) Prohibits the availability of funds to any person or entity that has been convicted of violating the Buy American Act. (Sec. 414) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act for first-class airline accommodations in contravention of specified federal regulations. (Sec. 415) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act to purchase a light bulb for an office building unless it has, to the extent practicable, an Energy Star or Federal Energy Management Program designation. (Sec. 416) Bars the use of funds under this Act to prohibit or restrict the establishment or effectiveness of an occupancy preference for veterans in supportive housing for the elderly that: (1) is provided HUD assistance; and (2) is or would be located on Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) property, or is subject to an enhanced use lease with the VA. (Sec. 417) Prohibits the provision of any funds made available under this or prior Acts to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) or its affiliates, subsidiaries, or allied organizations. (Sec. 418) Prescribes requirements for the posting on DOT or HUD websites of certain information regarding any competitive grant program with an annual budget, including grants, equal to or exceeding $100 million. Requires the DOT and HUD Secretaries, after any NOFA or other notice designed to solicit applications for funding issued for such a grant program, to post on their websites information including, but not limited to: (1) the primary purpose of the grant program; (2) the criteria for grant selection; and (3) the process for the decisionmaking by such Departments. Requires the posting on such websites of additional specified information after: (1) all valid grant applications have been received; and (2) successful grantees have been selected.

transportation housing_and_urban_development related agencies appropriations act title department_of_transportation department_of_transportation appropriations act makes appropriations fy2011 department_of_transportation dot including office_of_the_secretary federal_aviation_administration faa federal_highway_administration federal_motor_carrier_safety_administration national_highway_traffic_safety_administration nhtsa federal_railroad_administration fra federal_transit_administration fta saint lawrence seaway development corporation maritime_administration pipeline_and_hazardous_materials_safety_administration research innovative technology_administration office_of_inspector_general surface_transportation_board stb sec prohibits funds available act obligated expended establish implement program essential_air_service eas communities required assume subsidy costs commonly referred eas local participation program sec authorizes secretary transportation dot designee lobby states state consider proposals reduction fatalities sec prohibits use funds compensate technical staff years federally funded research development center contract faa center advanced aviation systems development fy2011 sec prohibits use funds pursue adopt guidelines regulations requiring airport sponsors provide faa cost building construction maintenance utilities expenses space airport sponsor owned buildings services relating air traffic control air navigation weather reporting exempts prohibition negotiations agency airport sponsors achieve agreement market rates items grant assurances require airport sponsors provide land cost faa air traffic control facilities sec authorizes faa_administrator reimburse amounts available certain fees carry eas program sec requires amounts collected safety related training operational services foreign aviation authorities credited appropriation current time collection merged available purposes appropriation sec prohibits airport improvement program aip grant funds available sponsor commercial service airport fails agree request secretary cost free space producing public use area airport carry public service air passenger rights consumer reach campaign sec prohibits obligation funds faa employee purchase store gift card gift certificate use government issued credit card sec requires secretary apportion airport sponsor fiscal year equal apportioned sponsor previous fiscal year airport received scheduled unscheduled air service large certified air carrier passenger boardings preceding calendar year sec prohibits obligation funds retention bonuses faa employee prior written approval dot deputy assistant secretary administration sec caps maximum allowable local share costs airport sponsor state local government jurisdiction airport cases operating costs air traffic tower contract air traffic control tower program exceed benefits sec prescribes requirements including formula certain fy2010 distributions obligation limitation federal aid highways sec allows crediting federal aid highways account funds received bureau transportation statistics sale data products reimburse bureau necessary expenses sec requires secretary informal public notice comment opportunity intent waiver waiving buy america requirement federal aid highway projects sec prohibits use funds approve authorize imposition toll segment federal highway state texas tolled constructed federal assistance actual operation states prohibition apply federal aid system highway segment number lanes existed toll imposed high occupancy vehicle hov lane converted toll lane hov use toll lane paying toll hov lane constructed temporary lane replaced toll lane sec makes appropriations secretary transportation certain highway surface_transportation project priorities identified explanatory statement accompanying act sec subjects funds appropriated limited act certain safety examination requirements department_of_transportation related agencies appropriations act troop readiness veterans care katrina_recovery iraq_accountability_appropriations_act relating mexico domiciled motor carriers involved cross border united_states mexico including annual report congressional appropriations committees safety security transportation united_states carriers sec makes certain additional funds available nhtsa pay travel related expenses state management reviews core competency development training related expenses highway safety staff sec declares certain limitations obligations nhtsa programs shall apply obligational authority available previous public laws multiple years extent obligational authority lapsed sec rescinds permanently specified funds available prior appropriations acts operations research national_driver_register highway traffic safety grants sec authorizes secretary purchase promotional items nominal value use public outreach activities carry solutions railroad grade crossing problem measures protect pedestrians populated areas railroad rights way operation sec declares funds provided act national_railroad_passenger_corporation amtrak shall immediately cease available amtrak event contracts provided location outside united_states service july performed time time amtrak employee base employment located united_states sec authorizes secretary receive cash spare parts non federal sources repair damages replace federally owned automated track inspection cars equipment result party liability damages sec requires fra report congressional appropriations committees efforts improving time performance amtrak intercity rail service operating non amtrak owned property sec declares limitations obligations fta programs shall apply grant authority previously available obligation authority previously available obligation sec declares funds appropriated act specified fta capital investment grants bus bus facilities projects obligated september recoveries shall directed projects eligible use funds purposes originally provided sec authorizes certain transfers public transportation funds appropriated october remain available expenditure sec authorizes use unobligated fta capital investment grants funds new fixed guideway systems projects sec authorizes secretary use amounts available job access reverse commute formula_grants specified major capital project program management activities sec requires unobligated funds recoveries capital investment grants program new fixed guideway capital projects available secretary transportation reallocation directed projects eligible use funds purposes originally provided sec authorizes use fta funds available alaska hawaii ferry boats ferry terminal facilities construct new improve existing vessels facilities including passenger vehicle related elements repair facilities earmarks certain funds use city county operate passenger ferry boat service demonstration project test viability different intra island ferry boat routes technologies sec prescribes formula limiting total estimated future federal_government obligations contingent commitments incur obligations major new fixed guideway capital projects sec prohibits use funds provided limited act enforce federal charter bus service regulations transit agency fy2008 initially granted day period comply regulations subsequently granted exception sec requires secretary evaluating local share costs preliminary engineering fy2009 hawaii rapid transit project new fixed guideway capital project consideration non new starts funds expended engineering final design construction highway guideway stations maintenance storage facility related elements advanced non new starts funds sec authorizes maritime_administration furnish utilities services necessary repairs connection lease contract occupancy property control sec prohibits availability funds act salaries expenses political presidential appointees dot prohibits assignment appointees temporary detail outside department sec prohibits use funds national highway safety advisory_committee sec prohibits recipient funds available act disseminating personal information obtained state_department motor vehicles connection motor vehicle record permitted specified federal criminal law prohibits secretary withholding funds provided act grantee state fails comply prohibition sec authorizes secretary allow issuer preferred stock sold department redeem repurchase payment department secretary determines sec requires secretary notify congressional appropriations committees business days announcing discretionary grant award letter intent funding grant agreement totaling million certain grant programs including federal highway emergency relief program faa aip fra grant fta program formula_grants fixed guideway modernization programs prohibits use funds act grant award secretary notifies congressional appropriations committees business days announcement project competitively selected receive discretionary grant award program annual budget equal exceeding million sec makes available reimbursement recovery costs recovered funds secretary determined represent improper dot payments party contractor financial assistance award sec prohibits use funds stb charge collect filing fee rate complaints filed excess authorized district_court civil suit filing fees federal judicial code sec authorizes dot working capital_fund provide payments advance vendors carry federal transit pass transportation fringe benefit program sec deems specified revisions explanatory statements referenced certain public laws respect massachusetts new_hampshire commuter rail project boulevard bridge michigan alternative analysis formula bus grant project hudson northern new_jersey transportation community system preservation program project creek parkway path wisconsin ways work washington interchange washington weather roadway construction county washington extends fy2012 availability certain funds fta capital investment grants account fy2008 connects southeast service star line union pacific northwest line union pacific west line illinois fy2009 illinois makes unobligated balances alaska available improvements bridges owned city borough alaska city las_vegas nevada bonneville clark fy2009 fy2010 available improvements boulevard charleston boulevard las_vegas nevada makes funds phase rail rehabilitation falls minnesota available obligation minnesota valley regional rail authority minnesota requires certain funds interstate cap urban green space park plaza pittsburgh pennsylvania projects street traffic flow pedestrian improvements pittsburgh replaces construction connecting cotton flat road texas improvements loop interchange texas prohibits secretary certain capital investment funds hov mississippi capital investment grant bus funds public transit system mississippi prohibits reallocation certain funds bus rapid transit makes funds available intermodal terminals makes certain funds transit peninsula park ride washington available transit vehicle replacement makes certain funds valley metro pennsylvania available fy2010 fy2011 makes funds regional rail project pennsylvania available obligation fy2012 makes certain funds bridge pennsylvania available right way design construction activities bridge pennsylvania project feasibility study construction bridge makes certain funds franklin street station restoration pennsylvania available fy2011 makes funds exit lane georgia available interchange reconstruction georgia sec amends safe accountable flexible efficient transportation equity act legacy users safetea revise item descriptions specified bus bus related facilities project authorizations nebraska alaska makes funds obligated fy2010 street expanded bus facility intermodal parking garage anchorage alaska available fy2012 revises item description specified allocation greater new haven transit district fuel cell powered bus research connecticut replace fuel cell powered bus hydrogen powered transit prohibits secretary funds project revises item descriptions specified high priority project authorizations alaska new_mexico iowa nebraska texas alabama state washington revises item descriptions specified transportation improvement project authorizations iowa alabama makes high priority project authorizations street transportation improvement projects nebraska available certain pedestrian enhancements safety improvements street street douglas street transition conjunction 30th street nebraska eliminates high priority transportation improvement project authorizations construction lane highway junction south_dakota nebraska border increases project authorizations south_dakota department_of_transportation projects identified highest priorities sec requires secretary continue independent comprehensive study analysis missouri_river projects located missouri_river_basin makes million available multiagency task_force formulate dot coordination departments energy doe commerce agriculture usda ensure comprehensive understanding value river flow support users mississippi missouri rivers title department_of_housing_and_urban_development makes appropriations fy2011 department_of_housing_and_urban_development hud administration operations management office public indian housing office community planning development office housing federal_housing_administration fha government_national_mortgage_association ginnie_mae office policy development research office fair housing equal opportunity office healthy homes lead hazard control office_of_inspector_general general_provisions department_of_housing_and_urban_development sec requires rescission amounts budget authority alternative remittance treasury associated cash amounts certain state- local local housing agency financed projects mckinney homeless assistance amendments act requires budget authority funds budget authority cash rescinded remitted treasury state housing finance agencies local governments local housing agencies hud approved projects settlement occurred january authorizes secretary hud secretary title award budget authority cash rescinded remitted treasury provide project owners incentives refinance projects lower interest rate sec prohibits use funds fy2011 investigate prosecute fair housing act lawful activity engaged persons including filing maintaining non frivolous legal action engaged solely achieve prevent action government official entity court competent jurisdiction sec directs secretary grant certain authority aids housing opportunity act state received allocation prior fiscal year eligible fy2011 allocation areas state outside qualifying metropolitan statistical areas number cases acquired immunodeficiency syndrome aids required prescribes formula allocation grants city new_jersey sec requires grant cooperative agreement assistance pursuant title competitive basis accordance department_of_housing_and_urban_development reform_act sec makes certain funds available regard limitations administrative expenses legal services contract fee basis payment services facilities federal_national_mortgage_association fannie_mae ginnie_mae federal_home_loan_mortgage_corporation freddie_mac federal financing bank federal_reserve_banks federal_home_loan_banks bank insured federal_deposit_insurance_corporation act sec authorizes hud corporations agencies subject government corporation control act expenditures contracts commitments regard fiscal year limitations necessary carry fy2011 budgets sec directs secretary report quarterly congressional appropriations committees unobligated excess funds program activity hud jurisdiction additional updated budget information request sec requires secretary adjust funds allocated fy2011 aids housing opportunity act wilmington delaware behalf wilmington delaware maryland new_jersey metropolitan division allocate portion state new_jersey according specified formula directs secretary allocate wake county north_carolina certain funds allocated fy2011 act north_carolina behalf north_carolina metropolitan_statistical_area authorizes secretary adjust fy2011 allocations act written request grant applicant formula allocation behalf metropolitan_statistical_area designate state states metropolitan_statistical_area located eligible allocation sec requires president formal budget request fy2011 hud congressional_budget justifications use identical account subaccount structure provided act sec declares public housing agency pha entity administers federal_housing assistance housing authority county los_angeles california states alaska iowa mississippi shall required include resident public housing recipient section rental assistance united_states_housing_act agency entity governing_board requires pha entity chooses include individuals governing_board establish advisory_board shall meet quarterly consisting residents public housing section rental assistance recipients sec authorizes secretary fy2011 fy2012 subject specified conditions authorize transfer project based assistance debt statutorily required low income low income use restrictions associated multifamily housing project multifamily housing project projects sec requires funds available native american housing block grants title iii act allocated recipients received funds sec prohibits use funds provided title audit ginnie_mae applies certain requirements federal credit reform_act sec prohibits section rental assistance individual enrolled student institution higher education age veteran unmarried dependent child person disabilities receiving section assistance november individually eligible parents individually jointly eligible receive assistance declares section rental assistance eligibility purposes financial assistance excess amounts received tuition individual receives higher education act private sources institution higher education shall considered income individual person age dependent children sec authorizes secretary fy2011 insure enter commitments insure home equity conversion mortgages reverse mortgages elderly homeowners sec requires secretary fy2011 managing disposing multifamily property owned mortgage held hud process foreclosure property contract section rental assistance payments federal programs maintain rental assistance payments attached dwelling units property authorizes secretary extent multifamily property feasible continued payments based specified cost operation environmental considerations contract consultation property tenants project based rental assistance payments owner owners existing housing properties provide rental assistance sec states fy2011 family residing assisted living facility county michigan section rental assistance demonstration program behalf pha provides assistance required family initially receives assistance pay rent exceeding family monthly adjusted income percentage secretary determines appropriate sec requires secretary report quarterly congressional appropriations committees hud use sole source contracts sec authorizes recipient december grant conversion elderly housing assisted living facilities establish single asset nonprofit entity project lend grant funds entity profit limited partnership sole general partner private nonprofit organization meeting specified requirements corporation wholly owned controlled private nonprofit organization sec authorizes use community development loan guarantee funds fy2011 guarantee commitments guarantee notes obligations issued state behalf non entitlement communities sec amends united_states_housing_act extend fy2011 authorization appropriations demolition site revitalization replacement housing tenant based assistance project grants phas sec authorizes phas operate fewer public housing units elect exempt asset management requirements imposed secretary connection operating fund rule prohibits exemption requirements agency seeking discontinuance reduction subsidy operating fund formula sec prohibits secretary respect use funds operation capital improvement management public housing authorized united_states_housing_act imposing asset management requirement guideline restricts limits way use capital funds central office costs prohibits pha capital funds authorized eligible operation management activities operating funds excess specified permitted amounts sec prohibits designation hud official employee allotment holder implemented adequate system funds control received training funds control procedures directives sec requires secretary report quarterly congressional appropriations committees status section project based housing including number project based units region analysis federally subsidized housing refinanced mark market program sec requires payment attorney fees program related litigation individual program_office personnel benefits compensation funding sec requires secretary fy2011 notify public federal_register appropriate means issuance notice availability assistance notice funding availability program discretionary fund awarded competitively authorizes secretary period available internet appropriate government website electronic media sec authorizes secretary request project sponsor subject certain conditions approve prepayment hud loan supportive housing elderly housing act effect enactment cranston gonzalez national affordable housing act sec prohibits availability homeless group designated surplus federal property group member good standing hud homeless assistance programs good standing program receiving federal state funds allows exception requirement entity involved federal homeless programs meets specified financial track record property management requirements sec considers hud administered disaster housing assistance programs hud program mckinney act income verification matching purposes sec allows million funds appropriated salaries expenses accounts title office_of_inspector_general account transferred merged amounts appropriated working capital_fund account transformation initiative account requires amounts transferred transformation initiative account available fy2013 information technology requirements sec amends national housing act respect additional mortgage insurance premium secretary establish collect annually remaining insured principal mortgage balance eliminates specified periods premium payments depend size mortgage authorizes secretary publication notice federal_register establish change current premium annual premium period mortgage term annual premium shall apply sec amends consolidated_appropriations_act transportation treasury housing_and_urban_development judiciary district_of_columbia independent_agencies_appropriations_act repeal required transfer flexible subsidy fund balances certain excess rental charges rental housing assistance fund collections fy2006 subsequent fiscal years sec extends fy2011 current fha fannie_mae ginnie_mae loan limits high cost areas allowing agency discretion increase limits sub areas meeting specified requirements title iii related agencies makes appropriations fy2011 access board federal_maritime_commission office_of_inspector_general national_railroad_passenger_corporation amtrak national_transportation_safety_board ntsb neighborhood_reinvestment_corporation interagency council homelessness amends mckinney-vento homeless assistance_act extend interagency council homelessness fy2011 title general_provisions act specifies certain uses limits prohibitions use funds appropriated act sec requires sums necessary fy2010 pay raises programs funded act levels appropriated previous appropriations acts sec prohibits use funds planning execution program pay expenses compensate nonfederal parties intervening regulatory adjudicatory proceedings funded act sec requires federal agencies departments funded act report july congressional appropriations committees sole source contracts sec prohibits use funds support federal state local projects seek use power eminent domain eminent domain employed public use sec prohibits payment salary appropriation act person filling position temporary held employee left enter armed_forces satisfactorily completed period active military naval service days release service hospitalization continuing discharge year applied restoration position certified office_of_personnel_management opm qualified perform duties position restored sec prohibits expenditure funds appropriated act entity entity agrees comply buy_american_act sec prohibits availability funds person entity convicted violating buy_american_act sec prohibits use funds act class airline accommodations contravention specified federal regulations sec prohibits use funds act purchase light office building extent practicable energy_star federal_energy_management_program designation sec bars use funds act prohibit restrict establishment effectiveness occupancy preference veterans supportive housing elderly provided hud assistance located department_of_veterans_affairs property subject enhanced use lease sec prohibits provision funds available prior acts association_of_community_organizations_for_reform acorn affiliates subsidiaries allied organizations sec prescribes requirements posting dot hud websites certain information competitive grant program annual budget including grants equal exceeding million requires dot hud secretaries notice designed solicit applications funding issued grant program post websites information including limited primary purpose grant program criteria grant selection process decisionmaking departments requires posting websites additional specified information valid grant applications received successful grantees selected


Summary: Amends the National Housing Act to revise the maximum mortgage loan principal amounts the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) may insure for elevator-type multifamily structures for: (1) rental housing; (2) cooperative housing; (3) rehabilitation and neighborhood conservation housing; (4) housing for moderate income and displaced families; (5) housing for elderly persons; and (6) condominiums. Replaces the current specific dollar amount limitations per family unit by which the insurable mortgage principal obligation for elevator-type multifamily structures may be increased. Prescribes instead an increase limitation per family unit of up to 50% higher than the corresponding limitations for non-elevator-type multifamily structures. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe a higher maximum (up to 50%) for the principal obligation of mortgages insured for multifamily projects located in an extremely high-cost area (similar to that for mortgage insurance for property in Alaska, Guam, Hawaii, and the Virgin Islands).

amends national housing act revise maximum mortgage loan principal amounts secretary housing_and_urban_development hud insure elevator type multifamily structures rental housing cooperative housing rehabilitation neighborhood conservation housing housing moderate income displaced families housing elderly persons replaces current specific dollar limitations family unit insurable mortgage principal obligation elevator type multifamily structures increased prescribes instead increase limitation family unit higher corresponding limitations non elevator type multifamily structures authorizes secretary prescribe higher maximum principal obligation mortgages insured multifamily projects located extremely high cost area similar mortgage insurance property alaska guam hawaii virgin_islands


Summary: Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax-exempt charitable or educational organizations to make collegiate housing and infrastructure improvement grants to certain tax-exempt social clubs (e.g., college fraternities and sororities) which apply such grants to their collegiate housing property.

collegiate housing infrastructure act amends_the_internal_revenue_code allow tax exempt charitable educational organizations collegiate housing infrastructure improvement grants certain tax exempt social clubs college fraternities sororities apply grants collegiate housing property


Summary: HOPE VI Program Termination Act of 2011 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to repeal the authority of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide assistance to public housing agencies for demolition, site revitalization, replacement housing, and tenant-based assistance grants for projects (HOPE VI program). Rescinds and permanently cancels all unobligated balances remaining available under the Act for the program, and terminates it. Requires all such unobligated balances so rescinded and permanently canceled to be covered in the general fund of the Treasury for reducing the budget deficit of the federal government.

hope program termination act amends united_states_housing_act repeal authority secretary housing_and_urban_development hud provide assistance public housing agencies demolition site revitalization replacement housing tenant based assistance grants projects hope program rescinds permanently cancels unobligated balances remaining available act program terminates requires unobligated balances rescinded permanently canceled covered general_fund_of_the_treasury reducing budget deficit federal_government


Summary: Public Housing Tenants Respect Act of 2011- Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to repeal its public housing community service and family self-sufficiency requirements.

public housing tenants respect act amends united_states_housing_act repeal public housing community service family self sufficiency requirements


Summary: Home Owner Managing Energy Savings Act of 2012 or the HOMES Act - Requires the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to establish the Home Energy Savings Retrofit Rebate Program to provide rebates to: (1) contractors to be passed through as discounts to homeowners who retrofit their homes to achieve energy savings, or (2) homeowners to be transferred to contractors for retrofit work. Requires the Secretary to establish: (1) a Federal Rebate Processing System to enable rebate aggregators to submit claims for reimbursement, and (2) a national retrofit website that provides information on the Program. Requires the Secretary to: (1) develop a network of rebate aggregators or a national rebate aggregator that can facilitate the delivery of rebates to reimburse participating homeowners or contractors, and (2) develop guidelines for states to allow utilities participating as rebate aggregators to count the energy savings from their participation toward state-level energy saving targets. Sets forth eligibility criteria for rebate aggregators. Requires rebates to be awarded for retrofits that achieve home energy savings in accordance with this Act if a qualified home energy efficiency retrofit of a home is carried out after January 1, 2013, by a qualified contractor. Establishes the amount of such rebates as $2,000 for a 20-24% reduction in home energy use, $3000 for a 25-29% reduction, $4,000 for a 30-34% reduction, $5,000 for a 35-39% reduction, $6,000 for a 40-44% reduction, $7,000 for a 45-49% reduction, and $8,000 for a 50% or more reduction. Requires rebates to be paid within 60 days of the submission of the rebate forms and completion of any quality assurance assessments. Requires: (1) the Secretary to establish a cost effective schedule of required quality assurance assessments, and (2) all homes to be required to have such assessment in the first year of the Program. Prohibits rebates from exceeding: (1) $10,000 per individual, or (2) 50% of the qualified home energy efficiency expenditures paid or incurred by the homeowner. Sets forth eligibility criteria for such expenditures and retrofits. Requires a state or Indian tribe that receives funding under this Act to submit to the Secretary a plan to implement a quality assurance program that covers all federally assisted residential efficiency retrofit work administered, supervised, or sponsored by the state or Indian tribe. Sets forth provisions concerning the treatment of rebates for tax purposes (excluded from taxable income).

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Summary: Affordable Housing Preservation and Revitalization Act of 2011 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to ensure that funds in the residual receipts account of an eligible multifamily housing property are transferred, at the time of a qualified sale or exchange, to preservation entities. Requires that funds in the residual receipts account be used, subject to housing agency approval, to: (1) pay for rehabilitation costs approved by the housing agency; (2) deposit funds into the property's replacement reserve account; and (3) pay for social and other services, associated acquisition costs, and any other costs that have been approved by the housing agency and will directly benefit such tenants. Defines "preservation entity" as: (1) a nonprofit tax-exempt corporation, or (2) a limited partnership or limited liability company where the sole general partner or sole managing member of such ownership entity is a nonprofit tax-exempt corporation, and (3) that has the capacity to acquire and preserve an eligible multifamily housing property. States that, for purposes of the low-income housing credit under the Internal Revenue Code, residual receipts used or transferred under this Act shall not be considered federal funds.

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Summary: Small Public Housing Agency Opportunity Act of 2012 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to subject a small public housing agency (PHA) to the same requirements as a PHA. Defines a small PHA as a PHA for which the sum of the number of public housing dwelling units and the number of vouchers under Section 8 (tenant-based assistance) it administers is 550 or fewer. Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to: provide for physical inspections of a small PHA public housing project at least once every three years, unless it is a troubled small PHA; determine the financial condition of a small PHA's public housing program solely on the basis of the ratio of current assets to current liabilities; and determine management condition of a small PHA's public housing program solely on the basis of the ratio of vacant unit months to eligible unit months. Requires a small PHA administering Section 8 tenant-based assistance under the housing voucher program to make physical inspections of assisted units at least once every three years. Requires HUD to evaluate the management of a small PHA's voucher program solely on the basis of its lease-up rate or the budget utilization rate. Directs HUD to designate a small PHA as a high-performing agency if it exceeds acceptability criteria. Specifies conditions under which HUD may designate a small PHA as a troubled small PHA with respect to its public housing program or housing voucher program. Requires HUD to establish an appeals process for a small PHA to dispute a determination of deficiency. Requires HUD and the small PHA to enter into a one-year corrective action agreement (renewable at HUD option) under which the small PHA shall undertake actions to correct deficiencies. Prescribes and/or revises requirements to reduce the administrative burden on small PHAs with respect to: certain reports; community service; economic opportunities for low- and very low-income persons; exemption of a small PHA administering not more than 400 public housing dwelling units, upon request, from any asset management requirement; exemption from environmental review for a development or modernization project with a total cost of not more than $100,000; and streamlined HUD procedures for such reviews. Authorizes a small PHA to convert all or a portion of its public housing units to project-based voucher assistance or to project-based assistance. Requires HUD to carry out a demonstration project to examine how various methods of determining rent in public housing affect the administrative burden on small PHAs and public housing residents. Establishes rent-setting mechanisms for demonstration project participants based on: (1) a tiered system for initial rents for extremely low-income families, very low-income families, and low-income families; (2) a certain range of gross income percentages; or (3) one or more of these methods in combination with methods established for assisted housing rental payments. Authorizes a small PHA to elect to be paid for its utility and waste management costs under the formula for a period, at its discretion, of up to 20 years based on its average annual consumption during the three-year period preceding the year in which the election is made. Requires HUD to develop and deploy all electronic information systems necessary to accommodate full consolidated reporting by PHAs electing to operate in consortia.

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Summary:
Stop Tenant Organizing Promotion Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) from carrying out, supporting, or otherwise providing any assistance to the Tenant Resource Network Program authorized under the Department of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.

Amends the Act to repeal the Secretary's authority to provide funding for the Program.

Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of any funds currently allocated under the Program. Requires the funds to be covered into the General Fund of the Treasury and used only for reducing the federal budget deficit.

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Summary:
EDA Elimination Act of 2013 - Terminates the Economic Development Administration (EDA).

Repeals the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965.

Directs the Secretary of Commerce to take such actions as necessary and appropriate to conclude the outstanding affairs of the EDA, including dispositions of personnel, assets, and obligations.

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