Sec. 218.
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Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary may transfer up to 10 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, of funds appropriated for any office under the headings Administrative Support Offices or Program Offices to any other such office under such heading: Provided, That no appropriation for any such office or account shall be increased or decreased by more than 10 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, without prior written approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations:
Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide notification to such Committees not less than 3 business days in advance of any such transfers under this section up to 10 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less. The authority under paragraph
(1)to transfer funds shall not apply to the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, the Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes, or the Office of Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity. The Secretary is authorized to transfer up to 10 percent of funds appropriated for any office under the headings Administrative Support Offices or Program Offices to the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, the Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes, or the Office of Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity: Provided, That no amounts may be transferred pursuant to this subparagraph unless the Secretary shall provide notification to such Committees not less 3 business days in advance of any such transfers under this subsection.