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fered by the Facilities Management Field Support Service,
including project management and real property adminis-
tration (including leases, site acquisition and disposal ac-
tivities directly supporting projects), shall be provided to
Department of Veterans Affairs components only on a reim-
bursable basis, and such amounts will remain available
until September 30, 2004.
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES
For necessary operating expenses of the Department of
Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including ad-
ministrative expenses in support of department-wide cap-
ital planning, management and policy activities, uniforms
or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for official re-
ception and representation expenses; hire of passenger
motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General Services
Administration for security guard services, and the Depart-
ment of Defense for the cost of overseas employee mail,
$1,283,272,000: Provided, That expenses for services and as-
sistance authorized under 38 U.S.C. 3104(a)(1), (2), (5),
and (11) that the Secretary determines are necessary to en-
able entitled veterans: (1) to the maximum extent feasible,
to become employable and to obtain and maintain suitable
employment; or (2) to achieve maximum independence in
daily living, shall be charged to this account: Provided fur-
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ther, That the Veterans Benefits Administration shall be
funded at not less than $1,004,704,000: Provided further,
That of the funds made available under this heading, not
to exceed $64,000,000 shall be available for obligation until
September 30, 2005: Provided further, That from the funds
made available under this heading, the Veterans Benefits
Administration may purchase up to two passenger motor
vehicles for use in operations of that Administration in Ma-
nila, Philippines.
NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses of the National Cemetery Ad-
ministration for operations and maintenance, not otherwise
provided for, including uniforms or allowances therefor;
cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; purchase of one
passenger motor vehicle for use in cemeterial operations;
and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $144,203,000: Pro-
vided, That of the funds made available under this heading,
not to exceed $7,200,000 shall be available until September
30, 2005.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General
Act of 1978, as amended, $62,250,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2005.
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CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS
For constructing, altering, extending and improving
any of the facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use
of the Department of Veterans Affairs, or for any of the
purposes set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406, 8102, 8103,
8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, and 8122 of title 38, United States
Code, including planning, architectural and engineering
services, maintenance or guarantee period services costs as-
sociated with equipment guarantees provided under the
project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility and storm
drainage system construction costs, and site acquisition,
where the estimated cost of a project is more than the
amount set forth in 38 U.S.C. 8104(a)(3)(A) or where funds
for a project were made available in a previous major
project appropriation, $272,690,000, to remain available
until expended, of which $183,000,000 shall be for Capital
Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) activi-
ties; and of which $10,000,000 shall be to make reimburse-
ments as provided in 41 U.S.C. 612 for claims paid for
contract disputes: Provided, That except for advance plan-
ning activities, including needs assessments which may or
may not lead to capital investments, and other capital asset
management related activities, such as portfolio develop-
ment and management activities, and investment strategy
studies funded through the advance planning fund and the
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planning and design activities funded through the design
fund and CARES funds, including needs assessments which
may or may not lead to capital investments, none of the
funds appropriated under this heading shall be used for any
project which has not been approved by the Congress in the
budgetary process: Provided further, That funds provided
in this appropriation for fiscal year 2004, for each ap-
proved project (except those for CARES activities referenced
above) shall be obligated: (1) by the awarding of a construc-
tion documents contract by September 30, 2004; and (2)
by the awarding of a construction contract by September
30, 2005: Provided further, That the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs shall promptly report in writing to the Committees
on Appropriations any approved major construction project
in which obligations are not incurred within the time limi-
tations established above: Provided further, That no funds
from any other account except the ‘‘Parking revolving
fund’’, may be obligated for constructing, altering, extend-
ing, or improving a project which was approved in the
budget process and funded in this account until 1 year after
substantial completion and beneficial occupancy by the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs of the project or any part
thereof with respect to that part only.
CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS
For constructing, altering, extending, and improving
any of the facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use
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of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including planning
and assessments of needs which may lead to capital invest-
ments, architectural and engineering services, maintenance
or guarantee period services costs associated with equipment
guarantees provided under the project, services of claims an-
alysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system construc-
tion costs, and site acquisition, or for any of the purposes
set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406, 8102, 8103, 8106,
8108, 8109, 8110, 8122, and 8162 of title 38, United States
Code, where the estimated cost of a project is equal to or
less than the amount set forth in 38 U.S.C. 8104(a)(3)(A),
$252,144,000, to remain available until expended, along
with unobligated balances of previous ‘‘Construction, minor
projects’’ appropriations which are hereby made available
for any project where the estimated cost is equal to or less
than the amount set forth in 38 U.S.C. 8104(a)(3)(A), of
which $42,000,000 shall be for Capital Asset Realignment
for Enhanced Services (CARES) activities: Provided, That
from amounts appropriated under this heading, additional
amounts may be used for CARES activities upon notifica-
tion of and approval by the Committees on Appropriations:
Provided further, That funds in this account shall be avail-
able for: (1) repairs to any of the nonmedical facilities
under the jurisdiction or for the use of the department
which are necessary because of loss or damage caused by
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any natural disaster or catastrophe; and (2) temporary
measures necessary to prevent or to minimize further loss
by such causes.
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE
FACILITIES
For grants to assist States to acquire or construct
State nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to re-
model, modify or alter existing hospital, nursing home and
domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing care
to veterans as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 8131–8137,
$102,100,000, to remain available until expended.
GRANTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF STATE VETERANS
CEMETERIES
For grants to aid States in establishing, expanding,
or improving State veterans cemeteries as authorized by 38
U.S.C. 2408, $32,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 101. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2004 for
‘‘Compensation and pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’,
and ‘‘Veterans insurance and indemnities’’ may be trans-
ferred to any other of the mentioned appropriations.
SEC. 102. Appropriations available to the Department
of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2004 for salaries and ex-
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penses shall be available for services authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109.
SEC. 103. No appropriations in this Act for the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs (except the appropriations for
‘‘Construction, major projects’’, ‘‘Construction, minor
projects’’, and the ‘‘Parking revolving fund’’) shall be avail-
able for the purchase of any site for or toward the construc-
tion of any new hospital or home.
SEC. 104. No appropriations in this Act for the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs shall be available for hos-
pitalization or examination of any persons (except bene-
ficiaries entitled under the laws bestowing such benefits to
veterans, and persons receiving such treatment under 5
U.S.C. 7901–7904 or 42 U.S.C. 5141–5204), unless reim-
bursement of cost is made to the ‘‘Medical care’’ account
at such rates as may be fixed by the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs.
SEC. 105. Appropriations available to the Department
of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2004 for ‘‘Compensation
and pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, and ‘‘Veterans in-
surance and indemnities’’ shall be available for payment
of prior year accrued obligations required to be recorded
by law against the corresponding prior year accounts with-
in the last quarter of fiscal year 2003.
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SEC. 106. Appropriations accounts available to the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2004 shall be
available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding
prior year appropriations accounts resulting from title X
of the Competitive Equality Banking Act, Public Law 100–
86, except that if such obligations are from trust fund ac-
counts they shall be payable from ‘‘Compensation and pen-
sions’’.
SEC. 107. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
during fiscal year 2004, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
shall, from the National Service Life Insurance Fund (38
U.S.C. 1920), the Veterans’ Special Life Insurance Fund
(38 U.S.C. 1923), and the United States Government Life
Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1955), reimburse the ‘‘General
operating expenses’’ account for the cost of administration
of the insurance programs financed through those accounts:
Provided, That reimbursement shall be made only from the
surplus earnings accumulated in an insurance program in
fiscal year 2004 that are available for dividends in that
program after claims have been paid and actuarially deter-
mined reserves have been set aside: Provided further, That
if the cost of administration of an insurance program ex-
ceeds the amount of surplus earnings accumulated in that
program, reimbursement shall be made only to the extent
of such surplus earnings: Provided further, That the Sec-
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retary shall determine the cost of administration for fiscal
year 2004 which is properly allocable to the provision of
each insurance program and to the provision of any total
disability income insurance included in such insurance
program.
SEC. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Department of Veterans Affairs shall continue the Fran-
chise Fund pilot program authorized to be established by
section 403 of Public Law 103–356 until October 1, 2004:
Provided, That the Franchise Fund, established by title I
of Public Law 104–204 to finance the operations of the
Franchise Fund pilot program, shall continue until October
1, 2004.
SEC. 109. Amounts deducted from enhanced-use lease
proceeds to reimburse an account for expenses incurred by
that account during a prior fiscal year for providing en-
hanced-use lease services, may be obligated during the fiscal
year in which the proceeds are received.
SEC. 110. Funds available in any Department of Vet-
erans Affairs appropriation for fiscal year 2004 or funds
for salaries and other administrative expenses shall also be
available to reimburse the Office of Resolution Management
and the Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint
Adjudication for all services provided at rates which will
recover actual costs but not exceed $29,318,000 for the Office
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of Resolution Management and $3,059,000 for the Office of
Employment and Discrimination Complaint Adjudication:
Provided, That payments may be made in advance for serv-
ices to be furnished based on estimated costs: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts received shall be credited to ‘‘General
operating expenses’’ for use by the office that provided the
service.
SEC. 111. No appropriations in this Act for the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs shall be available to enter into
any new lease of real property if the estimated annual rent-
al is more than $300,000 unless the Secretary submits a
report which the Committees on Appropriations of the Con-
gress approve within 30 days following the date on which
the report is received.
SEC. 112. No appropriations in this Act for the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs shall be available for hos-
pitalization or treatment of any person by reason of eligi-
bility under section 1710(a)(3) of title 38, United States
Code, unless that person has disclosed to the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs, in such form as the Secretary may
require—
(1) current, accurate third-party reimbursement
information for purposes of section 1729 of such title;
and
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(2) annual income information for purposes of
section 1722 of such title.
SEC. 113. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to implement sections 2 and 5 of Public Law 107–287.
SEC. 114. Receipts that would otherwise be credited to
the Veterans Extended Care Revolving Fund, the Medical
Facilities Revolving Fund, the Special Therapeutic and Re-
habilitation Fund, the Nursing Home Revolving Fund, the
Veterans Health Services Improvement Fund, and the Park-
ing Revolving Fund shall be deposited into the Medical Care
Collections Fund, and shall be transferred to the Medical
Care account, to remain available until expended, to carry
out the purposes of the Medical Care account.
SEC. 115. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
at the discretion of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, pro-
ceeds or revenues derived from enhanced-use leasing activi-
ties (including disposal) that are deposited into the Medical
Care Collections Fund may be transferred and merged with
major construction and minor construction accounts and
be used for construction (including site acquisition and dis-
position), alterations and improvements of any medical fa-
cility under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs. Such sums as realized are in addi-
tion to the amount provided for in the Major and Minor
Construction appropriations.
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SEC. 116. Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of section
8163(c) of title 38, United States Code, the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs may enter into an enhanced-use lease with
the Medical University Hospital Authority, a public au-
thority of the State of South Carolina, for approximately
0.48 acres of underutilized property at the Charleston De-
partment of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston,
South Carolina, at any time after 30 days after the date
of the submittal of the notice required by paragraph (1)
of that section with respect to such property. The Secretary
is not required to submit a report on the lease as otherwise
required by paragraph (4) of that section.
SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall make the North Chi-
cago VA Medical Center available to the Navy to the max-
imum extent feasible. The Secretary shall report to the Sen-
ate Appropriations Committee by June 30, 2004, regarding
the progress in modifying North Chicago VA Medical Cen-
ter’s surgical suite and emergency and urgent care centers
for use by veterans and Department of Defense beneficiaries.
Further, the Secretary shall consider having the new joint
VA/Navy ambulatory care center to serve both veterans and
Department of Defense beneficiaries sited on or adjacent to
the North Chicago VA Medical Center and shall consult
with the Secretary of the Navy to select the site for the cen-
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ter. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall report to the
Senate Appropriations Committee on the site selection by
June 30, 2004.
SEC. 118. (a) TREATMENT OF PIONEER HOMES IN
ALASKA AS STATE HOME FOR VETERANS.—The Secretary
of Veterans Affairs may—
(1) treat the Pioneer Homes in the State of Alas-
ka collectively as a single State home for veterans for
purposes of section 1741 of title 38, United States
Code; and
(2) make per diem payments to the State of
Alaska for care provided to veterans in the Pioneer
Homes in accordance with the provisions of that sec-
tion.
(b) TREATMENT NOTWITHSTANDING NON-VETERAN
RESIDENCY.—The Secretary shall treat the Pioneer Homes
as a State home under subsection (a) notwithstanding the
residency of non-veterans in one or more of the Pioneer
Homes.
(c) PIONEER HOMES DEFINED.—In this section, the
term ‘‘Pioneer Homes’’ means the six regional homes in the
State of Alaska known as Pioneer Homes, which are located
in the following:
(1) Anchorage, Alaska.
(2) Fairbanks, Alaska.
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(3) Juneau, Alaska.
(4) Ketchikan, Alaska.
(5) Palmer, Alaska.
(6) Sitka, Alaska.
SEC. 119. (a) FINDINGS
ON ACCESS
TO PRIMARY
HEALTH CARE OF VETERANS IN RURAL AREAS.—The Sen-
ate makes the following findings:
(1) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs has ap-
pointed a commission, called the Capital Asset Re-
alignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) Commis-
sion, and directed it to make specific recommenda-
tions regarding the realignment and allocation of
capital assets necessary to meet the demand for vet-
erans health care services over the next 20 years.
(2) The Department of Veterans Affairs accessi-
bility standard for primary health care provides that
at least 70 percent of the veterans enrolled in each of
the regional ‘‘markets’’ of the Department should live
within a specified driving time of a Department pri-
mary care facility. That driving time is 30 minutes
for veterans living in urban and rural areas and 60
minutes for veterans living in highly rural areas.
(3) The Draft National CARES Plan issued by
the Under Secretary for Health would place veterans
in 18 rural and highly rural regional markets outside
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the Department accessibility standard for primary
health care until at least fiscal year 2022, which
means that thousands of veterans will have to con-
tinuing traveling up to 3–4 hours each way to visit
a Department primary care facility.
(4) The 18 rural and highly rural markets that
will remain outside the Department accessibility
standard for primary health care comprise all or
parts of Arkansas, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North
Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon,
South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wash-
ington, and West Virginia.
(5) Health care facilities for veterans are dis-
proportionately needed in rural and highly rural
areas because the residents of such areas are generally
older, poorer, and sicker than their urban counter-
parts.
(b) SENSE OF SENATE.—It is the sense of the Senate
that—
(1) the CARES Commission should give as much
attention to solving the special needs of veterans who
live in rural areas as it does to providing for the
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health care needs of veterans living in more highly
populated areas;
(2) the CARES Commission should reject the
portions of the Draft National CARES Plan that
would prevent any regional market of the Department
from complying with the Department accessibility
standard for primary health care, which provides that
at least 70 percent of the veterans residing in each
market be within specified driving times of a Depart-
ment primary care facility; and
(3) the CARES Commission should recommend
to the Secretary the investments and initiatives that
are necessary to achieve the Department accessibility
standard for primary health care in each of the rural
and highly rural health care markets of the Depart-
ment.
SEC. 120. Not later than 120 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
shall enter into an agreement with the Institute of Medicine
of the National Academy of Sciences under which agreement
the Institute of Medicine shall develop and evaluate epide-
miological studies on Vietnam veterans in accordance with
the recommendations of the 2003 National Academy of
Sciences report entitled ‘‘Characterizing Exposure of Vet-
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erans to Agent Orange and Other Herbicides Used in Viet-
nam: Interim Findings and Recommendations’’.
SEC. 121. No funds appropriated or otherwise made
available for the Department of Veterans Affairs by this Act
or any other Act may be obligated or expended to implement
the policy contained in the memorandum of the Department
of Veterans Affairs dated July 18, 2002, from the Deputy
Under Secretary for Health for Operations and Manage-
ment with the subject ‘‘Status of VHA Enrollment and As-
sociated Issues’’ or any other policy prohibiting the Direc-
tors of the Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISNs)
from conducting outreach or marketing to enroll new vet-
erans within their Networks.
TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS)
For activities and assistance under the United States
Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.)
(‘‘the 
Act’’ 
herein), 
not 
otherwise 
provided 
for,
$18,433,606,000, and amounts that are recaptured in this
account, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That of the amounts made available under this heading,
$14,233,606,379 and the aforementioned recaptures shall be
available on October 1, 2003 and $4,200,000,000 shall be
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available on October 1, 2004: Provided further, That
amounts made available under this heading are provided
as follows:
(1) $16,202,616,000 for expiring or terminating
section 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including
section 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for
amendments to section 8 project-based subsidy con-
tracts, for contracts entered into pursuant to section
441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act,
for the 1-year renewal of section 8 contracts for units
in projects that are subject to approved plans of ac-
tion under the Emergency Low Income Housing Pres-
ervation Act of 1987 or the Low-Income Housing
Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of
1990, and for renewals of expiring section 8 tenant-
based annual contributions contracts (including
amendments and renewals of enhanced vouchers
under any provision of law authorizing such assist-
ance under section 8(t) of the Act (42 U.S.C.
1437f(t))): Provided, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Secretary shall renew expiring
section 8 tenant-based annual contributions contracts
for each public housing agency (including for agencies
participating in the Moving to Work demonstration,
unit months representing section 8 tenant-based as-
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sistance funds committed by the public housing agen-
cy for specific purposes, other than reserves, that are
authorized pursuant to any agreement and conditions
entered into under such demonstration, and utilized
in compliance with any applicable program obliga-
tion deadlines) based on the total number of unit
months which were under lease as reported on the
most recent end-of-year financial statement submitted
by the public housing agency to the Department, ad-
justed by such additional information submitted by
the public housing agency to the Secretary which the
Secretary determines to be timely and reliable regard-
ing the total number of unit months under lease at
the time of renewal of the annual contributions con-
tract, and by applying an inflation factor based on
local or regional factors to the actual per unit cost as
reported: Provided further, That funds may be made
available in this paragraph to support a total number
of unit months under lease that exceeds a public hous-
ing agency’s authorized level of units under lease to
the extent that the use of these funds is part of a
strategy for a public housing agency to attain its au-
thorized level of units under contract: Provided fur-
ther, That when a public housing agency is over its
authorized contract level, that public housing agency
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may not issue another voucher (including turnover
vouchers) until that public housing agency is at or
below its authorized contract level for vouchers.
(2) $461,329,000 for a central fund to be allo-
cated by the Secretary for the support of section 8
subsidy contracts or amendments to such contracts,
and for such other purposes as are set forth in this
paragraph: Provided, That subject to the following
proviso, the Secretary shall use amounts in such fund,
as necessary, for contract amendments to maintain
the total number of unit months under lease (up to
the 
authorized 
level) 
including 
turnover 
and
reissuance of authorized vouchers, and for contract
amendments resulting from a significant increase in
per-unit costs, or otherwise provide funds so that pub-
lic housing agencies may lease units up to their au-
thorized unit level: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may use up to $36,000,000 in such funds for
incremental vouchers under section 8 of the Act to be
used for non-elderly disabled families affected by the
designation of a public housing development under
section 7 of the Act, the establishment of preferences
in accordance with section 651 of the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C.
13611), or the restriction of occupancy to elderly fam-
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ilies in accordance with section 658 of such Act (42
U.S.C. 13618): Provided further, That the Secretary
may only allocate the incremental vouchers under the
previous proviso upon a determination that there are
adequate funds under this heading to fund all voucher
needs in this fiscal year: Provided further, That if a
public housing agency, at any point in time during
their fiscal year, has obligated the amounts made
available to such agency pursuant to paragraph (1)
under this heading for the renewal of expiring section
8 tenant-based annual contributions contracts, and if
such agency has expended 50 percent of the amounts
available to such agency in its annual contributions
contract reserve account, the Secretary shall make
available such amounts as are necessary from
amounts available from such central fund to fund
amendments under the preceding proviso within 30
days of a request from such agency: Provided further,
That none of the funds made available in this para-
graph may be used to support a total number of unit
months under lease which exceeds a public housing
agency’s authorized level of units under contract: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall provide quar-
terly reports to the Committees on Appropriations of
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the House and the Senate on the obligation of funds
provided in this paragraph;
(3) $252,203,000 for section 8 rental assistance
for relocation and replacement of housing units that
are demolished or disposed of pursuant to the Omni-
bus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act
of 1996 (Public Law 104–134), conversion of section
23 projects to assistance under section 8, the family
unification program under section 8(x) of the Act, re-
location of witnesses in connection with efforts to
combat crime in public and assisted housing pursu-
ant to a request from a law enforcement or prosecu-
tion agency, enhanced vouchers under any provision
of law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t)
of the Act (42 U.S.C.1437f(t)), and tenant protection
assistance, including replacement and relocation as-
sistance;
(4) $72,000,000 for family self-sufficiency coordi-
nators under section 23 of the Act;
(5) not to exceed $1,339,448,400 for administra-
tive and other expenses of public housing agencies in
administering the section 8 tenant-based rental assist-
ance program: Provided, That the fee otherwise au-
thorized under section 8(q) of the Act shall be deter-
mined in accordance with section 8(q), as in effect
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immediately before the enactment of the Quality
Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998;
(6) $100,000,000 for contract administrators for
section 8 project-based assistance;
(7) not less than $3,010,000 shall be transferred
to the Working Capital Fund for the development of
and modifications to information technology systems
which serve activities under ‘‘Public and Indian
Housing’’; and
(8) up to $3,000,000 for an outside audit by a
major accounting firm to assess the current status of
all funds within this account, including the amounts
of obligated and unobligated funds for all programs
funded under this heading for fiscal year 2004 as well
as the availability of funds currently appropriated
under this heading for fiscal years 2005 and there-
after.
The Secretary may transfer up to 15 percent of funds
provided under paragraphs (1), (2), (3) or (5), herein to
paragraphs (1), (2), (3) or (5), if the Secretary determines
that such action is necessary because the funding provided
under one such paragraph otherwise would be depleted and
as a result, the maximum utilization of section 8 tenant-
based assistance with the funds appropriated for this pur-
pose by this Act would not be feasible: Provided, That prior
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to undertaking the transfer of funds in excess of 10 percent
from any paragraph pursuant to the previous proviso, the
Secretary shall notify the Chairman and Ranking Member
of the Subcommittees on Veterans Affairs and Housing and
Urban Development, and Independent Agencies of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Senate and shall not transfer any such funds until
30 days after such notification: Provided further, That,
hereafter, the Secretary shall require public housing agen-
cies to submit accounting data for funds disbursed under
this heading in this Act and prior Acts by source and pur-
pose of such funds: Provided further, That incremental
vouchers previously made available under this heading for
non-elderly disabled families shall, to the extent practicable,
continue to be provided to non-elderly disabled families
upon turnover: Provided further, That $1,372,000,000 is re-
scinded from unobligated balances remaining from funds
appropriated to the Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment under this heading or the heading ‘‘Annual con-
tributions for assisted housing’’ or any other heading for
fiscal year 2003 and prior years, to be effected by the Sec-
retary no later than September 30, 2004: Provided further,
That any such balances governed by reallocation provisions
under the statute authorizing the program for which the
funds were originally appropriated shall be available for
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the rescission: Provided further, That any obligated bal-
ances of contract authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior
that have been terminated shall be cancelled.
PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to
carry out capital and management activities for public
housing agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the
United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C.
1437g), $2,641,000,000 (the ‘‘Act’’), to remain available
until September 30, 2007: Provided, That of the total
amount provided under this heading, in addition to
amounts 
otherwise 
allocated 
under 
this 
heading,
$400,000,000 shall be allocated for such capital and man-
agement activities only among public housing agencies that
have obligated all assistance for the agency for fiscal years
2001 and 2002 made available under this same heading in
accordance with the requirements under paragraphs (1)
and (2) of section 9(j) of such Act: Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation,
during fiscal year 2004, the Secretary may not delegate to
any Department official other than the Deputy Secretary
any authority under paragraph (2) of such section 9(j) re-
garding the extension of the time periods under such section
for obligation of amounts made available for fiscal years
1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, or 2004: Provided fur-
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ther, That with respect to any amounts made available
under the Public Housing Capital Fund for fiscal years
1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, or 2004 that remain unobli-
gated in violation of paragraph (1) of such section 9(j) or
unexpended in violation of paragraph (5)(A) of such section
9(j), the Secretary shall recapture any such amounts and
reallocate such amounts among public housing agencies de-
termined under 6(j) of the Act to be high-performing: Pro-
vided further, That for purposes of this heading, the term
‘‘obligate’’ means, with respect to amounts, that the
amounts are subject to a binding agreement that will result
in outlays immediately or in the future: Provided further,
That of the total amount provided under this heading, up
to $50,000,000 shall be for carrying out activities under sec-
tion 9(h) of such Act, of which up to $13,000,000 shall be
for the provision of remediation services to public housing
agencies identified as ‘‘troubled’’ under the Section 8 Man-
agement Assessment Program and for surveys used to cal-
culate local Fair Market Rents and assess housing condi-
tions in connection with rental assistance under section 8
of the Act: Provided further, That of the total amount pro-
vided under this heading, up to $500,000 shall be for lease
adjustments to section 23 projects, and no less than
$10,610,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital
Fund for the development of and modifications to informa-
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tion technology systems which serve programs or activities
under ‘‘Public and Indian housing’’: Provided further, That
no funds may be used under this heading for the purposes
specified in section 9(k) of the United States Housing Act
of 1937, as amended: Provided further, That of the total
amount provided under this heading, up to $40,000,000
shall be available for the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development to make grants to public housing agencies for
emergency capital needs resulting from emergencies and
natural disasters in fiscal year 2003: Provided further,
That of the total amount provided under this heading,
$15,000,000 shall be for Neighborhood Networks grants for
activities authorized in section 9(d)(1)(E) of the United
States Housing Act of 1937, as amended: Provided further,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts
made available in the previous proviso shall be awarded
to public housing agencies on a competitive basis as pro-
vided in section 102 of the Department of Housing and
Urban Development Reform Act of 1989: Provided further,
That of the total amount provided under this heading,
$55,000,000 shall be for supportive services, service coordi-
nators and congregate services as authorized by section 34
of the Act and the Native American Housing Assistance and
Self-Determination Act of 1996: Provided further, That of
the total amount provided under this heading, up to
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$125,000,000 shall be for grants and credit subsidy to sup-
port a loan guarantee and loan program for the develop-
ment of public housing units in mixed income housing de-
velopments: Provided further, That the first proviso under
this heading in the Departments of Veterans Affairs and
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agen-
cies Appropriations Act, 2003 is amended by striking
‘‘1998, 1999’’.
PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND
For payments to public housing agencies for the oper-
ation and management of public housing, as authorized by
section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $3,576,600,000: Provided,
That of the total amount provided under this heading,
$10,000,000 shall be for programs, as determined appro-
priate by the Attorney General, which assist in the inves-
tigation, prosecution, and prevention of violent crimes and
drug offenses in public and federally-assisted low-income
housing, including Indian housing, which shall be adminis-
tered by the Department of Justice through a reimbursable
agreement with the Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment: Provided further, That, in fiscal year 2004 and
all fiscal years hereafter, no amounts under this heading
in any appropriations Act may be used for payments to
public housing agencies for the costs of operation and man-
agement of public housing for any year prior to the current
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year of such Act: Provided further, That no funds may be
used under this heading for the purposes specified in section
9(k) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended.
REVITALIZATION OF SEVERELY DISTRESSED PUBLIC
HOUSING (HOPE VI)
For grants to public housing agencies for demolition,
site revitalization, replacement housing, and tenant-based
assistance grants to projects as authorized by section 24 of
the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (‘‘such
Act’’), $195,115,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That the Secretary may recapture funds from
grants previously awarded under this heading in fiscal year
1997 and prior fiscal years for use in making grants in
fiscal year 2004 as authorized under section 24 of such Act:
Provided further, That the Secretary may only recapture
grants under the previous proviso where the Secretary deter-
mines that a project is less than 90 percent complete and
that the project is unlikely to be completed successfully with-
in the next 2 fiscal years: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall not recapture funds from any HOPE VI project
that has unobligated funds due to litigation or a court or-
dered consent decree: Provided further, That the Secretary
shall establish an alternative housing plan to meet tenant
needs where the Secretary is recapturing HOPE VI funds
from a public housing agency with a failed HOPE VI
project and the Secretary may recapture only the amount
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of funds which are not necessary to meet the requirements
of the alternative housing plan: Provided further, That the
Secretary shall report to the Congress by December 15, 2003
on the status of all HOPE VI projects that are unlikely
to be completed according to program requirements: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall report to the Con-
gress on any decision to recapture funds from a HOPE VI
project, including the justification for the decision and the
provisions of the alternative housing plan: Provided further,
That the Secretary may use up to $3,000,000 of the funds
made available under this heading for technical assistance
and contract expertise, to be provided directly or indirectly
by grants, contracts or cooperative agreements, including
training and cost of necessary travel for participants in
such training, by or to officials and employees of the depart-
ment and of public housing agencies and to residents: Pro-
vided further, That none of such funds shall be used directly
or indirectly by granting competitive advantage in awards
to settle litigation or pay judgments, unless expressly per-
mitted herein.
NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For the Native American Housing Block Grants pro-
gram, as authorized under title I of the Native American
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996
(NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $646,600,000, to re-
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main available until expended, of which $2,200,000 shall
be contracted through the Secretary as technical assistance
and capacity building to be used by the National American
Indian Housing Council in support of the implementation
of NAHASDA; of which $4,000,000 shall be to support the
inspection of Indian housing units, contract expertise,
training, and technical assistance in the training, over-
sight, and management of Indian housing and tenant-based
assistance, including up to $300,000 for related travel; and
of which no less than $2,720,000 shall be transferred to the
Working Capital Fund for development of and modifica-
tions to information technology systems which serve pro-
grams or activities under ‘‘Public and Indian housing’’:
Provided, That of the amount provided under this heading,
$2,000,000 shall be made available for the cost of guaran-
teed notes and other obligations, as authorized by title VI
of NAHASDA: Provided further, That such costs, including
the costs of modifying such notes and other obligations, shall
be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds
are available to subsidize the total principal amount of any
notes and other obligations, any part of which is to be guar-
anteed, not to exceed $16,658,000: Provided further, That
for administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed
loan program, up to $150,000 from amounts in the first
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proviso, which shall be transferred to and merged with the
appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and expenses’’, to be used only
for the administrative costs of these guarantees.
INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sec-
tion 184 of the Housing and Community Development Act
of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a), $5,300,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That such costs, includ-
ing the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as defined
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as
amended: Provided further, That these funds are available
to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to
be guaranteed, not to exceed $197,243,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the guaranteed loan program, up to $250,000 from amounts
in the first paragraph, which shall be transferred to and
merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and expenses’’,
to be used only for the administrative costs of these guaran-
tees.
NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND
PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sec-
tion 184A of the Housing and Community Development Act
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of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13b), $1,035,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That such costs, includ-
ing the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as defined
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as
amended: Provided further, That these funds are available
to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to
be guaranteed, not to exceed $39,712,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the guaranteed loan program, up to $35,000 from amounts
in the first paragraph, which shall be transferred to and
merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and expenses’’,
to be used only for the administrative costs of these guaran-
tees.
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS
For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Per-
sons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS Hous-
ing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.),
$291,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2005: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew all expiring
contracts for permanent supportive housing that were fund-
ed under section 854(c)(3) of such Act that meet all pro-
gram requirements before awarding funds for new contracts
and activities authorized under this section: Provided fur-
ther, That the formula funds made available under this
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heading for fiscal year 2004 shall be awarded to eligible
grantees under the same rules and requirements as were in
effect for fiscal year 2003: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may use up to $3,000,000 of the funds under this
heading for training, oversight, and technical assistance ac-
tivities.
RURAL HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
For the Office of Rural Housing and Economic Devel-
opment in the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment, $25,000,000 to remain available until expended,
which amount shall be awarded by June 1, 2004, to Indian
tribes, State housing finance agencies, State community
and/or economic development agencies, local rural non-
profits and community development corporations to sup-
port innovative housing and economic development activi-
ties in rural areas: Provided, That all grants shall be
awarded on a competitive basis as specified in section 102
of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Re-
form Act of 1989.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For assistance to units of State and local government,
and to other entities, for economic and community develop-
ment activities, and for other purposes, $4,950,000,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2006: Provided, That
of the amount provided, $4,545,700,000 is for carrying out
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the community development block grant program under
title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of
1974, as amended (the ‘‘Act’’ herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301 et
seq.): Provided further, That not to exceed 20 percent of any
grant made with funds appropriated under this heading
(other than a grant made available in this paragraph to
the Housing Assistance Council or the National American
Indian Housing Council, or a grant using funds under sec-
tion 107(b)(3) of the Act) shall be expended for ‘‘Planning
and Management Development’’ and ‘‘Administration’’, as
defined in regulations promulgated by the Department:
Provided further, That $72,500,000 shall be for grants to
Indian tribes notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such Act;
$3,300,000 shall be for a grant to the Housing Assistance
Council; $2,600,000 shall be for a grant to the National
American Indian Housing Council; $52,500,000 shall be for
grants pursuant to section 107 of the Act; no less than
$4,900,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital
Fund for the development of and modification to informa-
tion technology systems which serve programs or activities
under 
‘‘Community 
planning 
and 
development’’;
$12,000,000 shall be for grants pursuant to the Self Help
Homeownership Opportunity Program; $35,500,000 shall
be for capacity building, of which $31,500,000 shall be for
Capacity Building for Community Development and Af-
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fordable Housing for LISC and the Enterprise Foundation
for activities as authorized by section 4 of the HUD Dem-
onstration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), as in effect
immediately before June 12, 1997, with not less than
$5,000,000 of the funding to be used in rural areas, includ-
ing tribal areas, and of which $4,000,000 shall be for capac-
ity building activities administered by Habitat for Human-
ity International; $10,000,000 for the Native Hawaiian
Housing Block Grant Program, as authorized under the Na-
tive American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination
Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), of which $400,000
shall be for training and technical assistance; $60,000,000
shall be available for YouthBuild program activities author-
ized by subtitle D of title IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-
tional Affordable Housing Act, as amended, and such ac-
tivities shall be an eligible activity with respect to any
funds made available under this heading: Provided, That
local YouthBuild programs that demonstrate an ability to
leverage private and nonprofit funding shall be given a pri-
ority for YouthBuild funding: Provided further, That no
more than 10 percent of any grant award under the
YouthBuild program may be used for administrative costs:
Provided further, That of the amount made available for
YouthBuild not less than $10,000,000 is for grants to estab-
lish YouthBuild programs in underserved and rural areas
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and $2,000,000 is to be made available for a grant to
YouthBuild USA for capacity building for community de-
velopment and affordable housing activities as specified in
section 4 of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993, as
amended.
Of the amount made available under this heading,
$21,000,000 shall be available for neighborhood initiatives
that are utilized to improve the conditions of distressed and
blighted areas and neighborhoods, to stimulate investment,
economic diversification, and community revitalization in
areas with population outmigration or a stagnating or de-
clining economic base, or to determine whether housing ben-
efits can be integrated more effectively with welfare reform
initiatives: Provided, That these grants shall be provided
in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in
the report accompanying this Act.
Of the amount made available under this heading,
$140,000,000 shall be available for grants for the Economic
Development Initiative (EDI) to finance a variety of tar-
geted economic investments in accordance with the terms
and conditions specified in the report accompanying this
Act.
The referenced statement of the managers under this
heading in title II of Division K of the Consolidated Appro-
priations Resolution, 2003 (Public Law 108–7; H. Rept.
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108–10) is deemed to be amended with respect to item num-
ber 721 by striking ‘‘training’’ and inserting ‘‘creation,
small business development and quality of life improve-
ments within the State of South Carolina’’.
The referenced statement of the managers under this
heading in title II of Division K of the Consolidated Appro-
priations Resolution, 2003 (Public Law 108–7; H. Rept.
108–10) is deemed to be amended with respect to item num-
ber 317 by striking ‘‘135,000’’ and inserting ‘‘151,000’’.
The referenced statement of the managers under this
heading in title II of Division K of the Consolidated Appro-
priations Resolution, 2003 (Public Law 108–7; H. Rept.
108–10) is deemed to be amended with respect to item num-
ber 324 by striking ‘‘225,000’’ and inserting ‘‘209,000’’.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $6,325,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2005, as authorized by section
108 of the Housing and Community Development Act of
1974, as amended: Provided, That such costs, including the
cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended:
Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize
total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed,
not to exceed $275,000,000, notwithstanding any aggregate
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limitation on outstanding obligations guaranteed in section
108(k) of the Housing and Community Development Act
of 1974, as amended.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the guaranteed loan program, $1,000,000 which shall be
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Sal-
aries and expenses’’.
BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT
For Economic Development Grants, as authorized by
section 108(q) of the Housing and Community Development
Act of 1974, as amended, for Brownfields redevelopment
projects, $25,000,000, to remain available until September
30, 2005: Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development shall make these grants available on
a competitive basis as specified in section 102 of the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act
of 1989.
HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the HOME investment partnerships program, as
authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National
Affordable Housing Act, as amended, $1,925,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2006: Provided, That
of the total amount provided in this paragraph, up to
$40,000,000 shall be available for housing counseling under
section 106 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of
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1968; and no less than $1,100,000 shall be transferred to
the Working Capital Fund for the development of, mainte-
nance of, and modification to information technology sys-
tems which serve programs or activities under ‘‘Community
planning and development’’.
In addition to the amounts made available under this
heading, $50,000,000, to remain available until September
30, 2006, for assistance to homebuyers as authorized under
title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Hous-
ing Act, as amended: Provided, That the Secretary shall
provide such assistance in accordance with a formula devel-
oped through rulemaking.
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the emergency shelter grants program as author-
ized under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento
Homeless Assistance Act, as amended; the supportive hous-
ing program as authorized under subtitle C of title IV of
such Act; the section 8 moderate rehabilitation single room
occupancy program as authorized under the United States
Housing Act of 1937, as amended, to assist homeless indi-
viduals pursuant to section 441 of the McKinney-Vento
Homeless Assistance Act; and the shelter plus care program
as authorized under subtitle F of title IV of such Act,
$1,325,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2006: Provided, That not less than 30 percent of funds made
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available, excluding amounts provided for renewals under
the shelter plus care program, shall be used for permanent
housing: Provided further, That all funds awarded for serv-
ices shall be matched by 25 percent in funding by each
grantee: Provided further, That the Secretary shall renew
on an annual basis expiring contracts or amendments to
contracts funded under the shelter plus care program if the
program is determined to be needed under the applicable
continuum of care and meets appropriate program require-
ments and financial standards, as determined by the Sec-
retary: Provided further, That all awards of assistance
under this heading shall be required to coordinate and inte-
grate homeless programs with other mainstream health, so-
cial services, and employment programs for which homeless
populations may be eligible, including Medicaid, State
Children’s Health Insurance Program, Temporary Assist-
ance for Needy Families, Food Stamps, and services fund-
ing through the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Block
Grant, Workforce Investment Act, and the Welfare-to-Work
grant program: Provided further, That $12,000,000 of the
funds appropriated under this heading shall be available
for the national homeless data analysis project and tech-
nical assistance: Provided further, That no less than
$2,580,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading
shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund for the
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development of and modifications to information technology
systems which serve activities under ‘‘Community planning
and development’’.
URBAN DEVELOPMENT ACTION GRANTS
From balances of the Urban Development Action
Grant Program, as authorized by title I of the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1974, as amended,
$30,000,000 are cancelled.
HOUSING PROGRAMS
HOUSING FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For assistance for the purchase, construction, acquisi-
tion, or development of additional public and subsidized
housing units for low income families not otherwise pro-
vided for, $1,033,801,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2007: Provided, That $783,286,000, plus recap-
tures or cancelled commitments, shall be for capital ad-
vances, including amendments to capital advance contracts,
for housing for the elderly, as authorized by section 202 of
the Housing Act of 1959, as amended, and for project rental
assistance for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of such
Act, including amendments to contracts for such assistance
and renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance for
up to a 1-year term, and for supportive services associated
with the housing, of which amount $50,000,000 shall be for
service coordinators and the continuation of existing con-
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gregate service grants for residents of assisted housing
projects, of which amount up to $30,000,000 shall be for
grants under section 202b of the Housing Act of 1959 (12
U.S.C. 1701q–2) for conversion of eligible projects under
such section to assisted living or related use, including sub-
stantial capital repair, of which amount $25,000,000 shall
be maintained by the Secretary as a revolving loan fund
for use as gap financing to assist grantees in meeting all
the initial cost requirements for developing projects under
section 202 of such Act: Provided further, That of the
amount under this heading, $250,515,000 shall be for cap-
ital advances, including amendments to capital advance
contracts, for supportive housing for persons with disabil-
ities, as authorized by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez
National Affordable Housing Act, for project rental assist-
ance for supportive housing for persons with disabilities
under section 811(d)(2) of such Act, including amendments
to contracts for such assistance and renewal of expiring con-
tracts for such assistance for up to a 1-year term, and for
supportive services associated with the housing for persons
with disabilities as authorized by section 811(b)(1) of such
Act, and for tenant-based rental assistance contracts entered
into pursuant to section 811 of such Act: Provided further,
That of the amount made available under this heading,
$15,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary of Housing
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and Urban Development only for making grants to private
nonprofit organizations and consumer cooperatives for cov-
ering costs of architectural and engineering work, site con-
trol, and other planning relating to the development of sup-
portive housing for the elderly that is eligible for assistance
under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C.
1701q): Provided further, That amounts made available in
the previous proviso shall be awarded on a competitive basis
as provided in section 102 of the Department of Housing
and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989: Provided fur-
ther, That no less than $940,000, to be divided evenly be-
tween the appropriations for the section 202 and section
811 programs, shall be transferred to the Working Capital
Fund for the development of and modifications to informa-
tion technology systems which serve activities under ‘‘Hous-
ing programs’’ or ‘‘Federal housing administration’’: Pro-
vided further, That, in addition to amounts made available
for renewal of tenant-based rental assistance contracts pur-
suant to the second proviso of this paragraph, the Secretary
may designate up to 25 percent of the amounts earmarked
under this paragraph for section 811 of such Act for tenant-
based assistance, as authorized under that section, includ-
ing such authority as may be waived under the next pro-
viso, which assistance is 5 years in duration: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary may waive the provisions gov-
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tribute funds under section 106(d)(2) of the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1974, to units of general
local government located in nonentitlement areas of that
State. If the State of Hawaii fails to make such election,
the Secretary shall for fiscal years 2005 and thereafter make
grants to the units of general local government located in
the State of Hawaii’s nonentitlement areas (Hawaii,
Kauai, and Maui counties). The Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development shall allocate funds under section
106(d) of such Act to units of general local government lo-
cated in nonentitlement areas within the State of Hawaii
in accordance with a formula which bears the same ratio
to the total amount available for the nonentitlement areas
of the State as the weighted average of the ratios between
(1) the population of that eligible unit of general local gov-
ernment and the population of all eligible units of general
local government in the nonentitlement areas of the State;
(2) the extent of poverty in that eligible unit of general local
government and the extent of poverty in all of the eligible
units of general local government in the nonentitlement
areas of the State; and (3) the extent of housing over-
crowding in that eligible unit of general local government
and the extent of housing overcrowding in all of the eligible
units of general local government in the nonentitlement
areas of the State. In determining the weighted average of