not to use any such funds to provide public housing youth
sports grants.
REVITALIZATION OF SEVERELY DISTRESSED PUBLIC
HOUSING (HOPE VI)
For grants to public housing agencies for assisting
in the demolition of obsolete public housing projects or
portions thereof, the revitalization (where appropriate) of
sites (including remaining public housing units) on which
such projects are located, replacement housing which will
avoid or lessen concentrations of very low-income families,
and tenant-based assistance in accordance with section 8
of the United States Housing Act of 1937; and for provid-
ing replacement housing and assisting tenants to be dis-
placed by the demolition, $524,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which the Secretary may use up
to $5,000,000 for technical assistance, to be provided di-
rectly 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 em-
ployees of the Department and of public housing agencies
and to residents: Provided, That no funds appropriated
in this title shall be used for any purpose that is not pro-
vided for herein, in the Housing Act of 1937, in the Ap-
propriations Acts for Veterans Affairs, Housing and
Urban Development, and Independent Agencies, for the
fiscal years 1993, 1994, and 1995, and the Omnibus Con-
solidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996:
Provided 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 ex-
pressly permitted 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
(Public Law 104–330), $650,000,000, to remain available
until expended, of which $5,000,000 shall be used to sup-
port the inspection of Indian housing units, contract ex-
pertise, training, and technical assistance in the oversight
and management of Indian housing and tenant-based as-
sistance, including up to $200,000 for related travel: Pro-
vided, That all balances outstanding as of September 30,
1997, previously appropriated under the headings ‘‘An-
nual Contributions for Assisted Housing’’, ‘‘Development
of Additional New Subsidized Housing’’, ‘‘Preserving Ex-
isting Housing Development’’, ‘‘HOME Investment Part-
nerships Program’’, ‘‘Emergency Shelter Grants Pro-
gram’’, and ‘‘Homeless Assistance Funds’’, identified for
Indian Housing Authorities and other agencies primarily
serving Indians or Indian areas, shall be transferred to
and merged with amounts made under this heading.
INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by
section 184 of the Housing and Community Development
Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 3739) $3,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That such costs, including
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 $36,900,000.
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
Housing 
Opportunity 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
12901),
$204,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the amount made available under this head-
ing for non-formula allocation, the Secretary may des-
ignate, on a noncompetitive basis, one or more nonprofit
organizations that provide meals delivered to homebound
persons with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or a re-
lated disease to receive grants, not exceeding $250,000 for
any grant, and the Secretary shall assess the efficacy of
providing such assistance to such persons.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For grants to States and units of general local gov-
ernment and for related expenses, not otherwise provided
for, to carry out a community development grants pro-
gram as authorized by title I of the Housing and Commu-
nity Development Act of 1974, as amended (the ‘‘Act’’
herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301), $4,600,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2000: Provided, That
$67,000,000 shall be for grants to Indian tribes notwith-
standing section 106(a)(1) of the Act; $2,100,000 shall
be available as a grant to the Housing Assistance Council;
$1,500,000 shall be available as a grant to the National
American Indian Housing Council; $25,100,000 shall be
for grants pursuant to section 107 of such Act;
$11,500,000 shall be for the Community Outreach Part-
nership program; $16,700,000 shall be for grants pursu-
ant to section 11 of the Housing Opportunity Program
Extension Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–120): Provided
further, That not to exceed 20 percent of any grant made
with funds appropriated herein (other than a grant made
available under the preceding proviso to the Housing As-
sistance Council or the National American Indian Housing
Council, or a grant using funds under section 107(b)(3)
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974,
as amended) shall be expended for ‘‘Planning and Man-
agement Development’’ and ‘‘Administration’’ as defined
in regulations promulgated by the Department.
Of the amount provided under this heading, the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development may use up
to $50,000,000 for grants to public housing agencies (in-
cluding Indian housing authorities), nonprofit corpora-
tions, and other appropriate entities for a supportive serv-
ices program to assist residents of public and assisted
housing, former residents of such housing receiving ten-
ant-based assistance under section 8 of such Act (42
U.S.C. 1437f), and other low-income families and individ-
uals to become self-sufficient: Provided, That the program
shall provide supportive services, principally for the benefit
of public housing residents, to the elderly and the disabled,
and to families with children where the head of household
would benefit from the receipt of supportive services and
is working, seeking work, or is preparing for work by par-
ticipating in job training or educational programs: Pro-
vided further, That the supportive services may include
congregate services for the elderly and disabled, service co-
ordinators, and coordinated educational, training, and
other supportive services, including academic skills train-
ing, job search assistance, assistance related to retaining
employment, vocational and entrepreneurship development
and support programs, transportation, and child care:
Provided further, That the Secretary shall require applica-
tions to demonstrate firm commitments of funding or serv-
ices from other sources: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall select public and Indian housing agencies to
receive assistance under this head on a competitive basis,
taking into account the quality of the proposed program,
including any innovative approaches, the extent of the pro-
posed coordination of supportive services, the extent of
commitments of funding or services from other sources,
the extent to which the proposed program includes reason-
ably achievable, quantifiable goals for measuring perform-
ance under the program over a three-year period, the ex-
tent of success an agency has had in carrying out other
comparable initiatives, and other appropriate criteria es-
tablished by the Secretary.
Of the amount provided under this heading,
$50,000,000 shall be for Economic Development Grants.
Of the amount made available under this heading,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, $30,000,000
shall be available for youthbuild program activities author-
ized by subtitle D of title IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez
National Affordable Housing Act, as amended, and such
activities shall be an eligible activity with respect to any
funds made available under this heading.
Of the amount made available under this heading,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, $60,000,000
shall be available for the lead-based paint hazard reduc-
tion program as authorized under sections 1011 and 1053
of the Residential Lead-Based Hazard Reduction Act of
1992.
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $29,000,000, as au-
thorized by section 108 of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1974: Provided, That such costs, in-
cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined 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 $1,261,000,000,
notwithstanding any aggregate limitation on outstanding
obligations guaranteed in section 108(k) of the Housing
and Community Development Act. In addition, for admin-
istrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan pro-
gram, $1,000,000, which shall be transferred to and
merged with the appropriation for departmental salaries
and expenses.
HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM
For the HOME investment partnerships program, as
authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-
tional Affordable Housing Act (Public Law 101–625), as
amended, $1,500,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That up to $7,000,000 shall be avail-
able for the development and operation of integrated com-
munity development management information systems:
Provided further, That $15,000,000 shall be available for
Housing Counseling under section 106 of the Housing and
Urban Development Act of 1968: Provided further, That
up to $10,000,000 shall be available to carry out a dem-
onstration program in which the Secretary makes grants
to up to three non-profit community development financial
institutions (as defined in section 103(5) of the Commu-
nity Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act
of 1994), selected on a noncompetitive basis, to dem-
onstrate methods of expanding homeownership opportuni-
ties for low-wealth borrowers, including expanding the sec-
ondary market for non-conforming home mortgage loans
to low-wealth borrowers: Provided further, That grantees
shall have experience in working with lenders who make
non-conforming loans to low-income borrowers, have expe-
rience in expanding the secondary market for such loans,
have demonstrated success in carrying out such activities
with non-Federal funds, and have demonstrated the ability
to provide data on the performance of such loans sufficient
to allow analysis of the investment risk of such loans.
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in
Public Law 102–389 and prior laws for the Supportive
Housing Demonstration Program, as authorized by the
Stewart 
B. 
McKinney 
Homeless 
Assistance 
Act,
$6,000,000 of funds recaptured during fiscal year 1998
shall be rescinded.
SHELTER PLUS CARE
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in
Public Law 102–389 and prior laws for the Shelter Plus
Care program, as authorized by the Stewart B. McKinney
Homeless Assistance Act, $4,000,000 of funds recaptured
during fiscal year 1998 shall be rescinded.
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS
For the emergency shelter grants program (as au-
thorized under subtitle B of title IV of the Stewart B.
McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, as amended); the
supportive housing program (as authorized under subtitle
C of title IV of such Act); the section 8 moderate rehabili-
tation single room occupancy program (as authorized
under the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amend-
ed) to assist homeless individuals pursuant to section 441
of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act; and
the shelter plus care program (as authorized under sub-
title F of title IV of such Act), $823,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
HOUSING PROGRAMS
HOUSING FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For assistance for the purchase, construction, acqui-
sition, or development of additional public and subsidized
housing units for low income families under the United
States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C.
1437), not otherwise provided for, $839,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That of the total
amount provided under this heading, $645,000,000 shall
be for capital advances, including amendments to capital
advance contracts, for housing for the elderly, as author-
ized by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amend-
ed, and for project rental assistance, and amendments to
contracts for project rental assistance, for supportive
housing for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of the
Housing Act of 1959; and $194,000,000 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-Gon-
zalez National Affordable Housing Act, and for project
rental assistance, and amendments to contracts for project
rental assistance, for supportive housing for persons with
disabilities as authorized by section 811 of such Act: Pro-
vided further, That 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, including such authority
as may be waived under the next proviso, which assistance
is five years in duration: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may waive any provision of section 202 of the
Housing Act of 1959 and section 811 of the National Af-
fordable Housing Act (including the provisions governing
the terms and conditions of project rental assistance and
tenant-based assistance) that the Secretary determines is
not necessary to achieve the objectives of these programs,
or that otherwise impedes the ability to develop, operate
or administer projects assisted under these programs, and
may make provision for alternative conditions or terms
where appropriate: Provided further, That all obligated
and unobligated balances remaining in either the ‘‘Annual
Contributions for Assisted Housing’’ account or the ‘‘De-
velopment of Additional New Subsidized Housing’’ ac-
count for capital advances, including amendments to cap-
ital advances, for housing for the elderly, as authorized
by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended,
and for project rental assistance, and amendments to con-
tracts for project rental assistance, for supportive housing
for the elderly, under section 202(c)(2) of such Act, shall
be transferred to and merged with the amounts for those
purposes under this heading; and, all obligated and unobli-
gated balances remaining in either the ‘‘Annual Contribu-
tions for Assisted Housing’’ account or the ‘‘Development
of Additional New Subsidized Housing’’ account for cap-
ital advances, including amendments to capital advances,
for supportive housing for persons with disabilities, as au-
thorized by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzales National
Affordable Housing Act, and for project rental assistance,
and amendments to contracts for project rental assistance,
for supportive housing for persons with disabilities, as au-
thorized under section 811 of such Act, shall be trans-
ferred to and merged with the amounts for those purposes
under this heading.
OTHER ASSISTED HOUSING PROGRAMS
RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE
(RESCISSION)
The limitation otherwise applicable to the maximum
payments that may be required in any fiscal year by all
contracts entered into under section 236 of the National
Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1) is reduced in fiscal year
1998 by not more than $7,350,000 in uncommitted bal-
ances of authorizations provided for this purpose in appro-
priation Acts: Provided, That up to $125,000,000 of re-
captured budget authority shall be canceled.
FLEXIBLE SUBSIDY FUND
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
From the Rental Housing Assistance Fund, all un-
committed balances of excess rental charges as of Septem-
ber 30, 1997, and any collections made during fiscal year
1998, shall be transferred to the Flexible Subsidy Fund,
as authorized by section 236(g) of the National Housing
Act, as amended.
FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION
FHA—MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
During fiscal year 1998, commitments to guarantee
loans to carry out the purposes of section 203(b) of the
National Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed a loan
principal of $110,000,000,000.
During fiscal year 1998, obligations to make direct
loans to carry out the purposes of section 204(g) of the
National Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed
$200,000,000: Provided, That the foregoing amount shall
be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in con-
nection with sales of single family real properties owned
by the Secretary and formerly insured under the Mutual
Mortgage Insurance Fund.
For administrative expenses necessary to carry out
the guaranteed and direct loan program, $333,421,000,