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the headings ‘‘Executive Offices’’, ‘‘Administrative Sup-
port Offices’’, ‘‘Program Offices’’, and ‘‘Government Na-
tional Mortgage Association’’, for such services shall be 
transferred to the Fund, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of 
its plans for executing such transfers at least 15 days in 
advance of such transfers. 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities and assistance for the provision of ten-
ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United 
States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 
et seq.) (in this title ‘‘the Act’’), not otherwise provided 
for, $27,042,932,000, to remain available until expended, 
which shall be available on October 1, 2022 (in addition 
to the $4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this 
heading that shall be available on October 1, 2022), and 
$4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, which 
shall be available on October 1, 2023: Provided, That the 
amounts made available under this heading are provided 
as follows: 
(1) $26,184,000,000 shall be available for re-
newals of expiring section 8 tenant-based annual 
contributions contracts (including renewals of en-
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hanced vouchers under any provision of law author-
izing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act) 
and including renewal of other special purpose incre-
mental vouchers: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, from amounts provided 
under this paragraph and any carryover, the Sec-
retary for the calendar year 2023 funding cycle shall 
provide renewal funding for each public housing 
agency based on validated voucher management sys-
tem (VMS) leasing and cost data for the prior cal-
endar year and by applying an inflation factor as es-
tablished by the Secretary, by notice published in 
the Federal Register, and by making any necessary 
adjustments for the costs associated with the first- 
time renewal of vouchers under this paragraph in-
cluding tenant protection and Choice Neighborhoods 
vouchers: Provided further, That funds provided 
under this paragraph and prior Acts may be used to 
fund a total number of unit months under lease 
which exceeds a public housing agency’s authorized 
level of units under contract, except for public hous-
ing agencies participating in the Moving to Work 
(MTW) demonstration, which are instead governed 
in accordance with the requirements of the MTW 
demonstration program or their MTW agreements, 
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if any: Provided further, That amounts repurposed 
pursuant to the preceding proviso that were pre-
viously designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or a concur-
rent resolution on the budget are designated as an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the 
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
2022, and section 1(e) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Con-
gress) as engrossed in the House of Representatives 
on June 8, 2022: Provided further, That costs asso-
ciated with any forgone increases in tenant rent pay-
ments due to the implementation of rent incentives 
as authorized pursuant to waivers or alternative re-
quirements of the Jobs-Plus initiative as described 
under the heading ‘‘Self-Sufficiency Programs’’ shall 
be renewed: Provided further, That costs associated 
with any forgone increases in tenant rent payments 
due to the implementation of rent incentives as au-
thorized pursuant to waivers or alternative require-
ments of the Jobs-Plus initiative as described under 
the heading ‘‘Self-Sufficiency Programs’’ shall be re-
newed: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to 
the extent necessary to stay within the amount spec-
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ified under this paragraph (except as otherwise 
modified under this paragraph), prorate each public 
housing agency’s allocation otherwise established 
pursuant to this paragraph: Provided further, That 
except as provided in the following provisos, the en-
tire amount specified under this paragraph (except 
as otherwise modified under this paragraph) shall be 
obligated to the public housing agencies based on the 
allocation and pro rata method described above, and 
the Secretary shall notify public housing agencies of 
their annual budget by the latter of 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act or March 1, 2023: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may extend the 
notification period with the prior written approval of 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That public housing agencies 
participating in the MTW demonstration shall be 
funded in accordance with the requirements of the 
MTW demonstration program or their MTW agree-
ments, if any, and shall be subject to the same pro 
rata adjustments under the preceding provisos: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary may offset public 
housing agencies’ calendar year 2023 allocations 
based on the excess amounts of public housing agen-
cies’ net restricted assets accounts, including HUD- 
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held programmatic reserves (in accordance with 
VMS data in calendar year 2022 that is verifiable 
and complete), as determined by the Secretary: Pro-
vided further, That public housing agencies partici-
pating in the MTW demonstration shall also be sub-
ject to the offset, as determined by the Secretary, 
excluding amounts subject to the single fund budget 
authority provisions of their MTW agreements, from 
the agencies’ calendar year 2023 MTW funding allo-
cation: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
use any offset referred to in the preceding two pro-
visos throughout the calendar year to prevent the 
termination of rental assistance for families as the 
result of insufficient funding, as determined by the 
Secretary, and to avoid or reduce the proration of 
renewal funding allocations: Provided further, That 
up to $100,000,000 shall be available only: (1) for 
adjustments in the allocations for public housing 
agencies, after application for an adjustment by a 
public housing agency that experienced a significant 
increase, as determined by the Secretary, in renewal 
costs of vouchers resulting from unforeseen cir-
cumstances or from portability under section 8(r) of 
the Act; (2) for vouchers that were not in use during 
the previous 12-month period in order to be avail-
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able to meet a commitment pursuant to section 
8(o)(13) of the Act, or an adjustment for a funding 
obligation not yet expended in the previous calendar 
year for a MTW-eligible activity to develop afford-
able housing for an agency added to the MTW dem-
onstration under the expansion authority provided in 
section 239 of the Transportation, Housing and 
Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2016 (division L of Public Law 114– 
113); (3) for adjustments for costs associated with 
HUD–Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD– 
VASH) vouchers; (4) for public housing agencies 
that despite taking reasonable cost savings meas-
ures, as determined by the Secretary, would other-
wise be required to terminate rental assistance as a 
result of insufficient funding; (5) for adjustments in 
the allocations for public housing agencies that (i) 
are leasing a lower-than-average percentage of their 
authorized vouchers, (ii) have low amounts of budget 
authority in their net restricted assets accounts and 
HUD-held programmatic reserves, relative to other 
agencies, and (iii) are not participating in the Mov-
ing to Work demonstration, to enable such agencies 
to lease more vouchers; (6) for withheld payments in 
accordance with section 8(o)(8)(A)(ii) of the Act for 
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months in the previous calendar year that were sub-
sequently paid by the public housing agency after 
the agency’s actual costs were validated; and (7) for 
public housing agencies that have experienced in-
creased costs or loss of units in an area for which 
the President declared a disaster under title IV of 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 et seq.); 
(2) $230,000,000 shall be for section 8 rental 
assistance for relocation and replacement of housing 
units that are demolished or disposed of pursuant to 
section 18 of the Act, conversion of section 23 
projects to assistance under section 8, the family 
unification program under section 8(x) of the Act, 
relocation of witnesses (including victims of violent 
crimes) in connection with efforts to combat crime 
in public and assisted housing pursuant to a request 
from a law enforcement or prosecution agency, en-
hanced vouchers under any provision of law author-
izing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act, 
Choice Neighborhood vouchers, mandatory and vol-
untary conversions, and tenant protection assistance 
including replacement and relocation assistance or 
for project-based assistance to prevent the displace-
ment of unassisted elderly tenants currently residing 
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in section 202 properties financed between 1959 and 
1974 that are refinanced pursuant to Public Law 
106–569, as amended, or under the authority as 
provided under this Act: Provided, That of the 
amounts made available under this paragraph, up to 
$10,000,000 shall be available to provide public 
housing agencies with enhanced vouchers for fami-
lies residing in State-assisted projects financed be-
tween 1970 and 1979 that were subject to a use 
agreement under the Low-Income Housing Preserva-
tion and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 (title 
VI of Public Law 101-625; LIHPRHA) or the 
Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation Act 
of 1987 (title II of Public Law 100-242; ELIHPA) 
on the date the affordability protections at such 
projects expire or terminate during calendar years 
2022 and 2023: Provided further, That that the 
State housing finance agency shall submit the re-
quest to the Secretary for enhanced vouchers for 
families residing in such eligible State-assisted 
projects no later than the latter of 120 days prior 
to the expiration or termination of affordability pro-
tections at such projects or 120 days after enact-
ment of this Act: Provided further, That such en-
hanced vouchers shall not be considered replacement 
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vouchers: Provided further, That when a public hous-
ing development is submitted for demolition or dis-
position under section 18 of the Act, the Secretary 
may provide section 8 rental assistance when the 
units pose an imminent health and safety risk to 
residents: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
provide section 8 rental assistance from amounts 
made available under this paragraph for units as-
sisted under a project-based subsidy contract funded 
under the ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’ head-
ing under this title where the owner has received a 
Notice of Default and the units pose an imminent 
health and safety risk to residents: Provided further, 
That to the extent that the Secretary determines 
that such units are not feasible for continued rental 
assistance payments or transfer of the subsidy con-
tract associated with such units to another project 
or projects and owner or owners, any remaining 
amounts associated with such units under such con-
tract shall be recaptured and such recaptured 
amounts, in an amount equal to the cost of rental 
assistance provided pursuant to the previous proviso, 
up to the total amounts recaptured, shall be trans-
ferred to and merged with amounts under this para-
graph: Provided further, That of the amounts made 
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available under this paragraph, no less than 
$5,000,000 may be available to provide tenant pro-
tection assistance, not otherwise provided under this 
paragraph, to residents residing in low vacancy 
areas and who may have to pay rents greater than 
30 percent of household income, as the result of: (A) 
the maturity of a HUD-insured, HUD-held or sec-
tion 202 loan that requires the permission of the 
Secretary prior to loan prepayment; (B) the expira-
tion of a rental assistance contract for which the 
tenants are not eligible for enhanced voucher or ten-
ant protection assistance under existing law; or (C) 
the expiration of affordability restrictions accom-
panying a mortgage or preservation program admin-
istered by the Secretary: Provided further, That such 
tenant protection assistance made available under 
the preceding proviso may be provided under the au-
thority of section 8(t) or section 8(o)(13) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f(t)): Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
issue guidance to implement the previous two pro-
visos, including, but not limited to, requirements for 
defining eligible at-risk households not later than 60 
days after the date of enactment of this Act: Pro-
vided further, That any tenant protection voucher 
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made available from amounts under this paragraph 
shall not be reissued by any public housing agency, 
except the replacement vouchers as defined by the 
Secretary by notice, when the initial family that re-
ceived any such voucher no longer receives such 
voucher, and the authority for any public housing 
agency to issue any such voucher shall cease to exist: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may only pro-
vide replacement vouchers for units that were occu-
pied within the previous 24 months that cease to be 
available as assisted housing, subject only to the 
availability of funds; 
(3) $2,756,932,000 shall be for administrative 
and other expenses of public housing agencies in ad-
ministering the section 8 tenant-based rental assist-
ance program, of which up to $10,000,000 shall be 
available to the Secretary to allocate to public hous-
ing agencies that need additional funds to admin-
ister their section 8 programs, including fees associ-
ated with section 8 tenant protection rental assist-
ance, the administration of disaster related vouchers, 
HUD–VASH vouchers, and other special purpose in-
cremental vouchers: Provided, That no less than 
$2,746,932,000 of the amount provided in this para-
graph shall be allocated to public housing agencies 
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