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for the calendar year 2023 funding cycle based on 
section 8(q) of the Act (and related Appropriation 
Act provisions) as in effect immediately before the 
enactment of the Quality Housing and Work Re-
sponsibility Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–276): Pro-
vided further, That if the amounts made available 
under this paragraph are insufficient to pay the 
amounts determined under the preceding proviso, 
the Secretary may decrease the amounts allocated to 
agencies by a uniform percentage applicable to all 
agencies receiving funding under this paragraph or 
may, to the extent necessary to provide full payment 
of amounts determined under the preceding proviso, 
utilize unobligated balances, including recaptures 
and carryover, remaining from funds appropriated to 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
under this heading from prior fiscal years, excluding 
special purpose vouchers, notwithstanding the pur-
poses for which such amounts were appropriated: 
Provided further, That all 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 uni-
form percentage decrease as under the preceding 
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proviso: Provided further, That amounts provided 
under this paragraph shall be only for activities re-
lated to the provision of tenant-based rental assist-
ance authorized under section 8, including related 
development activities; 
(4) $667,000,000 for the renewal of tenant- 
based assistance contracts under section 811 of the 
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 
(42 U.S.C. 8013), including necessary administra-
tive expenses: Provided, That administrative and 
other expenses of public housing agencies in admin-
istering the special purpose vouchers in this para-
graph shall be funded under the same terms and be 
subject to the same pro rata reduction as the per-
cent decrease for administrative and other expenses 
to public housing agencies under paragraph (3) of 
this 
heading: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
up 
to 
$10,000,000 shall be available only (1) for adjust-
ments in the allocation for public housing agencies, 
after applications for an adjustment by a public 
housing agency that experienced a significant in-
crease, as determined by the Secretary, in Main-
stream renewal costs resulting from unforeseen cir-
cumstances, and (2) for public housing agencies that 
despite taking reasonable cost savings measures, as 
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determined by the Secretary, would otherwise be re-
quired to terminate the rental assistance for Main-
stream families as a result of insufficient funding: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate 
amounts under the preceding proviso based on need, 
as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, 
That of the amounts made available under this para-
graph, up to $5,000,000 shall be available for a pilot 
program for public housing agencies that partner 
with administering entities under the Projects for 
Assistance 
in 
Transition 
from 
Homelessness 
(PATH) program as authorized by the Stewart B. 
McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 
1990 or other eligible entities, as determined by the 
Secretary, to assist persons with serious mental ill-
ness: Provided further, That the amounts made 
available in the preceding proviso shall be for incre-
mental rental voucher assistance, including project- 
based vouchers, under such section 811 for non-el-
derly persons with serious mental illness, and for ad-
ministrative and other expenses of public housing 
agencies: Provided further, That in awarding assist-
ance under such pilot program the Secretary may 
give bonus points to public housing agencies giving 
preference to individuals referred from the Coordi-
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nated Entry System (CES) or operating a Family 
Self-Sufficiency program: Provided further, That in 
administering such pilot program, the Secretary may 
waive, or specify alternative requirements for, any 
provision of any statute or regulation that the Sec-
retary administers in connection with the use of 
funds made available under such pilot (except for re-
quirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimina-
tion, labor standards, and the environment), upon a 
finding by the Secretary that any such waivers or al-
ternative requirements are necessary for the effective 
delivery and administration of such voucher assist-
ance: Provided further, That upon turnover, section 
811 special purpose vouchers funded under this 
heading in this or prior Acts, or under any other 
heading in prior Acts, shall be provided to non-elder-
ly persons with disabilities; 
(5) Of the amounts provided under paragraph 
(1) up to $5,000,000 shall be for rental assistance 
and associated administrative fees for Tribal HUD– 
VASH to serve Native American veterans that are 
homeless or at-risk of homelessness living on or near 
a reservation or other Indian areas: Provided, That 
such amount shall be made available for renewal 
grants to recipients that received assistance under 
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prior Acts under the Tribal HUD–VASH program: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall be author-
ized to specify criteria for renewal grants, including 
data on the utilization of assistance reported by 
grant recipients: Provided further, That such assist-
ance shall be administered in accordance with pro-
gram requirements under the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 
1996 and modeled after the HUD–VASH program: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall be author-
ized to waive, or specify alternative requirements for 
any provision of any statute or regulation that the 
Secretary administers in connection with the use of 
funds made available under this paragraph (except 
for requirements related to fair housing, non-
discrimination, labor standards, and the environ-
ment), upon a finding by the Secretary that any 
such waivers or alternative requirements are nec-
essary for the effective delivery and administration 
of such assistance: Provided further, That grant re-
cipients shall report to the Secretary on utilization 
of such rental assistance and other program data, as 
prescribed by the Secretary: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may reallocate, as determined by the 
Secretary, amounts returned or recaptured from 
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