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TITLE III 
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
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.) (‘‘the Act’’ herein), not otherwise provided for, 
$15,920,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $11,720,000,000 shall be available on October 1, 
2006, and $4,200,000,000 shall be available on October 1, 
2007: Provided, That the amounts made available under 
this heading are provided as follows: 
(1) $14,436,200,000 for renewals of expiring sec-
tion 8 tenant-based annual contributions contracts 
(including renewals of enhanced vouchers under any 
provision of law authorizing such assistance under 
section 8(t) of the Act): Provided, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, from amounts 
provided under this paragraph, the Secretary for the 
calendar year 2007 funding cycle shall provide re-
newal funding for each public housing agency based 
on the ‘‘verified voucher management system’’ (VMS) 
leasing and cost data for the most recently completed
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12 consecutive month period for which the Secretary 
determines the data is verifiable and complete, prior 
to prorations, and by applying the 2007 Annual Ad-
justment Factor as established by the Secretary, and 
by making any necessary adjustments for the costs as-
sociated with deposits to the Family self-sufficiency 
escrow account or the first-time renewal of tenant 
protection or HOPE VI vouchers or vouchers that 
were not in use during the 12-month period in order 
to be available to meet a commitment pursuant to sec-
tion 8(o)(13) of the Act: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall, to the extent necessary to stay within 
the amount provided under this paragraph, pro rate 
each public housing agency’s allocation otherwise es-
tablished pursuant to this paragraph: Provided fur-
ther, That except as provided in the following proviso, 
the entire amount provided 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 budgets not later than 45 days after 
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That public 
housing agencies participating in the Moving to Work 
demonstration shall be funded pursuant to their Mov-
ing to Work agreements and shall be subject to the
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same pro rata adjustments under the previous pro-
viso: Provided further, That up to $100,000,000 shall 
be available only: (1) to adjust the allocations for 
public housing agencies, after application for an ad-
justment by a public housing agency and verification 
by HUD, whose allocations under this heading for 
contract renewals for the calendar year 2007 funding 
cycle were based on verified VMS leasing and cost 
data averaged for the most recent 12-month period; 
and (2) for adjustments for public housing agencies 
that experienced a significant increase, as determined 
by the Secretary, in renewal costs resulting from un-
foreseen circumstances or from the portability under 
section 8(r) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
of tenant-based rental assistance: Provided further, 
That none of the funds provided in this paragraph 
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; 
(2) $149,300,000 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
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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, HOPE VI vouchers, mandatory and vol-
untary conversions, and tenant protection assistance 
including replacement and relocation assistance or 
vouchers that were not in use during the 12-month 
period in order to be available to meet a commitment 
pursuant to section 8(o)(13) of the Act: Provided, 
That no more than $10,000,000 can be used for sec-
tion 8 assistance to cover the cost of judgments and 
settlement agreements: Provided further, That addi-
tional section 8 tenant protection rental assistance 
costs may be funded in 2007 by utilizing unobligated 
balances, including recaptures and carryover, remain-
ing from funds appropriated to the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development under this heading, 
the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Hous-
ing’’, the heading ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’, and 
the heading ‘‘Project-based rental assistance’’, for fis-
cal year 2006 and prior years;
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(3) $47,500,000 for family self-sufficiency coordi-
nators under section 23 of the Act; 
(4) up to $10,000,000 shall be available for new 
incremental vouchers for the Family Unification Pro-
gram; 
(5) $5,900,000 shall be transferred to the Work-
ing Capital Fund; and 
(6) $1,271,100,000 for administrative and other 
expenses of public housing agencies in administering 
the section 8 tenant-based rental assistance program, 
of which up to $30,000,000 shall be available to the 
Secretary to allocate to public housing agencies that 
need additional funds to administer their section 8 
programs with up to $26,000,000 to be for fees associ-
ated with section 8 rental assistance: Provided, That 
$1,251,000,000 of the amount provided in this para-
graph shall be allocated for the calendar year 2007 
funding cycle on a basis to public housing agencies as 
provided in section 8(q) of the Act as in effect imme-
diately before the enactment of the Quality Housing 
and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (Public Law 
105–276): Provided further, That if the amounts 
made available under this paragraph are insufficient 
to pay the amounts required by this paragraph, the 
Secretary may decrease the amounts allocated to
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agencies by a uniform prorated percentage applicable 
to all agencies receiving funding under this para-
graph or may, to the extent necessary to provide full 
payment of amounts required under this paragraph, 
utilize unobligated balances, including recaptures and 
carryovers, remaining from funds appropriated to the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development 
under this heading, the heading ‘‘Annual Contribu-
tions for Assisted Housing’’, the heading ‘‘Housing 
Certificate Fund’’, and the heading ‘‘Project-based 
rental assistance’’, for fiscal year 2006 and prior 
years: Provided further, That all 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 de-
velopment activities. 
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances, including recaptures and 
carryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development under this 
heading, the heading ‘‘Annual contributions for assisted 
housing’’, the heading ‘‘Tenant-based rental assistance’’, 
and the heading ‘‘Project-based rental assistance’’, for fiscal 
year 2006 and prior years, $2,000,000,000 are rescinded, 
to be effected by the Secretary no later than September 30,