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Provided further, That after all amounts that are available or
may be recaptured from the third source have been exhausted,
the fourth source shall be all unobligated amounts for project-
based assistance that are earmarked under the third proviso under
this heading in Public Law 105–65, 111 Stat. 1351 (approved Octo-
ber 27, 1997): Provided further, That any amounts that are available
or recaptured in connection with the first or third provisos of
this paragraph that are in the Annual Contributions for Assisted
Housing account, and are required to be rescinded by this para-
graph, shall be rescinded from the Annual Contributions for
Assisted Housing account.
PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program for moderniza-
tion of existing public housing projects as authorized under section
14 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42
U.S.C. 1437), $3,000,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That of the total amount, up to $100,000,000 shall be
for carrying out activities under section 6( j) of such Act and tech-
nical assistance for the inspection of public housing units, contract
expertise, and training and technical assistance directly or
indirectly, under grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, to
assist in the oversight and management of public housing (whether
or not the housing is being modernized with assistance under
this proviso) or tenant-based assistance, including, but not limited
to, an annual resident survey, data collection and analysis, training
and technical assistance by or to officials and employees of the
Department and of public housing agencies and to residents in
connection with the public housing programs and for lease adjust-
ments to section 23 projects: Provided further, That of the amount
available under this heading, up to $5,000,000 shall be for the
Tenant Opportunity Program: Provided further, That all balances,
as of September 30, 1998, of funds heretofore provided for section
673 public housing service coordinators shall be transferred to
and merged with amounts made available under this heading.
PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND
For payments to public housing agencies for operating subsidies
for low-income housing projects as authorized by section 9 of the
United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437g),
$2,818,000,000, to remain available until expended.
DRUG ELIMINATION GRANTS FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSING
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For grants to public housing agencies and Indian tribes and
their tribally designated housing entities for use in eliminating
crime in public housing projects authorized by 42 U.S.C. 11901–
11908, for grants for federally assisted low-income housing author-
ized by 42 U.S.C. 11909, and for drug information clearinghouse
services authorized by 42 U.S.C. 11921–11925, $310,000,000, to
remain available until expended, of which $10,000,000 shall be
for grants, technical assistance, contracts and other assistance,
training, and program assessment and execution for or on behalf
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of public housing agencies, resident organizations, and Indian tribes
and their tribally designated housing entities (including the cost
of necessary travel for participants in such training), $10,000,000
shall be used in connection with efforts to combat violent crime
in public and assisted housing under the Operation Safe Home
Program administered by the Inspector General of the Department
of Housing and Urban Development, $10,000,000 shall be provided
to the Office of Inspector General for Operation Safe Home; and
$20,000,000 shall be available for a program named the New
Approach Anti-Drug program which will provide competitive grants
to entities managing or operating public housing developments,
federally assisted multifamily housing developments, or other multi-
family housing developments for low-income families supported by
non-Federal governmental entities or similar housing developments
supported by nonprofit private sources in order to provide or aug-
ment security (including personnel costs), to assist in the investiga-
tion and/or prosecution of drug related criminal activity in and
around such developments, and to provide assistance for the
development of capital improvements at such developments directly
relating to the security of such developments: Provided, That grants
for the New Approach Anti-Drug program shall be made on a
competitive basis as specified in section 102 of the Department
of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989: Provided
further, That the term ‘‘drug-related crime’’, as defined in 42 U.S.C.
11905(2), shall also include other types of crime as determined
by the Secretary: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section
5130(c) of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11909(c)),
the Secretary may determine 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 demo-
lition of obsolete public housing projects or portions thereof, the
revitalization (where appropriate) of sites (including remaining pub-
lic 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 providing
replacement housing and assisting tenants displaced by the demoli-
tion (including appropriate homeownership down payment assist-
ance for displaced tenants), $625,000,000, to remain available until
expended, of which the Secretary may use up to $15,000,000 for
technical assistance and contract expertise, to be provided directly
or indirectly by grants, contracts or cooperative agreements, includ-
ing training and cost of necessary travel for participants in such
training, by or to officials and employees of the Department and
of public housing agencies and to residents: Provided, That no
funds appropriated under this heading shall be used for any purpose
that is not provided for herein, in the United States Housing
Act of 1937, in the Appropriations Acts for the Departments of
Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and
Independent Agencies, for the fiscal years 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997,
and 1998, and the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appro-
priations Act of 1996: Provided further, That for purposes of environ-
mental review pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act
of 1969, a grant under this heading or under prior appropriations
Acts for use for the purposes under this heading shall be treated
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as assistance under title I of the United States Housing Act of
1937 and shall be subject to the regulations issued by the Secretary
to implement section 26 of such Act: Provided further, That none
of such funds shall be used directly or indirectly by granting
competitive advantage in awards to settle litigation or pay judg-
ments, unless expressly permitted herein.
NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For the Native American Housing Block Grants program, as
authorized under title I of the Native American Housing Assistance
and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–330),
$620,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which
$6,000,000 shall be used to support the inspection of Indian housing
units, contract expertise, training, and technical assistance in the
oversight and management of Indian housing and tenant-based
assistance, including up to $200,000 for related travel: Provided,
That of the amount provided under this heading, $6,000,000 shall
be made available for the cost of guaranteed notes and other obliga-
tions, as authorized by title VI of the Native American Housing
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996: Provided, further,
That such costs, including the costs of modifying such notes and
other obligations, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional 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
guaranteed, not to exceed $54,600,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the
guaranteed loan program, up to $200,000, which shall be transferred
to and merged with the appropriation for departmental salaries
and expenses, to be used only for the administrative costs of these
guarantees: Provided, That the funds made available in the first
proviso in the preceding paragraph are for a demonstration on
ways to enhance economic growth, to increase access to private
capital, and to encourage the investment and participation of tradi-
tional financial institutions in tribal and other Native American
areas.
INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section
184 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (106
Stat. 3739), $6,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, 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 $68,881,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the
guaranteed loan program, up to $400,000, which shall be transferred
to and merged with the appropriation for departmental salaries
and expenses, to be used only for the administrative costs of these
guarantees.
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RURAL HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For an Office of Rural Housing and Economic Development
to be established in the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment, $25,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That of the amount under this heading, $4,000,000 shall be used
to develop capacity at the State and local level for developing
rural housing and for economic development, of which $1,000,000
shall be used to develop a clearinghouse of ideas for innovative
strategies for rural housing and economic development and revital-
ization and of which $3,000,000 shall be awarded by June 1, 1999
directly to local rural nonprofits, community development corpora-
tions and Indian tribes to support capacity building and technical
assistance: Provided further, That of the amount under this heading,
$21,000,000 shall be awarded by June 1, 1999 to Indian tribes,
State housing finance agencies, State community and/or economic
development agencies, local rural nonprofits and community
development corporations to support innovative housing and eco-
nomic development activities in rural areas, of which $5,000,000
shall be awarded as seed support for Indian tribes, nonprofits
and community development corporations that are located in areas
that have limited capacity for the development of rural housing
and for economic development: Provided further, That all grants
shall be awarded on a competitive basis as specified in section
102 of the HUD Reform Act: Provided further, That all funds
unobligated as of October 1, 1998 under the fifth paragraph of
the Community Development Block Grants account in the Depart-
ments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development,
and Independent Agencies Appropriation Act, 1998 (Public Law
105–65; October 27, 1997) shall be transferred to this account
to be awarded to Indian tribes, State housing finance agencies,
State community and/or economic development agencies, local rural
nonprofits and community development corporations for activities
under this heading with any outstanding earmarks for a State
to be awarded to that State’s housing finance agency.
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS
For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Persons with
AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS Housing Opportunity
Act (42 U.S.C. 12901), $215,000,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That the Secretary may use up to 1 percent
of the funds under this heading for technical assistance: Provided
further, That within 30 days of the close of fiscal year 1999, the
Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress summarizing all
technical assistance provided during the fiscal year.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For grants to States and units of general local government
and for related expenses, not otherwise provided for, to carry out
a community development grants program as authorized by title
I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as