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port innovative housing and economic development activities in
rural areas: Provided, That all grants shall be awarded on a com-
petitive basis as specified in section 102 of the HUD Reform Act.
EMPOWERMENT ZONES/ENTERPRISE COMMUNITIES
For grants in connection with a second round of empowerment
zones and enterprise communities, $90,000,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That $75,000,000 shall be available for
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for ‘‘Urban Em-
powerment Zones’’, as authorized in the Taxpayer Relief Act of
1997, including $5,000,000 for each empowerment zone for use in
conjunction with economic development activities consistent with
the strategic plan of each empowerment zone: Provided further,
That $15,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary of Agriculture
for grants for designated empowerment zones in rural areas and
for grants for designated rural enterprise communities.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For assistance to units of State and local government, and to
other entities, for economic and community development activities,
and for other purposes, $5,057,550,000: Provided, That of the
amount provided, $4,410,000,000 is for carrying out the community
development block grant program under title I of the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1974, as amended (the ‘‘Act’’ here-
in) (42 U.S.C. 5301), to remain available until September 30, 2003:
Provided further, That $71,000,000 shall be for grants to Indian
tribes notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such Act, $3,000,000
shall be available as a grant to the Housing Assistance Council,
$2,600,000 shall be available as a grant to the National American
Indian Housing Council, $10,000,000 shall be available as a grant
to the National Housing Development Corporation, for operating
expenses not to exceed $2,000,000 and for a program of affordable
housing acquisition and rehabilitation, and $45,500,000 shall be for
grants pursuant to section 107 of the Act of which $3,000,000 shall
be made available to support Alaska Native serving institutions
and native Hawaiian serving institutions, as defined under the
Higher Education Act, as amended, and of which $3,000,000 shall
be made available to tribal colleges and universities to build, ex-
pand, renovate, and equip their facilities: Provided further, That
not to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with funds appro-
priated herein (other than a grant made available in this para-
graph to the Housing Assistance 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 Management De-
velopment’’ and ‘‘Administration’’ as defined in regulations promul-
gated by the department: Provided further, That $15,000,000 shall
be transferred to the Working Capital Fund for the development
and maintenance of information technology systems: Provided fur-
ther, That $20,000,000 shall be for grants pursuant to the Self Help
Housing Opportunity Program.
Of the amount made available under this heading, $28,450,000
shall be made available for capacity building, of which $25,000,000
shall be made available for ‘‘Capacity Building for Community De-
velopment and Affordable Housing’’, for LISC and the Enterprise
Foundation for activities as authorized by section 4 of the HUD
Demonstration Act of 1993 (Public Law 103–120), as in effect im-
mediately before June 12, 1997, of which not less than $5,000,000
of the funding shall be used in rural areas, including tribal areas,
and of which $3,450,000 shall be made available for capacity build-
ing activities administered by Habitat for Humanity International.
Of the amount made available under this heading, the Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development may use up to $55,000,000 for
supportive services for public housing residents, as authorized by
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section 34 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended,
and for residents of housing assisted under the Native American
Housing 
Assistance 
and 
Self-Determination 
Act 
of 
1996
(NAHASDA) and for grants for service coordinators and congregate
services for the elderly and disabled residents of public and as-
sisted housing and housing assisted under NAHASDA.
Of the amount made available under this heading, $44,000,000
shall be available for neighborhood initiatives that are utilized to
improve the conditions of distressed and blighted areas and neigh-
borhoods, to stimulate investment, economic diversification, and
community revitalization in areas with population outmigration or
a stagnating or declining economic base, or to determine whether
housing benefits can be integrated more effectively with welfare re-
form initiatives: Provided, that any unobligated balances of
amounts set aside for neighborhood initiatives in fiscal years 1998,
1999, and 2000 may be utilized for any of the foregoing purposes:
Provided further, That these grants shall be provided in accord
with the terms and conditions specified in the statement of man-
agers accompanying this conference report.
Of the amount made available under this heading, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, $60,000,000 shall be available
for YouthBuild program activities authorized 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 re-
spect to any funds made available under this heading: Provided,
That local YouthBuild programs that demonstrate an ability to le-
verage private and nonprofit funding shall be given a priority for
YouthBuild funding: Provided further, That no more than ten per-
cent of any grant award may be used for administrative costs: Pro-
vided further, That not less than $10,000,000 shall be available for
grants to establish YouthBuild programs in underserved and rural
areas: Provided further, That of the amount provided under this
paragraph, $4,000,000 shall be set aside and made available for a
grant to Youthbuild USA for capacity building for community de-
velopment and affordable housing activities as specified in section
4 of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993, as amended.
Of the amounts made available under this heading, $2,000,000
shall be available to the Utah Housing Finance Agency for the tem-
porary use of relocatable housing during the 2002 Winter Olympic
Games provided such housing is targeted to the housing needs of
low-income families after the Games.
Of the amount made available under this heading, $292,000,000
shall be available for grants for the Economic Development Initia-
tive (EDI) to finance a variety of targeted economic investments in
accordance with the terms and conditions specified in the state-
ment of managers accompanying this conference report.
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $29,000,000, as authorized by
section 108 of the Housing and Community Development Act of
1974: Provided, That such costs, including the cost 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 $1,261,000,000, notwith-
standing any aggregate limitation on outstanding obligations guar-
anteed in section 108(k) of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1974: Provided further, That in addition, for adminis-
trative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan program,
$1,000,000, which shall be transferred to and merged with the ap-
propriation for ‘‘Salaries and expenses’’.
BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT
For Economic Development Grants, as authorized by section
108(q) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as
amended, for Brownfields redevelopment projects, $25,000,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development shall make these grants available
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on a competitive basis as specified in section 102 of the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989.
HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the HOME investment partnerships program, as authorized
under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Hous-
ing Act, as amended, $1,800,000,000 to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That up to $20,000,000 of these funds shall be
available for Housing Counseling under section 106 of the Housing
and Urban Development Act of 1968: Provided further, That
$17,000,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund for
the development and maintenance of information technology sys-
tems.
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the emergency shelter grants program (as authorized under
subtitle B of title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assist-
ance Act, as amended); the supportive housing program (as author-
ized under subtitle C of title IV of such Act); the section 8 moderate
rehabilitation single room occupancy program (as authorized under
the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended) to assist
homeless individuals pursuant to section 441 of the Stewart B.
McKinney Homeless Assistance Act; and the shelter plus care pro-
gram (as authorized under subtitle F of title IV of such Act),
$1,025,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
not less than 30 percent of these funds shall be used for permanent
housing, and all funding for services must be matched by 25 per-
cent in funding by each grantee: Provided further, That all awards
of assistance under this heading shall be required to coordinate
and integrate homeless programs with other mainstream health,
social services, and employment programs for which homeless pop-
ulations may be eligible, including Medicaid, State Children’s
Health Insurance Program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Fami-
lies, Food Stamps, and services funding through the Mental Health
and Substance Abuse Block Grant, Workforce Investment Act, and
the Welfare-to-Work grant program: Provided further, That up to
1.5 percent of the funds appropriated under this heading is trans-
ferred to the Working Capital Fund to be used for technical assist-
ance for management information systems and to develop an auto-
mated, client-level Annual Performance Report System: Provided
further, That $500,000 shall be made available to the Interagency
Council on the Homeless for administrative needs.
SHELTER PLUS CARE RENEWALS
For the renewal on an annual basis of contracts expiring during
fiscal years 2001 and 2002 under the Shelter Plus Care program,
as authorized under subtitle F of title IV of the Stewart B. McKin-
ney Homeless Assistance Act, as amended, $100,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That each Shelter Plus Care
project with an expiring contract shall be eligible for renewal only
if the project is determined to be needed under the applicable con-
tinuum of care and meets appropriate program requirements and
financial standards, as determined by the Secretary.
HOUSING PROGRAMS
HOUSING FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For assistance for the purchase, construction, acquisition, or de-
velopment of additional public and subsidized housing units for low
income families not otherwise provided for, $996,000,000, to remain
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available until expended: Provided, That $779,000,000 shall be for
capital advances, including amendments to capital advance con-
tracts, for housing for the elderly, as authorized by section 202 of
the Housing Act of 1959, as amended, and for project rental assist-
ance, and amendments to contracts for project rental assistance, for
the elderly under such section 202(c)(2), and for supportive services
associated with the housing, of which amount $50,000,000 shall be
for service coordinators and the continuation of existing congregate
service grants for residents of assisted housing projects and of
which amount $50,000,000 shall be for grants under section 202b
of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q–2) for conversion of
eligible projects under such section to assisted living or related use:
Provided further, That of the amount under this heading,
$217,000,000 shall be for capital advances, including amendments
to capital advance contracts, for supportive housing for persons
with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of the Cranston-Gon-
zalez National Affordable Housing Act, for project rental assist-
ance, for amendments to contracts for project rental assistance, and
supportive services associated with the housing for persons with
disabilities as authorized by section 811 of such Act: Provided fur-
ther, That $1,000,000, to be divided evenly between the appropria-
tions for the section 202 and section 811 programs, shall be trans-
ferred to the Working Capital Fund for the development and main-
tenance of information technology systems: Provided further, That
the Secretary may designate up to 25 percent of the amounts ear-
marked under this paragraph for section 811 of such Act for ten-
ant-based assistance, as authorized under that section, including
such authority as may be waived under the next proviso, which as-
sistance is 5 years in duration: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may waive any provision of such section 202 and such sec-
tion 811 (including the provisions governing the terms and condi-
tions 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 ap-
propriate.
FLEXIBLE SUBSIDY FUND
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
From the Rental Housing Assistance Fund, all uncommitted bal-
ances of excess rental charges as of September 30, 2000, and any
collections made during fiscal year 2001, shall be transferred to the
Flexible Subsidy Fund, as authorized by section 236(g) of the Na-
tional Housing Act, as amended.
FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION
FHA—MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
During fiscal year 2001, 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
$160,000,000,000.
During fiscal year 2001, obligations to make direct loans to carry
out the purposes of section 204(g) of the National Housing Act, as
amended, shall not exceed $250,000,000: Provided, That the fore-
going amount shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental en-
tities in connection 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 guaran-
teed and direct loan program, $330,888,000, of which not to exceed
$324,866,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries
and expenses’’; and not to exceed $4,022,000 shall be transferred to