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California, $21,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which not to exceed $802,000 is available for
transfer to General Operating Expenses, the Guaranty
and Indemnity Program Account, and the Vocational Re-
habilitation Loans Program Account: Provided, That the
entire amount is designated by Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, as amended.
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT
HOUSING PROGRAMS
ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ASSISTED HOUSING
For an additional amount under this head for rental
assistance under the section 8 existing housing certificate
program (42 U.S.C. 1437f) and the housing voucher pro-
gram under section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)), $150,000,000, to remain
available until December 31, 1995: Provided, That these
funds shall be used first to replenish amounts used from
the headquarters reserve established pursuant by section
213(d)(4)(A) of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1974, as amended, for assistance to victims
of the January 1994 earthquake in Southern California:
Provided further, That any amounts remaining after the
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headquarters reserve has been replenished shall be avail-
able for additional assistance to victims of the earthquake
referred to above: Provided further, That in administering
these funds, the Secretary may waive any provision of any
statute or regulation that the Secretary administers in
connection with the obligation by the Secretary or any use
by the recipient of these funds, except for the require-
ments relating to fair housing and nondiscrimination, the
environment, and labor standards, upon finding that such
waiver is required to facilitate the obligation and use of
such funds and would not be inconsistent with the overall
purpose of the statute or regulation: Provided further,
That the entire amount is designated by Congress as an
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
FLEXIBLE SUBSIDY FUND
For emergency assistance to owners of eligible multi-
family housing projects damaged by the January 1994
earthquake in Southern California who are either insured
or formerly insured under the National Housing Act, as
amended, or otherwise eligible for assistance under section
201(c) of the Housing and Community Development
Amendments of 1978, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1a),
in the program of assistance for troubled multifamily
housing projects under the Housing and Community
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Development 
Amendments 
of 
1978, 
as 
amended,
$100,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
1995: Provided, That assistance to an owner of a multi-
family housing project assisted, but not insured under the
National Housing Act, may be made if the project owner
and the mortgagee have provided or agreed to provide as-
sistance to the project in a manner as determined by the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Provided
further, That assistance is for the repair of damage or the
recovery of losses directly attributable to the Southern
California earthquake of 1994: Provided further, That the
entire amount is designated by Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, as amended.
FHA—GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For higher mortgage limits and improved access to
mortgage insurance for victims of the January 1994
earthquake in Southern California and other disasters,
Title II of the National Housing Act, as amended, is fur-
ther amended, as follows:
(1) in section 203(h), by:
(A) striking out ‘‘section 102(2) and 401
of the Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act’’ and inserting ‘‘Robert T. Stafford
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Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
Act’’; and
(B) adding the following new sentence at
the end thereof: ‘‘In any case in which the sin-
gle family residence to be insured under this
subsection is within a jurisdiction in which the
President has declared a major disaster to have
occurred, the Secretary is authorized, for a tem-
porary period not to exceed 18 months from the
date of such Presidential declaration, to enter
into agreements to insure a mortgage which in-
volves a principal obligation of up to 100 per-
cent of the dollar limitation determined under
section 305(a)(2) of the Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation Act for single family res-
idence, and not in excess of 100 percent of the
appraised value.’’;
(2) in section 203(k), by adding at the end
thereof the following new paragraph:
‘‘(6) The Secretary is authorized, for a tem-
porary period not to exceed 18 months from the date
on which the President has declared a major disas-
ter to have occurred, to enter into agreements to in-
sure a rehabilitation loan under this subsection
which involves a principal obligation of up to 100
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percent of the dollar limitation determined under
section 305(a)(2) of the Federal Home Loan Mort-
gage Corporation Act for a residence of the applica-
ble size, if such loan is secured by a structure and
property that are within a jurisdiction in which the
President has declared such disaster, pursuant to
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act, and if such loan otherwise
conforms to the loan-to-value ratio and other re-
quirements of this subsection,’’; and
(3) in section 234(c), by inserting after
‘‘203(b)(2)’’ in the third sentence the phrase: ‘‘or
pursuant to section 203(h) under the conditions de-
scribed in section 203(h)’’.
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANTS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Community develop-
ment grants’’, as authorized under title I of the Housing
and Community Development Act of 1974, for emergency
expenses resulting from the January 1994 earthquake in
Southern California, $250,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 1996 for all activities eligible under
such title I except those activities reimbursable by the
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) or
available through the Small Business Administration