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to remain available until expended, of which $20,000,000 
shall be for project-based vouchers under section 8(o)(13) 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f(o)(13)), including administrative expenses not to ex-
ceed $3,000,000, and $50,000,000 shall be for grants under 
the Shelter Plus Care program as authorized under subtitle 
F of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 11403 et seq.): Provided, That the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development shall, upon request, 
make funds available under this paragraph to the State of 
Louisiana or its designee or designees, upon request: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, for the purpose of administering the amounts provided 
under this paragraph, the State of Louisiana or its designee 
or designees may act in all respects as a public housing 
agency as defined in section 3(b)(6) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(6)): Provided fur-
ther, That subparagraphs (B) and (D) of section 8(o)(13) 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f(o)(13)) shall not apply with respect to vouchers made 
available under this paragraph. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Community Develop-
ment Fund’’, for necessary expenses related to disaster re-
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lief, long-term recovery, and restoration of infrastructure in 
areas covered by a declaration of major disaster under title 
IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) as a result of recent 
natural disasters, $300,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, for activities authorized under title I of the Hous-
ing and Community Development Act of 1974 (Public Law 
93–383): Provided, That funds provided under this heading 
shall be administered through an entity or entities des-
ignated by the Governor of each State: Provided further, 
That such funds may not be used for activities reimbursable 
by or for which funds are made available by the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency or the Army Corps of En-
gineers: Provided further, That funds allocated under this 
heading shall not adversely affect the amount of any for-
mula assistance received by a State under this heading: 
Provided further, That each State may use up to five per-
cent of its allocation for administrative costs: Provided fur-
ther, That in administering the funds under this heading, 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall 
waive, or specify alternative requirements for, any provi-
sion of any statute or regulation that the Secretary admin-
isters in connection with the obligation by the Secretary 
or the use by the recipient of these funds or guarantees (ex-
cept for requirements related to fair housing, non-
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discrimination, labor standards, and the environment), 
upon a request by the State that such waiver is required 
to facilitate the use of such funds or guarantees, and a find-
ing by the Secretary that such waiver would not be incon-
sistent with the overall purpose of the statute, as modified: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may waive the re-
quirement that activities benefit persons of low and mod-
erate income, except that at least 50 percent of the funds 
made available under this heading must benefit primarily 
persons of low and moderate income unless the Secretary 
otherwise makes a finding of compelling need: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Reg-
ister any waiver of any statute or regulation that the Sec-
retary administers pursuant to title I of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1974 no later than 5 days 
before the effective date of such waiver: Provided further, 
That every waiver made by the Secretary must be reconsid-
ered according to the three previous provisos on the two- 
year anniversary of the day the Secretary published the 
waiver in the Federal Register: Provided further, That prior 
to the obligation of funds each State shall submit a plan 
to the Secretary detailing the proposed use of all funds, in-
cluding criteria for eligibility and how the use of these funds 
will address long-term recovery and restoration of infra-
structure: Provided further, That each State will report 
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quarterly to the Committees on Appropriations on all 
awards and uses of funds made available under this head-
ing, including specifically identifying all awards of sole- 
source contracts and the rationale for making the award 
on a sole-source basis: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations on any pro-
posed allocation of any funds and any related waivers made 
pursuant to these provisions under this heading no later 
than 5 days before such waiver is made: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall establish procedures to prevent re-
cipients from receiving any duplication of benefits and re-
port quarterly to the Committees on Appropriations with 
regard to all steps taken to prevent fraud and abuse of funds 
made available under this heading including duplication 
of benefits. 
TITLE IV—EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT 
COMPENSATION 
FEDERAL-STATE AGREEMENTS 
SEC. 4001. (a) IN GENERAL.—Any State which desires 
to do so may enter into and participate in an agreement 
under this title with the Secretary of Labor (in this title 
referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’). Any State which is a party 
to an agreement under this title may, upon providing 30 
days’ written notice to the Secretary, terminate such agree-
ment. 
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(b) PROVISIONS
OF AGREEMENT.—Any agreement 
under subsection (a) shall provide that the State agency of 
the State will make payments of emergency unemployment 
compensation to individuals who— 
(1) have exhausted all rights to regular com-
pensation under the State law or under Federal law 
with respect to a benefit year (excluding any benefit 
year that ended before May 1, 2007); 
(2) have no rights to regular compensation or ex-
tended compensation with respect to a week under 
such law or any other State unemployment compensa-
tion law or to compensation under any other Federal 
law (except as provided under subsection (e)); and 
(3) are not receiving compensation with respect 
to such week under the unemployment compensation 
law of Canada. 
(c) EXHAUSTION OF BENEFITS.—For purposes of sub-
section (b)(1), an individual shall be deemed to have ex-
hausted such individual’s rights to regular compensation 
under a State law when— 
(1) no payments of regular compensation can be 
made under such law because such individual has re-
ceived all regular compensation available to such in-
dividual based on employment or wages during such 
individual’s base period; or 
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(2) such individual’s rights to such compensation 
have been terminated by reason of the expiration of 
the benefit year with respect to which such rights ex-
isted. 
(d) WEEKLY BENEFIT AMOUNT, ETC.—For purposes 
of any agreement under this title— 
(1) the amount of emergency unemployment 
compensation which shall be payable to any indi-
vidual for any week of total unemployment shall be 
equal to the amount of the regular compensation (in-
cluding dependents’ allowances) payable to such indi-
vidual during such individual’s benefit year under 
the State law for a week of total unemployment; 
(2) the terms and conditions of the State law 
which apply to claims for regular compensation and 
to the payment thereof shall apply to claims for emer-
gency unemployment compensation and the payment 
thereof, except— 
(A) that an individual shall not be eligible 
for 
emergency 
unemployment 
compensation 
under this title unless, in the base period with 
respect to which the individual exhausted all 
rights to regular compensation under the State 
law, the individual had 20 weeks of full-time in-
sured employment or the equivalent in insured 
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wages, as determined under the provisions of the 
State law implementing section 202(a)(5) of the 
Federal-State Extended Unemployment Com-
pensation Act of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note); 
and 
(B) where otherwise inconsistent with the 
provisions of this title or with the regulations or 
operating instructions of the Secretary promul-
gated to carry out this title; and 
(3) the maximum amount of emergency unem-
ployment compensation payable to any individual for 
whom an emergency unemployment compensation ac-
count is established under section 4002 shall not ex-
ceed the amount established in such account for such 
individual. 
(e) ELECTION
BY
STATES.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of Federal law (and if State law permits), 
the Governor of a State that is in an extended benefit period 
may provide for the payment of emergency unemployment 
compensation prior to extended compensation to individ-
uals who otherwise meet the requirements of this section. 
(f) UNAUTHORIZED ALIENS INELIGIBLE.—A State 
shall require as a condition of eligibility for emergency un-
employment compensation under this Act that each alien 
who receives such compensation must be legally authorized 
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to work in the United States, as defined for purposes of 
the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (26 U.S.C. 3301 et 
seq.). In determining whether an alien meets the require-
ments of this subsection, a State must follow the procedures 
provided in section 1137(d) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1320b–7(d)). 
EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 4002. (a) IN GENERAL.—Any agreement under 
this title shall provide that the State will establish, for each 
eligible individual who files an application for emergency 
unemployment compensation, an emergency unemployment 
compensation account with respect to such individual’s ben-
efit year. 
(b) AMOUNT IN ACCOUNT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amount established in an 
account under subsection (a) shall be equal to the less-
er of— 
(A) 50 percent of the total amount of reg-
ular compensation (including dependents’ allow-
ances) payable to the individual during the indi-
vidual’s benefit year under such law, or 
(B) 13 times the individual’s average week-
ly benefit amount for the benefit year. 
(2) WEEKLY BENEFIT AMOUNT.—For purposes of 
this subsection, an individual’s weekly benefit amount 
for any week is the amount of regular compensation 
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(including dependents’ allowances) under the State 
law payable to such individual for such week for total 
unemployment. 
PAYMENTS TO STATES HAVING AGREEMENTS FOR THE 
PAYMENT OF EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION 
SEC. 4003. (a) GENERAL RULE.—There shall be paid 
to each State that has entered into an agreement under this 
title an amount equal to 100 percent of the emergency un-
employment compensation paid to individuals by the State 
pursuant to such agreement. 
(b) TREATMENT
OF
REIMBURSABLE
COMPENSA-
TION.—No payment shall be made to any State under this 
section in respect of any compensation to the extent the 
State is entitled to reimbursement in respect of such com-
pensation under the provisions of any Federal law other 
than this title or chapter 85 of title 5, United States Code. 
A State shall not be entitled to any reimbursement under 
such chapter 85 in respect of any compensation to the extent 
the State is entitled to reimbursement under this title in 
respect of such compensation. 
(c) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT.—Sums payable to 
any State by reason of such State having an agreement 
under this title shall be payable, either in advance or by 
way of reimbursement (as may be determined by the Sec-
retary), in such amounts as the Secretary estimates the 
State will be entitled to receive under this title for each cal-
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endar month, reduced or increased, as the case may be, by 
any amount by which the Secretary finds that the Sec-
retary’s estimates for any prior calendar month were great-
er or less than the amounts which should have been paid 
to the State. Such estimates may be made on the basis of 
such statistical, sampling, or other method as may be agreed 
upon by the Secretary and the State agency of the State 
involved. 
FINANCING PROVISIONS 
SEC. 4004. (a) IN GENERAL.—Funds in the extended 
unemployment compensation account (as established by sec-
tion 905(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1105(a)) 
of the Unemployment Trust Fund (as established by section 
904(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1104(a)) shall be used for 
the making of payments to States having agreements en-
tered into under this title. 
(b) CERTIFICATION.—The Secretary shall from time to 
time certify to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment 
to each State the sums payable to such State under this 
title. The Secretary of the Treasury, prior to audit or settle-
ment by the Government Accountability Office, shall make 
payments to the State in accordance with such certification, 
by transfers from the extended unemployment compensation 
account (as so established) to the account of such State in 
the Unemployment Trust Fund (as so established). 
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