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vided further, That up to $75,000,000 shall be avail-
able for additional rental subsidy due to unforeseen 
exigencies as determined by the Secretary and for 
the one-time funding of housing assistance payments 
resulting from the portability provisions of the hous-
ing choice voucher program: 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) $150,000,000 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 
unification program under section 8(x) of the Act, 
relocation 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: Pro-
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vided, That additional section 8 tenant protection 
rental assistance costs may be funded in 2008 by 
utilizing unobligated balances, including recaptures 
and carryover, 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 2007 and prior 
years; Provided further, That not more than 
$12,000,000 may be used for section 8 assistance to 
cover the cost of judgments and settlement agree-
ments. 
(3) $48,000,000 for family self-sufficiency coor-
dinators under section 23 of the Act. 
(4) $30,000,000 for incremental vouchers under 
section 8 of the Act for nonelderly disabled families 
affected by the designation of a public housing devel-
opment under section 7 of the Act, the establishment 
of preferences in accordance with section 651 of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 
(42 U.S.C. 13611), or the restriction of occupancy 
to elderly families in accordance with section 658 of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 13618), and to the extent the 
Secretary determines that such amount is not need-
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ed to fund applications for such affected families, for 
other nonelderly disabled families, of which remain-
ing amount such amount as is necessary shall be 
made available to provide 1,000 vouchers for rental 
assistance for homeless veterans in accordance with 
section 8(o)(19)(B)(ii) of the Act: Provided, That in-
cremental vouchers made available under this para-
graph for nonelderly disabled families or for home-
less veterans shall, to the extent practicable, con-
tinue to be provided to such families or veterans, re-
spectively, upon turnover. 
(5) $6,494,000 shall be transferred to the 
Working Capital Fund. 
(6) $1,351,000,000 for administrative and 
other expenses of public housing agencies in admin-
istering the section 8 tenant-based rental assistance 
program, of which up to $5,000,000 shall be avail-
able as an incentive bonus as determined by the Sec-
retary for administrative expenses for public housing 
agencies that voluntarily consolidate, and of which 
up to $35,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary 
to allocate to public housing agencies that need addi-
tional funds to administer their section 8 programs 
with up to $30,000,000 for fees associated with sec-
tion 8 tenant protection rental assistance: Provided, 
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That not less than $1,351,000,000 of the amount 
provided in this paragraph shall be allocated for the 
calendar year 2008 funding cycle to public housing 
agencies on a basis as provided in section 8(q) of the 
Act as in effect immediately 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 agencies by a uniform prorated percent-
age applicable to all agencies receiving funding 
under this paragraph or may, to the extent nec-
essary 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 Contributions for Assisted Hous-
ing’’, the heading ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’, and 
the heading ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’, for 
fiscal year 2007 and prior years: Provided further, 
That all amounts provided under this paragraph 
shall be only for activities related to the provision of 
tenant-based rental assistance authorized under sec-
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tion 8 of the Act, including related development ac-
tivities. 
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 Assist-
ance’’, and the heading ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assist-
ance’’, 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2007 
and 
prior 
years, 
$1,300,000,000 is rescinded, to be effected by the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development no later than 
September 30, 2008: Provided, That if insufficient funds 
exist under these headings, the remaining balance may be 
derived from any other heading under this title: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees 
on Appropriations 30 days in advance of the rescission of 
any funds derived from the headings specified above: Pro-
vided further, That any such balances governed by re-
allocation provisions under the statute authorizing the 
program for which the funds were originally appropriated 
shall be available for the rescission: Provided further, That 
any obligated balances of contract authority from fiscal 
year 1974 and prior that have been terminated shall be 
cancelled. 
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