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of other housing assisted with funding made available under this
title in this Act or any other Act.
PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND
For 2005 payments to public housing agencies for the operation
and management of public housing, as authorized by section 9(e)
of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C.
1437g(e)), $2,458,000,000, of which $10,000,000 in bonus funds shall
be provided to public housing agencies that assist program partici-
pants in moving away from dependency on housing assistance pro-
grams: Provided, That of the total amount provided under this
heading, $8,000,000 shall be for programs, as determined appro-
priate by the Attorney General, which assist in the investigation,
prosecution, and prevention of violent crimes and drug offenses
in public and federally-assisted low-income housing, including
Indian housing, which shall be administered by the Department
of Justice through a cooperative agreement with the Department
of Housing and Urban Development: Provided further, That any
such 2005 payment shall be provided in an amount sufficient to
cover only the period beginning with the start of a public housing
agency’s fiscal year and ending on December 31, 2005: Provided
further, That for fiscal year 2006 and all fiscal years thereafter,
the Secretary shall provide assistance under this heading to public
housing agencies on a calendar year basis: Provided further, That,
in fiscal year 2005 and all fiscal years hereafter, no amounts under
this heading in any appropriations Act may be used for payments
to public housing agencies for the costs of operation and manage-
ment of public housing for any year prior to the current year
of such Act: Provided further, That no funds may be used under
this heading for the purposes specified in section 9(k) of the United
States Housing Act of 1937, as amended.
REVITALIZATION OF SEVERELY DISTRESSED PUBLIC HOUSING (HOPE VI)
For grants to public housing agencies for demolition, site
revitalization, replacement housing, and tenant-based assistance
grants to projects as authorized by section 24 of the United States
Housing Act of 1937, as amended, $144,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2006, of which the Secretary may use up
to $4,000,000 for technical assistance and contract expertise, to
be provided directly or indirectly by grants, contracts or cooperative
agreements, including 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 none of such funds shall be used directly or indirectly
by granting competitive advantage in awards to settle litigation
or pay judgments, 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 (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111
et seq.), $627,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which
$2,200,000 shall be contracted through the Secretary as technical
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assistance and capacity building to be used by the National Amer-
ican Indian Housing Council in support of the implementation
of NAHASDA; of which $4,500,000 shall be to support the inspection
of Indian housing units, contract expertise, training, and technical
assistance in the training, oversight, and management of Indian
housing and tenant-based assistance, including up to $300,000 for
related travel; and of which $2,600,000 shall be transferred to
the Working Capital Fund: Provided, That of the amount provided
under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be made available for the
cost of guaranteed notes and other obligations, as authorized by
title VI of NAHASDA: Provided further, That such costs, including
the costs of modifying such notes and other obligations, 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 the total principal amount of any notes and other obliga-
tions, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed
$17,926,000: Provided further, That for administrative expenses
to carry out the guaranteed loan program, up to $150,000 from
amounts in the first proviso, which shall be transferred to and
merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and expenses’’, to be
used only for the administrative costs of these guarantees.
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 (12
U.S.C. 1715z–13a), $5,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, 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 $145,345,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the
guaranteed loan program, up to $250,000 from amounts in the
first paragraph, which shall be transferred to and merged with
the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and expenses’’, to be used only
for the administrative costs of these guarantees.
NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section
184A of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992
(12 U.S.C. 1715z–13b), $1,000,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That such costs, including the costs of modi-
fying such loans, 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 total loan principal, any
part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $37,403,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the
guaranteed loan program, up to $35,000 from amounts in the first
paragraph, which shall be transferred to and merged with the
appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and expenses’’, to be used only for the
administrative costs of these guarantees.
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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 et seq.), $284,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2006: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew
all expiring contracts for permanent supportive housing that were
funded under section 854(c)(3) of such Act that meet all program
requirements before awarding funds for new contracts and activities
authorized under this section: Provided further, That the Secretary
may use up to $2,500,000 of the funds under this heading for
training, oversight, and technical assistance activities.
RURAL HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
For the Office of Rural Housing and Economic Development
in the Department of Housing and Urban Development, $24,000,000
to remain available until expended, which amount shall be competi-
tively awarded by September 1, 2005, to Indian tribes, State housing
finance agencies, State community and/or economic development
agencies, local rural nonprofits and community development cor-
porations to support innovative housing and economic development
activities in rural areas.
EMPOWERMENT ZONES/ENTERPRISE COMMUNITIES
For grants in connection with a second round of empowerment
zones and enterprise communities, $10,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2005, for ‘‘Urban Empowerment Zones’’, as
authorized in section 1391(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(26 U.S.C. 1391(g)), including $666,666 for each empowerment zone
for use in conjunction with economic development activities con-
sistent with the strategic plan of each empowerment zone.
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 activi-
ties, and for other purposes, $4,709,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2007, unless otherwise specified: Provided,
That of the amount provided, $4,150,035,000 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’’ herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.): Provided further, That
unless explicitly provided for under this heading (except for plan-
ning grants provided in the third paragraph and amounts made
available in the second paragraph), not to exceed 20 percent of
any grant made with funds appropriated under this heading (other
than a grant made available in this paragraph to the Housing
Assistance Council or the National American Indian Housing
Council, or a grant using funds under section 107(b)(3) of the
Act) shall be expended for planning and management development
and administration: Provided further, That $69,000,000 shall be
for grants to Indian tribes notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of
such Act, of which, notwithstanding any other provision of law