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NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER 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) (Public Law 104–
330), $620,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which
$2,000,000 shall be contracted through the Secretary as technical
assistance and capacity building to be used by the National Amer-
ican Indian Housing Council in support of the implementation
of NAHASDA and up to $4,000,000 by the Secretary to support
the inspection of Indian housing units, contract expertise, training,
and technical assistance in the oversight and management of Indian
housing and tenant-based assistance, including up to $200,000 for
related travel: Provided, That of the amount provided under this
heading, $6,000,000 shall be made available for the cost of guaran-
teed 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 obligations, any
part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $54,600,000: Pro-
vided further, That for administrative expenses to carry out the
guaranteed loan program, up to $200,000 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 (106
Stat. 3739), $6,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, 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 $71,956,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the
guaranteed loan program, up to $150,000 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.
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), $232,000,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That the Secretary may use up to 0.75 percent
of the funds under this heading for technical assistance.
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RURAL HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
For the Office of Rural Housing and Economic Development
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Development,
$25,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
of the amount under this heading, up to $3,000,000 shall be used
to develop capacity at the State and local level for developing
rural housing and for rural economic development and for
maintaining a clearinghouse of ideas for innovative strategies for
rural housing and economic development and revitalization: Pro-
vided further, That of the amount under this heading, at least
$22,000,000 shall be awarded by June 1, 2000 to Indian tribes,
State housing finance agencies, State community and/or economic
development agencies, local rural nonprofits and community
development corporations to support innovative housing and eco-
nomic development activities in rural areas: Provided further, That
all grants shall be awarded on a competitive basis as specified
in section 102 of the HUD Reform Act.
AMERICA’S PRIVATE INVESTMENT COMPANIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the cost of guaranteed loans under the America’s Private
Investment Companies Program, $20,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2002: Provided, That such costs, including
the cost of modifying 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 prin-
cipal, any part of which is guaranteed, not to exceed $541,000,000:
Provided further, That the funds appropriated under this heading
shall not be available for obligation until the America’s Private
Investment Companies Program is authorized by subsequent legis-
lation and the program is developed subject to notice and comment
rulemaking: Provided further, That if the authorizing legislation
is not enacted by June 30, 2000, all funds under this heading
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for
the ‘‘Community development financial institutions fund program
account’’ to be available for use as grants and loans under that
account.
URBAN EMPOWERMENT ZONES
For grants in connection with a second round of the empower-
ment zones program in urban areas, designated by the Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development in fiscal year 1999 pursuant
to the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, $55,000,000 to the Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development for ‘‘Urban Empowerment
Zones’’, including $3,666,000 for each empowerment zone for use
in conjunction with economic development activities consistent with
the strategic plan of each empowerment zone, to remain available
until expended.
RURAL EMPOWERMENT ZONES
For grants for the rural empowerment zone and enterprise
communities programs, as designated by the Secretary of Agri-
culture, $15,000,000 to the Secretary of Agriculture for grants for
designated empowerment zones in rural areas and for grants for
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designated rural enterprise communities, to remain available until
expended.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For grants to States and units of general local government
and for related expenses, not otherwise provided for, to carry out
a community development grants program as authorized by title
I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as
amended (the ‘‘Act’’ herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301), $4,800,000,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2002: Provided, That
$67,000,000 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, $2,200,000 shall be avail-
able as a grant to the National American Indian Housing Council,
and $41,500,000 shall be for grants pursuant to section 107 of
the Act including $2,000,000 to support Alaska Native serving
institutions and native Hawaiian serving institutions, as defined
under the Higher Education Act, as amended: Provided further,
That $20,000,000 shall be for grants pursuant to the Self Help
Housing Opportunity Program: Provided further, That not to exceed
20 percent of any grant made with funds appropriated herein (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
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended)
shall be expended for ‘‘Planning and Management Development’’
and ‘‘Administration’’ as defined in regulations promulgated by
the department: Provided further, That all balances for the Eco-
nomic Development Initiative grants program, the John Heinz
Neighborhood Development program, grants to Self Help Housing
Opportunity program, and the Moving to Work Demonstration pro-
gram previously funded within the ‘‘Annual Contributions for
Assisted Housing’’ account shall be transferred to this account,
to be available for the purposes for which they were originally
appropriated.
Of the amount made available under this heading, $23,750,000
shall be made available for capacity building, of which $20,000,000
shall be made available for ‘‘Capacity Building for Community
Development 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 imme-
diately before June 12, 1997, with not less than $4,000,000 of
the funding to be used in rural areas, including tribal areas, and
of which $3,750,000 shall be made available to 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 section 34 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended,
and for grants for service coordinators and congregate services
for the elderly and disabled residents of public and assisted housing:
Provided further, That amounts made available for congregate serv-
ices and service coordinators for the elderly and disabled under
this heading and in prior fiscal years may be used by grantees
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to reimburse themselves for costs incurred in connection with pro-
viding service coordinators previously advanced by grantees out
of other funds due to delays in the granting by or receipt of funds
from the Secretary, and the funds so made available to grantees
for congregate services or service coordinators under this heading
or in prior years shall be considered as expended by the grantees
upon such reimbursement. The Secretary shall not condition the
availability of funding made available under this heading or in
prior years for congregate services or service coordinators upon
any grantee’s obligation or expenditure of any prior funding.
Of the amount made available under this heading, $30,000,000
shall be available for neighborhood initiatives that are utilized
to improve the conditions of distressed and blighted areas and
neighborhoods, 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
reform initiatives: Provided, that any unobligated balances of
amounts set aside for neighborhood initiatives in fiscal years 1998
and 1999 may be utilized for any of the foregoing purposes: Provided
further, That of the amount set aside for fiscal year 2000 under
this paragraph, $23,000,000 shall be used for grants specified in
the statement of the managers of the committee of conference
accompanying this Act.
Of the amount made available under this heading, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, $42,500,000 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
respect to any funds made available under this heading: Provided,
That local YouthBuild programs that demonstrate an ability to
leverage private and nonprofit funding shall be given a priority
for YouthBuild funding: Provided further, That of the amount pro-
vided under this paragraph, $2,500,000 shall be set aside and
made available for a grant to Youthbuild USA for capacity building
for community development and affordable housing activities as
specified in section 4 of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993,
as amended.
Of the amount made available under this heading, $275,000,000
shall be available for grants for the Economic Development Initia-
tive (EDI) to finance a variety of economic development efforts,
including $240,000,000 for making individual grants for targeted
economic investments in accordance with the terms and conditions
specified for such grants in the statement of the managers of
the committee of conference accompanying this Act.
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
guaranteed in section 108(k) of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1974: Provided further, That in addition, for
administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan program,