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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 (Public Law 104–330),
$600,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which
$5,000,000 shall be used 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, $5,000,000 shall
be made available for the cost of guaranteed notes and other obliga-
tions, as authorized by title VI of the Native American Housing
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996: Provided further,
That such costs, including the costs of modifying such notes and
other obligations, 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 the total principal amount
of any notes and other obligations, any part of which is to be
guaranteed, not to exceed $217,000,000: Provided further, That
the funds made available in the first proviso are for a demonstration
on ways to enhance economic growth, to increase access to private
capital, and to encourage the investment and participation of tradi-
tional financial institutions in tribal and other Native American
areas: Provided further, That all balances outstanding as of Septem-
ber 30, 1997, previously appropriated under the headings ‘‘Annual
Contributions for Assisted Housing’’, ‘‘Development of Additional
New Subsidized Housing’’, ‘‘Preserving Existing Housing Invest-
ment’’, ‘‘HOME Investment Partnerships Program’’, ‘‘Emergency
Shelter Grants Program’’, and ‘‘Homeless Assistance Funds’’, identi-
fied for Indian Housing Authorities and other agencies primarily
serving Indians or Indian areas, shall be transferred to and merged
with amounts made available under this heading.
INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section
184 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (106
Stat. 3739), $5,000,000, 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 $73,800,000.
CAPITAL GRANTS/CAPITAL LOANS PRESERVATION ACCOUNT
At the discretion of the Secretary, to reimburse owners, non-
profits, and tenant groups for which plans of action were submitted
with regard to eligible properties under the Low-Income Housing
Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 (LIHPRHA)
or the Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987
(ELIHPA) prior to the effective date of this Act, but were not
executed for lack of available funds, with such reimbursement avail-
able only for documented costs directly applicable to the preparation
of the plan of action or any purchase agreement as determined
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by the Secretary, on terms and conditions to be established by
the Secretary, $10,000,000 shall be made available.
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), $204,000,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That of the amount made available under
this heading for non-formula allocation, the Secretary may des-
ignate, on a noncompetitive basis, one or more nonprofit organiza-
tions that provide meals delivered to homebound persons with
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or a related disease to receive
grants, not exceeding $250,000 for any grant, and the Secretary
shall assess the efficacy of providing such assistance to such per-
sons.
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), $4,675,000,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2000: Provided, That
$67,000,000 shall be for grants to Indian tribes notwithstanding
section 106(a)(1) of such Act; $2,100,000 shall be available as a
grant to the Housing Assistance Council; $1,500,000 shall be avail-
able as a grant to the National American Indian Housing Council;
$32,000,000 shall be for grants pursuant to section 107 of such
Act; $7,500,000 shall be for the Community Outreach Partnership
program; $16,700,000 shall be for grants pursuant to section 11
of the Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996 (Public
Law 104–120): Provided further, That not to exceed 20 percent
of any grant made with funds appropriated herein (other than
a grant made available under the preceding proviso to the Housing
Assistance Council or the National American Indian Housing Coun-
cil, 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.
Of the amount made available under this heading, $15,000,000
shall be made available for ‘‘Capacity Building for Community
Development and Affordable Housing’’, as authorized by section
4 of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 (Public Law 103–120),
as in effect immediately before June 12, 1997, with not less than
$5,000,000 of the funding to be used in rural areas, including
tribal areas.
Of the amount provided under this heading, the Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development may use up to $55,000,000
for a public and assisted housing self-sufficiency program, of which
up to $5,000,000 may be used for the Moving to Work Demonstra-
tion, and at least $7,000,000 shall be used for grants for service
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coordinators and congregate services for the elderly and disabled:
Provided, That for self-sufficiency activities, the Secretary may
make grants to public housing agencies (including Indian tribes
and their tribally designated housing entities), nonprofit corpora-
tions, and other appropriate entities for a supportive services
program to assist residents of public and assisted housing, former
residents of such housing receiving tenant-based assistance under
section 8 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1437f), and other low-income
families and individuals: Provided further, That the program shall
provide supportive services, principally for the benefit of public
housing residents, to the elderly and the disabled, and to families
with children where the head of household would benefit from
the receipt of supportive services and is working, seeking work,
or is preparing for work by participating in job training or edu-
cational programs: Provided further, That the supportive services
may include congregate services for the elderly and disabled, service
coordinators, and coordinated education, training, and other
supportive services, including academic skills training, job search
assistance, assistance related to retaining employment, vocational
and entrepreneurship development and support programs, transpor-
tation, and child care: Provided further, That the Secretary shall
require applications to demonstrate firm commitments of funding
or services from other sources: Provided further, That the Secretary
shall select public and Indian housing agencies to receive assistance
under this heading on a competitive basis, taking into account
the quality of the proposed program, including any innovative
approaches, the extent of the proposed coordination of supportive
services, the extent of commitments of funding or services from
other sources, the extent to which the proposed program includes
reasonably achievable, quantifiable goals for measuring perform-
ance under the program over a three-year period, the extent of
success an agency has had in carrying out other comparable initia-
tives, and other appropriate criteria established by the Secretary
(except that this proviso shall not apply to renewal of grants for
service coordinators and congregate services for the elderly and
disabled).
Of the amount made available under this heading, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, $35,000,000 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. Local
YouthBuild programs that demonstrate an ability to leverage pri-
vate and nonprofit funding shall be given a priority for YouthBuild
funding.
Of the amount made available under this heading, $25,000,000
shall be available for the Secretary, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Agriculture, to make grants, not to exceed $4,000,000
each, for rural and tribal areas, including at least one Native
American area in Alaska and one rural area in each of the States
of Iowa and Missouri, to test comprehensive approaches to develop-
ing a job base through economic development, developing affordable
low- and moderate-income rental and homeownership housing, and
increasing the investment of both private and nonprofit capital.
Of the amount made available under this heading, $138,000,000
shall be available for the Economic Development Initiative (EDI)
to finance a variety of efforts, including $100,000,000 for making
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grants for targeted economic investments in accordance with the
terms and conditions specified for such grants in the conference
report and the joint explanatory statement of the committee of
conference accompanying this Act.
Of the amount made available under this heading, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, $60,000,000 shall be available
for the lead-based paint hazard reduction program as authorized
under sections 1011 and 1053 of the Residential Lead-Based Hazard
Reduction Act of 1992.
Of the amount made available under this heading, $25,000,000,
including $15,000,000 for the County of San Bernardino, California,
shall be used for neighborhood initiatives that are utilized to
improve the conditions of distressed and blighted areas and
neighborhoods, and to determine whether housing benefits can be
integrated more effectively with welfare reform initiatives.
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 Devel-
opment Act of 1974. In addition, for administrative expenses to
carry out the guaranteed loan program, $1,000,000, which shall
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for depart-
mental salaries and expenses.
Of the $500,000,000 made available under the heading
‘‘Community Development Block Grants Fund’’ in the 1997 Emer-
gency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Recovery from Natural
Disasters, and for Overseas Peacekeeping Efforts, Including Those
in Bosnia (Public Law 105–18), not more than $3,500,000 shall
be made available for the non-Federal cost-share for a levee project
at Devils Lake, North Dakota: Provided, That the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development shall provide the State of North
Dakota with a waiver to allow the use of its annual Community
Development Block Grant allocation for use in funding the non-
Federal cost-share for a levee project at Devils Lake, North Dakota:
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary is prohibited from providing waivers, other than
those provided herein, for funds in excess of $100,000 in emergency
Community Development Block Grants funds for the non-Federal
cost-share of projects funded by the Secretary of the Army through
the Corps of Engineers.
BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT
For Economic Development Grants, as authorized by section
108(q) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974,
as amended, for Brownfields redevelopment projects, $25,000,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development shall make these grants
available on a competitive basis as specified in section 102 of
the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act
of 1989.