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That in addition to the amount in the preceding proviso for 
such safety and security measures, any amounts that remain 
available, after all applications received on or before September 
30, 2023, for emergency capital needs have been processed, 
shall be allocated to public housing agencies for such safety 
and security measures; 
(5) $65,000,000 shall be for competitive grants to public 
housing agencies to evaluate and reduce residential health 
hazards in public housing, including lead-based paint (by car-
rying out the activities of risk assessments, abatement, and 
interim controls, as those terms are defined in section 1004 
of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act 
of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4851b)), carbon monoxide, mold, radon, 
and fire safety: Provided, That not less than $25,000,000 of 
the amounts provided under this paragraph shall be awarded 
for evaluating and reducing lead-based paint hazards: Provided 
further, That for purposes of environmental review, a grant 
under this paragraph shall be considered funds for projects 
or activities under title I of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) for purposes of section 26 
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1437x) and shall be subject to the 
regulations implementing such section: Provided further, That 
amounts made available under this paragraph shall be com-
bined with amounts made available under the sixth paragraph 
under this heading in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2021 (Public Law 116–260) and shall be used in accordance 
with the purposes and requirements under this paragraph; 
(6) $15,000,000 shall be to support the costs of administra-
tive and judicial receiverships and for competitive grants to 
PHAs in receivership, designated troubled or substandard, or 
otherwise at risk, as determined by the Secretary, for costs 
associated with public housing asset improvement, in addition 
to other amounts for that purpose provided under any heading 
under this title; and 
(7) $33,000,000 shall be to support ongoing public housing 
financial and physical assessment activities: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law 
or regulation, during fiscal year 2022, the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development may not delegate to any Department offi-
cial other than the Deputy Secretary and the Assistant Secretary 
for Public and Indian Housing any authority under paragraph (2) 
of section 9(j) of the Act regarding the extension of the time periods 
under such section: Provided further, That for purposes of such 
section 9(j), the term ‘‘obligate’’ means, with respect to amounts, 
that the amounts are subject to a binding agreement that will 
result in outlays, immediately or in the future. 
CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE 
For competitive grants under the Choice Neighborhoods Initia-
tive (subject to section 24 of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v) unless otherwise specified under this 
heading), for transformation, rehabilitation, and replacement 
housing needs of public and HUD-assisted housing and to transform 
neighborhoods of poverty into functioning, sustainable, mixed- 
income neighborhoods with appropriate services, schools, public 
assets, transportation, and access to jobs, $350,000,000, to remain
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available until September 30, 2026: Provided, That grant funds 
may be used for resident and community services, community 
development, and affordable housing needs in the community, and 
for conversion of vacant or foreclosed properties to affordable 
housing: Provided further, That not more than 20 percent of the 
amount of any grant made with amounts made available under 
this heading may be used for necessary supportive services notwith-
standing subsection (d)(1)(L) of such section 24: Provided further, 
That the use of amounts made available under this heading shall 
not be deemed to be for public housing, notwithstanding section 
3(b)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That grantees shall commit 
to an additional period of affordability determined by the Secretary 
of not fewer than 20 years: Provided further, That grantees shall 
provide a match in State, local, other Federal, or private funds: 
Provided further, That grantees may include local governments, 
Tribal entities, public housing agencies, and nonprofit organizations: 
Provided further, That for-profit developers may apply jointly with 
a public entity: Provided further, That for purposes of environmental 
review, a grantee shall be treated as a public housing agency 
under section 26 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437x), and grants made with amounts available under 
this heading shall be subject to the regulations issued by the 
Secretary to implement such section: Provided further, That of 
the amounts made available under this heading, not less than 
$175,000,000 shall be awarded to public housing agencies: Provided 
further, That such grantees shall create partnerships with other 
local organizations, including assisted housing owners, service agen-
cies, and resident organizations: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall consult with the Secretaries of Education, Labor, 
Transportation, Health and Human Services, Agriculture, and Com-
merce, the Attorney General, and the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency to coordinate and leverage other appro-
priate Federal resources: Provided further, That not more than 
$10,000,000 of the amounts made available under this heading 
may be provided as grants to undertake comprehensive local plan-
ning with input from residents and the community: Provided fur-
ther, That unobligated balances, including recaptures, remaining 
from amounts made available under the heading ‘‘Revitalization 
of Severely Distressed Public Housing (HOPE VI)’’ in fiscal year 
2011 and prior fiscal years may be used for purposes under this 
heading, notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts 
were appropriated: Provided further, That the Secretary shall make 
grant awards not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act in such amounts that the Secretary determines: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding section 24(o) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v(o)), the Secretary may, until 
September 30, 2022, obligate any available unobligated balances 
made available under this heading in this or any prior Act. 
SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAMS 
For activities and assistance related to Self-Sufficiency Pro-
grams, to remain available until September 30, 2025, $159,000,000: 
Provided, That the amounts made available under this heading 
are provided as follows: 
(1) $109,000,000 shall be for the Family Self-Sufficiency 
program to support family self-sufficiency coordinators under
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section 23 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437u), to promote the development of local strategies to coordi-
nate the use of assistance under sections 8 and 9 of such 
Act with public and private resources, and enable eligible fami-
lies to achieve economic independence and self-sufficiency: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may, by Federal Register notice, 
waive or specify alternative requirements under subsections 
(b)(3), (b)(4), (b)(5), or (c)(1) of section 23 of such Act in order 
to facilitate the operation of a unified self-sufficiency program 
for individuals receiving assistance under different provisions 
of such Act, as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, 
That owners or sponsors of a multifamily property receiving 
project-based rental assistance under section 8 of such Act 
may voluntarily make a Family Self-Sufficiency program avail-
able to the assisted tenants of such property in accordance 
with procedures established by the Secretary: Provided further, 
That such procedures established pursuant to the preceding 
proviso shall permit participating tenants to accrue escrow 
funds in accordance with section 23(d)(2) of such Act and shall 
allow owners to use funding from residual receipt accounts 
to hire coordinators for their own Family Self-Sufficiency pro-
gram; 
(2) $35,000,000 shall be for the Resident Opportunity and 
Self-Sufficiency program to provide for supportive services, 
service coordinators, and congregate services as authorized by 
section 34 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437z–6) and the Native American Housing Assistance and 
Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.); and 
(3) $15,000,000 shall be for a Jobs-Plus initiative, modeled 
after the Jobs-Plus demonstration: Provided, That funding pro-
vided under this paragraph shall be available for competitive 
grants to partnerships between public housing authorities, local 
workforce investment boards established under section 107 of 
the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (29 
U.S.C. 3122), and other agencies and organizations that provide 
support to help public housing residents obtain employment 
and increase earnings: Provided further, That applicants must 
demonstrate the ability to provide services to residents, partner 
with workforce investment boards, and leverage service dollars: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may allow public housing 
agencies to request exemptions from rent and income limitation 
requirements under sections 3 and 6 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a, 1437d), as necessary 
to implement the Jobs-Plus program, on such terms and condi-
tions as the Secretary may approve upon a finding by the 
Secretary that any such waivers or alternative requirements 
are necessary for the effective implementation of the Jobs- 
Plus initiative as a voluntary program for residents: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall publish by notice in the Fed-
eral Register any waivers or alternative requirements pursuant 
to the preceding proviso no later than 10 days before the 
effective date of such notice. 
NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS 
For activities and assistance authorized under title I of the 
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act
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of 1996 (in this heading ‘‘NAHASDA’’) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), 
title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 
(42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) with respect to Indian tribes, and related 
training and technical assistance, $1,002,086,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2026: Provided, That the amounts made 
available under this heading are provided as follows: 
(1) $772,000,000 shall be for the Native American Housing 
Block Grants program, as authorized under title I of 
NAHASDA: Provided, That, notwithstanding NAHASDA, to 
determine the amount of the allocation under title I of such 
Act for each Indian tribe, the Secretary shall apply the formula 
under section 302 of such Act with the need component based 
on single-race census data and with the need component based 
on multi-race census data, and the amount of the allocation 
for each Indian tribe shall be the greater of the two resulting 
allocation amounts: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
notify grantees of their formula allocation not later than 60 
days after the date of enactment of this Act; 
(2) $150,000,000 shall be for competitive grants under the 
Native American Housing Block Grants program, as authorized 
under title I of NAHASDA: Provided, That the Secretary shall 
obligate such amount for competitive grants to eligible recipi-
ents authorized under NAHASDA that apply for funds: Pro-
vided further, That in awarding amounts made available in 
this paragraph, the Secretary shall consider need and adminis-
trative capacity, and shall give priority to projects that will 
spur construction and rehabilitation of housing: Provided fur-
ther, That a grant funded pursuant to this paragraph shall 
be in an amount not greater than $7,500,000: Provided further, 
That any amounts transferred for the necessary costs of admin-
istering and overseeing the obligation and expenditure of such 
additional amounts in prior Acts may also be used for the 
necessary costs of administering and overseeing such additional 
amount; 
(3) $1,000,000 shall be for the cost of guaranteed notes 
and other obligations, as authorized by title VI of NAHASDA: 
Provided, 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 (2 U.S.C. 661a): 
Provided further, That for fiscal year 2022 amounts made avail-
able in this Act for the cost of guaranteed notes and other 
obligations and any unobligated balances, including recaptures 
and carryover, remaining from amounts made available for 
this purpose under this heading or under the heading ‘‘Native 
American Housing Block Grants’’ in prior Acts shall be available 
to subsidize the total principal amount of any notes and other 
obligations, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to 
exceed $50,000,000; 
(4) $72,086,000 shall be for grants to Indian tribes for 
carrying out the Indian Community Development Block Grant 
program under title I of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1974, notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such 
Act, of which, notwithstanding any other provision of law 
(including section 203 of this Act), not more than $5,000,000 
may be used for emergencies that constitute imminent threats 
to health and safety: Provided, That not to exceed 20 percent