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tenant-based rental assistance authorized under section 8, 
including related development activities; 
(4) $505,000,000 for the renewal of tenant-based assistance 
contracts under section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), including necessary 
administrative expenses: Provided, That administrative and 
other expenses of public housing agencies in administering 
the special purpose vouchers in this paragraph shall be funded 
under the same terms and be subject to the same pro rata 
reduction as the percent decrease for administrative and other 
expenses to public housing agencies under paragraph (3) of 
this heading: Provided further, That any amounts provided 
under this paragraph in this Act or prior Acts, remaining 
available after funding renewals and administrative expenses 
under this paragraph, shall be available for incremental tenant- 
based assistance contracts under such section 811, including 
necessary administrative expenses; 
(5) $5,000,000 shall be for rental assistance and associated 
administrative fees for Tribal HUD–VA Supportive Housing 
to serve Native American veterans that are homeless or at- 
risk of homelessness living on or near a reservation or other 
Indian areas: Provided, That such amount shall be made avail-
able for renewal grants to recipients that received assistance 
under prior Acts under the Tribal HUD–VA Supportive Housing 
program: Provided further, That the Secretary shall be author-
ized to specify criteria for renewal grants, including data on 
the utilization of assistance reported by grant recipients: Pro-
vided further, That such assistance shall be administered in 
accordance with program requirements under the Native Amer-
ican Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 
and modeled after the HUD–VASH program: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall be authorized to waive, or specify 
alternative requirements for any provision of any statute or 
regulation that the Secretary administers in connection with 
the use of funds made available under this paragraph (except 
for requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, 
labor standards, and the environment), upon a finding by the 
Secretary that any such waivers or alternative requirements 
are necessary for the effective delivery and administration of 
such assistance: Provided further, That grant recipients shall 
report to the Secretary on utilization of such rental assistance 
and other program data, as prescribed by the Secretary: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary may reallocate, as determined 
by the Secretary, amounts returned or recaptured from awards 
under prior acts; 
(6) $40,000,000 for incremental rental voucher assistance 
for use through a supported housing program administered 
in conjunction with the Department of Veterans Affairs as 
authorized under section 8(o)(19) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937: Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development shall make such funding available, not-
withstanding section 203 (competition provision) of this title, 
to public housing agencies that partner with eligible VA Medical 
Centers or other entities as designated by the Secretary of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, based on geographical 
need for such assistance as identified by the Secretary of the
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Department of Veterans Affairs, public housing agency adminis-
trative performance, and other factors as specified by the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development in consultation with 
the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
may waive, or specify alternative requirements for (in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs), 
any provision of any statute or regulation that the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development administers in connection 
with the use of funds made available under this paragraph 
(except for requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimina-
tion, labor standards, and the environment), upon a finding 
by the Secretary that any such waivers or alternative require-
ments are necessary for the effective delivery and administra-
tion of such voucher assistance: Provided further, That assist-
ance made available under this paragraph shall continue to 
remain available for homeless veterans upon turn-over; 
(7) $20,000,000 shall be made available for new incremental 
voucher assistance through the family unification program as 
authorized by section 8(x) of the Act: Provided, That the assist-
ance made available under this paragraph shall continue to 
remain available for family unification upon turnover: Provided 
further, That for any public housing agency administering 
voucher assistance appropriated in a prior Act under the family 
unification program that determines that it no longer has an 
identified need for such assistance upon turnover, such agency 
shall notify the Secretary, and the Secretary shall recapture 
such assistance from the agency and reallocate it to any other 
public housing agency or agencies based on need for voucher 
assistance in connection with such program; and 
(8) the Secretary shall separately track all special purpose 
vouchers funded under this heading. 
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
Unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, 
remaining from funds appropriated to the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development under this heading, the heading ‘‘Annual 
Contributions for Assisted Housing’’ and the heading ‘‘Project-Based 
Rental Assistance’’, for fiscal year 2018 and prior years may be 
used for renewal of or amendments to section 8 project-based con-
tracts and for performance-based contract administrators, notwith-
standing the purposes for which such funds were appropriated: 
Provided, That any obligated balances of contract authority from 
fiscal year 1974 and prior that have been terminated shall be 
rescinded: Provided further, That amounts heretofore recaptured, 
or recaptured during the current fiscal year, from section 8 project- 
based contracts from source years fiscal year 1975 through fiscal 
year 1987 are hereby rescinded, and an amount of additional new 
budget authority, equivalent to the amount rescinded is hereby 
appropriated, to remain available until expended, for the purposes 
set forth under this heading, in addition to amounts otherwise 
available.
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PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND 
For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to carry out 
capital and management activities for public housing agencies, as 
authorized under section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g) (the ‘‘Act’’) $2,750,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2021: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law or regulation, during fiscal year 2018, 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may not delegate 
to any Department official other than the Deputy Secretary and 
the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing any authority 
under paragraph (2) of section 9(j) 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: Provided 
further, That up to $8,300,000 shall be to support ongoing public 
housing financial and physical assessment activities: Provided fur-
ther, That up to $1,000,000 shall be to support the costs of adminis-
trative and judicial receiverships: Provided further, That of the 
total amount provided under this heading, not to exceed $21,500,000 
shall be available for the Secretary to make grants, notwithstanding 
section 203 of this Act, to public housing agencies for emergency 
capital needs including safety and security measures necessary 
to address crime and drug-related activity as well as needs resulting 
from unforeseen or unpreventable emergencies and natural disas-
ters excluding Presidentially declared emergencies and natural 
disasters under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) occurring in fiscal year 2018: 
Provided further, That of the amount made available under the 
previous proviso, not less than $5,000,000 shall be for safety and 
security measures: Provided further, That in addition to the amount 
in the previous proviso for such safety and security measures, 
any amounts that remain available, after all applications received 
on or before September 30, 2019, for emergency capital needs have 
been processed, shall be allocated to public housing agencies for 
such safety and security measures: Provided further, That of the 
total amount provided under this heading, up to $35,000,000 shall 
be for supportive services, service coordinators and congregate serv-
ices as authorized by section 34 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437z– 
6) and the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Deter-
mination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.): Provided further, 
That of the total amount made available under this heading, 
$15,000,000 shall be for a Jobs-Plus initiative modeled after the 
Jobs-Plus demonstration: Provided further, That funding provided 
under the previous proviso shall be available for competitive grants 
to partnerships between public housing authorities, local workforce 
investment boards established under section 117 of the Workforce 
Investment Act of 1998, and other agencies and organizations that 
provide support to help public housing residents obtain employment 
and increase earnings: Provided further, That applicants must dem-
onstrate 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 
as necessary to implement the Jobs-Plus program, on such terms
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and conditions 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 Federal Register 
any waivers or alternative requirements pursuant to the preceding 
proviso no later than 10 days before the effective date of such 
notice: Provided further, That for funds provided under this heading, 
the limitation in section 9(g)(1) of the Act shall be 25 percent: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may waive the limitation 
in the previous proviso to allow public housing agencies to fund 
activities authorized under section 9(e)(1)(C) of the Act: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall notify public housing agencies 
requesting waivers under the previous proviso if the request is 
approved or denied within 14 days of submitting the request: Pro-
vided further, That from the funds made available under this 
heading, the Secretary shall provide bonus awards in fiscal year 
2018 to public housing agencies that are designated high per-
formers: Provided further, That the Department shall notify public 
housing agencies of their formula allocation within 60 days of 
enactment of this Act. 
PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND 
For 2018 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 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), 
$4,550,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019. 
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 both 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, $150,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2020: 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 the use of funds made available 
under this heading shall not be deemed to be public housing not-
withstanding section 3(b)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That 
grantees shall commit to an additional period of affordability deter-
mined 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 authorities, and non-
profits: 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 under this heading 
shall be subject to the regulations issued by the Secretary to imple-
ment such section: Provided further, That of the amount provided,