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heading, $3,500,000 shall be contracted for assistance for national 
or regional organizations representing Native American housing 
interests for providing training and technical assistance to Indian 
housing authorities and tribally designated housing entities as 
authorized under NAHASDA: Provided further, That of the funds 
made available under the previous proviso, not less than $2,000,000 
shall be made available for a national organization as authorized 
under section 703 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4212): Provided further, 
That of the amounts made available under this heading, $2,000,000 
shall be to support the inspection of Indian housing units, contract 
expertise, training, and technical assistance in the training, over-
sight, and management of such Indian housing and tenant-based 
assistance: Provided further, 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 
$17,452,007: Provided further, That the Department will notify 
grantees of their formula allocation within 60 days of the date 
of enactment of this Act: Provided further, notwithstanding section 
302(d) of NAHASDA, if on January 1, 2016, a recipient’s total 
amount of undisbursed block grants in the Department’s line of 
credit control system is greater than three times the formula alloca-
tion it would otherwise receive under this heading, the Secretary 
shall adjust that recipient’s formula allocation down by the dif-
ference between its total amount of undisbursed block grants in 
the Department’s line of credit control system on January 1, 2016, 
and three times the formula allocation it would otherwise receive: 
Provided further, That grant amounts not allocated to a recipient 
pursuant to the previous proviso shall be allocated under the need 
component of the formula proportionately among all other Indian 
tribes not subject to an adjustment: Provided further, That the 
two previous provisos shall not apply to any Indian tribe that 
would otherwise receive a formula allocation of less than $8,000,000: 
Provided further, That to take effect, the three previous provisos 
do not require issuance or amendment of any regulation, and shall 
not be construed to confer hearing rights under any section of 
NAHASDA or its implementing regulations. 
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 (12 
U.S.C. 1715z–13a), $7,500,000, 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: Provided further, That these funds are available to 
subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, 
up to $1,190,476,190, to remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That up to $750,000 of this amount may be for administra-
tive contract expenses including management processes and systems 
to carry out the loan guarantee program.
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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.), $335,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2017, except that amounts allocated pursuant 
to section 854(c)(3) of such Act shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2018: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew all 
expiring contracts for permanent supportive housing that initially 
were funded under section 854(c)(3) of such Act from funds made 
available under this heading in fiscal year 2010 and prior fiscal 
years that meet all program requirements before awarding funds 
for new contracts under such section: Provided further, That the 
Department shall notify grantees of their formula allocation within 
60 days of enactment of this Act. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For assistance to units of State and local government, and 
to other entities, for economic and community development activi-
ties, and for other purposes, $3,060,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2018, unless otherwise specified: Provided, 
That of the total amount provided, $3,000,000,000 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 fur-
ther, That unless explicitly provided for under this heading, not 
to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be expended for planning and management 
development and administration: Provided further, That a metro-
politan city, urban county, unit of general local government, or 
Indian tribe, or insular area that directly or indirectly receives 
funds under this heading may not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer 
all or any portion of such funds to another such entity in exchange 
for any other funds, credits or non-Federal considerations, but must 
use such funds for activities eligible under title I of the Act: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding section 105(e)(1) of the Act, no funds 
provided under this heading may be provided to a for-profit entity 
for an economic development project under section 105(a)(17) unless 
such project has been evaluated and selected in accordance with 
guidelines required under subparagraph (e)(2): Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available under this heading may 
be used for grants for the Economic Development Initiative (‘‘EDI’’) 
or Neighborhood Initiatives activities, Rural Innovation Fund, or 
for grants pursuant to section 107 of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5307): Provided further, That 
the Department shall notify grantees of their formula allocation 
within 60 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 
of the total amount provided under this heading $60,000,000 shall 
be for grants to Indian tribes notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) 
of such Act, of which, notwithstanding any other provision of law 
(including section 204 of this Act), up to $4,000,000 may be used 
for emergencies that constitute imminent threats to health and 
safety.
H. R. 2029—637 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
during fiscal year 2016, commitments to guarantee loans under 
section 108 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
1974 (42 U.S.C. 5308), any part of which is guaranteed, shall 
not exceed a total principal amount of $300,000,000, notwith-
standing any aggregate limitation on outstanding obligations 
guaranteed in subsection (k) of such section 108: Provided, That 
the Secretary shall collect fees from borrowers, notwithstanding 
subsection (m) of such section 108, to result in a credit subsidy 
cost of zero for guaranteeing such loans, and any such fees shall 
be collected in accordance with section 502(7) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That all unobligated balances, 
including recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds appro-
priated to the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
under this heading are hereby permanently rescinded. 
HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM 
For the HOME Investment Partnerships program, as author-
ized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
Housing Act, as amended, $950,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2019: Provided, That notwithstanding the amount 
made available under this heading, the threshold reduction require-
ments in sections 216(10) and 217(b)(4) of such Act shall not apply 
to allocations of such amount: Provided further, That the require-
ments under provisos 2 through 6 under this heading for fiscal 
year 2012 and such requirements applicable pursuant to the ‘‘Full- 
Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013’’, shall not apply to any 
project to which funds were committed on or after August 23, 
2013, but such projects shall instead be governed by the Final 
Rule titled ‘‘Home Investment Partnerships Program; Improving 
Performance and Accountability; Updating Property Standards’’ 
which became effective on such date: Provided further, That with 
respect to funds made available under this heading pursuant to 
such Act and funds provided in prior and subsequent appropriations 
acts that were or are used by community land trusts for the develop-
ment of affordable homeownership housing pursuant to section 
215(b) of such Act, such community land trusts, notwithstanding 
section 215(b)(3)(A) of such Act, may hold and exercise purchase 
options, rights of first refusal or other preemptive rights to purchase 
the housing to preserve affordability, including but not limited 
to the right to purchase the housing in lieu of foreclosure: Provided 
further, That the Department shall notify grantees of their formula 
allocation within 60 days of enactment of this Act. 
SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM 
For the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Opportunity 
Program, as authorized under section 11 of the Housing Opportunity 
Program Extension Act of 1996, as amended, $50,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That of the total 
amount provided under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be made 
available to the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Opportunity 
Program as authorized under section 11 of the Housing Opportunity
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Program Extension Act of 1996, as amended: Provided further, 
That of the total amount provided under this heading, $35,000,000 
shall be made available for the second, third, and fourth capacity 
building activities authorized under section 4(a) of the HUD Dem-
onstration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), of which not less 
than $5,000,000 shall be made available for rural capacity building 
activities: Provided further, That of the total amount provided under 
this heading, $5,000,000 shall be made available for capacity 
building by national rural housing organizations with experience 
assessing national rural conditions and providing financing, 
training, technical assistance, information, and research to local 
nonprofits, local governments and Indian Tribes serving high need 
rural communities: Provided further, That an additional $5,700,000, 
to remain available until expended, shall be for a program to 
rehabilitate and modify homes of disabled or low-income veterans 
as authorized under section 1079 of Public Law 113–291. 
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For the Emergency Solutions Grants program as authorized 
under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act, as amended; the Continuum of Care program as author-
ized under subtitle C of title IV of such Act; and the Rural Housing 
Stability Assistance program as authorized under subtitle D of 
title IV of such Act, $2,250,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2018: Provided, That any rental assistance amounts 
that are recaptured under such Continuum of Care program shall 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That not less 
than $250,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be available for such Emergency Solutions Grants program: 
Provided further, That not less than $1,918,000,000 of the funds 
appropriated under this heading shall be available for such Con-
tinuum of Care and Rural Housing Stability Assistance programs: 
Provided further, That up to $7,000,000 of the funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be available for the national homeless 
data analysis project: Provided further, That all funds awarded 
for supportive services under the Continuum of Care program and 
the Rural Housing Stability Assistance program shall be matched 
by not less than 25 percent in cash or in kind by each grantee: 
Provided further, That for all match requirements applicable to 
funds made available under this heading for this fiscal year and 
prior years, a grantee may use (or could have used) as a source 
of match funds other funds administered by the Secretary and 
other Federal agencies unless there is (or was) a specific statutory 
prohibition on any such use of any such funds: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall establish system performance measures 
for which each continuum of care shall report baseline outcomes, 
and that relative to fiscal year 2015, under the Continuum of 
Care competition with respect to funds made available under this 
heading, the Secretary shall base an increasing share of the score 
on performance criteria: Provided further, That none of the funds 
provided under this heading shall be available to provide funding 
for new projects, except for projects created through reallocation, 
unless the Secretary determines that the continuum of care has 
demonstrated that projects are evaluated and ranked based on 
the degree to which they improve the continuum of care’s system 
performance: Provided further, That the Secretary shall prioritize