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ing eligible at-risk households not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act: Provided 
further, That any tenant protection voucher made 
available from amounts under this paragraph shall 
not be reissued by any public housing agency, except 
the replacement vouchers as defined by the Sec-
retary by notice, when the initial family that re-
ceived any such voucher no longer receives such 
voucher, and the authority for any public housing 
agency to issue any such voucher shall cease to exist: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may only pro-
vide replacement vouchers for units that were occu-
pied within the previous 24 months that cease to be 
available as assisted housing, subject only to the 
availability of funds; 
(3) $2,469,535,000 (reduced by $5,000,000) 
shall be for administrative and other expenses of 
public housing agencies in administering the section 
8 tenant-based rental assistance program, of which 
up to $10,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary 
to allocate to public housing agencies that need addi-
tional funds to administer their section 8 programs, 
including fees associated with section 8 tenant pro-
tection rental assistance, the administration of dis-
aster related vouchers, HUD–VASH vouchers, and 
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other special purpose incremental vouchers: Pro-
vided, That no less than $2,459,535,000 of the 
amount provided in this paragraph shall be allocated 
to public housing agencies for the calendar year 
2022 funding cycle based on section 8(q) of the Act 
(and related Appropriation Act provisions) as in ef-
fect immediately before the enactment of the Quality 
Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (Pub-
lic Law 105–276): Provided further, That if the 
amounts made available under this paragraph are 
insufficient to pay the amounts determined under 
the previous proviso, the Secretary may decrease the 
amounts allocated to agencies by a uniform percent-
age applicable to all agencies receiving funding 
under this paragraph or may, to the extent nec-
essary to provide full payment of amounts deter-
mined under the previous proviso, utilize unobligated 
balances, including recaptures and carryover, re-
maining from funds appropriated to the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development under this 
heading from prior fiscal years, excluding special 
purpose vouchers, notwithstanding the purposes for 
which such amounts were appropriated: Provided 
further, That all public housing agencies partici-
pating in the MTW demonstration shall be funded 
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in accordance with the requirements of the MTW 
demonstration program or their MTW agreements, 
if any, and shall be subject to the same uniform per-
centage decrease as under the previous proviso: Pro-
vided further, That amounts provided under this 
paragraph shall be only for activities related to the 
provision of tenant-based rental assistance author-
ized under section 8, including related development 
activities; 
(4) $500,253,000 shall be for the renewal of 
tenant-based assistance contracts under section 811 
of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Hous-
ing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), including necessary ad-
ministrative expenses: Provided, That administrative 
and other expenses of public housing agencies in ad-
ministering 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 ex-
penses to public housing agencies under paragraph 
(3) of this heading: Provided further, That up to 
$10,000,000 shall be available only for (1) adjust-
ments in the allocation for public housing agencies, 
after applications for an adjustment by a public 
housing agency that experienced a significant in-
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crease, as determined by the Secretary, in Main-
stream renewal costs resulting from unforeseen cir-
cumstances, and (2) public housing agencies that de-
spite taking reasonable cost saving measures, as de-
termined by the Secretary, would otherwise be re-
quired to terminate the rental assistance for Main-
stream families as a result of insufficient funding: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate 
amounts under the previous proviso based on need, 
as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, 
That of the amounts made available under this para-
graph, up to $5,000,000 shall be available for a pilot 
program for public housing agencies that partner 
with administering entities under the Projects for 
Assistance 
in 
Transition 
from 
Homelessness 
(PATH) program as authorized by the Stewart B. 
McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 
1990 or other eligible entities, as determined by the 
Secretary, to assist persons with serious mental ill-
ness: Provided further, That the amounts made 
available in the previous proviso shall be for incre-
mental rental voucher assistance, including project- 
based vouchers, under such section 811 for non-el-
derly persons with serious mental illness, and for ad-
ministrative and other expenses of public housing 
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agencies: Provided further, That in awarding assist-
ance under such pilot program the Secretary may 
give bonus points to public housing agencies giving 
preference to individuals referred from the Coordi-
nated Entry System (CES) or operating a Family 
Self-Sufficiency program: Provided further, That in 
administering such pilot program, the Secretary may 
waive, or specify alternative requirements for, any 
provision of any statute or regulation that the Sec-
retary administers in connection with the use of 
funds made available under such pilot (except for re-
quirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimina-
tion, labor standards, and the environment), upon a 
finding by the Secretary that any such waivers or al-
ternative requirements are necessary for the effective 
delivery and administration of such voucher assist-
ance: Provided further, That upon turnover, section 
811 special purpose vouchers funded under this 
heading in this or prior Acts, or under any other 
heading in prior Acts, shall be provided to non-elder-
ly persons with disabilities; 
(5) Of the amounts provided under paragraph 
(1) up to $5,000,000 shall be for rental assistance 
and associated administrative fees for Tribal HUD– 
VASH to serve Native American veterans that are 
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homeless or at-risk of homelessness living on or near 
a reservation or other Indian areas: Provided, That 
such amount shall be made available for renewal 
grants to recipients that received assistance under 
prior Acts under the Tribal HUD–VASH 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: Provided further, That such assist-
ance shall be administered in accordance with pro-
gram requirements under the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 
1996 and modeled after the HUD–VASH program: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall be author-
ized 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, non-
discrimination, labor standards, and the environ-
ment), upon a finding by the Secretary that any 
such waivers or alternative requirements are nec-
essary for the effective delivery and administration 
of such assistance: Provided further, That grant re-
cipients shall report to the Secretary on utilization 
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of such rental assistance and other program data, as 
prescribed by the Secretary: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may reallocate, as determined by the 
Secretary, amounts returned or recaptured from 
awards under the Tribal HUD–VASH program 
under prior Acts to existing recipients under the 
Tribal HUD–VASH program; 
(6) $20,000,000 shall be 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 Hous-
ing and Urban Development shall make such fund-
ing available, notwithstanding section 203 (competi-
tion provision) of this title, to public housing agen-
cies that partner with eligible VA Medical Centers or 
other entities as designated by the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs, based on geographical need for such 
assistance as identified by the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs, public housing agency administrative per-
formance, and other factors as specified by the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs: 
Provided further, That of the amounts made avail-
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able under this paragraph, up to $5,000,000 may be 
allocated to public housing agencies administering 
temporary case management and supportive services 
to HUD–VASH eligible veterans that have not yet 
received a referral from the Department of Veterans 
Affairs: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development may waive, or 
specify alternative requirements for (in consultation 
with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs), any provi-
sion 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 re-
lated to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor stand-
ards, and the environment), upon a finding by the 
Secretary that any such waivers or alternative re-
quirements are necessary for the effective delivery 
and administration of such voucher assistance: Pro-
vided further, That assistance made available under 
this paragraph shall continue to remain available for 
homeless veterans upon turn-over; 
(7) $25,000,000 shall be made available for the 
family unification program as authorized under sec-
tion 8(x) of the Act: Provided, That the amounts 
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made available under this paragraph are provided as 
follows: 
(A) $5,000,000 shall be for new incre-
mental voucher assistance: Provided, That the 
assistance made available under this subpara-
graph shall continue to remain available for 
family unification upon turnover; and 
(B) $20,000,000 shall be for new incre-
mental voucher assistance to assist eligible 
youth as defined by such section 8(x)(2)(B) of 
the Act: Provided, That assistance made avail-
able under this subparagraph shall continue to 
remain available for such eligible youth upon 
turnover: Provided further, That of the total 
amount made available under this subpara-
graph, up to $10,000,000 shall be available on 
a noncompetitive basis to public housing agen-
cies that partner with public child welfare agen-
cies to identify such eligible youth, that request 
such assistance to timely assist such eligible 
youth, and that meet any other criteria as spec-
ified by the Secretary: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall review utilization of the as-
sistance made available under the previous pro-
viso, at an interval to be determined by the Sec-
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retary, and unutilized voucher assistance that is 
no longer needed shall be recaptured by the 
Secretary and reallocated pursuant to the pre-
vious proviso: 
Provided further, That for any public housing agency 
administering voucher assistance appropriated in a 
prior Act under the family unification program, or 
made available and competitively selected under this 
paragraph, that determines that it no longer has an 
identified need for such assistance upon turnover, 
such agency shall notify the Secretary, and the Sec-
retary shall recapture such assistance from the agen-
cy and reallocate it to any other public housing 
agency or agencies based on need for voucher assist-
ance in connection with such specified program or 
eligible youth, as applicable; 
(8) $1,000,000,000 (increased by $5,000,000) 
shall be made available for new incremental voucher 
assistance under section 8(o) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 to be allocated pursuant to a 
method, as determined by the Secretary, which may 
include a formula that may include such factors as 
severe cost burden, overcrowding, substandard hous-
ing for very low-income renters, homelessness, and 
administrative capacity, where such allocation meth-
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od shall include both rural and urban areas: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may specify additional 
terms and conditions to ensure that public housing 
agencies provide vouchers for use by survivors of do-
mestic violence, or individuals and families who are 
homeless, as defined in section 103(a) of the McKin-
ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
11302(a)), or at risk of homelessness, as defined in 
section 401(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 11360(1)); 
(9) $150,000,000 shall be for mobility-related 
services, as defined by the Secretary, for voucher 
families with children modeled after services pro-
vided in connection with the mobility demonstration 
authorized under section 235 of division G of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f note; Public Law 116–6), Provided, That the 
Secretary shall make funding available to public 
housing agencies on a competitive basis and shall 
give preference to public housing agencies with high-
er concentrations of housing choice voucher families 
with children residing in high-poverty neighborhoods: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may recapture 
from the public housing agencies unused balances 
based on utilization of such awards and reallocate 
such amounts to any other public housing agency or 
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agencies based on need for such mobility-related 
services as identified under such competition; and 
(10) the Secretary shall separately track all 
special purpose vouchers funded under this heading. 
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
Unobligated balances, including recaptures and car-
ryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development under this 
heading, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted 
Housing’’ and the heading ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assist-
ance’’, for fiscal year 2022 and prior years may be used 
for renewal of or amendments to section 8 project-based 
contracts and for performance-based contract administra-
tors, notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds 
were appropriated: Provided, That any obligated balances 
of contract authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior fiscal 
years that have been terminated shall be rescinded: Pro-
vided further, That amounts heretofore recaptured, or re-
captured 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 
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available until expended, for the purposes set forth under 
this heading, in addition to amounts otherwise available. 
PUBLIC HOUSING FUND 
For 2022 payments to public housing agencies for the 
operation and management of public housing, as author-
ized by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)) (in this heading ‘‘the Act’’), 
and to carry out capital and management activities for 
public housing agencies, as authorized under section 9(d) 
of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d)), $8,640,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2025: Provided, That 
the amounts made available under this heading are pro-
vided as follows: 
(1) $4,897,000,000 shall be available to the 
Secretary to allocate pursuant to the Operating 
Fund formula at part 990 of title 24, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations, for 2022 payments: Provided, That 
the amount of any forgone increases in tenant rent 
payments due to the implementation of rent incen-
tives as authorized pursuant to waivers or alter-
native requirements of the Jobs-Plus initiative as de-
scribed under the heading ‘‘Self-Sufficiency Pro-
grams’’ shall be factored into the public housing 
agencies’ general operating fund eligibility pursuant 
to such formula; 
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(2) $25,000,000 shall be available to the Sec-
retary to allocate pursuant to a need-based applica-
tion process notwithstanding section 203 of this title 
and not subject to such Operating Fund formula to 
public housing agencies that experience, or are at 
risk of, financial shortfalls, as determined by the 
Secretary: Provided, That after all such shortfall 
needs are met, the Secretary may distribute any re-
maining funds to all public housing agencies on a 
pro-rata basis pursuant to such Operating Fund for-
mula; 
(3) $3,400,000,000 shall be available to the 
Secretary to allocate pursuant to the Capital Fund 
formula at section 905.400 of title 24, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations: Provided, That for funds provided 
under this paragraph, the limitation in section 
9(g)(1) of the Act shall be 25 percent: Provided fur-
ther, 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 re-
questing waivers under the previous proviso if the 
request is approved or denied within 14 days of sub-
mitting the request: Provided further, That from the 
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funds made available under this paragraph, the Sec-
retary shall provide bonus awards in fiscal year 
2022 to public housing agencies that are designated 
high performers: Provided further, That the Depart-
ment shall notify public housing agencies of their 
formula allocation not later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act; 
(4) $65,000,000 shall be available for the Sec-
retary to make grants, notwithstanding section 203 
of this title, to public housing agencies for emer-
gency capital needs, including safety and security 
measures necessary to address crime and drug-re-
lated activity, as well as needs resulting from unfore-
seen or unpreventable emergencies and natural dis-
asters excluding Presidentially declared emergencies 
and natural disasters under the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 
et seq.) occurring in fiscal year 2022, of which 
$45,000,000 shall be available for public housing 
agencies under administrative and judicial receiver-
ships or under the control of a Federal monitor: 
Provided, That of the amount made available under 
this paragraph, not less than $10,000,000 shall be 
for safety and security measures: Provided further, 
That in addition to the amount in the previous pro-
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viso for such safety and security measures, any 
amounts that remain available, after all applications 
received on or before September 30, 2023, for emer-
gency capital needs have been processed, shall be al-
located 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 
lead-based paint hazards in public housing by car-
rying out the activities of risk assessments, abate-
ment, and interim controls (as those terms are de-
fined in section 1004 of the Residential Lead-Based 
Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 
4851b)) and for competitive grants to public housing 
agencies for activities authorized under the Healthy 
Homes Initiative, pursuant to sections 501 and 502 
of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 
1970, which shall include research, studies, testing, 
and demonstration efforts, including education and 
outreach concerning mold, radon, carbon monoxide 
poisoning, fires, and other housing-related diseases 
and hazards: Provided, That for purposes of environ-
mental 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 
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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 may be combined with amounts made 
available under this paragraph in the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260) 
and used in accordance with the purposes and re-
quirements under this paragraph: Provided, That of 
the amounts made available under this paragraph, 
up to $5,000,000 may be used for a radon testing 
and mitigation resident safety demonstration pro-
gram (the radon demonstration) in public housing 
under the same terms and conditions under this 
heading in paragraph (9) of the Consolidated Appro-
priations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260): Provided 
further, That amounts made available under this 
paragraph may be used for competitive grants to 
public housing agencies that improve water and en-
ergy efficiency, or reduce the risk of harm to occu-
pants or property from natural hazards; 
(6) $15,000,000 shall be to support the costs of 
administrative and judicial receiverships and for 
competitive grants to PHAs in receivership, des-
ignated troubled or substandard, or otherwise at 
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risk, as determined by the Secretary, for costs asso-
ciated with public housing asset improvement, in ad-
dition to other amounts for that purpose provided 
under any heading under this title; 
(7) $23,000,000 shall be to support ongoing 
public housing financial and physical assessment ac-
tivities; 
(8) $100,000,000 shall be for competitive 
grants to public housing agencies for capital im-
provements to reduce utility consumption or improve 
the climate resilience of public housing: Provided, 
That for purposes of environmental review, grants 
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 regula-
tions implementing such section; and 
(9) $50,000,000 shall be available for public 
housing to promote energy and water efficiency ini-
tiatives, including an Energy Performance Contract 
Incentive pilot program for public housing author-
ized under section 9(e)(2)(C) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 and utilities benchmarking re-
quired pursuant to sections 990.185(c) and 990.190 
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of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations: Provided, 
That to enable innovative strategies within the En-
ergy Performance Contract Incentive pilot program, 
the Secretary may waive such statutory and regu-
latory requirements as may be necessary to permit 
public housing agencies to propose alternative energy 
performance contract incentives or requirements and 
to carry out innovative approaches to program ad-
ministration: Provided further, That for purposes of 
environmental review, grants 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 sec-
tion 26 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1437x) and shall be 
subject to the regulations implementing such section: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law or regulation, during fiscal year 2022, the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development may not dele-
gate to any Department official other than the Deputy 
Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for Public and In-
dian Housing any authority under paragraph (2) of sec-
tion 9(j) of the Act regarding the extension of the time 
periods under such section: Provided further, That for pur-
poses of such section 9(j), the term ‘‘obligate’’ means, with 
respect to amounts, that the amounts are subject to a 
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binding agreement that will result in outlays, immediately 
or in the future. 
CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE 
For competitive grants under the Choice Neighbor-
hoods Initiative (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, rehabili-
tation, and replacement housing needs of public and 
HUD-assisted housing and to transform neighborhoods of 
poverty into functioning, sustainable, mixed-income neigh-
borhoods with appropriate services, schools, public assets, 
transportation, and access to jobs, $400,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2026: Provided, That 
grant funds may be used for resident and community serv-
ices, community development, and affordable housing 
needs in the community, and for conversion of vacant or 
foreclosed properties to affordable housing: Provided fur-
ther, That not more than 20 percent of the amount of any 
grant made with amounts made available under this head-
ing 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 fur-
ther, That grantees shall commit to an additional period 
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of affordability determined by the Secretary of not fewer 
than 20 years: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
specify a period of affordability that is less than 20 years 
with respect to homeownership units developed with 
grants from amounts made available under this heading: 
Provided further, That grantees shall provide a match in 
State, local, other Federal, or private funds: Provided fur-
ther, That grantees may include local governments, tribal 
entities, public housing agencies, and nonprofit organiza-
tions: 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 from amounts made available under this head-
ing shall be subject to the regulations issued by the Sec-
retary to implement such section: Provided further, That 
of the amounts made available under this heading, not less 
than $200,000,000 shall be awarded to public housing 
agencies: Provided further, That such grantees shall create 
partnerships with other local organizations, including as-
sisted housing owners, service agencies, and resident orga-
nizations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall con-
sult with the Secretaries of Education, Labor, Transpor-
tation, Health and Human Services, Agriculture, and 
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Commerce, the Attorney General, and the Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency to coordinate and 
leverage other appropriate 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 planning with 
input from residents and the community: Provided further, 
That unobligated balances, including recaptures, remain-
ing from amounts made available under the heading ‘‘Re-
vitalization 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 pur-
poses for which such amounts were appropriated: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall issue the Notice of Fund-
ing Opportunity for amounts made available under this 
heading not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act: 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 Sec-
retary 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. 
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SELF–SUFFICIENCY PROGRAMS 
For activities and assistance related to Self-Suffi-
ciency Programs, to remain available until September 30, 
2025, $200,000,000 (increased by $2,000,000): Provided, 
That the amounts made available under this heading are 
provided as follows: 
(1) $150,000,000 shall be for the Family Self- 
Sufficiency program to support family self-suffi-
ciency coordinators under section 23 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437u), to 
promote the development of local strategies to co-
ordinate the use of assistance under sections 8 and 
9 of such Act with public and private resources, and 
to enable eligible families to achieve economic inde-
pendence and self-sufficiency: Provided, That the 
Secretary may, by notice published in the Federal 
Register, waive or specify alternative requirements 
for the 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-suf-
ficiency program for individuals receiving assistance 
under different provisions of such Act, as deter-
mined by the Secretary: Provided further, That upon 
the Secretary issuing a final rule for the proposed 
rule entitled ‘‘Streamlining and Implementation of 
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Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer 
Protection Act Changes to Family Self-Sufficiency 
(FSS) Program’’ published in the Federal Register 
on September 21, 2020 (85 Fed. Reg. 59234) or 
any final rule based substantially on such proposed 
rule, an owner or sponsor of a multifamily property 
receiving project-based rental assistance under sec-
tion 8 of such Act shall be eligible to receive awards 
from the Secretary under this paragraph in this and 
prior Acts to support family self-sufficiency coordi-
nators: Provided further, That owners or sponsors of 
a multifamily property receiving project-based rental 
assistance under section 8 of such Act may volun-
tarily make a Family Self-Sufficiency program avail-
able to the assisted tenants of such property in ac-
cordance with procedures established by the Sec-
retary: Provided further, That such procedures es-
tablished 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 re-
ceipt accounts to hire coordinators for their own 
Family Self-Sufficiency program; 
(2) $35,000,000 (increased by $1,000,000) 
shall be for the Resident Opportunity and Self-Suffi-
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ciency program to provide for supportive services, 
service coordinators, and congregate services, as au-
thorized 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-Determina-
tion Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.); and 
(3) $15,000,000 (increased by $1,000,000) 
shall be for a Jobs-Plus initiative modeled after the 
Jobs-Plus demonstration: Provided, That amounts 
made available in this paragraph shall be for com-
petitive grants to public housing agencies or owners 
or sponsors of multifamily properties receiving 
project-based rental assistance under section 8 that, 
in partnership with, local workforce investment 
boards established under section 107 of the Work-
force Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (29 
U.S.C. 3122), and other agencies and organizations 
that provide support to help public housing resi-
dents, or tenants residing in a unit assisted under 
a project-based section 8 contract (including section 
8(o)(13) of the United States Housing Act of 1973), 
obtain employment or increase earnings, or both: 
Provided further, That applicants shall demonstrate 
the ability to provide services to such residents or 
tenants, partner with workforce investment boards, 
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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 conditions as the Sec-
retary 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 resi-
dents: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
publish a notice in the Federal Register of any waiv-
ers or alternative requirements pursuant to the pre-
ceding proviso not later than 10 days before the ef-
fective date of such notice: Provided further, That 
the costs of any rent incentives as authorized pursu-
ant to such waivers or alternative requirements shall 
not be charged against the competitive grant 
amounts made available in this paragraph. 
NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS 
For activities and assistance authorized under title 
I of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self- 
Determination 
Act 
of 
1996 
(in 
this 
heading 
‘‘NAHASDA’’) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), title I of the 
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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, $950,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2026: Provided, 
That the amounts made available under this heading are 
provided as follows: 
(1) $722,000,000 shall be for the Native Amer-
ican Housing Block Grants program, as authorized 
under title I of NAHASDA: Provided, That, not-
withstanding 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 compo-
nent 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 alloca-
tion 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 obli-
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