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(4) the plan complies with any other criteria
that the Secretary may establish.
SEC. 274. RENT LEVELS FOR HOUSING FINANCED WITH
LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT.
With respect to any dwelling unit in a mixed-finance
housing development that is assisted pursuant to the low-
income housing tax credit under section 42 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, the rents charged to the residents
of the unit shall be set at levels not to exceed the amounts
allowable under such section.
SEC. 275. CARRY-OVER OF ASSISTANCE FOR REPLACED
HOUSING.
In the case of a mixed-finance housing development
that is replacement housing for public housing demolished
or disposed of, or is the result of the revitalization of exist-
ing public housing, the share of assistance received from the
capital fund and the operating fund by the public housing
agency that owned or operated the housing demolished, dis-
posed of, or revitalized shall not be reduced because of such
demolition, disposition, or revitalization after the com-
mencement of such demolition, disposition, or revitaliza-
tion, unless—
(1) upon the expiration of the 18-month period
beginning upon the approval of the plan under sec-
tion 273 for the mixed-finance housing development,
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the agency does not have binding commitments for
production or revitalization, or a construction con-
tract, for such development;
(2) upon the expiration of the 4-year period be-
ginning upon the approval of the plan, the mixed-fi-
nance housing development is not substantially ready
for occupancy and is placed under the block grant
contract for the agency under section 201; or
(3) the number of dwelling units in the mixed-
finance housing development that are made available
for occupancy only by low-income families is substan-
tially less than the number of such dwelling units in
the public housing demolished, disposed of, or revital-
ized.
The Secretary may extend the period under paragraph (1)
or (2) for a public housing agency if the Secretary deter-
mines that circumstances beyond the control of the agency
caused the agency to fail to meet the deadline under such
paragraph.
Subtitle G—General Provisions
SEC. 281. PAYMENT OF NON-FEDERAL SHARE.
Rental or use-value of buildings or facilities paid for,
in whole or in part, from production, modernization, or op-
eration costs financed under this title may be used as the
non-Federal share required in connection with activities
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undertaken under Federal grant-in-aid programs which
provide social, educational, employment, and other services
to the residents in a project assisted under this title.
SEC. 
282. 
AUTHORIZATION 
OF 
APPROPRIATIONS 
FOR
BLOCK GRANTS.
There are authorized to be appropriated for grants
under this title, the following amounts:
(1) CAPITAL FUND.—For the allocations from the
capital fund for grants, $2,500,000,000 for each of fis-
cal years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002; and
(2) OPERATING FUND.—For the allocations from
the operating fund for grants, $2,900,000,000 for each
of fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002.
SEC. 283. FUNDING FOR OPERATION SAFE HOME.
Of any amounts made available for fiscal years 1998
and 1999 for carrying out the Community Partnerships
Against Crime Act of 1997 (as so designated pursuant to
section 624(a) of this Act), not more than $20,000,000 shall
be available in each such fiscal year, for use under the Oper-
ation Safe Home program administered by the Office of the
Inspector General of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development, for law enforcement efforts to combat violent
crime on or near the premises of public and federally as-
sisted housing and to provide assistance (including housing
assistance under title III) for relocating witnesses of crimes
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pursuant to requests from law enforcement or prosecuting
agencies.
SEC. 284. FUNDING FOR RELOCATION OF VICTIMS OF DO-
MESTIC VIOLENCE.
Of any amounts made available for fiscal years 1998,
1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002 for choice-based housing assist-
ance under title III of this Act, not more than $700,000
shall be available in each such fiscal year for relocating resi-
dents of public housing (including providing assistance for
costs of relocation and housing assistance under title III
of this Act) who are residing in public housing, who have
been subject to domestic violence, and for whom provision
of assistance is likely to reduce or eliminate the threat of
subsequent violence to the members of the family. The Sec-
retary shall establish procedures for eligibility and admin-
istration of assistance under this section.
TITLE III—CHOICE-BASED RENT-
AL 
HOUSING 
AND 
HOME-
OWNERSHIP ASSISTANCE FOR
LOW-INCOME FAMILIES
Subtitle A—Allocation
SEC. 301. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE HOUSING ASSISTANCE
AMOUNTS.
To the extent that amounts to carry out this title are
made available, the Secretary may enter into contracts with
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public housing agencies for each fiscal year to provide hous-
ing assistance under this title.
SEC. 302. CONTRACTS WITH PHA’S.
(a) CONDITION OF ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary may
provide amounts under this title to a public housing agency
for a fiscal year only if the Secretary has entered into a
contract under this section with the public housing agency,
under which the Secretary shall provide such agency with
amounts (in the amount of the allocation for the agency
determined pursuant to section 304) for housing assistance
under this title for low-income families.
(b) USE
FOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE.—A contract
under this section shall require a public housing agency to
use amounts provided under this title to provide housing
assistance in any manner authorized under this title.
(c) ANNUAL OBLIGATION OF AUTHORITY.—A contract
under this title shall provide amounts for housing assistance
for 1 fiscal year covered by the contract.
(d) ENFORCEMENT OF HOUSING QUALITY REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Each contract under this section shall require the
public housing agency administering assistance provided
under the contract—
(1) to ensure compliance, under each housing as-
sistance payments contract entered into pursuant to
the contract under this section, with the provisions of
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(ii) the amount that is the lesser of (I)
such fair market rental for fiscal year 1994
or (II) 103.5 percent of the amount deter-
mined under clause (i),
adjusted based on changes in wage data or other
objectively measurable data that reflect the costs
of administering the program, as determined by
the Secretary. The Secretary may require that
the base amount be not less than a minimum
amount and not more than a maximum amount.
(3) SUBSEQUENT
FISCAL
YEARS.—For subse-
quent fiscal years, the Secretary shall publish a notice
in the Federal Register, for each geographic area, es-
tablishing the amount of the fee that would apply for
public housing agencies administering the program,
based on changes in wage data or other objectively
measurable data that reflect the costs of administering
the program, as determined by the Secretary.
(4) INCREASE.—The Secretary may increase the
fee if necessary to reflect the higher costs of admin-
istering small programs and programs operating over
large geographic areas.
(b) FEE
FOR PRELIMINARY EXPENSES.—The Sec-
retary shall also establish reasonable fees (as determined by
the Secretary) for—