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SEC. 112. Not to exceed $1,200,000 may be transferred from the
‘‘Medical care’’ appropriation to the ‘‘General operating expenses’’
appropriation to fund contracts and services in support of the Vet-
erans Benefits Administration’s Benefits Delivery Center, Systems
Development Center, and Finance Center, located at the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Hines, Illinois.
SEC. 113. Not to exceed $4,500,000 from the ‘‘Construction, minor
projects’’ appropriation and not to exceed $2,000,000 from the
‘‘Medical care’’ appropriation may be transferred to and merged
with the Parking Revolving Fund for surface parking lot projects.
SEC. 114. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, none
of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in this Act
for ‘‘Medical care’’ appropriations of the Department of Veterans
Affairs may be obligated for the realignment of the health care de-
livery system in Veterans Integrated Service Network 12 (VISN 12)
until 60 days after the Secretary of Veterans Affairs certifies that
the Department has: (1) consulted with veterans organizations,
medical school affiliates, employee representatives, State veterans
and health associations, and other interested parties with respect
to the realignment plan to be implemented; and (2) made available
to the Congress and the public information from the consultations
regarding possible impacts on the accessibility of veterans health
care services to affected veterans.
TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For activities and assistance to prevent the involuntary displace-
ment of low-income families, the elderly and the disabled because
of the loss of affordable housing stock, expiration of subsidy con-
tracts (other than contracts for which amounts are provided under
another heading in this Act) or expiration of use restrictions, or
other changes in housing assistance arrangements, and for other
purposes, $13,940,907,000 and amounts that are recaptured in this
account to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the
total amount provided under this heading, $12,972,000,000, of
which $8,772,000,000 shall be available on October 1, 2000 and
$4,200,000,000 shall be available on October 1, 2001, shall be for
assistance under the United States Housing Act of 1937 (‘‘the Act’’
herein) (42 U.S.C. 1437): Provided further, That the foregoing
amounts shall be for use in connection with expiring or terminating
section 8 subsidy contracts, for amendments to section 8 subsidy
contracts, for enhanced vouchers (including amendments and re-
newals) under any provision of law authorizing such assistance
under section 8(t) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (47
U.S.C. 1437f(t)), contract administrators, and contracts entered
into pursuant to section 441 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless
Assistance Act: Provided further, That amounts available under the
first proviso under this heading shall be available for section 8
rental assistance under the Act: (1) for the relocation and replace-
ment of housing units that are demolished or disposed of pursuant
to section 24 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 or to other
authority for the revitalization of severely distressed public hous-
ing, as set forth in the Appropriations Acts for the Departments of
Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Inde-
pendent Agencies for fiscal years 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1997, and
in the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of
1996; (2) for the conversion of section 23 projects to assistance
under section 8; (3) for funds to carry out the family unification
program; (4) for the relocation of witnesses in connection with ef-
forts to combat crime in public and assisted housing pursuant to
a request from a law enforcement or prosecution agency; (5) for
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tenant protection assistance, including replacement and relocation
assistance; and (6) for the 1-year renewal of section 8 contracts for
units in a project that is subject to an approved plan of action
under the Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation Act of
1987 or the Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Home-
ownership Act of 1990: Provided further, That $11,000,000 shall be
transferred to the Working Capital Fund for the development and
maintenance of information technology systems: Provided further,
That of the total amount provided under this heading, $40,000,000
shall be made available to nonelderly disabled families affected by
the designation of a public housing development under section 7 of
the Act, the establishment of preferences in accordance with sec-
tion 651 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992
(42 U.S.C. 1361l), or the restriction of occupancy to elderly families
in accordance with section 658 of such Act, and to the extent the
Secretary determines that such amount is not needed to fund appli-
cations for such affected families, to other nonelderly disabled fami-
lies: Provided further, That of the total amount provided under this
heading, $452,907,000 shall be made available for incremental
vouchers under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937
on a fair share basis and administered by public housing agencies:
Provided further, That of the total amount provided under this
heading, up to $7,000,000 shall be made available for the comple-
tion of the Jobs Plus Demonstration: Provided further, That
amounts available under this heading may be made available for
administrative fees and other expenses to cover the cost of admin-
istering rental assistance programs under section 8 of the United
States Housing Act of 1937: Provided further, That the fee other-
wise authorized under section 8(q) of such Act shall be determined
in accordance with section 8(q), as in effect immediately before the
enactment of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of
1998: Provided further, That $1,833,000,000 is rescinded from un-
obligated balances remaining from funds appropriated to the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development under this heading
or the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing’’ or any
other heading for fiscal year 2000 and prior years: Provided fur-
ther, That any such balances governed by reallocation provisions
under the statute authorizing the program for which the funds
were originally appropriated shall not be available for this rescis-
sion: Provided further, That the Secretary shall have until Sep-
tember 30, 2001, to meet the rescission in the proviso preceding the
immediately preceding proviso: Provided further, That any obli-
gated balances of contract authority that have been terminated
shall be canceled.
PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to carry out cap-
ital and management activities for public housing agencies, as au-
thorized under section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937,
as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437), $3,000,000,000, to remain available
until expended, of which up to $50,000,000 shall be for carrying out
activities under section 9(h) of such Act, for lease adjustments to
section 23 projects and $43,000,000 shall be transferred to the
Working Capital Fund for the development and maintenance of in-
formation technology systems: Provided, That no funds may be
used under this heading for the purposes specified in section 9(k)
of the United States Housing Act of 1937: Provided further, That
of the total amount, up to $75,000,000 shall be available for the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to
public housing agencies for emergency capital needs resulting from
emergencies and natural disasters in fiscal year 2001.
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PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND
For 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, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437g),
$3,242,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
no funds may be used under this heading for the purposes specified
in section 9(k) of the United States Housing Act of 1937.
DRUG ELIMINATION GRANTS FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSING
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For grants to public housing agencies and Indian tribes and their
tribally designated housing entities for use in eliminating crime in
public housing projects authorized by 42 U.S.C. 11901–11908, for
grants for federally assisted low-income housing authorized by 42
U.S.C. 11909, and for drug information clearinghouse services au-
thorized by 42 U.S.C. 11921–11925, $310,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That of the total amount provided
under this heading, up to $3,000,000 shall be solely for technical
assistance, technical assistance grants, training, and program as-
sessment for or on behalf of public housing agencies, resident orga-
nizations, and Indian tribes and their tribally designated housing
entities (including up to $150,000 for the cost of necessary travel
for participants in such training) for oversight, training and im-
proved management of this program, $2,000,000 shall be available
to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America for the operating and start-
up costs of clubs located in or near, and primarily serving residents
of, public housing and housing assisted under the Native American
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, and
$10,000,000 shall be used in connection with efforts to combat vio-
lent crime in public and assisted housing under the Operation Safe
Home Program administered by the Inspector General of the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development: Provided further,
That of the amount under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be pro-
vided to the Office of Inspector General for Operation Safe Home:
Provided further, That of the amount under this heading,
$20,000,000 shall be available for the New Approach Anti-Drug
program which will provide competitive grants to entities man-
aging or operating public housing developments, federally assisted
multifamily housing developments, or other multifamily housing
developments for low-income families supported by non-Federal
governmental entities or similar housing developments supported
by nonprofit private sources in order to provide or augment secu-
rity (including personnel costs), to assist in the investigation and/
or prosecution of drug-related criminal activity in and around such
developments, and to provide assistance for the development of
capital improvements at such developments directly relating to the
security of such developments: Provided further, That grants for
the New Approach Anti-Drug program shall be made on a competi-
tive basis as specified in section 102 of the Department of Housing
and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989.
REVITALIZATION OF SEVERELY DISTRESSED PUBLIC HOUSING (HOPE VI)
For grants to public housing agencies for demolition, site revital-
ization, replacement housing, and tenant-based assistance grants
to projects as authorized by section 24 of the United States Hous-
ing Act of 1937, $575,000,000 to remain available until expended,
of which the Secretary may use up to $10,000,000 for technical as-
sistance and contract expertise, to be provided directly or indirectly
by grants, contracts or cooperative agreements, including training
and cost of necessary travel for participants in such training, by or
to officials and employees of the department and of public housing
agencies and to residents: Provided, That none of such funds shall
be used directly or indirectly by granting competitive advantage in
awards to settle litigation or pay judgments, unless expressly per-
mitted herein.
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NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For the Native American Housing Block Grants program, as au-
thorized under title I of the Native American Housing Assistance
and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) (Public Law 104–
330), $650,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which
$6,000,000 shall be to support the inspection of Indian housing
units, contract expertise, training, and technical assistance in the
training, oversight, and management of Indian housing and tenant-
based assistance, including up to $300,000 for related travel: Pro-
vided, That of the amount provided under this heading, $6,000,000
shall be made available for the cost of guaranteed notes and other
obligations, as authorized by title VI of NAHASDA: Provided fur-
ther, That such costs, including the costs of modifying such notes
and other obligations, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That
these funds are available to subsidize the total principal amount of
any notes and other obligations, any part of which is to be guaran-
teed, not to exceed $54,600,000: Provided further, That for adminis-
trative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, up to
$150,000 from amounts in the first proviso, which shall be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and ex-
penses’’, to be used only for the administrative costs of these guar-
antees: Provided further, That of the amount provided in this head-
ing, $2,000,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund
for development and maintaining information technology systems.
INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section 184 of
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat.
3739), $6,000,000, 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, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are available
to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaran-
teed, not to exceed $71,956,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the guaran-
teed loan program, up to $200,000 from amounts in the first para-
graph, which shall be transferred to and merged with the appro-
priation for ‘‘Salaries and expenses’’, to be used only for the admin-
istrative costs of these guarantees.
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), $258,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew all expiring con-
tracts that were funded under section 854(c)(3) of such Act that
meet all program requirements before awarding funds for new con-
tracts and activities authorized under this section: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary may use up to 1 percent of the funds
under this heading for training, oversight, and technical assistance
activities.
RURAL HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
For the Office of Rural Housing and Economic Development in
the Department of Housing and Urban Development, $25,000,000
to remain available until expended, which amount shall be award-
ed by June 1, 2001, to Indian tribes, State housing finance agen-
cies, State community and/or economic development agencies, local
rural nonprofits and community development corporations to sup-