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TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For activities and assistance for the provision of ten-
ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) 
(‘‘the Act’’), not otherwise provided for, $16,330,000,000, 
to 
remain 
available 
until 
expended, 
of 
which 
$12,137,000,000 shall be available on October 1, 2007, 
and $4,193,000,000 shall be available on October 1, 2008: 
Provided, That the amounts made available under this 
heading are provided as follows: 
(1) $14,744,506,000 for renewals of expiring 
section 8 tenant-based annual contributions con-
tracts (including renewals of enhanced vouchers 
under any provision of law authorizing such assist-
ance under section 8(t) of the Act): Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, from 
amounts provided under this paragraph, the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development for the 
calendar year 2008 funding cycle shall provide re-
newal funding for each public housing agency based 
on the amount public housing agencies received in 
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calendar year 2007, by applying the 2008 Annual 
Adjustment Factor as established by the Secretary, 
and by making any necessary adjustments for the 
costs associated with deposits to Family Self-Suffi-
ciency Program escrow accounts or the first-time re-
newal of tenant protection or HOPE VI vouchers or 
vouchers that were not in use during the 12-month 
period in order to be available to meet a commit-
ment pursuant to section 8(o)(13) of the Act: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall, to the extent 
necessary to stay within the amount provided under 
this paragraph, pro rate each public housing agen-
cy’s allocation otherwise established pursuant to this 
paragraph: Provided further, That except as provided 
in the following proviso, the entire amount provided 
under this paragraph shall be obligated to the public 
housing agencies based on the allocation and pro 
rata method described above and the Secretary shall 
notify public housing agencies of their annual budg-
ets not later than 45 days after enactment of this 
Act: Provided further, That public housing agencies 
participating in the Moving to Work demonstration 
shall be funded pursuant to their Moving to Work 
agreements and shall be subject to the same pro 
rata adjustments under the previous proviso: Pro-
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vided further, That up to $75,000,000 shall be avail-
able for additional rental subsidy due to unforeseen 
exigencies as determined by the Secretary and for 
the one-time funding of housing assistance payments 
resulting from the portability provisions of the hous-
ing choice voucher program: Provided further, That 
none of the funds provided in this paragraph may be 
used to support a total number of unit months 
under lease which exceeds a public housing agency’s 
authorized level of units under contract. 
(2) $150,000,000 for section 8 rental assistance 
for relocation and replacement of housing units that 
are demolished or disposed of pursuant to the Omni-
bus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act 
of 1996 (Public Law 104–134), conversion of section 
23 projects to assistance under section 8, the family 
unification program under section 8(x) of the Act, 
relocation of witnesses in connection with efforts to 
combat crime in public and assisted housing pursu-
ant to a request from a law enforcement or prosecu-
tion agency, enhanced vouchers under any provision 
of law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) 
of the Act, HOPE VI vouchers, mandatory and vol-
untary conversions, and tenant protection assistance 
including replacement and relocation assistance: Pro-
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vided, That additional section 8 tenant protection 
rental assistance costs may be funded in 2008 by 
utilizing unobligated balances, including recaptures 
and carryover, remaining from funds appropriated to 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
under this heading, the heading ‘‘Annual Contribu-
tions for Assisted Housing’’, the heading ‘‘Housing 
Certificate Fund’’, and the heading ‘‘Project-Based 
Rental Assistance’’, for fiscal year 2007 and prior 
years; Provided further, That not more than 
$12,000,000 may be used for section 8 assistance to 
cover the cost of judgments and settlement agree-
ments. 
(3) $48,000,000 for family self-sufficiency coor-
dinators under section 23 of the Act. 
(4) $30,000,000 for incremental vouchers under 
section 8 of the Act for nonelderly disabled families 
affected by the designation of a public housing devel-
opment under section 7 of the Act, the establishment 
of preferences in accordance with section 651 of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 
(42 U.S.C. 13611), or the restriction of occupancy 
to elderly families in accordance with section 658 of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 13618), and to the extent the 
Secretary determines that such amount is not need-
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ed to fund applications for such affected families, for 
other nonelderly disabled families, of which remain-
ing amount such amount as is necessary shall be 
made available to provide 1,000 vouchers for rental 
assistance for homeless veterans in accordance with 
section 8(o)(19)(B)(ii) of the Act: Provided, That in-
cremental vouchers made available under this para-
graph for nonelderly disabled families or for home-
less veterans shall, to the extent practicable, con-
tinue to be provided to such families or veterans, re-
spectively, upon turnover. 
(5) $6,494,000 shall be transferred to the 
Working Capital Fund. 
(6) $1,351,000,000 for administrative and 
other expenses of public housing agencies in admin-
istering the section 8 tenant-based rental assistance 
program, of which up to $5,000,000 shall be avail-
able as an incentive bonus as determined by the Sec-
retary for administrative expenses for public housing 
agencies that voluntarily consolidate, and of which 
up to $35,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary 
to allocate to public housing agencies that need addi-
tional funds to administer their section 8 programs 
with up to $30,000,000 for fees associated with sec-
tion 8 tenant protection rental assistance: Provided, 
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