other provision of law or regulation, during fiscal year 
2017, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
may not delegate to any Department official other than 
the Deputy Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for 
Public and Indian Housing any authority under paragraph 
(2) of section 9(j) regarding the extension of the time peri-
ods 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 
binding agreement that will result in outlays, immediately 
or in the future: Provided further, That up to $10,000,000 
shall be to support ongoing Public Housing Financial and 
Physical Assessment activities: Provided further, That up 
to $1,000,000 shall be to support the costs of administra-
tive and judicial receiverships: Provided further, That of 
the total amount provided under this heading, not to ex-
ceed $20,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary to 
make grants, notwithstanding section 204 of this Act, to 
public housing agencies for emergency capital needs in-
cluding safety and security measures necessary to address 
crime and drug-related activity as well as needs resulting 
from unforeseen or unpreventable emergencies and nat-
ural disasters excluding Presidentially declared emer-
gencies and natural disasters under the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et 
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seq.) occurring in fiscal year 2017: Provided further, That 
of the amount made available under the previous proviso, 
not less than $5,000,000 shall be for safety and security 
measures: Provided further, That of the total amount pro-
vided under this heading $35,000,000 shall be for sup-
portive services, service coordinator and congregate serv-
ices as authorized by section 34 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 
1437z-6) and the Native American Housing Assistance 
and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et 
seq.): Provided further, That of the total amount made 
available under this heading, $15,000,000 shall be for a 
Jobs-Plus initiative modeled after the Jobs-Plus dem-
onstration: Provided further, That the funding provided 
under the previous proviso shall provide competitive grants 
to partnerships between public housing authorities, local 
workforce investment boards established under section 
117 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, and other 
agencies and organizations that provide support to help 
public housing residents obtain employment and increase 
earnings: Provided further, That applicants must dem-
onstrate the ability to provide services to residents, part-
ner with workforce investment boards, 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 
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6 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 as necessary 
to implement the Jobs-Plus program, on such terms and 
conditions as the Secretary may approve upon a finding 
by the Secretary that any such waivers or alternative re-
quirements 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 
by notice in the Federal Register any waivers or alter-
native requirements pursuant to the preceding proviso no 
later than 10 days before the effective date of such notice: 
Provided further, That for funds provided under this head-
ing, the limitation in section 9(g)(1) of the Act shall be 
25 percent: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
waive the limitation in the previous proviso to allow public 
housing agencies to fund activities authorized under sec-
tion 9(e)(1)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall notify public housing agencies requesting 
waivers under the previous proviso if the request is ap-
proved or denied within 14 days of submitting the request: 
Provided further, That from the funds made available 
under this heading, the Secretary shall provide bonus 
awards in fiscal year 2017 to public housing agencies that 
are designated high performers: Provided further, That the 
Department shall notify public housing agencies of their 
formula allocation within 60 days of enactment of this Act. 
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PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND 
For 2017 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)), $4,500,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2018. 
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 both 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, $100,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2019: 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 the use of funds made available under this 
heading shall not be deemed to be public housing notwith-
standing section 3(b)(1) of such Act: Provided further, 
That grantees shall commit to an additional period of af-
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fordability determined by the Secretary of not fewer than 
20 years: Provided further, That grantees shall undertake 
comprehensive local planning with input from residents 
and the community, and that grantees shall provide a 
match in State, local, other Federal or private funds: Pro-
vided further, That grantees may include local govern-
ments, tribal entities, public housing authorities, and non-
profits: 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 under this heading shall be subject 
to the regulations issued by the Secretary to implement 
such section: Provided further, That of the amount pro-
vided, not less than $50,000,000 shall be awarded to pub-
lic housing agencies: Provided further, That such grantees 
shall create partnerships with other local organizations in-
cluding assisted housing owners, service agencies, and 
resident organizations: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall consult with the Secretaries of Education, 
Labor, Transportation, Health and Human Services, Agri-
culture, and Commerce, the Attorney General, and the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to co-
ordinate and leverage other appropriate Federal resources: 
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Provided further, That no more than $5,000,000 of funds 
made available under this heading may be provided to as-
sist communities in developing comprehensive strategies 
for implementing this program or implementing other revi-
talization efforts in conjunction with community notice 
and input: Provided further, That the Secretary shall de-
velop and publish guidelines for the use of such competi-
tive funds, including but not limited to eligible activities, 
program requirements, and performance metrics: Provided 
further, That unobligated balances, including recaptures, 
remaining from funds appropriated under the heading 
‘‘Revitalization of Severely Distressed Public Housing 
(HOPE VI)’’ in fiscal year 2011 and prior fiscal years 
may be used for purposes under this heading, notwith-
standing the purposes for which such amounts were appro-
priated. 
FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY 
For the Family Self-Sufficiency program to support 
family self-sufficiency coordinators under section 23 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937, to promote the devel-
opment of local strategies to coordinate the use of assist-
ance under sections 8(o) and 9 of such Act with public 
and private resources, and enable eligible families to 
achieve economic independence and self-sufficiency, 
$75,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
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2018: Provided, That the Secretary may, by Federal Reg-
ister notice, waive or specify alternative requirements 
under sections 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-sufficiency program for individuals receiving assist-
ance under different provisions of the Act, as determined 
by the Secretary: Provided further, That owners of a pri-
vately owned multifamily property with a section 8 con-
tract may voluntarily make a Family Self-Sufficiency pro-
gram available to the assisted tenants of such property 
in accordance with procedures established by the Sec-
retary: Provided further, That such procedures established 
pursuant to the previous proviso shall permit participating 
tenants to accrue escrow funds in accordance with section 
23(d)(2) and shall allow owners to use funding from resid-
ual receipt accounts to hire coordinators for their own 
Family Self-Sufficiency program. 
NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS 
For the Native American Housing Block Grants pro-
gram, as authorized under title I of the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 
(NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $655,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, 
That, notwithstanding the Native American Housing As-
sistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, to determine 
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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 component 
based on single-race census data and with the need compo-
nent based on multi-race census data, and the amount of 
the allocation for each Indian tribe shall be the greater 
of the two resulting allocation amounts: Provided further, 
That of the amounts made available under this heading, 
$3,500,000 shall be contracted for assistance for national 
or regional organizations representing Native American 
housing interests for providing training and technical as-
sistance to Indian housing authorities and tribally des-
ignated 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): Pro-
vided 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, oversight, and man-
agement of such Indian housing and tenant-based assist-
ance: 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 author-
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ized 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 obligations, 
any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 
$17,857,142: 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, not-
withstanding section 302(d) of NAHASDA, if on January 
1, 2017, 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 allocation 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, 2017, and three times the formula alloca-
tion 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 compo-
nent of the formula proportionately among all other In-
dian tribes not subject to an adjustment: Provided further, 
That the two previous provisos shall not apply to any In-
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dian tribe that would otherwise receive a formula alloca-
tion 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), $5,500,000, to re-
main 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 $1,341,463,415, to remain available 
until expended: Provided further, That up to $750,000 of 
this amount may be for administrative contract expenses 
including management processes and systems to carry out 
the loan guarantee program. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS 
For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Per-
sons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS 
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129 
under section 236(f)(2) of the National Hous-
ing Act; 
(E) assistance payments made under sec-
tion 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959; and 
(F) assistance payments made under sec-
tion 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-
tional Affordable Housing Act; 
(4) the term ‘‘receiving project or projects’’ 
means the multifamily housing project or projects to 
which some or all of the project-based assistance, 
debt, and statutorily required low-income and very 
low-income use restrictions are to be transferred; 
(5) the term ‘‘transferring project’’ means the 
multifamily housing project which is transferring 
some or all of the project-based assistance, debt, and 
the statutorily required low-income and very low-in-
come use restrictions to the receiving project or 
projects; and 
(6) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development. 
(e) PUBLIC NOTICE AND RESEARCH REPORT.— 
(1) The Secretary shall publish by notice in the 
Federal Register the terms and conditions, including 
criteria for HUD approval, of transfers pursuant to 
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