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essary for the effective delivery and administration 
of such assistance: Provided further, That grant re-
cipients shall report to the Secretary on utilization 
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 prior acts; 
(6) $40,000,000 for incremental rental voucher 
assistance for use through a supported housing pro-
gram administered in conjunction with the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs as authorized under section 
8(o)(19) of the United States Housing Act of 1937: 
Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall make such funding available, not-
withstanding section 203 (competition provision) of 
this title, to public housing agencies that partner 
with eligible VA Medical Centers or other entities as 
designated by the Secretary of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, based on geographical need for 
such assistance as identified by the Secretary of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, public housing 
agency administrative performance, and other fac-
tors as specified by the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development in consultation with the Sec-
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retary of the Department of Veterans Affairs: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development may waive, or specify alter-
native requirements for (in consultation with the 
Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs), 
any provision of any statute or regulation that the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development ad-
ministers in connection with the use of funds made 
available under this paragraph (except for require-
ments related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, 
labor standards, and the environment), upon a find-
ing by the Secretary that any such waivers or alter-
native requirements are necessary for the effective 
delivery and administration of such voucher assist-
ance: Provided further, That assistance made avail-
able under this paragraph shall continue to remain 
available for homeless veterans upon turn-over; 
(7) $20,000,000 shall be made available for 
new incremental voucher assistance through the 
family unification program as authorized by section 
8(x) of the Act: Provided, That the assistance made 
available under this paragraph shall continue to re-
main available for family unification upon turnover: 
Provided further, That for any public housing agency 
administering voucher assistance appropriated in a 
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prior Act under the family unification program that 
determines that it no longer has an identified need 
for such assistance upon turnover, such agency shall 
notify the Secretary, and the Secretary shall recap-
ture such assistance from the agency and reallocate 
it to any other public housing agency or agencies 
based on need for voucher assistance in connection 
with such program; and 
(8) the Secretary shall separately track all spe-
cial 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 2019 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 that 
have been terminated shall be rescinded: Provided further, 
That amounts heretofore recaptured, or recaptured during 
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the current fiscal year, from section 8 project-based con-
tracts from source years fiscal year 1975 through fiscal 
year 1987 are hereby rescinded, and an amount of addi-
tional new budget authority, equivalent to the amount re-
scinded is hereby appropriated, to remain available until 
expended, for the purposes set forth under this heading, 
in addition to amounts otherwise available. 
PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND 
For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to 
carry out capital and management activities for public 
housing agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g) 
(the ‘‘Act’’) $2,775,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2022: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law or regulation, during fiscal year 
2019, 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 $14,000,000 
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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 $25,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary to 
make grants, notwithstanding section 203 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 
seq.) occurring in fiscal year 2019: 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 in addition to the 
amount in the previous proviso for such safety and secu-
rity measures, any amounts that remain available, after 
all applications received on or before September 30, 2020, 
for emergency capital needs have been processed, shall be 
allocated to public housing agencies for such safety and 
security measures: Provided further, That of the total 
amount provided under this heading, up to $35,000,000 
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shall be for supportive services, service coordinators and 
congregate services 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 
demonstration: Provided further, That funding provided 
under the previous proviso shall be available for competi-
tive grants to partnerships between public housing au-
thorities, local workforce investment boards established 
under section 107 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act of 2014 (29 U.S.C. 3122), and other agencies 
and organizations that provide support to help public 
housing residents obtain employment and increase earn-
ings: Provided further, That applicants must demonstrate 
the ability to provide services to residents, partner with 
workforce investment boards, and leverage service dollars: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may allow public 
housing agencies to request exemptions from rent and in-
come limitation requirements under sections 3 and 6 of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a 
and 1437d), as necessary to implement the Jobs-Plus pro-
gram, on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may 
approve upon a finding by the Secretary that any such 
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waivers or alternative requirements are necessary for the 
effective implementation of the Jobs-Plus initiative as a 
voluntary program for residents: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall publish by notice in the Federal Reg-
ister any waivers or alternative requirements pursuant to 
the preceding proviso no later than 10 days before the ef-
fective date of such notice: Provided further, That for 
funds provided under this heading, the limitation in sec-
tion 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 requesting waivers under the previous 
proviso if the request is approved 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 2019 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: Provided further, That of 
the 
total 
amount 
provided 
under 
this 
heading, 
$25,000,000 shall be available for competitive grants to 
public housing agencies to evaluate and reduce lead-based 
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paint hazards in public housing by carrying out the activi-
ties of risk assessments, abatement, and interim controls 
(as those terms are defined in section 1004 of the Residen-
tial Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 (42 
U.S.C. 4851b)): Provided further, That for purposes of en-
vironmental review, a grant under the previous proviso 
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. 
PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND 
For 2019 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)), $4,756,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2020. 
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-
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borhoods with appropriate services, schools, public assets, 
transportation and access to jobs, $100,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2021: 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-
fordability determined by the Secretary of not fewer than 
20 years: Provided further, 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-
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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: 
Provided further, That no more than $5,000,000 of funds 
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 funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Revital-
ization 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 Availability for funds made available under this head-
ing no later than 60 days after enactment of this Act: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall make grant awards 
no later than one year from the date of enactment of this 
Act in such amounts that the Secretary determines: Pro-
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vided 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, 2019, obligate any 
available unobligated balances made available under this 
heading in this, or any prior Act. 
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, 
$80,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020: Provided, That the Secretary may, by Federal Reg-
ister notice, waive or specify alternative 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-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-
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